Welcome to English 7. I hope that this course will provide an intellectual challenge to each of you this year. After some comments that there was now sufficient time to get things done we will retain the same structure as last year.
The Monday lessons will begin at 8 and go to about 8.50. Thereafter you will have 50 minutes to work on your assignments. If you use this time wisely you will have a good foundation for the rest of the course.
The Friday's lesson will be the full 100 minutes (from 8 a.m. to 9.40 a.m.)
However, today we will use the time at our disposal. The lesson will consist of some administration and a couple of tasks.
Having distributed the books (English C ) we will endeavour to look at the curriculum for the course.
Here it is in digital form.
I have also included a letter to you both in paper and digital format. I want a reply to this by Friday AT THE LATEST. (Even the students I taught last year!)Here is my letter
What we need to do today is analyse the curriculum and grade guidelines and plan areas which must be examined and tested in order to fulfill these requirements.
By Friday I shall endeavour to put your observations into some kind of planner for the autumn term.
The planner will be affected by the field trip to Uganda with SA13. During this time you will work with a reading assignment (See below!)
Since the language used in the document is complex I have included a copy in Swedish of the original document. It is here on the right-hand side of the blog.
It is important to see this course as a melting-pot where we will be able to contribute ideas and give input.
Some things are compulsory- word lists, writing workshop, presentation of "gymnasiearbete" literature etc.. Others need to be planned and formulated.
Welcome to what, hopefully, will prove to be a stimulating and challenging experience.
I want you to start off by discussing in pairs/threes the issue of airbnb and how it is affecting the property market.
Rich investors are buying property in attractive areas and renting it on airbnb instead of letting people live there.
The Swedish government is looking at ways to stop this. What is your opinion?
On Friday morning I will be with you a short time (We have an assessment meeting with the team from Uganda). Then you will get a chance to borrow a classic book and be given your first assignment
