Final lesson

Today is our final English class of 2016 and my final lesson with your class.

We are going to finish off on a Christmas note.

Here is a funny place to start off.

Then what about the background to why Santa Claus is called the name he is..

Here is one answer from HowStuffWorks.

Finally you will have a Crossword to do on the theme of Christmas.

Don't forget to return your "No. 1 Ladies'" books to the library when Björn gets back.

Wish you all happy holidays and a good spring term with your English course.

Correction day

Today we will be looking at your essay and other marked work you have done.

While that is going on I want you to finish off the final assignment about "No. 1 ladies' Detective Agency"  ( comparing the book and film- SEE last Friday's blog).

First off is to complete the literature work on the compendium:-

Anna/Josefina       Moby Dick
Tove/Alfred          Frankenstein
(Nellie/Alva)        Oliver Twist

There is also an assessment of the course which I want you to do. Please take it seriously as it can be a great help to your new teacher after Christmas..

Presentations today

Presentations today and then on Friday

Anna/Josefina       Moby Dick
Tove/Alfred          Frankenstein
(Nellie/Alva)        Oliver Twist

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 Correction day!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comparison film and book

Today we finish off our study of "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" by seeing the film of the same name.. based on the book.

We won't be able to see the whole film but most of it..

Your task is to compare the book and the film.

Find five differences between the book and film based on the story up to page 170 (chapters 1-16)

and  five differences based on the final chapters of the book (chapters 17-22)..

..and a final comment as to what you thought about the book and why. Could the book be of help to someone preparing for a study visit to Uganda, for example?

Send your answers AS A DOCUMENT to 
 Vklass AT THE LATEST next Friday.

Good luck mma and rra!

Have a good weekend and don't forget...

MONDAY IS PRESENTATION DAY!!!

Final preparations for your presentations

Today is the final chance to get your act together for your Uganda presentation.

Remember it should include at least a half page of text and some kind of media/presentation production that should be at least 5 minutes long.

Here is a good resource for some keys areas to make a good presentation in class

http://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Presentation-in-Class

Here is also a really good resource:
https://www.princeton.edu/~archss/webpdfs08/BaharMartonosi.pdf

This Friday we will be doing an exercise on No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

You need to have read the rest of the story..

Presentations from anthology

Here is the anthology.

Today we do the presentations from the texts of the anthology...

Next Friday:
Anna/Josefina       Moby Dick
Tove/Alfred          Frankenstein
(Nellie/Alva)        Oliver Twist

By then you have to have READ the whole of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.



On Monday you will work with your projects.

Have a good weekend!

Working on the Project

Today we continue to work on the Project:

SA15
UGANDA
History-                                                   Elin / Maja

Importance(role) of English                    Liga / Maya

Education System                                  Carl / Trolle                 
LRA                                                         Viola / Tove

Economy                                                 Bella / Sophia

Traditional clothes and fashion             Anna / Josefina

Aids, malaria and other sicknesses      Alfred  /  Oliver

Situation of women                              Cornelia / Klara


ES
Music in Uganda

Taste in music Uganda vs Sweden  Alva /  Nellie

Dancehall & RB in Uganda               Andreas /  Fanny

HipHop & Gospel                              Smårs / Celina


Then on Friday we will have short presentations of the texts from the compendium according to the following:

1.Some facts about the author

2. 10 new (or interesting ) words from the text

3. Some comments about the content (innehåll) and how it is written..

Maja/Elin             Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Alva/Nellie           Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Fanny/Smårs      Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
Anna /Josefina    Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Viola/Klara          A Dream (Edgar Allan Poe)
Alfred/Tove         Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Andreas/Bella     Sonnet (Shakespeare)
Trolle/Calle         Huck Finn (Mark Twain)
Liga/Maya           Call of the Wild  (Jack London)