Q and A on Thursday at 10.45 - with Laura Dron (L S Matthews)

Wow! What an opportunity - on Thursday you get to ask the author of "Fish" questions about the book - prepare yourself - what do you want to know??

Info about the National Test in English year 9

We are approaching the first of the national tests in English - you will have part A during week 47 - and here you will find some information about the tests.


Want to try your hands on old parts of the test? Click here and give it a try:
http://nafs.gu.se/prov_engelska/exempel_provuppgifter/engelska_ak9_exempeluppg

An article in Alfa about how we work with Mystery Hangouts

Yesterday an article about our way or working with mystery hangouts was published online and in the magazine "Alfa" - the report was from a lesson where we hung out with Tamatea Intermediate School in Napier, New Zealand. Great fun!

9A - Holes book trailer

Starting week 45 we will read "Holes" by Louis Sachar and here is a book trailer to get you interested. Looking forward to interesting discussions and lots of reading!

9B - introduction to Maori culture and history

Week 45 we will start reading the book "The Whale Rider" by New Zealand writer Witi Ihimaera. You have already read up on facts about the writer, but here is also an introduction to Maori culture and history - a key element in the story.

8A + 8B Checking understanding

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

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

Snapshots from today

Our work with the Global Read Aloud continues ...today answering the questions: 1. What would you consider to be important to take with you if you had to leave your home suddenly? Explain why. 2. What do people need to feel safe in the world? 

Here are some of the students' reflections:

Slow chat on Twitter - question #1

This week we're one of the hosts for the slow chat on FISH. One question posted now onto Twitter (picture above) - do you want to give your opinion on the matter? Please go ahead!!
@Erikslundskolan @PernillaElma  hashtags: #Grafish2 #GRAFish

How to comment on the writings of others - poster

While working with the Global Read Aloud I hope that the students will comment on the work of others on Edmodo by offering suggestions, asking questions, making connections and hopefully, ending their inputs with some encouragement.

Homework for Tuesday - year 8

Homework for Tuesday week 42 - English year 8

1. Watch this video:

https://youtu.be/xpG3jLGGkvc

about the Syrian refugee Aya, 8 years old.

2. Think about the video and what’s happening in the book “Fish”

Answer these questions - on the paper I give you:

• What would you consider to be important to take with you if you had to leave your home suddenly? Explain why. (Answer on blue paper)

• What do people need to feel safe in the world? (Answer on yellow paper)

Best of luck and may the force be with you!

/Pernilla

Kunskapsmål - engelska:

SKRIVA – egen produktion
I skriftliga framställningar i olika genrer kan eleven formulera sig (...)	enkelt, begripligt och relativt sammanhängande	relativt varierat, relativt tydligt och relativt sammanhängande	relativt varierat, tydligt och sammanhängande

Here is an example of what it could look like:

Global Read Aloud - Twitter

So I have started reading Fish in my two classes in year 8 and we're off to a good start - however it does take a lot longer to read than I anticipated at first. Chapter 1 is finished and we're starting chapter 2 tomorrow....hopefully we'll catch up....since we want to be a week ahead of the original schedule since we have a week off school in late October.

On Twitter the discussions have started and it would be wonderful if you - students -  would like to follow them. This week the hashtag is #GRAFish1 - and next week we're in charge of the slow chat.

and, since today is The World Teachers' Day I think it's appropriate to show you what classrooms around the world could look like:

Photo credit: Russell Boyce/Reuters

Tip of the Day - Ba Ba Dum - test your vocabulary

Want to expand or test your vocabulary? In English? Spanish? Swedish? Try Babadum:

Global Read Aloud - this week we kick it off!

On Tuesday we kick off our global project - here is the rough plan!

Snapshot from today - my desk

A view from my desk - exit tickets, peer response notes, anonymous summaries to be read by fellow students and name sticks for a no-hands-up classroom.

Change your words - change your mindset

Someone made an interesting share in our English group on Facebook and it was a photo from a classroom somewhere in the world. In the photo there was a kind of poster with the following headline: Change your words - Change your mindset and some examples of how you can think differently. A great reminder of how we need to get our students to think more positively about themselves and also how to try to make their mindsets grow and change with time and experience. I made my own version in Canva and I'm going to put these up in the classroom. I think we can all learn from these examples...

One book to connect the world - here are our connections for the Global Read Aloud 2015

Soon our project will start and I'm really excited about it - hopefully all my students will be too! I made a map of our connections and we are indeed connecting across the globe!

Argumentative/persuasive speech - year 9

Next week we will be starting a one-week theme of argumentative speech. On the first lesson you will get to settle on a topic, do some research, write down some ideas and then you should prepare to give a speech on the following lesson. The speech will be recorded on your computer in a private setting and sent to me for assessment - if everything works out well we will also listen to a few speeches together and give feedback on them. Here's a little intro for next week: 

You can find the plan here
+ a video illustrating ethos, pathos and logos here:

This is what I'm reading now

 

On my way to Stockholm today and this is what I'll be reading on my way up!! Can't wait! #GRAFish

Hope you have a great weekend!

I read therefore I am! - year 8

Here's the link to the new theme: I read therefore I am

For Tuesday - year 9

For Tuesday I want you to be able to choose between writing a poem (any kind of structure ) about one of the following photos - focusing on the current migrant crisis in Europe. Try to find your own unique perspective and imagine that you are a person, on either the boat, or the fence.  What are you thinking? What are you leaving behind? What kind of future are you imagining? Try to put yourself in someone else's shoes....

Photo credit: Massimo Sestini/eyevine

Photo credit: Jose Palazon/Reuters

OR make your own blackout poem - I'll explain more about this when we meet: