Thursday, 31 January 2013

8A - NHL

Hello!

You'll be glad to hear that homework for next week will be the text NHL. You'll find the words below. This time the test is verbal - you have to explain the words to each other and the others in your group have to guess which word you are talking about. Well, you've done this before - you know what it's all about.


NHL


http://glosor.eu/anvandare/Bergskolefroken.2151751.html

7A, 7B - Write a letter about your school

During the last couple of weeks you've learnt something about schools in South Africa, Britain and USA. Now it's your turn to write a letter about schools in Sweden to an imaginary American student. Tell him/her about the following things:

(Start with an introduction of yourself. )

* levels
* schooldays - when do you start school and when does it finish?
* homework
* teachers
* dress codes
* lunch/breaks
* after school activities
* grades
* the best/worst thing about school
* other things you might think of...

You can hand in the letter during week 6. So - this is your homework for next week but you can write the letter during your English lessons.

Have a great week!

Thursday, 24 January 2013

8A - The Great Train Robbery

Well hello there!

I hope you are well and not too stressed with all the homework you get...

Here are the words for week 5. The chapter is called The great train robbery and it's actually a true story. Don't forget to practice reading the text too.

The test will take place on Thursday - as always.


The Great Train Robbery

You can practice the words by going to this page:

Glosor.eu

7A, 7D- British and American schools

Hello again!

Welcome back after your Christmas break. I hope you all had a good rest and that you are ready for some serious work. We will carry on working with our textbooks/workbooks and this week we will learn something about the school systems in USA and Britain.



You can practice the words by going to this page too:

British/American schools







Thursday, 17 January 2013

7A, 7B - Just an Ordinary Day

Hello again!

This week we'll carry on working with the textbook, grammar and questions about South Africa.  Here are the words for next week.

Just an ordinary day

And here you can practise do/does/did a bit more...

Do/does

Do/does/did

More do/does

More exercises do/does




Wednesday, 16 January 2013

News and magazines in English

Keep yourself up to date with news of the world....

BBC newsround

BBC news (advanced level)

News about Sweden - in English

Links to different magazines

Magazines

Movies

Basket

Popmusic

Hockey

Dirtbike

Grammar exercises

Use these links to practise grammar.

Do/does/did

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Adjectives/adverbs

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Plural

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Present (presens)

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Irregular verbs

Exercise 1

There is/there are

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

Some/any

Exercise 1

8A - New chapter

Hi again!

On Thursday we will begin with a new chapter in your textbooks. The text is called "Was it a crime?" and you will find the vocabulary below. The written test will take place next Thursday. You can also find the words on glosor.eu - username Bergskolefroken, no password required.

We are also going to start reading "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck this week - I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Don't forget to finish writing your "Future food" essay. You can airdrop it next Monday.

Have a great week everyone!!



Glosor Was it a crime

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Future food essays 8A

Welcome back everyone!

I hope you had a brilliant holiday and that you are eager to work with English! This week we'll carry on working with the subject future food. When you are done with the questions and the article you can start writing the essay. If you are unsure of how to write you can take a look at the instructions (and ask me!)

Instructions for essay


You can hand in the essay during next week!






7A, 7D - More about South Africa

Apart from reading the chapter "Going to school in South Africa", we're going to take a closer look at the country by watching a couple of videos and finding out more facts. Download the question-sheet and use the links below to find out more....


Use these pages to find out more facts about South Africa:

Facts about South Africa

More facts about South Africa

Questions to fact sheets