Literature discussions – starting in week 45

Today is your last day on your work practice. I'm looking forward to seeing you all on Monday again. Now it's back to school with a pretty hectic month ahead, even though you have a week off for fall/autumn break in week 44.

Here are some information about what happens after week 44.

You are going to discuss the book you've read together with classmates in groups of 5-6 students. I'm going to observe the groups and grade both how well you present your book and how well you participate in the discussion. Therefore, there can only be one group at a time. The rest of the students will get a booklet each with English exercises that will help you improve your written English. It's important that you all behave and work well during the following 1-2 weeks so that I can concentrate on the group that has their oral presentation and discussion.

Here is some information that is interesting to know about your books:
1.Title
2.Author
3.Number of pages
4.Level of difficulty
5.The story
6.The characters
7.Your impression
8.Grade

Here are some questions to pull during the discussion:
How long did it take to read the book?
Did you borrow the book from school?
What did you learn from reading the book?
Which character did you like the most?
What was the most interesting part of the book?
Was the book on the right difficulty level for you?
Would you recommend the book?
And so on...

It's important that you prepare yourself before the presentation and the discussion. We'll talk more about this on Monday.

Have a great weekend!
Åsa

Homework during your work practice

You are supposed to blog twice about your work practice during week 41 and 42.
Write in your own blog – don't comment in this one!
I will receive an email as soon as you've published your comment in your blog. In return, you will get a comment from me on your blog within a few days. If you don't get a comment – please email me on asa.erichsen@gunnared.goteborg.se as soon as possible. There might still be problems with some of the blogs!

If you don't know what to write about, you can always answer the following questions:

Where are you doing your work practice?
When do you start and finish your days?
What do you get to do there? Is it fun?
Describe your boss and your colleagues?
What does it feel like going to a job instead of school?
How do you get to your work practice?
Do you get anything to eat or do you have to bring your own food?

The most common mistakes in the letters

Here are the most common mistakes in the letters. You will all get individual comments on your private blogs. Although, it might be interesting for you to see what most students have to practice on.

Big letters:
I (jag)
Names
In the beginning of sentences

Possessive pronouns:
my – mine
your – yours
his – his
her – hers
its -
our – ours
their – theirs

Genitive - where to put the apostrophe:
my sister's bike - min systers cykel
my sisters' bikes - mina systrars cyklar

Shorten words (put the apostrophe where the letter you left out was supposed to be):
It is – it's
Does not – doesn't
I am – I'm

Verbs – present tense:
He, she and it in present time add “s” =
I play – he plays
We run – she runs etc.

Irregular verbs in present tense:
Are: Have: Do:
I am have do
You are have do
He/she/it is has does
We are have do
You are have do
They are have do

Plural:
With “s” :
one car – many cars
one song – many songs

Irregular plural:
one man – many men
one child – many children

If you want to study grammar - go to: https://sites.google.com/site/engelskalovgardesskolan/home/grammar