Class 7:2 & 7:4 weeks 20-23
Year 7 English
Class 7:2 & 7:4
Study Plan
Unit 4, weeks 20-23
IN THE HOUSE
In this unit we will learn how to talk about furniture and other things in the house. We will also learn useful words and phrases to talk about how you live.
What are we going to do?
•· Learn words for furniture and other things in the house.
•· Learn how to describe your own house/flat/room.
•· Learn words and phrases used when talking about housework and looking for a place to live.
•· Learn about how people live in Great Britain.
•· Grammar exercises: Prepositions, Workbook pp. 97-102
Lesson 1 Friday Week 20
Textbook: In the house (listening) p. 85, Words, pp. 86-87
Workbook: Words - choose some of the ex. 1-8 on pp. 82- 86; ex. 11, p. 87; ex. 23-25, p. 91-92; ex. 32, 34, p. 94
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Lesson 2 Monday Week 21
Textbook: Looking for a house pp. 88-89, and Tidy up!, pp. 92-93
Workbook: Phrases ex. 9 & 10 pp. 86-87, ex. 20-22 p. 90-91,
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Lesson 3 Monday Week 22
Textbook - Poppy's room, pp. 90-91
Workbook choose some of the ex. 12-13, pp. 88-89, 16-19 p. 90, 28-31, pp. 93-94
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Lesson 4 Monday Week 23
Writing: Draw a picture of your room and describe it in writing.
Workbook: Grammar: Prepositions, p. 97-99
Lesson 5 Monday Week 24
Textbook: Saturday morning in Elm Tree Road, pp. 94-95
Workbook ex. 14, p. 89, Listening ex. 35-36, p. 95
Class 7.1 & 7:3 Unit 5 In Town Study Plan
Year 7 English
Study Plan
Unit 5, weeks 20-23
IN TOWN
In this unit we will learn how to describe a town and its different parts, how to ask the way, describe the way, and talk about buses and trains.
What are we going to do?
•· Learn words for different parts of a town.
•· Learn words for different kinds of vehicles.
•· Learn words connected with traffic.
•· Learn how to ask and describe the way.
•· Grammar exercises: Workbook pp. 121-124
The future (framtid)
Who or which?
Why are we learning this?
•· To be able to describe a town and its different parts
•· To be able to talk about traffic
•· To be able to ask and describe the way.
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How can I show what I have learned?
- Do weekly class/home assignments.
- Pass the test (Tuesday, w. 23)
•- listening comprehension about a town (use your CD)
•- words for different things in town and words related to traffic (both American and English) Textbook, p. 106
•- phrases used when asking and describing the way - Textbook pp. 107, 110-111, Workbook p. 86, ex. 9 & 10
•- grammar - the future (framtid) and who or which? - Workbook, pp. 121-124
What should I study?
Wings 7 Textbook Section 5 pp. 104-120
Wings 7 Workbook Section 5 pp. 104-124
WORK PLAN
- We have only 6 lessons for this unit but remember that you need to work both at school and at home.
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Week 20-Textbook: In town (listening) and Words, pp. 105-106
Workbook: Words - ex. 1-7 on pp. 104-108, ex. 10, p. 110
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Week 21- Textbook: Useful phrases p. 107, Which way? , pp. 110-111,
Workbook: Phrases ex. 8 & 9 p. 109,
Grammar: Workbook, pp. 121-123
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Week 22-- Textbook - How stupid of me, pp. 90-91
Workbook ex. 30, pp. 118-119
Workbook, ex. 12, p. 112, Jumbled dialogues, Worksheet 4.
Grammar - Workbook, p. 124.Week 23 Tuesday TEST GOOD LUCK!
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Class 7:1 & 7:3 week 20
Class 7:1 and 7:3 test Thursday 7 May w. 19
•- listening comprehension about things in the house (use your CD)
•- words for furniture and things in the house Textbook, pp. 86-87
•- phrases used when talking about housing - Textbook p. 88, and 92-93, Workbook p. 86, ex. 9 & 10
•- describe your room, Textbook, pp. 90-91, Workbook, ex. 12, p.88
•- grammar - prepositions (opposite, under, behind etc) and expressions with there is/are, there was/were - Workbook, pp. 97-102
Good luck!
David Copperfield Task 7
DAVID COPPERFIELD BY CHARLES DICKENS
Task 7
Read Chapters 15 & 16.
•I. Do these people die (D), go to Australia (A) or get married (M)?
•1. Dora
•2. Emily
•3. Martha
•4. Mr Micawber
•5. Agnes
•6. Ham
•7. Steerforth
•8. Traddles
•9. Mrs Gummidge
•II. ‘All the bad people have unhappy endings.' Do you agree?
Discuss using at least 30 words. You may want to discuss this (in English) with another student before you write your answer down.
•III. Who is the most interesting person in the story? Write about him or her for a school magazine. Write between 50 and 100 words.
David Copperfield Task 6
DAVID COPPERFIELD BY CHARLES DICKENS
Task 6
Read Chapters 13 & 14.
•I. Underline the wrong words. Write the correct words.
•1. Dora saves a lot of money. .........................................
•2. Emily is probably hiding in Yarmouth. ................................
•3. Martha almost falls off a bridge. .........................................
•4. David becomes a lawyer. .........................................
•5. Mr Micawber is friendly with Uriah Heep ................................
•6. Rosa hates Steerforth. .........................................
•7. Mr Peggotty, Emily and Ham are going to go to Australia. ......................................................................................
•8. Uriah Heep has stolen money from Mr Micawber. ......................................................................................
•II. Write notes for a short speech, continuing one of these statements. Then make your speech to the class.
•1. I feel sorry for Rosa Dartle because...
•2. Ham is right not to see Emily because...
•3. Mr Micawber is not a bad man because...
•4. Uriah Heep should go to prison because...
David Copperfield Task 5
DAVID COPPERFIELD BY CHARLES DICKENS
Task 5
Read Chapters 11 & 12.
•I. In Chapter 12, who says these words? Who are they talking about?
•1. ‘She's very pretty, and I love her very much.'
•2. ‘I will always help you... I'll always be your friend.'
•3. ‘You? Her husband? You dog!'
•4. ‘He works hard but he's very unhappy.'
•5. ‘Her sisters want her to stay at home and look after them.'
•6. ‘I love you like a wife.'
•II. Discuss these questions using at least 30 words for each answer. You may want to discuss them (in English) with another student before you write your answers down.
•1. What really happened to Miss Trotwood's money?
•2. Why does Mr Wickfield not tell Uriah Heep to leave?
David Copperfield Task 4
DAVID COPPERFIELD BY CHARLES DICKENS
Task 4
Read Chapters 9 & 10.
•I. Are these sentences True or False?
- Traddles is a lawyer now.
- Mr Micawber has a job.
- Mr Micawber steals money from Traddles.
- Rosa Dartle is worried about Steerforth.
- Barkis dies.
- Emily leaves her family for Steerforth.
- Steerforth plans to marry Emily.
- Rosa is in love with Steerforth.
- Dora agrees to marry David.
- She tells her father immediately.
•II. Discuss these questions using at least 30 words for each answer. You may want to discuss them (in English) with another student before you write your answers down.
- Who do these people write letters to? What are they about?
Mr Micawber Peggotty Emily Dora
- Which of these people do you feel most sorry for? Why?
Traddles Peggotty Mr Peggotty Ham Emily
Steerforth Mrs Steerforth
David Copperfield Task 3
DAVID COPPERFIELD BY CHARLES DICKENS
Task 3
Read Chapters 5 & 6.
•I. Are these sentences True or False?
- David likes his job.
- David lives with Mr Micawber.
- David rides to Dover.
- Miss Murdstone rides to Dover in a cart.
- Miss Trotwood likes the Murdstones.
- Miss Trotwood is kind to David.
- Mr Wickfield is a lawyer.
- David likes his new school.
•II. Find and correct the five mistakes in the description of Mr Micawber.
Mr Micawber wears dark, old clothes and has thick, grey hair. He takes David home to meet his wife and children. He has a big house with lots of furniture. Mrs Micawber tells David that her husband is a stupid man. He never has any money. One day, Mr and Mrs Micawber are taken to prison because they have stolen money.
Read Chapters 7 & 8
•I. Are these people friends? Why (not)?
- Mr Micawber and Uriah Heep
- David and Agnes
- Emily and Ham
- Agnes and Uriah Heep
- Dora and Miss Murdstone
•II. Discuss these questions using at least 50 words for each answer. You may want to discuss them (in English) with another student before you write your answers down.
- Why does Emily say that she is bad?
- Why does Agnes dislike Steerforth?
- Will Dora or Agnes be a better wife for David? Why?
David Copperfield Task 2
DAVID COPPERFIELD BY CHARLES DICKENS
Task 2
Read Chapters 3 & 4.
•I. Answer these questions:
- Who is a poor teacher?
- Who owns David's new school?
- Who comes from a rich family?
- Who visits David at school?
- Who has a new baby?
- Who dies?
- Who marries Peggotty?
- Who will be David's employer?
•II. How does David feel about these? Explain why.
- his first day at school
- Mr Mell
- Mr and Mrs Creakle
- Traddles and Steerforth
- his first visit home
- his second visit home
- his visit to Yarmouth
- Peggotty's marriage to Barkis
•III. Discuss using at least 50 words for each answer:
- Is Steerforth a good friend for David? Why (not)?
- Was Clara a good mother? Why (not?)
David Copperfield Task 1
DAVID COPPERFIELD BY CHARLES DICKENS
Task 1
I. Read the Introduction and answer these questions about Charles Dickens:
- When did Charles Dickens live?
- In which country did he live?
- What other books did he write?
- What are Dickens's books about?
- How old was Dickens when he wrote David Copperfield?
- Did Dickens have a sad or a happy life, do you think? Why? (write at least 30 words)
II. Look at the Word List at the back of the book. Find these words in a dictionary and translate them into Swedish:
cart (old-fashioned) | rub |
carriage (old-fashioned) | scar |
coach (old-fashioned) | deceive |
complain | shorthand |
cruel | rope |
gentleman | shilling (old-fashioned) |
manage | clerk |
servant | donkey (see p. 27) |
stepfather | humble |
stepmother | lawyer |
owe |
III. Read Chapters 1 & 2 and answer:
A. Does David like: Peggotty yes/no
Mr Peggotty's home yes/no
Mr Murdstone yes/no
Miss Murdstone yes/no
the sea yes/no
Little Emily yes/no
his lessons yes/no
B. Who do these words describe? Match the description on the left with the name on the right:
a. Clara's only friend 1. Miss Trotwood
b. wants to be rich 2. Mrs Copperfield
c. David's father's aunt 3. Peggotty
d. weak and childlike 4. Mr Murdstone
e. a kind man 5. Mrs Gummidge
f. angry and cruel 6. Little Emily
g. always unhappy 7. Mr Peggotty
C. You are David. Tell the boy at your new school about your life. Write between 50-100 words.
Class 7:2 & 7:4 Workplan before Test Week 19
Dear Class 7:2 & 7:4,
There are SEVEN tasks to do before your test on "David Copperfield" on Friday 8 May in week 19. This means that you need to plan your work in such a way that you can read the book and do all the exercises before that date. Here is a workplan that I suggest:
Week 14 - complete Tasks 3 & 4 (chapters 9&10)
Week 15 - Easter break
Week 16 - Task 5 (chapters 11&12)
Week 17 - Task 6 (chapters 13&14)
Week 18 - Task 7 (chapters 15&16)
Week 19 - Test
Let me know if you have any difficulties. Good luck!
Marie
Class 7:1 & 7:3 Homework for Week 16
Textbook - Poppy's room, pp. 90-91
Workbook choose some of the ex. 12-13, pp. 88-89, 16-19 p. 90, 28-31, pp. 93-94
Writing: Draw a picture of your room and describe it in writing.
Class 7:1 & 7:3 Week 13
Textbook: Looking for a house pp. 88-89, Tidy up!, pp. 92-93
Workbook: Phrases ex. 9 & 10 pp. 86-87, ex. 20-22 p. 90-91,
Homework: Describe your house/flat as if you advertised it for sale, and do ex. 9 on p. 86 in the Workbook.
Class 7:2 & 7:4 Week 14
DAVID COPPERFIELD BY CHARLES DICKENS
Task 4
Read Chapters 9 & 10.
•I. Are these sentences True or False?
- Traddles is a lawyer now.
- Mr Micawber has a job.
- Mr Micawber steals money from Traddles.
- Rosa Dartle is worried about Steerforth.
- Barkis dies.
- Emily leaves her family for Steerforth.
- Steerforth plans to marry Emily.
- Rosa is in love with Steerforth.
- Dora agrees to marry David.
- She tells her father immediately.
•II. Discuss these questions using at least 30 words for each answer. You may want to discuss them (in English) with another student before you write your answers down.
- Who do these people write letters to? What are they about?
Mr Micawber Peggotty Emily Dora
- Which of these people do you feel most sorry for? Why?
Traddles Peggotty Mr Peggotty Ham Emily
Steerforth Mrs Steerforth