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6th grade

Listen to the conversation and do the exercises to practice and improve your listening skills.

                                    Discussion

Can you play a musical instrument? What instrument would you like to play? Would you like to be in a band?

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ShowCheck your understanding: true or false

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Topics:

music

friends

                           Grammar                    The Imperative in English

Put the words in brackets into the gaps. Mind the positive or the negative forms.

EXAMPLE:

  your books. (to open)

Open your books

1. … upstairs. (to go)
2. …. in this lake. (not/to swim)
3. …. your homework. (to do)
4. …. football in the yard. (not/to play)
5. …. your teeth. (to brush)
6. …. during the lesson. (not/to talk)
7. …. the animals in the zoo. (not/to feed)
8.  ….the instructions. (to read)
9. …. late for school. (not/to be)
10.  ….your mobiles. (to switch off)

                                                                Easter

Easter or “Zatik” in Armenia is one of the most colorful, joyful celebrations of the year.

Easter falls on Sunday, April 12, 2020. Easter is celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon.
Speaking about the traditional Easter food in Armenia we should mention that Armenian women bake a cake with white flavoring, which symbolizes purity, make fried fish, herbs of different kinds, boil and paint eggs in different colors, rice with raisins and what not.

What are your family Easter traditions?

How does your family celebrate Easter?

Students will make short videos and tell us how their families celebrate Easter

 

Missing a class  7th grade

Discussion

Do you have a lot of homework? What kind of homework do you like?

Listen to a student explain why she can’t come to class to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

 

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Task 1

Task 2

 

                    Grammar > Easily confused words   If or when?

1. If I  (to study), I  (to pass) the exams.
2. If the sun  (to shine), we  (to walk) into town.
3. If he  (to have) a temperature, he  (to see) the doctor.
4. If my friends  (to come), I  (to be) very happy.
5. If she  (to earn) a lot of money, she  (to fly) to New York.
6. If we  (to travel) to London, we  (to visit) the museums.
7. If you  (to wear) sandals in the mountains, you  (to slip) on the rocks.
8. If Rita  (to forget) her homework, the teacher  (to give) her a low mark.
9. If they  (to go) to the disco, they  (to listen) to loud music.
10. If you  (to wait) a minute, I  (to ask) my parents.

Read the text, then take part in the discussion

We all know the stories. The princess falls in love with the prince. He rescues the damsel in distress from the tower or the dragon or the wicked queen … or anything at all really. The plot in many fairy tales relies on a woman in trouble needing a brave, strong man to rescue her.

I loved Disney as a child, and I still do, but it is clear that stories such as Snow White and Sleeping Beauty are based on gender stereotypes. They show children that women spend their time looking pretty, cooking and cleaning and that women need a man to look after them. These ideals are old-fashioned and outdated.  I personally would feel uncomfortable teaching these values to children – boys or girls.

Luckily, Disney has clearly seen that their female characters were weak and helpless and their new films feature strong female characters. Tangled, which tells Disney’s story of Rapunzel, was released in 2010. Rapunzel is an intelligent and creative 18 year old who asks a man to help her to visit the kingdom. Although he is helping her, she also helps and saves him. She uses her intelligence and people skills to save him from a group of criminals, and she uses her magic to heal him when he is hurt.

Disney’s award winning film Frozen was released in 2013. Based on Hans Christian Anderson’s story The Snow Queen, it tells of a young girl, Elsa. Elsa can make it snow and turn water to ice. When she starts an eternal winter, it is her sister, Anna, who decides to save the kingdom.  When Anna’s heart is frozen, an act of true love is needed to save her. We immediately think of true love’s kiss. In the end, the act of true love which saves Anna is her decision to give up her life for Elsa.

The females in these stories are intelligent, brave and adventurous. They are better role models for young girls and show children that girls can be heroes too. Disney’s choice to show strong, independent females working together with men shows the progress which has been made in gender equality. Hopefully, through efforts such as this, the idea that a man always rescues the woman will not be passed on to future generations.

 

Discussion

Who are your favorite strong, independent female leads from film or fiction? Why?