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