Introduction to assignment on the US.

1. State of the year

2. The United States
of America

3. The United States
of America

4. •WHY?

5. Innehåll
(lgr 11)

6. Innehåll
(lgr 11)
• Kommunikationens innehåll:

7. Innehåll
(lgr 11)
• Kommunikationens innehåll:
• Levnadsvillkor, traditioner, sociala relationer och kulturella företeelser i olika
sammanhang och områden där engelska används.

9. • Lyssna och tala:

10. • Lyssna och tala:
• Talad engelska och texter från olika medier.

11. • Lyssna och tala:
• Talad engelska och texter från olika medier.
• Olika sätt att söka, välja och värdera texter och talat språk på engelska från internet
och andra medier.

13. • Produktion:
• Olika sätt att bearbeta egna framställningar.
• Muntliga och skriftliga berättelser och beskrivningar.
• Samtal och diskussioner samt argumentation.

14. Hur når vi målen?
• Genom att ta reda på fakta om en stat i USA, samt att presentera denna på
ett lustfyllt/inspirerande sätt som väcker intresset för denna stat hos andra
personer.

15. The assignment

16. The assignment
• You are going to find information about one of the states in the US.

17. The assignment
• You are going to find information about one of the states in the US.

18. The assignment
• You are going to find information about one of the states in the US.
• Only one person per state, so be quick to make your choice!
There is a list on the table, put down your name next to your state.

19. The presentation

20. The presentation
• Written: Hand in to Ida (no more than two computer written pages)

21. The presentation
• Written: Hand in to Ida (no more than two computer written pages)
• Oral: 1-2 minutes presentation to the class
- video
- podcast
- power point
etc...

22. Deadline

23. Deadline
• You have 6 lessons (including this one) to work on this assignment. (What you
don’t have time to do in class, you’ll have to do at home.)

24. Deadline
• You have 6 lessons (including this one) to work on this assignment. (What you
don’t have time to do in class, you’ll have to do at home.)
• Your written presentation is to be e-mailed to me by the 10th of September.

25. Deadline
• You have 6 lessons (including this one) to work on this assignment. (What you
don’t have time to do in class, you’ll have to do at home.)
• Your written presentation is to be e-mailed to me by the 10th of September.
• Oral presentations begin September 11th.

26. Things to think about...
• A good place to start is http://www.50states.com/
• Make sure to include your sources in your presentation
• If you use images/music, make sure they are free to use.
Use the search engine Creative Commons.

27. Okay! Watch this, and find your favourite state...
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvJ9SN8THE&feature=related