Present perfect vs Simple past. Unit 3 Traditions: Thanksgiving.

26 Novembro 2020, 11:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Present Perfect vs Simple Past: (a) signal words associated with the Simple Past and the Present Perfect; checking the answers to exercises on pages 60-62 (positive and negative sentences, and questions).

UNIT 3 - The Thanksgiving tradition: reading comprehension activity - Reading through TEXT 1 ("History of the Pilgrims" and TEXT 2 ("Biography of Squanto") and answering the questions in "An interview with a pilgrim" and in "An interview with Squanto".
HOMEWORK: Please do the  Thanksgiving Quiz (pp. 50-52) and  the exercise Thanksgiving Trivia and Facts (pp.52-53) at home. The answers will be checked on Monday's Zoom class, if there is time, or on Thursday, 5th December.

Access the links below to learn a few more things about this American tradition:  1. Pardoning the Thanksgiving Turkey
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey
3. Official Presidential Turkey Pardon videoClick on this link (or copy & paste it) and watch the mini video appearing at the beginning of the article:
https://time.com/5915196/donald-trump-turkey-pardon-transition-election/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc&utm_campaign=newsletter+brief-pm+default+ac&utm_content=+++20201124+++body&et_rid=21700408 3. 'First Thanksgiving' Wampanoag Tribe Faces New Epidemic | Time
This is a very interesting article about today's Wampanoags ( https://time.com/5911943/thanksgiving-wampanoag/ )