Go to Thought Questions, choose FIVE questions that you find interesting and answer them. Choose only questions that you are willing to discuss in class, i.e. do NOT take questions that are too personal and/or intimate. Take notes and prepare a short talk.
Schlagwort: HW
Study this article about mind-blowing progress in science and technology. Take notes about FIVE developments so that you can tell your classmate(s). If there is a video, watch it.
Think of one more useful / funny / absurd invention that might take place in the near future like self-cleaning clothes, invisible earphones (so that you can listen to music in class), automatic skin-enhancer etc.
Go to Poetry Online and study the introduction.
Then read at least FIVE of Edward Lear’s limericks.
Choose ONE limerick you like (and understand!) and MEMORIZE it. If necessary look up unknown words at PONS.
Go to this website and study the first 25 questions. At first read only the bold question and imagine what you would say, if possible say it LOUD. Only then read the answer / advice.
Search for a picture that you like and invent a story around it. Print out the picture IN COLOUR (if necessary ask a friend / your parents etc.) and bring it to class. Make sure that your printout has at least postcard size. Do NOT bring sexually explicit pictures 😉
If you want to know more about this painter go to this website.
Choose a LONGER article (= at least TWO pages without big photos!) that you find interesting and study it.
Prepare a talk (= 3–4 minutes) about “your” text, if possible speak loud. You may take / use notes, but only keywords, no complete sentences.
Think of an interesting beginning. Do NOT begin with: “My text is about …” or “I’m going to talk about …”
Practise until you can present your text FLUENTLY without looking at your notes all the time.
Bring your copy of Spotlight to class in the next lesson.
Go to TED Talks and watch a longer talk (at least 5 min.) that you are interested in. Choose a video/topic that you can actually TALK about, i.e. do NOT take a video that is mainly about music, pictures, paintings or art in general. If you have problems understanding the speaker, activate English (!) subtitles and/or the „interactive transcript“. Prepare/practise a short talk in which you tell your fellow students about „your“ talk. You may use notes, but keywords only, no complete sentences.
Memorize (auswendig lernen) the first stanza (Strophe) of the following poem.
If you memorize all THREE stanzas and recite (vortragen) them in the next lesson you’ll get 1 MR, but only if you pronounce all the words correctly. Check the correct pronunciation by clicking on the difficult words.
Homework! Oh, homework!
I hate you! You stink!
I wish I could wash you away in the sink,
If only a bomb
Would explode you to bits.
Homework! Oh, homework!
You’re giving me fits. (You make me very angry.)