Thanksgiving

 Thanksgiving Story for Kids - The First Thanksgiving Cartoon for Children | Kids Academy 

https://youtu.be/VvzMp5WUjls

A Short History of Thanksgiving Book Read Aloud | Thanksgiving Books for Kids | Children's Books

The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/

Don't forget to watch the video!!

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/past-simple-tense/thanksgiving-history/111886

Kakenya Ntaiya

 

Kakenya Ntaiya (born 1978) is a Kenyan educator, feminist and social activist. She is the founder and president of the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a primary boarding school for girls in the Maasai village of Enoosaen. The first class of 30 students enrolled in May 2009.

The Tell- Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe

 

Irish women writers

https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.2136681.1426158485!/menu/standard/file/Women%20Writers%20poster%20A2.pdf 

Listenings.

 FIRST LISTENING 

1 ) When Shayna was a child, she enjoyed:

2) In college, her style was:

3) She finds shopping for clothes frustrating because:

4) She thinks designer clothing is:

5) She thinks fashion is important:

6) Shayna wears high heels:

What is this listening about? Write a brief summary. 

 

SECOND LISTENING

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Listening_comprehension/Clothes_and_clothing_style._Listening._ad501497fe 

 

1) What does the man plan to wear during the summer months?

2) What is one thing the man is NOT going to pack for the winter season?

3) What is the weather like in the spring?

4) When will the man need formal clothes?

5) What did the man wear to his high school graduation?

What is this listening about? Write a brief summary.

 

 

 

How to write a summary in English

Remember to summarize the text you have read. Use the following tips: 

• Shorten the text in such a way that all facts are in the summary. 
• Leave out examples, evaluations and interpretations. 
• Skim the text. You should know what is the main content of it. 
• Read the headline carefully. 
• Read the text again to understand more details. You must have understood the whole text.
• Make notes (use keywords). 
• Underline important words in the text. 
• Form sentences with the help of your keywords. These sentences should reflect the main content of the text. 
• Connect the sentences using suitable conjunctions. The first sentence should describe the main content of the text. 
• Use Simple Present or Simple Past. Write sentences in Reported speech. 
• Sometimes you have to change the persons. 
• Check your summary. 
• Watch out for spelling mistakes. 

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/summary.htm 

Ciuga ABAU EXAM - 

 1.1. Write a summary of the text in English, including the most important points, using your own words. (approximately 50 words;0.75 points) 

Esta pregunta pretende comprobar a comprensión xeral do texto por parte do alumnado, así como a súa capacidade para resumir as ideas principais, sen entrar en detalles nin anécdotas particulares. Polo tanto, pídeselle que resuma o que leu en aproximadamente 50 palabras que non han de ser extraídas literalmente do texto, senón froito dá súa propia expresión. Estapregunta será puntuada segundo os seguintes criterios:

• O alumno identificou as ideas principais do texto e resumiunas sen incluír información secundaria ou anecdótica.
• O alumno expresou estas ideas en aproximadamente 50 palabras, sen copiar literalmente do texto, con coherencia, claridade, cohesión, razoable corrección gramatical e léxico axeitado ao tema. 
• https://ciug.gal/PDF/Grupos_Traballo_2021/1163_Ingles_Circular.pdf
  

 

 

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