THE WEATHER

 

The weather

FESTIVALS: HALLOWEEN

 

While you watch the video, find the following information:

- What do people do on this day in different parts of the world?

- What is the origin?

Then answer:

- What does it mean to you?

- How do you celebrate it?

CHILD LABOUR

 

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS (By Kate Nally)

2nd VIDEO: 

Before watching:  Do you know the meaning of the following words /expressions?

- SWEAT SHOP

- HUB

- ENTREPRENEUR

- SLAVERY

- CHAINS

- SLUMS

- TO MAP THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN 

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS (By Kate Nally)

Use these expressions for giving your opinion (prepared by Kate Nally)

-At the end of the video they show 4 hints to follow in order to help to stop child labour in the fashion industry. Copy these hints and think of one more.

Autumn Song by William Brighty Rands

                      

AUTUMN SONG

The ash-berry clusters are darkly red;
The leaves of the limes are almost shed;
The passion-flower hangs out her yellow fruit;
The sycamore puts on her brownest suit.

After a silence, the wind complains,
Like a creature longing to burst its chains.
The swallows are gone, I saw them gather;
I heard them murmuring of the weather.

The clouds move fast, the south is blowing;
The sun is slanting; the year is going;
I love to walk where the leaves lie dead,
And hear them rustle beneath my tread.

VOCABULARY:

ashberry- serbal
sycamore- sicomoro
swallow- golondrina (also "tragar")
slant- inclinarse
rustle- crujir
tread- pisada (verb: tread- trod- trodden)

A POISON TREE by Willialm Blake

 A Poison Tree

BY WILLIAM BLAKE

I was angry with my friend; 

I told my wrath, my wrath did end.

I was angry with my foe: 

I told it not, my wrath did grow. 

And I waterd it in fears,

Night & morning with my tears: 

And I sunned it with smiles,

And with soft deceitful wiles. 

And it grew both day and night. 

Till it bore an apple bright. 

And my foe beheld it shine,

And he knew that it was mine. 

And into my garden stole, 

When the night had veild the pole; 

In the morning glad I see; 

My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

wrath- ira

foe-enemigo

To sun- poner al sol 

deceitful- engañoso

wiles- artimañas

To bear-bore-born- dar fruto

To behold- beheld- beheld-  contemplar

To veil- cubrir con un velo

outstretched- extendido

POEM ANALYISIS

The speaker describes how when they were angry with a friend, they talked to their friend about the issue which helped them to overcome their anger. However, the speaker was unable to do the same with an enemy and this leads to developing resentment and an even stronger degree of hatred. An 

Eventually the anger blossoms into a poisoned fruit, the enemy eats the fruit and dies and the speaker seems to be glad of this. However, there is also a sense that they see the destructiveness of what has occurred. As the first lines acknowledge, we can easily overcome our anger if we communicate it properly.

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FAMILY MATTERS

 

1-BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER

Why are healthy family relationships important?- Choose one reason from all the ones given in the text and write it down. Then we will share our choices.

2-STORY CORPS VIDEOS

Before you watch the following short videos, read the following questions. You will find the answers while watching the videos. 

After answering the questions: What two types of questions can you find in terms of grammar structure? Make two lists.

THEN AND NOW:(siblings)

THE FAMILY EQUATIONS (father):

MAMA SUG (mother)

GRANDMA´S HANDS (grandmother)

3-AGONY AUNT- Read and do the activities

It is important to avoid conflict. See the example

MY FAVOURITE THINGS

 

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
My favorite things

Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudel
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into spring
Theses are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad, so bad

VOCABULARY:

Raindrops: gotas de lluvia

kittens-gatitos

Whiskers: bigotes (gatos)

copper kettles- teteras de cobre

woolen mittens- manoplas de lana

tied up with strings- atados con cuerdas

Doorbells- timbres

sleigh- trineo

 schnitzel- filete empanado

Wild geese- gansos silvestres

wings- alas

satin sashes- fajines de satén

Snowflakes- copos de nieve

eyelashes- pestañas

the bee stings- la abeja pica

MY FAVOURITE THINGS