PROJECT IDEAS

1 Practise your English by reading one of the texts from the chapter aloud to yourself or a classmate. Focus on pronouncing all the words correctly. Record yourself.

Talking/Pronunciation 25 points

2 Miranda Phillips lives in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Watch the film “Miranda’s Laundry” and write a text about a day in Miranda’s life.

Watching/Writing 75 points

3 Jerk Chicken is a popular Jamaican dish. Find a recipe and translate it into Swedish. If you want to know how tasty it is, cook it and invite your family or friends to a Caribbean dinner party!

Vocabulary/Language work 50 points

4 Have you seen any of the movies in the Pirates of the Caribbean series? The period from the late 1600s to the early 1700s is sometimes called the “Golden Age of Piracy”, and pirates like Blackbeard and Henry Morgan sailed the Caribbean Sea. Find out more about piracy in the Caribbean and make a poster for the classroom or a digital presentation.

Research/Writing 75 points

5 The dialogue in Lost at Sea is written in Jamaican English, with different words and spelling than in British English. Rewrite the dialogue in the text into British English vocabulary and spelling.

Language work/Vocabulary 25 points

6 You and your family are on holiday in the Caribbean for two weeks. Write a letter to a friend or a relative back home and tell them about your holiday in the Caribbean. Writing 50 points

7 Bob Marley is perhaps the most famous of all reggae musicians. With his band The Wailers he made reggae music popular all around the world with songs like One Love, Waiting in Vain and Three Little Birds. Work in pairs or small groups. Choose one of his songs and translate the lyrics to Swedish. Try to capture the rhythm and the rhyme in your translation so it can be sung. Sing both versions with your classmates! Group activity/Language work/ 50 points

8 Tourism is very important for the economy in the Caribbean nations. But what are the advantages and disadvantages of tourism? Look into this and write an essay with the heading Tourism – Pros and Cons. Research/Writing 100 points

9 Pick 20 words that were new to you from the chapter. Write an explanation in English for each of them. Find a free online crossword puzzle maker. Create a crossword puzzle and let a classmate try to solve it.

Vocabulary/Writing 25 points

10 Prepare a multiple-choice quiz about the Caribbean and present it to the class. Include at least three different countries in the quiz. Research/Writing 50 points

11 The green turtle can be found in the Caribbean Sea. It is one of the largest sea turtles and it is important to the ecosystem. Unfortunately, the green turtle is an endangered species. Find out more about the green turtle and the threats it faces and present the information to your classmates.

Research/Presentation 50 points

12 In Listen you learned about being gay and LGBTQ rights in Jamaica. Listen to the interview again or read the transcript of the listening exercise. Write down at least three personal reflections afterwards. Listening/Writing 50 points

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