Reading

Reading is dreaming with open eyes...

The texts in Pick and Mix cover a wide range of interesting subjects and each chapter gives you plenty of opportunities to practise the four major skills; reading, listening, speaking and writing. In addition to the texts in the book we will do some extra reading. I´ll add assignments here. 

Läroplanskopplingar

Centralt innehåll

• Innehåll och form i olika typer av fiktion.
• Skönlitteratur och annan fiktion.
• Muntlig och skriftlig produktion och interaktion av olika slag, även i mer formella sammanhang, där eleverna instruerar, berättar, sammanfattar, förklarar, kommenterar, värderar, motiverar sina åsikter, diskuterar och argumenterar.

Uppgifter

The Lottery - Friday the thirteenth, At the Corner Store, At the pub and The Lottery Ticket

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The Poet in the Glass Cage by Johanna Nilsson - A book about never giving up.

The Poet in the Glass Cage

Mahad is a poet. But he is a turnstile guard, too. Every day, in the subway, he sees a young woman walk by. He is interested in her, but he does not know who she is. Not until he sees her, one day, in the newspaper. Her name is Emma and she is a writer. Perhaps Emma can teach Mahad better Swedish? Mahad looks her up, but things do not go quite the way he had planned.

Read/listen to the book. Answer the following questions, please.

1. Describe what Mahad does at work.

2. Describe Mahad. What do you know about him?

3. Why did Mahad come to Sweden alone?

4. What was Mahad’s life like, when he first came to Sweden?

5. What does Mahad do with his salary?

6. What is Mahad’s big dream?

7. Why do some people not like Mahad?

8. What is Mahad’s life in Sweden like?

9. What does Mahad think about the Swedish language?

10. What does Mahad think about Emma when he sees her in the newspaper?

11. Describe what Mahad does in order to meet Emma?

12. Why does Mahad try to read Emma’s book? How is that working out for him?

13. Why does Mahad lie to Emma?

14. What does sign mean?

15. What does Mahad tell Emma when he catches up with her? How does Emma react?

16. How does the book end?

17. Mahad has struggled a lot. What are some of the different things he may have struggled with?

18. Have you struggled a lot in you life? Describe something that you have had to struggle against.

19. Do you believe that Mahad will become a published poet? Explain why you believe he will/will not.

20. In this book, there are different persons who think different things about Mahad. What different persons do you find and what do they think about Mahad?

21. What do you think about the book and why?

22. Write a continuation.

At the end of the book, Emma stands outside the glass cage. She is going nowhere special and asks Mahd if he wants to come along. Continue the story by telling about where they go and what they do. Describe how they feel and state if you think they will become a couple, or not.