Emigration to America

Many people emigrated from Europe to America in the late 1800s. Many wanted freedom and economic opportunities. However, cheap farmland and the industrialization helped too. The immigrants escaped from the bad times and poor conditions to a land of opportunities. 

Most of the immigrants who arrived before the American Revolution had died and the immigration stopped, until 1880 when larger steam-powered ships replaced the old sailing ships, which increased the immigration. Nearly 25 million Europeans made the long trip; this was the third flood of immigrations to America.

Quotes by Oscar Wilde

We were told to make a video at school with 2 quotes from Oscar Wilde.
Enjoy :)

Language workshop

Task 1

I did more than you, then I helped you. – Jeg gjorde mer enn deg, deretter hjalp jeg deg.

Which colour do the witch like? – Hvem/hvilke farge liker heksa?

I trew the paper through the window. – Jeg kasta papiret gjennom vinduet.

There are, their dog, they’re hungry – Det er, deres hund, de er sultne

I have two things to do too – Jeg har 2 ting igjen å gjøre også

To lose, a loose tooth – Å miste, en løs tann

Task 2

Mr. Anderson are celebrating his birthday today. Today it’s April the 26, Wednesday.
Mr. Anderson wrote the book «The Wall and The Brick». He is from England and speaks English. Thanksgiving is Mr. Anderson’s favourite holiday. Mr. Anderson like to read about the Great War, and enjoys visiting Buckingham Palace. The Democrates is the political partie he votes for. He is a Christian.

Oscar Wilde

"I am not young enough to know everything" by Oscar Wilde

I think this quote by Oscar Wilde is important to think about every now and then. When I was younger I though everything was possible and knew everything. But it is not like that anymore.
For exaample, how many of you still believe in Father Christmas or that your father are superman?

The older you get, the less you believe in. It's sad, but unfortunatly true. You shoud try to think like a child, see all the possibilities that opens and do all the things you didn't think you could do. Then you will see the world in a better way, at least for a little while.

Road Trip

Planning our trip

Me and my best friends, Anelle, Tirill and Benedikte, are planning on going on a road trip.
This is the car we are going to use: 

 

 We are planning to drive from St. Ives to St.










We are planning to drive from ST. Ives to St. Levan. It is a trip along the coast, and takes about 1 hour to drive the 28 miles, but we will try to make it last 6 or 7 days.  

We will start the trip with a lazy day at Porthminster Beach, in St. Ives, Cornwall.
The beaches in St. Ives, Cornwall is said to be better than all the beaches in
Spain, France and Italy. So the beach is a must!
I think we would try to og to the St. Just farmers’ and craft market.
The marked is open the every last Sunday in the month.
Our last stop will be in Sennen, we will try to learn how to surf so
that will take 2 days for 2 lessons.

We are sleeping in the car the whole trip to
save some money. The first night will be in St. Ives after the day at the beach. Next night will be spend in St. Just, since we will be spending the day at the market and just se the town. In Sennen it will be 2 or 3 nights, we have to see if were in the mood to drive to St. Levan after an exhausting surfing lesson.

Our Trip
We used the volkswagen van as planned, it was not
the fastest car but thats a part of the charm of
road tripping. It was really good to sleep in as well,
we tooked out the seats in the back since we only
needed 4 seats. That became our sleeping place.
We chose that car because we need a car with a
personality, and people will see we are on a road trip.
Since we drove all over the world this summer we
wanted a car like this to feel like nomads, a really
old fashion car.                                                                           
The trip along the coast of England, from St. Ives to
St. Levan took 7 days. On our way we learned to surf,
how markeds in England are and got to experience
a beach better than all the beaches in Spain, France
and Italy. It’s cool that the beaches in St. Ives, Cornwall
are better than the one they have in Spain, France and Italy.

We spent our first dy at the Porthminster Beach in
St. Ives. Porthminster Beach is the prettiest beach
I have ever seen, it felt like we was in the
Caribbean.The weather was stunning, and the
tanningline is back! It was the perfect start
of our road trip. In the evening, when the sun
hadgone down wefound a place topark the
car and stayed there for the night.



The next day we drove to St. Just to catch the farmers’ and craft market, where we bought freshed baked bread bread, some locally grown vegetables and cake of course. The bread tasted like heaven, and were still hot when we bought it. After visiting the marked we just walked around, to see how the town is. We found a really nice place to eat.
It’s called The Commerial.
It was a good place to spend our day in St. Just. I ate a burger,
the best burgr I have tasted! Since we got to bed so late last
night we decided to go to bed early.
So after eating, and some shopping
we found the car,
parked it and went to bed.
 

Next morning we got up early to drive to Sennen. In Sennen we stayed for 3 days, since the surfing lessons was over 2 days. It was really fun, I have always wanted to learn how to surf. It’s something I’ll never forget. The waves was perfect, but my arms are very sore now. We could barrow the surfing equipment whenever we wanted to surf so we spent must of the time in the water.
                                                                                                                    

And finally we arrived St. Levan, our goal. This was the best summer trip together of all times. We are definetely going on a road trip next year, maybe to Germany og Italy. Already looking forward to it!

A letter to Nazneen (Brick lane)

Dear Nazneen                                                                     

I'm sorry that I left you. I really wanted to take you with me. When you read this I am probably on the run trying to find a place for the night with Malek.
I can't pretend to believe in God anymore, I need a break, get away from everyone who tells me I have to believe in God. I feel like the belief has been imposed on me, I want to deside for myself what I want to believe in.

I know you will do perfectly fine without me, and Chanu will take good care of you. He seemed like a nice gentleman. You know how to take care of him, and if you someday would be sick and tired of him, just pretend he is me and you will get through it. And God will be there too, helping you as well.

I look forward to visit you in your apartment, I heard it looked really pretty. You are a lucky girl Nazneen and I wish you the best. 

Please don’t show this letter to papa, he is going to be really mad, and tell all of our siblings that I love them. I will see you soon Nazneen, you want even notice I’m not there.

I really love you Nazneen, I do, but I also want to be free.

You’re sincerely Hasina

Events that shaped English

When?
When the Anglo-Saxons settled in England, and gave it the name Engla land (land of the angles).
When William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwinson at the battle of Hastings in 1066 had a lot to say for the English language.

Why?
During the time the Anglo-Saxons lived in England there were several kingdoms in England, and their names can still be found in regional names. Most og the Anglo-Saxons were farmers so their language was full og words related to farming such as sheep, ox and field, which we use today.
When William won the battle og Hastings the system og Old English broke down and middle English became the new english, which is quite similar to the English we know today.

How?
The Great Vowel Shift is what we call the process og standardizing English. That happened in the 16th century. The London standard became dominant, specially in printed scripts. That gave prestige to London English, since it was associated with knowledge. Trough the printing press, spelling became standardized, and the Modern English was a reality.

~Albertine

How english has become a global language

English started to spread around the world with the world wars, soldiers left their countries, learned new words, put it in their language, and started to use daily.
Today we are surrounded by english all the time, in the music, advertising of different things on TV, internet and in magazines. Many people have english as their second language, and start to learn english from their first day at school.
Is it weird english has become a global language when we start to learn it so early in our lives?

A poem

We went for a walk into the dark, misterious forest
The birds stopped singing and the smell of moss got stronger
There were no longer trees waving in the wind
But we continued to walk into the forest

We were walking in the forest and saw a light in the end
The birds came back and we saw two butterflies
There was some cows there too
We came to the end of the dark forest and it opened up
To show us all the precious creatures it was hiding
Only to get us fall more in love with the dark, misterious forest

A quote about parenting

«If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent»
- Bette Davis (1908-1989)

I think this quote is important to remember for all the parents who get tired of us. We can be a pain in the ass, but untill our parents has been «hated» by us they don’t relly know how it is to be a parent, they have to experience the «bad» side of us to appreciate all the other things we do. After all we love them and they just have to think about that when we are at our worst.

~Albertine

More pictures from the field trip

In the potholes:

                                       
                                                     This is our camp for the first night

                                         
                               We made some dessert, after dinner. Tasted very well!

 
                                                On our way too the top of Galdhøpiggen

                                                 3 happy, exhausted girls on the top :)

 Our view on the top

Finally down from the mountain, on our way down to Bøverdalen

Field Trip

We started our trip with a 5 hour bus drive to Lillehammer where we went to Helvete(hell) with huge potholes.
                                                 
                                    
This is in the potholes, it was fascinating to go in the potholes. When we were done we drove to Otta so we could see Kvitskriuprestinn.
                                             

It was exhausting to walk to Kvitskriuprestinn. And we looked at them for 4-5 minutes before we went down to the bus and drove to Heidal Rafting to camp.
The next day it was time for rafting. We had to wear wetsuit and a helmet.      

As you can see  it didn't look very good, but it was really fun to raft. 

After the rafting we drove up to Juvasshytta-Bøverdalen and stayed there for 2 nights.
The boys had cabins and they were less than us with more showers, while we where 31 girls on 2 showers. So me and my friend showered in the river, I think it was about 5 or 6 degrees in the water so it was not that cold. :)

On Thursday we walk up Norway's highest mountain, Galdhøpiggen which is 2469 meters abve sea level. We had beautiful weather, the sun was shining and there was clear sky.

This was our view on the top, it was beautiful.

It was a little cabin on the top where you could buy over priced drinks and food.

~Albertine

                            

Individual and Society

Hi guys! So today we listened to

- "I am a rock" by Paul Simon (song)

- "You'll Nver Walk Alone" by Rogers and Hammerstein (song)

- "No Man is an Island" by John Donne (poem)

I am a rock is about a man who would rather be alone than have friends, because it causes pain.

He would rather be a rock who feels no pain and an island who never cries.

You'll never walk alone is about the opposite of I am a rock. Rogers and Hammerstein's lyric says that you will always have someone to support you no mather what.

No man is an island is about the same as you'll never walk alone, with another lyric.

"Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."

It means that you can't be alone even if you want to. There will always be someone who loves you, and wil be there for you no matter what.

I liked I am a rock better than You'll never walk alone and No man is an island because the melody is really catchy :)

- Albertine