THANKSGIVING DAY

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH - 5^D LINGUISTICO

Here you can explore the Wordsworth Museum which is next door to Dove Cottage  - it was in this little cottage, at times "crammed edge full" with people, in the heart of the remote Lake District, that William Wordsworth wrote some of the greatest poetry in the English language.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE - 2^C LINGUISTICO

REMEMBRANCE DAY

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below

We are the dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.”

Colonel John McRae, "In Flanders Fields"

November 11th - Armistice Day, 1918.

On the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month we remember all those who have fallen.

Remembrance Day is marked annually on 11 November to commemorate the end of the First World War in 1918, followed by Remembrance Sunday.

The day is also observed to remember all those who sacrificed their lives in the war, with a 2 minute silence at 11am.

MOLLY MALONE - 2^C LINGUISTICO

Molly Malone is the enigmatic heroine of the famous song of the same name, widely recognised as Dublin’s unofficial anthem. Immortalised in bronze during the 1988 Dublin Millennium celebrations, the Molly Malone statue stands in the heart of the city’s historic Georgian Quarter.

According to the lyrics of the undeniably catchy tune – also known as Cockles and Mussels – Molly was a young and beautiful fishmonger who sold her yield from a cart on the streets of Dublin. The song’s final verse states that after she died of a fever, she began haunting the city.

Despite her international fame, Molly Malone remains something of a mystery. While a popular figure in Irish folklore, she became an urban legend towards the end of the 20th century when claims that she was a real person who lived in the 17th century became popularised. After a Mary Malone (the name Molly derives from Mary or Margaret) was discovered to have died in Dublin on 13 June 1699, the Dublin Millennium Commission joyously proclaimed 13 June Molly Malone Day, and in 1988, it unveiled her statue.

https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/who-was-molly-malone-what-we-know-from-irish-folklore-and-songs/

NOVEMBER

 

"The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. 

In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully."

Henry Rollins 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

 

Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on 31 October. The tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the 8th century, Pope Gregory III designated 1 November  as a time to honor all saints. Soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes and eating treats.  Read here.

WHAT IS COP26 AND WHY IS IT HAPPENING?

 

The UK is hosting a summit that is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control.  It will bring together heads of state, climate experts and campaigners to agree coordinated action to tackle climate change.

The meeting in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.   Read here. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51372486

https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/10/28/what-is-cop26-and-why-is-it-so-important

https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2021/11/01/does-climate-change-language-matter/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=content&utm_content=fb_post

STUDYING ROMEO AND JULIET - 4^C LINGUISTICO

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young Italian star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as exemplary  young lovers.

http://2013.playingshakespeare.org/index.html

HADRIAN'S WALL - 3^C LINGUISTICO

Hadrian’s Wall is the remains of stone fortifications built by the Roman Empire following its conquest of Britain in the second century A.D. The original structure stretched more than 70 miles across the northern English countryside from the River Tyne near the city of Newcastle and the North Sea, west to the Irish Sea. Hadrian’s Wall included a number of forts as well as a ditch designed to protect against invading troops. The remnants of a stone wall are still visible in many places. Read here. 

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/hadrians-wall

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hadrians-wall/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hadrians-Wall

THE ELIZABETHAN THEATRE - 4^C LINGUISTICO

https://myblog-inplainenglish.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-elizabethan-theatre.html

https://myblog-inplainenglish.blogspot.com/2014/08/an-introduction-to-shakespearean-london.html

https://shakespeareantheaters.weebly.com/the-globe.html

https://youtu.be/b9uDK3xsLYk

THE ROMANTIC SPIRIT

The Romantic period was largely a reaction against the ideology of the Enlightenment period that dominated much of European philosophy, politics, and art from the mid-17th century until the close of the 18th century.  Whereas Enlightenment thinkers valued logic, reason, and rationality, Romantics valued emotion, passion, imagination and individuality. Chris Baldick provides the following description: “Rejecting the ordered rationality of the Enlightenment as mechanical, impersonal, and artificial, the Romantics turned to the emotional directness of personal experience and to the boundlessness of individual imagination and aspiration.” Read here.

HIDDEN FIGURES - 4^C LINGUISTICO

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gaudianohunt/2017/01/23/9-leadership-lessons-from-hidden-figures/

https://fsharetv.co/movie/hidden-figures-episode-1-tt4846340

OCTOBER

REMEMBERING 9/11 ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY

“On this day … 20 years (September 10th) ago, 246 people went to sleep in preparation for their morning flights. 2,606 people went to sleep in preparation for work in the morning. 343 firefighters went to sleep in preparation for their morning shift. 60 police officers went to sleep in preparation for morning patrol. 8 paramedics went to sleep in preparation for the morning shift. None of them saw past 10:00 am Sept 11, 2001. In one single moment life may never be the same. As you live and enjoy the breaths you take today and tonight before you go to sleep in preparation for your life tomorrow, kiss the ones you love, snuggle a little tighter, and never take one second of your life for granted.”

Unknown

https://www.911memorial.org/911-faqs