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Thursday 15 December 2016

VIDEO COMPREHENSION: America the Story of Us: World War 2


Part 1 (min 0 – 22)
Vocabulary:
Questions:
1-     Which countries were the Axis Powers?
2-     What was mass-produced?
3-     Why were Japanese planes perfect for a surprise attack?
4-     How far is Japan from Hawaii?
5-     Say two disadvantages the radar had?
6-     Say the date and time Pearl Harbour was attacked?
7-     Why did WW2 mean an impulse for American industry?
8-     Name some reasons why the Jeep was a perfect fit for war.
9-     What does Jeep symbolize?
10- What was best America’s secret weapon? Explain.
11-  (19’) What was the autonomy of the Amercican aircraft B17 Bomber?
12-  (20’55”)Why did the Americans bomb the train facilities of the Germans in occupied France?
13-  (21’30”) What was the Norden Bombsight?


Part 2 (min 22 – 44 )
Vocabulary:  dog tags, shrapnel
Questions:
1-     What proportion of American pilots died in 1943?
2-     What did the Germans use against the American aircraft?
3-     What were the objectives of the American aircraft?
4-     What collateral damages were there?
5-     Black American soldiers , were they segregated? Where? Where not?
6-     What was Operation Overlord? Which American general was in charge of it?
7-     What was the purpose of this operation?
8-     What was the function of barrage balloons?
9-     What date was D-Day?
10- What took place in Alamo Gordo Desert (New Mexico) on July 16th 1945?
11- Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
12- What was the scientists’reaction after the experiment?
13- What was the most important consequence for the USA taking part in this war?


2º Bach Sección· The Arsenal of Democracy · Questions

The Arsenal of Democracy · Questions (An Illustrated History of USA pg 105-108)
1-    How was the international situation in the world in the 1930s?
2-    What did the isolationists in the USA think?
3-    What were the Neutrality acts?
4-    When did the Americans realize they could not be isolated anymore?
5-    What was Roosevelt’s Lend Lease Plan?
6-    What meant a disaster for Japan?
7-    What did Japan’s Prime Minister , Hideki Tojo,  intend to do?
8-    What happended on Dec 7, 1941?
9-    Who were the Issei and the Nisei?Was their iinternment in prison camps fair? Why?
10-                      How did the USA organize the economy for the war?
11-                      What was the Manhattan Project?
12-                      What was Churchill’s idea?
13-                      What happened on June 6, 1944?
14-                      What was the Battle of the Bulge?
15-                      Explain the three-pronged attack?
16-                      What did “island hopping” consist of?
17-                      Why didn’t the Americans invade Japan itself when they were ready for it?

18-                      What was the debate in the USA about dropping the atomic bomb? Explain the two sides.

Wednesday 7 December 2016

3º D • Sección • 2ND Term • PLANNING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE “SKELLIG”- THURSDAYS


Week
DATE
CHAPTERS
1
14 Dec
1-6
2
21 Dec
7-12
3
11 Jan
13-18
4
18 Jan
19-24
5
25 Jan
25-30
6
01 Febr
31-36
7
08 Febr
37-41
8
22Febr
42-46

4º C · 3rd Term · SEQUENCING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE ON THURSDAYS “HOW I LIVE NOW”



Session
DATE
CHAPTERS
1
01 March
1-4
2
08 March
5-8
3
15 March
9-12
4
05  April
13-16
5
12 April
17-20
6
19 April
21-24
7
26 April
25-27
8
09 May
28-29
9
16 May
1-6 final chapters

Thursday 24 November 2016

LITERARY CIRCLE · INSTRUCTIONS & ANSWER SHEET


Literary Circle
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Thursday 17 November 2016

2º Bach Sección · GRAPES OF WRATH · QUESTIONS


1.       In 1930, what two facts made  the situation of the farmworkers desperate?
2.       What jobs did they find when they emigrated to California?
3.       Did they receive help from the State?
4.       Describe three characters in this novel.
5.       What caused violence in the novel?
6.       Despite its success, how described the critics this  literary work?
7.       What relation is there between this work and its author’s life?
8.       Give three reasons for this to be Steinbeck’s greatest novel.
9.       Name three American sins exposed in this novel.
10.   Where is Utopia described in this novel and how is it described?
11.   What remedies are suggested to cure the sins of American society?
12.   What is Steinbeck most daring literary innovation, and what is its purpose?

Tuesday 15 November 2016

3ºE • 1st Term • SEQUENCING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE “HOLES”- MONDAYS






Week
DATE
CHAPTERS
1
2 Oct 2019
1-7
2
9 Oct
8-14
3
16 Oct
15-20
4
23 Oct
21-26
5
30 Oct
27-32
6
6 Nov
33-38
7
13 Nov
39-44
8
20 Nov
45-50


2º Bach Sección • 2nd & 3rd Term • PLANNING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE WEDNESDAYS “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”




Session
DATE
CHAPTERS
2nd TERM
1
15 Jan 2020
1 – 3
2
22 Jan
4 – 6
3
29 Jan
7 – 9
4
05 Febr
10 – 12
5
12 Febr
13 – 15
6
19 Febr
16 – 17
7
26 Febr
18 -19
3rd TERM
1
18 Mar 2020
20 - 21
2
25 Mar
22 - 23
3
01 Apr
24 – 25
4
15 Apr
26 -27
5
22 Apr
28 – 29
6
29 Apr
30 -31