TAREAS 2º ESO- APRIL 20TH- APRIL 24TH

Today is April 20th Monday

1-READ OUR POEM

a)- Read this quote from "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

b) Matilda (by Roal Dahl)

"Matilda" is the story of an extraordinary girl who is brilliant. Unfortunately, though, Matilda has grown up with parents who do not give her any attention or love. But rather than feel hopeless she reads and reads, and ....

“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”

― Roald Dahl, Matilda

c) Answer this question:

Can you see any connection between the quote (cita)  above and the message in Emily Dickinson´s poem? 

Explain

2-THIS WEEK SESSION WITH CATHERINE:

FAMILIES:

- You are going to speak about the Family in general, and about the Simpson´s video we saw last week.

Also about the listening activity on page 114.

Over to you:

Which do you think is worse- to have an over-protective parent who won´t let you do anything, or a pushy parent who makes you do things you might not want to do?

3- DON´T FORGET ABOUT YOUR TIME CAPSULE:
Write an entry with any information you want to add.

Today is April 21st Tuesday

1- Read our poem

2- Do you have the answer to the question I gave you yesterday?. Next week you are going to speak about it with Catherine. The topic will be : BOOKS. 

This month we celebrate the World Book Day (April 23rd). To mark this, I am going to give you a new task:

WORLD BOOK DAY- TASK:

1- Pick one sentence (only one sentence) either from the quote from Matilda´s book (it is marked in blue ), or two verses from this month´s poem (two lines)

2- Make a nice poster to highlight how interesting it is to read. Illustrate the text with either  drawings, stickers, magazine clippings, photographs...

3-Please don´t make spelling mistakes and don´t forget to add the name of the author: either "Emily Dickinson" or "from "Matilda" by Roal Dahl

4- Take a picture of your poster and send it to me through this link:

World Book Day Poster

On April 23rd I will post the most beautiful ones.

T

Today is April 22nd Wednesday

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

There were a lot of students absent from the SPEAKING SESSION yesterday because there was a mistake on the e-mail I sent you :

 I told you Catherine would be sending you an invitation, but I didn´t know it was not necessary because the first invitation has the link for every week.

For the next speaking sessions, in oder to acess the online chat you can :

1- GO TO THE INVITATION THAT CATHERINE SENT TO THE SCHOOL EMAIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO . THE LINK IS THERE

2-LOG ONTO YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL. GO TO GOOGLE CALENDAR. FIND THE EVENT ON GOOGLE CALENDAR. THE LINK IS THERE. THE EVENT IS ALREADY ON THE CALENDAR FOR EVERY WEEK.

3-SAVE THE LINK SOMEWHERE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT EVERY WEEK.

1- Read our poem

2- Make an entry in your "Time Capsule" . Here is the link

 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eTvCOOrBFVRkUP6Hq5RgoSAKs4lzHgu3bDYML0xBO4o/edit#slide=id.p

You can use some of the questions on the slides 7-10 for inspiration

3- Book page 115- Do ex 1

In the next few days we will do some more activities connected with the topic "Families") , and then we will use our digital book again for revision.

If you haven´t submitted yesterday´s homework please do so.

Have a good day!

Today is April 23rd Thursday

1- Read our poem

2- Book page 115- Ex 1-

SOLUTIONS:

1- am having    2- get    3-get      4-got        5-have        6-gets

3- As it is WORLD BOOK DAY today, you are going to answer the questions below. This will be the topic for the SPEAKING SESSION with Catherine next week:

a) These are some book genres:

Action, Mystery, Suspense, Detective, Science Fiction, Children's books, War, Non-fiction, Travel books, Self-help books, History, Biography, Autobiography, Gothic, Classic Literature, Modern Literature

What genre of book do you enjoy most?

b) What is the longest book you have ever read? How long did it take you to read it?

c) How many books have you read in your life?

c)How many hours do you spend reading in a week?

d) Is there any book that you would recommend?

e) How often do you go to the library?

f) Is there a book that you have read more than once? What was the title?

g)What was the last book that you read?

h)What is your favorite book of all time?

i)Do you think that the internet and television will eventually make books obsolete?

j) Look at the two cartoons below. Who do you think read more, the older or the younger generations?

Today is April 24th Friday

1- Read our poem

2- Time capsule. Today´s entry

3- Book page 120- Ex 2. 

Click here to listen to the audio.

Iwill give you the solution on Monday. Have a nice weekend!