Test - Media and Information Literacy

Do you want to Skype with my high school students in November?

End of year reflections

The school year has come to an end and I am off on my summer break tomorrow. Looking back on the year I have a few comments to make.

For me, this school year has been fantastic in many ways. First of all, I got the chance to start at Bäckängsgymnasiet, the biggest high school in town with around 520 students, in August as of last year. I have taught five courses in English and gotten to know many wonderful students and teachers along the way. The year has given me possibilities of working with new and old digital tools and to emphasize the importance of evaluating sources even more than before. My love for English has grown deeper and the zest for evolving as a teacher is as big as it will probably ever get!

The biggest event of the year was the Skypeathon that took place in March. It was an enormous task of organizing the close to 35 calls with regards to classes, groups, staff, time differences, continents and so on, but we managed and it was a huge success! In November we will give it another shot, this time however looking at around 12 hours and not 24. More about this in the fall.

When it comes to digital tools used during the year, I often return to my favorites Canva, ThingLink, Kahoot, Socrative, Google Forms and Presentations, Sway and Flipgrid. Right now I am a Flipgrid ambassador and I am trying to spread the word about the great tool as much as my energy levels right now allow me. If you want to try Flipgrid you can enter the code PERNILLA to get a FREE upgrade to Fligrid Classroom. The promotion is valid to September 30.

My objectives for the next school year is to work even more with digital tools and I am also looking forward to going back to teaching History again! Another thing on my list is to take a university course about ICT and languages. The Global Read Aloud awaits in October (reading "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness and then in November the Skypeathon, to name but a few things....

But now, I am closing down the laptop for the summer and I will be back in early August again...

With that said, I wish you...

ever! :) /Pernilla

Questions for Todd Strasser

Tell the Wolves I'm Home - first discussion

Comprehension questions to "The Famous Poll at Jody's Bar"

What would you do? - SA16M

Self assessment post presidential pitch - SA15P

Evaluation of Module ": The Curious Incident... - NA16F

Evaluation of Module 2: the U.S. Election 2016 - to be answered after giving your own speech

After giving your speeches I want you to do this evaluation of module 2. After completing this evaluation you log onto PingPong and do the self-assessment there. Thanks!

Evaluation of module 1: Tolerance

Snapshots from today - NO H8!

Today's theme day on media and information literacy was a success. According to the students who evaluated the day - through a Google Form - the day had an interesting content and discussions that were rewarding. Later this week I will take a more thorough look at everything surrounding the day but I am pleased with how it went. The students in year 8 produced thought-provoking posters (made in Canva) with focus on #nohate. More posters will be added during the week. Have a look at some of them here:

Poster made by Limar

Poster made by Ceasar, Melanie, Alma, Ellen and Isabella

Poster made by William

Poster made by Afnan

Samir trying out Google Cardboard

year 9 - Email addresses

Evaluation of English - year 8 and 9

8A + 8B Checking understanding

8A + 8B
On Tuesday you will answer these questions:

Google Form for checking your understanding of Fish - halfway through...

I need your email address (for my students in year 8 - only)

Survey - Pernilla's English Classroom

It's Saturday and time for me to reflect a little. I'm very happy that my blog is gaining ground and I'm a bit curious as to who are reading this blog. Therefore I threw together a survey, using Google Forms, and I'd really appreciate it if YOU would take the time to fill it in. Thank you! :)

Questions to Lord of the Flies - year 8

Questions for year 9 for Friday