HOMEWORKS

WEEK 35

WEEK 34

My Plans For This Class:

Where is the school situated?

Why is the teacher desperate? 

What decision has he made about treating the students? 

What happens when Pamela rushes in? How does the girl react? Describe the emotions of Pamela and the teacher. How should the students address each other? What are the girls supposed to think about and what the boys? What is the teacher’s definition of a “top class”?

HERE YOU CAN WATCH THE WHOLE MOVIE
You will find our scene on minute 30!

Extra: tell me about a teacher or someone in a position of authority who inspired you. What did they do to motivate you and win your respect?

WEEK 33

WATCH THE INTERVIEW WITH MR OBAMA HERE

Questions to the text" What happens when

 friends fall out?":

Where does Junior live? 

What school does he decide to attend? Why? 

How are the Reardan kids? (5 words that characterize them) 

How does Rowdy feel about it? 

For how many years have they been best friends? What is Rowdy’s reaction to Junior’s announcement? (3 things/verbs) 

Why does Junior feel he has to go to the other school? 

Why did Junior remain lying on the ground for a while before getting up?

WEEK 19
We read and discuss The Escape, here are some words:

rabbit-proof fence:  a fence through which rabbits are unable to pass,  informal (Australian) a boundary between certain Australian states, marked by such a fence

scan	to look very carefully
frock	a party dress
drool	to let saliva come out of your mouth
flog	to punish sb by hitting them many times with a whip
abundance	a large quantity that is more than enough
sparse	only present in small amounts
swiftly	quick and immediate
burrows	a hole in the ground made by rabbits
calico bags	a type of heavy cotton cloth that is usually plain white
lurking	to wait somewhere secretly
gaol	jail
assured her	to tell sb something is definitely going to happen
gingerly	in a careful way, because you are afraid you can get hurt f.ex.
charcoal landscape	a black substance made by burning wood very slowly
trudge along	to walk slowly because you are tired

What characters do we meet in the story?
Does the color of their skin have any meaning - which characters are positive, which are negative?
What role have women in the story, what role have the men?
What do the Aborigines men the girls meet offer to them? Are those important gifts? What kind of advice do they offer? Why do you think do they not engage more in helping the girls?

HOMEWORKS FOR NEXT WEEK:
"If Only Papa Hadn't Danced" on pages 80-83:
1. Observe what kind of similes help to create the dramatic atmosphere of the story.
2. What words and phrasesdescribe Papa's strength?
3. What can girl do thather parents can't?
4. Select three different emotions experienced by members of the family and discuss.
5. Why and how did the man in the orange jumpsuit help the family?
6.What significance does the orange color of the patrolling man have according to you?
7.Why do you think the author chose not to mention the specific name of the countries involved?
8. Why do you think it is difficult to leave the country where you grew up and what makes it even harder in the case of our family?

Moreover you can read the extract from One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich on pages 84-87.
WEEK 15
Can you describe Passepartout's emotional state when hearing about Mr. Foggs plans?

surprised         puzzled                  astonished          troubled in mind                                                   not yet recovered from the shock of it all                                   uttered a cry of despair

astound

startle amaze stun astonish take somebody aback astound These words all mean to make somebody feel surprised.

Extension reading "The Escape":
Read the text about the brave three girls and answer following questions:
What kind of shelters do the girls sleep in? Explain why they chose these particular types of shelter on their first two nights.
What do they need to learn about to make sure they have enough to eat?
The girls face a number of challenges to make their way home safely. What are they particularly scared of?
The black tracker is from the Kimberley, a region close to the Pilbara where the girls come from. Why does this make him a particular threat?


WEEK 14

What is a journey? 
1. Read the text on pages 50-53 and be prepared for working with the text on our lesson.
2. Read the text "My Plans For This Class" on pages 44-47 and send to me some answers to questions on page 47 if you feel like it. 
3. Descriptive writing: you can practise your descriptive writing (using a lot of adjectives, metaphores, images as Isabella Bird) when doing the exercise "Imagine you are alone in the forest" on page 20 in your Workbook.

4. Fill in the suitable words in the worksheet you got from me "You Are, Aren't You?" so that you can do this exercise in pairs.

PRACTISE OUR WORDS FROM THIS WEEK:
A LOT OF ADJECTIVES:
adventurous, hazardous, rude, dismal, awful, alarming, admirable, narrow, mournful, severe, questionable,swift

A LOT OF VERBS:

drew           suceeded             are said                   had melted             could keep         slipped        riding           had refrozen        did not see        had been mentioned            seemed              remounted          took out               got off        had been given    walked      would be          suggested

discovery
conscious choice
attitude
adjust - adjustable
beneath






WEEK 12

Practise answering following questions.

Questions about "Engaging Families":

1. What kind of challenge does eevery educator face?
2. What findings do the researchers at the University of Oxford present?
3. What kind of progress was observed in children ages 3-5?
4. What kind of concerns and disruptions do the parents mention when talking about their children's transitions?
5. What reflections appear in the negative feedback shared by parents?
6. What is the positive way to meet parents' concerns?
7. What is the definition of the word "to engage"?
8. What kind of challenging circumstances do some families deal with?


WEEK 11

funding and reforming dropout prevention - afford find out - get to school - performance expectations - as long as - support tough - focused resolve - disagreements - violence

Try to retell some topics Obama discusses with Damon using the words above. Which issues are interesting in Sweden as well?

Write about one of following subjects:

What are the key issues that Weaver raises and why do you think he chose those specific topics?
Choose one question and reply: explain thy the issue is important and discuss the effectiveness of the question and answer.
Summarise Obama's key solutions. Do you think they will be effective?

WEEK 9

essential	vital, crucial, decisive, indispensable sth that is extremely important and completely necessary
well-being	general health and happiness
society, societal
complicated issue
theories
according to
resources	a supply of sth that a country, an organisation or a person has and can use, especially to increase their wealth (human -, natural -, financial -)
struggle	to try very hard to do sth when it is difficult or when there are a lot of problems
shortage	a situation when there is not enough of the people or things that are needed
experience
sufficient	enough for a particualr purpose
physicians
in recent years
caused by
demand – supply
labour market
registered nurses
regret
cautious	being careful about what you say or do, especially to avoid danger or mistakes, not taking any risks
exhausted	very tired, “completely/utterly exhausted”
choice
although

Here you can read the whole text about migration

I hope you had time to read the Obama interview and look forward to get your answers on following questions:
1. What are the key issues that are raised and shy do you think Damon chose those specific topics?
2. Why do you think Weaver brings up the topic of shool lunches and basketball?
3. Choose one questions and one reply and discuss them. Explain why the issue is important and discuss the effectiveness of teh question and answer.
4. Summarise Obama's key solutions. Do you think they will be effective?


WEEK 8

HOMEWORK for next week: Read the fantastic interview with Georgie and James. Here are some words you should learn:
A SPITFIRE
HYPER - HYPERACTIVE: someone who behaves in an overactive or crazy way
CHILLED OUT: means to behave in a relaxed manner and is related to being "cool"

1. How does the friendship between the actors help them in their on-screen relationship?
2. Why was this role a particular challenge for Georgie? What did New Zealand inspire her to do?
3. Write about an unusual or unlikely friendship like that between Lucy and the faun. 
4. Imagine a conversation between the two friends, what do they talk about? Write down as a narrative using direct and indirect speech.

Please do the page 8 in your Workbook where you revise the vocabulary from the unit.

We continued discussing different topics about friendship - practise answering following questions:

2. Do you think it is a good idea to borrow money from a friend? Why and why not?

3. Is it common to have friendship across generations? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these types of friendships? Do you have friends from a different generation than you?

4. What factors may result in the breakdown of a good friendship? Do you have experience of such a breakdown?

5. What is the longest friendship that you have had?

6. Where is a good place to meet new friends? And a new boyfriend?

Words we have had:

wuss - (slang) a person who is not strong or brave: "Don't be such a wuss!"

regularly

occur

A Tale of Two Cities

epic

mythical creature

absolutely hated all of it

of x off:

OF: preposition: belonging to sb, relating to sb

OFF: adverb and preposition: away from a place, at a distance in space or time; for the special uses of OFF in phrasal verbs, look at the dictionary entries for the verbs

WEEK 7


Learn the meaning and the correct pronunciation of following words from the text of Aristotle:

ancient
stated
contemporary societies
useful relationships
circumstances
pursue your own advantage
disappearance
pleasure
affection
change someone’s attitude
for the friend’s sake
incidental quality
ought to have

Read the literature excerpts and answer the questions:
Why does the author make the parallel reference to The Tale of Two Cities (by Charles Dickens)?
What is the difference between life on the reservation adn Reardan?
Why is it important for Junior to fo to school in Reardan? What is he leaving behind?
What emotions made Rowdy call Junior by all those offensive names? What is likely to happen to their friendship?
Whay did Junior remain lying on the ground for a while before getting up?
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What does Lucy like about Mr Tumnus? What does she find so reassuring about his manners and behaviour?
What do "Spare Oom" and "War Drobe" stand for? What does Mr Tumnus identify as the most significant difference between the two worlds?
What does Lucy find comforting about Mr Tumnus's home?
What does Mr Tumnus do to keep Lucy entertained?
What dreadful thing has Mr Tumnus done. What does he do to make up for it?

WEEK 5
regularly
cross our paths
particular
computer geeks
whatever it is
self-disclosure
acquaintanceship
reciprocity
acquaintance
divulge
tip over
establish
involve
unconditional support
acceptance
behaviour
maintain
facilitate
necessitate
consideration