On Tuesday I met the 7th grade again. They all had their duck with them. :)
They got a new assignment from Carsten. "show and tell". They have to think about an object/person/pet they love and they have to talk 1 minute about it on Friday. They can bring the object (if it's not too big) or a picture of it.
They started by making a mindmap. Some pupils got stuck and I helped them out by asking questions so then they know what else they could tell about the thing. Some pupils are going to tell something about their pet, others about Justin Bieber, their Ipod, their Iphone, footballplayers, ...
My last hour was with the 5th grade. Too bad I couldn't do a lot. They had to listen to the spoken text of King Arthur and follow in their book. The books they use is First choice. I notices that there are only text and songs in it. No grammar or anything.
On Wednesday I only had 2 hours with the 9th grade. I told them the story of Kim de Gelder and they were quite shocked. The copier worked (half) so Carsten was able to make 10 copies. So they had to work together. They had to read some texts about the Columbine school shooting and answer questions about it. When they were done with that, there were some statements which they could discuss. I walked around, to see if there were any problems, questions, mistakes (in their writing),...
In the groups who were ready I asked for their opinion of one of the statements. (I can't remember the exact statement but it was something with the national agency who wants to learn children to use a gun.) The groups were very short in their answer and it was a bit difficult to talk with them. Another group (2 girls) were quite good at discussing. I felt I could really discuus things with them, but the lesson was over before we really got somewhere.
I did notice something special. When Carsten asked a girl to read some lines of a poem out loud, she just refused. Carsten then started to talk with her in Danish ( which I still don't understand completely) but the result was that she didn't have to read. I found that very strange. But it isn't the first time this happened. While the pupils were working with the articles (which was in groups) I saw him talking with the girl seperately from the class. He later told me that the girl had some problems ( Morning issues or something) and Carsten had just told her that she has to tell him this before the lesson starts so that he doesn't have to give her a lecture in front of the whole class. I found this very friendly and this is just one of the ways you can notice that the teachers really care about the pupils and really talk with them.
After the lesson he also told me that I have to try to get more involved in the lesson. Personally I find this very difficult because I don't want to disturb the pupils while they are working and so on. So tips are always welcome and I will also talk with Carsten about it. He would also think about giving me a part of the school shooting theme, that I can teach.
On Thursday, it was time to cook. We made 2 kinds of soup. I helped 2 groups and it was really nice because the pupils also ask for my help.
My lesson in the 8th grade was cancelled because the teacher wasn't in and in the 8th grade, they don't always have a substitute. I also noticed that the English teachers don't really think about St. Patrick's day here. I talked with some English teachers and they do think it's a nice idea but they teach the pupils other traditions. So actually I had to pinch almost everyone today. Too much work ;) !
In the beginning of the week, I also gave my schedule to Karin. If someone is ill, she looks for a substitute. This way, if Karin or any of my teachers is ill, I can be the substitute and not the assistant of the subsitute.
Tomorrow I won't go to Sct. Severin Skole, but I will join the Erasmus students on a trip. They are going to a special kind of school (something special/typical Danish) and Lasse thought it would be nice for me to join them.
I'll let you know how it went !
Vi ses !
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