12 years a slave Ⓐ Ⓑ
📕 chapter 8
🔊 chapter 8 "I was now compelled to labor ..."
🔊 chapter 8 5.38 "as the day began to ..."
🔵 what was the transatlantic slave trade ?
📕 book
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Saturday, 22 November 2025
Thursday, 30 October 2025
HURRICANE MELISSA
🎥 script
⏩ scene 1 (beginning)
⏩ scene 2 30' Hiding under a bridge
⏩ scene 3 42' Suddenly, the twister splits in half. Now there's two!
phonetics /ai/ /ei/ /au/ /ae/
1🔊 Louisiana
2🔊 New Orleans
4🔊 Mississipi
6🔊 storm
7🔊 hurricane
8🔊 howling
10🔊 floods
11 emergency
12 struck
13 evacuate
14 mudslide
15 wave
16 result
17 rain
18 submerge
19 unable
20 delay
21 damage
22 levee
23 became
24 August
25 catastrophic
26 meteorology
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Friday, 17 March 2023
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
🔴 TEST Hurricane Helen NBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC9nuMevovM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mcp0CKSNFc
PRONOUNCIATION
Jamaica
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTvqWv1nhJw
context
1. reported damage
https://www.newsweek.com/hurricane-dorian-1300-homes-destroyed-one-group-islands-alone-bahamas-says-salvation-army-1457265
2. factors that increase vulnerability to hurricanes in Jamaica
https://www.prb.org/inharmswayhurricanespopulationtrendsandenvironmentalchange/
3. climate and economic factors (transports, population ...)
https://unctad.org/meetings/en/Presentation/DSmith_SWIL_BBWorkshop_p07_en.pdf
The Bahamas
video
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-dorian-search-for-victims-continues-a-week-after-storm-hits-bahamas-2019-09-09/
context
1. reported damage
https://www.newsweek.com/hurricane-dorian-1300-homes-destroyed-one-group-islands-alone-bahamas-says-salvation-army-1457265
https://www.air-worldwide.com/Blog/What-Hurricane-Dorian-Taught-Us-about-the-Bahamas-Building-Code/
2. factors that increase vulnerability to hurricanes in the Bahamas
https://www.prb.org/inharmswayhurricanespopulationtrendsandenvironmentalchange/
3. climate and economic factors (transports, population ...)
https://www.britannica.com/place/The-Bahamas/Climate
North Carolina
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qgOQlDwMY
context
1. reported damage
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-09-07/hurricane-dorian-north-carolina-damage-bahamas-death-toll
2. factors that increase vulnerability to hurricanes in North Carolina
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/08/heres-why-the-carolinas-are-so-much-more-vulnerable-to-a-hurricane-like-dorian-right-now
3. climate and economic factors (transports, population ...)
https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Carolina-state/Economy
South Carolina
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3kbCA5JScM
context
1. reported damage
https://www.postandcourier.com/hurricanewire/sc-coast-turns-to-cleanup-as-hurricane-dorian-finally-departs/article_e31c436a-d0aa-11e9-823f-0bbadae41f52.html
2. How does climate change affect South Carolina ?
https://riskfinder.climatecentral.org/state/south-carolina.us?comparisonType=county&forecastType=NOAA2017_int_p50&level=5&unit=ft
3. climate and economic factors (transports, population ...)
https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Carolina
Georgia
video
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/georgia-starts-to-feel-the-impact-of-hurricane-dorian/
context
1. reported damage
https://www.ajc.com/weather/hurricanes/georgia-spared-dorian-destruction-but-hurricane-season-not-over/VnGeduzwOX8dR4YgRjDp5O/
2. How does climate change affect Georgia ?
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/how-does-climate-change-affect-georgia
3. climate and economic factors (transports, population ...)
https://www.britannica.com/place/Georgia-state/Climate
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-5.html
VIDEO 1 Hurricane Katrina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXxrjER5G-k
Newpaper articles
1. Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-katrina-20050830-htmlstory.html
2. The independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/engulfed-new-orleans-torn-apart-by-katrina-americas-greatest-natural-disaster-5347539.html
VIDEO 2 Hurricane Dorian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2crRsQWOc8
PROJECT
https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/how-caribbean-can-prepare-more-violent-hurricanes
1. 7 essential facts about Hurricane Katrina
https://www.vox.com/2015/8/23/9191907/hurricane-katrina
2. Lessons learned from past hurricanes in Florida
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/us/hurricane-dorian-florida.html
3. Preparing for storms in Jamaica
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20160623/preparing-storms-hurricane-shelter-101
4. Jamaica's experience with hurricanes
https://reliefweb.int/report/jamaica/jamaicas-experience-hurricane-ivan-case-mitigation-and-preparedness-programmes
Tuesday, 1 September 2020
PROJECTIf we redesigned the city, we would ...
simple past conditional
🟦 TEAM 1
📹 video
2005 Hurricane Katrina
📹 999 call
📹 history
📰 newspaper article
🅿 PROJECT
geography of Louisiana
🌄 https://www.thoughtco.com/geography-of-louisiana-1435734
2017 Hurricane Harvey
1. watch the video
📹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD0dXPmwTAw
2. creative writing
🔊 NPR engineer (New Orleans) ➕
1🔊 Louisiana
2🔊 New Orleans
4🔊 Mississipi
6🔊 storm
7🔊 hurricane
8🔊 howling
10🔊 floods
11 emergency
12 struck
13 evacuate
14 mudslide
15 wave
16 result
17 rain
18 submerge
19 unable
20 delay
21 damage
22 levee
23 became
24 August
25 catastrophic
26 meteorology
🆃 TEST REVISIONS
1. Listening comprehension (10 lines)
📹 video
📹 video
2. Questions (10 lines)
a) What can you say about Hurricane Ida and Katrina ?
b) Can you explain the human consequences ?
c) Can you explain the material consequences ?
d) Can you explain the problems with the levees ?
e) Can you explain the rescue operations ?
🅿 PROJECT
make a video tag
🆔 INTERACTIVE DEBATE
how can engineers protect New Orleans from being flooded ?
📊 timeline
reasons for the disaster
📹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7unlPvNxLLA
2008 Hurricane Gustav
evacuation
📹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvSvnRx3sAY
📹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7unlPvNxLLA
2008 Hurricane Gustavevacuation
📹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvSvnRx3sAY
geography of Louisiana
🌄 https://www.thoughtco.com/geography-of-louisiana-1435734
2017 Hurricane Harvey1. watch the video
📹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD0dXPmwTAw
2. creative writing
B2 ▶ "Is New Orleans safre today than when Katrina hit 10 years ago ?" (scientificamerican.com)
map of the levees
2020 Hurricane Laura
human and material consequences
📹 https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/louisiana-struggles-recover-hurricane-laura-72712714
B1 ▶ an evacuees' s experience
B2 ▶ an engineer's point of view
PROJECT
How could we protect New Orleans from flooding ?
2020 Hurricane Laura
human and material consequences
📹 https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/louisiana-struggles-recover-hurricane-laura-72712714
B1 ▶ an evacuees' s experience
B2 ▶ an engineer's point of view
PROJECT
How could we protect New Orleans from flooding ?
🟦 TEAM 1
Your solutions about
levees, evacuation operations, shelters, building improvement …
If we (did this) we could
save …
If we had done this at the
time, the city wouldn’t have been
I would advise people to ..
We suggest building ...
We plan to …
Long-term responses to
flooding could include : verb (ing)
In the event of a major
hurricane …
It is essential that people
+ verb
We will further increase our
…
We will engage with business
locally to …
We will focus on investing
in …
We are committed to …
Through the actions set out
above …
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