English 9b

Dear class,

As you already know my name is Lena. I am 42 years old. I am married to Christian, who is also a teacher, and we got two children. Their names are Axel and Stina. Axel is 13 years old and Stina is 10,5 years old. We also have two small cats that we love very much. They are called Sigge and Busan. We live in a big, white house in Björkäng, Varberg.

I really love to sport! When I was younger I played a lot of table tennis. It might be hard to understand if you watch me playing today but I was actually quite good. So good that I played in the Swedish Championships - twice. I stopped playing table tennis when I was 18 years old and after that I played a lot of basketball and beach volleyball. Nowadays I take long walks and train at Friskis&Svettis. I also love reading! I love to read books and disappear into another world. My favourite thing is to combine walking with listening to books. And finally - I LOVE watching tv-series. I must admit that it’s probably not healthy to watch as many tv-series as I do. One series that I have watched is called “Project Runway”. It’s about people who are interested in sewing and designing clothes. Maybe I got my interest in clothes and fashion from when I was young. When I was 3-5 years old I was a baby model for the clothing company Ellos. I don’t remember that much but my mother has saved some pictures that are fun watching.

I want to tell you about a memory of mine. It happened when I was 18 years old. Me and my friend Angelica, had travelled to Stockholm to join a huge festival called “Vattenfestivalen”. (Remember! Those were the days when we didn’t have mobile phones.) Before going out we joined a party in Tullinge and then we were supposed to take the underground to the city. The tube came when we stood there talking and I quickly jumped on the tube, turned around to see the doors closing and everyone else was standing outside the tube. And Angelica carried the bag with my wallet. So there I was - all alone in Stockholm and couldn’t figure out what to do. I walked around the streets the whole evening and finally at 01 o’clock in the night I saw two guys from Sundsvall that I knew and I was able to sleep in their apartment for the night. In the morning I looked in the telephone book and found the number to where Angelica was and later that morning we were reunited again. But let me tell you - I was quite scared that night.

I have worked as a teacher for 17 years. The last two years I’ve been teaching very small groups so now I long to teach a class again. I’m really looking forward to getting to know you better!

Best wishes, Lena

Oh! I forgot to tell you a very “interesting” detail about me. If you look closely at my face you will see a small scar on my left cheek. I got it the very first day I was born. I scratched myself so hard that it gave me a scar forever.

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If you're finished with the letter, please go to https://www.newsinlevels.com/ and read/listen to different news articles.

English idioms

I was rooted to the spot.

unable to move because of fear or surprise.

Mary stood rooted to the spot when the thief snatched her bag.

I'm as snug as a bug in a rug.

cozy and comfortable

The bedroom in Aunt Jane's house was cold, but after she wrapped me up in four or five quilts and put a stocking cap on my head, I was snug as a bug in a rug and ready to go to sleep. Alan: Are you warm enough? Jane: Yes, I'm as snug as a bug in a rug.

I'm the apple of her eye.

if someone is the 'apple of your eye', they are appreciated, loved, or cherished above others.

I spoil my grandson because he's the apple of my eye.

To catch a person red-handed.

to catch a person in the act of doing something wrong.

Tom was stealing the car when the police drove by and caught him red-handed.

You are talking through your hat.

to talk about something without understanding what you are talking about

Nothing of what he said made sense - he was talking through his hat.

To pull someone's leg

to kid, fool, or trick someone.

Don't believe him. He's just pulling your leg.

Not my cup of tea.

not what someone likes or is interested in

I realize a fantasy computer game is not everyone's cup of tea, but this one is amazing.

I can't make head or tail of it.

unable to understand someone or something.

George is so strange. I can't make heads or tails of him.

Old as the hills.

something very old

That's not a new joke; it's as old as the hills!

Make ends meet

to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need

My wages were so low that I had to take a second job just to make ends meet.

Bokrecensioner

Överlevarna av Robert Muchamore

Det är så logiskt alla fattar utom du av Lisa Bjärbo

Darren Shan av Darren O'Shaughnessy

Här är filmen:

Meningar att översätta

1. Hertiginnan av Cambridge födde en kunglig dotter den 2 maj.

2. Min mormor har en samling av kuddar hemma.

3. Ett kungligt fan hade porslin som var värt mycket pengar.

4. Jag vill att du hälsar på kunderna när de anländer.

5. Gekås är Skandinaviens största varuhus med många besökare varje dag.

6. Några kunder lämnar klagomål i receptionen.

7. Kan du hantera små barn?

8. Den där roboten ser mänsklig ut.

9. Min pappa oroar sig alltid.

10. -Vill du gå på bio? - Kanske.

11. Förra veckan var det jordbävning i Nepal. Det utlöste ett jordskred i många städer.

12. Flera människor fastnade i en lavin.

13. Vi läste om en pelikan som vägde för mycket.

14. Personalen skiljde syskonen för att de bråkade.

15. När de är tillräckligt gamla förenar de sig med flocken igen.

Prao-uppgift

Detta förväntas du göra under praon:

* Intervjua din handledare. Här är frågorna som ni kom fram till skulle vara bra att ställa:

- Har du alltid velat bli ..........?

- Vad är det bästa/sämsta med att jobba som ............?

- Vad fick dig att börja jobba som ............?

- Beskriv en vanlig dag som ...............

* Ta reda på fakta om företaget du praktiserar på så att du kan skriva en kort faktaruta. Kan hända finns den informationen på företagets hemsida.

Namn på företaget:
Grundades:
Antal anställda:

* Dokumentera en dag med bilder. Obs! Om du tar en bild på en person, glöm inte att fråga personen i fråga om det är okej.

English May 12

To be finished today:

1. Answer the following questions:

A) List some of the obstacles Ms Gruwell faces in the beginning.

B) Describe the situation in room 203 in the beginning of the film.

C) What does Ms Gruwell's husband and father think about her working as a teacher?

D) What does Erin Gruwell do to earn the students' trust?

E) Eva gets really angry when she realizes that Anne Frank died. Why?

F) The students finally meet Miep Gies. Who was she?

G) In the end Eva and Sindy takes a step closer to each other. What made them do that?


2) Choose ONE of the following writing assignments:

A) In Freedom Writers, the students write diary entries to express what they are feeling and the problems that they are facing. We only get to hear some of these diary entries.

Diary Entry Activity

Choose one of the following characters:

● Eva

● One of the boys in the class

● Erin Gruwell 

● Margaret Campbell 

Then write a diary entry about Erin Gruwell’s first day at school. What do you think about her? What assumptions do you make? Do you want her to succeed or not? If you are writing as Erin, what are your ambitions and how do you think you’ll make them happen?

OR

B) The students in Freedom Writers write letters to Miep Gies to tell her about themselves, what they thought about the book they've read and their thoughts about Miep Gies herself. Now you choose a character from Freedom Writers and you write your letter to him/her. You can write about the same things that the Freedom Writers did:

* Short introduction of yourself.
* What you thought about the film.
* Your thoughts about the character you chose.


3) Go to Glosor.eu and continue practicing the words. The username is: betalena You don't need a password.

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If finished with everything, find a classmate or two who is also finished and discuss these questions. Record yourselves!

1. Why are the students so unwilling to associate with anyone outside their ethnic/racial groups? Where does this intolerance come from? 

2. Why is trust such an important component of a teacher-student relationship?

3. Why does Ms. Gruwell’s students hate and resent her at first?

4. Miep Gies, the woman who hid Anne Frank, is a hero to Ms. Gruwell’s students. What does Miep Gies mean when she tells Ms. Gruwell’s students, “You are heroes everyday.”?

5. Describe the transition in Mrs. Gruwell’s classroom from the first day of freshman year through the end of the year – how have the students changed? How has Ms. Gruwell changed?

6. What makes Eva choose to “go against her people” in the courtroom? Do you think this was a good decision? How does her family and friends react?

7. Why are the students filled with such anger at the beginning of the movie? Do you think their anger is reasonable? 

8. What similarities are there between Woodrow Wilson High School and Apelskolan? How are they different?

9. What did you think about the movie? Motivate your answer!

10. Choose one thing (anything in the film) you thought was interesting and discuss it.

Film report

Film report year 7 – Bend it like Beckham

We have watched the film ”Bend it like Beckham” and now it's time for you to write a film report.

1. Where does the film take place? ________________________________________________

2. Who is the main character? ___________________________________________________
   
   
   Description of main character:
   __________________________________________________________________________

3. Other characters:

_________________________________________________________________________

4. Plot:

__________________________________________________________________________

Torsdag 7 maj

Reportage att läsa:

Uppfylld cafédröm i Kista Galleria av Alba.

Prao-reportage av Victor Ljungdahl.

Träning för att rädda liv 

English May 6

1) Warm up
Talk about the film - The duel

2) Answer the following questions about the film

A) List some of the obstacles Ms Gruwell faces in the beginning.

B) Describe the situation in room 203 in the beginning of the film.

C) What does Ms Gruwell's husband and father think about her working as a teacher?

D) What does Erin Gruwell do to earn the students' trust?

E) Eva gets really angry when she realizes that Anne Frank died. Why?

F) The students finally meet Miep Gies. Who was she?

G) In the end Eva and Sindy takes a step closer to each other. What made them do that?


3) Choose ONE of the following writing assignments:

A) In Freedom Writers, the students write diary entries to express what they are feeling and the problems that they are facing. We only get to hear some of these diary entries.

Diary Entry Activity

Choose one of the following characters:

● Eva

● One of the boys in the class

● Erin Gruwell 

● Margaret Campbell 

Then write a diary entry about Erin Gruwell’s first day at school. What do you think about her? What assumptions do you make? Do you want her to succeed or not? If you are writing as Erin, what are your ambitions and how do you think you’ll make them happen?

B) The students in Freedom Writers write letters to Miep Gies to tell her about themselves, what they thought about the book they've read and their thoughts about Miep Gies herself. Now you choose a character from Freedom Writers and you write your letter to him/her. You can write about the same things that the Freedom Writers did:

* Short introduction of yourself.
* What you thought about the film.
* Your thoughts about the character you chose.



 Go to Glosor.eu and start practicing the words. The username is: betalena You don't need a password.

Reportage

1) Vad kännetecknar ett reportage?

2) Läs reportaget "Jag ville sticka ut, våga synas" av Malin Nordgren på DN. Här kan du lyssna på reportaget:


Record music and voice >>


3) Gör sedan följande uppgifter:

A) Hitta ingressen och kopiera den.

B) Ge ett exempel på en personbeskrivning från texten.

C) Ge ett exempel på en annan beskrivning.

D) Skriv av en mening från texten som visar att journalisten är "på plats".

E) Journalisten använder sig både av pratminus och återberättande för att visa vad Robin säger. Hitta en mening med pratminus och en mening där journalisten återberättar vad Robin säger/tycker.

F) Vad kan man läsa om i faktarutan?

G) Vad står det i bildtexten?

Ordkunskap

Träna ordkunskap eller stavning här.

English April 29

1) Warm up
Talk about the film.

2) Finish these exercises.

3) Practise words from the film on www.glosor.eu The username is betalena. You don't need a password.

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4) Group discussion about the film:

1. Jules and Jess are both football talents. What other things do you think they have in common (gemensamt)?
   
   
2. In what way are Jess and her sister Pinky different?
   
   
3. How is Jules mother like? What is important to her? In what way is she similar (lika) to Jess mother?
   
   
4. Why doesn’t Jess parents like that she plays football? Is there a difference between the mother’s and the father’s opinion about Jess future?
   
   
5. Take up one thing (anything in the film) you thought was interesting and discuss it. 
   

English April 29

Warm up
Discuss with a partner:
1) What are the characteristics (kännetecken) of a good teacher?

2) What are some characteristics a good teacher can't have?

3) Who is your favorite teacher? Why?

4) Have you ever had problems with a teacher? Talk about it.

5) In your opinion, what are the greatest difficulties a teacher faces?


Watch this movie segment.


Discuss with a partner:

1) Describe the scene.

2) What are the challenges this teacher will face during the term?

3) How would you describe this group of students?

4) How would you describe the teacher?

Bend it like Beckham - part 2 and 3

Exercise A: This section starts with Pinky’s wedding being cancelled, because her future in-laws think that Jess was kissing a white man at the bus-stop. Her parents then forbid her from playing football. Put the following events in order.

1. Jess gets into a fight with another football player.
   
   
2. Jess’ father sees Joe and Jess hugging.
   
   
3. Joe and Jess almost kiss. Jules sees this and becomes jealous.
   
   
4. The Hounslow Harriers go to Germany.
   
   
5. The Bhamras find out Jess went to Germany, and try to make her quit
   the team.
   
   
6. The wedding is back on again.
   
   
7. Tony tells Jess that he is gay.
   
   
8. Joe goes to the Bhamra’s house to try to persuade them to allow Jess to
   play football. 
   
   
   
   Exercise B: Rewrite these paragraphs so they are true. There are three mistakes in each paragraph.

   
   
   

   1. Pinky blames her parents because her wedding is cancelled. She tells her parents that Jess has stopped playing football. They are very angry and tell her she can continue to play.
      
      
   2. Jules doesn’t like Joe. In Germany, Joe and Jess fight. Jules sees this and is upset and jealous. Jules visits Jess’ house and they have an argument.
      
      
   3. Pinky is very happy that her wedding is cancelled. She persuades Teetu, her boyfriend, to talk to his friends. Teetu’s parents and the Bhamras arrange for the wedding to continue. Unfortunately, the wedding date is the same day as Jess’ university exams. 
      
      
      
      Exercise C: Joe tries to encourage Jess not to give up. When Jess says that her parents want to protect her by not letting her play football, Joe asks her “Whose life are you living?” What does he mean? 
      
      

      
      
      Exercise D: Answer the questions.
      
      

      1. Why does Jess’ mother pray to the picture of Babaji?
         
         
      2. How does Jess feel at the start of her sister’s wedding?
         
         
      3. Why does Joe go to Jess’ house during the wedding?
         
         
      4. Why does Mr Bhamra allow Jess to go to the football match?
         
         
      5. What does the American offer Jules and Jess?
         
         
      6. What job does Joe take in the end?
         
         
         
         

      Exercise E: What happens to these people at the end of the movie?
      
      

      1. Jess and Jules
         
      2. Jules’ mother
         
      3. Jess and Joe
         
      4. Pinky and her mother-in-law
         
      5. Joe and Mr Bhamra
         
         
         
         
         

      Exercise F: At the end of the wedding celebration, Jess is sitting in the car with her sister when her sister says “Don’t you want all of this?” (a wedding, a husband, etc.). What does Jess mean when she says “I want more than this?” 
      

      1. 
         
         

Bend it like Beckham - first part

         Exercise A: Put these events in the correct order.

1. Jess and Jules go shopping for football shoes.
   
   
2. Jules sees Jess playing football in the park, and asks her to join the
   Hounslow Harriers.
   
   
3. Pinky’s boyfriend’s relatives see Jess and Jules laughing and hugging,
   and think she is kissing a man.
   
   
4. Pinky has her engagement party.
   
   
5. Jess lies to her parents that she has a part-time job, so she can go out
   and play football.
   
   
6. Jess’ mother sees her wearing shorts and playing football with Tony’s
   friends, and tells her she’s not allowed to play football. 
   
   
   Exercise B: Who said what? Match the statement with the person who said it. 
   
   Jess’ mother     Jules’ mother       Jess’ father      Jules’ father
   
   
   1. ‘I was married at your age.’
      
      
   2. ‘If she’s more interested in playing football than chasing boys, well
      quite frankly I’m over the moon about that.’
      
      
   3. ‘Your mother’s right. It’s not nice. You must start behaving like a
      proper woman.’
      
      
   4. ‘No boy’s going to want to go out with a girl who’s got bigger muscles
      than him.’ 
   
   
   Exercise C: Think about the expectations that Jess’ and Jules’ families have of them. Make lists of the things that their families and society expect girls to do. Make one list for both girls, and another list for Jess.
   
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   Vocabulary - Bend it like Beckham

April Fool's day

The history of April Fool's Day:

FAMOUS HOAXES Swiss Mountain Cleaners The Swiss Tourism Board released a video that revealed the secret of why their mountains look so clean. It was due to the hard work of the Association of Swiss Mountain Cleaners, whose members daily scaled the Alps, scrubbing the rocks of unsightly bird droppings. The cleaning not only maintained the beauty of the Alps, but also prevented the droppings from eating away at the rocks, causing cavities that might eventually lead to the complete erosion and disappearance of the mountains. Millions of people watched the video, and 30,000 took the online test to determine whether they had what it took to become a mountain cleaner (aka "Felsenputzer"). Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKIqGYRuvbk

Flying Penguins The BBC announced that camera crews filming near the Antarctic for its natural history series Miracles of Evolution had captured footage of Adélie penguins taking to the air. It even offered a video clip of these flying penguins, which quickly became one of the most viewed videos on the internet. Presenter Terry Jones explained that, instead of huddling together to endure the Antarctic winter, these penguins took to the air and flew thousands of miles to the rainforests of South America where they "spend the winter basking in the tropical sun." A follow-up video explained how the BBC created the special effects of the flying penguins. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4

King’s College Choir Uses Helium The renowned King's College Choir is not known for farce. This made it noteworthy when they released a video announcing that complex regulations had made it impractical to continue featuring young boys in the choir, and that they had been forced to find other ways to replicate the high pitch of the boys' preadolescent voices. Because the older choral scholars had vetoed the "surgical solution," the choir leaders had finally adopted a suggestion made by a colleague in the Chemistry Department — use helium. The video, demonstrating the use of helium during a performance, generated almost 1 million views on YouTube. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukDAfF0-8q8

Pregnancy revealed via speakerphone Stephen Barrows, professor of economics at Aquinas College, had a strict rule that if a student's phone rang during class they had to answer it on speakerphone, in front of everyone. So when Taylor Nefcy's phone rang on April 1, he enforced the rule and the entire class proceeded to hear this, "Hi, this is Kevin from the Pregnancy Resource Center. Per your request, I'm calling to inform you that the test results have come back positive. Congratulations!" Barrows' face immediately turned red, and he muttered, "OK, you might want to shut that down." When the call finally ended, he gravely apologized to her, but she assured him it was okay. She had been expecting the news. In fact, she already had a name picked out for the baby. Its first name would be April, and the middle name Fool. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9rymEWJX38

Google Nose Google announced Google Nose Beta allowing people to smell what they searched for online. The company explained that they had leveraged "new and existing technologies to offer the sharpest olfactory experience available," with their "street sense vehicles" roaming far and wide to index millions of different scents, thereby creating the "Google Aromabase" of 15M+ "scentibytes." The scents were smellable by people at their computers because Google had figured out how to manipulate the photons coming out of the screen, causing them to intersect with "infrasound waves," thereby temporarily aligning molecules to emulate particular scents. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFbYadm_mrw

Teleportation machine University of Michigan College of Engineering released a video revealing that their researchers had created a teleportation machine. Materials Science Prof. Xavier Vlad demonstrated how he could teleport a small key from one end of the machine to the other. He further explained that the process was discovered by accident — just like the discovery of Post-It notes. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHjczeJIooc

Mood paint Peugeot announced that the Peugeot RCZ would be the first car to come with "mood paint." This paint consisted of a "specially developed psychochromatic coating" that altered its molecular structure to emit light at varying wavelengths — "literally changing the color of the car to reflect how you're feeling." Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP5_5RDKxOY

Sony Ultra-Small Ultrabook In 2012, Sony debuted the VAIO® Q Ultrabook, boasting 8GB of RAM, HD 1080p resolution, and full 3-D graphic support. It could also fit in your pocket because it was the size of a quarter. Sony promised that it was the "lightest, most portable ultrabook ever," offering "portability without compromise." "Watch the future of mobile computing unfold before your eyes," the company said, "and soon, in the palm of your hand."  Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3qM05C9hMI

Google Animal Translator Google UK purportedly offered a version of Google Translate which could be used to talk with animals. Taking Google’s translation software and applying it to animals, one of 2010’s best jokes saw Google doing their bit to encourage ‘greater interaction and understanding between animal and human’ – via an Android app that ‘recognizes and transcribes words and phrases that are common to a species, like cats for example.’ They even made a YouTube video promoting it. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I24bSteJpw Home-grown spaghetti picked fresh from the trees In 1957 the British news show Panorama broadcast a news segment about a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland. They convinced the audience that last winter had been the mildest winter in history and that made the spaghetti farmers in Switzerland very happy. After the hoax had been broadcast, hundreds of people phoned the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU

Diktinspiration

Kära ni! Under tre veckor har ni fått lära er om olika diktformer, om allitteration, radbrytning, metaforer och liknelser. Ni har fått testa på att formulera er poetiskt och nu släpper jag poeterna fria! Sista dagen för att skriva egna dikter är torsdag nästa vecka. Här nedan kommer det att finnas en mängd olika förslag på uppgifter man kan göra för att skapa en dikt. Hoppas ni kan inspireras av dem att komma igång!

Ni fortsätter att skriva alla era dikter i ett och samma dokument. Efter påsklovet kommer ni att få tid till att göra ett eget "dikthäfte" i BookCreator. Förhoppningsvis vill ni också publicera en eller flera dikter online.

For your inspiration:

* Inspireras av en bild! Skriv ner 10 ord som du kommer att tänka på när du betraktar bilden. Utgå sedan från dessa 10 ord när du skriver dikten. Välj en av dessa bilder eller hitta en egen.

* Skriv en dikt utifrån olika rubriker:

Vänskap

Ilska

Solglasögon

Skoskav

Jupiter

Instagram

Då ringer telefonen

Hård hud

Den regniga morgonen

* Lyssna på dina favoritlåtar. Skriv ner ord som du tänker under tiden du lyssnar på låtarna. Utgår från dessa ord när du skriver din dikt.

* Skriv en dikt där alla orden börjar på m.

* Skriv fler haikus.

* Skriv en glad dikt om vatten, skriv en arg dikt om vatten och skriv en sorgsen dikt om vatten.

* Skriv kylskåpspoesi!

* Skriv en dikt där första raden börjar med:

Ibland ...

Och sista raden börjar med:

Alltid ...

* Skriv fler femradingar!


* Hitta en dikt som du gillar och skriv sedan om den så att det blir din egen.


* Skriv en dikt där följande ord ingår; bygga, försvara, bröllop, begravning, liv, växa

* Skriv en dikt där raderna består av samma inledning:
Jag har (inte/inget/inget)...
men jag har ...
Jag har (inte/inget/inget)...
men jag har ...

* Skriv en vårdikt:

1. Till din första rad skall du välja ord från de tre spalterna. Du får böja orden som du vill.

2. På andra raden hittar du på en egen mening med valfria ord.

3. På varje ojämn rad plockar du ord från spalterna, på varje jämn rad hittar du på egna ord och meningar. Försök att skriva minst sex rader, gärna längre.

4. Spara dikten tillsammans med dina andra dikter. Välj rubriken ”Vårdikt”.

Ljuset	smakar	ljudlöst
Björkarna	letar	försiktigt
Solen	ekar	plötsligt
Bäcken	värmer	fegt
Dagen	strilar	glittrande
Flickan	börjar	långsamt
Vinden	kysser	innerligt
Löven	blänker	tyst
Bänken	längtar	fantastiskt
Tröjan	skänker	högt
Doften	drömmer	lågt
Killen	prasslar	tröttsamt
Sportlovet	ger	hoppfullt
Regnet	lovar	högtidligt
Snön	smeker	sparsamt
Kärleken	lyser	rättvist
Blommorna	blåser	lugnt
Natten	flyger	dramatiskt
Håret	rinner	engagerat
Vattenpölarna	verkar	samtidigt
Påsken	kommer	tankfullt