From Revolting Rhymes to Spoken Word

I highly recommend that you listen to these two powerful Spoken Word artists:

Shane Koyczan Spoken Word: Remember How We Forgot

 Rebecca Dupas Spoken Word: How to Slay a Dragon

Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes

Listen to Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs

Read Little Red Riding Hood

Read The Three Little Pigs

Mood Food: What Foods Make You Happy? (Hint: It's Not What You Think)

"Mood Food" refers to nutrient-dense food that positively impact emotional well-being, brain health, and cognitive function, effectively acting as "food for the mind". By supplying essential nutrients like Omega-3s, vitamins, and antioxidants, these foods boost neurotransmitters and manage energy levels to reduce stress and improve mental stability.

 Read: What Foods Make You Happy?

Video watching comprehension questions + KEY

Bookclub: Tales of the Unexpected, by Roald Dahl. Wednesday April 15th

  

(Only for Mon&Wed group):

Next Wednesday we will hold our next booxclub session. We will be discussing two stories from Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady and Lamb to the Slaughter. 

(For all C2.1 groups):

Find below a link to five stories (the ones we have just read included) in case you want to indulge yourself with more classic Roald Dahl's twisted endings...

Tales of the Unexpected_five stories

Meta Found Liable in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial

 

 Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $3 million in social media addiction trial

Causative Verbs Practice

Here you have some practice to test yourselves on the use of causative structures. In case you have any doubts, do not hesitate to let me know in class.

Causative Verbs PRESENTATION

Causative Verbs Practice 1

Causative Verb Practice 2

Oral Mediation Task: Three TV Series to Learn Spanish

Complete the oral mediation task below, rehearse your performance, (record it, please) and be ready to present it in class.

Oral mediation: Spanish TV series

So You CAN'T or you CAN teach an old dog new tricks then?

                                           

A Follow-Up On Social Media and Girls' Wellbeing

 

Read this article on The Guardian: Misogyny and Online Abuse

Is Big Tech's Big Tobacco Moment Here?

Meta's Internal Research Shows Its Platforms Are Addictive and Harmful. Still It Targets Teeens: An Article from The HIGHWIRE

Reading Comprehension Questions

Inversion

 Inversion Explained

More Practice on Inversion Structures

Streets of Minneapolis by Bruce Springsteen

  

Streets of Minneapolis Students' Worksheet

Bookclub: Taste by Roald Dahl. Monday March 2nd

 
Taste, a short story by Roald Dahl

Taste: Student's worksheet

A Pale Blue Dot

  

Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan_comprehension questions and KEY

Carl Sagan Quotes

English Department Bookclub!

 

Kindness: A Poem by Naomi Shihab Nye

 
Naomi Shihab Nye is a Palestinian American Poet, songwriter and novelist. Born to a Palestinian father and American mother, she began composing her first poetry at the age of six. She has published more than thirty-five books and has received numerous awards throught her career. 

Listen to Emma Thompson as she reads her poem Kindness

Before you know what kindness really is

you must lose things