What word is missing?

Scary story starters

1) A woman was sitting alone in front of the fire, drinking tea. The clock had just struck midnight. The house was empty. Suddenly, there was an unexpected knock on the door…

2) A man was walking home through a park late one night when he heard a woman cry: “Help! Help! They´re murdering him!”…

3) A family bought an old house in the country which is said to be haunted. On the evening of their very first day in their new home, the children heard groans in the cellar….

4) A man was driving home through the Black Forest when his car broke down. He went in search of a telephone and came across a lonely little cottage with a “Keep out” sign in the garden…

6) She lifted up her head and peered outside through the frosted window. Wrinkled eyes gazed into the bright sky, and a smile came over the old woman’s face when she saw the full moon, shining away in all it’s glory, a perfect background setting for All Hallow’s Eve…

7) I believe things can happen that change your whole life. . .

I first saw her on the old railroad bridge south of town when I was fourteen. Coming back from fishing the muddy river I took the wood planked walkway that paralleled the train tracks on the steel bridge. Suddenly she was standing there…

WHAT TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE STARTING TO WRITE:

November 12

1. Continue reading scary stories. You need to read at least THREE scary stories. This is what you are going to do with them:

- Retell one story to me. (Obviously you can't do this today since I'm not here...)

- Retell one story to a friend.

- Write a summary to one story and post it on Showbie together with the link to the story.

REMEMBER: Collect scary words and phrases from the stories that you read and write them on the posters on the white board.

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Here's the link to the scary stories: Scary for Kids

For those of you who wants to listen to stories, here are your links. PLEASE NOTE! You need to use Puffin to be able to listen to the story.

Car Keys - read the story here and listen to it here:


Audio recording and upload >>

Girl on fire - listen to it HERE.

Writing on the walls - read the story here and listen to it here:


Record and upload voice >>


2. Watch this video: Idioms of fear. After watching the video, create two sentences for each idiom and then send them to me on Showbie.

EVERYBODY SHOULD DO WHAT IS WRITTEN ABOVE DURING TODAY'S LESSON.

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3. Read Two-Sentence horror stories: 20 terrifying Two-Sentence Horror Stories


4. Come up with your own Two-Sentences Horror Stories. Write them on Pages and then send them to me on Showbie.

Oliver Twist

New friends - Nancy helps Oliver

* Read the two chapters. 

* Translate the first paragraph in "Nancy helps Oliver". From "Rose had a strange story..." to "...are at risk." Write your translation on your blog. 

* Collect new words and practice them. 

Oliver Twist

FRIENDS – OLIVER THE PRISONER

READING COMPREHENSION: 

What has happened in the book so far? Write a summary!

WORDS: 

Collect new words from the last two chapters. Make your own wordlist and then translate your words. Make sure you learn the words. What suits you best? Writing them in sentences? Adding them to www.glosor.eu? Letting someone questioning you? It doesn't matter how you do, as long as you learn your words. 

Oliver Twist

OLIVER IN TROUBLE – SAVED!

WORDS:

Find the words from the list that fit these definitions.

dragged  policemen realised  starving  criminal  jailed  ill  unconscious  stole  faded  comfortable

a) Suddenly understood  -  ............................................

b) Pulled along roughly   -  ............................................

c) Not in a good physical or mental health  -  ...........................................

d) Went away gradually  -  ............................................

e) Officer of the law  -  ................................................

f) Being knocked out  -  ................................................

g) Very, very hungry  -  ................................................

h) Took without asking  -  ..............................................

i) A person convicted of a serious crime  -  ................................................

j) Feeling at ease and relaxed  -  .....................................................

READING COMPREHENSION:

Make up five questions each and then answer each other's questions.

DISCUSS: 

Rank the following crimes. You shall agree upon in which order the crimes should be. Start with the crime that you think is the worst and then the second worst and so on. Record your discussion on Vocaroo and then copy the link to your Google Docs.

Rob a bank

Hit someone

Kill a policeman

Steal candy

Kill a child

Download movies from Internet

Kill 10 people in a war

Oliver Twist

”Fagin” – ”Oliver among thieves”

READING COMPREHENSION:

Say whether the following are true or false:

Oliver was a thief. 

Bill Sykes was a pleasant man. 

The elderly man looked wealthy.

Fagin was pleased.

Oliver knew too much about the world. 

The elderly man was reading a newspaper. 

Fagin did not trust his boys.

Bill and Nancy lived with Fagin. 

WORDS: Work with these words and write them in sentences, e.g. There was a lot of people at the consert yesterday. It was really crowded.

crowded = a lot of people

alleys = in the end of a street

stumbled = fell

rubbish = things you throw away

companion = friend

filthy = not clean

knotted = when your hair is a mess

mattress = padded mat to sleep on

violent = beat, kick, hurting someone

handkerchief = a square of fine material carried in the pocket

wallet = a small bag for carrying money

valuable = worth a lot

among = together with people

wealthy = very,very rich

velvet = a type of cloth with a soft, springy surface

weak = not feeling very well

fist = hand closed for hitting

Oliver Twist

”Born in a Workhouse” and ”An unloved and unwanted child”

WORDS from the text:

Born in a ”Workhouse”

revolution = a complete change of government and society

beggars = people who try to live by asking for food or money in public places

gave birth = had a baby

An unloved and unwanted child

undertaker = one who takes a dead body and buries it

funeral = ceremony at which a person is buried

awful = bad, ill, messy

DISCUSS: Has society changed for poor people since the 19^th century? Discuss the changes.

GRAMMAR: Write out the section beginning ”Oliver's mother...” up to ”eat a fine dinner” in the present tense. Look at the short film if you have forgotten what to think about when writing in present tense. 

WORDS/GRAMMAR: There are 20 adjectives in these two chapters. Try to find as many as possible and write their opposites.

ORAL EXERCISE: Retell the first two chapters to Lena. Practise first.

Holly's heroes - episode 5

The Jetz

Johnno and Ralph lie to Scubi and Trish

"It's quite a challenge" Holly's mother says.

Franco has to harvest the melons

Johnno and Emily needs to prepare for a wedding

"Outlams"

Holly has a plan

Scubi and Trish check the player´s profile

The Outlaws are wrecked

8 seconds left - buzzer beater

Unregistered player

Holly's heroes - episode 4

Adjectives

Practice comparative adjectives:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2070 - this exercise includes a short film that explains the comparison of adjectives. Check it out!

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives/exercises

What's the mistake?

The other team have an advantage if they train harder than us! (1)

I waked up really late, I must have slept in. (1)

He is very tall so he has a advantage in the basketball team. (1)

I have train so much so I have improve my skills! (2)

When I was out walking i saw a rabbit ahead of me. (1)

Basketball players that are long has a large advantage against players who is short. (5)

We have a lot of training a head of. (1)

I like to slept in on the holidays. (1)

I'm always grumpy at morning. (1)

- Don't mind Jack,his always like that. (1)

Newsreel

Questions – Newsreel 18

1 Approximately how many people were on board the Costa Concordia cruise ship when it sank?

1. A  2,200 
   
2. B  3,200 
   
3. C  4,200 
   

2 Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda. True  False 

3 Explain what Jamie Oliver has been campaigning for since 2005.

4 Who banned the website twitter.com?

5 The Olympic flame has travelled from ......... to the UK in preparation for this year’s London Olympics.
A America 
B Greece 
C China 

6 In which city and in which year did the first Paralympic Summer
Games take place?

7 Magazines in Spain and a newspaper in Portugal have published topless photos of UK royal Catherine Middleton.
True 
False 

8 A ....... of ............. was declared on the East Coast of America as Super storm Sandy hit the US. 

9 In his victory speech, Barack Obama says he wants to thank....? 

10 Malala Yousafzai comes from which country? 
A Pakistan 
B India 
CIraq 

11 Gangnam Style won which award at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards?

Frågor hämtade från http://www.ur.se/Produkter/171312-Newsreel-Best-of-Newsreel-2012?q=newsreel

Holly's heroes - episode 3

advantage

ahead of

include

slots

don't mind Peter

grumpy

proper

basket

harmless

singlet

improve

disruptions

catch you later

sensitive

pattern

adjust

I must have slept in

committed

sub

cheer up

Tuesday December 18

Dancing Santa Claus - http://www.everyclick.com/santaswing.html

Gingerbread cookie card - http://www.theoworlds.com/christmas/

The gingerbread man with everything - http://sprintsweets.com

Reflexive pronouns

When you're finished with the exercises in the book you can practice even more here:

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/reflexive_reciprocal_pronouns-exercises.html

After these exercises you'll probably feel like you are the master of the reflexive pronouns and then you can do this exit ticket: www.socrative.com, room number 43001.

Then work with some listening exercises about Christmas. Just click the link:

http://ellloplus.org/sort/?s=christmas

  by  Puno3000 

Feedback

This is what we listed when we talked about feedback:

Good                                                                                            
I like the idea                                                                               
You write very fluently                                                                
This sentence is really good ...                                                  
Good that you describe ...                                                          
The tense looks good ...                                                          
You're good at grammar
Pick a part from the story that you think is really good
You write coherently/the text is coherent (att skriva med sammanhang)
I can really see that it's a scary story/you use many scary story words

Think about
Doble check the spelling
Look at the tense. You change between past tense and present tense.
Do you find a grammar mistake? Write the correct form.

If you come up with other things that are good or that your study partner needs to think about, write them instead. Think about "Two stars and a wish" when you give your feedback. That means that you can choose two things that are good about the text and one thing that he/she can improve.

Podcast

Ready to make a podcast? Check these tutorials before you start.

I look forward to listen to your scary story!

Study partners

Emilia - Fernanda
Nathalie - Zebastian
Evelina - Elina
Ida - Joel
Philip - Clara
Viktor - Pernilla
Razvan - Benjamin
Noa - Samuel
Gabriel - Moa
André - Sandra
Rebecca - Gabija
Leo - Daniel

1. Remember to check Unikum and my latest feedback while you are writing your scary story. Also remember to check the words and expressions that we collected while we were reading the scary stories.

2. When you are finished with you story, read it loud to yourself.

3. Publish it on your blog as a first draft and then let your study partner read it and give feedback.

4. When your study partner has given you feedback you process your scary story until you feel satisfied. Then re-publish it on your blog. The headline can be: "My scary story - the final draft", that way I know that you are finished.

5. Watch the tutorials about making a podcast. The link is in another post. Use your headphones.

6. Finished with all this? Watch Obama's victory speech. The link is in another post.

English lesson 19 October

Virtual barbershop:




English idioms of fear:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2011/10/111028_teacher_halloween.shtml