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Women in Victorian Age

Women in the Victorian Era

Read the information on this link and then answer the following questions:

What years did the Victorian Era take place?
During this period what was the women's most popular occupation?
What were the other occupations available for women during this time?
Where did men believe women should be?
Describe the way a woman should dress.
Did women travel alone?
What is the name of the woman that loved to travel?
Did she always travel with a companion?
What was special or different about her?
Where did she travel to?
Describe a day in a weathly woman's life?
Who were guides to lower class women?
What disadvantages did the women of the lower class have?
What was believed to cure sexual transmitted diseases?
Why were women becoming prostitutes?
Why did a couple want to have a male child?
What did this tell you about the ideals of the people of this time?
What rights did women have?

Computers and the Internet

Listening Exercise

Many people use computers and the Internet as a way of communicating with the outside world. Others surf the Internet to buy things while some people create Web sites as part of their business. Listen to the words below and consult a dictionary if you need a definition. Write a sample sentence for each word to learn how it is used in context. You can use the Internet to find sample sentences and related information.

[ What are these different audio choices? ]

[ Other Audio Options: Play RealMedia | Play Window Media ]

• chat rooms
• computer
• email
• Internet connection
• ISP (Internet Service Provider)
• laptop computer
• the Internet
• URL (Webpage address)
• Web browser
• Webpage

• build a Webpage (also, Website)
• check your email
• download music files
• go on the Internet / go online
• install software
• meet people online
• scan for viruses
• send email
• start up / shut down your computer
• surf the Internet

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II. Practice: Top

Now, complete the sentences below with the best answer:

1. ___________ allows people to compose, send, and receive messages quickly and conveniently at any time rather than going to the post office and mailing a letter.A. A chat room B. Email C. An Internet connection
2. Before you _____________, you need to check the system requirements to make sure it is compatible with your system.
A. check your email B. install software C. surf the Internet
3. More and more companies are ___________ about their products and services as a way to promote more business online.
A. building a Website B. scanning for viruses C. downloading files

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III. Follow-Up: Top

List the top five reasons why you use computers and the Internet, and share your ideas with a partner. Also, what are some of the benefits and potential dangers of the Internet, particularly to children (e.g., ID theft)? Search the Internet for more information on this topic.

Online Listening Practice (from www.esl-lab.com and www.dailyesl.com):

• Computer Sales: Medium -- [esl-lab]
• World of Computers: Medium -- [esl-lab]
• Free Email Accounts: Medium -- [esl-lab]

1. What service businesses often advertise over the radio? What points are important to consider when making a radio commercial?
2. Mention 5 different products or services that are advertised on the  radio.
3. Go to the link and listen to the advertising.
4. Complete part 2.
5. What are your opinions about these questions:
   
   • What elements make a radio commercial really great?
   • How would you rank this radio commercial on a scale from 1 - 10 based on the points in the first question?
   • How does radio advertising differ from other forms of media including television, newspapers, billboards, and magazines.
   • Listening Exercise
    

Jane Eyre

Instructions:  Answer each question in complete sentences.

1. What happens to most of the girls at Lowood?
2. What happens to Mr. Brocklehurst?
3. How long is Jane a student at Lowood?
4. What does Jane do after completing her studies at Lowood?
5. What does Miss Temple do?
6. How does Jane feel about this?
7. What does Jane decide to do as a result of this change?
8. Where does Mrs. Fairfax live?
9. What language does Adele speak?
10. Who are the people that can speak this language?

Jane Eyre

Who says what?
Instructions:   Read each quote and state which character said  it.

1. Ïf I could win love from you or Miss Temple, I would happily break my own arm...""
2. If you continue to act as a good girl, then we will think of you as wicked."
3. "Have you come to say goodbye? You are probably just in time."
4. "I am married and have a little boy and a girl that I've called Jane."
5. "How do you do, my dear? I am afraid you have had a long journey...

Verbs

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

HIST Stonehenge

Exercise 1

Linking Verbs vs Action Verbs

Linking/Action Verbs Practice(Sense words) Definitions Linking Verb: A linking verb is a verb that links a word in the predicate to the subject.  That word will either be a noun (predicate noun), which will rename the subject or an adjective (predicate adjective), which will describe the subject. Action Verb: A verb that shows action.  It may or may not have a noun or pronoun following it that receives the action of the verb (direct object). There are some words (sense words) that will be linking or action verbs depending on how they are used in a sentence.  For example: Mary seems to like the house.Seems is an action verb, but there is no direct object here. The house seems large.Seems is a linking verb - large is a predicate adjective that describes the subject, house. These are the verbs that could be action or linking verbs: appear look sound become seem stay feel remain taste grow smell

Practice ExerciseWrite down the verbs in the following sentences.  Then tell whether they are action or linking verbs. 1. The ghost appeared in the doorway. 2. The child appeared tired. 3. Bill became the president of the student council. 4. The cloth on the table felt soft and fuzzy. 5. Jeannie grows taller every day. 6. The tree grows every day. 7. John felt sick after lunch. 8. The leftover food from the picnic smelled rotten. 9. Steve smelled the flowers. 10. Please stay in the house. 11. Mom tasted the soup. 12. The soup tasted salty. 13. Jenny looks at the pictures in the book. 14. Jenny looks beautiful in that dress. 15. The radio sounded the emergency alarm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica

http://www.roman-empire.net/emperors/claudius.html

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/caesar.html

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