13 March 2012 / Luka Kermelj

Today we had a very interesting lesson. We were talking about TV programs and kinds of TV programs (films, shows,…). I realy like the new unit, which is called Unit 3 communications. First we checked our homework. I think that only a few girls had homework and no one else. Then we started to work in pairs. Last thing we did was group work. We had to invent 4 new programs. We lacked some time so we only invented 1. We have a homework which is work book on page 98 and 99.

And that is all!

12 March 2012 / Katja Mrak

Hello!

 Today I have been selected to write our blog. Our school lesson was very interesting. We take a new unit, Unit 3, which is about communication. Is very interesting. We solve the task in the textbook page 98/5. Before we solve the exercise, we go into groups of three students and answer on questions in those orders and get a half of the grade. For homework we had page 96 and 97 in workbook.

12 March 2012 / Irena Sonc Šlenc

Hello!

So, the Health Unit is over. I think it was quite a success, especially judging on the essays that the students wrote in the test (if I'm wrong, please comment). No, I'm looking forward to the poster contest results. The posters are already exhibited, later in this month, I hope, we will distribute the voting leaflets among 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th graders and the teachers and then get some prizes (besides honor and praise) for the winners...
Finally, we started talking about something not related to health. Or is it?
Communications is the title of Unit 3 which we shall mostly study in groups. Every lesson I shall prepare a short group task that the students will have to do and hand in the results/works at the end of the lesson. The grade for this unit will consist 50 % of the work done in class and 50 % of the oral assessment.
Today we talked about TV and how parents and children cannot have a common TV set. I learned that most students have their own TV sets and they don't really watch that much TV (I guess they spend more time on FB and doing homeworks:)
For homework I gave the first two exercises in the WB (p. 96,97) because tomorrow in class groups will discuss and produce an ideal TV programme.
See you soon.

1 March 2012 / Tia Hafner

Hello. Today I have been selected as a last one to write our blog. Our school lesson was very interesting
and it was the last hour before the test. First we have been practicing how to write and pronounce
big numbers ( npr. New York has population of 7,330,000; Mount Everest is 8, 848 m high,...).

Then our teacher showed us the test from previous two years and we solved it together. The test
contained similar tasks to the ones we will be writing. However, if you happen to forget what we
are write:
UNIT 2
1. Reading comprehension ( food, health, sports) gap-fill, true - false - not given
2. Grammar + language is use - MC
3. Writing (200 words) -intro, -body, -concl.

13 February 2012 / Anita Kalan

The Arctic was the last zone on Earth populated with humans. There was settled the oldest ancestors of today's Inuit people. They came across the Bering bay, in that time the bay was maindland, then they went over Alaska and then to North. Because of the list (razsežna) and uninhabited tundra, neighborhood support among small groups of people was not possible.
Eskimos got their name from a North American Indian tribe and means eaters of raw meat. Eskimos call themselves Inuit, which means the right people. The Inuit people are known as nomadic, which means that they are without a permanent residence. They migrate in family communities and maintain themselves with hunting (mostly they fish)

14 February 2012 / Mojca Erzin

Today, during the English class, we played a game. We had to form four groups. Each group got 17 pieces of paper and had to write the names of all the members on one of them. Then the teacher proceeded to explain the game to us. We had to write down the answers of the questions that appeared on the electronic board or fill in the gaps in a sentence or complete it. A member of the group, then had to run to a table on which four papers were located, with a number from 1-4. The numbers represented the amount of points the group would be getting. So whoever wrote their answer down first, or was the first to reach the table, got to choose how many points he or she wanted. His or her group would then get those points as well as an additional point if their answer was correct. Unless of course, the answer was complete nonsense. There was some arguing concerning the placement of the table with the points, as all the groups weren't at the same distance from it. The teacher said that we will have to do exercises in our work-books instead of playing the game and miraculously, the class fell silent. I remember some of the things we had to do:

-We had to write who invented Windows and when.

-Who invented roller skates and when.

-Write the alphabet backwards.

-Write the date with words.

-Change an active sentence into a passive and the other way around.

-Write down a really big number with words.

-At the end we had to answer a riddle.

13 February 2012 / Igor Šušteršič

Firstly we were talking about Friday and Saturday- 10.2 ; 11.2. Those
days were information days on high schools, where we will go at the
end of 9th grade. That will be our first important decision. Tham we
started new subject. We started talking about eskimos (eaters of raw
meat) or better Inuits. They dont like to be called Eskimos, but Inuits-
`Real people`. First we had to answer questions with: True or False
than we read text in textbook- page 74. It was very interestin and it
talked about how they lived. Now Inuits are progressive and don`t
live in igloos anymore but in good houses. Later we had to do some
questions about Inuits and each group had to ask 3 questions, and
all class was answering. 1 Group contained 2 students. Example for
questions, that u can answer in comment:

-Which is most valuble animal, that is hunted by Inuits?

- Sledge is pulled by who ?

- What are larger boats for hunting whales named ?

-Which animal do people know best in Antarktica?

And more of those questions...