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Hi and welcome back!
Hope you've had a great Christmas Holiday and that you're now are eager to come back and ready to learn.

New Theme: Australia 

                Thursday                                                     Friday

w.2	Welcome back, I hope you've experienced a lot of Christmas joy! The new year 2021 has just begun, let us reflect on the year 2020 and perhaps think about the year. NewsReel: Annual review 1. Quizlet: Newsreel 20-12-12 2. Newsreel: 20-12-12	New Year's Blog
	In the next following weeks we will learn more about Australia: 1. true or false workbook p. 78 in pairs 2. Listen and find out how many correct answers you have 3. PowerPoint: Australia	1. Movie about Australia  https://www.sli.se/apps/sli/prodinfo.php?db=17&article=310148021-3 2. Work with Australia the great Southern Country 3. Grammar: Nouns p 116-117, wb 4. who vs which: wb 122 worksheet 5. Glosor.eu: Australia True or False
	1. 10 Amazing facts about Australia + worksheet https://fridtjuv.se/lesson-open/australia/?fbclid=IwAR3ek1DboG_N0grPn_0QE6Sr2-3sSiucac-dRkOut9iy03XhI9WRpkKs1qI Aussie words youtube If you're done: se extramaterial från föregående vecka.	8.07 Aussie word Aussie words youtube https://glosor.eu/ovning/australian-slang.8728563.html 1. Gör arbetspass: https://fridtjuv.se/lesson-open/australia/?fbclid=IwAR3ek1DboG_N0grPn_0QE6Sr2-3sSiucac-dRkOut9iy03XhI9WRpkKs1qI 1. Listening Comprehension: answer questions about the average Aussie, 2.  Reading Comprehension: Ned Kelly 3. häften Geography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynHIlx5RgtI&ab_channel=GeographyNow https://online.seterra.com/sv/vgp/3060

w. 7-9	2. Läs om flaggan på länkarna:  Aussie flag  aboriginal flag  3. Svara på frågorna kring flaggorna i häftet (s.1 Australia).  4. Right or wrong:   p. 17 (övn. 13+15) (2nd)  5. Jobba med grammatik:  Genitiv p. 119-121	1. Welcome to Oz, Tb  82-84  2. Words:  Glosor.eu: Welcome to OZ 3. WB p. 79-83 (A+B+D)
w. 10	1. Spela upp sången:  Waltzing Matilda  2. Waltzing Matilda Second Time TB p. 12-13 (I häftet)  3. Summarize the song using the words from the vocabulary list in the text. 4. Grammatik:  Nouns p. 116-117 WB http://www.roadtogrammar.com/ välj 336 och 337 uncountable nouns Read about the song: https://australianyarns.wordpress.com/waltzing-matilda-australias-national-song/  Glosor:  glosor Australien	Aboriginernas historia:  the history of the aboriginal people (3min)  The stolen generation:  youtube the stolen generation  (9min)  Botany Bay s. 14-15 (2nd time el i häftet) , read and put the pics in the right order. Glosor till Botany Bay – find the synonym -https://glosor.eu/ovning/glosor-australien-2.8886155.html Extra:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv2fDRF2VOk (history)  Extra läsning:  http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/stories/why-were-convicts-transported-australia
w.11	Plugg inf prov: Power Point Presentation Game: Australia prep for test	Test
w. 12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgj70MSUFho 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynHIlx5RgtI 

http://www.canberrayourfuture.com.au/portal/living/article/history-of-canberra/

                                                                                                                                                 Aussie legends:   http://sacred-texts.com/aus/mla/index.htm



If you're done you could practice some more at:

Grammar:
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6142287201532681622#editor/target=post;postID=4402194284914334756;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=22;src=postname
Elevspel
https://www.elevspel.se/amnen/engelska/

Listening:
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6142287201532681622#editor/target=post;postID=6512362825997403285;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=16;src=postname

Reading:
https://agendaweb.org/reading/comprehension_easy_interm1.html
https://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/12_A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_Free_Sample.pdf

Finished and have nothing to do? Visit youtube and search for David Tammet or other savants, people with extraordinary abilities. Write down some keywords or text and be ready to declare to the class what you've discovered. 

Week 45-
We have worked with pushing our limits and the senses, let's move on to our fantastic body as we work with the theme: health. What does health mean? There is physical as well as mental health, or lack of it. In the textbook p 22, we will learn about our fantastic body.

After reading in the textbook, p24
Workbook: D and E, p 20. 

 Health, Wellbeing or the lack of it... 

Freaky foods... 
Work in pairs. Read one article individually so that you together cover both of them. Look at Ted talks. Make a summary of the article and make a wordlist. 

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/09/health/gender-differences-giving-receiving-study/index.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/18/health/fitness-technology-future-explainer/index.html

Thursday : 

Talk about the articles you have read, in groups. I will listen to two groups at a time. The rest of the class will work with Lyrics training while they wait to discuss the articles... 

Visit Lyrics training and choose:

• Beat it -Michael Jacsson
• We are the champions - Queen
• practice the words to the chapter

Friday:

Ted talks:
https://www.ted.com/talks/rishi_manchanda_what_makes_us_get_sick_look_upstream

Mål: efter att ha arbetat med temat ska eleven:

• kunna ta till sig fakta ur en populärvetenskaplig text och kort redogöra för dem. 
• ha ett utökat ordförråd så att man kan prata om kroppen och dess funktioner.  

Week 47- 

Theme: Countries 

Focus on Scotland & Wales:
Scotland

Mål: Efter att ha arbetat med Skottland och Wales ska eleven: kunna mer om länderna, som delar av Storbritannien. Bättre kunna lyssna sig till fakta, även där olika dialekter talas. Ha ett uttökat ordförråd för att kunna berätta om Skottland och Wales. Kunna stava och veta skillnaden mellan några ord som lätt blandas ihop. 

Scotland

1. Listen and answer to the Questions on page 28.
2.  https://webbapp.liber.se/focus-on-english-8/#/3-scotland-wales  choose: Welcome to Scotland: Listen to the text, (p 30-31in your textbook), check your reading and grammar track:
3. Workbook: A, B,C;D, F 
4. Listening: G, together in class 

When you're done with the exercise go to Lyrics training: Choose :

from Scotland

• Travis-Sing
• Rod Stewart- I am sailing
• Simple Minds- Don't you forget about me

Are you done with all of the above? 

• Do a crossword on Scotland
• Visit: https://www.visitscotland.com/about/famous-scots/william-wallace/ 
• And do the following questions to the text

Week 48
Förhör läxan

Welcome to Wales
Visit https://webbapp.liber.se/focus-on-english-8/#/3-scotland-wales and do 1-4

1. Listen to the text
2. Check your reading 
3. Grammar track
4. Practice the words

Then...

1. Workbook: A,D,E
2. Listening:F together
3. p.127 relativa pronomen, A, B (Who/which)

Are you done? Visit Lyrics training: 

From Wales: 

• Daffy: Mercy, 
• Shirley Bassey: Goldfinger/ Love story(where do I begin), Diamonds are forever, 
• Manic Street Preachers- if you Tolerate this your children will be next

Kända ramsor:
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/

Week 49

Young Focus
Listen to the text
Workbook:  A, B, C
Practice the words on https://webbapp.liber.se/focus-on-english-8/#/3-scotland-wales


Week 2

Hello and Welcome back to a new term: Spring term 2018!! wow!

I hope you've had a great holiday with a lot of joy, laughter, sharing and oats... hihi

A new term, new possibilities, and new knowledge to conquer. Exciting times!!!