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Domestic Violence Awareness Week

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I could have let it pass as I’ve done with other Whatsoever Awareness Days but this one in particular strikes a personal chord .

Did you know that females are at risk of violence in some countries from the beginning of their lives  … (trafficking,honour killings, genital mutilation,sexual exploitation, rape )… just because they are women? 

Some facts to consider: 

It kills more women than cancer
It affects 1 in 3 women worldwide
15 million women will be assaulted by their husbands this year
It leaves women mentally scared for life
In 60% of the homes where a woman is abused , so are the children
                                                                                        

Remember:  Apologies and promises will not end the violence

                          Abuse is not a loss of control… it is a means of control

 This video may be a bit too much if you are a very sensitive person… but this is usually the way it starts… so if you’re suffering anything like this , find  help!!

Happy Halloween whatever you are!

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It’s Halloween! It’s Halloween! The moon is full and bright/ And we shall see what can’t be seen on any other night. Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels, werewolves rising from their tombs, witches on their magic brooms/ In masks and gown we haunt the street /And knock on doors for trick or treat/ Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it’s Halloween! –Jack Prelutsky


While I’ve never been much of a fan of spooky costumes, Halloween is a nice time to be spookily creative … but in the kitchen. I’ve surfed the net looking for recipes to surprise my children and this is what I’ve found. They are really easy to do and just wait to see your children’s faces when they see their dessert.

From Disney Family Fun a funny recipe everybody can do.

APPLE BITES

Ingredients:

Apples and silvered almonds

Instructions :
Just quarter and core an apple, cut a wedge from the skin side of each quarter, then press slivered almonds in place for teeth.

Tips: If you’re not going to serve them right away, baste the apples with orange or lemon to keep them from browning.

You might be interested in reading last year’s post . If so, click here

Writing a narrative

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This is a writing exercise for my PAU students and I thought you might find it useful. In this written exercise they’ll have to make good use of the vocabulary they have learnt about travelling and going places, the connectors they have studied and they’ll also have to put in practice some of the tips I have given them about the Writing Process, which if you are interested you’ll find published in this blog, here.

This is the idea:
Students, in pairs, are asked to write a narrative. They have to use words from both word clouds, i.e, they have to use connectors from the first word cloud and specific vocabulary from the second. Ask them to write their narrative in coloured  paper which you’ll later post on the walls of the classroom for student to vote for the one they like best.

 

Make sure that you:

♣ begin by describing when and where the story takes place

♣ describe the events in chronological order

♣ use the different forms of the past tense