Planning and preparing for the oral presentation will be your only homework the next couple of weeks. 9EF: as you all now hopefully know, the task and the assessment criteria is to be found on Fronter at the English page.
Every day newspapers from all over the English speaking world report what is happening in their areas. We now want you to help us introduce some of these news to your peers.
We would like you to:
Present an article from the English speaking world. Make sure your presentations contain the three following things:
1. Your explanation of the article - with pictures and key words.
2. Background for the article - this can be more about the country the event takes place, or the company, a conflict etc.
3. 5 words you think are important to understand in connection to the article - and you should explain them in English.
8EF: Never mind what I said about only using CNN Student News. You can use any article/news story from the English speaking world. Just remember that the news you are to present is fairly fresh.Take a look here to see when you are to present! You will find the list on Fronter as well. 8CD: you will get your time in class, and on Fronter Thursday.
Seeing your presentations about subcultures this week has been marvellous. Many of you have truly put a lot of work into it and some of the costumes were splendid! I love how many of you really went all in, looking like an authentic person from your chosen subculture. I am impressed!
But not all of you have given your presentation yet; you are to do it on Monday April 7th. Come prepared!
Furthermore; we did not have time to go through the *From present to past homework in class this week, so please bring your text to school on Monday 7th.
Until then; enjoy the beautiful hippie song "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & The Papas :)
This week all your homework is to prepare for the oral presentation about a subculture of your choice. The key is to plan your presentation well and to rehearse. A LOT! Rehearse in front of your parents, siblings, friends, mirror, dog, cat - you name it! The more prepared you are on the day of the presentation, the more confident you are. We can't wait to see you all dressed up and in character!
Click on this LINK to find the task and the assessment criterias.
Check out this WIKIHOW link on how to give a good presentation.
Take a look at the YouTube-clip above - "Rapper's Delight" is one of the first rap songs ever made (1979) and it made the Hip Hop culture popular all over the U.S and around the world. As you can see the hip hop fashion style has changed quite a lot since then! 8CD: The presentations will start on Wednesday April 9th - COME PREPARED! 8EF: The presentations will start on Tuesday April 1st - COME PREPARED!
As we are leaving the strange and wonderful world of Roald Dahl we are entering another strange and wonderful world - namely the world of subcultures. A subculture is a group of people with different ideologies and usually different fashion and music tastes than that of the larger culture they are a part of.
It all started in the 1950s and 1960s with the Rock 'n ' Roll generation. Suddenly young people listened to another type of music than their parents, they dressed differently, had different hairstyles, they went to the movies and they did "The Twist" (see YouTube-clip above)! They even talked differently, using slang such as: "See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile!".
Since then several subcultures have come forth - here are some of the most famous ones:
Rockabilly
Hippies
Goths
Grunge
Hip-Hoppers
Heavy Metal
New Age
Skaters
Emo
You are to give an oral presentation about a subculture. You will get the task and the assessment criterias next week in class, but you should think about which subculture you would like to learn more about and decide whether you would like give your presentation alone or with a friend/friends (you can be no more than three persons giving a presentation). You will be graded individually.
To learn more about youth cultures and subcultures you are to read the text "Fashion, Styles and Trends" p. 128 - 131 and do task 10 and 11 p. 132 in Key English.
This is homework for 8EF for Monday March 24th - BRING KEY ENGLISH TO CLASS! This is homework for 8CD for Tuesday March 26th - BRING KEY ENGLISH TO CLASS!
Remember that you are to give a small presentation about something that is important to you. You should use this week to plan the presentation and then next week to rehearse! The duration of the presentation is to be 3 - 5 minutes per person.
Check this link out to get advice on how to give a good presentation.
The presentations for 8EF will start Monday November 11th - come prepared! The presentations for 8CD will start Wednesday November 13th - you should also come prepared!
