*Oral Presentations

Please don't...

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.

• Click here to find some useful tips and advice on how to do a presentation successfully in class.
• Remember to use transition words and phrases - pick the ones that you feel comfortable using.
• And here are some phrases that might come in handy when we are to discuss your presentation afterwards.

Break a leg!

And remember, Rome wasn't built in a day. Work on your presentation steadily throughout the next weeks, do not wait until the last couple of days.

*Tips and advice for the mock exam!

You have now spent the last couple of weeks preparing for the mock exam. You should know and be able to use the focus words, you have to have read all the texts and you should have made a list of all the things YOU have to remember when it comes to your written English.

When it comes to the actual day of your mock exam there are some things your guys need to remember:

• Do not spend too much time on the shorter answers - remember only two paragraphs on each task. Make sure that you stick to the topic and answer the task – use the same words and phrases as in the task!
• Make sure that you spend quite some time planning your longer answer. 9EF; use the writing frame! Go for an essay/article unless you get a brilliant idea for a short story (and it better be brilliant). MAKE SURE THAT YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TASK IS ASKING AND THAT YOU ANSWER THE TASK COMPLETELY! Make a solid thesis statement (again; use words and phrases found in the task), stick to the topic, stay away from gibberish and bring a list of things you have to remember when you write.
• You may bring all sorts of aids except gadgets you can use to communicate with others.

Click on the link to find useful transition words and phrases.

BREAK A LEG!

*Mock Exam Preparations

The date of the mock exam is getting closer (Monday April 27) and it's time to prepare. A new issue of Perspectives Magazine is out and this season the topic is Going Green! To find the new issue: log on to Fronter, then click on the folder called RESSURSER and find the icon for Cappelen Damm. Log on to the webpage by using the same username and password as in Fronter. You'll find the link to the online magazine under MIN SIDE.


To read and work with the texts will be your homework for the next couple of weeks!

Happy reading (and GO GREEN)!

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NB! If you want to get additional feedback on a written text before the mock exam, take a look at the task below. Write the text, send it to me in an e-mail and you will get feedback within a few days :)


Task 3A
Considering start times

In the text “Hitting the snooze button” you have read about new research which shows
that later start times in high school might be good for students.

Imagine that the editor of a student magazine has asked you to write a text in which
you share your thoughts about start times in high school. Choose a suitable title and
type of text.

Suitable types of text could be a discussion (both sides), an opinion piece (one side) or
an article.

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NB2! We highly recommend the documentary No Impact Man. It shows how far some people are willing to go to save the planet. These people went green all the way. Unfortunately we do not have time to see it in class, but why not make a movie-night out of it? Invite some friends, pop some corn and enjoy the film (it is to be found on Netflix). Take a look at below to see the trailer (or click here).

*Focus Words "Going Green"

When working with Perspectives Magazine we want you to learn, know how to use and be able to explain some words that we believe are important when it comes to the topic of going green.


These are the FOCUS WORDS:

Rethink – reduce – reuse – recycle

Environment

Climate

Species

Pollution

Individual – local – global level

Global warming

Responsibility

Waste

Production

Consumer

Natural resources

Carbon footprint

Take a look at the YouTube video above (or click here) where the great Joni Mitchell sings about how humanity paved paradise and put up a parking lot... The song is called Big Yellow Taxi and the lyrics are to be found in Perspectives Magazine.