English B Grade 11

Got a bit carried away with all the excitement in the last few weeks and then the holidays did not help either. I don't know how others do it. When I'm at home and I have the kids around I'd much rather spend time with them than work for school. An then there is the running and the reading...
Anyways, So today's English Class with the awesome Grade 11 will be still about Media and communication.
From the articles given to the students we have only discussed 2 (WikiLeaks and Markus Persson)

Students will have to give short summary of their text and then they have to state their own personal opinion about it. They will also have to submit the words they have chosen in the Google Form.
First vocab test to be based on these on Thursday (October 1)

Day 10: English B (11)

Reading: Communication and media

Each student is given a text - Homework: give a 150-word summary, choose 10-15 words and phrases you'd like to remember

Day 8: English B (11): Literature 1

I am the messenger
We are going to look at a series of quotes from the book and discuss them as well as try to decipher some key information about the book from them.

Day 6: English B 11

Lessons 4-5: Core topic 1: Communication and media
Following last Thursday's brainstorming session and discussion we are going to look at the 
vocabulary lists created for this unit and we are going to use these lists to prepare a short in-class group writing task.

Vocabulary

Find the envelope with your name on it
Take out the slip of paper and try to remember as many of the 8/9 words and phrases as possible
Write them down in two columns: I'm sure I know what this means and I am not sure I know what this means
You can go back to your list as many times as you want to.

Use a dictionary to find out the meaning of the words you don't know

Write/find a sample sentence with each world/phrase

Concordance:
On your own
Look at a page from the British National Corpus fro the word "communication" read the sentences and try to decide what kind of text the sentence comes from:

- Written/spoken
- Formal/informal
- Non-fiction/fiction

Choose 1 of the examples and try to write the sentence before and after it (focus on the tone , jargon, etc)
Get into pairs and share and discuss your solutions, suggest better ones if you can

Writing task:
- Choose one of the examples of your classmates and write a short (150-word) response to it
-  Post your answers on the Edmodo classroom.

Day 5: English B (11)

Lessons 2-3
In today's class we start with the first core topic: Communication and media.
In todya's lesson the main focus will be the meaning of the two words and their relationship.
We are also going to look at themes and topics that determine media and communication. We are going to focus on
- Communication
Look at the examples and try to guess the word. What is the function and meaning of the word in the different contexts

- Write a list of sentences with the word "media" how many different contexts and meanings could you list? Compare your list with your partner.

- Look at the different meaning of the word "media" from the OED. Did you have all of them?

- Tell us about the source you chose and explain to the others why you chose it and what aspect you found most interesting?

- We'll watch and discuss the exerpt from the Network.
- We'll develop a set of vocabulary related to and organised in a spider gram

- Homework: Write 250 words about ONE of the topics below:

a) The role of communication in human development
b) Human communication is far superior to the communication of animals.
c) We need the media to keep us informed about the world
d) Media is a means of mass manipulation
e) There is no more freedom of the press - Advertisers and owners are in charge of the media and they supress everything that is against their interests
f) The new media is much more rel;iable than the old media


I'm looking forward to this lesson I see a good chance of a lively and interesting discussion.

Day 3: English B (11)

Lesson 1

What is English B?
Core 3 topics

• Communication and media (Year 1)
• Social relationships (Year 1)
• Global issues (Year 2)

Options 2 selected topics (Year 1: 1 Year 2: 1)

• Cultural diversity
• Customs and traditions
• Health
• Leisure
• Science and technology

How is it assessed?
Individual oral (20%) Autumn 2016 Based on options
Interactive oral (10 %) Spring 2016 Based on core
Written assignment (20%) February 2017 Based on one of the readings
Paper 1 (Reading comprehension 26%) May 2017 Based on core
Paper 2 (Writing 25%) May 2017 Section A Based on options Section B based on core

Reading in English B.
2 works of literature:
Semester 1: Markus Zusak: I am the Messenger
Novel discussion lessons: Tuesdays
Semester 2: Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451

Ongoing assessment

• Students get a monthly written task based on the topic being covered in a variety of genres, which will be assessed according to the assessment criteria for Paper 2 Section A
• Students will get a monthly reading exam (in class) based on a variety of text types and assessed according to the assessment criteria for Paper 1
• Students will prepare at least 3 written reasoned arguments (Paper 2 Section B) to be assessed according to the assessment criteria for this paper.
• Three times a year students are given a predicted grade 1-7 based on the summary of their written work and 20 class contribution.

Topic 1: Communication and media

In this first lesson we will brainstorm the topic and students will have to submit 1 minimum 300-word article, blog post related to the topic.