A Day in the Life

What?

In "A Day in the Life" you will pretend that you are a famous person. You will write a diary entry where you describe a day in your life and then give a presentation where you talk about it. This last part will be a bit different since it will also work as a sort of celebrity quiz.

 

How?

 

Your first task is to picture yourself as a celebrity (alive or dead, real or fictional) from an English speaking country.

Then you will plan a full day to tell about as that person.

Think about what you know about this person,

• things he/she has done (e.g. movies made, songs recorded, people fought or saved),
• places he/she visits,
• people he/she knows.

Remember that everything you plan doesn't have to be spectacular. Even Superman brushes his teeth in the morning. At least I think so.

 

But before you start with the first part you will need to learn more about how this kind of text works. Let's go to Skolverket. On the last page there is a step-by-step instruction which you can use to plan your writing. Let us also visit wikiHow and take a closer look at two examples on diary entries.

 

The text

Once you have grasped what it means to make a diary entry and have read a couple of examples, it is time for you to start on your text. Start by planning your text, the events* and the structure. Also consider how much time you have to work. Remember that all three stages we have talked about (förbereda, skriva, bearbeta) are equally important here. Your aim is to write between 300-500 words.

 

The presentation

So, you have finished the diary entry. Now it is time to talk about it and your aim is to give a 2-4 minutes presentation. This simply means that you will tell your audience about the things and events that you have put in your diary. Start at the beginning and work your way to bedtime. Don't forget to include your cultural aspect!

 

Also aim to make your presentation a celebrity quiz. Include certain parts of your text and omit others, like the name of the celebrity along with other obvious facts and clues. This of course means do not tell the others who you are!

 

To give you an idea: Let's say that you are Batman. To mention the Batcave and Gotham City would make it too easy for your audience to figure out who you are. Clues that may be just a little less obvious could be to talk about people like Alfred and commissioner Gordon and things like the manor and that really special car of yours.

 

Use pictures to illustrate your day. They will help you remember what to say, take focus away from you and make your presentation more entertaining. Further advice on how to prepare can be found in "Muntlig framställning & interaktion".

 

Why?

 

"A Day in the Life" is about practicing and improving your writing and speaking of English by aiming to be

• clear (vara tydlig)
• fluent (ha flyt) and
• coherent (vara sammanhängande)

along with

• adapting (anpassa) to the situation and
• working to improve and progress your work (bearbeta)

and

• adding to your cultural knowledge of the English-speaking parts of the world

 

In order to make sure that you make the most of this your need to go to

• "Skriftlig framställning & interaktion",
• "Muntlig framställning & interaktion" and
• "Realia".

These can all be found under the tab "Planering" right here in Unikum.

 

Uppgifter

A Day in the Life: Presentationerna

Be en vän att filma dig och en annan att vara publik. Din presentation bör vara mellan 2-4 minuter lång. Filma i helfigur och i ett enda klipp. Glöm inte att kontrollera att ljudupptagningen är tillräckligt bra. Observera också skillnaden mellan att berätta om din dag och att läsa en text om den. Det är viktigt att de som du presenterar för upplever att du talar till dem. Din matris i Unikum (Muntlig framställning) talar om för dig vad du kan förbättra från din senaste presentation. Lämna in inspelningen här i Unikum direkt efter att du har gjort den genom att klicka på Google Drive-ikonen här nedanför. Tänk på att du behöver ha Google Drive installerad på telefonen.

My Day in the Life

This where you share your Day, unless of course you're doing it in class. Remember! Talk to the camera and make sure that you are visible from at least the waist up. Don't forget to check the sound.

A Day in the Life: Part Two

"A Day in the Life" also includes a 3-5 minutes presentation. When you plan it, aim to make your presentation a celebrity quiz, where you include certain parts of your text, while omitting the name of the celebrity along with other obvious facts and clues. This of course means do not tell the others who you are! To give you an idea: Let's say that you are Batman. To mention the Batcave and Gotham City would make it too easy for your audience to figure out who you are. Clues that may be just a little less obvious could be to talk about people like Alfred and commissioner Gordon and things like the manor and that really special car of yours. Some of you (Sofia, Simon L, Linnéa, Joakim, Hüseyin, Oskar C) will present your story to the class and for you the instructions end here. For those of you who are filming your presentations there are a few options: 1) An interview. If this is the way you want to go about it you will need to remember that focus will be on long and elaborated answers. The questions are short and the answers are not. The questions can be asked by someone filming, but a sign just telling the audience the topic is preferred. (Ex: Signs saying: "Evening", "Family", "Thanksgiving", "Friends", etc.) 2) MTV Cribs styled presentation (Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsi9cp55Dfw) 3) Basically the same presentation that is described in the beginning, but filmed. 4) There is always the possibility that you have a great idea not listed here. Tell me about it! Share your filmed presentation using the Google Drive-option in "Bilagor" down below. As always: DO NOT READ YOUR TEXT OUT LOUD. Instead use keywords. Make sure that you are visible from at least the waist up and remember: the camera is your main audience. A useful thing to do could be to use pictures to illustrate your day. The pictures will help you remember, take focus away from you and make your presentation more entertaining. Further advice on how to prepare can be found in "Muntlig framställning & interaktion". Only put your diary in your shared English Google document, not your preparations for the presentation.