Inglés 4to Año

School: EESN°4

Course: 4th year

 

First Practice Work:

 Memory Day for the Truth and Justice: March 24^th

Los alumnos realizarán una investigación y video acerca del Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia. Como disparador verán un video en Español relacionado con el tema, y en base a este, con una aplicación de su elección, con palabras claves, frases cortas, sacando ideas principales, arribarán a una conclusión. Luego, como segunda actividad dejarán un comentario y reflexión sobre la actualidad de este controvertido tema, en no más de 200 palabras.

Pueden realizar un power point, una compilación de imágenes con su descripción, pueden agregar audio en inglés (con su propia voz)

 Para ver el video click on: Memory

Second Practice Work: Introduce yourself.

My biography: All about me

 

 

 

-What’s the first thing you want to do after the covid-19 is gone?

Who would you like to see and hug after the pandemic? Where would you like to go?

-Now look into the lives of Anne Frank, William Shakespeare and Sigmund Freud (Biographies)

Then, write about you, including all the above-mentioned information, add your routine, your family, your pet, your positive and negative qualities, your dream life (car, house, place of your dreams).

 

 

Third Practice Work: Saberes coordinados con Literatura

Poema del MIo Cid:

 

Activities:

Make a glossary: epic, minstrel, feat, swords, moor, brave, coward.

Medieval Literature: Historical context. Briefly refer.

Give examples of Cantares de Gesta in Spain, France e England.

Timeline of the Cantars of the Feat (Cantares de Gesta)

Analysis:

Title:

Author:

Country:

Language:

Genre and species:                              

Publication date:

Plot and structure:

Characteristics:

Topics/Themes:

 

Multiple choice:

1-What were the names of his daughters?

a)Mrs. (Doña) Elvira y Mrs. Sol

b)Mrs. Elvira y Mrs. Juana

c)Mrs. Juana y Mrs. Sol

2-Their husbands were:

a)The infants of Castile (Castilla)

b)The infants of Valencia

c)The infants of Carrión

3-What happened one day?

a)The moors attacked

b)A lion escaped from the cage

c)A storm started

4-How did the infants of Carrión behave?

a)With bravery

b)With indifference

c)With cowardice

5-Where did Fernando González hide?

a) under the bench

b) behind the curtains

c)Run away

6-Who is” the one who was born in a good time”?

a)The Cid Campeador

b)The infant of Carrión

c) Fernando González

7-What did the lion do the time it saw the Cid?

a)It raised the head in order to see him

b)Lowered the head and humiliated itself

c)Roared

8-What did the Cid do with the lion?

a)He released it in the country

b)Took it to the circus

c)He took it to the cage

9-The infants of Carrión felt:

a)Proud

b)Ashamed

c)Glad/Happy

 

-Find the name of The Cid’s swords:

-And the name of horse:

Moral values in the poem:

Message:

Personal opinion about the story:

Favourite part:

How does the story end?

Did you like the book?

 

Final work:

Beowulf

What type of text is Beowulf?

Where and when did it appear?

Author:

Who is Beowulf? Characteristics.

Main idea of the work

Topics included: Fate-God-Death-Bravery-Hate-Treasure-Warrior-Battle. Give more examples. Explain how they are portrayed in the poem.

Choose five quotes. Explain them briefly.

Choose a scene. How would you act in that situation.

Characters. Brief description.

Blurry line between monsters, humans, superhumans. Physical strength and supernatural capacities. Briefly explain. (Reference to Cain and Abel)

Who is Grendel?

What happened to Grendel?

How does the story end? How would you change it?

Watch the film. Make a summary.