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...

Competition Literature

http://www.online-literature.com/edith-nesbit/railway-children/1/

QuizStar / Deadline 30th January!!!

Hello, students!

Your presentations have been going on very well. A bit too well, maybe. It's hard to keep track. Many topics are very interesting and I hope we will be able to have some discussion as soon as the grades are in Lopolis.
I decided to extend the deadline for all quizzes until the 30th of January. On the last day of January you will all get the rounded grade for the Health Project (presentation grade + listening comprehension, i.e. quizzes grade). I hope you are enjoying the quizzes. If there are any problems do not hesitate to send me an e-mail (in English, if possible).

p.s.: Will somebody please remind me next time to draw the next blogger before everyone is out of the class. Much appreciated :)

16 January 2012 / Andraž Babnik

We got a nice hour of English today. Firstly we got a presentation of Luka Kermelj. I think he had a great presentation. He was talking about outdoor sports. He was talking loudly and slowly, so everybody could understand him. He wasn’t reading a lot, sometimes he looked at the paper to remember the words. When he finished presentation, we had a little talk about it. I think that he will get five. Later our teacher gives us homework.

9 January 2012 / Blaž Bernard

 Today we had first presentation. Jurij and I made a presentation of saunas. We had stage fright, so we were making mistakes at pronunciation, but we did all tasks before presentation (Quiz, links,…). Now I'll tell you something about saunas. Sauna is a small room or hut heated to around 80 degrees Celsius. Sauna room is very hot, so you start sweating, if you are in sauna. If you go to sauna you'll come out relaxed and stronger.  We know minimum 4 Types of saunas: Smoke sauna, Wood stove sauna, Electric sauna and Infrared sauna. Sweating is good because it helps to body clean. Here is picture of finish wood stove sauna. Every second or third Finn have own sauna.