— [http://goo.gl/N3v4Pe] English Homework in primary school in Norway_______________________(fifth grade).
Compulsory schooling in Norway consists of ten years: grades 1-7 in primary school and grades 8-10 in lower secondary school. The children start (primary) school the year they turn 6 or are about to turn 6 (before December 31st), and graduate (from lower secondary) the year they turn 15 or are about to turn 16. Most students attend separate primary and lower secondary schools, but about one quarter of the students are enrolled in so-called combined schools that offer both primary and lower secondary education. Schools have catchment areas, and parental choice among schools for given residence is usually not allowed. Grade repetition is not common in Norway.
The thing is that when teachers give children homework -in this case- on the English language, their students have to memorize isolated English words, vocabulary without a context. If topics which are supposed to be taught in class are given as homework, this may affect negatively the achievement of students because they, on average, learn relatively more while in school than at home. That is the case of my two school kids -3rd and 5th graders- who have to learn 6 or 7 English words by Friday, but no context. So, as a High School Spanish and English Trainer, I have given their homework some meaning; I call this method: Learning English in Context.
one mouse - en mus
two mice - to mus
a lion - en løve
be asleep - sove
to beg - å tigge
to nibble - bite forsiktig
to roar - å brøle
one mouse - en mus - un ratón
two mice - to mus - dos ratones
to lay asleep - å ligge og sove - dormir
to beg - å be - pedir
to nibble - å bite forsiktig - mordisquear
to roar - å brøle - rugir
a lion - en løve - un león
Original Instruction: You must write down all of the words above and learn six of them. Good luck!
My comments: Yeah, right, good luck.
1) A mouse was hurrying home through the tall grass.
2) Have you heard the tale of two bad mice?
3) A lion lay asleep on a sunny afternoon.
4) She caught this baby mouse this weekend and begged us to keep it.
5) The mouse began to nibble at the net with her sharp little teeth.
6) The lion roared in anger.
7) A lion trapped a mouse under his huge paw.
Learning English deeply - English in Use - English in Context:
... treats.
... on treats.
... money on treats.
... pocket money on treats.
... her pocket money on treats.
... all her pocket money on treats.
... spends all her pocket money on treats.
... mouse spends all her pocket money on treats.
... little mouse spends all her pocket money on treats.
My little mouse spends all her pocket money on treats.
... mice?
... bad mice?
... two bad mice?
... of two bad mice?
... tale of two bad mice?
... the tale of two bad mice?
... heard the tale of two bad mice?
... you heard the tale of two bad mice?
Have you heard the tale of two bad mice?
... lions.
... two lions.
... next to two lions.
... laying next to two lions.
... He is laying next to two lions.
... crazy! He is laying next to two lions.
It's crazy! He is laying next to two lions.
... food.
... some food.
... for some food.
... begging for some food.
... is begging for some food.
... cat is begging for some food
My cat is begging for some food.
... teeth.
... little teeth.
... sharp little teeth.
... their sharp little teeth.
... with their sharp little teeth.
... the net with their sharp little teeth.
... at the net with their sharp little teeth.
... nibble at the net with their sharp little teeth.
... to nibble at the net with their sharp little teeth.
... began to nibble at the net with their sharp little teeth.
... mice began to nibble at the net with their sharp little teeth.
... field mice began to nibble at the net with their sharp little teeth.
Hundreds of field mice began to nibble at the net with their sharp little teeth.
... deep and loud.
... wild, deep and loud.
... roared, wild, deep and loud.
The lion roared, wild, deep and loud.
... paw.
... huge paw.
... his huge paw.
... under his huge paw.
... mouse under his huge paw.
... a mouse under his huge paw.
... trapped a mouse under his huge paw.
... lion trapped a mouse under his huge paw.
A lion trapped a mouse under his huge paw.
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