Todays lesson started with Inger-Lise and Vilde having their lessons for assignment 2.
Inger-Lise had about English-speaking countries. It was a good, diverese lesson with both video and pupils working together. Their task was to make an presentation about an English-speaking country of their choice. I think this was a great lesson and would use it myself, but help them along the way with giving them more concrete criterias for the presentation. Maybe made some questions for them to answer. How long should the presentation be? Use of pictures etc. I would also talk about what a good source of information is. What sources are reliable and not and giving them some examples on good internet sources.
Vilde’s lesson was about a picturebook ideas. It was a great book that opened up for philosophically discussions with the pupils. The book hade beautiful pictures and a story that was easy to follow. But i thought maybe that she should have taken some time to stop the story to explain words or talk about the pictures. She had great questions on her powerpoint to get the pupils to talk about the books meaning. But i thought there where to many of them. I really want this book and use it. Vilde made this lesson for 4th grade, but i would use this book on later grades to make them reflect on how that their ideas are worth listening to.
After the girls lessons we talked about Roald Dahl and how to use his litterature in class. I really enjoy his stories but I agree with what Lotta said that his language could be difficult for the pupils sometimes. This because i makes up words. He plays with the language and twist and mix the words to new words. In this case his litterature is great to use when talking about words and how you can be creative with it. But that is a lesson for maybe 7th grade or even higher when the pupils have a greater repertoire of English words.
The last thing we did was an exercise with Dahl’s “The Twits” where we worked in groups with different chapters where we read them out loud.
A good summary with many good reflections on the presentations of fellow students. And you write about what you liked and why. It is also a good reflection about “The Twits” where you say something about the language being too difficult for some pupils.
If I were to come up with a wish, then you have to look at the “little things” in your spelling, because you have some little “i” (should be I) and some sentences are also a bit strange built up as an example “I really want this book and use it. “
I really liked how you reflect on the book “the twits”. Roald Dals playful use of the language can surely be a challenge when teaching english. I also like how you structured this post, it was easy and fun to read. The language on this post is personal and makes your point of view come across in a tidy way, even though I do spot some minor spelling mistakes.