Focus on English 9
Focus on English är ett läromedel som gör eleverna i åk 7–9
redo att delta i det globala kommunikationssamhället. Serien
har arbetats fram med Lgr 2011 som guide och utgångspunkt.
PROVLEKTION: An Irish Quiz + Limerick
Treasure Trove
Provlektion
Följande provlektion är ett utdrag ur ett kapitel om Irland från Focus on English 9.
Det inleds med en frågesport om landet där eleverna ska söka svaren på internet.
Därefter lyssnar ni på svaren och får samtidigt veta mer om Irland. Slutligen får ni
läsa och arbeta med limerickar.
Lektionen består av:
• Sidorna 38–41 ur Focus on English 9 Textbook och sidan 31 ur övningsboken.
• En ljudfil på liber.se, sök på ”Focus on English” och klicka på länken Smakprov.
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Så här arbetar du med provlektionen:
1. Kopiera och dela ut sidorna till eleverna.
2. Genomför quizzet på s. 38–39.
3. Lyssna på de korrekta svaren på quizzet tillsammans, i ljudfilen
som nämns ovan.
4. Läs limerickarna på s. 40–41 tillsammans.
5. Arbeta med uppgifterna på s. 41 och s. 31 (i övningsboken) i par.
6. Anordna gärna en uppläsning av de limerickar som eleverna själva
har hittat (eller hittat på!).
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An Irish Quiz
It’s time for a challenge! You’ve got ten minutes to do the quiz. You’re
allowed to use the Internet or any other available sources. Write
your answers in your workbook, then listen and see how many points
you scored. Don’t be afraid to guess! Ready, steady, go!
1.
Which of the following is the national symbol of Ireland?
A. a harp
2.
B.
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source
shamrock
leprechaun
tricolour
isle
C.
D.
B. The Irish Isle
C. The Emerald Isle
D. The North Isle
Match the characters with the correct description. They are all from
classic books by Irish authors.
A.
C.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
D. a leprechaun
What is Eire sometimes called?
A. The Paradise Isle
4.
C. the Celtic cross
The flag of Ireland, or bratach na hÉireann, is often called the Irish tricolour.
But which of the following is it?
A.
3.
B. a shamrock
Count Dracula
B. Prince Caspian of Narnia
Gulliver
D. Eliza Doolittle
Spends time with people that don’t quite measure up.
Pretends to be somebody rich.
Comes from a world with talking animals.
Doesn’t enjoy the sunshine much.
What is the capital of Eire?
A. Cork
B. Belfast
irländarna
du får lov att
tillgänglig, som du har tillgång till
källa
treklöver
ungefär pyssling, liten tomte
trefärgad; trefärgad flagga
ö
C. Dublin
emerald
character
author
count
measure up
D. Limerick
smaragd
person (i bok, på film)
författare
greve
hålla måttet, ha storleken inne
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6.
What is true about Eire? Only one alternative is correct.
A.
B.
C.
D.
7.
What are you supposed to do to a baby on its third birthday,
according to one Irish tradition?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8.
There are no lakes in Ireland.
There are no snakes in Ireland.
There are no mountains in Ireland.
There are no lizards in Ireland.
Give it a haircut.
Pierce one ear if it’s a boy, both ears if it’s a girl.
Hold it by its feet and bump its head three times.
Put it to bed for three hours at 3 p.m.
What is false about Ireland? Only one alternative is false.
A. There are more mobile phones than people.
B. There are more sheep than people.
C. Since 1960 Ireland has not won one medal in
the European Football Championship.
D. Most Irishmen are farmers.
9.
Which of these buildings was designed by an Irishman?
A. St. Peter’s Basilica
B. The White House
C. Stockholm City Hall
D. The Globe Arena
10. Which of the following is not something typically Irish?
D. A Rolls Royce
C. Potatoes
A. A Red Setter
lizard
according to
haircut
pierce
bump
p.m.
championship
was designed by
B. A Pint of Guinness
ödla
enligt
hårklippning
sticka hål på/ta hål i
stöta, dunsa
på eftermiddagen
mästerskap
ritades av, är ritad av
Listen
and find out how many correct answers
you have, and learn much more.
LISTEN
Gaelic
rule
lush
giant
developer
stubborn
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gaelisk
styre, herravälde
frodig
jätte
exploatör
envis
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Limerick Treasure Trove
Time to have some fun and enjoy one of the most famous kinds of poems – the
limerick! The name limerick comes from the town of Limerick in the south of
Ireland, but the funny thing is, nobody really knows why. In fact, limericks in
their present form were first written in England in the 1860s! Limericks are supposed to be fun, crazy and entertaining. So, it’s not strange that these poems
are popular in Ireland, because Ireland has always been famous for storytelling,
crazy stories and poetry.
In fact, in the olden days poets were considered to be guardians of knowledge.
A painter, who lived in Great Britain,
Interrupted two girls with their knittin’
He said, with a sigh,
‘That park bench – well I
Just painted it, right where you’re sittin.’
Anonymous
A careless explorer named Blake
Fell into a tropical lake,
Said a fat alligator,
A few minutes later:
‘Very nice, but I still prefer cake’.
Ogden Nash (1902–1971)
There was a young man of Devizes,
Whose ears were of different sizes,
The one that was small
Was no use at all
But the other one won several
prizes.
A Marshall (1866–1934)
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present
are supposed to
entertaining
storytelling
poetry
ín fact
in the olden days
were considered
skattkista
nuvarande
ska, förmodas
underhållande
historieberättande
poesi
faktum är
på gamla dar, förr i världen
ansågs
guardian
knowledge
Devizes
several
interrupt
knittin’ = knitting
sigh
careless
explorer
väktare
kunskap
namn på en ort
åtskilliga, många
avbryta
virkning
suck
slarvig
upptäcktsresande
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An elderly man called Keith
Mislaid his set of false teeth –
They’d been laid on a chair,
He’d forgot they were there,
Sat down, and was bitten
beneath.
Anonymous
There was a young lady of Lynn,
Who was so excessively thin,
That when she assayed
To drink lemonade
She slipped through the straw and fell in.
Anonymous
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, ‘It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!’
Edward Lear (1812–1888)
After reading
There was a young lady from Niger,
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.
They came back from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.
Anonymous
p. 40 prefer
elderly
p. 41 mislay
set of false teeth
was bitten beneath
Lynn
excessively thin
assay
slip through
straw
föredra
äldre
förlägga
uppsättning löständer
blev biten i baken
namn på en ort
fruktansvärt smal
pröva, försöka
glida genom
sugrör
1.
2.
S3.
4.
Which of the limericks do you like best? Why?
Look at how the limericks are written.
a. How many lines are there in a limerick?
b. What information do you usually get in the first line?
c. Which lines rhyme?
Work together with a friend. Search the web and find
more limericks. Choose your favourite, learn it by heart
and recite it with feeling.
Record your limericks or prepare a poetry reading in
class. Have fun!
beard
fear
owl
hen
lark
wren
nest
by heart
recite
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skägg
frukta
uggla
höna
lärka
gärdsmyg fågel
bo
utantill
läsa upp
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Focus on Ireland
Limerick Treasure Trove
A.
Last words? Vocabulary
1.
Where do the words go in these limericks?
a) nose – toes – removed – Rose – improved
There was a young lady called ______________
Who had a large wart on her _______________
When she had it __________________________
Her appearance __________________________
But her glasses slipped down to her ______________.
b) true – night – shoe – Peru – fright
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There was an old man from __________________
Who dreamed he was eating his ______________
c) fall – stuck – small – wall – luck
He awoke in the ___________________________
There once was a fly on the ______________
With a terrible ____________________________
I wonder, why didn’t it ______________?
To discover it was totally ___________________
Because its feet ______________
Or was it just ______________
Or does gravity miss things so ______________?
2.
Work in pairs. Practise reading the limericks out loud.
Try to read them without looking at the last word of each sentence.
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