20 words from "Skeleton on the dunny"

1. spelling - stavning 
2. polite - trevlig 
3. rude - otrevlig 
4. miserable - olycklig 
5. pretended - låtsades 
6. valuable - värdefull 
7. will - testamente 
8. especially - speciellt 
9. imagine - föreställa 
10. dentist - tandläkare 
11. trapped - fångad 
12. to fade - att blekna 
13. harmless - ofarlig 
14. labels - etiketter  
15. collapsed - kollapsade/falla ihop 
16. decided - bestämde 
17. clouds - moln 
18. shaking - skakade 
19. magnifying glass - förstoringsglas 
20. winking - att blinka 

Music to me: we are the world

The song is a song that was made to raise money for charity in the year 1985. I can’t really say that I felt a certain way when the song was released (I wasn’t born yet) but I  remember I listened to it when I was younger and it was the first time I realized that there were and there are problems in the world that are far worse than the small problems that could bother me, like forgetting to do my homework. I think it effected me in a good way because now I want to help and I want to give what I can even though it’s hard when I’m this young. It also got me thinking about other problems like discrimination and how I maybe want to work with it in the future. 

The song gives me hope and faith in humanity, maybe it will get better after all. The text is about how there are a lot of things that are unfair in the world and that things we don’t even choose like, where we’re born, how we look and who we love, can make it harder for us through life and can change our opportunities. It’s also about how we have to make a choice, to help or not.  

The song was inspired by the song that was recorded in the 1984, Do they even know it’s christmas. The point with both songs is that they were recorded by famous singers and sold as a singel so that all the money that was raised went to the famines that was going on at the time. There were many artists singing this song, among them: Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. It was the two artists who wrote the big hit that was recorded and kids recognize and like even today. 

Essay writing:

 1.   For what reason do you think Doctor Merrick’s decided to start the facility? What do you think ”The Island” is really saying about human cloning? Are you surprised by this in a Hollywood film?   

I think Doctor Merrick’s got a god complex. He wants to be able to save human life on a hole new level and be the only one who can do it. Dr Merrick’s even says that he wants to be able to save kids from ever getting leukemia, witch is a form of cancer and doctors and scientist hasn’t figured out any cure to cancer yet. It’s often that people get a god complex when the accomplished greatness and when they have done things they never thought they would be able to do. You want to get further and won’t let anything stop you. I think that the person who produced or wrote The Island want’s to warn us of what could happened and how cloning could do more harm than good. To create a life to save yourself and kill whatever life you made after getting better is dangerous in many ways and that’s what I think the movie is telling us. That The Island is a Hollywood movie doesn’t surprise me. There’s a lot of violence and the content of the movie is something that many people like to watch, just because there’s a possibility that it could happened and that fears us. 

2.   What does Jordan mean when she says, ”The Island is real. It’s us”. What, if anything, is this saying about the human hope for some paradise or for heaven? 

Everyone is in some kind of way scared of dying. We want to live as long as possible and to stay away from death. When cloning is discovered in the movie the humans can have their long lives and that’s like a paradise for them and their only hope. Like the island is the ”products” only hope the ”products” are the humans only hope and that is why Jordan says: The Island is real. It’s us. The movie shows that most humans greatest wish is to live for ever and that, it’s our paradise and our heaven. We don’t want to die and if we could avoid it many of us would. 

Word Work - English

Opposites: 
Yell - Whisper

Prepare - Finish 

Frantic - Calm 

Curious - Normal

Evil - Good  

Synonyms:
Wardrobe - Closet
Overtake - Concur
Snatch - Grab
Certain - Sure
Work out - Figure out

Sentences:
I nod to her and walked away.
Pour up some milk for me, will you?
I'm so sorry but this game is so hard and I had to kill you to survive.
Is there no bread? No problem I'll get some groceries tomorrow.
You little brat, don't walk on the street when there's a sidewalk.

Explanations:
Giggle - it's when you giggle you laugh but very silent almost as if you didn't want any one to hear.
Reply - it's when you here someone calling for you and you answer.
Lawn - is a area where it's only grass. In the suburbs in U.S they usually have lawn in front of their houses
Wound - you can get a wound when you hurt yourself. It can bleed and hurt pretty bad.
Unexpected - when something that you didn't predict happen.

The lion, the witch and the wardrobe - Character Tracer

The text we read for homework this week was a pice from the book The lion, the witch and the wardrobe written by C.S Lewis. There's four main characters and their names are: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. My task was to choose on of them and describe him or her. I choose Lucy. 

Lucy is the youngest sibling out of four. You can read about how she's scared of many things but she's very curious too. Right in the start when the odd - looking professor, with the grey hair, meets them she finds him a bit scary. Later on when the kids settled in and said goodnight to their new foster parent the boys sneak in to the girls room to discuss the their new home, the professor and what to do in the morning. Right away she reacts and she's scared that that they might get in to trouble and tells her brothers and her sister that they should all go to sleep. That's another sign of that she's easily scared of many things. There's on other sign that I found. After a while when they all sit down in the big bed and talk about the things that is to their benefit Lucy hears a sound and starts thinking about the large house, the long hallways and all the doors and it makes her feel a bit creepy. Her brothers ensures her that it's only a bird and she can relax a little. 

So from the scared part to the curiosity. All the four brother and sisters are very curious. They talk a lot about how they need to explore more and how they want to discover everything there's to discover about the countryside, but it is Lucy how opens the door to the wardrobe and the door to Naria. It doesn't only show that she's curious but also that she seizes opportunity, that she makes sure that she looks everywhere before she gives up. 

I don't know that much about Lucy but she seams like a nice girl and if she'd been real I think she'd grow up to become a very smart and responsible person. I think we all got a little bit of Lucy in us. A little curiosity and something we're afraid of. Because without fear and curiosity we aren't complete. 

The curious incident of the dog in the midnight - time, p. 42 in WB

What details does Christopher give us?  

He tells us the exact time. "It was 7 minutes after midnight".

He describes the exact position. "The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house". 

It's name, Wellington. Who it belongs to, Mrs Shears. The breed, poodle. The size, big. The fur, curly and black. The skin under the fur, very pale yellow (like a chicken). 

That they were painted in bright pink.   

He tells us that she has a little hole in tights on her left ankle. 

He gives us his exact age, 15 years 3 months 2 days.  

3 new titles: 

A dead dog and false accusations, The accident at midnight, A life changing dog

The lion, the witch and the wardrobe - task on p. 44 WB

What do you know about the picture? 

Yes, that’s the question I’m supposed to answer. The picture show a lot of things and the more you think out of the box the more you can find to write down. I'll write this text with a little knowledge about the real story. Who's the girl? Where is she? What's happening? And what will happen after a while? Well you read on and I'll tell you.

It's cold, white and there's snow everywhere. The little girl and the faun on the picture are standing in the a huge forest, a cold and white forest. Everywhere around them, on the threes and on the ground and in the air there's snow, it's winter. The girl who's name is Lucy is very curious and a bit chocked. Just a second ago she was in her new home playing with her four brothers and sisters and then when she opened the wardrobe and walked in she ended up on the other side, the forest. How did this happened? Well the picture and the text doesn't really tell you that. 

Anyway back to the story. There's a faun, what's a faun? Well a faun is a human from the waist and up but has a horse body and hooves from the waist and down. The faun is also a bit chocked he didn't expect to find Lucy, a human, in Narnia. Narnia the country she happened to find in a wardrobe. A country where it's winter all the year around but no christmas. Narnia, the county ruled by an evil queen but they did find each other and on the picture you can see that they are talking. They must have realized that both of them are pretty surprised and maybe even scared. The faun's bends down to become as small as Lucy and in his hands he has a couple of packages. I don't really know what will happened after the moment on the picture but I hope that Lucy involves her siblings and tell them. They all seam pretty close and I think the they would make a great team. 

Creative Conector, Gift

The text Gift is about a girl that get mixed signals from a guy and misunderstands him. She thinks he's in to her but he's really engaged to someone else. I'm supposed to try connect this story to a reality, my reality, but I can't. This never happened to me, so I have to try connecting it to a book or a movie. 

Well when I start to think about it there's pretty many stories that start this way. A girl or a guy that falls  in love with someone and in the end you find out that they made it all up in their head. I just can't figure out what is it that makes us human enjoy a story about broken hearts and love that doesn't work out. 

In most stories the girl or the boy get's their soulmate and they can live their happily ever after, but not in this one. Gift ends up with Sunni, his future bride, and that makes the story very sad. Well even if it's a sad love story if you look at it from the girls perspective you can see that Gift and Sunni got the love story most people wish for. And even if the girl didn't get the love story she wanted this time but I'm convinced that she'll find her soulmate one day. 

YOUNG BOY ATTACKED BY STREET GANG

Yesterday evening on the streets of Memphis, Tennessee a young boy was attacked by a street gang. He was out to buy some groceries when he meet the boys. ”The beat me and took all my money, but not once, twice” he says to media. The boy tells us how he desperately needed the groceries and went one third time. This time he had a big stick with him and when the gang came close he fought back. The gang runs scared home and not long after that they disappeared their parents arrive. The young boy picks up his money tell the parents to leave him alone and goes to buy his groceries. No one got hurt and this morning the police brought in some suspects that could have been responsible for the assault. "I can't remember their faces, it was so dark and I was terrified" he ends. 

Hunger, summary

The text Hunger is a story about a boy how's parents are in a fight. In the end of the fight his father leaves, him, his brother and his mother, and with him goes the money and the food. No one's around to pay any bills and the mother decides to get a job and start making some changes. She tells her children that they need to take more responsibilities and to help her take care of each other, and they do. One day the mother takes her oldest child out to the supermarket and tells him he's the one grocery shopping to the hole family now. She gives him a list, some money and she goes home to wait for him. When he's about to enter the supermarket a gang walk up to him and they beat him and take all the money. He runs home scared but when he arrives his mother rejects him and tells him to go back. She gives him more money a new list and he walks scared back to the supermarket. Yet on more time the gang chases him down and beat him and take all the money. He runs home and to his mother and again she tells him to go back. She give him more money and another list. He cries and tells her that he don't want to go back, that they will beat him even harder and take all the money again. She goes back in and come back with big stick. She tells him to go back and don't come back until he bought all the groceries on the list. You have to learn how to defend yourself she says and shut the door in his face. He walk back to the supermarket and when the gang comes closer to beat him he defends himself. He hits all the kids in the gang and they all run terrified. Just seconds later their parents come out to start yell at him. Then he threaten them and tells them that he'll do what he did to their children to them if they don't leave him alone. He picks up his money, the list and grabs the stick and walks to the supermarket to buy he's groceries. 

I read the story and I see what the mother wants to teach her son but I think she does it in the wrong way. She wants to teach her son to defend himself and that you have to take what's rightfully yours but she does it in the wrong way. I think that she could have done it in another way and still taught him the same lesson. 

Baby's ears, discussion leader

Questions:

1. In the text Val helps her Grandma get out of the house and to start enjoying Florida. How does she do that? 

2. The text is very sweet and it's about the good things Val does for her Grandma but if you look at it from another perspective you can see that Val also lie to her Grandma. Lies aren't very accepted in our community, what do you think about Val lying in this situation? Is it good or bad. And lies in general how about them? 

3. Vals' a Grandma had a fear of water and she's not alone. We're all afraid of something! What are you afraid of? 

4. Vals' grandmother is very old and she can't take care of herself. When you get old and can't take care of yourself you end up in a nursing home, if you haven't got a relative that can take care of you like Val and her mother does for her grandmother. What's a nursing home? 

5. Val is in a very tricky situation with her grandma. If you were in Vals' shoes what would you do? 

We know were you live, finish the story

If it wasn't Rachel and the other girls in the class that sent the texts, who was it? She couldn't move and she couldn't stop crying. Why was this happening to her. Could someone actually hate her so much because she dated Simon? Not even Rachel was that angry and Rachel would never hurt her. Not even threat her like this. The other girls maybe thought that she was out of line but this, this was way to much. They wouldn't do this. Emma heard the door open. Scared she hid behind the door. 

- Emma, at home alredy? it was her mother. Could you help me with the grocery, please? Relieved she dried her tears. She didn't want anyone to see her like this. 

- Yeah, just a seconed, I'll be right out, she answered. 

She sat down just for a seconed to calm down before she opened the door and walked straight to the kitchen. In silence Emma packed up the grocery and then her mum started to cook food. Emma put the last product in the fridge and went back to her room and picked up her phone. Still scared she looked at the screen and saw that someone sent her a new messege. "If you tell anyone about the texts, you will regret it". What would she do now. She couldn't tell her mum becuse she would tell the police and then everyone would find out. Simon? No, he was a jerk. She fell for him at first but now she hated him. He didn't like her at all. He just took adventage of her and he wouldn't understand. Rachel? Mabye they wasn't BFFs at the moment but wouldn't she help in a crisis like this one? Emma had to try, no one else could help her.  

Terrifide Emma walked to Rachels house in the rain. She knocked at the door and it opened. It was Rachel. 

- What part of the sentences I don't care, leave me alone don't you understand? Cuz' I would happily explain it to you said Rachel

- Rach, I'm so sorry about Simon, I really mean that but I can't go back and change the past.

- I don't want you to. I'm happy you and that disgusting idiot found eachother. You make a lovely coupel. Was that the only reason you came over and knocked at my door?

- I alredy told you I'm sorry but that's not the only reason I came but it's freezing outside. Inside?

- So it wasn't enough that you came? You have to be rude to? Rachel snaped. 

- Please? Emma asked as nice as she possibly could. 

Reluctantly Rachel opened the door and Emma steped inside. She took her shoes and her jacket off and followed Rachel to her room. No one else was in the house and when Rachel closed the door Emma started to tell her about the texts. About how the started after Rachel foud out about Simon and how they just got worse. When she stoped talking she tried to hold the tears back. Emma sat and waited for any reaction from rachel. But she didn't say anything, not a word. Emma looked out the window and suddenly a tear fell down her ceek, and another one and they didn't stop. Rachel stood up and walked over to Emma and huged her. 

- I'm so sorry for not beeing here for you Em, I don't know what to say, whispered Rachel.  

- No, I just don't know what to do, do you?, Emma anwnsered still crying.

- I'm gonna be honest with you, I don't. Did you tell anyone else? 

- No, just you, I need you and your help, Emma said.

The next day the girls walked to school together and Emmas phone beeped. She opened the textmessge and read it. "You told Rachel right, you are going to regret it like I told you and just so you know this is a warning, and I'm watching you" 

The End! 

LL episode 12

In episode 12:

Int this episode Lockie talked about how he only was thinking about Dot. He had become a bad friend, son and brother and on top of all that his girlfriend wasn't exactly the happiest girl on the planet. Even if he was thinking about her and surfing a lot with her they didn't talk much. Dot thought that it was strange that they couldn't talk and hang out and talk as much as other couples.

And that wasn't all. Lockie totally forgot and stop thinking about Egg, his mum and Philip. They planed the hole protest but Lockie didn't help or show up to the meeting they was supposed to arrange. Eggs parents also had their wedding anniversary and Egg told Lockie how he needed help but he didn't get any. Lockie was also mean to his brother and teased him about all sorts of things and he ignored his mum to maximum.

A part out of Lockies diary!

Dear Diary 

Today has been exhausting and the day I feared had come. We moved from the big city to I don't know what. The worst thing is that the house is a wrack. It's like it could fall down any minute. Everything is so old and the room I'm share with my brother Philip smells like wet dog and pee. 

I also met this beautiful. We went to the school to write me in and there she was. Vicki Streetson. I was so nervous and I forgot my name and everything else. No other girl ever made me forget my name. It was so embarrassing. I'll probably never speak to her again 

Well later on I went down to the water to see if the the waves were as good as they say. I surfed around and tried to clear my head and suddenly I fell. But the thing is I didn't just fall down into the water but I also hurt my self pretty bad in the balls. And then I just happened to met a guy named Egg how later became my friend. What are the odds. 

Any way I have to go now see you later alligator.

Grammar!

Some/Any

some/any: lite, någon, något och några

someone/anyone

somebody/anybody: någon (personer)

something/anything: något (saker)

somewhere/anywhere: någonstans (platser)

Rules for some and any:

(Please note all the rules written below regards all the words above)

Words with some are used...

1.  in posetiv sentences

2 in question that are offering

Words with any are used

1. in negetive senteces

2. in questions

Personal pronouns

Personal pronouns are used instead of names.I  For ex I,  you, he and she. It would be very hard to use named all the time.

Possesive pronouns

United form are used when the thing that is owned stand right after the owner. For ex; my, your, his and her.  

Independent are the form of pronounes that stand alone. For ex; mine, your, hers and his .  

Evaluation

English Speaking Countries, Great Britain

Fast Facts:

Official name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Capital: London

Population:  about 60.000.000

Official language:  English

Currency: Pound

Geography: United kingdom consist of a group of islands in the northwest Europe. It is made up by the four nations; England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

In north and west the country is covered in high ground, knife - edge mountain ridges separated by deep valleys. The south of UK is countryside and mostly rolling hills.

People and Culture: England is known for all the sports that was invented there and all the good literatur. Soccer, rugby, cricket, boxing and golf are sports that was invented in UK. The United Kingdom is a home for many good writers. William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Robert Burns and J.K Rowling are some of them. William Shakespeare wrote the beautiful romans about Rome and Julia and J.K Rowling wrote all thrilling books about Harry Potter.

History: The year 1707 Great Britain was made into a country. It was the year England and Scotland joined up. They already had the same queen, queen Annie. The new country was then called Kingdom of Great Britain. 93 years later, 1800 ireland also joined but 122 years later most of Ireland left. !800 the country was called United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Today the country is called United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the nations are: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.   

Language: If you compare British english with the american english you will find pretty many differences. There is differences in both pronunciation, vocabulary and spelling. The differences in the pronunciation it is the vowels, consonants and intonation. In the vocabulary there is differences between the verbs and nouns and when it comes to the spelling you find the differences among the prefix och suffix forms.

Attractions: London Bridge and Big Ben are two famous attractions in Great Britain. London Bridge is the bridge over the river, River Thames in London. The bridge was built 30th of June 1894. Big Ben is a clock tower and it’s location is London too. It’s the third biggest clock in the world and it’s known because of the precise time and the massive bells (weighing more than 13 tons)

Other fun stuff:

In Great Britain you drive on the left side of the road, not on the right side as we do here in Sweden. The driver seat is on the right side.

Flag:

Photo By: LaertesCTB

Evaluation: 

I think that it have been fun to work whit the english speaking countries. I like the way presented the work we'd done and I hope we're gone do it again. It was nice to work by myself and it make me realize that I can use pretty much of my english in a good way, way better then I thought and it makes me want to learn more. I'm happy with my performance and achievements. I think that the negative thing is that we didn't work that good in our group. 

When i look at the "bedömningsmatris" I see that I need to improve the "Interaktion, förmågan att förbättra mitt språk" and my "skriftliga förmåga".

I don't know what chapter I want to work with,  just make it fun :D. And the grammar are something you always have to train so that dosen't matter to me either. 


Postcard

Dear Adonaj 

How are you? I'm fine here in the UK. I just arrived at my uncle's place and I'll stay here for the two comming weeks. I miss you so much and I wish you were here whit me. Yesterday I was in London looking at Big Ben. It was amazing. Tomorrow I'll go to see London Bridge and it will be fun. I met Emanuel our sweet little cousin and he has really gotten bigger and he grows fast. I'll take some pictures and show you when I get home. The weather is beautiful and the sun is shining. I hope that the sun is shining in Sweden too. I have been drinking a lot f tea and I discovered that kidneys dosen't taste as good as they say. The rest of the food taste wonderful (and that's good. I¨m not planing on to die here)

Hope you have a really nice summer. Lots of love// Lydia   

Homeworks v. 2 - 5

The Empty School Summary:
The empty school is a story about a gang that one day gets a half hour extra free time after dinner. They sat in the sun because it had been raining all day. One of the gang  members goes get his jacket but returns really quickly . He hasn’t got his jacket with him and the others ask him what happened. He answered that there was no on in the school. They didn’t believe in him but followed him back anyway. When they got to the entrance they noticed a strange silence. They checked every room in the school but all they found was jackets, hats and half finished meals. One of them  wanted to leave but the others didn’t so they went looking for everyone.                     


A game:

Press the LINK so you can play the game. Your in two teams and one person can't see the screen. The team mates have to explain the word that's on the screen without saying the word. The person have one minute to figure out the word. If he/she does the team get one point. And if they don't the other team get one point. The team whit most points win!

Have Fun And Good Luck!!!! :D


Record 20 - 30 lines: 

Word finder:

Boil - Koka

Head teacher - Mentor

Suppose - Anta

Bully - Mobbare

Explain - Förklara

Visible - Synlig

Decisiones - Beslut

Stud - Stift

Confident - Säker

Dye - Färga

Certainly - Sannerligen

Individual - Individuel 

Limit - Gräns

Infection - Infektion

Science - No

Piercing - Håltagning 

Campus - Område

Suggested - Föreslagit

Freak - Udda

5 questions:

Red: How did Jim feel the firs day of school?

Black: Name three negative feelings Amy felt! 

Yellow: Name a thing Jim liked about school!

White: What was the name of the priceable at Jim's school?

Green: How did you feel the first day of school?

Illustration:

Questions about school

Questions about school:

What do you like best about school? That learn something and when I achieve a goal.

What do like least about school? I often get disappointed when I fail and thats the worst thing that happens in school but if I didn't fail I wouldn't learn. 

Who are your best friends at school? I don't got any best friend because I got so many friends and a like them all.

What do you to at you break time? Not much, I usually  talk to my friends.

Do you ever get told off by your teachers? What for? No, I don't.

How do you feel when you arrive at school in the morning? I'm tired and I just want to go home and sleep again.

How do you feel when it is time to go home? I don't know really, I usually think about what I have to do when I come home.

Are you good in school? Yes, I think so.

From Samahain to Halloween

5 questions to the text about Halloween

1. What was Halloween called before?

2. Why did people celebrate Halloween?

3.  How did "trick or treat" start from the beginning?

4. How did the spirits visit the people alive? How did they look?

5. Why did Pope Gregory IV move Halloween to the date 2nd november?



Answers to Maddes questions:

1. Who started the festival called Samhain? The Celtic people started the festival.

2. On what date was it? It was on the 31 October.

3.On what date was All Hallows Day? It was on the 1 November.

4.Who started the festival who became Halloween? Pope Gregory IV started it.

5.The people carried something in pumpkins. What? Ashes.

English exercise

Exercise  from the blog:

Exercis  no: 1

First choose one of the texts that we have read. See if you can identify the following in it.

• Where does the text take place?

• Who are the main characters in the text?
• What is the storyline?
• What makes this text scary?
• Can you find any useful words that the author uses to make the text scary?

I choose a story called: Scary Moments S:

• It takes place in a house. The owners is Rachel’s parents and it happened  when she’s a little girl but now when she tell us the story she’s  a grown up adult.

• The main characters are Rachel and the ghost.

• The storyline is about a girl how’s called Rachel. She lives in a house on the countryside  with her parents and her sister. One day she saw a boy standing in the end of her bed. The boy was transparent and she told her parents what she seen but they didn’t believe her. They said that had to be a nightmare and that she didn’t have to worry about it. But the boy shows up again and again.

One time her sister is with her and she sees the ghost to but she was about 2 years so her parents didn’t believe her any way.

One other time she’s at home alone and she hears a door slam. Then she hears a voice say “get out,  just get out”  she gets scared and run up stairs get in to her room and lockes the door. The boy gets up to knocks on the door and whisper “please get out” but she didn’t do it and try to hide in her bed. The door opens and the boy gets in. He gets closer to her bed and then she feel a hand over her mouth. He said “ you must leave the house” Her eyes was open but she couldn’t see.  Then suddenly the boy let me go and walked out the door. She run downstairs and tryed to phone her parents but she see that the tree in the garden is on fire and she run out of the house. When she finally gets out she see her bedroom is on fire too. So she realized that the boy saved her life that night. They got to know that the fire in her bedroom was because of that there was some wrong with the electric but now one new how the tree was on fire too. A few months later her father got a new job and they moved out. Rachel was really happy that they moved out because she new that the house was haunted.

• The text is scary because the house is haunted.

• I can’t find  any words but I find sentences like: My eyes were wide open but I couldn't see.

               I heard the front door open and slam shut.
               The door opened - the boy must have a key - and then the floor boards creaked as he came closer to my bed.