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Instructions for written tasks: 

  • Choose 1-2 short exercises from Section 1 under the themes A-G. Complete 9-10 exercises which you can choose freely but try to choose them from as many different themes as possible.Write them to OneNote or as agreed with the teacher. Include a word list of new/theme-based words after your exercises. The word list doesn't need to be long.  The length of each exercise may vary depending on the nature of the assignment (a description, opinion, poem, cartoon, discussion, translation, oral exercise etc.) but should include reflexion, (detailed) description, examples to illustrate your point, justification of opinion or creative writing/production of your own.
  • Eli valitse siis 9-10 vapaavalintaista tehtävää osioista A-G (G = suullisia tehtäviä). Koita valita mahdollismman monesta eri teemasta.

Tehtävien tulee sisältää omaa pohdintaa, kuvailua, mielipiteiden perustelua, havainnollistavia esimerkkejä tai luovaa omaa kirjoittamista/tuottamista.

 

The exercises under A. Culture can be written on the Collaboration Space-column to be read and commented by others. 

Section 1

A Culture 

  1. Your definition of culture 
  2. Tell about cultural differences between Finns and a culture of your own choice. 
  3. Describe your experiences of cross-cultural communication. (What kind of cultural differences did you notice? Did the situation arouse any cultural problems or misunderstandings?)
  4. Cultural blunders (mokia) you have made/heard from your friends or relatives

 Discuss in the discussion forum (Collaboration space). 

 

B Film 
  1. Your favourite film/TV series 
  2. A film/TV series you can't stand 
  3. Do we need reality series/talk shows? 
  4. Superficial lifestyles in TV series 

 

C Visual arts 
  1. Find a photo (your own photo, or eg in a newspaper article or depicting nature), or a painting, a work of art etc. and write a caption to go with the picture. If it is a work of art, include a short review. Attach the picture with your text. 
  2. Translate a cartoon (eg. Peanuts, Donald Duck, Baby Blues) into Finnish or English. You can do this assignment on a separate paper or Word/PowerPoint -file and attach it on your page. 
  3. Write a cartoon of your own and present it in the class. 
  4. Draw/Paint a picture and post it on the classroom wall together with a short review on your work of art (equals two exercises).
  5. Present a piece of work you have done in the art class. Describe what it depicts. (Kerro mitä se kuvaa).

 

D Literature 
  1. Your favourite book/genre of literature 
  2. A book that everybody should read 
  3. Your favourite fictional/cartoon character. Describe his/her personality and explain why you like this character. 
  4. Choose 10 Finnish idioms (for example, selvää pässinlihaa, olla matti kukkarossa, viherpiipertäjä, viherpeukalo, mennä päin seiniä jne..) and find a translation for them in English. Can you find an equivalent in English? How do they differ from the Finnish version? Gives you food for thought! 
  5. Write a children's story/a short story of your own/a poem. A longer story equals three to four shorter ones. 

 

E Music 
  1. Your favourite music/genre/singer/music group. Include a link to a You tube video, for example. 
  2. Why does heavy metal appeal to many young Finnish people? 
  3. The instrument you play 
  4. Translate your favourite song into Finnish/English.

 

F Miscellaneous (sekalaisia tehtäviä)
  1. Find some biographical information about an artist/a political figure/an athlete/any celebrity and then write some facts or trivia about him/her. 
  2. Write a short thank you speech of a winner of Nobel Peace Prize/an Oscar award (and deliver it). Examples to watch: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmqF9Y2Yq1U(Malala Yousefzai) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P0smMYhLsg(Reese Witherspoon) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKDfyFjQtc(Denzel Washington) 

 

  1. Your sources of inspiration. 
  2. Photography as a hobby 
  3. An achievement you're very proud of 
  4. Translate your favourite food recipe 
  5. Find a translation for the Finnish foods like piimä, viili and rahka and find examples where they are used. 
  6. Sport: the most beautiful sport (include a video clip of this sport to illustrate your opinion). Also works as an oral task: present the sport and the video clip/performance and give grounds for your opinion.* 
  7. Find an interesting article about culture and summarize it (an English article in Finnish and vice versa). 
  8. Present the cultural sights of a city. (A longer presentation of min. 10 sentences equals two exercises.)* 
  9. Make up your own topic: the stage is yours! 

 

 

G.Oral tasks

to be performed on your own, in pairs or in small groups in the last 2 lessons on an Open Stage. Here are some suggestions or you can choose your presentation/performance from the list above (A-F*). You can also present the book that/(if) you have read (one) during the course: 

  1. Interview a singer/a filmstar/ an athlete etc. 
  2. Deliver a thank you speech/acceptance speech of the winner of an award (music, film, sports) 

3a. Find the transcript of a famous speech by any famous person: eg Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, Donald Trump... and read it out loud imitating the speaker in tone, intonation and pronunciation. Alla linkki sivustoon, josta löytää mm. 100 kuuluisinta amerikk. puhetta. Tai googlaa 'famous speeches'. 

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ 

3b. Find a recent speech of a politician, a cultural figure, an athlete or anybody you like (you'll find them by watching news, sports news, in magazine, newspaper, twitter, facebook) and write the transcript and deliver it. 

  1. Act out a scene from a book/film/children's story 
  2. Imitate a (TV) character 
  3. Sing a song 
  4. Read a poem (your own or someone else's) 
  5. Rewrite a short film dialogue and act it out speaking on top of the dialogue while showing the scene mute at the same time eg on a You Tube video: a fun pair work. Alternatively: translate into English a short dialogue/passage in an Finnish book and present it in the class. (Or read your favourite passage from an English book.) 
  6. Something else? Be creative! 

 

Section 2 Instructions on pp. 115-117

  • Choose one longer review from Section 2. (1) 

 

  1. A book review of 300-500 words, with personal response. See instructions on pages 115-116. Include a list of new theme-based vocabulary that you have learnt and used in your review. Show me the book you want to make a review of.
  2. A film review.  The film has to be age-appropriate.
  3. A music review