English idioms

I was rooted to the spot.

unable to move because of fear or surprise.

Mary stood rooted to the spot when the thief snatched her bag.

I'm as snug as a bug in a rug.

cozy and comfortable

The bedroom in Aunt Jane's house was cold, but after she wrapped me up in four or five quilts and put a stocking cap on my head, I was snug as a bug in a rug and ready to go to sleep. Alan: Are you warm enough? Jane: Yes, I'm as snug as a bug in a rug.

I'm the apple of her eye.

if someone is the 'apple of your eye', they are appreciated, loved, or cherished above others.

I spoil my grandson because he's the apple of my eye.

To catch a person red-handed.

to catch a person in the act of doing something wrong.

Tom was stealing the car when the police drove by and caught him red-handed.

You are talking through your hat.

to talk about something without understanding what you are talking about

Nothing of what he said made sense - he was talking through his hat.

To pull someone's leg

to kid, fool, or trick someone.

Don't believe him. He's just pulling your leg.

Not my cup of tea.

not what someone likes or is interested in

I realize a fantasy computer game is not everyone's cup of tea, but this one is amazing.

I can't make head or tail of it.

unable to understand someone or something.

George is so strange. I can't make heads or tails of him.

Old as the hills.

something very old

That's not a new joke; it's as old as the hills!

Make ends meet

to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need

My wages were so low that I had to take a second job just to make ends meet.

English May 12

To be finished today:

1. Answer the following questions:

A) List some of the obstacles Ms Gruwell faces in the beginning.

B) Describe the situation in room 203 in the beginning of the film.

C) What does Ms Gruwell's husband and father think about her working as a teacher?

D) What does Erin Gruwell do to earn the students' trust?

E) Eva gets really angry when she realizes that Anne Frank died. Why?

F) The students finally meet Miep Gies. Who was she?

G) In the end Eva and Sindy takes a step closer to each other. What made them do that?


2) Choose ONE of the following writing assignments:

A) In Freedom Writers, the students write diary entries to express what they are feeling and the problems that they are facing. We only get to hear some of these diary entries.

Diary Entry Activity

Choose one of the following characters:

● Eva

● One of the boys in the class

● Erin Gruwell 

● Margaret Campbell 

Then write a diary entry about Erin Gruwell’s first day at school. What do you think about her? What assumptions do you make? Do you want her to succeed or not? If you are writing as Erin, what are your ambitions and how do you think you’ll make them happen?

OR

B) The students in Freedom Writers write letters to Miep Gies to tell her about themselves, what they thought about the book they've read and their thoughts about Miep Gies herself. Now you choose a character from Freedom Writers and you write your letter to him/her. You can write about the same things that the Freedom Writers did:

* Short introduction of yourself.
* What you thought about the film.
* Your thoughts about the character you chose.


3) Go to Glosor.eu and continue practicing the words. The username is: betalena You don't need a password.

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If finished with everything, find a classmate or two who is also finished and discuss these questions. Record yourselves!

1. Why are the students so unwilling to associate with anyone outside their ethnic/racial groups? Where does this intolerance come from? 

2. Why is trust such an important component of a teacher-student relationship?

3. Why does Ms. Gruwell’s students hate and resent her at first?

4. Miep Gies, the woman who hid Anne Frank, is a hero to Ms. Gruwell’s students. What does Miep Gies mean when she tells Ms. Gruwell’s students, “You are heroes everyday.”?

5. Describe the transition in Mrs. Gruwell’s classroom from the first day of freshman year through the end of the year – how have the students changed? How has Ms. Gruwell changed?

6. What makes Eva choose to “go against her people” in the courtroom? Do you think this was a good decision? How does her family and friends react?

7. Why are the students filled with such anger at the beginning of the movie? Do you think their anger is reasonable? 

8. What similarities are there between Woodrow Wilson High School and Apelskolan? How are they different?

9. What did you think about the movie? Motivate your answer!

10. Choose one thing (anything in the film) you thought was interesting and discuss it.

English May 6

1) Warm up
Talk about the film - The duel

2) Answer the following questions about the film

A) List some of the obstacles Ms Gruwell faces in the beginning.

B) Describe the situation in room 203 in the beginning of the film.

C) What does Ms Gruwell's husband and father think about her working as a teacher?

D) What does Erin Gruwell do to earn the students' trust?

E) Eva gets really angry when she realizes that Anne Frank died. Why?

F) The students finally meet Miep Gies. Who was she?

G) In the end Eva and Sindy takes a step closer to each other. What made them do that?


3) Choose ONE of the following writing assignments:

A) In Freedom Writers, the students write diary entries to express what they are feeling and the problems that they are facing. We only get to hear some of these diary entries.

Diary Entry Activity

Choose one of the following characters:

● Eva

● One of the boys in the class

● Erin Gruwell 

● Margaret Campbell 

Then write a diary entry about Erin Gruwell’s first day at school. What do you think about her? What assumptions do you make? Do you want her to succeed or not? If you are writing as Erin, what are your ambitions and how do you think you’ll make them happen?

B) The students in Freedom Writers write letters to Miep Gies to tell her about themselves, what they thought about the book they've read and their thoughts about Miep Gies herself. Now you choose a character from Freedom Writers and you write your letter to him/her. You can write about the same things that the Freedom Writers did:

* Short introduction of yourself.
* What you thought about the film.
* Your thoughts about the character you chose.



 Go to Glosor.eu and start practicing the words. The username is: betalena You don't need a password.

English April 29

Warm up
Discuss with a partner:
1) What are the characteristics (kännetecken) of a good teacher?

2) What are some characteristics a good teacher can't have?

3) Who is your favorite teacher? Why?

4) Have you ever had problems with a teacher? Talk about it.

5) In your opinion, what are the greatest difficulties a teacher faces?


Watch this movie segment.


Discuss with a partner:

1) Describe the scene.

2) What are the challenges this teacher will face during the term?

3) How would you describe this group of students?

4) How would you describe the teacher?

Possessive pronouns

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Reflexive pronouns

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Finding facts about an occupation

Useful links: 

Jobs A-Z list

Yrkeskompassen

Find facts about:

working hours

education

the best and the worse

working environment

what they do

job outlook

salary

Collect your facts in a Keynote

English lesson March 10

1. Warm up: How important is a good job (a job you really like) compared to other things in life, such as love, children and time for hobbies etc.

2. Finish this exercise:  Write your answers to the following questions. Write your on Showbie.
* What is the job of your dreams? Why? What does it take from you to get that job?
* Are there some other jobs that you could also imagine having?
* Are there any jobs you could definitely not imagine having? Why?

3. Those of you who are already finished: 
Write sentences where the following words are added -

employer 
staff
employee
summer job
experience
occupation
graduate
employed
salary
education
working hours
job application
labour market
on the dole

E.g. employer - I think a good employer is someone who listens to their workers and give them good salaries. 

4.Read about different occupations:

Jobs A-Z list

Yrkeskompassen

English lesson March 5

1. Warm up
Discuss today's question: Would you like to be a boss? Why/why not? What qualities do you think a boss should have?

2. Read or listen to three of the following texts: Working life Remember to do the vocabulary exercises that is connected to the texts.

3. Listen to Jeff and Tim talking about cool jobs and then listen to when they are speaking about bad jobs.

4. Write your answers to the following questions. Write your on Showbie.
* What is the job of your dreams? Why? What does it take from you to get that job?
* Are there some other jobs that you could also imagine having?
* Are there any jobs you could definitely not imagine having? Why?


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E X T R A - When you're finished:

* Go back to the text that you have read and listened to. Read them again and look for words that you think you need to learn. Write them down on Glosor.eu. You can call the word list "Working life". When you have checked all the texts - start practising the words.

Förstå kunskapskraven

8A - här är spellistan till de filmer som kommit ut hittills om att förstå kunskapskraven:

Orka plugga

Working life

1. Warm up - Which of the following occupations can you imagine yourself working with? Which job would you not like to have? Why? Why not?  Choose among the following occupations:

dentist
teacher
waitress/waiter
dancer
carpenter
sailor
nurse
architect
photographer
police
lawyer
baker

2. Finish yesterday's exercise: http://www.oneweekjob.com/watch/webisodes/

3. Read or listen to three of the following texts: Working life Remember to do the vocabulary exercises that is connected to the texts.

4. Write your answers to the following questions:
* What is the job of your dreams? Why? What does it take from you to get that job?
* Are there some other jobs that you could also imagine having?
* Are there any jobs you could definitely not imagine having?

Working life

1. Warm up

2. Watch When I grow up -Try to identify as many jobs as you can.

3. Discuss: What factors may determine your choice of career?

4. Watch a trailer:  http://youtu.be/CgLlh89YAS8

a) How is he going to decide what he’s going to do?
b) How do his parents react?

5. Watch webisodes: http://www.oneweekjob.com/watch/webisodes/

Tell each other about what you saw.

February 12

1. Warm-up

2. Read your poems.

3. Talk about a special day. Here's a hint:)

5. Learn more about it.

6. Lyricstraining

February 11

1. Warm-up

2. Finish your "Emotional poems". LAST DAY TODAY! Everyone must have written at least one.

3. Practice reading your poem out loud.

4. Laminate your poems.

5. Do the Newsreel-quiz. You'll find it down below. You need headphones. REMEMBER: Listen only once!

6. Improve your English while donating rice to countries that need food: Freerice

7. Practice your listening skills: Lyricstraining

February 5

1) Warm up

2) Finish your "Emotional poem".

3) Go to Elllo and practicing your listening skills.

4) End the lesson with "Lyricstraining".

February 4

Today we are going to write "Sensory Emotion Poems".

1. How many emotions can you come up with? What are they called in English?

FEAR = rädsla

HATRED = hat

RELIEVED = lättnad

LOVE = kärlek

ANGER = ilska

SADNESS = sorg

TIREDNESS = trötthet

HAPPINESS = glädje

JOY = lycka

EXHAUSTED = utmattad

ANXIETY = oro

NERVOUSNESS = nervositet

EVILNESS = ondska

PAIN = sorg, smärta

CONFUSED = förvirrad

DEPRESSED = deprimerad

DISAPPOINTED = besviken

HOPEFUL = hoppfull

DISGUST = avsky

SURPRISED = förvåning

EMOTIONAL = känslosam

MADNESS = galenskap

HURT = sårad

INSECURE = osäker


2. This is how you write "Sensory Emotion Poems":

Title (Emotion)

(Line 1) (Emotion) is (color)

(Line 2) What does the emotion taste like?

(Line 3) What does the emotion smell like?

(Line 4) What does the emotion feel like?

(Line 5) What does the emotion sound like?

(Line 6) What does the emotion look like?

(Line 7) (Emotion) is _____________(include a metaphor)

If you don't remember what a methapor is you can find help here: Metaphor

3. Let's look at some examples written by other students:

4. Use the iPad and the app Canva to create your poem. Take the short tutorial when signing up for Canva. Save your poems when it's finished and send it to me.

Newsreel 2015-01-24

Newsreel - Årskrönika

December 10

Finished with the scary story?

Then work with these Christmas exercises:

Click on the calendar!

Click on the calendar!

Listen to Wham! singing "Last Christmas" and try to figure out what word's missing.

Regular and irregular verbs

Verbs in songs:



Please note that it might be best to use Puffin.

REGULAR VERBS

Watch a video: LearnEnglish

Type the correct answer: Adele's Corner

Practice more: English exercises

IRREGULAR VERBS

Watch a video: LearnEnglish

Matching words: Bradley's

Matching pairs: Bradley's

Play a game: eslgames

MIXED EXERCISES

Which word's missing? English exercises

What a day! Kid's corner

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More irregular verbs: here