EF56 halloween

 

English Foundations 5/6

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Marks review Monday if you want to

If you want to check your marks, you should bring your quizzes and tests in with you.

·      “The Wise Woman of Cordoba” -witches

·      Choose words for optional replacement quiz on Monday

Deadline for repl. quiz is 3pm

 

·      Test#5 Paragraph on a general topic. No “”

 

 

Monday

·      You can check your marks on Monday if you wish. Bring in your quiizzes and tests to verify your marks.

·      Sentence review

·      Replacement quiz at the end of class for the people who signed up for it.

 

 

Tuesday

·      Letter writing, business letter

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Wednesday

·      Optional replacement test on “Wise Woman of Corboba”

 

 

Thursday

·      Final test- paragraph

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Friday

·      Review

·      Marks day

·      I can give your final mark.

 

 

 

 

Hallowe’en – Pagan festival – ancient beliefs

- day when the world of the living and the world of the dead is very close, spirits can come back to our world for one night

 

-Pumpkin patch, Richmond

-carve a face in a pumpkin, Jack o’ Lantern

Jack of the Lantern- spirit inside the pumpkin, candle inside

-Trick or Treat – candies or treats

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superstition, ancient beliefs – thousands of years ago, pre-scientific people

superstition – believe in good luck and bad luck

 

Supersitious practices to bring good luck

-cross your fingers

-praying to God?

-wearing lucky clothing

-lucky rabbit’s foot

-horseshoe

-knock on wood

 

Supersitious practices to avoid bad luck

-don’t walk under a ladder

-don’t light three cigarettes off one match

-Don’t give a knife as a gift.

-Don’t toast with water.

-black cat crosses your path

 

 

-cats associated with witches- feminine

witches- women with magical powers

-graceful, mysterious, strange, aloof, independent

witches, magic- associated with the moon, full moon

moon – feminine symbol

Spanish – la luna, el sol

French – la lun, le soleil

 

witch flying under a full moon

 

flies on a broom – kitchen tool, associated with women

 

lun – moon - crazy

-lunatic

-loony

 

full moon – symbol of madness, insanity, crazy, symbol of fear

 

“Wise Woman of Cordoba” – deeper meaning, often men are afraid or mistrustful of powerful women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

witch- powerful woman associated wth magic powers

associated with cats, brooms, moon

 

Medieval attitudes to witches

 

religious persecution of women- Witch Trials

 

fear of powerful women

 

 

 

 

 

Test#5

EF5 125-150 ww

EF6 150-200 ww

Submit to me by the end of class 10:45

 

Is English getting easier for you?