Finding a Friend

Make an acrostic poem for FRIEND. An acrostic poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line. Here is one for SCHOOL. Schedule Classes Homework Organization Opportunity Learning

JANE CLARKE

Finding a Friend I could not speak your language I did not know your rules. Everything felt foreign to an alien at school. Those days are long gone now, though I thought they’d never end.Vurderingseksemplar Now I have no problems speaking English, making friends. Dark and haunting memories of loneliness and fear, frustration and confusion have begun to disappear. But one thing I’ll remember, one thing will stay the same. the moment that you smiled at me and called me by my name. Jane Clarke (1954–) is from England. She writes books and poetry for children.

rules regler foreign fremmed, annerledes alien fremmed long gone borte for lengst thought (think) trodde they’d = they would making friends få venner haunting noe som forfølger en loneliness ensomhet fear frykt confusion uro, forvirring have begun (begin) har begynt

UNDERSTANDING

1 Answer the questions. a Why did he feel like an outsider at school? b How does he feel now? c What made all of the difference?

VIEWPOINTS

a I did not ___ your rules. A no B now C know b Those days are long gone ___. A no B now C know c I ___ they’d never end. A taught B though C thought

2 Discuss the questions. a Imagine the backstory of the person in the poem. Where did he come from?

Why did he leave? How did he learn English? d Now I have ___ problems. b Have you ever been the new kid at school? What did it feel like? c What can we do to make everyone feel welcome and included at school? LANGUAGE LAB 3 Spelling Find the missing letter in the words from the poem. a lang_age språk b forei_n fremmed c thoug_ selv om d thou_ht trodde e lon_liness ensomhet 4 Confusing words Choose the correct word. How are the words pronounced? Read them aloud before you choose the word that fits.Vurderingseksemplar A no B now C know e ___ thing will stay the same. A On B One C Won f You called me ___ my name. A by B bye C buy

Work with a partner. Make a list of everything you can see in your classroom. STARTING POINT

Schools Around the World

Classrooms around the world are very different. Some are outdoors and some are indoors. Some have a lot of equipment, others have very little. In many countries, there is not enough money to build schools. Some kids have classes under the trees in their village. Others use tents as classrooms. On the following pages you will see six photographs of teachers and pupils in classrooms around the world.Vurderingseksemplar The first day of a new school year after a three-month summer break in Tunisia.

Male students recite the Koran at a madrasah (religious school) in Malaysia.

Pupils in a year 6 class in London, United Kingdom. Vurderingseksemplar

Open air school for girls in Afghanistan.

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Children at a floating school along the Amazon River in Brazil.

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Schoolchildren sitting on wooden benches in a classroom with a dirt floor in Mozambique.

UNDERSTANDING

1 Answer the questions. a Use a world map or Google Earth. Find the country where each school is. b Choose one of the classrooms. Make a list of everything you can see there.

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VIEWPOINTS

2 Discuss the questions. a Which classroom is most similar to your classroom?

In what ways is it similar? b Which classroom is most different to your classroom?

In what ways is it different? c Why are there such large differences between schools around the world? d Which classroom would you like to visit? Why?

WRITING WORKSHOP

3 Write a letter to one of the pupils in the photographs.

CREATIVE CORNER

4 Take a photograph of your classroom. Write a caption for the photograph.

DIGITAL DIVE

Vurderingseksemplarcaption bildetekst 5 Go to The Guardian newspaper online (theguardian.com). Use the search function to find the presentation “Schools around the world – in pictures”. Choose your favourite photograph. Why did you choose it?

Every child has the right to learn. (UNICEF)

An endearment is a nickname that shows love and affection, like sweetheart or honey. Do you know any others? What endearments do we use in Norwegian?

the worst day den verste dagen ever noensinne terrible forferdelig grade karakter disaster ulykke science lab naturfagsforsøk chemicals kjemikalier explosion eksplosjon blamed skylte på forget glemme

The Worst Day Ever

<Dad > Hi sweetie. How was school today? Why? Did you get a bad grade? What happened?

… It was the worst. It was ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE … Science lab was a disaster … D Vurderingseksemplar I mixed the wrong chemicals. There was a small explosion. The lab smelled like ROTTEN EGGS!!!

Yikes! Are you all right?

Well, try to forget it. Yeah, but the fire alarm went off. Everyone blamed me because we had to wait outside in the freezing cold.

There’s more …

Tell me about it.

Lunch was a catastrophe. I dropped my tray in the cafeteria. There was lasagna and salad everywhere!!!

That happens sometimes.

Everyone laughed. They said it looked like barf.

Poor you! Tomorrow will be a better day. Go on. But you like dodge ball. Oh, no! Was she hurt?

I’m not even finished … PE was a fiasco. We played dodge ball. Not today. When I threw the ball, it hit my teacher STRAIGHT IN THE FACE. Her glasses broke! y. Vurderingseksemplar No, but I was super embarrassed. This was the worst day ever, Dad …

Cheer up, Pumpkin. You’ll be ok.

Ugggh … I know I will … When are you coming home?

Soon. Let’s go out for ice cream when I get home. e.

Ice cream sounds gr8. Dad – you’re the best! !

catastrophe katastrofe tray brett barf oppkast PE (Physical Education) gym fiasco fiasko dodge ball kanonball embarrassed flau pumpkin (gresskar) vennen min

UNDERSTANDING 1 Answer the questions. a What smelled like rotten eggs? b What was for lunch that day? c Why was PE a fiasco? d What things does Dad say to make her feel better? e What will they do when Dad gets home? Vurderingseksemplar

VOCABULARY

2 Find two endearments that Dad uses.

3 Find two synonyms for disaster in the text messages. Use thesaurus.com to find more synonyms for disaster. Make a list. Then do the same for terrible.

SPEAKING SPOT

4 Work with a partner. Read the text message conversation aloud.

WRITING WORKSHOP

5 Many schools around the world serve lunch to their pupils. Make a school lunch menu for one week.

DIGITAL DIVE

6 Go to BuzzFeed (buzzfeed.com). Use their search function to find and watch the video presentation “School lunches around the world”. Choose your favourite lunch. Why did you choose it?

7 Find and read more text message stories online.

LANGUAGE LAB

8 Adjectives Find the missing adjective in the table. Then translate the table to Norwegian. adjective comparative form superlative form bad worse ? ? better best 9 Find the missing adjective from the text. a It was the worst. b Did you get a ___ grade? c Tomorrow will be a ___ day. d This was the ___ day ever. e Dad, you are the ___. 10 Contractions Find the full forms of these contractions from the text messages. a it’s it is b there’s ___ c I’m ___ d you’ll ___ e let’s ___ f you’re ___

VurderingseksemplarAn adjective describes a person, place or thing. A contraction is a word made by shortening and combining two words. Do not = don't