C1 PARENTING

 

Anne Frank (1929–1945) was a Jewish girl whose diary of her family’s two years in hiding in Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands became a classic of war literature.

1. Which of the following list would make children happier in your country?
2. Which one is the most important for you?

• a non-competitive school culture
• having parents who don´t work too hard
• reading a lot
• a strong sense of community
• gender equality
• the freedom to do what you want at  a young age
• spending time outdoors
• not being a fussy eater (colloquial dislikes many types of food)
• being polite

The results of the UNICEF report showed that the top 5 countries for childhood happiness are: 1 The Netherlands, 2 Norway, 3 Iceland, 4 Finland, 5 Sweden.

READING NEF 12-13 Why the Dutch Youngsters are the happiest in the world.

💬SPEAKING 

1. What did you like/ dislike about yor upbringing?
2. How strict was your upbringing in the following areas: studying and homework, free time, general behaviour?
3. If you have siblings of the opposite sex, were there any differences in the way they were brought up?
4. How would you compare your upbringing to that of your parents? What factors do you think have influenced the changes?To what extent do you think your parents´upbringing influenced the way they brought you up?

Listening HEADWAY page 72. Gender-neutral parenting. 

A2, That´s English. Past Simple Tense

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/past_simple.htm
Listen pronunciation of regular verbs

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/74389776/ingl%c3%a9s/simple-past-verbs-regular-or-irregular

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

HOMEWORK: Harry_Potter- Simple past

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/74405095/ingl%c3%a9s/regular-verbs-pronunciation

HOMEWORK:

Culture: Remembrance Day

B2- C1

1. What do the words 'peace' and 'freedom' stand for? Which is more important to you?

2. In what ways do countries try to achieve and maintain peace? What are some of the laws surrounding the concept of peace in your country?

3. What is your ideal vision of peace in the world? Do you think it is, or will ever be, achievable? Why or why not?

4. What are some characteristics of peaceful people? How can we teach our children to live peaceful lives? If the world was full of just peaceful people, what do you think it would be like?

Lesson plan. Listening

SPEAKING

1. What is the purpose of Remembrance Day and Veterans Day? How important is it to honour members of the armed forces? How does your country honour the members of its armed forces? 

2. Do you have any family members that have served in the armed forces? How was their experience? Do they feel respected?

 3. What motivates people to join the military? 

4. Do you think society respects people who serve in the military enough? Do you think veterans are more or less respected than they were in the past?

5. Which other people serve their country? Is it important to honour these people as well?

 6. Could national days to honour the military ever be considered a dangerous sign of nationalism? If so, why might this be? 

7. Would you be prepared to risk or sacrifice your life to help defend your country? 

USEFUL LANGUAGE TO MEDIATE A TEXT

TASK: Mediating Remembrance Day

C1 Video. What Is Remembrance Day and Why Is the Poppy its Symbol?

NEW Royals-lead-remembrance-Sunday-event-at-the-cenotaph-2024 VIDEO

exercise about ☝https://app.questionwell.org/play/TE5PDL

Royals and politicians mark Remembrance Sunday - BBC News

Queen leads Remembrance Day tributes at the Cenotaph

B1

https://www.liveworksheets.com/dd2591156fb

A2

C1. Unit 3. We are family

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

― Leo Tolstoy , Anna Karenina

💬   What does this quote mean? Do you agree with it?

What he meant is that at core, happy families are functioning as expected, and are therefore alike in the way that matters the most. In contrast, unhappy families are dysfunctional, and the source of this dysfunction could come from any number of things. Maybe dad hits mom, maybe mom can’t hold down a job, maybe Junior is using hard drugs, maybe all of this is occurring, etc. Within a family dynamic, there’s a near-infinite combination of things that can go wrong and result in unhappiness, hence Tolstoy’s observation that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

LISTENING: TYPES OF FAMILIES

💬  Do you agree/half-agree or disagree?

1. It´s better to be an only child than to have brothers and sisters.
2. You should always defend members of your family against the police, even if they have done something wrong.
3. Mothers and daughters have a more difficult relationship than mothers and sons.
4. If a couple doesn´t get on, it´s better for their children for them to divorce than to stay together and completely argue. 
5. If we want to save the planet, no couples should be allowed to have more than two children.
6. Your "family" are the people who care about you, not necessarily your blood relatives.
7. Your parents brought you up, so it´s your responsibility to take care of them when they´re old.

LISTENING: TYPES OF FAMILIES

TASK

💬 To what extent do you think the following are good ways of predicting personality types?

online quizzes
personaliy tests
your handwriting
your star sign

https://www.16personalities.com/
ORAL SKILLS: MEDIATING PICTURES AND GRAPHS

B1 Past simple: Irregular verbs

 

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Harry_Potter- Simple past