Class on Wednesday

We have discussed the Read and React questions as well as Reflect and Share.

We also listened to the text Postcolonialism on page 189- 193. Please listen to it at home. There is a link to the right.

Debate - Globalisation

Debate group 1 on Wednesday 21

For globalisation                                             Against globalisation

Elias Pålsson                                                    Isak Klein
Caroline Olofsson Tuisku                                Simon Lindblom Pääjärvi
Hanna Nykäinen                                              Magnus Tornberg
Eric Blank                                                        Simon Larsson
Sandra Erkki                                                    Nadja Blind
Felix Jatko Stålnacke                                       Linnea Siikavaara
                                                                         Johan Emmoth



Debate group 2 on Friday 23

For globalisation                                             Against globalisation

Mohamed Abdulnassir Mohamed                   Anton Pettersson
Filip Jonsson                                                   Ida Särkkimukka
Elias Kettunen                                                 Ramy Bella
Matilda Lindgren                                             Ann-Mari Johansson
Ida Lund                                                          Axel Öskog
Karl Furberg Schwartz                                    Matilda Harju
Hanna Söderlund


The keynote speakers will start the debate by shortly giving the groups point of view, either for or against globalisation. You should also make clear what you mean with globalisation.

Listen carefully to each other to be able to refute arguments from your opponents and after that fill in with your opinions.

Finally, don't read but speak!

For Tuesday 13 October

Rewrite the text written in informal syntax on page 30 into a formal text with formal syntax.

In the hand out, Copy Master, you can read more about style and syntax.

Missed class?

Did you for some reason miss English class on Tuesday? This is what you should do to catch up:

* page 17 English: A Drop in the Bucket? Read and answer the questions at page 18. You will need the handout Copy Master 1:4 with the circles.

* Listen to So English is Taking Over the Globe. So What. and Read The Gettysburg Address. Answer the questions at page 24.

Next time we will start by listening to a discussion about Globish and English.

In my locker

Those of you who missed the English class Friday morning can fetch a verb exercise in my locker.

No class 29th and 30th - still work to do

Tuesday 22nd

The House on Mango Street

Listen, answer questions and write a summary of the text where you refer to the writer and give the source of the text.

In class on Friday 25 September
Page 14 in Blueprint C, Further Studies.
Choose either to write a brief report (in your own words) or present orally in groups next week.

There will not be any English classes on  Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th.

Tasks:

Copy Master 1:6
Word work: Idioms in translation

Translate these Swedish idioms into English, if possible

dag för dag
en vacker dag
vad/vem i all sin dag!
vacker som en dag
ingen dans på rosor
få sin beskärda del
för den delen
det kan vara/göra detsamma
före detta
åka dit
dra jämnt
det var droppen(som fick bägaren att rinna över)
en droppe i havet
inte ett dugg
då och då
dålig förlorare
si så där
dött lopp
över min döda kropp
stå för dörren

Assignment - Discussing Essay

Write a discussing essay  where you explore and discuss what the English language, oil and globalization have to do with each other. 

Do they have similar qualities? Does one depend on the other? How? Give examples

Your essay should not be longer than one and a half page. Try to use new words from the wordlist to show you understand them.

Your essay is to be a formally written text. Use the list of  informal and formal words.

Write in Google drive

Time: three lessons
Share with me for comments: Thursday 12 November ( geng@skola.kiruna.se )