PODCAST IN ENGLISH

PODCAST IN ENGLISH 

Schema Stevenson -Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

 

Summary Gulliver's travels

 

YOUNG FOREVER-SONG+ QUESTIONS

 

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

related to the song YOUNG FOREVER

1.      Would you like to live forever?

2.      Does money really want people live forever?

3.      Don’t we often hear of rich people getting depressed? Give some examples and tell his/her story in 20 lines

4.      Can’t life be beautiful even without much money?

5.      The singers of the song seem to say that if you have a good time, you won’t be unhappy when you die. How does it sound to you? Do you agree?

6.      Luxury goods and ambition are a remedy for all the bad things in today’s life. Do you agree with that statement?

7.      Do you believe that such an attitude (giving too much importance to material things)is strictly connected to being young?

8.      Is a desire for immortality a feature only of youth?

9.      Can life be hard and turn into a thunderstorm when things go wrong even when you’re young?

10.   What’s real happiness, for you?

Who was the first to set foot in America?

 QUESTIONS

1. Who was Leif Eriksson?
2. Who was his father?
3. Which country did his father discover? What was the name that he gave to it?
4. What was Leif Eriksson good at?
5. After a difficult, dangerous voyage where did Leif Eriksson land?
6. What was the name that he used for the new land?
7. When was it quite clear that the Vikings were the first explorers to get to America?
8. Where was the Norse settlement found?
9. What did it prove?
10. What can we find in many American cities to celebrate the Viking explorers?
11. So, who was the first to set foot in America?

To kill a mockingbird and human rights

 

To Kill a Mockingbird (IL BUIO OLTRE LA SIEPE), novel by American author Harper Lee, published in 1960. Enormously popular, it was translated into some 40 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and is one of the most-assigned novels in American schools. In 1961 it won a Pulitzer Prize. The novel was praised for its sensitive treatment of a child’s awakening to racism and prejudice in the American South.

Plot summary

 

To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. The protagonist is Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch, an intelligent though unconventional girl who ages from six to nine years old during the course of the novel. She is raised with her brother, Jeremy Atticus (“Jem”), by their widowed father, Atticus Finch. He is a prominent lawyer who encourages his children to be empathetic and just. He notably tells them that it is “a sin to kill a mockingbird,” alluding to the fact that the birds are innocent and harmless.

When Tom Robinson, one of the town’s Black residents, is falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman, Atticus agrees to defend him despite threats from the community. At one point he faces a mob intent on lynching his client but refuses to abandon him. Scout unwittingly diffuses the situation. Although Atticus presents a defense that gives a more plausible interpretation of the evidence—that Mayella was attacked by her father, Bob Ewell—Tom is convicted, and he is later killed while trying to escape custody. A character compares his death to “the senseless slaughter of songbirds,” paralleling Atticus’s saying about the mockingbird.

The children, meanwhile, play out their own miniaturized drama of prejudice and superstition as they become interested in Arthur (“Boo”) Radley, a reclusive neighbour who is a local legend. They have their own ideas about him and cannot resist the allure of trespassing on the Radley property. Their speculations thrive on the dehumanization perpetuated by their elders. Atticus, however, reprimands them and tries to encourage a more sensitive attitude. Boo makes his presence felt indirectly through a series of benevolent acts, finally intervening when Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout. Boo kills Ewell, but Heck Tate, the sheriff, believes it is better to say that Ewell’s death occurred when he fell on his own knife, sparing the shy Boo from unwanted attention. Scout agrees, noting that to do otherwise would be “sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird.”

HUMAN RIGHTS and THE HANDMAID'S TALE

 

Homework Assignment

Research project to investigate a contemporary human rights issue.

Students present their findings and propose solutions, connecting the real-world issue to the themes explored in "The Handmaid's Tale."

 

FIRST STEP

 

Do some research on  Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Discuss the key principles outlined in the UDHR and relate them to the events in "The Handmaid's Tale."

Focus on one or two of those rights

SECOND STEP

Explore and analyze human rights issues depicted in Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" and connect them to real-world human rights concerns. Analyze the experiences of one or more characters in the book concerning their human rights. Focus on the violation of rights, consequences, and emotional impact.

THIRD STEP

 

Draw parallels and discuss the consequences of rights violations.

 

FOURTH STEP

Focus on the importance of safeguarding human rights in both literature and reality.

 

You can work on Google slides or Canva.

PAY ATTENTION

1)WORK INDIVIDUALLY (8 slides)

2) CHOOSE DIFFERENT HUMAN RIGHTS AND POSSIBLY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS

3) DON’T COPY LONG PASSAGES (you don’t need)to be put onto your slides

To better understand what happens in the book do some research on the Internet and watch all the videos I’ve posted on Classroom

 

Robinson Crusoe review

 

1.   When is the novel exactly set?

2.   What was that age characterized by?

3.   The speaker uses the expression British Empire. What does it mean?

4.   Is Robinson a slave trader?

5.   Does the author criticize slave trade?

6.   What does the verb thrive mean in the expression…..he thrives on the island…..

7.   Religion is one of the themes of the book. Why?

8.   How is Providence seen in the book?

9.   How does the book consider the Englishman?

10.       How does Robinson consider himself?

11.       Why is the book a document of its time?

the vikings

 

invitations

invitaions 

THE GROWTH MINDSET

 

RELATIVE CLAUSES IN SONGS

 

THE HANDMAID's TALE

https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/the-handmaids-tale-en

 

1.     What’s a dystopian novel?

2.     When was the book The handmaid’s tale published?

3.     What happened in the 1980’s in terms of women’s rights?

4.     How does the book portray women’s condition?

5.     Give an example of an activity that women are supposed not to do anymore?

6.     What’s state-engineered rape, in your opinion?

7.     Where’s the book set?

8.     The rules of the society depicted by Atwood resemble the ones of the society created by the group of ………………………………….

9.     What’s the name of the protagonist?

10.  What does the protagonist lose when the fundamentalist government come into poewer?

11.  What does the protagonist have to do?

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS

present perfect 

present perfect simple vs continuous

Present Perfect in shows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt7O2w1Fpxc 

Native-speaker 'mistakes'

common mistakes 

Infinitives of purpose

infinitive of purpose 

Syllabus: Lower Intermediate

syllabus lower level 

Macbeth

 

witchhunt slides

witchhunt 

witchhunt bbc

witch escape room

PROJECT RESEARCH - A protest song

 CHOOSE, by doing some research on the Internet, a protest song  of American popular music to analyze. Through Internet research you will discover the meaning behind this song and determine the connections between the music and the historical period. You’ll also research the artist who wrote the song.

Eventually, you will create connections between the song you have chosen and your world today. Society has changed a lot since this song was made, have we learned anything from the music or not? 

I suggest authors like Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, James Brown, Marvin Gaye. 

However, if you find a song by another author it’s all right anyway, as long as it’s a protest song.

The questions to be answered are here

1)What does the song you’ve chosen mean? 

2)During which years was it written? 

3) Is there a connection between the meaning of the song and the social and political problems of the time when it was written?

4) What specific issues does it deal with?

5) What part does the music itself (apart from the lyrics) play? 

6)What instruments are used and why, in your opinion? 

7) Who was the artist who wrote the song or the one who sang the song making it popular?

8)Was this an American artist or a European one? Write at least 5 lines about that artist

9) What type of impact do you think this song had on society? Has society changed after the song was written?

10)What do you like or dislike about the song?

QUEEN VICTORIA-easy video

 

JANE EYRE- a romantic and realist novel

 " Women are supposed to be very calm generally:but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do"

Charlotte Brontë  (JANE EYRE)

Jane Eyre has several Romantic features but also it shows new Realistic elements, in tune with realism (first half of Victorian fiction)

>Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde SUMMARY

 

The Woman's condition in The Victorian AGE-mind map

   ESSAY GENDER EQUALITY

Schema da seguire

1)What is gender equality?

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls (The 2030 Agenda for

Sustainable Development) https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-

content/uploads/2016/08/5_Why-It-Matters-2020.pdf

Article 23 - Equality between women and men EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

https://fra.europa.eu/en/eu-charter/article/23-equality-between-women-and-men

2) SOURCE???? Social norms- socially-constructed roles (traditionally…..what’s considered to be

proper for men and women?....stereotypes……

2) Education- one quarter of girls in the developing countries don’t go to school (Malala

Yousafzai, a life spent fighting for the right to education)

https://www.unesco.org/en/gender-equality/education

Emma Watson’s speech for gender equality in 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkjW9PZBRfk

Positive effects……raise a smaller family, have healthier children, earn an income, participate in

the political process

3) Workplace- job discrimination (me too movement)

Low income……..even being fired ……

4)Politics- underrepresented as decision makers

5) -leaders in gender equality

6) Gender based violence/Gender gap----in some countries women can’t be the owners of land

7) The right to vote----1838 New Zealand, 1894 Australia, 1906 Finland, 1907 Norway, 1920 USA

(when did women start becoming equal to men?)

8) In the UK Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) became involved in women's suffrage in 1880.

She was the founder of the WSPU (Women's Social and Political Union) in 1903….

https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-

heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/overview/startsuffragette-/

In the UK 1918 married women, female householders and female university graduates being 30 got

the right to vote

1928 full suffrage in the UK

CONCLUSION

What does gender equality mean???? What should be done to end gender inequality? SHOULD

we do something else…..or do we have gender equality nowadays?

Protect women from gender based violence, sexual exploitation, grant basic human rights, gender

balance in the workplace, empowerment of women and girls (encourage women into non traditional

vocations)

Gender equality -key words

Discrimination

Empowerment

Gender balance

Gender-based constraints

Gender-based violence

Gender gap

Gender roles

Patriarchy

The American Constitution

 worksheets the American Constitution

Answer the questions related to The British Government

 1.Who’s the head of State in the UK?

2.  How many MPs sit at the House of Commons?


3.  Who’s the head of the government?


4. The Queen reigns, but she doesn't rule. What does it mean?

5. The British political system is said to be a two chamber system. What does it mean?


6.      How often a week do the queen and
the Prime Minister meet?


7.     What does the Cabinet consist of?


8.   Where does the Prime Minister live?


9.   Which are the three parts of Parliament?


10.   How many members sit at the House of
Lords?


11.   Who becomes the Prime Minister?


12.   Which fields do the members of the House
of Lords belong to?


13.   Who makes the laws in the UK?


14. Who appoints the Life Lords?


15 How many lords sit at the House of Lords? Does their number ever change ?

HENRY VIII-video+activity

 1)What did Henry 8th reform?

2)     Was his first marriage arrange?

3)     Give a definition of an arranged
marriage.

4)     How long did his marriage to
Catherine of Aragon last?

5)     Did he have a male heir from her?

6)     Sounds like quite a pickle. What
does this expression mean?

7)     What was the immediate effect of his
break up with the Church of Rome?

8)     Did the Crown get richer?

9)     Who was Thomas More?

10)  What does the expression “the
process was a sham” mean?


11)  Who gave him a male heir?


12)  Apart Anne Boleyn, who was his other
wife he had executed?


13)  Did Henry 8th support the
arts?

14)  Give a synonym in English of the
word beggar

15)  On the verge of the modern era. Write the same idea in another
way.

Go to the website http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/tudors/kings/henry8.htm

and find the information to answer the questions

1. Was Henry the 8 th an only child?

2. How old was he when he came to the throne?

3. Could he speak any foreign languages?

4. What was the family relation between him and Catherine of

Aragon?

5. In 1534 he passed an important law. What was it about?

6. Who was his third wife and why was so important for him?

7. How many people a day did he use to have executed?

Go to the website http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/tudors/kings/henry8.htm

and find the information to answer the questions

1.In what way did Henry the 8 th change in his physical appearance as

he grew old?

2. Could he play any sports in his youth?

3. Why did he want to divorce from his first wife?

4. What happened in England when he proclaimed himself the head of

the Church of England?

5. Elizabeth, the future Elizabeth I was his second daughter. What

happened to her mother?

6. Why did he marry Anne of Cleves?

7. How many years did his daughter Elizabeth rule as a queen?

THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH-video+activity

 Watch the video and sum it up in about 30 lines.
Go on the website https://www.etymonline.com/ and find the origin of the following words:
skate, brother, brigade, , dream,fear, judge, guest,knife,bright, loose,odd, trust,window,egg, court, gossip,cucumber,justice, sauce,beggar,meat
Ex. arm= upper limb of the human body (OLD ENGLISH)
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