GRAMMAR CHECK: PREPOSITIONS...

1) Verbs and prepositions Quizlet list perfect-english-grammar Practice

2) Prepositions of time  1 2 3 4 5

VOCABULARY TEST - MONDAY 3rd OCTOBER: AIE

Use this link to revise for the Quizlet list and use this vocabulary in your monologues for Thursday 6th October! :D

Articles on RACISM: Speaking prep continues...

In Britain - Racism is still with us

Racism on the rise in Britain

Article - Britain less racist 2014 


In the USA - Is everyone a little bit racist?



Does racism in the USA still exist? - Debate

Does the US, as a whole, still have a problem with racism? - Debate


Racial Quotas in South African Sport - Debate

SPEAKING ASSESSMENT: CRITERION A - THURSDAY 6th OCTOBER

You will be tested on your ability to explain your ideas and to synthesise the ideas from texts and TEDTalks in class and at home.

You must prepare all 6 of these mini-monologues.

You will be asked to give 2 monologues in the assessment.

Each monologue should last around 2-3 minutes and you should demonstrate your knowledge in a clear way...

This is for Criterion A for the Campus and you will receive 2 33% grades.

What you will be examined on:

1)Level of fluency

2) Vocabulary is varied and idiomatic

3) Ability to discuss complex ideas and opinions – clearly, coherently and effectively

4) Content – variety of informed opinions – including facts and real-life examples

5) Grammatical accuracy and range

.....  DON'T BE! YOU'RE GREAT!

Racism in Sport: A reflection of society?

Research the following items before next lesson:

THE ROONEY RULE
KICK IT OUT

John Barnes: IGNORING THE BANANAS

Read the text and answer the questions.


You can then look into some of the organisations mentioned in the text and research what the situation is really like. A table like this one below might help organise your ideas...

	Which aspects of life have remained unchanged?	Which aspects have improved?
For black footballers
In UK society in general

American City in a State of Emergency

More information on the current situation...

Protestors describe the situation

ARTICLE: ...someone willing to put their liberty on the line for a cause that doesn’t necessarily directly affect their wellbeing.

Bias & Sexism

Talk on Unconscious Bias

Questions on Unconscious Bias - Answer these using the structures from previous lessons

• What does the speaker mean by saying it was an experiment from 1971?
• What does the expression 'take a step back' mean? Why is this expression used?
• 'The world was different back then'. What example is used to support the idea that bias is good?
• What do you think about the pairing of Male/ Science & Female/ Liberal Arts? What does the speaker say about the speed of the response times?
• What was happening in the 80s and 90s? Why was this happening? Is this still the case in 2015?
• Do you agree that even a tiny bit of bias can have big consequences? Explain your answer.

Have a go! - Implicit Association tests

Unconscious Bias - what are we really thinking?

Join the conversation here...

GRAMMAR CHECK: Conditionals

Homework - using the information below, create a revision poster for the 3 conditionals. 

You must include key information, examples and a memorable/ visual way for you to remember the difference between the 3!

1st Conditional

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3226

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/first-conditional-exercise-1.html

2nd Conditional

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3227

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/second-conditional-exercise-1.html

3rd Conditional

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3233

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional-exercise-1.html

Finding an angle... GET AN OPINION!

We will need to be able to express our findings in a professional way for the oral exam. You may find these expressions useful when talking or writing about your chosen area of study.

• …says we tend to associate…. With the words…
• It is true that we tend to associate… with…
• My personal attitude to this is…
• His/her personal attitude to this seems to be
• His/ her belief appears to be that
• For me, it is difficult to understand where the writer is coming from
• It would be difficult to envisage change in this respect
• The idea of…. Is used to highlight…
• True that he does make some legitimate points
• This proves to us…
• The author challenges the norm by saying
• He errs on the side of caution
• Her stance with regard to this matter is rather…

Please ask for examples on how to use these expressions if you are not sure!

Is everybody a racist?

Read the article here

PAUL BLOOM - Prejudice & Bias - Can these ever be a good thing?

Watch the TEDTalk here!

Ask the questions in full sentences in your notebooks, trying to use the vocabulary underneath to help you.

1) What does Paul Bloom say we tend to associate with the words "prejudice and bias"?

2) In his introduction, what is Paul Bloom´s personal attitude to prejudice and bias?

3) Why does Paul Bloom think we have become "good" at stereotyping? Why is it a necessary skill for us?

4) What does he use the idea of the dog, chair and apple to show us?

5) In your opinion, is the woman in the video´s question about giving "foreign aid" a legitimate worry?

6) What does the case study about Kandinsky and Klee prove to us?

7) What happened on Ebay with the sale of the baseball cards?

8) What has been the major catalyst in America for moral change/challenging bias and prejudice? What do you think about this? 

9) I think prejudice and bias illustrate a fundamental duality of human nature. We have gut feelings, instincts, emotions, and they affect our judgments and our actions for good and for evil, but we are also capable of rational deliberation and intelligent planning, and we can use these to accelerate and nourish our emotions, and in other cases stop them. And it's in this way that reason helps us create a better world.

Do you agree or disagree with this final statement?

Useful Vocab

As far as i´m concerned/In my opinion

I´m no expert but generally speaking …

This idea/case study suggests that ...

It’s inevitable that …

Although it seems like a huge generalisation, maybe there is some truth in this stereotype because

Whilst I don´t find the texts personally offensive, stereotypes do lead to …

To marry up to

To consist of

To give rise to

To end up believing

To wind me up

To fit in with

To challenge preconceptions

A cliche

Prejudice? Coincidence? Acceptable? Disgraceful? - Black Lives Matter: Facts and Statistics

The following links have been found by several students in Year 12. Notably, MR, AM and AA in 12ºC. Thank you all for your research and for your contributions. 

Please revise the following links and consider the following facts and statistics. 

What does this prove? What can we suggest from this information? How do the websites present the statistics? Are they neutral, biased, informative, persuasive?

LINKS:

Black Lives Matters activists outline policy goals - BBC

The Counted

People killed by police in the US

MAPPING POLICE VIOLENCE

Young black men killed by US police at highest rate in year of 1,134 deaths

BLACK LIVES MATTER - Student articles and summaries

VIDEO: I am NOT Black, You are NOT White. Watch this and summarise the main ideas.    

(RB, 12ºB)


EXAMPLES OF HOW TO WRITE A SUMMARY - (PA, 12ºB)

It is extremely important that you try and summarise the main points of any article that you find on the internet. This helps you to remember the main points and you will also improve your written and oral skills in English - Try it next time!

“GREY’S ANATOMY” STAR JESSE WILLIAMS DELIVERED A POWERFUL SPEECH ON RACISM AT THE BET AWARDS LAST NIGHT.

http://digg.com/video/jessie-williams-bet-award

He highlighted black men paper because he said they have been nurturing everyone before themselves. He talks about restructuring police function and black citizen function in order to reach an equal society where the aggressions towards black people decrease.

Then, he states the things that black people do, like earning money and won’t stop doing because they have the same rights as white.

“When we expended centuries praying with brands on our body, and now we pray to get payed for brands on our body?”

There has been no war black people haven’t been on the front lines, so he claims that this make them even more equal to white people.

“Freedom is somehow also conditional, freedom is always coming in a hereafter but we want it now”.

He criticise the huge record of black resistance, but he stand out how racist should record the pressure put towards them. In this point he also defend all the people that help in Black Lives Matter.

White people don’t realise how many things they have taken off from black citizens, such as: black gold, culture and oil.

“The thing is that just because we are magic, doesn’t mean we aren’t real”.

INSIDE A SOCIAL CLUB WHERE BLACK LIVES ALWAYS MATTER

By Will Sands

http://narrative.ly/inside-a-social-club-where-black-lives-always-matter/

 “The norm at African-American social organizations of the time was to choose members based on skin tone, social class, religious identity or political affiliation, but Arch was always more diverse. There were doctors, lawyers and other professionals, members of a nascent African-American middle class. But there were also porters, longshoremen and labour organizers important to Baltimore’s union movement. This being said, membership was and still is limited to men only”.

In my opinion, this club is quite hypocrite because they are making themselves different and highlighting the inequality against woman. This makes them the same as the racist people that treat them different.

CAN SILICON VALLEY DO ANYTHING TO STOP POLICE VIOLANCE?

By Jenna Wortham.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/magazine/can-silicon-valley-really-do-anything-to-stop-police-violence.html?_r=1

“The technology world prides itself on being a catalyst for this kind of social movement”.

Twitter provoke the creation of a mural in New York that says: “one minute to reflect on gun violence”

4^th of july many years ago: a group of teenagers were killed, this group included two African-American boys. An officer gun them. 

You can also write your summarise using bullet points - 

(like ML 12ºB) This is a quicker and easier way to do it - but

just as useful! Try it next time!

BLACK LIVES MATTER – ARTICLES

http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-runner-up-black-lives-matter/

• -          It appeared by accident
• -          Eleven activists have an interview with Hillary Clinton
• -          They demand her to invest in black communities
• -          Evidence of white privilege
• -          After the meeting she gave conferences talking about a “New new deal” for communities of colour
• -          Tell the story and change the story
• -          Protest cry à political movement
• -          Want masses to understand the lives of black people in America (police, education…)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3783834/Black-Lives-Matter-leader-received-50-000-taxpayers-cash-fund-feminist-courses-missed-week-s-anti-air-travel-demo-flight-Brazil.html

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/black-lives-matter/

• -          Talks about the movement and some testimonies appear saying that if you live in America you aren’t free and they want to be free.
• -          The dream of a black president came true. 

The History of English - WELCOME BACK!

Watch the video HERE!