3 WORLD POLITICAL LEADERS SPEAKING

Next Tasks for May 

21^st to 29^th

LISTEN TO 3 WORLD POLITICAL LEADERS SPEAKING

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand 

Argumentative writing:

What was the incident? What would have been done about that incident in normal circunstances? 

How is covid-19 relevant in this situation?

What was done in the end about it? 

Give a short account of the successful measures her government has taken against covid-19

(150/175 words)

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway

Descriptive writing: 

Describe Erna Solberg, what she’s telling us & why. 

How is covid-19 relevant in this situation? 

Give a short account of the successful measures her government has taken against covid-19.

(150/175 words)

Former President Barack Obama, USA 

Opinion writing:

How do you feel after listening to this Commencement Speech to Class of 2020? 

How is covid-19 relevant in this situation?

Does the speech appeal to you? Why? why not? 

Give a short account of the unsuccessful measures US government has taken against covid-19

(150/175 words)

BOOK COVERS ... MAKE UP A STORY!

Task for Friday, May 8

Use the titles in these book covers
& write a story; 
any story you'd like to tell.

   

       

 

Present your story & the book covers as if ...
the pages of a book were turning one by one.

   



 

 

     

Finally,
Complete your story by lending your voice to it.

   

WE'RE BACK!

Boris Johnson, PM:

insults, gaffes and apologies 

 Video Profile

Watch the viedo & Make a list (& send it to me on Tuesday) of:

• The insults & gaffes
• His appologies
• when & why he became wellknown 
• Things he did while he was the London Mayor
• When & how he became PM

His chaotic private life!
Booted out?

Boris Johnson’s chaotic private life parallels his public pronouncements

Now write a short summary of this "affair" (<3lines)

(send the summary to me on Tuesday)

It could have gone either way! 

 Video Message

Johnson thanked Pitarma and Jenny McGee for saving his life

Just watch it & be ready to get some practice for Thursday/Friday

LET'S GET ON WITH ENGLISH II

Redraw The Balance

People Doing

Different Jobs

This Video 

Presents an Idea ...

Analyze what idea They want to transmit and the technique they use to do that.

Use the following:

           

Place, People, Music, Colours, Activity, Language, 

Story, Product  

Do they tell the children why these women have come?

Do they tell you how to interpret the commercial?

Now write a 150-175 essay explaining your analysis and your conclusions.

Send it for Monday

Argumentative writing

Introductory paragraph (4,5)

Supporting paragraphs (6)

Closing paragraph (4,5)

HI THERE GUYS! LET'S GET ON WITH ENGLISH I

Coronavirus explained

Watch this video, pay attention to the vocabulary. 

Get ready to write an essay & do a use of English exercise.

Descriptive writing:

Topic sentence/introductory paragraph

Supporting paragraphs

Closing paragraph

Include these items in the writing & any extra information you have

• What is a coronavirus?
• Where did it start? Outbreak?
• How worried should we be?
• Is there a vaccine?
• What are governments doing to protect people? 
• What can we do to protect ourselves? 

Write 150-175 words. Use the information given in the video. Add some extra you may find. Use your own words as much as possible. 

Send it to me before Thursday

Use of English (cloze)

Choose the best option to fill in the gaps

Send it to me before Thursday too

Nations around the world are suffering from a (1) ____ outbreak of a new deadly virus. The coronavirus, which started in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has (2) ____ killed hundreds of people. It has spread to the USA, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Iran, and The European Union. More than 160.000 people have (3) ____ the virus and many are seriously ill in hospital. The World Health Organization (WHO) has met and (4) ____ the outbreak a global health emergency. 

China urged people not to panic just before the Chinese New Year; when millions of Chinese would be travelling across the country to spend the holiday season with their families. Finally, celebrations had to be suspended. (5) ______, the city of Wuhan (6) ____ its public transport systems to help stop the spread of the virus, without any success.

The new coronavirus is suspected to have come from illegally (7) ____ animals in a Wuhan market. The virus is supposed to have (8) ____ and spread from an animal to a human.  Scientists haven't been able to do much as the virus is extremely (9) ____ and can be passed from person to person through fluids. Virologists believe that the new coronavirus is in the same (10) ____ SARS, but it's different from SARS. Doctors advice people to look for pneumonia-like symptoms, such as fever, (11) ____ and difficulty when breathing. 

Fu Ning, a 63-year-old woman from Beijing, said: "I feel really afraid because there’s (12) ________ for the virus."

1.  (a)     great     (b)     mere   (c)     major          
2. (a)     yet     (b)     still     (c)     already      
3. (a)     catched     (b)     caught    (c)    catch        
4. (a)     has decoded     (b)    has      claimed    (c)          has decided            
5. (a)     While    (b)     Meanwhile     (c)    However     
6. (a)     had suspended     (b)    would      suspend     (c)     suspended         
7. (a)     trading     (b)     traded     (c)     trades     
8. (a)     mutated     (b)     mutant     (c)     muted         
9. (a)     contagious     (b)     contagios     (c)     contagiously    
10. (a)     kin  as   (b)     family like         (c)     family as           
11. (a)     dry croak   (b)     dry wheeze     (c)     dry cough   
12. (a)     neither cure nor vaccine    (b)     neither cure neither vaccine     (c)     either cure or vaccine  
        

A MISTAKE MAY BE ... A HUGE SUCCESS

NERVY PRIEST

Watch and Find the awkward happenings & mistakes before and during the ceremony

ANGRY PET

What made the cat angry?

What happens when you make the cat angry?

MISTAKE WALTZ

PEMBROKE BALLET, "Mistake Waltz", UBC 2019. First Place.

      Choreography is about moving in exact patterns, rutine & space.
However, sometimes things don't quite go according to plan ...

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