Test video

This is a test video created in the process of showing a class how to record and upload a video using youtube. It also serves the purpose of showing said class that it is not embarrassing to upload a serious video on a school subject, and that no matter what their videos won't be more embarrassing than this one :-)

2a - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Oskar

Post your answers to the two following assignments as a comment to this post:

1. Write a characterization of Oskar.
2. Why does Oskar embark on the search for the lock for the key? What does he gain from the experience?

Tools

So here are a few tools I recommend for my students:

www.ordbogen.com - English-Danish, Danish-English etc. dictionary
www.merriam-webster.com - English-English dictionary
www.restudy.com - simplify text (copy-paste or link to website). (Thanks to http://111variation.blogspot.dk/ for the tip on this one.)

Twin Towers cameos

A short video with clips from films that includes the "Twin Towers" of the World Trade Center:

http://danmeth.com/post/9626315905/twintowerscameos

 Keywords: Cultural significance, symbolic value.

Vivian Gornick "How I Read since September 11" vocabulary training

For the theme "Post 9/11 Literature" we will be reading is "How I Read since September 11" by Vivian Gornick. For this text I've prepared a vocabulary training set on Quizlet that can be found here: http://quizlet.com/_ex8iq

Creating a blog with blogger.com

The process of setting up your blog is quite easy.

1. Go to www.blogger.com
2. If you already have a Google/Gmail account, you can log in with that account and get started. If not, go through the "Sign up" process to get an account.
3. Once you're logged in you will see your main Blogger page - on the left side click "New blog".
4. Give your blog a title - it must include your name, class, "English" and "Gefion"
5. Choose and address - and send it to me in a Lectio message
6. Choose a template - if you want to, you can play with the look of the blog, but what matters in English class, is what you write.
7. Once you've created the blog, you will see it on your main Blogger page - click on the blog and you will see an overview.
8. Click on "New Post" (left side of the screen).
9. Write what you have been asked to write (remember to give the blog post a proper title).
10. When you're done writing, click "Publish".