News

During this unit we will focus on news. What is considered news? What is fake news? Are all news reports important? How do you write a news report?

Why?

In today's society it is important to be a critical reader. News is a way for us to collect information about the world. During this unit you will get the chance to improve:

- your ability to read,

- your ability to understand spoken English, 

- your ability to write and

- your ability to write. 

Since we will discuss current events, you will also have the opportunity to reflect on (think about) culture in different countries.

In the classroom

- Discuss current events.

- Work in Gleerups (Gleerups Engelska 7-9, News).

- Write a text for assessment.

Uppgifter

News - writing assignment

Here you will find both the instructions to the writing assignment that you did in class on Thursday, and your text. Finish your text and I will give you comments.

News - writing assignment.pdf

ENGLISH January 15: "Read All About It!" in Gleerups

Read and listen to the news reports in "Read All About It!" in Gleerups. If you think the texts are hard, choose "Basic training" and watch the film first.

Link to the texts: https://gleerupsportal.se/laromedel/engelska-7-9/article/bd946f06-b71e-4617-96d1-fb99dc111369

Answer the questions in "Work with the text":

https://gleerupsportal.se/laromedel/engelska-7-9/article/20f206e6-d84d-4aa0-87d3-c528e808a67e

Finished?

Read All About It! - Extra word work: https://gleerupsportal.se/laromedel/engelska-7-9/article/12b45e56-420f-49fa-9dbd-7fbc73279a65

Read in The Local, Swedish news in English: https://www.thelocal.se/. What is going on in Sweden right now? Write a few sentences about it here in this assignment.

News (Gleerups)

Finish:

Read all about it! (1.1)

- Read the text: https://gleerupsportal.se/laromedel/engelska-7-9/article/bd946f06-b71e-4617-96d1-fb99dc111369

and complete "Work with the text": https://gleerupsportal.se/laromedel/engelska-7-9/article/20f206e6-d84d-4aa0-87d3-c528e808a67e

2. Work with "Looking at language: prepositions of time":

https://gleerupsportal.se/laromedel/engelska-7-9/article/2bcf5c00-3bb1-4d7b-a607-50bc1001635c

3. Complete the listening exercise "What's happening?"

https://gleerupsportal.se/laromedel/engelska-7-9/article/e7b680c1-0068-48df-808a-18435ecffbc8

4. Do the writing assignment "Time to write: a newspaper article".

https://gleerupsportal.se/laromedel/engelska-7-9/article/b2858246-b2c2-49f4-85d9-8c8c77a9ddb7

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Finished?

Work with July 20, 1969 (1.2):

https://gleerupsportal.se/laromedel/engelska-7-9/article/1d749904-10f8-46cc-a7a8-079ff7f45876

1. Read and complete "Work with the text".
2. Listen up: Is it real news?
3. Time to write: A formal letter.

(January 28) News: Inauguration Day

1. Watch this film for background information:

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2. Watch the inauguration speech by Joe Biden (parts of it):

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3. Watch the performances by Jennifer Lopez and Andra Day during the inauguration of Joe Biden:

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4. Answer these questions:

1) What happens on Inauguration Day in the USA? Why do you think that the U.S. presidential inauguration gets so much news coverage all over the world?

2) What message do you think that the Biden administration wants to send to the American people through the performances by Jennifer Lopez and Andra Day?

3) What do you think Joe Biden wants to say with these words? Why?

"We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature. For without unity there is no peace; only bitterness and fury. [...] This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward. And we must meet this moment as the United States of America."

Write your answers here in the assignment or in a shared Word document. Put the link to the document here in the assignment.

Speaking: Front Page News

Front page news

What have been the big news stories in your lifetime? In groups of three or four …

1) discuss the big events that have taken place in the world since you were born.

2) choose three different stories.

3) make up one story that is completely not true but sounds realistic.

(20 min)

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4) present your four stories to another group of classmates. Can they work out which one is your fake story?

(15 min)