Last lesson

Today we will divide the class up into 4 x 20 minute sessions.

Session 1
Finish off the Shakespeare

Session 2
Santa and the fake news story shows that we have a problem with regard to the news and truth- especially on Facebook. In the run-up to the USA elections many of the most-spread news items were in fact fake/lies.
I want you to read the article and discuss in small groups.

There are 2 alternatives for the last two sessions:-

Alternative 1 Session 3
Personalized story from Santa's grotto.
Let's get the kid in you to come out again.
Here is the link.

Session 4
Letter from a world leader.
Write a Christmas wish list from a world leader to Santa/Jesus/Dalai Lama or whoever you think they would choose to solve their problems.

Alternative 2
Try your hand at the giant Christmas Crossword

Have a great Christmas and thanks for this term!

Classic book talks, Shakespeare and assessment

Today we continue with the classic booktalks.

The list is here 

If anyone is sick one of those who missed last Friday can take their place..

In the meantime there is the Shakespeare work to finish off.

Spome people have still not handed in the assignment for Act II and III

Here  is that document!

Otherwise, today many of you have a chance to complete 
the final exercise on "Two Gentlemen of Verona".

Whatever you choose to do I want all of you to do an assessment of the course up till now. It is on paper and should be completed. Please take the final section seriously
as it can be of great help for your new teacher after Christmas.

On Monday, I will try to arrange some kind of surprise and we doing a bit of summing up and hopefully have some kind of simple "fika".

Peace out!

Shakespeare Acts IV and V- CAE listening

Today we will have our last look at Two Gentlemen of Verona.

1. Many parallels between Romeo and Juliet and  Two Gentlemen of Verona.

2. Act IV leads us into a new locus which will also be the setting for the final scene...

We will read Act IV Scene I  and II together

3. Act V Scene III & IV are the final scenes of the play..

In Shakespeare's plays the forest represents an almost magical setting where things get put right and anything can happen...

However, the ending of this play is clearly the early work of the great playwright as the following article shows.

You now have the rest of this lesson ( unless you are doing the listening exercise) and most of Friday to get the final exercise done

Here is a final exercise on "Two Gentlemen of Verona".

Friday is Classic Book talks day. Thos who missed on Friday (Anton & Sabina) will have to reschedule to another time and the same procedure for those who haven't signed up at all.

The alternative is an F-warning!  (You have been warned!)

Classic book talks and final exercise on Shakespeare

Today we continue with the classic booktalks.

The list is here 

While this is going on you should complete the exercise for "Two Gentlemen of Verona" Acts II and III. In fact I wrote week 50 but meant week 49!

On Monday we will discuss the final assignment about the play ( see below)

Here is a short extract from the play from a Youtube clip from "Shakespeare in Love" 

and if you want to see a simple production of the play here  is an example..

NOT GREAT ACTING !!!

Finally, when I disappear on Monday to have my online class in Spanish here is a final exercise on "Two Gentlemen of Verona".

It needs to be done before you go for your Christmas break.

Cambridge Listening

I have spent most of my week-end correcting the four parts of the writing course.

Please make sure you read through the texts.
Anything which is marked in blue (spelling), purple (Swenglish) or red (grammar) should be corrected.

If you are unsure please ASK!

Language learning is all about learning from your mistakes..

Today we are doing a CAE listening test just to assess your listening skills.

Afterwards you have the Shakespeare assignment to be getting on with.

Classic book talks and "Two Gentlemen of Verona"

Today we start our classic book talks.

Apart from relating the plot of your work, you need to be able to explain the following:

The book you are reading-  Why is it a classic? 

- Message ?

- Characters?

- Language?

- Style?

- The name of the author?

- Authenticity?

Your task is to ORALLY show that you have read your classic and that you can discuss why you think it is still around.

Would you recommend your book to anyone else or not?

Week 48
Name	Title of book	Author
Julia Möttönen	Jane Eyre	Charlotte Brontë
Ryder	Hamlet	Shakespeare
Week 49
Name	Title of book	Author
Hannah Persson	Uncle Tom's cabin, or Life among the lowly	Harriet Beecher Stowe
Anna Oskarsson	Heart of darkness	Joseph Conrad
Sabina Vestberg	Dracula	Bram Stoker
Ebba Geldern	Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland	Lewis Carroll
Melinda Granberg	Nineteen eighty three	George Orwell
Amanda Matsson Andrén	Jane Eyre	Charlotte Brontë
Frida Martinsson	Wuthering heights	Emily Brontë
Anton Lundin	The Call of the Wild	Jack London
Week 50	:)
Name	Title of book	Author
Hanna Magnström	The Great Gatsby	F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nora Göransson	Jane Eyre
Julia Bergman	Jane Eyre	Charlotte Bronte
Madelene Heikkinen	Pride & Prejudice	Jane Austen
Marcus Lundin	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe
Karl Kristensson	Treasure Island	Robert. L Stevenson
August Testad	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe
Erik Berg	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe

In the meantime,  here is the first graded exercise for Two Gentlemen of  Verona

If you want to read the first Act in more modern English

here is a good link

Your assignment is about Act 2 and 3 and should be sent in 

by Friday week 50.

The rest of today's lesson you need to continue to read the play

Here  is the document

Good luck!

Act 1 TGOV continued

As an introduction we eill do some reading where we left off last time.

I also want to give you some clues about the questions for ACT I of Two Gentlemen of Verona.

I would like you to work in groups of three/four students and answer the questions after I have gone off for my Spanish lesson. Send them as a message to Vklass. Don't forget to write your names.

Here are some clues. One of the special characteristics of this play is the role of the servants. 
Speed, Lance and Lucetta are what we call "foils".

Here is a link about this:-
http://www.shmoop.com/gentlemen-of-verona/society-class-theme.html

What is a foil?

Foil

Definition: 

A foil is another character in a story who contrasts

 with the main character, usually to highlight one of 

their attributes or weaknesses.

Panthino has another role. He is the wise and faithful servant.

Panthino is Antonio's sensible servant.  Panthino acts as a sounding board and dispenser of advice to his master, Antonio. In Act 1, Scene 3, Panthino advises Antonio to send Proteus abroad with all the other noblemen's sons:

'Twere good, I think, your lordship sent him thither.
There shall he practise tilts and tournaments,
Hear sweet discourse, converse with noblemen,
And be in eye of every exercise
Worthy his youth and nobleness of birth. (1.3.30-34)

Here, Panthino gives voice to the idea that young noblemen should travel abroad and hang out with other men of noble "birth" as a way to round out one's education. He even speaks in blank verse- as opposed to the other servants who speak in prose..The question is, does Proteus actually learn anything in Milan?

Puns
Check out the document I put on last Friday's blog
Here it is

There are more than 5 examples of puns. Here are 5 of them

boot/to boot/boots (p. 4. lines 26-27)

circumstance/circumstance  (p. 4 lines 36-37)

laced mutton/mutton  (p.6 lines 94-95)

pound/pound/ pound (p.6 lines 101-104)


post/post (p.7 line 149)


The other questions should be easier to answer...!!!!!!!!!!!!!