Maya Angelou also has some questions...

Maya Angelou, 1928 - 2014

Maya Angelou was an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. 

Still I Rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

From And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

ELVIS HAS SOME QUESTIONS...

1.    Can you fill in the questions with the correct words?

__________________     lonesome tonight?
_________________________     me tonight?
___________________________    sorry we drifted apart?
_______________________________    to a brighter sunny day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
__________________________     in your parlor seem empty and bare?
____________________________      at your doorstep and picture me there?
_________________________    filled with pain?      __________________again?
Tell me dear,    ____________________lonesome tonight?

Is your heart            are you        Does your memory stray            Are you           Do you gaze       Shall I come back      Are you    Do the chairs       Do you miss

I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know someone said that the world’s a stage
And each must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart.
Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange
And why I'll never know.
Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
And I had no cause to doubt you.
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than go on living without you.
Now the stage is bare and I’m standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you won’t come back to me
Then make them bring the curtain down.

____________________filled with pain?______________________again?
Tell me dear, _____________________ lonesome tonight?

           are you            Shall I come back                      Is your heart

NEW WORDS: Can you match the new words with their meanings?

stray

cue

stage

curtain

bare

I’d rather

play a part

drift apart fate

gaze

parlor

lonesome

miss

lie

MEANINGS

destino

telón

separarse 

solo/a  

echar de menos/perder

salón

mentir

mirar, contemplar     

representar un papel

escenario (teatro)

desnudo

vagar, perderse

apunte (teatro)   

preferiría

I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS

REVISION: QUESTIONS

Make a question for the underlined words:

1.-I bought a newspaper this morning.

2.-Something odd happened during the storm last night.

3.-Steve didn't do the final exam.

4.-Pam wrote a romantic letter to one of her friends.

5.-A noise disturbed me when I was working.

6.-I dreamt about a strange animal last night.

7.-Peter rang me at 3am last night.

8.-My husband gave me a watch for my birthday

9.-The new student  has broken the window.

10.-I visited my grandmother on Sunday.

11.-I met Peter when I was going to school.

12.-The baby was crying because he was tired.

13.-They were waiting at the restaurant.

14.-Mark ate a chocolate cake.

15.-Yes, I have visited Dublin twice.

16.-Well, I didn’t like the show.

17.-A car ran over a pedestrian.  

18.-I’ve lived in Cáceres for five years.

19.-The students stopped talking when the principal entered the room.

20.-The weather is going to be pleasant at the weekend.

Make a question for the underlined words:

1. 15 million people have seen UFO`s.

2. Obesity affects millions of people.

3. Some paper companies are now cutting trees in Russia.

4. I was only 12 when Neil Amstrong walked on the moon.

5. He wants to go to Harvard next year.

6. I grew up in Tennessee.

7. Three quarters of the world’s mail is written in English.

8. Most Ecstasy is manufactured in Eastern Europe.

9. A Tamagotchi goes to sleep at night.

10. He has to draw a map for the Geography lesson.

11. There have been millions of studies on smoking.

12. The demons returned to the Freelings’ new home.

13. Margaret Thatcher slept three hours a day.

14. Genetics changes how we see our children.

15. It took six months to find her disease.

16. Susan used to do her shopping in New York.2

17. I’m visiting my friend tomorrow.

18. She’ll arrive by train tonight.

19. He has taken David’s car to his house.

20. I was sleeping when the alarm went off.

...And 20 more!!!     

1. Joe is tall and good looking.

2. Joe is a bit shy.

3. Joe is tall, good-looking and a bit shy.

4. The Thompsons travel to Nice every spring.

5. Dan seldom listens to the radio.

6. At 10.00 a.m. he always takes a break.

7. I borrowed Peter this coat.

8. Colin is leaving his job because he doesn’t like it.

9. The Thompsons travel to Nice every spring.

10. There are eight denominations of euro coins.

11. Forests provide shelter and food for many different types of plants and animals.

12. This dictionary cost fifty dollars ten years ago.

13. A hot, milky drink may help you relax.

14. He is a specialist in language teaching.

15. It is approximately 19 kilometres from my house to school.

16. We are going to the theatre at 7.30 tonight.

17. A hot, milky drink may help you relax.

18. He is a specialist in language teaching.

19. There are eight denominations of euro coins.

20. My brother had to wear a uniform in his secondary school. 

D.H. LAWRENCE WAS FROM EASWOOD (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE)

Click HERE to read D.H. Lawrence's timeline.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eastwood
Nottingham Road, the town's main street
Eastwood  Eastwood shown within Nottinghamshire
Population	18,612 [1]
OS grid reference	SK465469
– London	116 mi (187 km) south south-east
Civil parish	Broxtowe
District	Broxtowe
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG16
Dialling code	01773
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Ashfield
List of places   UK England Nottinghamshire 060°W

Eastwood is a former coal mining town in he Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England. With a population of over 18,000, it is 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Nottingham, and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Derby,^[1] on the border between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Mentioned in Domesday Book, it expanded rapidly during the Industrial Revolution. The Midland Railway was formed here, and it is the birthplace of D. H. Lawrence. Eastwood is one of the few places where the distinctive dialect of East Midlands English is extensively spoken, in which the name is pronounced /ˈeɪswʊd/.

"WORK", A POEM BY D.H. LAWRENCE

WORK

There is no point in work

unless it absorbs you

like an absorbing game.

If it doesn’t absorb you

if it’s never any fun,

don’t do it.

When a man goes out into his work

he is alive like a tree in spring,

he is living, not merely working.

D.H.Lawrence

Born	David Herbert Richards Lawrence 11 September 1885 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Died	2 March 1930 (aged 44) Vence, France
Occupation	Novelist, poet
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Nottingham
Period	1907–1930
Genre	Modernism
Notable works	Novel: Sons and Lovers The Rainbow Women in Love John Thomas and Lady Jane Lady Chatterley's Lover Short Story: Odour of Chrysanthemums The Virgin and the Gypsy The Rocking-Horse Winner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence

"WORK" BY D.H. LAWRENCE

WORK

There is no point in work

unless it absorbs you

like an absorbing game.

If it doesn’t absorb you

if it’s never any fun,

don’t do it.

When a man goes out into his work

he is alive like a tree in spring,

he is living, not merely working.

D.H.Lawrence

SUMMER MEMORIES

We are having a chat about our last summer holidays.

Draw your hand on your notebook to help you talk about last summer.

Thumb: Tell us something special you did
Index finger: Describe the places you visited
Middle finger: Talk about a bad experience you had
Ring finger: Talk about the people you met 
Little finger: Tell us something you wanted to do but you couldn't

 


Add your comments: Write what your partner told you about his/her summer. 

Now listen to a boy and a girl telling their friends about their summer.

THE STORY BEHIND YOUR NAME

Do you know the reason why your name is your name? Is there a story behind it? Did your parents almost name you something else? Do you know where your name comes from? What does you name mean in that language? Please, add a comment and share all this information with your classmates.

LEARN THE RULES

School has got rules, of course! Complete 12 important rules for the classroom with the missing words ands expressions and then check how your brain is after the long summer: try to learn as many as you can in five minutes.


Classroom Rules

assignments           someone else         restroom       do your best        Do not         when the bell rings        respectfully        otherwise        in doubt       to be treated      forbidden        stay on task

1.- Be in your assigned seat and ready to work…………………………………..

2.- Bring required books and materials to every class, unless told …………………..by the teacher.

3.- All electronic devices, unless medical, are……………….. If you have a mobile phone, please turned it off and never use it during the lesson.

4.-Use the………………… between classes or during the break. Please do not ask unless it is an emergency.

5.-Always show respect for everyone in the class. Treat people the way you want………………….

6.-Don't talk when …………………………is talking. Wait your turn!

7.-Complete work on time and……………………….

8.-When……………………, always ask questions.

9.-……………………. eat in class.

10.- Do your homework and turn ……………………in on time.

11.- Treat school material……………………………. Please, do not write on the desks.

12.- Always……………………... 

NICE TO MEET YOU

NICE TO MEET YOU!

Let's break the ice playing some games.

 Have a go...


QUESTIONS, PLEASE

These words and numbers are pieces of information about me. Find out asking questions: 


                2                    ironing                   purple         Navaconcejo            swimming
       García Márquez            cherries                     48                        London

Now play the game with your partner. Write 8-10 words and numbers about you on your notebook. 


FIND SOMEONE WHO...

1. likes English             (Do you like English?)
2. went to the beach last summer (Did you go to the beach last summer?)
3. can tell a good joke
4. has more than one brother or sister
5. has visited a museum recently
6. has a pet
7. walks to school
8. celebrates his or her birthday the same month you do
9. went to the cinema last weekend
10. is reading a book at the moment
11. is good at Maths
12. can sing very well
13. can play a musical instrument
14. is great at painting
15. is allergic
16. practises a sport
17. hates football
18. comes from a different town
19. loves dancing
20. gets up early at weekends


What did you find out about your classmates and your teacher? Add your comments. 

"I found out ..."
"I didn't know..."
"Now I know"