Snapshots from today - Valentine's Day posters - year 8 and 9

Today we had an exhibition in year 8 and 9 for students who have English and Swedish instead of modern languages like German, French or Spanish. We have focused on Valentine and how to write an ode to someone or something. The students have tried to express themselves in English or Swedish. Some of the students have only been in Sweden a short time, so I was extremely impressed by their work. Add chocolate snowballs, chocolate cookies, cider and some yummie candy hearts and you have students that enjoy mingling and putting their works on display. Each visitor at the exhibition was also asked to give positive feedback on post-its. 

Natalia writes a positive comment....

Felicia and Amanda prepare the drinks

Amanda, Linnéa and Felicia are prepping to greet the visitors

Malak makes chocolate snowballs

Gabbe opens the cocoa box....

8B: Summary of the first 11 chapters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

8A - Summary of the first 11 chapters of Careless

A Google A Day - keeps your digital illiteracy away?

Well, this was fun! And challenging! And a bit ... difficult, actually... I am in the planning process of my digital literacy project that will start during week 10 in my year 9. So I came across "A Google A Day" - where you get a few questions and you can collect points (the quicker you are the better) in your hunt for the correct answer. Try it - not as easy as one would expect at first and something that I'll use as a topic for discussion later on. :)

Simple checklist for evaluation of websites - digital literacy

A little ahead time I put these up here just to get you acquainted with them. During week 10 we will work with digital literacy and the checklist below. We will also do certain parts of Skolverket's exercises about digital literacy as well as their self-assessment. If you want to, have a closer look at it already..

Self-assessment from Skolverket:

Results from test year 9 - code words

(Era mentorer samt Lollo har lista på kodorden)

Bedömning av skriftlig förmåga på prov

9A

Elev:

January = lägre A-nivå

February = E-nivå

March= F-nivå

April = A-nivå

May = lägre A-nivå

June = lägre A-nivå

July = C-nivå

August = E-nivå

September = övre E-nivå

October = övre C-nivå

November = C-nivå

December = övre E-nivå

Spaghetti = C-nivå

Meatballs = komplettera en uppgift innan bedömning

Pizza = E-nivå

Tacos = lägre C-nivå

Chicken wings = övre E-nivå

Pasta = C-nivå

9B

Elev:

Rose = F-nivå - komplettera

Dandelion = F-nivå - komplettera

Daffodil = E-nivå                                            

Lily = E-nivå

Daisy = lägre C-nivå

Bluebell = lägre A-nivå

Dahlia = C-nivå

Carnation = övre E-nivå

Birch = lägre C-nivå

Spruce = komplettera innan bedömning görs - missförstått en uppgift

Fir = lägre A-nivå

Oak = E-nivå

Willow = A-nivå

Elm = lägre C-nivå

Beech = E-nivå

Aspen tree = övre E-nivå

Mountain ash = A-nivå

Maple tree = övre C-nivå

Juniper = lägre C-nivå

Palm tree = F-nivå - komplettera

OBSERVERA! BEGREPPEN "LÄGRE" OCH "ÖVRE" ANVÄNDS FÖR ATT VISA ATT MAN ANTINGEN LIGGER I RISKZONEN NEDÅT ELLER ÄR NÄRA ATT AVANCERA MOT NÄSTA NIVÅ.

Results from test year 8 - code words

8A: Bedömning av skrivförmågan

Elev:

Monday = E-nivå

Tuesday = F-nivå, komplettera

Wednesday = E-nivå

Thursday = A-nivå

Friday= C-nivå

Saturday =  lägre A-nivå

Sunday= C-nivå

January = A-nivå

February = lägre A-nivå

March = C-nivå

April = C-nivå

May = C-nivå

June = C-nivå

July = övre C-nivå

August = övre E-nivå

September = A-nivå

October = E-nivå

November = E-nivå

Left = F-nivå - komplettera en uppgift

8B Bedömning av skrivförmåga:

Elev:

Spring = lägre A-nivå

Summer =  E-nivå

Autumn = A-nivå

Winter = A-nivå

Red = E-nivå

Blue = A-nivå

Yellow = C-nivå

White = lägre A-nivå

Turquoise =  lägre A-nivå

Black = lägre A-nivå

Pink = lägre C-nivå

Purple = övre E-nivå

Grey = C-nivå

Green = övre C-nivå

Brown = lägre A-nivå

Beige = A-nivå

With = lägre C-nivå

Right = prov ej helt klart - göra färdigt med Pernilla

OBS! BEGREPPEN "LÄGRE" SAMT "ÖVRE" NÄR DET GÄLLER NIVÅ, ANVÄNDS FÖR ATT VISA IFALL MAN ÄR I RISKZONEN NEDÅT ELLER ÄR NÄRA ATT AVANCERA TILL NÄSTA NIVÅ. 

The English Grove - year 9

Students in year 9 will document their theme project "The USA and Canada" on their blog The English Grove  in a couple of weeks' time....check it out! 

Year 8 - Reading projects

Password: Huckleberry

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Password: Careless

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You will find the plan for Careless here.
You will find the plan for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn here. 
Best of luck! :)

year 9 - This week we will take a trip west to the USA and Canada

Password: The USA

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Password: The USA

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Plan for the USA and Canada - follow the instructions 

 -Best of luck!!

year 9 - Email addresses

Irregular verbs - grammar rap song

Irregular verbs - either you love them or hate them, I guess. Since I'm on the more affectionate side of the verbs -- I think I knew the most common ones at the tender age of 14 -- I wanted to learn them all and I did. I worked hard for it though and posted notes all around my bedroom with different tenses... Whenever I saw a note I repeated what it said: "teach taught taught" or "go went gone" until they were stuck solid in my brain. However it is not easy to learn them all so if YOU find it hard to learn the tenses of some of the most common verbs here's a wonderful video, in the shape of a verb rap song, to help you along. :)

Growth mindset

At the beginning of the semester when we meet I will show you this video and we will have a short discussion about it. Have you ever thought about what a growth mindset is? Or have you ever even thought about that we can think differently about how we think and how we can achieve things? Have a look at the video and see what you think. :)

Preliminary plan for year 8

Preliminary plan for year 9

Happy New Year - may 2016 treat you well!

Mini yarn hats

This week we have chosen to make these mini Christmas yarn hats while speaking English in class. These yarn hats are adorable and so easy to make. I'll hang some in my Christmas tree and maybe one will have to go on the top of my head today - which is our last day of the semester.

Here is a collection of yarn hats being made in the classroom this week. 

Here is how you make them...

Evaluation of English - year 8 and 9

Mystery Skype with Melbourne, Australia

Today at 11 a.m. some of my 8th grade students were called up on Skype from somewhere in the world. At this moment in time Microsoft has a Skype-A-Thon and the students that we met were from Melbourne, Australia and they had prepared fantastic information about their country and I was especially interested in "the lamingtons" that they described as part of Australian cuisine. Sounded lovely and like something I'll try to make in the future. 

Thanks to Benjamin Lannen and grade 5/6 at Holy Spirit Community School - you did a great job! :)

Year 9 - deadline for handing in your essays and answers

Thursday December 3rd is the absolutely last day for handing in your essays and answers (Holes - the Whale Rider). My e-mail address is: pernilla.malmqvist@edu.boras.se   - I do prefer e-mails. Best of luck! :)