Advantages of living in the country
Why should you
live in the country?
"IN PERSON" SCHOOL
Write the text putting together the answers to these questions:https://slideplayer.com/slide/17514967/
1.
Is
‘A room of one’s own’ a novel or an essay?
2.
What
could have happened to an imaginary sister of William Shakespeare if she had decided
to be a writer?
3.
What’s
a synonym of concocts?
4.
Her
characters lead inner lives that are deeply at odds with their external
existence. What does it mean in other words?
5.
How
many losses did she have in 10 years?
6.
What
does the word sibling mean?
7.
What
literary movement did the members of the Bloomsbury group belong to?
8.
What
was she reading while writing Mrs Dalloway?
9.
What
does the expression shell-shocked veteran mean?
10.
In
‘The waves’ we can see a special feature of modernism- the split-up of the
self. What does the sentence I’m many mean?
11.
In
the novel ‘Orlando’ is the main character a man or a woman?
12.
To
conclude, what does she focus on in her books? (which represents a typical
feature of Modernism)
2 ASA
What can Swedish people do with a chip under their skin?
What information about their body can they get?
How many Swedes have got a chip under their skin?
How much is the implantation of a chip in Stockholm?
Is it painful?
Are the young Swedes worried about the implantation of chips under their skin?
What are the dangers of having a chip implanted under your skin, according to the European Union?
Would you like to get a chip under your skin?
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Rain
by The Beatles ZERO CONDITIONAL
If the rain comes they run and hide their heads
They might as well be dead
If the rain comes, if the rain comes
When the sun shines they slip into the shade
(when the sun shines down)
And sip their lemonade
(when the sun shines down)
When the sun shines, when the sun shines
Rain, I don't mind
Shine, the weather's fine
I can show you that when it starts to rain
(when the rain comes down)
Everything's the same
(when the rain comes down)
I can show you, I can show you
Rain, I don't mind
Shine, the weather's fine
Can you hear me, that when it rains and shines
(when it rains and shines)
It's just a state of mind?
(when it rains and shines)
Can you hear me, can you hear me?
Sdaeh rieht edih dna nur yeht semoc niar eht fI
(rain)
(rain)
Time After Time
by Cyndi Lauper FIRST CONDITIONAL
"If You Don't Know Me By Now"
by The Simply Red FIRST CONDITIONAL
What’s your favourite dish?
1.When do you eat it?
2.Who do you eat it with?
3.What are its ingredients?
4.Who usually makes it?
5. Can you make it ?
6. Is it healthy or unhealthy?
7. Is it spicy, tasty, sweet or sour?
8.Why do you like it?
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08zzyjm/how-to-beat-lockdown-loneliness-
Answer the questions related to the video
WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE SHOP?
1. Where is it?
2. What does it sell?
3. Can
you find it in a department store or a shopping centre?
4. When
do you go there?
5. Who
do you go there with?
6. What
do you usually buy there?
7. How
much money do you spend there everytime you go there?
8. Why
do you like it?
9. What
sort of people are its customers?
10. Do you prefer buying online or in stores?
LORD RANDAL
summary
The poem is
a traditional ballad, a folk narrative poem which was very popular in the late
Middle Ages and was originally adapted for singing and dancing.
The
well-known ballad ‘Lord Randal’ by Anonymous tells the story of Lord Randal who
goes to the forest for hunting with
hawks and dogs. There he meets his sweetheart who gives him eels
fried. Lord Randal eats them and
give the leftovers to his hawks and dogs. Since the fish is poisoned, they
all die.
Young Lord
Randal goes back home. He is
tired and he would lie down. Lord Randal’s mother asks what the girl gave him to eat and why he is not accompanied
by his dogs and hawks. He answers that she gave him eels fried in a pan and his
dogs died after having eaten the leftovers. Therefore he is going to die. He
will leave twenty-four cows to his mother, gold, and silver to his sister,
houses, and lands to his brother, hell and fire to his lover.
All that is told through questions and answers that is in the dialogue form.
GEORDIE
summary
This is one
of the most popular English ballads. Like most medieval ballads, it is anonymous
and its date of composition is unknown.
It has been
interpreted both in a realistic way, that is to say as a true story, and as a
moving and mysterious story of love and death.
The
"Geordie" of the title is jailed for a crime; his wife (or lady)
goes to plead for his life. The woman's attempts are for nothing and he is
executed.
"Geordie"
exists in many variants. The ballad has different versions created by
traditional folk singers in Scotland, England, Ireland, Canada and the USA, and
performed and recorded by folk artists and groups. The ballad concerns the
trial of the hero, during which his wife pleads for his life.
A
narrator comes over London Bridge as usual but one day he hears a young woman lamenting for Geordie.
She says he will be hanged and a golden chain will be used to do
that because he is of royal blood and
has loved a good woman. This woman rides to London’s court. She asks the
judge for Geordie’s release saying that his crimes weren't serious, in that
he only stole some of the king's deer and sold them and says she has had three
children from him but she loves him so much that she’s ready to give them up to
save his life. The fair maid cannot save him as he has been sentenced to
death. Geordie will be executed wearing a golden chain as a sign of his
royal descent.
The Preface to the Picture of Dorian Gray
His pursuit of beauty and fulfilment are the tragic
acts of a superior being inevitably turned into an outcast. Wilde’s Preface to "The
Picture of Dorian Gray" may be considered the manifesto of
the English Aesthetic Movement since it speaks about the
subject of art and the role of the artist.
The artist is the creator of beautiful things but
is not interested in communicating his ideas to mankind and he writes only to
please himself.
He might consider the moral or immoral lives of people
as part of the subject matter of his work, but art itself is not meant
to teach the public anything. The true artist does not aim at proving
anything and he makes no judgement of right or wrong.
What people call vices or virtues, are merely
materials for the artist. Those who attempt to go beneath the surface of a
work, or to find out a particular meaning in a symbol, do so at their own risk.
Wilde concludes the preface by saying that
" All art is quite useless"; that is, art exists for
its own sake (Art for Art’s Sake) and not for any moral purpose. On the
contrary the two Romantic poets, Wordsworth and Coleridge, in their Preface to
"Lyrical Ballads", point out the didactic role of poetry whose aim is
to show the reader the negativity of Industrial Revolution. Dickens also had a didactic aim in his novels-
he wanted to draw his readers’ attention on some of the social problems of his
time.
While watching the video write down twenty questions and Selena's answers
You want to buy a blue hoodie. After having seen the slides and the video here attached, build up a conversation between you and the shop assistant
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Acronym/Abbreviation |
Latin Original |
Meaning |
Context/Use |
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a.m. |
ante meridiem |
Before noon |
Time
(used since the Roman times, although the abbreviation became standard much
later) |
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p.m. |
post meridiem |
After noon |
Time
(used since the Roman times, though the abbreviation became standard much
later) |
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i.e. |
id est |
That is
(to say); in other words |
Used to
specify, explain, or clarify a preceding statement. |
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e.g. |
exempli gratia |
For the
sake of example; for example |
Used to
introduce one or more examples. |
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etc. |
et cetera |
And the
others; and so forth |
Used at
the end of a list to indicate that further, similar items are included. |
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N.B. |
nota bene |
Note well |
Used to
call the reader's attention to a particularly important piece of information. |
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et al. |
et alii |
And others |
Used in
academic citations (especially APA) when listing multiple authors. |
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vs. |
versus |
Against |
Used to
denote opposition or comparison between two parties or things (e.g., a court
case or a sports match). |
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c. or ca. |
circa |
Around; approximately |
Used
before a date or number to indicate it is an approximation (e.g., c.
1400 AD). |
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A.D. |
Anno Domini |
In the
year of the Lord |
Used to
designate years within the Christian era. (Sometimes now replaced with
CE—Common Era). |
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Ph.D. |
Philosophiæ Doctor |
Doctor of Philosophy |
An academic degree. |
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R.I.P. |
Requiescat in pace |
May
he/she rest in peace |
Found on
tombstones and in expressions of condolences. |
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P.S. |
post scriptum |
Written after |
Used for
a note added after the main body of a letter has been completed. |
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& |
et |
And |
The
ampersand symbol is a ligature (a combination of two or more letters) of the
letters 'e' and 't'. |
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Latin Phrase |
Literal Translation |
Common Meaning/Use |
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Carpe diem |
Pluck the day |
Seize the
day; make the most of the present. |
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Veni, vidi, vici |
I came, I saw, I conquered |
A quick,
decisive victory or success. (Attributed to Julius Caesar). |
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Cogito, ergo sum |
I think,
therefore I am |
A
philosophical assertion of one's own existence (from Descartes). |
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E pluribus unum |
Out of many, one |
Used to
signify the unity of many separate entities (e.g., the motto of the U.S.). |
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Ad nauseam |
To the
point of sickness |
To the
point of excess, or until one is sick of it. |
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Alma mater |
Nurturing mother |
The
university or college one attended. |
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De facto |
Of the fact |
In
reality or fact, whether legally sanctioned or not. |
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De jure |
Of the law |
According
to law; officially sanctioned. |
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Status quo |
The state in which |
The
existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues. |
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Modus operandi (M.O.) |
Method of operating |
A
person's habitual way of operating or doing things (often used in
criminology). |
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Per se |
Through itself |
Intrinsically;
by its very nature. |
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Vice versa |
The
turn/place having been changed |
The
reverse being true as well; conversely. |
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Interviews and guess what!
During this time characterized by distance learning (the so-called DAD) I've been trying to find activities which may work well with my students. The point is that you as a teacher must mix up lots of elements so as to try to have a lesson being as perfect as possible.
Don't stress your students out! No long explanations. Of course you must be short!
Don't get them bored! Forget all those tasks that may be useful from the didactic point of view...but really they just create boredom! Checking the exercises out may be a big problem!
Anyway you must move on with the contents and the grammar points and the vocabulary and the speaking and the listening and the writing....Definitely a lot of stuff!!!!
Of course, something always working is connected to a kind of interaction! Asking them to interview each other during the lesson or before a lesson and then listen to them again is very good and interesting! They pay attention trying to understand and decipher every single word said by their mates, especially if they're into the topic.
A successful task and quite a relaxing one, as the students themselves have told me, has been the one consisting in summarizing shortly a movie or a TV series and then reading the text aloud so that the classmates may guess the title.
It was fun and they seemed to appreciate it a lot !!!
