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Texts:

The Umbrella Man (Week One):

https://www.berkleymiddle.net/uploads/2/6/5/7/26570297/the_umbrella_man.pdf

Violence and Video Games & Psychology Today Article - Homework (Week Two)

1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/15mD7vw5mZ1NMCWsiYrZmq1kOQczx4Yo7/view?usp=sharing

2. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/video-game-health/201907/blame-game-violent-video-games-do-not-cause-violence

The Landlady (Week Three):

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/landlady_text.pdf

The Story of an Hour:

https://archive.vcu.edu/english/engweb/webtexts/hour/

The Witness for the Prosecution:

http://detective.gumer.info/anto/christie_46_2.pdf

Affair at the Victory Ball

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tLx0McEDQasH0qMLYNBzso9C1BEVU8Oz/view?usp=sharing

Désirée's Baby

https://www.katechopin.org/pdfs/desirees-baby.pdf

"The Outsiders" by S.E.Hinto

Vocabulary

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CiBny8vGwrQO9Fp2okXnaeVoUm4PkTnN/view?usp=sharing

Article:

Violence as a Form of Protest

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/06/11/voilence-protests-racial-justice

Extra Practice:

Destination C1/C2

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kj5VRlZVth3KCEui73lhaA9dlenhDClj/view?usp=sharing

Advanced Reading Practice

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ALwbSISPHAdPriGQo6daeMFs9imrsypO/view?usp=sharing

Expressing Opinion Review:

Opinion Survey: https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Ffreeenglishlessonplans.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F06%2Fwhere-do-you-stand-education.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK

Websearch: Am I the Asshole?

1. Establish the facts of the situation. 2. Decide who was right? Who indeed is the asshole?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/

Mini-Debates: https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Ffreeenglishlessonplans.com%2Fwp content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F05%2FHot-Button-Topics.pptx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK

Opinion Piece: Why Punishment Doesn't Reduce Crime

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/crime-and-punishment/201804/why-punishment-doesnt-reduce-crime

Do The Death Penalty And Longer Prison Sentences Deter Crime?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZerD0Na58

Reading a Review:

Was Chaplin right? Why or why not?

*Trailer: Skyfall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kw1UVovByw

Answer the following questions:

https://www.esl-lab.com/difficult/movie-reviews/

Vocabulary: http://uki.vdu.lt/wp-content/uploads/sinergija/EN/geografija/geografija2/useful-phrases-film-analysis-kv-cornelsen.pdf

Review #2:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZJn3WhBdGnY9nh7GNXFxR0daD06XMqOK/view?usp=sharing

Advertising

Vocabulary:

Psychology of Advertising:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC7VLjIw8hY

I. TED Talk Lesson

https://www.ted.com/talks/alisa_miller_how_the_news_distorts_our_worldview

Discussion

1. What is the main idea of this segment?

2. How does the news distort our worldview?

3. Who is Alisa Miller?

II. FIND 2 headlines from Polish news sources that could be considered "fake news." Explain why.

III. PPT Activity (in-class) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/

Potential Topics (Social Issues):

Final Presentations Sign-up (Zaliczenie):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uk1Lhv_0fKJOjjlGH_LrC-FExD3CsVOfbvYupJbaLwY/edit?usp=sharing

Final Presentation Rubric:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gjWN87xUjY778jDwlh93gOFsxQkuB94Y/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107381344408687678189&rtpof=true&sd=true

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Welcome Back!

Genesis and Catastrophe:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V4hSRxyw05KKw72hhm0oy8hAxI2ZMIRe/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107381344408687678189&rtpof=true&sd=true

Tattooing: A Tradition:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1laeI4vnta0ipkf7M7V9jc0JpsFbXe96Y/view?usp=sharing

Tattooing: You Be the Judge:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/27/you-be-the-judge-should-my-daughter-stop-getting-tattoos

The Life of Agatha Christie Webquest

Groups A
1. When and where was Agatha Christie born?
2. Who was her first husband, and what did he do?
3. What did Agatha Christie do during World War I?
4. When did she divorce? Any children from that marriage?
5. Who was her second husband? What did he do? Where did they meet?
6. What honor did Agatha Christie receive in 1971?
7. When and how did she die?   Agatha Christie the Writer
8. Give an example of how Agatha Christie’s real life experiences showed up in her mysteries.

Groups B
9. According to this website, what are the only two things that have outsold Agatha Christie books?   10. Agatha Christie also wrote six romance novels under what pseudonym?
11. What is the longest running play in theatrical history?
12. What is her best selling book?   The Most Famous Detectives
13. Who is Agatha Christie’s most famous Belgian detective?
14. How does this detective refer to his brain cells?
15. In what mystery did this detective first appear?
16. What is the name of his sidekick?
17. Who is her most famous woman detective?

And Then There Were None

"In the midst of life, we are in death."

Agatha Christie Biography:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/agatha-christie-author-disappearance-life-death-miss-marple-poirot-mystery-life-death-husband-marriage/
Presentation:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vUGI3tpG3vGCUv_7bT7qdO65i4pHI8Yo/view?usp=share_link
Discussion Questions (these must be recorded in your notebooks)
file:///C:/Users/User/Desktop/and_then_there_were_none_chapter_questions_teacher.pdf
Vocabulary:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LfI0fOYIgis7fnNIHydz7MlYcLaVGvPR/view?usp=sharing

HW: Unit 22 Quality and the Arts Vocabulary pp. 176-177.

WWI Letters Project (1916-1918):

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/letters-first-world-war-1916-18/

Questions to Answer (Choose at least six to answer in your response) :

How does their experience of the First World War vary among these letter writers?
What training was carried out before they were sent to fight?
How did the men feel about their experience of training?
What can be found out about tactics/weapons/equipment used in combat?
Do you get a sense of what these soldiers miss from home? Is this unsurprising/shocking?
Describe conditions for those in the trenches on Western Front.
What were conditions like for those who were sent to the Dardanelles?
Can you get a sense of the experience of those who fought in Greece, India or Egypt, East Africa?
How was the treatment of the sick or injured organized at home and abroad?
Is there evidence of what the men thought of those whom they fought/or of their comrades?
Do any soldiers give their opinion about the war?
Do you think these men are typical of those who went to war?
Can we find out anything about the characters of the men who fought from these letters?
Have you found anybody who has written more than once, or spot any links between the letters which highlight particular friendships?
Considering who the soldiers are writing to, can you explain if this has influenced the tone or style of the letters? Give examples.
Is it clear if any details have been left out/put in for particular reasons?
Can you discover a difference between what is being said and how it is being said in any of the letters?
The Vigilante (pp.1-13):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q4qzM41A7f68PgE4uxFFXTc0VRMV1Dn3/view?usp=sharing

REMARQUE PPT

https://www.slideserve.com/mahala/erich-maria-remarque

Hiroshima (John Hersey)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima