Homework 7B

Here you have a link to glosboken.se where you can find your homework. All students are to create an account on their own.

If you want to practice your reading skills you can always go to https://readtheory.org. I have created accounts for you. If you have lost your information please contact me.

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Formal and Informal English 9B

We are going to work with formal and informal English.


Watch the Youtube-clips below.




This an example of a formal text from British newspaper The Guardian: Michael Gove: School meals fatty foods. You are going to re-write it as an informal text.
 

You are also going to create dialogues and write a formal text. Choose the vocabulary suitable for your situation: Formal/Informal English and the right sentence structure and grammar.

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Describing people 7B

We have been working with section 2 about describing people. You are now done with section.

Do exercises 9-15 in the app called English Vocabulary in Use, Pre-Intermediate. 

Done? Practice your reading skills using readtheory.org. 

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Synonyms

I found this image and I thought it was quite good. Have a look, and keep in mind to vary and expand your vocabulary.  This is good for anyone writing a paper.

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Me and my Home

We are working with a topic called Me and my home for the next few weeks. We are going to work with prepositions (words like under, above, next to, in etc) and with "house"-vocabulary.

You are to do the following exercises on the ipad. 

Cambridge English Vocabulary in Use Elementary: 

• At Home 10a-13b

• And "prepositions" in Johnny G (click on grammar first):

We are going to practice in school but you can also practice at home.

You are also going to work in Wings 7. You are to do the following exercises:

• Listening exercise: the kitchen BB p.52-53 (together)
• Odd word out BB p.55
• Word map p. 45 AB (You need a paper from me.)
• What’s the word AB p. 65
• What are you waiting for? AB p. 67

You are to be done with all this by October the 3rd.  

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Homework "The House" for 7B

You are going to learn some new vocabulary this week by listening, reading and translating.

You can find the words here: http://www.languageguide.org/

Chose British or American English (see the yellow markings).

After chosing, scroll down to "The House and click on "The House".

Practice the words until you can pronounce and spell them.

For Friday the 12th of September you are to know "the House". 

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Discribing words

A good strategy for all students to have; is the ability to describe specific words that you can't remember or know what they are in English. 

What you need to do is to describe the word. You can say what you use it for, when you use it, what it looks like etc. 

I do this with my older and with my younger students. 

With the older students I usually divide the students into pairs. One of the are to look at the board at the other student has his or her back towards me. The students who can see what I write on the board describes what I write to his or her partner. When the student who is guessing gets it right they raise their hands. 

I continue to write a long list of words. After a few minutes, they switch seats and I write a new list. 

For the younger students I usually you use the vocabulary lists with images. They pick something and describes it to one more of their class mates. They are to take turns describing and guessing. 

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Learn New Vocabulary

A good way to learn new vocabulary is to use it. You can find a variety of topics here: http://www.englishpage.com/vocabulary/vocabulary.html. 

Chose a set of words and make a dialogue where you use them. Film this with cellphones or iPads. If you film the scenes instead of performing them, it gives the students a chance to make it as good as possible by improving their performance after some feedback.  

This is also a good way to jump start your imagination. It can be hard to come up with a story, but if you have words on a certain topic you can create a story around the topic. For instance; if you have words regarding foods it might inspire you to make a film about a family having dinner, some people going shopping or creating your own cooking show.

This can be done in an advanced class as well as with beginners. 

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British and American English

Here are som British and American vocabulary. You have to words for the same thing. Learn them both!

Which do you prefer; BrE or AmE?

Youtube tip

Here's a little tip for you all:



Always listen to music with lyrics. That's a good way to learn new vocabulary and practice your spelling.