Test, May 20th

For your test on the 20th of May (Wednesday), make sure you revise:

• Chapter 1: A Future of Sorts
• Chapter 2: Finnish Whizz Kids
• Chapter 7: Careerwise

• relative pronouns: who, that, which, whom, where ... p. 140-148
• auxiliary verbs: can, must, may, might... p. 128-139
• adjectives p.149-163
• adverbs p. 164-170

EXTRA: Blog post #3

Nämä tehtävät ovat lisätehtäviä opiskelijoille, joilla on ylimääräisiä poissaoloja. Jos sinulla on kaikkiaan 4 poissaoloa kurssilta (1 ylimääräinen), tee kohdat 1 ja 2 ohjeiden mukaan. Jos sinulla on kaikkiaan 5 poissaoloa kurssilta (2 ylimääräistä), tee kohdat 1-3 ohjeiden mukaan. Vastaa kaikkiin tehtäviin vaihtoblogiisi. Tehtävät pitää olla tehtynä ennen ti 19.5. tuntia!


1) Read chapter 4, Exam Rites and do exercises D and E.

2) You've already spent a couple of months in your exchange destination and it's starting to feel like home. Now you have your first exams coming up. Write about the exam culture in your school, what subjects you're taking your exams in and how you are preparing for the exams. (150 words if one extra absence, 200 if two)

In your text, include at least 10 words from the below word list (words from chapter 4). Make sure you know what each word means.

neither - nor
adolescent
postpone
privilege
responsibility
whine
constantly
workload
crisis
degree
ordeal
reasonably
anxiety
convinced
repeatedly
revision
be bound to
superstition
modest
desired
attribute to
fortune

3) (If two extra absences): Watch the below video.

What does she say about

• sleeping?
• eating habits?
• breathing?
• the test questions?
• looking up the answers to the test after the exam?

List these things on your blog and comment on them - do you think these will help you in your exams?

Blog post #2 for Thu, May 7

1) You've arrived at your exchange destination. Write about your feelings - how you got there, who you've met and how you like your school. (50-100 words)

2) On your first day, you're asked to tell others about your country's educational system and make comparisons between that of your destination country. Watch the below video.

Do some online research concerning the educational system of your exchange destination country and write about the differences between the two countries. Mention at least three facts you learned from watching the below video. You can write about things like school habits, uniforms, lunch policies, test scores, teacher qualifications, subjects being offered, whether students enjoy school, etc. (200-250 words)

This is a graded essay and it will affect the grade of the course. Again, leave the address to your blog post as a comment to this post by Thursday, May 7th. 

Have fun working!

Blog post #1

Time to begin the journey of your dreams!

1) Start a blog. Go to www.blogger.com and sign in using your school account. You can create a Google+ profile or "rajoitettu Blogger-profiili".

2) Find an English-speaking country you want to go to, a city within this country and a school within the city. Do online research on your exchange destination.

3) Create your first blog post! Reveal your exchange destination. Write about why you chose this country, this city and this school. You can also provide links to the school's/city's website or other related sites. Also write about your hopes concerning the year ahead of you.

• Write about 100 to 150 words.
• In addition to the above word count, include a to-do list for your last week before you leave. You can use this as a checklist - maybe you still need to take care of acquiring a couple of these items?.
• You can include pictures of the school or the city.
• If you want to, you can divide this post into two or more individual posts, as long as I can tell it's still the preparing stage of your journey.
• Post the link to your blog in the comment box of this post by the end of the lesson! If you can't finish today, finish it at home and post the link here before tomorrow's lesson.

Education in the UK

Read aloud taking turns, each student reads one sentence

In groups, create a Padlet wall where you explain how education in the UK works

Include the link to your group's Padlet wall to your comment on this blog posting.

Welcome!

This course will deal with work and study-related questions. During the course, you'll be writing a blog about your imagined exchange year - maybe this will spark an interest and you'll one day actually go on one!

This blog will serve as platform for the blog assignments and other online tasks you'll complete during the course. Remember to also keep track of Wilma, where you'll find relevant information about class contents and through which we'll mainly communicate, along with Fronter, where you'll find some quizzes and hand in assignments.

Hope you'll enjoy this course!