On Friday night I had a Forårfest. Some teachers organize 4 times a year a party for all the teachers. It was a really nice party. There was a poster of it in the teacher's lounge and you had to write your name on the pedals of the biggest flower if you wanted to come.
Not all the teachers came but we still had a lot of fun. It started at 18h18. First we had dinner which was very good and then we played some games. In the beginning, when I heard that we were going to play games, I thought back at our 'leefsleutels' and I wasn't really sure I would like it, but I did. It was really fun. We had to form a line and hold hands and crawl through a hoop. We also played a "clapgame" on the table. You had to lay both hands flat on the table. The person next to you puts one hand over one of your hands. Someone starts to hit the table once. Then the hand next to it has to continue and so on. If someone hits the table twice, you have to change direction. It was really funny but so confusing. The first round, I already lost 1 hand( which actually made it simpler.)
We could also buy a bracelet and then we could drink as much as we wanted to.
Then it was time to dance ! Well, it wasn't really my type of music, but some people didn't care and just pulled me on the dancefloor. There was 1 man, the owner of the building, pulled me on the dancefloor and started to spin me around and so on. I was so dizzy when the song was over but I also couldn't stop laughing.
I also danced with some of the teachers. Really nice but still a bit weird.
On Saturday I relaxed most of the time.
On Sunday, it was partytime again. We had a birthdayparty here. Rikke has birthday on Wednesday but we already celebrated it.They invited their family and we had a great lunch. The food was so delicious. Maybe a bit too delicious because I ate way to much :).
I played outside the whole day with the children because the weather was so nice. I also played Kubb. This is really a fun game.
Here you can see how kubb is played!
On Monday it was back to school.
The 9th graders got the information about the exams, which was in Danish.
In the 5th grade, the pupils had to answer some questions about King Arthur. They read the text on Friday. When they were finished they had to draw their own shield. I assisted them while they were answering the questions. Explaining words, helping them find the things in the text, .... This is really fun to do because the pupils really like me (they even missed me on Friday) and they really want my help. They are only 11-12 years old but they try to speak English.
My lesson in the 8th grade was cancelled and in the 7th grade it was up to me.
The pupils had to do English exercices online, individually in the classroom. Carsten was in the hallway and called them one by one out to give them feedback on an assignment. I had to make sure that they were doing the English exercises and help them if they didn't understand something.
On Tuesday, the 7th graders learned about adjectives. A grammar lesson here is given both in English and Danish. First, the teacher explains some things in English and the really difficult parts are explained again in Danish.
The lesson was about the comparison of adjectives. Strong-stronger -strongest.
But then the difficult one: evil. We couldn't think about a way to make the comparative and superlative of evil. Evil-eviler-evilest or more evil - most evil. Later on, I looked it up and according to the internet, evil is the same as bad, so irregular. So evil-worse-worst. Weird.
Anyway, the pupils also played a game. it's almost the same as "weerwolven van Wakkerdam" but then with gangsters and citizens. The gangsters won. They also had to do exercises about the adjectives. They had to find as many adjectives as they could think of and I helped them if they didn't have any inspiration.
In the 5th grade they had to prepare a roleplay. The starting point was the text about King Arthur. They had to perform their role play at the end of the lesson and some groups (they had to work in pairs) were so funny.
On Wednesday, I only had the 9th graders for 2 hours. They had to learn the 50 states of America and they played a game. On youtube, you can find some videos of persons who can name the 50 states in less than 20 seconds. Carsten also tried it, but he finished at 25 seconds. One of the pupils almost beat him (28 seconds).
At the end of the lesson they also played a game on the smartboard in groups. Two persons had to come up to the smartboard. There was a map of the USA and it said which state you had to find. The other groupmembers had the map with the solutions and they had to guide the other 2 by giving directions in English.
I showed the pupils the video of Yakko's world where Yakko names all the countries in the world in 1:47. They were really impressed and it was so funny because they were watching it with a lot of attention to see when he said 'Denmark'.
In the evening we went to a restaurant in Kolding. It was an American restaurant, Bone's. It was soo good ! I ordered a burger and French fries and I couldn't believe my eyes when they brought the food. The burger was gigantic but yammie !! :D
On Thursday, it was time to cook again. This time the national dish of Denmark: meatballs ! Frikadeller. It was really good.
Then I had the 8th grade. Long time that I haven't seen them because last week the teacher was ill. I was a bit disappointed back then because it was the only class of English I had on St. Patrick's Day and I couldn't do any activities. So during lunch, the teacher came to me and said we would do it today. So we went to the class and said that we were going back in time. It was not 24/03 but 17/03 today. Two pupils were sent to the library to find out some things about St. Patrick's Day. The rest of te class had to solve the worksheet. Find the rhyming word. they enjoyed it and so did I. When the 2 pupils were back they explained us a bit more about St. Patrick's Day.
I was glad that I could still do something about St. Patrick's Day.
Tomorrow I have to teach the 5th grade myself. I'm going to teach them the difference between do and does. They already know it but they make so many mistakes. So I'm off now, preparing my lesson and enjoying the nice weather outside.(14°C, here I come ;)
Vi ses !
Not all the teachers came but we still had a lot of fun. It started at 18h18. First we had dinner which was very good and then we played some games. In the beginning, when I heard that we were going to play games, I thought back at our 'leefsleutels' and I wasn't really sure I would like it, but I did. It was really fun. We had to form a line and hold hands and crawl through a hoop. We also played a "clapgame" on the table. You had to lay both hands flat on the table. The person next to you puts one hand over one of your hands. Someone starts to hit the table once. Then the hand next to it has to continue and so on. If someone hits the table twice, you have to change direction. It was really funny but so confusing. The first round, I already lost 1 hand( which actually made it simpler.)
We could also buy a bracelet and then we could drink as much as we wanted to.
Then it was time to dance ! Well, it wasn't really my type of music, but some people didn't care and just pulled me on the dancefloor. There was 1 man, the owner of the building, pulled me on the dancefloor and started to spin me around and so on. I was so dizzy when the song was over but I also couldn't stop laughing.
I also danced with some of the teachers. Really nice but still a bit weird.
On Saturday I relaxed most of the time.
On Sunday, it was partytime again. We had a birthdayparty here. Rikke has birthday on Wednesday but we already celebrated it.They invited their family and we had a great lunch. The food was so delicious. Maybe a bit too delicious because I ate way to much :).
I played outside the whole day with the children because the weather was so nice. I also played Kubb. This is really a fun game.
Here you can see how kubb is played!
On Monday it was back to school.
The 9th graders got the information about the exams, which was in Danish.
In the 5th grade, the pupils had to answer some questions about King Arthur. They read the text on Friday. When they were finished they had to draw their own shield. I assisted them while they were answering the questions. Explaining words, helping them find the things in the text, .... This is really fun to do because the pupils really like me (they even missed me on Friday) and they really want my help. They are only 11-12 years old but they try to speak English.
My lesson in the 8th grade was cancelled and in the 7th grade it was up to me.
The pupils had to do English exercices online, individually in the classroom. Carsten was in the hallway and called them one by one out to give them feedback on an assignment. I had to make sure that they were doing the English exercises and help them if they didn't understand something.
On Tuesday, the 7th graders learned about adjectives. A grammar lesson here is given both in English and Danish. First, the teacher explains some things in English and the really difficult parts are explained again in Danish.
The lesson was about the comparison of adjectives. Strong-stronger -strongest.
But then the difficult one: evil. We couldn't think about a way to make the comparative and superlative of evil. Evil-eviler-evilest or more evil - most evil. Later on, I looked it up and according to the internet, evil is the same as bad, so irregular. So evil-worse-worst. Weird.
Anyway, the pupils also played a game. it's almost the same as "weerwolven van Wakkerdam" but then with gangsters and citizens. The gangsters won. They also had to do exercises about the adjectives. They had to find as many adjectives as they could think of and I helped them if they didn't have any inspiration.
In the 5th grade they had to prepare a roleplay. The starting point was the text about King Arthur. They had to perform their role play at the end of the lesson and some groups (they had to work in pairs) were so funny.
On Wednesday, I only had the 9th graders for 2 hours. They had to learn the 50 states of America and they played a game. On youtube, you can find some videos of persons who can name the 50 states in less than 20 seconds. Carsten also tried it, but he finished at 25 seconds. One of the pupils almost beat him (28 seconds).
At the end of the lesson they also played a game on the smartboard in groups. Two persons had to come up to the smartboard. There was a map of the USA and it said which state you had to find. The other groupmembers had the map with the solutions and they had to guide the other 2 by giving directions in English.
I showed the pupils the video of Yakko's world where Yakko names all the countries in the world in 1:47. They were really impressed and it was so funny because they were watching it with a lot of attention to see when he said 'Denmark'.
In the evening we went to a restaurant in Kolding. It was an American restaurant, Bone's. It was soo good ! I ordered a burger and French fries and I couldn't believe my eyes when they brought the food. The burger was gigantic but yammie !! :D
On Thursday, it was time to cook again. This time the national dish of Denmark: meatballs ! Frikadeller. It was really good.
Then I had the 8th grade. Long time that I haven't seen them because last week the teacher was ill. I was a bit disappointed back then because it was the only class of English I had on St. Patrick's Day and I couldn't do any activities. So during lunch, the teacher came to me and said we would do it today. So we went to the class and said that we were going back in time. It was not 24/03 but 17/03 today. Two pupils were sent to the library to find out some things about St. Patrick's Day. The rest of te class had to solve the worksheet. Find the rhyming word. they enjoyed it and so did I. When the 2 pupils were back they explained us a bit more about St. Patrick's Day.
I was glad that I could still do something about St. Patrick's Day.
Tomorrow I have to teach the 5th grade myself. I'm going to teach them the difference between do and does. They already know it but they make so many mistakes. So I'm off now, preparing my lesson and enjoying the nice weather outside.(14°C, here I come ;)
Vi ses !
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