MLK, 1st E.S.O.

Martin Luther King WAS BORN in 1929 in the United States of America.

In 1963 he MADE a famous speech.

The title of the speech WAS ''I have a dream''.

His dream WAS

racial equality.

Homework:

Write 4 or 5 sentences about:

(choose)

a) What is your dream?

b) What was a member of your family´s dream? (grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, cousins) or a person you know (a neighbour, a friend, a teacher...)

TOPIC: (CHOOSE THE TOPIC)
NOTES: FOUR OR FIVE DETAILS
SUMMARY: FOUR OR FIVE SENTENCES
QUESTIONS: 3 QUESTIONS

Martin Luther King, 1st D/E, 3rd B

Friday, 20th January, 2012

Previous questions:

1. When was he born?

2. Where was he born?

3. When did he make his famous speech?

4. What is the title of that famous speech?

5. What was his dream?

March, 11, 2004, Madrid train bombing

It was Thursday.

I was working in Getafe.

I passed by Atocha ten minutes before the bombing.

That day I was earlier than usual.

A colleague at work was travelling on the same wagon where one of the bombs failed to explode.

That day changed my life in different ways.

The next day at school we were singing this song at school.

IWD

Have a look at the following data.

Can you guess what they are about?

IWD

100

19 March 1911

100-140

26%

14

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KEY

IWD = INTERNATIONAL WOMEN´S DAY.

100 years ago, the first international women´s day was observed.

19 March 1911 was the date of that celebration in Europe.

100-140 million girls in the world suffer from FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

Women EARN 26% LESS THAN MEN doing the same work in SPAIN.

14 is the number of WOMEN KILLED IN SPAIN IN 2011 so far.

(The victim number 14 happened to be YESTERDAY in FUENTE EL SAAD DEL JARAMA, about 20 kms. from ALCALÁ DE HENARES, MADRID)

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More information on IWD: wikipedia

(Notice how the words "Women´s Day" have been replaced by "Make a sandwich Day";

Is this a mistake or a joke or none of them ¿?)

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Terry´s selection of webpages here

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What? Me? A Racist?

This is the link to an interesting comic in English.

It´s got different stories, all of them related to Human Rights.

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Suggested activity for my students:

Read some and choose one of them.

Do a powerpoint presentation including:

1. Interesting vocabulary.

2. Grammar you can learn or revise.

3. Main topic (racism, women discrimination, no tolerance...)

4. Human Right/s it deals with.

5. Connection with your real life:

"I´ve chosen this chapter becuase ...";

"I know someone who... ";

"I´ve experienced something similar when...";

"I know this is happening in my family/neighbourhood/school/city/country..."

Human Rights Day

Today, December, 10, has been chosen as the International Day of Human Rights.

Look at this link at Wikipedia and answer the following questions.

Then, check your answers in "Comentario 1"

QUESTIONS:

1. When was this date chosen as Human Rights Day?

2. Where did this formal establishment occur?

3. In South Africa, however, it is celebrated on March, 21. Why?

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Further information here.

Tears Are Over (Se acabaron las lágrimas)

Leyre Ortega (4º B) has sent this video of the Spanish song

"Se acabaron las lágrimas", sang by Huecco.

It talks about the bad treatment of women and it includes Spanish male and female celebrities showing the message:

"All of Us Are Hurt"

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Thank you, Leyre.

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When dealing with songs, these questions are proposed:

Why have you chosen this song?

What do you like most?

How do you feel?

Is it a sad or a happy song?

What is the main message?

Who is the song addressed to?

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Human Rights: first steps

Now we are working on Human Rights.

If you want to join us, start having a look at this page, which provides interesting links, contents and bibliography.

Which topic would you like to work on?

Mail your ideas to englishwithterry@hotmail.com or leave a comment here.

Thank you for your participation!