Torsdag och fredag... ska jag passa barn!

Jaha. Nu är min man sjuk. Och jag måste vara hemma och ta hand om barnen. I morgon också och antagligen på fredag. Jag ska försöka hinna lägga upp de aktuella kunskapskraven som ringas in av riktigtfattigt.se samt ge er en beskrivning på vad det är vi förväntar oss ska finnas på er landssida. Ni vet redan ungefär, men det är bra att ha en uppgift att kunna gå och titta på. Jag ska också försöka lägga upp förslag på olika texttyper man kan använda sig av på landssidan (Karolina har redan nämnt rätt många tror jag).

Jag har lagt en uppgift till morgondagens engelska på klassbloggen. Den ska ni alltså jobba med i morgon, men ni får förstås tjuvstarta om ni vill. Räkna med att ni får vikarie i morgonbitti på svenskan. Vikarien tror jag kommer heta...Karolina Göransson:)

Reading comprehension questions - Naked Lunch

My husband is sick, so I'm home watching the kids tomorrow (Thursday). This is what I want you to do during the lesson. If you don't manage to finish, it's homework for Friday (I'll check from home)

First! Here are some explanations to slang words in the text, which probably will make it a bit clearer:

fuzz - the police
H - heroine
junk - heroine
nembies - Nembutal (sedative pill)
bust - tillslag (from the police)
drag - boredom
horse - heroine
cough syrup - cough medicine containing codeine (sedative)
croaker - doctor (one who could and would write a prescription for narcotics)
pimp - hallick (man who gets customers for prostitutes and claims part of their earnings for it)
chick - girl

This time, I want you to answer the questions properly in writing. Read the questions carefully and do everything they ask. Answer the questions on your own, or in pairs, and put the answers in the English folder. If you answer the questions in pairs - make sure to write both names somewhere on the document. After class, I will check your folders.

DON'T WORRY IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND BIG PARTS OF THE TEXT, OR YOU FEEL IT'S WEIRD! Just use the words above, and try to figure out the questions below.

Reading comprehension questions:

1. Who is Willy the Disk? Describe him in your own words.
2. On page 8, what does the narrator do to escape the police?
3. On page 12, how does the narrator feel about Malmö? Base your conclusion on examples from the text.
4. How does the narrator get drugs in Houston? (p. 13)
5. What is the pimps attitude to other men? (p. 18) Give examples from the text to support your claim.
6. What places do the narrator mention he has or is visiting, in these few pages?

Discussion questions, that demand answers that are a bit longer:

1. This is obviously a lifestyle that is chosen by the narrator (based on what we know about the Beat generation and Burroughs) - describe the lifestyle and try to explain why Burroughs preferred this lifestyle to a "normal" life (job, house, wife, kids... a labrador).
2. Part of the Beat ideal was to try to write in an innovative (new, fresh) style, and the writing style in Naked Lunch is certainly not like other books. Do you think, this kind of experimental writing serves a purpose? What is the positive and the negative sides of writing in this way?

Samhällskunskap 27 och 28/2

Onsdag 27/2 är jag inte på skolan men Camilla öppnar och släpper in er. Jag har dessutom bokat alla bubblorna så ni kan - om ni vill -be henne öppna även där.

Torsdag 28/2 kommer jag att handleda varje grupp i ca 15 minuter enligt följande schema:

11.30 Portugal
11.45 Spanien
12.00 Bulgarien
12.15 Rumänien
12.30 Storbritannien

Comprehension Questions on Lolita!

Comprehension Questions on Lolita!

1. The opening of the novel is very famous. In a very few lines, we get a lot of information and a first impression of Humbert Humbert. What important things about Humbert and Lolita do you think we learn? Formulate your response in your own words, and give examples from the text to support what you say.
2. Several times, Humbert Humbert refers to "the jury". Who is he really talking about here? Who will judge him?
3. What does Humbert do when he notices Lolita waking up?
4. What does Lolita whisper to Humbert (p. 135)?
5. Humbert Humbert says that "it was she who seduced me". Give examples (I can find three) from the text that support his claim.
6. Give a summary of what Lolita's view of sex is (according to Humbert). Base your conclusions on examples from the text.
7. In the name of the law, this would probably be condemned as some kind of rape. Do you agree? Is this rape? Why or why not?

Listen to me say a few things about the Beat Generation


Watch this clip about William S. Burroughs

1. What was William Burroughs famous (notorious) for?
2. What drugs did Burroughs use?
3. How did Burroughs support himself?
4. What role did Burroughs have  in relation to the other Beat writers?
5. Who was Joan Wollmer?
6. What was Burroughs' sexual orientation?
7. Who is William Tell?
8. How did Joan Wollmer die?
9. What is the novel Junky about?
10. What might you find in Naked Lunch?
11. Why did Naked Lunch become especially famous?
12. What kinds of things did Burroughs do when he got older?

We'll read an extract from Naked Lunch

So Far... and What's Next? - Controversial Literature.

This is what we have done so far:

• Books That Matter - writing about book pictures
• 50 Shades - presentation, discussion about this controversial novel. Task: answering discussion topics on video.
• Reading about 15 most controversial novels. Translating together and comparing with Google Translate.
• Listening to one-two video reviews of Lolita and answering questions on the content.
• Reading extract from Lolita, talking a bit about it and watching a video trailer of the movie.

This is what we have left:

• Reading comprehension: Lolita 26/2
• Watch flip about Naked Lunch and the Beat writers! 26/2
• Read extract from Naked Lunch 26/2
• Gå igenom kunskapskraven 28/2
• Reading comprehemsion: Naked Lunch 28/2
• Watch flip about American Psycho 7/3 (homework)
• Read extract from American Psycho 7/3
• Reading comprehension: American Psycho 7/3
• Discussion of topics on Naked Lunch and Lolita 12/3
• Finish up/ spare day 14/3
• Discussion 19/3
• Harry Potter text is handed out 19/3
• Reading comprehension test on Harry Potter 21/3

Test at the end:

• Reading comprehension test on Harry Potter and prepared discussion on controversial novels (also including American Psycho and Harry Potter.

Här finns kunskapskraven så länge

Matematik

Hej på er,

Stödlektionerna på torsdag eftermiddag [14:15-15:15] kommer att upphöra. Istället kommer jag att kalla enskilda elever där chans ges att komplettera tidigare avsnitt. Jag skickar en kallelse till er e-postadress i PedNet. Kontrollera denna med jämna mellanrum. En del av er har nämligen redan erhållit en kallelse.

Mvh

Johan

Sportlov 2013

Trevligt lov!

December 2009 by Isfugl. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Måndag 25/2

Måndag den 25/2 åker de flesta av åk 2 eleverna till Vallåsen. De elever som inte läser idrott 2 och som därmed är kvar på skolan har lektion med Johan i matematik istället. Den första lektionen är 09.50-10.45 därefter lunch och sedan ytterligare en lektion mellan 12.00 och 13.10. Båda lektionerna äger rum i A 320. / Hälsar Åse. 

Trevligt lov!!!

Lolita - Thursday 7/2

Today:

1. Vi sammanfattar svaren på frågorna tillsammans
2. Questions on the content of the book?
3. Collect good words (one or two each) from the videos on this canvas: http://linoit.com/users/thesmoosch/canvases/Words%20from%20Lolita%20videos
4. I read from Lolita at the end of class! Mark down words and passages that are difficult

En liten hälsning...

Nu när ni ska jobba med den fantastiska boken Lolita, glöm då inte bort när vi pratade om unreliable narrator i samband med American Psycho på svenskan i höstas!

Woop woop!
My

Lolita by Nabokov

When Lolita was published in the United States in 1958, this is what some of the reviews said:

• "Most readers will probably become bored [...] at times downright sickened" (The Providence Journal).
• "[T]his book is "distilled sewage" (The New York World Telegraph).
• Lolita is "pornography" (The Chicago Tribune).

The book is still controversial today, especially in the US.

However, over 50 million copies have been sold since, so people are at least... interested.

Review 1 - a bit difficult

Watch the summary of the book made below by oreadsbooks on YouTube. The questions will help you focus on the story of the book. Watch up til about 4:30.

1. Describe the narrator of the book.
2. How does Humbert Humbert meet Lolita?
3. What's an "indie-cred" novel? (You may have to look this up!)
4. Which part of the book is especially famous?
5. What is Humbert Humbert's job?
6. How does Humbert "seduce the reader" to understanding his side of the story?

Review 2 - a bit easier

This is Dean Goranites review, which is more laid back and a bit easier:)

1. Why does Dean define the novel as "creepy"
2. How does he describe the main character?
3. The main character is NOT the villain of the book, what does Dean think this maight say about Nabokov?
4. Why is Humbert Humbert into 12-year-olds?
5. What did Nabokov himself say about the book and his concerns about it?
6. How does Dean feel about the change in the book?
7. What's his advice to readers?

5/2 - English

1. You get about 20 minutes (?) to finish the translations
2. Compare to the other couple, make necessary adjustments
3. Run the original text through Google Translate and compare
4. Sum up in class.
5. Lolita

Samhällskunskap 5/2

Idag ska vi ägna oss åt Gapminder

Innan vi börjar: Skriv ner vad du tror om följande förhållanden i världen: 
1.    I vilket land lever människor längst i världen?
2.    I vilket land lever människor längst, i Sverige eller i USA?
3.    Vilket land är mest urbaniserat (har störst andel stadsbefolkning) i världen?
4.    I vilket världsdel har människor bäst tandhälsa?
5.    Vilket land producerar mest olja i världen?
6.    Vilket land konsumerar mest olja i världen?
7.    I vilken världsdel är fertiliteten som störst, det vill säga föds det flest barn per kvinna?
8.    I vilken världsdel är fertiliteten som minst, det vill säga föds det minst barn per kvinna?
9.    Vad tror du att den här typen av uppgifter säger om levnadsförhållandena i ett land?

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