EF3/4
Today’s agenda-
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Easter lecture
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Continue review of verb tenses
·
“The Kiwi” Facts and Figures
Friday
Good Friday
NO SCHOOL
Monday
Easter Monday
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
·
Begin descriptive writing
EMAIL FROM MARIA
CRUZ, ORW (Outreach worker)
Dear Teachers:
There is an opportunity
for students with prescriptions who aren’t financially able to purchase
corrective lenses to do so with a volunteer program at VCC. If you know of any
students who would benefit from this, please let them know to come see me for
details.
Thank you!
Maria Cruz
Outreach Worker,
South Hill Education Centre, Room 306
-
can’t
afford glasses
Student recommendations:
595 West 7th
Avenue- Factory Optical – good prices on glasses
IDIOM Glasses cost
an arm and a leg.
Chess club- 2:30-4pm on Fridays in the student lounge,
Room 104
-Youtube videos on how to play chess
Easter is a major Christian holiday
Christian- Jesus
Christ as the son of God
Catholic /
Protestant
Easter celebration
marks the end of Holy Week- Christians commemorates crucifixion, death, and
resurrection of Jesus Christ
crux- cross
Jesus was crucified
by the Romans.
resurrect- come
back to life
Easter does not
appear in Bible- developed later
belief in one god –
monotheism
mono- one
theo- god
polytheism –
believe in many gods
poly-many
IDIOM Knock on
wood. Touch wood. Celtic (ancient Irish) polytheism
superstition-
behaviour can bring good luck or bad luck
13- bad luck number
7- good luck number
Easter Sunday can
fall anywhere between March 22 and April 25- Sunday immediately following the
Paschal Full Moon
- lunar calendar
lunar- moon
Some cultures
follow a lunar calendar.
In Canada, we do
not follow the lunar calendar, but for Easter we do.
lunar festivals-
Chinese New Year
-
Ramadan (Muslim fasting month)
moon- feminine
governed by the
phases of the moon
Good Friday- day
that Jesus Christ was crucified
Easter Sunday – the
day Jesus Christ was resurrected
In ancient times-
before Christianity (about 2000 years)
Easter is a pagan
festival.
pagan -
polytheistic
celebrate the Spring
equinox
religious culture
celebrates the resurrection of Christ
pagan culture
celebrate the coming of Spring
2023 AD – anno domini, in the year of the Lord
500 BC – before
Christ
2022 CE- common
era, same as AD
500AD 500BC
Easter is an
ancient festival
celebration of new
life, new year, Spring
acceptance of
ancient pagan practises, most of which we enjoy today at Easter
long cold winter
symbolic story of
the rebirth of the sun, overcoming the powers of darkness- ancient
long dark winter,
sun is back, longer days, rebirth
plenty of parallel,
rival resurrected saviours
Many ancient
cultures had similar celebrations:
Sumerian goddess
Ishtar, was hung naked on a stake, and was subsequently resurrected and
ascended from the underworld.
oldest resurrection
myths is Egyptian Horus. Born on 25 December
Cybele cult
flourished on today's Vatican Hill. Cybele's lover Attis, was born of a virgin,
died and was reborn annually.
This spring
festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday, rising to a crescendo after
three days, in rejoicing over the resurrection.
All the fun things
about Easter are pagan.
Bunnies are a
leftover from the pagan festival of Eostre, a great northern goddess whose
symbol was a rabbit or hare.
Eostre- ancient goddess - similar word to Easter
estrogen- the
hormone that makes girls women
new life- women
SYMBOLS OF NEW LIFE
-rabbits are a
symbol of new life- rabbits represent fecundity
-eggs represent
rebirth, eggs hatch chickens/birds
Exchange of eggs is
an ancient custom, celebrated by many cultures.
Hot cross buns are
very ancient too. In the Old Testament we see the Israelites baking sweet buns
for an idol, and religious leaders trying to put a stop to it. The early church
clergy also tried to put a stop to sacred cakes being baked at Easter. In the
end, in the face of defiant cake-baking pagan women, they gave up and blessed
the cake instead.
Why chocolate? I
don’t know
easter- Ishtar,
Eostre, Easter
estrogen- female
sex hormone
testosterone – male
sex hormone
the pagan roots of
Easter is a celebration of femininity
monotheism – one
god
polytheism – many
gods
Whether you are a
Christian or not, you can celebrate the coming of Spring with some chocolate
bunnies this weekend. Also, you can paint eggs or have an egg hunt.
Facts and Figures “The Kiwi” pp2-5
Read aloud
dog or horse nose - muzzle
noctural- sleeps during the day, awake
Bats, coyotes, and owls are nocturnal.
Kiwis have a very good sense of smell.
C Questions (p5)
Write answers for the questions. Use full sentences. Don’t
copy from the book.
like(v)- enjoys
like(a)- similar
Marie likes ice cream.
Marie is like her mother. (adj)
Kiwis are like chickens. similar
Kiwis like chickens. XXX
Kiwis are the same size as chickens.
Shira is as tall as her mother.
simile- comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’
He is as tall as a tree.
She is as thin as a dime.
penny, cent- 1-cent coin
dime- 5-cent coin
nickel- 10-cent coin
quarter- 25-cents coin
loonie- $1-coin
toonie- $2-coin
50-cent piece
dollars – bucks
A kiwi doesn’t have a tail and or feathers. negative –
use ‘or’
Ahmed speaks Arabic and English.
Ahmed doesn’t speak French or German.
Tuesday “Music and Behavior” p108 -harder, more challenging
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