Results of 02A's Vote

Extra practice

Here are some links to pages that you can go to in order to practice your English.

Listening: 

https://lyricstraining.com/ This is a page where you can watch your favorite music videos and fill in the gaps to the lyrics as you listen. You can set the difficulty level to what you need.

http://www.esl-lab.com/ Here you can practice your listening skills by listening to conversations on different topics and then answer questions. The activities come in different difficulty levels.

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice More listening activities on this page.

Reading: 

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice Here you can read texts on different topics and do activities to improve your reading skills in English.

https://readtheory.org/ Ask your teacher for your login to this page, where you practice reading on your level.

https://www.newsinlevels.com/# Read news in English and answer questions about them. You can read at different levels of difficulty.

Extending your vocabulary: 

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/vocabulary-exercises Here you can learn new words and practice your vocabulary. You can listen to the pronunciation of the words and then do exercises.

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1398 Practice the meaning of words and help to end world hunger at the same time!

Drilling grammar: 

Sometimes it is good to practice grammar rules in order to make your language more clear and coherent.

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos On this page you can watch videos of different grammar rules and then do exercises.

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm Here are many, many different grammar exercises to practice online.

Monday, February 26

Warm-up: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

Some good old elevinflytande: Answer this form about what you would like to do next during the English lessons. The link to it is here: https://goo.gl/forms/WWvkmT0KTYy1gE583 

Finish your reading comprehension from the week before the break or do extra activities on blog. If you have not shared your South Africa text with me, make sure that you do that.

Valentine's Day

Finished with your activities? Read about Valentine's Day and do the activities that go along with the text:
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/valentines-day 

Reviewing your text

Practicing capital letters: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/node/1069 

Practicing punctuation: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/node/1068

EF Class: Lesson on South Africa

For this afternoon's English lesson, we are going to try something new. You are going to work with a page called EF class and learn some more about South Africa. In order to start the lesson, follow these steps:

• sign in here: http://class.ef.com/join/71BE Class Code: 71BE
  
• Create an account using your school e-mail, (i.e jensve8924@edu.halmstad.se)
  
• Pick a password that you can remember.
  
• Enter today's lesson. 

Matilda, Chapters 12 and 13: Lavender and The Weekly Test

Discussion questions:

• Do you believe in people that have “a gift” (i.e. can see dead people or foresee the future)?
• Have you ever seen a ghost? Do you believe they exist?
• Describe one of these people. Do you like them? Why or why not?

(Miss Honey, Miss Trunchbull, Matilda, Lavender, Mr Wormwood, Mrs Wormwood, Bruce)

• What makes a good teacher?

Words from chapter 12: https://quizlet.com/267628880/matilda-chapter-12-lavender-flash-cards/

Answer these questions: 

What will Miss Trunchbull test the children on? 

List three facts about newts: 

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Words from chapter 13: https://quizlet.com/267632279/matilda-chapter-13-the-weekly-test-flash-cards/ 

Answer these questions: 

What does Nigel suggest Miss Trunchbull to do to check if all the students can spell "difficulty"? 

What does Miss Trunchbull do to Rupert? 

Matilda, Chapter 11: Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake

Words from this chapter here: https://quizlet.com/264886779/matilda-chapter-11-bruce-bogtrotter-and-the-cake-flash-cards/ 

• Answer extra questions if you are finished. Elaborate your answers! Write and explain as much as you can. 
• Make sure that you are done with questions up until chapter 11 for Monday. 

Matilda, Chapter 10: Throwing the Hammer

Ms Trunchbull's hammer throw 

Work with words here. https://quizlet.com/264886635/matilda-chapter-10-throwing-the-hammer-flash-cards/ 

Read Chapter 10 of Matilda: Throwing the Hammer. You will find it on page 97 in your books.

Then answer this question:

What is the Chokey? Describe it.

Finished? Work with words from chapter 11 here: https://quizlet.com/264886779/matilda-chapter-11-bruce-bogtrotter-and-the-cake-flash-cards/ 

And read the chapter + work with questions.