Very sorry! No final class tomorrow. I need to accompany the SA13 class on their Stockholm trip and assist Peter Bjursten. If you want to talk about your grade please feel free to drop in today or next week. (I won't be in school next Wednesday, but, otherwise I will be around). With regard to your result, don't just look at the letter you get as a grade result- look at everything you have learnt and how your English has improved this year. See English as a life skill in this globalized age where communication in English pervades many jobs and different walks of life. Remember also the value of literature in the original language. Shakespeare's plays are an amazing mirror of today's society where so much is governed by a desire for power and money. We can see that the struggle was the same over 400 years ago. Finally I want to wish you every success in your continued studies/life choices... There is a life after Leksand's Gymnasium!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As you finish off your time at the school please don't allow alcohol and other consciousness-changing substances to spoil the experience of saying farewell to many of the friends who you will carry with you throughout life. Take care! And finally.................. I want to leave you with the words of the Desiderata- a poem written by max Erhmann in 1927
Please log in and follow the instructions 2. Return the text books to the library On Friday I will talk to each of you individually about your grade. I hope as many as possible will attend. 3. Conversation/Discussion Most of you are finishing off school now. Where willyou be in five years time? Discuss with your neighbour. Write up some thoughts and put them somewhere safe. Check them out in June 2020!!! 4. Finishing off school is a time of formal and informal gatherings. One very special element is the importance of speeches. There will be a speech at your graduation ball, the graduation lunch and ceremony when you receive your grades.. Speeches have sometimes changed the course of history
I want you to find the text/sound recording/video recording for several of these. Here is one very famous speech to get you started:
Decide which one you think is your favourite and why. Finally, you have been given the opportunity to address the United Nations for ONE MINUTE. What would your speech look like? Have a good week!
