The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: Chapter 5

Hi there!

Now you will have two weeks to practice the words for chapter 5. On this link you will find them!


Have a really nice holiday / JOsefin

First Person Podcast: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Hi 9a and 9b,

It's time to practice our listening skills again and this time you are going to listen to stories from the Holocaust from a podcast called First Person: Conversations with Survivors which is recorded and published for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. 

In the first episode you will listen to Estelle Laughlin talking about the ghetto in Warsaw. Here is the link and below you'll find questions. 

1. Where did the Laughling family hide? 

2. How did Estelle feel during hiding? 

3. What was the name of the people trying to resist?

4. For how long did they resist?

5. Where was Estelle and her family brought when found by the German soldiers?

6. Estelle ends the conversation by saying that they were packed as ..., a kind of fish. Which one?

Good luck! /Josefin 

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: Chapter 3-4

Hi there!

34 new words to learn! 

/ Josefin

Första världskriget.

Homework: Chapter 1-2 - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Hello!

It's time again for some words, 45 this time! You know the drill, you have one week to learn them and then there is a test :)

Here is the link, go ahead and start revising them. / Josefin

Endangered Animals: Discussion

1. Why are animals in danger you think?

2. Why is it important to talk about the effects of humans?

3. There is still hope: What can be done? Individually? In Society?

4. Bring sometyhing from the movie to the table that you think is worth discussing.

5. What did you learn during these weeks?

Podcast: Kiwi

Another episode is coming up!

Questions to be answered:

1. David Attenborough makes a comparison between the Kiwi's body shape and a fruit, which one?
2. How does a Kiwi find its way in the dark?
3. How does it mark its territory?
4. Where are the nostrils placed on a Kiwi? Why is that?
5. Name some of the birds which cannot fly.
6. How big is the Kakapoo?
7. How does the Shorttailed bat move around?
8. At the end David compares the Kiwi to another animal, which one?

Here you can find the link to the podcast.

Remember, you can always stop, go back, take notes!

/Josefin