Shadowing Practice: what’s in my backpack 2026 📓✏️ sophomore year - Learn English Speaking with Video

did i forget my chromebook password yes

hi guys welcome or welcome back to my channel

and i'm going to be showing you guys what i have in my backpack for sophomore year ignore my hair

but i'm using my brother's camera right now this my first time using a camera

so i'm kind of scared and my hair looks kind of chopped but

I'm deciding to make this video a little early because next week I have band camp for the whole week.

So I'm pretty busy before school starts.

So I'm going to make the video now.

This year I'm using a black Jamfork backpack.

And I'm going to do a little disclaimer.

I am not buying a backpack every year.

I used to use the North Face one and I used it for like two years.

and I realized that it's just like

so bad I can't like do a third year with it just

because I hate the backpack so much

so I'm gonna use this for the rest of the school years

and I'm just saying I'm not buying a backpack every year okay

so I got that out of the way

but I'm going into 10th grade which is sophomore year

so I'm gonna do the exterior of the bag this is

what the whole backpack looks like it's kind of heavy

but i have a keychain on the outside and this is really cute

and there is a side pocket in this backpack and i have perfume in here it's just the

solde genero 40 but i put it in a smaller bottle just because i feel like it's more convenient

instead of having a really big bottle because i have a bigger size i apologize for the awkward angle.

I just didn't know how to show the bottom.

There are multiple pockets inside and over here you can't really see it

but I have a pencil and a highlighter just so it's easy to grab when you need it.

The highlighter is from Mildliner and the pencil is from Muji and there's a bigger pocket in here.

I have this foldable compact hairbrush and

if you know me you know I always have like the foldable brushes inside my bag

but i also got this from muji continuing i have a

perfume a mini perfume inside my bag lip balm this mini like lip tint from roman

and it's like the size of my finger look how like small

that is i just want to show the color it's like pink sticky notes

okay now there's like more I have Altoids in here

and i got this in like a pack of two

but like these mints are pretty strong and i need strong mints

because i have like a really big fear of bad breath

lash curler this is from muji um i had another eyelash curler from muji

but i don't know where it went

so i'm just using this one i don't like it that much but it does a job

I have this Fit Me powder in the shade Translucent.

It's just like a pressed powder for like when I get oily or something.

I have AirPods.

I made a playlist on Spotify of like music for school and it's called a Nonchalant Hallway Crush.

And like the description says, aura forming in the hallways with my AirPods in.

This is my thing.

I have a hand cream from Ano.

I think that's how you say it.

I got this from Korea in Olive Young.

And the scent is sensual white.

But I think it smells so good.

So this is like the most important thing.

So my favorite thing in the pocket is like the essential.

A mini Neato Fuzzball.

So that is it for the front pocket.

So now we can go into the big guys.

Okay, sorry everyone, my hair is really weird right now.

But now we can finally see all the actual, like, school stuff.

Um, I kind of have a theme going on.

It's just, like, basic colors and pink.

I'm gonna start with, like, stuff, like, all the way down inside my backpack.

Like, all the way underneath there.

So I'm gonna show you what's in there.

the first two things i have in there are my keychain it's just like this wristlet from lululemon

and then in here i have my school id from last year i have this miffy keychain

um an air tag

and my house key i also have another keychain on here it's this tokyo keychain

that i got in tokyo this summer because i went to tokyo

and then this is my favorite part probably

but it's my pencil bag the bag is from artbox

and i have a smisky keychain out here it is so cute

so now i'm going to show you everything that's inside starting

off i'm going to show you guys the extra things in here these lucky charm just pass your exams

and i got this from a temple in Japan.

It's a racer from Pentel and I had this last year

but I haven't used all of it so I'm gonna use it again.

The last extra is this creature ruler that I got from Muji.

She's kind of small but I low-key just got it for straight lines.

Guys, I don't know what's up with my hair.

Starting off with pens, I have quite a few.

I have these two pens from Muji.

This is like a teal color and this is a green.

I have this black pen from Muji.

A plain thin Sharpie.

This is red, black, and then blue.

I really like these pens.

They're really like juicy.

so i recommend these these four pencils in my pencil case these are the pastel

um bic bic pencils and this is a muji pencil are the highlighters

that i have in here this is a yellow sharpie one

and then these three are mild liners

and like this blue color a bluish gray and a green

but most of these are from last year

so i'm just reusing most of them i have one more thing on the side

which is my emergency kit so this is my emergency kit it's like a muted

dusty pink color

but this is from muji two pads metal like a metal

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i don't know this mirror i have a bunch of hair ties not a bunch it's just three

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but you never know

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when you need a hair tie for like labs i don't think i have labs this year

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so mini deodorant

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because this is a necessity everyone needs a deodorant in their bag here are band-aids in this really cute pouch

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i bring band-aids every year

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because i don't know you know me you know i love

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band-aids these are bluey ones this is just like a normal one and then these are like really cutesy

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band-aids because i have braces this is like all things i need

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but i have wax if i have anything poking me mini toothbrushes from crest

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and has like a little thing in the center

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and a toothpick at the end mini like brushes

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that i can use but i just have multiple in there a mini nail file

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because sometimes i chip my nails and it just bothers me

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so i like to have a file finally getting into the

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supplies i'll start from the back i have my chromebook in

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here whoa i'm keeping this for all four years did i

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forget my chromebook password yes um i will figure it out somehow

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but i don't know i have this really cute like

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more fouson hipper on it i think it's so cute

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but that's my chromebook in the back i have my binder

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because i am in band and i play a clarinet

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so i obviously need my music i'm gonna show like the rest are just like notebooks

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and folders but I'll show each one.

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I have a pink five star folder and all I have in here is loose leaf paper.

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Next things I have in here are my world history notebook and my folder.

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I'm taking AP World this year.

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It wasn't by choice though.

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I chose IB World History but then I guess the teacher is leaving and now I'm in AP World History.

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So yeah this is just a five star folder and a five star notebook.

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Then my next class is AP Precalculus.

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I'm taking two APs this year and then

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uh two ib's this is ap pre-calc and then ap pre-calc i'm not excited

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but they're also both five star

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and they're the same color my next class is ib chemistry i just have a white folder

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and this like campus notebook um i just have this in here

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because i don't think i need a notebook for chem

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because of the teacher but

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if i get a different like other teacher this year then maybe they'll need a notebook

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but i just have this one and i hope it's okay

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because like this is not like college ruled

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and it's like a different type of paper so i hope my teacher doesn't care so

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just my english folder and then my english notebook it's on like the smaller side

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but it's okay because i don't know if i need a notebook for english

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but i love the matching colors so

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that concludes my what's in my backpack 2026 2027 i just

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want to say thank you guys for staying till the end

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of the video i hope you guys have an amazing time at school this year

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and i hope

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that this video gave you some inspo to like what to

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get for this school year i know i haven't posted in a few months

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but I will get back on my grind

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because back to school is coming and I have some video ideas brainstorming in my head.

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Remember to like, subscribe, and put a comment down below what grade you're going into

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or maybe some questions that you want me to answer. So

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i'm also about to film a what's in my backpack but marching band edition

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um on my shorts so go check that out

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “what’s in my backpack 2026 📓✏️ *sophomore year*”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: backpack, muji, notebook, pencil, mini. This video has 156 sentences and 1732 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:57. The speaker talks at a natural 158 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
backpack noun	/ˈbæk.pæk/	A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when…
notebook noun	/ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/	A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written.
bind verb	/ˈbaɪ̯nd/	To tie; to confine by any ligature.
pencil noun	/ˈpɛnsəl/	A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
keychain noun	/ˈkiːˌt͡ʃeɪn/	A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
folder noun	/ˈfoʊldɚ/	An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
highlighter noun	/ˈhaɪ.laɪt.ɚ/	A marker pen used to highlight text.
perfume noun	/ˈpɝfjuːm/	A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
curler noun	/ˈkɜː(ɹ)lə(ɹ)/	One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
deodorant noun	/diˈoʊ.də.ɹənt/	Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
foldable adjective		That can be folded.
sharpie noun	/ˈʃɑɹpi/	An alert person.
calculator noun	/kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/	A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically.
sophomore noun	/ˈsɑf.mɔɹ/	A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.
mint noun	/mɪnt/	Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I just didn't know how to show the bottom.
I think that's how you say it.
Guys, I don't know what's up with my hair.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	i'm using · I'm deciding · am not buying
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	i'm going to be · I'm going to make · I'm going to do
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction	i'll start · will figure · I'll show

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 56 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, breathe /bɹiːð/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sharpie /ˈʃɑɹpi/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, bluish /ˈbluːɪʃ/, eyelash /ˈaɪlæʃ/, sensual /ˈsɛn.ʃu.əl/
Long words — get the stress right: deodorant /diˈoʊ.də.ɹənt/, calculator /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/, necessity /nɪˈsɛsəti/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like backpack, notebook, bind.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?

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