Game on Body Parts

Publicat el 8 de gener de 2018 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

Game

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2017 in retrospect

Publicat el 4 de gener de 2018 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

Why do these images represent 2017?

Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty

Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP

Nicholas Kamm / AFP / Getty

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2. Which do you think were the top 10 news stories in 2017? Watch and check.

3. So, based on the previous activities, what do you think people searched on Google in 2017?

4. Which of the following do you think have been choosen as ‘2017 Word of the Year’: feminism, youthquake or fake news? [source]

5. Read this article and submit in a comment whose remarkable story touched you the most.

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Crime and punishment in the UK

Publicat el 18 de desembre de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

By Abu badali, based on public domain Aiga’s icons. [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons

I. Do some research and answer this quiz.

1. Where are the majority of court cases heard?
a) County court
b) Crown court
c) High court
d) Magistrates’ court

2. What does a magistrates’ court NOT have?
a) Fines
b) Judge
c) Jury
d) Sentences

3. If a person is guilty of robbery, what is the maximum sentence?
a) 2 years
b) 5 years
c) 10 years
d) Life

4. Which of these might get you an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO)?
a) Charity work
b) Doing homework
c) Going to church
d) Graffiti

5. At what age is it legal to drink alcohol at home?
a) 5
b) 8
c) 11
d) 14

6. What is the difference between robbery and burglary?
a) Burglary involves trespassing on another person’s property
b) Burglary means carrying a swag bag and wearing a mask
c) Robbery is during the day, burglary is at night
d) Robbery only happens in jewellery shops and banks

7. Appeals against decisions made in court get heard in which court?
a) Appeal court
b) Crown court
c) High court
d) House of Lords

8. Which of these is considered a crime?
a) Watching television without a licence
b) Claiming benefits without entitlement
c) Leaving your dog’s foul on a pavement
d) All of the above

9. What is the highest court in the country?
a) Appeal Court
b) Crown Court
c) High Court
d) Supreme Court

10. A person who is serving on a jury is called …….
a) A convict
b) A juror
c) An assistant judge
d) An expert witness

II. Read this article and write T (true) or F (false) next to each statement. Correct the false ones.

a) Crime in England and Wales fell by 8% in 2013.

b) There has been an increase in theft.

c) 551 murders were reported in 2012.

d) Attempted murders fell in 2012.

e) People report all types of crime to the police.

f) Very few people think the criminal justice system is effective.

III. Have a look at this map and complete with the right data:

a) Humberside: Sexual offences: _________, or 1 per 100,000 pop; a-1% change

b) Thames Valley: Firearms offences (in 2010/11): _______, or 6 per 100,000 pop

c) Dorset: Burglary: _____, or 8 per 100,000 pop; a -2% change

d) Northumbria: Drug offences: _______, or 4 per 100,000 pop

e) Dyfed-Powys: Homicides (in 2010/11): _____, or 2.0 per million pop

IV. Now have a look at this interactive and answer these questions.

a) Which is the world’s deadliest city?

b) Which is the deadliest place in Africa?

c) and in Asia?

d) and in Europe?

[Thanks to The Guardian Teacher Network]

Submit your answers in a comment here to be published on January, 19th 2018.

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Crime in literature, film and TV.

Publicat el 18 de desembre de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

Agatha Christie

I. Complete with the author’s “detective” characters and novels in which these characters appear, as in the example.

1) Agatha Christie: Miss Marple / The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)

2) Agatha Christie:

3) Samuel Dashiell Hammett:

4) Samuel Dashiell Hammett:

5) Samuel Dashiell Hammett:

6) Raymond Chandler:

7) P.D. James:

8) P.D. James:

Characters:

Hercule Poirot

Philip Marlowe

The Continental Op

Adam Dalgliesh

Nick and Nora Charles

Miss Marple

Cordelia Gray

Sam Spade

Novels:

The Thin Man

The Murder at the Vicarage

The Big Sleep

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Shroud for a Nightingale

The Maltese Falcon

Red Harvest

Murder on the Orient Express

II. Which of the previous authors are American and which are British?

III. Find out the names (in English) of the TV series described here:

1) A chemistry teacher diagnosed with a terminal lung cancer, teams up with a former student to cook and sell crystal meth.

2) A famous “psychic” outs himself as a fake and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find “Red John,” the madman who killed his wife and daughter.

3) The story of a woman in her thirties who is sentenced to fifteen months in prison after being convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting money for her drug-dealing girlfriend.

4) A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

5) After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, a successful mystery novelist gets permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

6) An elite team of police forensic evidence investigation experts work their cases in Las Vegas.

7) New Jersey mob boss, Tony Soprano, deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life.

8) When a suburban mother turns to dealing marijuana in order to maintain her privileged lifestyle after her husband dies, she finds out just how addicted her entire neighborhood already is.

IV. Add at least two more crime TV shows. Do you watch them and do you like them? Why (not)? Add links to the trailers.

V. Add at least two movies you’ve watched in which crime is present. Did you like them? Why (not)? Add links to the trailers.

Submit your answers in a comment here to be published on Thursday, 11th January.

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ESO2 TERM1 SELF-ASSESSMENT

Publicat el 16 de desembre de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

Use this spreadsheet for self-assessment.

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2017 Christmas ads

Publicat el 14 de desembre de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

Describe, in pairs / groups of three, and speculate about the people, their relationship, what might have happened before the photo was taken, etc.

Do the same with the image on page 3. Who might the boy be looking at? Who’s the present from? What is it?

Discuss the similarities and differences between the two images.

Six of the seven images tell a story about one of the children in the pictures they’ve seen. Students choose the six images that go together and put them in an order that makes sense. Tell the story, being as descriptive as possible. Tell each other your story.

What’s the connec;on between these 3 images and the one above?

[Thanks to All At C Blog]

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Australia (movie)

Publicat el 9 de desembre de 2017 per MIREIA XORTO PRADOS

Australian promotional poster

Pre-viewing activities

I. What do you know about Australia? Brainstorm your ideas and share with the class.

II. Baz Luhrmann’s film Australia is set in the 1940’s. Look at these pictures.

What do you think are the main themes of the film? Refer to the timeline below.

II. What do you know about Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman?

III. Match the words to the definitions (worksheet)

Post-viewing activities

I. Write about 2 of these topics (about 100 words each writing assignment). We will discuss orally all the other questions in class after the Christmas break.

Both Lady Ashely and Drover change a lot during the film. Describe both characters from when they first meet to the end of the movie.
Love epics are romantic films done on a large scale, usually in a historical setting. Do you think Australia is a good example of a love epic. Why (not)?
What is the relationship between Lady Sarah Ashley and Nullah?
In most films we can easily pick out the star. However, who do you think is the real star in Australia: Lady Sarah Ashley, the Drover or Nullah? Why?
Describe King George under the following headings:
1. Appearance
2. Character
3. Role
What do the Indigenous Australian traditions in the film tell you about the Indigenous’ way of life?
Who is Australia’s narrator? Why do you think the story is narrated by this character?
In the film Lady Sarah Ashley tells Nullah the story of The Wizard of Oz to comfort him when his mother dies. He later sees the film at an open air cinema. What song does Lady Sarah Ashley sing to Nullah? When does the song appear again in the film? What do you think is the significance of this?
Look at the film poster designed to promote the film Australia. What does it tell you about the film? Do you think it’s an effective design? Why/not? Which element in particular might influence audiences?
For exteriors, the director relied on the beauty of the Australian landscape as a backdrop for his epic tale. Do you think the use of these stunning landscapes would attract people to Australia? Why/not?

II. Did you like the movie? Submit your opinion in a comment to this post.

III. What is “The Stolen Generation”? Find out about it.

IV. The ‘Outback’, ‘bush’, ‘never never land’ and ‘big backyard’ are all names which refer to remote dry areas of Australia. Why do you think one of the names for the Outback is ‘never never’? What kind of landscape is this?