In Google Meet and breakout rooms, I will slump you into groups of three students.
1. Read the questions in the student's worksheet.
2. Read the synopsis.
3. Open a Google Doc and answer the questions.
4. Reading task 2.
Read the problems and talk to each other in English.
What advice would you give each character?
Write your advice in the Google doc and hand it in when the lesson is finished.
5. Scroll down to Vocabulary -building. Follow the instructions. Please, write everything in the same Google document as above and hand it in when the lesson is finished.
Now we have finished reading The Call of the Wild.
Think about the statements below.
What do you think? Do you agree or disagree? What do you think Buck would have answered?
Talk to each other in groups of three. Help each other with the statements.
Homework:
Go to SeeSaw and record yourself while talking about the statements.
Choose 4 statements to talk about:
1. It’s OK to break a rule if you must do so to survive.
2. No matter how civilized you are, you have a wild/primitive side
3. Laws and rules are necessary for a civilized society.
4. If you don’t adapt to your environment, you will not succeed.
5. Only the fittest survive in the world.
6. Once you are in a primitive/uncivilized environment, it is impossible to return to a civilized environment.
7. Your instincts are more powerful than your feelings
How to write a book review
Good phrases you need to know before you start writing
Book review- bokrecension
The author of the book - bokens författare
The book takes place in... - boken utspelar sig i
The main-character is / the main- characters are.. - Huvudpersonen/Huvudpersonerna är
The book is about.- boken handlar om ..
The language of the book - bokens språk
The difference between the book and the film is...- skillnaden mellan boken och filmen
I think that/ in my opinion - jag tycker att
If I could re-write the end of the book I would - Om jag kunde skriva om slutet på boken skulle jag...
I like the book/film because. - Jag gillar boken eftersom..
I dislike the book/film because - Jag gillar inte boken eftersom...
I would/ would not recommend this book - jag skulle / skulle inte rekommendera boken..
Questions to guide you while writing
Remember to write a text and do not answer the questions one by one
1. What is the name of the book you have read? Who is the author?
2. Where and when does the story take place?
3. Describe the setting of the book.
The setting is where a story takes place, or where the story is located.
The first part, is the physical location.
The second part is the time. Some stories may not give you a specific time. Sometimes you can guess the time through clues and hints that are in the story.
The final part of the setting is the time period, or the moment in history, that a story takes place.
4. What was the story about? (give a brief outline of
the plot but never reveal the ending!)
5.What did you think about the title?
6.Who was the main character
and what did they do?
7.Who were the other important characters?
8. Who was your favourite and why?
9. Could you relate to any of the characters in the
story?
10. Did you like the book - was it professionally
written?
11. Did you have a favourite part of the book?
12. Do you have a least favourite part of the book?
10. Would you change anything in the story?
11. Would you recommend this book to another person? If
yes tell us why. If no tell us why.
A famous author that we are getting to know is Jack London. He is considered a very important author of the 19th century.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW: the number in the name of the century (the 19th century, for example) is always one higher than the number that starts the century's years: the years of the 19th-century start with 18. In Swedish: the 19th century= 1800-talet, the 18th century= 1700-talet and so on)
WHO WAS JACK LONDON?
Jack London was a 19th-century American author and journalist, best known for the adventure novels 'White Fang' and 'The Call of the Wild.'
After working in the Klondike, Jack London returned home and began publishing stories. His novels, including The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Martin Eden, placed Jack London among the most popular American authors of his time.
Jack London, was born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. Jack London found fame and some fortune at the age of 27 with his novel The Call of the Wild (1903), which told the story of a dog that finds its place in the world as a sledge dog in the Yukon. He published more than 50 books over the last 16 years of his life.
For much of the last decade of his life, London faced a number of health issues. This included kidney disease, which ended up taking his life. He died at his California ranch, which he shared with Kittredge, on November 22, 1916.
Source: biography.com
The book we will read is named: The Call of the Wild.
1. Chapter 1 and 2
Before reading
Group discussion
The book starts in Santa Clara Valley, California.
Do you know where that is? In what part of the US is California? USA- Google Maps
In the book, London writes about the Klondike Gold Rush? Do you know what that is?
Buck is a St Bernards - do you know what that breed looks like?
I will read chapters 1 and 2 for you. Let's read the questions below before we start.
Answer the questions below by taking short notes while I am reading.
While reading
Find out the answers to the questions below:
1. Where did Buck live until he was 4?
2. Why did Manuel steal Buck from Mr Miller?
3. How did the fat man make Buck obey him?
4. Buck went by train- where did he go? How far from
Santa Clara Valley is he now?
After reading
Open a Google document and answer the questions below:
1. Describe Buck. What kind of dog is he? Do you think dogs have feelings?
How do think Buck felt when he was stolen and beaten?
2. Why do you think Jack London named chapter two: The Law of Club and Tooth?
3. Who is Curly and what happened to her? How was Buck affected by what happened to Curly?
4. “Perrault knew dogs, and when he looked at Buck he knew that he was one in a thousand.”
- who is Perrault and what does the quote mean?
5. What is the one thing that Dave and Sol-leks live for? Why do you think they are like this? How do you think they got this way?
6. If you were Buck, which of the other sled dogs would you choose to be your teacher and why?
7. Think about Spitz as a person. How would his “personality” translate into human behavior? Can you think of someone and/or a specific event when that person behaves like Spitz?
Som ni säkert redan vet har den flicka som varit försvunnen i Höör nu hittats död. (Källa: Svt Nyheter)
Vi tänker på dig och din familj.
Det som är mycket viktigt vid sådana här händelser är att vara källkritisk och inte dras med i de hatdrev och spekulationer som ofta startar i sociala medier. Jag förstår att du tänker både det ena och andra om gärningsmannen, och jag försvarar absolut inte hans handling, men både brottsoffer och gärningsman har anhöriga som kan läsa allt som skrivs. Låt bli att dras med. Du är aldrig anonym på internet så tänk på vad du skriver. Visa respekt.
Innan vi börjar med uppgiften ska vi titta närmre på en del svåra begrepp som förekommit i rapporteringen runt händelsen:
anhållen:
sannolika skäl:
förundersökning:
människorov:
advokat:
åklagare:
rubricering:
gärningsman:
vittne:
utredningen är i sin linda:
yppandeförbud:
tagit av daga:
bragts om livet:
bakom stängda/lyckta dörrar:
1. Diskutera orden i par. Vet ni vad orden betyder? Kan du förklara ordet för någon som inte kan ordet?
2. Vi skriver på tavlan och hjälps åt att ta reda på bra förklaringar till orden som barn och ungdomar enkelt förstår.
3. Varifrån får ni ungdomar er information när något händer?
Vilka källor kan antas vara trovärdiga dvs kan man lita på har en sanningsenlig beskrivning av det som hänt? Vi samlar tips på olika källor på tavlan. (Tips till dig som lärare: svt, tv4, DN, SVD, Samnytt.se, Expressen, Aftonbladet, Nyatider.se, Flashback, Snapchat etc)
4. Vi hjälps åt att granska källorna i grupper om tre:
Ta reda på:
1. Hur rapporterar källan om händelsen?
- När?
-Var?
-Hur?
5. Vilket slags språk, bilder och filmer använder källan?
- Rapporterar källan "rakt upp och ner" utan att lägga in känslor?
- Rapporterar källan med många adjektiv och försöker "försöker bygga upp en stämning"?
6. Lägg in era uppgifter i ett Venn-diagram:
(Kan göras på tavlan, lösblad eller i tex Jamboard på datorn)
I den vänstra cirkeln skriver ni in de källor som ni bedömer vara sanningsenliga och ger exempel på varför.
I den högra cirkeln skriver ni in de källor som ni inte bedömer vara trovärdiga och ger exempel på varför.
I mitten ger ni exempel på källor som ni bedömer vara både och!
7. Sammanfattning.
Låt eleverna berätta vad de kommit fram till. Ha gärna ett eget Venn-diagram på tavlan och sammanställ elevernas tankar.
Diskutera och försök komma överens om vilka källor ni i klassen anser vara trovärdiga, var ni behöver vara vaksamma och vilka ni inte ska lita på alls.
8. Ställ enskild, anonym fråga till eleverna:
(Ställ frågor i Classroom som bara läraren ser eller låt eleven skriva på lösblad. Viktigt är att eleven ska känna sig trygg och våga skriva, därför gör jag detta som enskild fråga i Classroom)
Har du lärt dig något i dag som du inte visste innan?
Vad har du lärt dig kring hur du behöver tänka runt att vara källkritisk?
Har du några andra frågor runt händelsen som du inte vill ställa i helklass? Om ja, skriv din fråga här.
Vet du till vem och vart du ska vända dig om du behöver prata med någon vuxen?
