Happy Holidays!

Activities from November 30th to December 11th

1. Click on the English Grammar Online link:

https://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/literature/christmas-carol

There you will find A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Read the five chapters. After reading each part, don't forget to answer the questions. As proof you did the activity, write down the questions and answers in your notebook or print them.

2. Click on the New Technology Science link and choose one of the following articles to read.

http://www.popsci.com/100-years-general-relativity-why-einstein-still-stands

http://www.popsci.com/over-half-all-amazonian-tree-species-are-globally-threatened

http://www.popsci.com/why-dont-we-just-throw-all-our-garbage-into-volcanos

When you find one you like, print it. Then underline all the words related to the topic. Highlight the words that refer to people, places, or things. When you finish doing that, read the text again and try to understand what is said. You may need to read the text more than once. Finally, identify the main ideas and draw arrows → to show their location in the text.

3. Click on the Helen Fisher ‘Romantic Love’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFEl7Lo-WNA

The talk is long, but answer these questions:

What is romantic love?

What happens when you fall in love?

What information seemed to you interesting or important? Write them down in your notebook.