Reading and writing, week 46-3

You are going to work with the book Matilda by Roald Dahl. In this theme you will practice and show your ability to understand, write and speak English. There are three exercises linked to this planning.

Material:

* Fully charged Ipad

* Unikum account

You will show your knowledge by: 

* Read (listen to) the book Matilda on your Ipad

* Answer questions after you have read three chapters (chapters 1-3, 4-11)

* Improve your text by the help of the response list and grammar material we have worked with in previous theme

Schedule:

Week 46 - Introduction and start to read Matilda

Week 47 - Continue to read and start to answer questions after chapter 1-3

Week 48 - Continue to read and finish questions to chapter 1-3 (+worked with response list) 

Week 49 - Continue to read and start to answer questions after chapter 1-3

Week 50 - Continue to read and work with questions to chapter 4-11

Week 2 - Continue to read and start to answer questions between chapter 4-11

Week 3 - Continue to read and finish questions to chapter 4-11 (+ worked with response list), hand in at Unikum

In this schedule you will read both in school and at home! 

Matilda (the book)

Here you can find and practice the words online:  Quizlet.

This theme is Inspired by teacher Sara Bruun. 

/Your English teachers 

Läroplanskopplingar

Centralt innehåll

• Aktuella och för eleverna välbekanta ämnesområden.
• Intressen, vardagliga situationer, aktiviteter, händelseförlopp samt relationer och etiska frågor.
• Åsikter, erfarenheter, känslor och framtidsplaner.
• Talad engelska och texter från olika medier.
• Muntliga och skriftliga instruktioner och beskrivningar.
• Olika former av samtal, dialoger, intervjuer och muntliga framställningar.
• Skönlitteratur och annan fiktion även i talad, dramatiserad och filmatiserad form.
• Strategier för att uppfatta detaljer och sammanhang i talat språk och texter, till exempel att anpassa lyssnande och läsning efter framställningens form, innehåll och syfte.
• Olika sätt att bearbeta egna framställningar för att variera, tydliggöra, precisera och anpassa dem efter deras syften.
• Språkliga strategier för att förstå och göra sig förstådd när språket inte räcker till, till exempel omformuleringar, frågor och förklaringar.
• Språkliga företeelser för att förtydliga, variera och berika kommunikationen som uttal, intonation och fasta språkliga uttryck, grammatiska strukturer och satsbyggnad.

Uppgifter

Read and write, chapter 4-11

Chapters 4-11 Answer these questions by writing a continuos text. Feel free to help each other in your group. Before you hand you go through your text by the help of the response list.   a How old is Matilda when she goes to school for the first time?  b How many children does Crunchem Hall have?  c How many other children are in Matilda’s group?  d How old is Miss Honey? e How many miles are on the clock of Miss Trunchbull’s car? h How old is Hortensia? i How many times was Hortensia in The Chokey in her first year?  k Why does Matilda start going to school later than other children? l Why does Miss Honey try to stay calm when Matilda multiplies twelve sevens?  m Why does Miss Honey go to see Miss Trunchbull? n Why does Miss Trunchbull like Mr Wormwood? … o Why does Miss Trunchbull think Matilda is a bad girl? …  p Why does Miss Honey go to see Matilda’s parents? …  q Why doesn’t Mr Wormwood want to see Miss Honey? …  r Why does Miss Trunchbull put children in The Chokey? … s Why doesn’t Miss Trunchbull like Amanda’s hair? … t Why does Miss Trunchbull make Bruce  Reading log 1. How far have you read? Page: 1a. How does the novel start? Choose one of the alternatives. Does it start with….. • somebody saying something • a description (of the environment or of a character) • something happening • an explanation of the background to the story • something else Copy the first sentence of the book. 1b. Do you think it's a good beginning? Why? 1c. Was it easy or difficult to ”get into” the book? 2. Choose a quote from the book that you think is interesting, funny, irritating,... Copy it and explain why you chose it. What happened before this quote and what happened afterward? 3. What do you think about the author's descriptions of the environment? Are they too long, too few, beautiful, realistic, etc? The environment is not just the landscape. It's also feelings,... Give examples and use quotes from the book! 4. Underline 30 words that you don't know or don't know how to spell. Translate them into your language.  Write new sentences with the words in English. Example:  She was a terrible woman who frightened the children and teachers.  Frightened: skrämde  New sentence: My horse frightened me.  5. Characters: Choose one or two characters to describe. Ask yourself these questions: Who is the character I’m describing? What do I think about his or her personality and why? Describe what the person means to the novel and how he or she has been acting up until the point you’ve read. How do those actions make you feel? Try to describe them as carefully and detailed as possible and relate them to quotations/give examples from the novel. (Källa: Questions from Pearson.com)  Response list: * Correct vocabulary in the sentence (she’s/her) * Grammar mistakes (is/are, was/were, have/has, wordorder, verb tenses) * Spelling mistakes (whit = with, to/too, your/you’re, its/it’s, meat/meet * Spoken and written language (gonna-going to, wanna-want to, you-u) Then make sure you have; * a capital (stor) letter in the beginning of every sentence and capital letter on I in a sentence. * full stop (punkt) in the end of every sentence * no really long sentences. Use full stop and commas. * If you use abbreviations (förkortningar) (it’s, wasn’t etc., make sure you put the apostrophe in the right place (not its). If you are unsure about how to use abbreviations, just write it is, was not etc. * Look for variation in your text How to begin a sentence (not too many I, he, she), use linking words You mustn’t begin a sentence with and, but etc. (these are linking words). Use a variation of difficult words and expressions. * Look for correct preposition words, i.e. angry with (not at), look at (not on). OBS! Before you hand in your text you let at least (minst) one person read your text!Optional challenge (utmaning):  You work individually and write down the answer to the questions below. 

Read and write, chapter 1-3

Before we start reading chapter 1-3, discuss the questions below with your neighbour. Take notes since I want you to be able to tell the whole class as well.  1. Do you remember how old you were when you started reading? 2. What was the first book that you read and what was it about? 3. Do you remember your first day at school, when you were 6-7 years old? What happened and how did you feel? Write down your answers as a continuous text when you answer the questions. Before you hand in your text you go through the response list below. 1. Who is a  Matilda b  Mr Wormwood c  Mrs Phelps 2. a What can Matilda do at the age of one and a half? b What can Matilda do at the age of three? c What can Matilda do at the age of four? d Why does Mrs Phelps watch Matilda with surprise and excitement? e Why doesn’t Mr Wormwood want Matilda to read books? 3. Do you think Mr Wormwood is a good father? Why or why not? Response list: * Correct vocabulary in the sentence (she’s/her) * Grammar mistakes (is/are, was/were, have/has, wordorder, verb tenses) * Spelling mistakes (whit = with, to/too, your/you’re, its/it’s, meat/meet * Spoken and written language (gonna-going to, wanna-want to, you-u) Then make sure you have; * a capital (stor) letter in the beginning of every sentence and capital letter on I in a sentence. * full stop (punkt) in the end of every sentence * no really long sentences. Use full stop and commas. * If you use abbreviations (förkortningar) (it’s, wasn’t etc., make sure you put the apostrophe in the right place (not its). If you are unsure about how to use abbreviations, just write it is, was not etc. * Look for variation in your text How to begin a sentence (not too many I, he, she), use linking words You mustn’t begin a sentence with and, but etc. (these are linking words). Use a variation of difficult words and expressions. * Look for correct preposition words, i.e. angry with (not at), look at (not on). OBS! Before you hand in your text you let at least (minst) one person read your text!