What's Your Star Sign?

Carl Sagan's "We Are Here: The Pale Blue Dot"

Focus: "You will/you won't"

1. Fortune Tellers and Horoscopes (Star Signs)
2. Create Fortune Tellers
3. Tell Each Other's Fortunes (Language Focus: will/won't)
4. Everyone will write down a summary of their predictions and whether they believe in them or not
5. Write a page of horoscopes together as a class. Each pair will pick a star sign.

Homework: Read "A Great Day" pages 112-120 and practice Quizlet W48 (LINK HERE) - QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY.

Who's to blame for violent teens?

Group 1: "Guns don't kill people, people do." (MRA Radio Smears Occupy Movement)

Group 2: "Pre-crime? Jail next." (Puyallup student arrested in Columbine-type plot)

Group 3: "We Got Rap to Blame" (Main killed in park had thick, violence-filled rap sheet)

Group 4: "Turn off the computer!" (Violent Video Games: Do They Really Cause Teens to Act Aggressively?)

Group 5: "Social Media Makes Teens Anti-Social" (Teens and Social Media Implications)

Monday: Lessons for preparation. Teams in groups will write a semi-scripted debate together and practice before presenting the real debate to the rest of the class on Wednesday. 

Learning objectives

• uttrykke seg skriftlig og muntlig på en nyansert og presis måte, med flyt og sammenheng
• ta initiativ til å begynne, avslutte og holde en samtale i gang
• velge og bruke innhold fra ulike kilder på en selvstendig, kritisk og ansvarlig måte

Source: Udir.no

The Goat Blog

On Monday you will work in groups to produce six blog entries relating to your slaughtering and dissection of the goat which you attended on Friday. The six entries will result in The Goat Blog.

Assessment criteria:·

• The blog should use English terminology
• The blog post should not be narrative, but written in a formal scientific style
• The blog post should have a clear introduction, logical presentation of the procedure and a short closing
• The blog post should be illustrated with pictures, or video (max 30 sec.) or self-produced illustrations
• The post should contain references to websites, resources, books, etc. if used 

Here are two English web resources in biology which might be handy:  

BBC Science GCSE Bitesize

iGCSE Biology Resources

Goat Biology

Fagdag 4/11: Juno and Teen World

English “fagdag” November 4^th 2011

1STF

Program

08.30-10.00 Watch the film Juno (2007).

10.00-10.15 Break

10.15-11.00 Mind mapping (Mindomo)

11.00-11.45 Essay Writing

11.45-12-15 Lunch

12.15-14.45 Essay Writing (with optional peer response)

Essay question

Write an argumentative essay in which you discuss one of the following statements:

-         All teenagers are lazy and irresponsible.

-         All teenagers only have superficial friendships. They are all screenagers.

-         There’s no reason to learn anything, because Google knows it all.

Your text may include

-         An introduction

-         A discussion of the statement in which you refer to the film or texts you have read

-         A discussion of the statement based on your personal experience

-         A conclusion

Length: 2-5 pages

We will grade essays together on Monday next week.

Assessment criteria – see p. 341 in New Experience

Structure

Introduction

1.     Invitation/introduction (what is it all about?)

2.     The hook (why do you want the reader to read on?)

Main body

1.     Compare? Contrast? Criticise?

2.     One paragraph = one thought

3.     Discuss, explain, define, illustrate, interpret, justify, relate, review, state

Conclusion

1.     Summary

2.     The clincher (what do you want the reader to remember?)

Linking words (frame it, bridge it and connect it!)

but, however, on the other hand, yet

indictating contrast:

for example, that is

indicating illustration:

similarly, moreover, furthermore, in addition

indicating extension:

therefore, consequently, as a result, thus

indicating conclusion:

then, after that, ultimately

indicating the next step

No sentences should begin with “BUT” or “AND”!

More on linking words: http://exploringenglish.cappelendamm.no/index.html

Understanding numbers

1. Organizing a pop quiz
2. 2.19 Pie Chart - Understanding numbers
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - listening comprehension
4. Tasks
5. About fagdag

What's music to you?

1. Read pages 79-81 "Forever Young"
2. Quizlet practice (LINK HERE)
3. Vocbulary Quiz
4. Task 2.15 page 82
5. Do task 2.19 a) and b) page 84
6. Halloween Fun!

Music video: Jose Gonzlez' Heartbeats. Commercial for Sony Bravia.

Food Fest Pictures

How to write a report

Mind Gap from Mark Francombe on Vimeo.

1. How to write a report (NDLA)
2. Mind Gap (Teknisk Museum) and MiniTinget
3. Write a draft
4. Peer Reponse
5. Homework: Complete Report by Thursday Oct. 27th

Food Fest

EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

1. What did you make?
2. Describe how you made it.
3. What did you taste?
4. What did you like the most?
5. How important is food and cooking to you?

Body and Soul

1. Listening toBody and Soul
2. Tasks and Discussion
3. Listening to Warm and Comfortable
4. Tasks (Quizlet W41)
5. Wrap up

International Cuisine

Lesson Recap:

1. Video Starter Truls & Jamie Oliver
2. Pre-reading activities: Speaking
3. International Cuisine: Reading
4. Quizlet + Tasks
5. They're Made out of Meat: Reading

The History of English

Lesson Recap:

1. The History of English in Ten Minutes (Open University)
2. Pronounciation Poem + Tongue Twisters
3. Dictionary Work
4. How did English Become a World Language? Reading
5. Quizlet + Quiz

Cold War: Duck and Cover

Lesson Recap:

Fagdag: Technologies of the Future

Fagdag: 1STF 09.09.2011 on Prezi

FAGDAG 1STF

R302

09.09.2011

Main objective: What Does the Future Hold? Future Scenarios in 2020.

Curricular objectives:

Learn how to use Prezi.

Search competence

Group presentations

Program:

08.30-10.00: Information on How to Make Prezis and watch Imagine The Future

10.15-11.45: First lesson: Search Competence Second lesson: Collaborative Prezis

Lunch

12.15-13.45: Group work: Make a Prezi collaboratively using pictures, texts and videos to illustrate a future technology which you think will be important. Consider the following:

• Describe the technology.
• Context: where, what and when.
• Impact: what does in mean for our lives?
• Conclusion: Plausibility. Will it happen?

14.00-14.45: Presentations and discussions.

Technologies

1. Robotics
2. Tablets
3. Wifi
4. Google Books
5. Geoengineering
6. Genomics
7. Synthetic lifeforms

Sources

• New Scientist
• Popular Science
• BBC (Technology) (Science)
• Wired
• World Book
• Ted Talks

Assessment

Group product and delivery of presentation assessed.

Language: correct English, varied and precise vocabulary, semi-structured or free delivery

Structure: introduction, middle and end, good and meaningful use of Prezi

Content: clarity in presentation and degree of critical thinking

6: Outstanding (reflection and analysis)

5: Highly competent (reflection and analysis)

4: Very competent (reflection and analysis)

3: Competent (presentation of facts)

2: Low competence (presentation of facts)

1: No competence (nothing)

Global English

Lesson Recap

• Video Starter: Global English
• Reading 'Beginner' p. 18-20 plus tasks
• Countables and uncountables
• How to Write an Essay
• Peer response on essay

We're Back!

Lesson Recap:
Objective: Getting started. Information. Skills.
Video Starter: Argument Clinic
Our Curriculum/it's learning/blog/homework
We're Back! - Reading+Questions in pairs
Test Yourself: Link to quiz
Speaking: Giving directions
Homework assignment: Essay Writing (How to write/assessment)
Reminder: Self assessment and Your Learning Environment

Quizlet challenge:

Choose a Study ModeScatterLearnFlashcards

Study these flash cards Study english flash cards

What Does the Future Hold?

Lesson recap (after book collection):

Video Starter - Discussion

What's good teaching? What's good learning?

Expectations

Broken English

Global English

Blog and Digital Resources

Quizlet - link to week 35