Project
• Human Diversity
The people of the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand are a mixture of many different nationalities.
These different people brought to their new land a wonderful mixture of customs and traditions.
These countries were also inhabited by native people with their own cultures.
- Select a country and a native people or a nationality and write about the history of these people, customs and traditions.
- Talk about the integration of the chosen culture in a different country – if it has been an easy process or not. Are there signs of racism, xenophobia or segregation?
- What events or festivities do the people organise in order to celebrate or value their own roots? Are they well accepted?
- Give your own opinion: Is “multiculturalism” still relevant? What are the main advantages/problems of multiculturalism? Should different races integrate or should they fight for their own roots?
Vocabulary:
Multicultural: including or involving people of several different religious faiths, cultures etc.
Segregation: the separation of a social or racial group from others, especially by the laws in some US states between 1896 and 1954, which prevented black people from using the same schools, hotels, restaurants, seats in buses and in theatres and parks etc, as white people.
Racism: the belief that racial differences between people are the main influence on their characters and abilities, and especially that one’s race is the best. / Dislike or unfair treatment of people based on this belief.
Xenophobia: unreasonable fear and dislike of strange or foreign people, customs etc.
Assimilation (assimilate): to make or become like the people of a country, race, or other group, especially in ways of behaving or thinking.
Integration (integrate): to join or cause (a member of a social group) to join in society as a whole; (cause to) spend time with members of other groups and develop habits like theirs. Example: “Not all foreign immigrants want to integrate (with us/into our society”).
Good Work!
Teacher Sara Silva
sexta-feira, 27 de maio de 2011
segunda-feira, 23 de maio de 2011
Correction of the English Test: Quitters, Inc
Correction of the English Test: Quitters, Inc
Activity A
1.
1-f)
2-h)
3-j)
4-e)
5-a)
6-i)
7-b)
2.
a) business card: Richard Morrison, the main character of the short story, receives at the beginning of the story a business card from Quitters, Inc given by his friend Jimmy McCann. This card will change completely the life of Dick, it will play an important role in the development of the plot.
b)rabbit: Donatti uses a rabbit to show to Dick what the treatment will consist of. Through the treatment, if Dick smokes, he or his wife will be taken to the small room and will be electrocuted, just like the rabbit.
c) finger: During the process of quitting, if Dick gains extra weight, they will cut his wife's little finger.
Activity B
1.
1.d
2.e
3.h
4.a
5.b
6.c
7.f
2.
a)Dick couldn't have a good night's sleep, because he was strongly addicted to smoking. His desire for smoking was stronger than everything else.
b)The writer presents so many different scenes from Dick's daily life to show the difficulties he feels to avoid smoking in his life. It makes us aware of the passing of time and the efforts he's making to achieve his goals.
c) The love he felt for his wife and son was the drug that helped him overcome his addiction.
3.He regrets having done so because he says “My God what am I doing?”
4. Yes. There is a crescendo in terms of suspense, that starts to make the readers feel more curious and anxious about what will probably happen.
5.The next scene will be the climax of the story. It will be the high point of the story , where the suspense rises and scenes happen that indicate the outcome. When Dick arrives home he found that his wife was not at home. He went to Quitters, Inc, and they had taken his wife to the small room and he saw his wife getting electric shocks. He is informed about another condition of the treatment: if he goes over one-eighty-two, his wife's little finger will be cut of.
6.
a) ...hands him a business card from Quitters, Inc.
b) ...picks up the small card, rereads it and decides to go there.
c)...he reacts violently, but then he was unable to have any other reaction, because everything was so unbelievable that he felt completely helpless. At first he felt he was speaking with a psycho then he didn't want the treatment and finally he was terrified.
He feels completely helpless and completely desperate. He seems not to believe what he had just put himself to.
b)We should value our family and try to accomplish our goals by ourselves and not depend on others.
Our family can help us to do anything, weather it is to cheer us up or help us overcome a certain problem or addiction. They are always there, understanding, and ready to listen.
We should cherish every moment with our loved ones.
Activity A
1.
1-f)
2-h)
3-j)
4-e)
5-a)
6-i)
7-b)
2.
a) business card: Richard Morrison, the main character of the short story, receives at the beginning of the story a business card from Quitters, Inc given by his friend Jimmy McCann. This card will change completely the life of Dick, it will play an important role in the development of the plot.
b)rabbit: Donatti uses a rabbit to show to Dick what the treatment will consist of. Through the treatment, if Dick smokes, he or his wife will be taken to the small room and will be electrocuted, just like the rabbit.
c) finger: During the process of quitting, if Dick gains extra weight, they will cut his wife's little finger.
Activity B
1.
1.d
2.e
3.h
4.a
5.b
6.c
7.f
2.
a)Dick couldn't have a good night's sleep, because he was strongly addicted to smoking. His desire for smoking was stronger than everything else.
b)The writer presents so many different scenes from Dick's daily life to show the difficulties he feels to avoid smoking in his life. It makes us aware of the passing of time and the efforts he's making to achieve his goals.
c) The love he felt for his wife and son was the drug that helped him overcome his addiction.
3.He regrets having done so because he says “My God what am I doing?”
4. Yes. There is a crescendo in terms of suspense, that starts to make the readers feel more curious and anxious about what will probably happen.
5.The next scene will be the climax of the story. It will be the high point of the story , where the suspense rises and scenes happen that indicate the outcome. When Dick arrives home he found that his wife was not at home. He went to Quitters, Inc, and they had taken his wife to the small room and he saw his wife getting electric shocks. He is informed about another condition of the treatment: if he goes over one-eighty-two, his wife's little finger will be cut of.
6.
a) ...hands him a business card from Quitters, Inc.
b) ...picks up the small card, rereads it and decides to go there.
c)...he reacts violently, but then he was unable to have any other reaction, because everything was so unbelievable that he felt completely helpless. At first he felt he was speaking with a psycho then he didn't want the treatment and finally he was terrified.
He feels completely helpless and completely desperate. He seems not to believe what he had just put himself to.
b)We should value our family and try to accomplish our goals by ourselves and not depend on others.
Our family can help us to do anything, weather it is to cheer us up or help us overcome a certain problem or addiction. They are always there, understanding, and ready to listen.
We should cherish every moment with our loved ones.
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