Francesca Falconi
Stories About People (Biographies) in Easy-to-Understand English (ESL/EFL) There are 265 fifteen-minute MP3 files and 11 shorter MP3 files. That is about 66 hours of listening. Activists & People Important to Social Reform Betty Friedan - Women's RightsCesar Chavez - Labor ActivistFrederick Douglass - African-Americans's RightsJane Jacobs - Activist, Writer, Moral Thinker And EconomistLabor Leaders: Samuel Gompers, John L. Lewis, Walter Reuther, A. Philip Randolph, and Cesar ChavezMargaret Sanger - Led the Fight for Birth Control for WomenMartin Luther King, Jr. - Part 1- African-Americans's RightsMartin Luther King, Jr. - Part 2Molly BrownRosa Parks - - African-Americans's RightsSamuel Gompers - 'The Grand Old Man of Labor'Susan B. Anthony - Women's RightsW.E.B. Artists Athletes (People Who Do Sports) Business & Industry Henry Ford - Part 1 - Automobiles / CarsHenry Ford - Part 2Katharine Graham - Owner and Publisher of The Washington PostMadam C.J.
Entertainers Health Inventors, Designers, Developers, Explorers, ... Journalists Musicians Old West Pilots Politicians.
Digital tools. ESL. Storytelling. ESL Debates | Debating resources for teachers. 175. The Language of Protesting (English Vocabulary Lesson) – Thinking in English. English is the language of protesting across the world. Let’s learn the vocabulary and techniques you need to protest in English and understand why people take to the streets. Protests Around the World Earlier this week, I released an episode on protests in Iran. Thousands of Iranians have taken to the street, unleashing their anger over the murder of a young women by the country’s morality police as well as decades of severe government policies.
As I was writing that episode, major protests and demonstrations erupted in Russia. Protests are everywhere and happen all the time. I’ve recorded episodes on protests in Myanmar and Belarus, and on environmental protests in the UK. Every day, and in every country, protests occur for different reasons. English and Protesting As previously mentioned, I have written about a lot of protests around the world and read about even more.
English is the international language. Protest Vocabulary Let’s start at the beginning with vocabulary. Persuasive English. "The Story of an Hour" Kate Chopin (1894) Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death. It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed. " She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window. Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. "Free! Eslflow’s Guide to English Language Teaching Resources and Lessons - Eslflow.
Digital citizenship. My genially. My edpuzzle. Diffit for Teachers. Home | Twee. Quizizz. QuizizzAI Resource Slides - Google Slides. AI Tools for Teachers. PartyRock. MY BADGES. READING ROALD DAHL TOGETHER 2016/2017. TREASURING EUROPE 2017/2018. Collaborative Xmas Minisagas. Gender Equality: Reality or Myth? 2018/2019. Or this project we have decided to interview 2 women. The first woman is Maria, she was born in 1940, we asked her a bunch of questions. 1. Do you have siblings? MARIA: Yes, I have a brother older than me and a sister younger than me. 2. MARIA: I think he had more freedom, he could go out during the afternoon and the evening, while I had to stay at home taking care of my little sister and helping my mom with the chores. 3. MARIA: I was 18. Twin library 2019/2020. Twin Library Contact us! Partner countriesItaly - Greece - Spain - Portugal - France - Turkey The project aimed at fostering reading experiences in the native and foreign languages by sharing ideas, reflections, comments, materials related to the selected written works among partner students.
Would you recommend me a book? School year 2019/2020 The students introduced themeselves by talking about their reading habits and recommended a book to their partners The Happy Prince The students read this short story by Oscar Wilde and collaborated in international groups to create new versions of the story and work on its main themes.
Books you can't miss! We built a multilanguage living library with all the books that can't miss on our bookshelves. Lamb to the Slaughter After reading this short story by Roald Dahl an extended version was made of it by writing dialogues and monologues in international groups Twin bulletins Website And much more... Listen to my radio! Breaking news!- 2019/2020. Listen to my radio: Breaking news! - European eTwinning Prizes 21 / Runner Up 16-19. ACT NOW! 2020/2021. Act now! Around mearound us Write your title The project aims at promoting students’ knowledge and awareness about issues related to climate change at local level and at global level and to take action Our glossary How green are you?
France - Greece- Italy- Spain What is climate change? The SDGs Catch climate change by a photo We created a collaborative multilingual glossary in English, Spanish, French, Greek and Italian We met Greta and other young activists Pictures of the environmental issues in our surroundings were taken We learned what the 2030 Agenda is and how it is connected to climate change Students reflected on how they are dealing with climate change daily and and what actions they might commit to take The power of music After watching some videos, mind maps, infographics and presentations were made about some burning issues Digging deeper We made collaborative presentations about protest and awareness-raising songs School year 2020/2021 and much more...
A final manifesto. FASTER, HIGHER STRONGER, TOGETHER 2023/2024. eTwinning project ACT NOW. The eTwinning project Act now was carried out in 2021 involving around 100 students aged 14-15 from 4 European school partners from Italy, Greece and Spain, and was aimed to make students aware of environmental issues related to climate change both at local and global level, with the ultimate goal of promoting their active involvement to change things starting from their daily lives.The eTwinning platform, namely the Twinspace, was the virtual environment were all the tasks were accomplished and showcased. Students delved into the project theme from the testimony of some globally active peers, reflected on their everyday life and what impact their actions have on the environment by interviewing each other and researched about local environmental issues.
Subsequently, they worked on some protest songs, experiencing the effectiveness of this medium to stir consciences. Methodology applied: The different activities carried out were designed to make the students active learners.
2024/2025. 2021/2022. Lesson plan_leavinghome.pdf - Google Drive. SEL - Social and Emotional Learning.