St. Patrick's Day

 Watch the short clip about St. Patrick's Day

Discuss: 

1. Who was St. Patrick? When did he live? What did he do? 

2. How is St. Patrick's Day celebrated? 

3. Can you explain the words shamrock and leprechaun? 

4. If you were a student in Ireland, what would you be doing on March 17? 

5. Do we have any similar holidays in Sweden? 

Let's get to work! 

Reading comprehension: St. Patrick's Day Facts: English ESL worksheets pdf & doc

Word search: St. Patrick's Day Word Search

Word cloze: St. Patrick's Day Cloze Worksheet

Scrambled words: Scrambled Shamrocks: St. Patrick's Day Words

Be Gay Tomorrow - Thanksgiving dinner with the grandparents

Hopefully, Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday where you spend precious time together with you family. But it's not always that easy to live up to everyone's expectations, is it?  

 Kortfilmsklubben - engelska | UR Play

The Story of the Popsicle

 Learn more about Frank Epperson! (Yes, he's a real person!) 

The true story of Lawrence Anthony - The Elephant Whisperer

Today, you are going to read a story called "The Elephants Said Goodbye". Start off by watching this short video. Are there any similiar scenes in your text? 

A Record Hard to Beat

Learn more about Vesna Vulovic and her amazing World Record! 

 

Anne Frank

 Watch this video to learn more about Anne Frank

Halloween

Play Kahoot

 

Listening - Child Genius!

Listen to the story and fill in the gaps! 

Boy aged 9 to study maths at university  

CHILD PRODIGIES

What special talent would you like to have? 

Child Prodigies - Are They Born this Way or Cultivated? Watch the video and find out more about some young people with great talents! 

Watch one or both videos and write down some thoughts you get from watching.

Learn more about Picasso! 

Write down 5 facts. Do you like his paintings? Why/Why not? 

ÖVNINGSMÄSTAREN

 Here you'll find exercises connected to your book! 

Övningsmästaren - Boost your English

INVENTIONS - LISTEN!

 Learn more about some inventions. 

Do the listening activity and follow the instructions on your worksheet! 

INVENTIONS - LISTENING ACTIVITY

READING RESOURCES

 Below are examples of good tools to use when working with reading and literature. 

WordWall - Bookcircle questions

Spokane, Washington

This is what Spokane, WA looks like from above

100 most common words

Take the quiz!

100 most common English words 

LONDON TRAVEL GUIDE

Watch the guide and anwer the questions 

Native Americans

Learn more about the colonization of North America!

Life on the reservations today. Watch the video and find out more. 

Spokane, Washington

THE OLYMPIC GAMES 2018!

Here you'll find the latest information about the games:

OFFICIAL PYEONGCHANG 2018 WEBPAGE


1. Watch this video to complete the vocabulary list!

2. Learn about the 15 sports competing in the games

UN Holocaust Rememberance Day

Director Steven Spielberg talks at UN Holocaust Rememberance Day 

There are no bystanders to history. History doesn't flow around us or past us; it flows through us. 

Drone Video - Auschwitz

HOMEWORK YEAR 8

On 27 January, it is the Holocaust Remembrance Day; a day to remember all the victims of the Holocaust.
Your homework for next Friday (2 February) is the following activity:

Edpuzzle/Anne Frank + worksheet (packing a suitcase)

If you have forgotten your username, you'll find it here (if you have forgotten your password you need to contact your teacher).

Usernames 8A
Usernames 8B

If you need to create a new account, or if you haven't logged in before, use this link (only remember to choose the correct class):

Join class 8A
Join class 8B


/Ylva

English Year 7 - Australian Animals

You are going to make a presentation of an Australian animal. Use the links below as a start to find information about your animal.

Activewild.com

animalfactguide.com

Australian animals

www.environment.nsw.gov