PLANERING - Engelska 5, SA23B

Welcome to English 5!

Engelska 5 Spring 2024

Book: Blueprint A 3.0

Week	Content	Assignment
3	Novel Reading	Reading Logs
4	Theme: Social Media Text: “Social Media is harming…” (p. 191)   British Concil – “FOMO/Status of Mind”
5	Theme: Social Media Writing: Meeting Friends 1 lesson preparation 2 lessons	Essay Writing
6	Speaking Technology	Speaking Test
7	Novel Reading
8	Novel Reading
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10	Theme: US – Present/Past Chapter: ”Black Lives Matter” Short Story
11	Theme: US – Present/Past Chapter: ”Black Lives Matter” Short Story
12	Movie work: The Help
13	Theme: US – Present/Past Famous African Americans
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15	Famous African Americans	Presentations
16		Reading and Listening
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18	Chapter Work	Book Report
19	Chapter Work	Essay Writing
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23	Ej to+fre

 

Uppgifter

w. 12-15 Famous African Americans - Presentation

Famous African Americans who helped to change the world version 3.docx

w. 4-6 Social Media & Technology

Sources:

Text:

"Social media is harming the mental health of teenagers. The state has to act" (Blueprint A, p. 191-193)

TedTalk:

"Is social media hurting your mental health?" A Tedtalk by Bailey Parnell

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/social-media-positive-mental-health/

https://www.kubbco.com/13-positive-effects-of-social-media-on-our-society-today/

https://fenced.ai/blogs/positive-effects-of-social-media/

Extra material:

British Council: "Social Media Influencers" https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/b1-reading/social-media-influencers

Writing Exam:

"Meeting New Friends - Online or IRL?" (Week 5)

Speaking Exam:

"Technology - Hinderance or Help?" (Week 6)

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl w. 4

Chapter 9 (p. 75-82):

What is Matt spending his time doing during the suspension?

What is Matt’s parents trying to protect him from?

Matt’s friends finally contact him and they all, sort of, have the same message for him – What?

In the end of the chapter Matt receives a positive message – What?

Chapter 10 (p. 84-86):

According to the chapter – what is one of the differences between Ursula and Ugly Girl?

Chapter 11 (p. 87-89):

Why does Matt decide to delete the message/e-mail?

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl Planning

3 Chapter 6-8 (p. 45-74)

4 Chapter 9-13 (p. 75-96)

5 Chapter 14-17 (p. 97-127)

6 Chapter 18-29 (p. 127-169)

7 Finish the book

Chapter 5 – Questions

1. What is Matt accused of having done?

2. Matt says: “And if I had, I wouldn’t tell you about it would I?” Why does Matt say this? What does it suggest about his personality? (p 34)

3. Students are described as leaving their classrooms in a noisy herd. Where was Matt when this took place? What does Matt find so strange about this situation? (p. 37)

4. “Crucial to make a good impression on them.” (p. 38) What does this quote mean?

5. What is Matt’s family life like? (What you can tell from reading this chapter)

6. Matt says: “I needed to be special” (p. 44) What does he mean?

Translate the following words into Swedish:

Exaggerated

Floundering

Cringing

determined

Permission

Voluntarily

Crude

Agitated

Cautiously

Corroborate

Indulging

Juvenile

English Grammar Check

Download this file to your computer.

English Grammar Check.docx

Personal Letter

Personal Letter p 16.pdf

Sydney Harbour - Questions

1. In the film Sydney harbour was described as a paradox, from what you learned how is it a paradox?

2. How is it that some plastic will float and some other plastic will sink in the water?

3. Together the oceans are the biggest ecosystem on the planet. Given their size do you think that all the plastic that currently rests on their floors will ever be recovered? Or will they simply remain permanent fixtures of the eco system?

4. How do bottle deposit laws support the reduction of plastic in our waterways? Why do you think these laws don’t exist universally?

5. Plastic breaks apart after time and end up being ingested by aquatic wildlife and finally it also ends up on our plates. Why do you think the plastic pollution problem is not widely considered a public health issue?

6. In the film they say that inaction is not an option. How are you taking action to help reduce plastic or how are you going to take action?

7. Do you believe that small actions multiplied by millions of people can truly make a difference in resolving this issue? If so, how?

w. 45-47 English Speaking Cultures

Project English Speaking Cultures.docx

w. 50 Movie work: Remember the Titans

Focus questions

1. Describe Coach Boone (Denzel Washington)! What kind of leader is he?

2. How does Bill Yoast react when he finds out that Boone is going to coach the

team?

3. Who is the little blond girl Sheryl in the film? Describe her.

4. What time period is referred to?

5. Why is it such a big issue being black and white on the same team?

6. What happens during the camp?

7. How do the families react when the team comes home from the camp?

8. When do you think that the members of the team start being a team instead of fighting individuals?

9. How would you describe Gerry in the beginning of the film? In the end?

10. What is his relationship to Big Julius Campbell?

11. From watching the film, how would you describe American Football?

12. Can we apply these types of racial/cultural tensions in the world today?

13. Pick one scene that you found especially interesting.

14. Can we learn something from the movie?

15. What is your overall impression of the movie? Why?

Discussion questions

1. In the movie we see two different types of leadership. Give examples and compare them to each other.

2. Friendship is an important part of the movie. Give examples.

3. In the movie we see many examples of racial issues. Give examples.

4. Participating in sports in America a very important part of the high school culture. What examples can you see in the movie?

w. 48-49 Word work

Word Work p. 42-43

A. Definitions (Look at the list of words from p. 307)

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3.

4.

5.

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B: Word formation – Adjectives

Succeed Successful

Understand

Invent

Poison

Create

Determine

Experience

Smell

Adventure

Dare

Hope

Annoy

D. Phrasal Verbs 2 – turn

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

f)

Plastic w. 40-43

Link to British Council: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/plastic-ocean

Climate change English 5 PP.pptx

Effects of global warming vocabulary and article.docx

Reduce plastic waste with easy everyday changes.docx

Sydney harbour questions.docx

w. 7-14 Chapter "Black Lives Matter"

Word Work p. 217-218

A. Phrasal Verbs p. 217

Combine the verb and phrasal verbs with the corresponding definitions:

B. One word p. 218