Christmas minisagas by the students of the class 1E

Within the eTwinning project "Write your own masterpiece. A minisaga high school writing contest" the students of the first-year form together with their foreign partners have created some really nice and creative minisagas about Christmas time. Enjoy!

Collaborative Xmas Minisagas

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2L: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

A. Read the following test and do the exercises below.

On the 25th of November the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is celebrated Worldwide.

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.

In general terms, it manifests itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms, encompassing:

•   intimate partner violence (battering, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide);
•    sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber- harassment);
•     human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation);
•     female genital mutilation; and
•     child marriage.

It is a major obstacle to the fulfilment of women’s and girls’ human rights. It occurs worldwide, cutting across all generations, nationalities, communities and spheres of our societies, irrespective of age, ethnicity, disability or other background.

Despite the adoption of the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) by the UN General Assembly in 1979, violence against women and girls remains a pervasive problem worldwide.

Women's rights activists have observed 25 November as a day against gender-based violence since 1981. This date was selected to honour the Mirabal sisters, three political activists from the Dominican Republic who were brutally murdered in 1960 by order of the country’s ruler, Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).

The 25th of every month of November has been designated as Orange Day by the UN Women campaign Say No, UNiTE launched in 2009. Participants the world over are encouraged to wear a touch of orange in solidarity with the cause - the colour symbolizes a brighter future and a world free from violence against women and girls.

The 2018 theme is Orange the World: #HearMeToo and like previous editions, the date marks the launch of 16 days of activism that will conclude on 10th December 2018, International Human Rights Day.

(source: http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/)

B. Answer the following questions.
1) What happens on 25th November?
2) Why does violence against women remains largely unreported today?
3) Name some manifestations of violentce against women
4) Who is affected by it?
5) What did UN adopt in 1979?
6) What happened to Mirabel sisters and when?
7) What should participants all around the world do from 25th November to 1st December?



C. Read one of the following story and sum it up on your exercise book.
https://herstoryourstory.net/en/

Reading exams

Here are some useful tips to get ready for the reading test. Click on the picture to see the video.

1F/IVGA: Get ready for the Kangourou competition!

Some students of the first year have decided to participate in the Kangourou competition. Below you will find some links that may help you to get ready for it.

Find 5 minutes a day to train yourself a little bit. This will improve dramatically your chances to pass the local selection and it will definitely be good for your English learning!

Do not forget to try the tests of the previous years on the Kangourou competition page!


LISTENING

Pet listening

Learn English Teen - Listening
Your goal is to reach B1 level, but I suggest to start from A2 to get more practice

B1 listening pratice



READING

PET Reading

Learn English Teen - Reading
Your goal is to reach B1 level, but I suggest to start from A2 to get more practice

Stories
Below you will find a series of texts to practice your reading skill. Do only the comprehension tasks.

Scarlett
Mr Smith's new nose
A Visitor to the Star

B1 reading practice