Multicultural Britain

Focus:

Britain as a multicultural society: immigration and multiculturalism as a legacy of the British Empire. Racism, prejudice and culture clash between immigrants and natives. Identity crisis of immigrants and culture clash between first and second generation immigrants.

Tekster:

“Local colour”

“My Hometown Fanatics”

My Son the Fanatic

East is East (film)

The Long Goodbye

"Where you from"

Vocabulary:

Verbs

Nouns

Adjectives

Exam repetition/preparation:

Repetition: this document

Summing up theme: this document

February 2nd: Terminsprøve info + Intro to new theme

Homework: None

Reminder: Reading Circle 1st meeting tomorrow: Complete and write your answers for individual tasks in your shared Google worksheet before tomorrow's meeting!

Today's Plan:

1. Terminsprøve info

2. Round off grammar: passive voice - complete sentences + go through in class ( intro)

Extra: Online grammar → passive voice

3. Getting started on new theme : Work on these tasks

4. If time; task on multicultural Britain (from British Council)

February 4: Reading Circle 1st meeting

Homework:

Complete and write your answers for individual tasks in your shared Google worksheet before today's meeting!

Today's Plan:

Work on tasks in your worksheets (share them with me)

Remember to upload summary on Ludus!

February 7: How Britain has been shaped by migration

Homework: None

Today's Plan:

0. Besvar spørgeskema (link på Ludus)

1. Practice vocabulary for theme by doing these quizlets:

Verbs

Nouns

Adjectives

(Quizlet live in groups)

2. Do synonyms exercise

3. Continue doing these tasks (How Britain has been shaped by migration)

4. Do task on multicultural Britain (from British Council)

if time; Wordle

February 9: Local Colour

Homework: None

Today's Plan:

1. Spend about 30 min. doing these tasks:

Finish these tasks (How Britain has been shaped by migration) in groups/pairs

Do task on multicultural Britain (from British Council) - use this link: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/multicultural-britain

Brief plenum - what have you learned so far about Britains as a multicultural society?

2. At 12.50: Get started on:

“Local colour” - Poem by Liz Lochhead

• • In groups:

    • Read the poem aloud and make sure you pronounce the words correctly. Listen out for poetic devices!

    • Answer the questions on this worksheet (5 questions/40 min.).

    • at 13.30: Talk about the poem in class

Have a nice winter break!

February 21st: Local Colour + Uncountable nouns

Homework: None

Today's Plan:

Virtuel undervisning i dag!

I arbejder selv med nedenstående 2 punkter: Analyse af digtet Local Colour (i grupper 50 min.) og grammatik (utællelige navneord - individuelt og i par 50 min.). Sørg for at skrive jeres navne på dokumenterne og del dem med mig, når I begynder på opgaverne - ikke først når I er færdige!

1. Lektion:

“Local colour” - Poem by Liz Lochhead

1. In groups:

   1. Continue answering the questions on this worksheet (5 questions/50 min.). Share your answers with me in Google drive. Write your names in the document!

1. 2. lektion:

Grammatik: Utællelige navneord

1.Læs reglerne om tællelige og utællelige navneord her

2. Individuelt:

• • Do these exercises:

    • Exercise H

    • Exercise E

1. I par:

• Lav øvelse 23.2 (oversættelse) i Down to Earth side 59 - del den med mig i Google drev (NB: husk at skrive jeres navne øverst i dokumentet!)

• • Extras: Online grammar → nouns: countable and uncountable

February 23rd: My Hometown Fanatics

Homework: None

Today's Plan:

Virtuel undervisning: I skal se og arbejde med spørgsmål til dokumentaren "My Hometown Fanatics". Følg nedenstående plan:

1. Pre-watching: Read the questions on this worksheet

2. Watch the documentary by Stacey Dooley: “My Hometown Fanatics” (56 min.)

- While watching: take notes in a copy of the worksheet

3. After watching: Go through the questions in groups and decide on/write an answer. Share your group's document with lmc@aarhushfogvuc.dk. Remember to write your names in the document!

February 28: Local Colour/My Hometown Fanatics + terrorist attacks 7/7 + My Son the Fanatic part 1

Homework: None

Today's Plan:

Reminder: 2nd Reading Circle meeting on Thursday! You know what to do.....

In class:

1. Grammatik: Utællelige navneord - retteark opgave 23.2

2. Round off “Local colour” - Poem by Liz Lochhead - Go through the questions on worksheet in class + parallel to "My Hometown Fanatics"

3. Three years after 7/7 - listening exercise (timeline)

4. My Son the Fanatic - short story by Hanif Kureishi - Meanwhile: terminsprøver tilbage

Pair work:

• Pre-reading exercise (vocabulary - handout - check solution here)

• Start reading first part of the text, pp. 193-197, l. 24 - - read aloud and look up words!

March 3| Reading Circle 2

Homework:

Complete and write your answers for individual tasks in your shared Google worksheet before today's meeting!

Today's Plan:

I arbejder selv:

(link to Reading Circle site)

Work on tasks in your worksheets (shared with me)

NB: Check my comments for your summaries of part 1 in Ludus!!

Remember to upload summary on Ludus at the end of today's lessons!

March 7: My Son the Fanatic part 1 + Definite article 1

Homework: Finish reading 1st part of My Son the Fanatic (pp. 193-197, l. 24)

Today's Plan:

1. Terminsprøve - opsamling

   1. Opgave 1-5 - Løsningsark

   2. Generel feedback

2. Grammar: Definite article (bestemt kendeord) 1

2. 1. Introduction

   2. Do Exercise 34.2 (page 80 in DTE) - ask questions + check solution

   3. Do exercise 34.3 (page 81 in DTE) → students write answers here - go through in class (solution)

   4. Extra: Online exercises (articles - the)

3. My Son the Fanatic part 1 - meanwhile: terminsprøver retur

1.Game of the Goose in 5 groups:

• Green questions: talk about a topic for one minute

• Yellow (red) questions: questions about the text (comprehension and analysis)

• Blue questions: vocabulary

2.Continue reading the last part of the short story....

March 9: My Son the Fanatic part 2 + Definite article 2

Homework: Finish reading My Son the Fanatic + watch this video

Today's Plan:

1. Grammar: Definite article (bestemt kendeord) 1 (video)

• • Intro + Exercise 35.1 (page 82 in DTE)→ go through in class

  • Intro continued + Exercise 35.2 - students write answers here → go through in class

    • Extras: Online exercises (articles - the)

2. My Son the Fanatic part 2 - meanwhile: terminsprøver retur

• Analysis of the text in this worksheet

• At 13.25: Group presentations in class

If time; Pre-reading for "The Pedestrian" - watch this animation of the short story

March 30: Wrapping up theme

Homework: None

Today's Plan:

Reminder: Reading circle tomorrow!

NB: Fill out checklist for analytical essay and hand it in along with your essay (in the same Word document) on Friday!

1. Wrapping up theme

• Today: Britain's response to Ukrainian refugees?

  • Search the net! Share with neighbour (10 min.)

  • Brief plenum

• Summing Up/Exam preparation:

1. Group work:

   • Do exam preparation in this document in 6 groups (30 min.)

   • Present text to other group and add to/correct text, if necessary (15 min.)

2. Pair work:

   • Sum up theme in this document (30 min.)

March 31 : Reading Circle 3

Homework: Complete and write your answers for individual tasks in your shared Google worksheet before today's meeting!

Today's Plan:

(link to Reading Circle site)

Work on tasks in your worksheets (shared with me)

NB: Check my comments for your summaries of part 2 in Ludus!!

Remember to upload summary on Ludus at the end of today's lessons!