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📌 Millbank Farm 
📌 Mussenden Temple 
📌 Giants Causeway
📌Hamiltons Seat 
📌 The Wishing Arch 
📌 Glenariff Forest Park 
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miranda__johnston on March 20, 2026: "happy first day of Spring ☺️🌸🌿✨

Arguably the twelve best reasons to visit: 

📌 Kodak Corner
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📌 Millbank Farm 
📌 Mussenden Temple 
📌 Giants Causeway
📌Hamiltons Seat 
📌 The Wishing Arch 
📌 Glenariff Forest Park 
📌 White Rocks Beach 
📌 Balintoy Harbour 
📌 Secret Waterfall, The Mourns 
📌Kinbane Castle 

#Northernireland #mustvisit #explorewithme #explorepage". 

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Mais la plupart des verbes les plus courants sont irréguliers.
Il faut donc les apprendre par coeur.
On apprend 3 formes : l'infinitif, le prétérit et participe passé.

STEP 1 : BE (être) : Le plus irrégulier ET le plus utile des verbes.
=> BE au Prétérit : WAS ou WERE ?
Exercice 1 : Vous avez 20 secondes pour prendre connaissance du tableau de conjugaison en cliquant sur "help" à droite. Puis complétez STEP 7 : Pour apprendre les 100 verbes irréguliers les plus courants, vous pouvez aussi utiliser la méthode Irregulars.
Sinon, poursuivez avec l'étape 8. le tableau de gauche, et cliquez sur "check" pour corriger. STEP 9 : Une histoire à compléter avec les bons verbes.
Complétez ce récit avec un des verbes irréguliers STEP 10 : 150 verbes en 3 exercices (en bas de page). Il faut choisir la forme manquante, puis associer certains verbes aux images. STEP 13 : Vous avez bien mérité une petite chanson de Manu Payet. (just for fun) Cliquez sur "done" en bas pour corriger, et sur "show answers" pour voir vos erreurs (sur fond rouge).
Série 1 : 50 verbes de Verbes A à G

proposés. Il y a 7 pages.
Exercice 2 : Même exercice, mais sans aide !
Exercice 3 : Complétez avec "was" ou "were".
Exercice 4 : Mêmes consignes.

STEP 2 : Mémorisez les 10 verbes irréguliers les plus courants.
Activité 1 : Regardez la vidéo, répétez les verbes à haute voix, et faites les exercices à la fin.
Activité 2 : Associez le son à l'image.
Activité 3 : Jouez au Memory !

Activité 5 : (si le précédent ne fonctionne pas). Ecrivez-les.

STEP 3 : Même principe, mais avec les 20 verbes les plus courants.

Activité 1 : Regardez la vidéo, répétez les verbes à haute voix, et faites les exercices à la fin.
Activité 2 : Associez le son à l'image.
Activité 3 : Jouez au Memory !
Activité 4 : Ecrivez-les.
Activité 5 : (si le précédent ne fonctionne pas). Ecrivez-les.

STEP 6 : Une petite pose avec un super jeu de "snakes and ladders" à jouer seul ou à plusieurs.
Lisez bien les consignes avant de commencer.

STEP 8 : Passez au niveau supérieur : 150 verbes, avec toute une série d'activités. Cliquez sur la petite flèche en haut pour passer à la page suivante.
Activité 1 : Ecoutez et associez les formes anglaises à la traduction française (33 exercices)
Activité 2 : Associez les 3 formes anglaises écrites à la traduction française. (31 exercices)
Activité 3 : Testez-vous sur 100 verbes !

STEP 11 : Une série de mots croisés pour finir...
Mots croisés 1 : Cliquez sur un nombre dans la grille. Saisissez la forme du verbe, puis "enter". Quand tout est complété, cliquez sur "check crosswords" en bas.
Mots croisés 2 : Mêmes consignes.
Mots croisés 3
Mots croisés 4
Mots croisés 5
Mots croisés 6 : 17 grilles de verbes irréguliers à compléter !

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ATHLETES WHO TAKE A STAND

Index

Sports and society

Should athletes take political stands?

Colin Kaepernick .

Serena Williams.

Megan Rapinoe.

Paralympic games 2022.

Serena Williams

1968 Olympic games.﻿

Megan Rapinoe.

Index:

menu

anticipation

step two

step three

Step one

1968 salute

present tense

Taking a knee

biography

Black history

Women's power

Reading strategies

In gay we trust

Final task: Option one: take part in a debateOption two: write an article about a committed athlete

Step one: introduce the picture

Step two: describe the document

Step four: give your opinion

Step three: analyse the document

Click on the labels and answer the questions. Click on the "how to" picture and follow the instructions to describe this picture. Go to the next page for more information.

black socks

black glove

Watch the video to learn more about this photo, then write a paragraph to describe what is happening here. Go to the next page for the correction.

help

Nouns: bravery: le courage a dash: une course death threats: des menaces de mort a protest/ a demonstration: une manifestation a fist: un poing a gesture: un geste a podium: un podium the national anthem: l'hymne national an outrage: un scandale verbs to expel sb: expulser (qqn) to stand on: se tenir debout to bow: incliner la tête

You're a commentator: report on the ceremony.

Watch this video and take notes.

What happened?

What is the commentator's opinion about this gesture?

What reactions did it trigger at that time?

This document is a photograph taken 56 years ago, in October 1968 in Mexico. It shows three athletes: Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two African American athletes and Peter Norman, a white Australian athlete. Tommie Smith and John Carlos are raising a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". They are keeping their hands raised and bowing their heads. In addition, they are shoeless, but wearing black socks, to represent black poverty. All three athletes are wearing human-rights badges on their jackets. They are protesting against segregation in the United States. After that, Tommie Smith and John Carlos were expelled from the Olympic games.

They are wearing black socks

Le présent en BE + V + ING

Look at the picture, then watch the video and take notes. What can you say about Colin Kaepernick?

Look at the picture, then watch the video and take notes. What can you say about Colin Kaepernick?

Look at the picture, then watch the video and take notes. What can you say about Colin Kaepernick?

Read the grammar lesson on the next seven pages. Write the lesson in your notebook and do the exercises.

Le présent en BE + V + ING

Il s'emploie pour décrire une action en cours de déroulement, préciser la position de quelqu'un et permet de faire un commentaire sur le sujet. Be renvoie au moment présent. C'est une sorte d'arrêt sur image qui permet de saisir l'action en train de se dérouler.

Ne pas oublier de conjuguer le verbe BE au présent quand on emploie le present BE + V + ING !

Exemples:He is raising his fist (affirmative) They aren't singing (négative)Is she running now? (question)

Le présent simple

He always wears black socks

Le présent simple

Pour exprimer une vérité générale:

oil floats on water.

Mary likes tennis

pour décrire une personne,

She has brown eyes.

Frank is a tall and slim boy.

Pour raconter une histoire:

He opens the door. Suddenly, he hears a strange noise.

La personne qui parle annonce des faits bruts sans préciser sa façon de percevoir l'événement

Pour parler d'une action habituelle.

I play soccer every weekend

Jane plays volleyball every weekend

Présent Simple A la forme affirmative on ajoute un -s à la 3e personne du singulier; Pour construire une phrase NEGATIVE et INTERROGATIVE En anglais on a besoin de l'auxiliare do/does. dans les questions qui devient don't/doesn't dans les phrases négatives. Le verbe est alors à la base verbale. Exemples: He always wears black socks (affirmative) He doesn't stand during the national anthem. (négative) Does she sometimes play doubles tennis? (question)

help

Nouns: le courage une course des menaces de mort une manifestation un poing un geste un podium l'hymne national un scandale verbs expulser (qqn) se tenir debout incliner la tête

LET'S RECAP!

Nouns: bravery: le courage a dash: une course death threats: des menaces de mort a protest/ a demonstration: une manifestation a fist: un poing a gesture: un geste a podium: un podium the national anthem: l'hymne national an outrage: un scandale verbs to expel sb: expulser (qqn) to stand on: se tenir debout to bow: incliner la tête

Try to remember the vocabulary of the lesson. Click on the "help" button to see the answers.

Comment on this video as if you were a sports commentator. Use present be+ing to describe what the athletes are doing. Work in pairs and take turns to comment on the video.

Eric Reid #35 and Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel on the sideline, during the anthem, prior to the game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 18, 2016. Michael Zagaris-Getty Images

https://time.com/4504014/colin-kaepernick-kneel/

kneel

stand/hand over heart

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q_iveSCfMSsypt_7vKMJl65m5Tdpcll-/view?usp=sharing Copie de Kaepernick - Timeline.mp4nullGoogle Drive

Look at the picture, then watch the video and take notes. What can you say about Colin Kaepernick?

Eric Reid #35

Colin Kaepernick #7

Watch the video: What sort of document is it? What is the message? What does Colin Kaepernick say? Can you relate it to his personal situation?

Quick Facts: Name: Birthdate: Birthplace: Age: Nationality: Father's Name: Mother's Name: Education: Residence: Marital Status: Profession: Career Highlights:

Look at these prompts. What sentences would you make to talk about someone's biography?

Quick Facts: Name: Colin Rand Kaepernick Birthdate: November 3, 1987 Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Age: 34 Years Old Nationality: American Father's Name: Rick Kaepernick Mother's Name: Teresa Kaepernick Education: John H. Pitman High School + Nevada College Residence: San Jose Marital Status: Married Wife Nessa DiabProfession: Football Quarterback Career Highlights: 2 times WAC Offensive Player of the Year

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

Quick Facts: His name is Colin Rand Kaepernick He was born on November 3, 1987 He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin He is 33 Years Old He is American His Father is Rick Kaepernick His Mother is Teresa Kaepernick He went to John H. Pitman High School and Nevada College He lives in San Jose He is Married to Nessa DiabHe is a football Quarterback He was twice (2X) named WAC (Washington Athletic Club) Offensive Player of the Year

1865

1861-

1896

2020

2008

2013

1964

1619

'Separate But Equal,' White supremacy regained control and began enacting the first segregation laws, known as the "Jim Crow" laws.

1865

The 13th Amendment, officially abolished slavery

1954-1968

Election of Barack Obama He became the 44th U.S. president, and the first African American elected to the White House.

Creation of # Black Lives Matter Since then, it has become a worldwide movement, protesting against police brutality and racism that effects the Black community.

Kamala Harris becomes first Black woman, South Asian elected Vice President.

2021

Black history milestones.

Credit

Inspiré du travail de Marion Guépin Le Ridant. Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones Black History in the United States: A TimelineAfrican American history began with slavery, as white European settlers first brought Africans to the continent to serve as enslaved workers. After...HISTORYWikipedia.

The Civil Rights Movement: a a struggle for social justice t for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States.In 1968, Martin Luther King was killed.

George Floyd: a black man who was brutally killed by a white Minneapolis police officer. This murder caused international outrage.

Slavery Comes to North America: a Dutch ship brought 20 Africans in Virginia. Later, slavery spread quickly through the American colonies.

The Civil Rights Act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It was signed into law by president Lyndon B. Johnson.

Civil War : fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America.

Watch the video: What sort of document is it? What is the message? What does Colin Kaepernick say? Can you relate it to his personal situation?

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

1865

1861-

1896

2020

2008

2013

1964

1619

'Separate But Equal,' White supremacy regained control and began enacting the first segregation laws, known as the "Jim Crow" laws.

1865

The 13th Amendment, officially abolished slavery

1954-1968

Election of Barack Obama He became the 44th U.S. president, and the first African American elected to the White House.

Creation of # Black Lives Matter Since then, it has become a worldwide movement, protesting agaisnt police brutality and racism that effects the Black community.

Kamala Harris becomes first Black woman, South Asian elected Vice President.

2021

Black history milestones.

Inspiré du travail de Marion Guépin Le Ridant. Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones Black History in the United States: A TimelineAfrican American history began with slavery, as white European settlers first brought Africans to the continent to serve as enslaved workers. After...HISTORYWikipedia.

The Civil Rights Movement: a a struggle for social justice t for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States.In 1968, Martin Luther King was killed.

George Floyd: a black man who was brutally killed by a white Minneapolis police officer. This murder caused international outrage.

Slavery Comes to North America: a Dutch ship brought 20 Africans in Virginia. Later, slavery spread quickly through the American colonies.

The Civil Rights Act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It was signed into law by president Lyndon B. Johnson.

Civil War : fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America.

Watch the video: What sort of document is it? What is the message? What does Colin Kaepernick say? Can you relate it to his personal situation?

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

Write Colin Kaepernick's biography (make sentences). Go to the next page to see the correction.

Click here and play a game:

The pin number is: 09699785

Look at the picture: do you know this athlete? What's her name? Why is she famous? Read the text and highlight all the words that you understand. Go to the next page for the next activity on the text.

Her opinion about gender inequality

What examples does she give?

Does she think the situation is improving?

How does she imagine her daughter's future?

Read the text again and fill the following mindmap. What information does the article give on Serena Williams' opinion on gender inequality? See the correction on the next page

Her opinion about gender inequality

What examples does she give?

How the situation has evolved so far

How she imagines her daughter's future

gender pay gap

sexist remarks

discriminations:

Big courts only for men

women can't argue umpires decisions.

"We've made really big steps" but "We've got a really long way to go".The situation has improved but it can still get better.

She knows it will be difficult but she hopes it will be less difficult than for her.

Right or wrong

Serena Williams uses her fame TO denounce gender pay gap.

Serena Williams denounces sexism IN ORDER TO be famous.

She wants things to change SO AS TO offer a better future to her daughter.

She did this interview TO promote her new book.

She says she sometimes has to fight for other players SO THAT they get as much attention as men.

Do the right or wrong exercise, then click on the words in red to see the answers.

POUR EXPRIMER LE BUT

SO THAT (pour que) suivi d'un sujet et d'un verbe.

Afin de répondre à la question: What...for? (pour faire quoi?/ dans quel but?)

On emploie les expressions suivantes:Toin order toso as to

pour/ afin de: ils sont suivis de la base verbale.

She says she sometimes has to fight for other players SO THAT they get as much attention as men.

She wants things to change SO AS TO offer a better future to her daughter.

Serena Williams denounces sexism IN ORDER TO change society

Serena Williams uses her fame TO denounce gender pay gap.

Read the lesson and write it in your notebook.

Do the exercise online.

Comment on this poster. Do you agree with your classmates?

AgreeingJe suis d'accord : I agree (with you/ with that) Absolument : absolutely Je partage votre opinion : I share your opinion Vous avez raison : you are right C'est vrai : That's true C'est assez vrai mais... : This is quite true, but... DisagreeingJe ne suis pas d'accord : I disagree (with you/ with that) Je ne partage pas votre point de vue : I don't share your point of view Je ne pense pas que ce soit vrai : I don't think that's right Comment pouvez-vous dire ça ?: How can you say so ? C'est certainement un point de vue, mais... : That's obviously one opinion, but... N'importe quoi ! Rubbish ! Sûrement pas ! No way !

Opinion

Affectionately referred to as "fashion's biggest night out," the Met Gala 2021 is a fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

(...) Rapinoe, who plays for the US women's national team, is openly gay and frequently advocates for LGBT rights within and outside of the sporting arena, as Insider's Frank Olito previously reported. In July 2019, the athlete discussed her political advocacy with NBC News: "I think female athletes, in general, are at the forefront of every protest in general because we're gay, we're women, we're women of color, we're sort of everything all at one time." "We're unfortunately constantly being oppressed in some sort of way. So I feel like us just being athletes, us just being at the pinnacle of our game is kind of a protest in a way and is sort of defiant in and of itself," she added. (...) https://www.insider.com/megan-rapinoe-star-spangled-outfit-met-gala-2021-9

Describe the pictures and read the text. What do you learn about Megan Rapinoe?

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Listen to the extract of an interview of Megan Rapinoe. Take notes. You can listen to it as much as you need to. What do you learn about Megan Rapinoe? When did she become political? What does she say about gay female athletes? Go to the next page for the correction.

Is sports getting too political?

Pod Save AmericaShe was the first white female athlete to support Colin Kaepernick against police brutality.She started being political when she was in College. That's when she realised she was gay.She also says female athletes and especially gay female athletes are political just for being who they are.

AgreeingJe suis d'accord : Absolument : Je partage votre opinion : Vous avez raison : C'est vrai : C'est assez vrai mais... : DisagreeingJe ne suis pas d'accord : Je ne partage pas votre point de vue : Je ne pense pas que ce soit vrai : Comment pouvez-vous dire ça ?: C'est certainement un point de vue, mais... : N'importe quoi ! Sûrement pas !

Let's recap: opinion

Remember the vocabulary. What can you say to give your opinion?

Civil Rights Movement :le mouvement des droits civiques gender equality :l'égalité des sexes Pay gap: l'écart des salaires to raise a fist: lever le poing national anthem: l'hymne national human rights :les droits de l'homme courage, bravery :courage, bravoure a race/dash: une course death threats :menaces de mort gesture: un geste podium: le podium outrage/scandal: scandale expel :expulser take a stand :prendre position bow :s'incliner (baisser la tête) kneel, knelt, knelt :s'agenouiller, être à genoux advertisement, advert, ad: publicité, pub You're fired! :Tu es viré

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Should athletes stay out of politics?

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no

Les athlètes doivent-ils rester en dehors de la politique? Read the texts and classify them in the right column. Go to the next page for the correction.

Should athletes stay out of politics?

Should athletes stay out of politics?

Yes

no

Print the document, cut the texts and stick them in your notebook.

Walking debate

1: Transgender athletes should'nt compete with other women.

1:Transgender athletes should'nt compete with other women.

2: Watching women's sports on TV is as interesting as watching men's sports.

3: Megan Rapinoe is too political.

4: Athletes have the power to change our mentalities.

Where and when:Qualcomm Stadium on September 1, 2016 in San Diego, California.Who:Eric Reid #35 and Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ersSource:Michael Zagaris-San Francisco 49ers/Getty Imageshttps://time.com

Work in groups and comment on this picture (use the "how to describe a picture document").

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ATHLETES WHO TAKE A STAND Index Sports and society Should athletes take political stands? Colin Kaepernick . Serena Williams. Megan Rapinoe. Paralympic games 2022. Serena Williams 1968 Olympic games.﻿ Megan Rapinoe.

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Every March 17th, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated around the world. Learn more about this Irish holiday and the patron saint it is named after in this History digital exclusive. Subscribe for more from HISTORY: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT #HISTORY Find out more about this and other specials on our site: https://histv.co/History Don't miss a video!

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The movie Black Panther is breaking records. It is the highest moneymaking debut for a February film. It made over $361 million in its first three days. The movie got great reviews from critics. One website gave it a very high 97 per cent score. The LA Times said "Black Panther fever" is all over Los Angeles. It added: "The film opened to the kind of [passion] typically reserved for the latest offering in the Star Wars franchise."

Black Panther is the first superhero movie with an African-American in the title role. It has a mostly black cast and a black director. African-Americans showed their pride by wearing traditional African clothes to cinemas. CNN said: "This film is a godsend that will lift the self-esteem of black children...around the world." A student who watched the film said: "For people of color, it shows us that we can get through any obstacles that are thrown at us."

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English News Lessons: Free 27-Page lesson plan / 2-page mini-lesson - Black Panther - Handouts, online activities, speed reading, dictation, mp3... current events.

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Films and TV series vocabulary

QUIZ

START

a list of people involved in making afilm or TV programme that is shown at the end or beginning of it

QUESTION 01

credentials

the credits

the captions

A particular moment in a film is a....

QUESTION 02

setting

twist

scene

Where and when a story takes place is the...

QUESTION 03

plot

cast

setting

Something or someone that tells people what will happen before they want to know...

QUESTION 04

a spoiler

a blockbuster

a leading role

The actors and actresses that take part in a film is...

QUESTION 05

the plot

the cast

the remake

a programme that is being shown on TV again.

QUESTION 06

rerun

replay

retake

As it's a thriller the plot has some....

QUESTION 07

twists and turns

special effects

top ratings

Her new film has got some great reviews or

QUESTION 08

remakes

top ratings

leading roles

to broadcast something on the radio or TV

QUESTION 09

air

voice

display

Action and horror movies are my favourite....

QUESTION 10

thrillers

roles

genres

Watching many episodes of a TV series in a short period of time is...

QUESTION 11

slow-watching

binge-watching

fast-watching

A more informal way to say TV series.

QUESTION 12

low-budget

blockbuster

show

A group of episodes shown consecutively in one period of time

QUESTION 13

season

chapter

season finale

An ending of an episode or a movie that is particularly suspenseful and is not resolved until the next one in the series

QUESTION 14

a cliffhanger

a cameo

a spoiler

A short appearence in a TV show or movie by someone famous is...

QUESTION 15

an adaptation

a cameo

a remake

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Journal entry: I have been training for this race since December, after I finished the marathon at Singapore. It has been a war. Along with keeping my TSW at bay, I had to include swimming into my regimen, which was not ideal. But like all things, we persevere. I didn't want to just "get through" TSW. I wanted to obliterate it, to come out indestructible, and it brought me here. But this one really felt like it was the final chapter: If I could get through this one, I knew nothing would ever break me again. When TSW first started, it felt like I was crawling through the deepest valley, that there was no finish line, that this demon would keep me buried forever. But every day, I fought a little bit more, and took one step forward. Today, I finally stood on the highest of mountains.

When I woke up on race morning I could already feel it would be a good day. I slept well, which is unusual the night before the race.

As I arrived at the athletes village, I headed straight to the transition area to put some last touches on my bike: Load my bottles, fill my bike bag with food, check my tire pressure.

Everything was good.

Then I took a moment to soak it all in. It was still dark, hundreds of athletes in there, but silent. You could hear everyone's focus. Like warriors preparing for battle before sunrise.

Then I headed to the start line, down at the lake. I was there an hour early, but it was already alive down there. Huge crowd, TV cameras, sponsors, commentators already all over the mic.

Ironman race week is a huge deal in Taupo.

The half Ironman event was just getting started so I watched them start their swim to ease the nerves a bit. I sipped electrolytes and stretched. An hour zoomed by.

Then as the lake cleared, the announcer called for Ironman athletes to the start line. Time for the main event.

I put on my wetsuit and hugged my parents, then headed through the athletes entrance into the water.

The Ironman is known for being the toughest one-day race in sports: A 3.8km swim, followed by a 180km bike, followed by a marathon. The time limit is 17 hours.

For those of you who followed the story of my first marathon, you know this journey was born out of anger. Back on that winter morning in August, mid flare, running in the rain with half my face falling off, rage burning in my stomach.

But starting this race, I wasn't angry anymore. I finally understood, all that pain had a purpose; it was to bring me here. It was life's way of telling me, "you're capable of so much more - I'm going to beat you down, in the suffering, you'll see who you really are."

Even two days before the race, I'd looked in the mirror, and saw parts of my face had started flaring a little. But I just looked at it and said "No" and then went about my day. It didn't matter anymore. I was here. About to attempt the impossible.

I waded into the water, found some space. Dunked my head in.

In that first marathon, still fresh with TSW demons, I'd felt like a poser at the start line. I'd looked at everyone's special running gear and shoes and thought, this is going to be a long day, I'm not even a runner, I'm not even supposed to be here. But I felt different on this start line. I looked at all the people around me and thought, I've fought as hard as all of you. I belong here. This is exactly where I'm supposed to be.

Then the fucking cannon went. BOOM.

Go time.

I was boxed in for the opening 15 minutes or so, but managed to find some space and hit a rhythm for the first 2km. But I broke the golden "nothing new on race day" rule and used a pair of goggles I'd never worn in open water before. The glare on them was terrible! Trying to sight the buoys was impossible until they were right in front of me. I had to guess where I was swimming most of the time, or stop and sight.

Around halfway in, I ended up swimming off course for around 5 minutes. During a race 5 minutes feels like 30 minutes, so although my race plan had been to swim easy, I panicked and turned the gas on to make up time.

Too much gas apparently because when I finally came out of the water, I was afraid to see ~2 hours on the clock but it was 1:24!

The goal had been to swim 1 hour 30 minutes so I was pumped. No time to celebrate though. It was straight into transition, which included a 400m run up to the bike tent. I ran it slowly, still a little dizzy from the swim.

Also as it was my first triathlon I'd never done a transition before, so felt a little lost. There was nobody in front of me, so I found myself looking behind to me every few steps, just to make sure I was going the right way.

Once I got to the transition tent things weren't calm anymore. Everyone was hectic and shouting and talking to each other about the swim. But it was joyful, everyone just so amped up and feeling like superstars.

I got handed my bike bag, a volunteer helped me strip my wetsuit and I changed into my race kit.

When deciding what race kit to buy, I wanted everything red. Red, the colour of the blood stains that covered my sheets every morning. Red, the colour of the flares that covered every corner of my body. Red, the colour of my eyes after crying in pain on those sleepless nights. Red, the colour I never wanted to see in the mirror every morning, but it was always there. I bought a red race top, red hat, red glasses, red bike, red bike bottles, red arm band. Red, the colour that tried to conquer me, and failed. Now I had no need to run from it anymore. Red was the colour of TSW, and now I would wear it into battle, like spoils ripped from a conquered enemy.

The Ironman bike leg is 180km. A long way, and the longest part of the race. The goal was to ride really easy, 1 gear down, for 1 hour. Then up to top gear but still ride easy for the following 2 hours. Then for the remainder, just ride by feeling, turn the gas on when feeling strong, and hopefully ride under 7 hours.

Cycling is a new sport to me, I didn't even get my bike until 7 weeks before the race. I haven't really developed "bike legs" yet. People were passing me the whole time. Sometimes a chubby guy or girl would zoom past me pedalling like mad and I'd be like damn! These people are strong as sh*t! Smashing me!

It was tempting to amp up the speed as I wasn't even breaking a sweat but the golden advice for Ironman is always stick to your gameplan. After around 3 hours I started eating, and then finally turned it on a little.

To be honest the whole bike leg is still a blur. I remember looking at my watch and seeing I'd done 5 hours, and thought, Wow really, where did all that time go? Slowly my knees started to ache, my feet went next, but they were baby aches I knew I could handle.

Compared to a bad skin flare, it was a 1/10.

I did laugh out loud when I thought about how I still had a marathon to run, it felt pretty ridiculous. But I wasn't dreading it. I was up for it. 100%.

On the last 50km of the bike a lot of people were slowing down on the hills, but my legs were still fresh from easy riding. I powered those final hills pretty comfortably, managing to pass a few people. Then I tried to hit the gas hard on the last 30km to break 7 hours, but didn't really come close and clocked 7 hours 22 minutes.

Not a bad time, but at the slower end of what I had wanted.

But as I was riding the final straight into transition, I saw tons of people already walking on the marathon. That was exactly what I needed to see. I rode calmly into transition and told myself I'd be catching all of them.

When I finally got off the bike, everything calmed down for me.

My race time was around 8:40 by then, so I knew I had more than 8 hours to run the marathon. All my doubts had been about the bike. Now that it was done, the doubt was over. I knew I'd be an Ironman today.

I took my time at the transition tent and taped up my feet, had some water, hat on, glasses on, shoes on, toilet. Then slowed everything down to bring down my heart rate. As I finally left the tent I said to my shoes, Got a tough few hours ahead, how about we go make this marathon our bitch?

Out we went onto the roads. Didn't even look at my watch for pacing. My only rule was no walking, no stopping. 50,000 steps and I'd be home.

The marathon at Ironman NZ is 3 laps of a 14km course.

As I'd hoped, I saw a lot of people that had passed me on the bike. I caught a lot of them by the second lap. They were all walking by then. Every pass pumped me up a little more.

During marathons there are always people you keep seeing over and over again. They pass you, you pass them back, you push each other along like that. Funny thing is you never see their face, you just recognise them from the back of their shirt, their shoes, their bum, their calf muscles. I had 2 rivals, one old Japanese guy, one girl with nicely tanned perfectly shaped shoulders.

The Japanese guy I held with for about 10km, but he was a damn superhuman. He stopped to drink at aid stations, but then always came back and powered past me. At one point he stopped to talk to his wife, and I thought yes, I got him. Nah, he rocketed by me later and I never saw him again.

By the time I started the 3rd lap the sun had gone down. It was crazy to think I'd started swimming just as the sun came up that morning, now we were heading to midnight and I was still running. But I felt strong. Of course feet hurt, knees hurt, a few blisters, running downhill was a special kind of pain, but I just told myself, "Relax, this is what you trained for" and my mind was at peace.

In previous races, I'd used the darkness to push me through. I thought about all the worst nights, the suicidal thoughts, the times I thought I'd never survive TSW. I used that rage to unleash warrior mode and push me through any pain. But this time it never happened. Once again, the anger was gone. There was no need to unleash beast mode this time. I knew if I just relaxed and held this pace, I'd make the finish line.

Before the race I'd hoped to run under 5 hours, and I ended up running bang on 5. It was the easiest marathon I've run.

During the final 7km stretch into town, the nice shoulders girl passed me again. I put the gas on, tailed her for a while then passed her a few kms later.

Then after the final aid station she ran by me again and I could see she was really giving her last legs to the road. I thought, sorry but I need to win this one. I lifted my legs and boosted past her to leave no doubt I wouldn't be seeing her again.

I held that pace all the way into town. The crowd in Taupo was spectacular, all I could hear was "Go Brendan! Running strong Brendan! You're going to be an Ironman! All the way home Brendan! Don't stop! Congratulations!"

Then as I finally reached the turnaround point for the last time, the crowd saw the three coloured bands on my wrist and waved me into the finishers chute.

All finish lines are special, but this one is different.

It's only when you hit the lights of the red carpet, the finish line crowd, the CHEERS, the commentators calling your name, that you realise what you've been a part of. All the demons you've vanquished to get here, all the runs you whimpered through during flares in the winter, all the times your spirit broke and you had to get back up and keep on going. Now you're here, at an Ironman finish line. I'd been rock solid all day but I broke almost immediately, tears suddenly streamed down my face. We prepare like warriors for the race, but nothing could prepare you for that.

"BRENDAN LEE, YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!!"

14 hours 13 minutes. 7th March 2020.

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Then as the lake cleared, the announcer called for Ironman athletes to the start line. Time for the main event. I put on my wetsuit and hugged my parents, then headed through the athletes entrance into the water.

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The 2019 film adaptation of James Baldwin's novel If Beale Street Could Talk, a love story set in 1970s Harlem, makes an excellent complement to Shine Bright 2de File 1 "United Colors of Harlem" or Shine Bright 1re File 8 "African-American Art" .This video can be used in class to introduce the film and Baldwin.

Love in Harlem is a romance but also an ode to loving family bonds. And it is a story of injustice as current today as it was in the 1970s, when it was written and set, or the 1920s when Baldwin grew up during the Harlem Renaissance. It was both adapted and directed by Barry Jenkins, who won the 2017 Best Picture Oscar for Moonlight.

The video can be used from B1. You can watch it online below, or download it to use offline. You can also download the transcript.

The video intersperses scenes from the film with interviews with the director and certain actors. From B1, you could ask pupils to understand the outline of the story, using the short scenes and the images: There's a couple - you may want to give their names, Tish and Fonny. They're in love. But Fonny is arrested. (They should be able to deduce this from the scene with the police officer and then the scenes where Tish is visiting Fonny in prison.) And Tish is pregnant. But their families are supportive.

The exchange which opens and closes the video, with Tish and Fonny swapping roles is perfect for working on the present perfect in context:
"You ready for this?"
"I've never been more ready for anything in my whole life."

From B1+, pupils can then concentrate on what director Barry Jenkins says about Baldwin and his work.
1'18-1'28: "This book was written between '68 and '73. I felt there was a power in the movie taking place in a period 45 years ago and yet still being very relevant today."
1'45-2'12 "The condition of black life... through the characters."

Pupils can be asked to consider the quote, "I love it when intellectual ideas can be pursued through characters." Can they give examples of books, series or films where fictional characters have given them insight into a real situation?

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2024 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship: Taupō, New Zealand

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Q°1:What does the Haka help you to connect to?

Q°2: What are the numerous benefits of practising the Haka?

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Q°4: From what culture does the Haka come from?

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To many, graffiti may seem like a modern form of petty vandalism. A Brief History of Graffiti, however, goes on to explain why that descriptor is wrong on all accounts. Art historian Dr Richard Clay explores the scribbles humans have carved, drawn or painted into their surroundings all over the world and all across the span of time, from French cave paintings to Russian messages found in the Reichstag building in Berlin in 1945 to modern street art.

Through this exploration of history, Dr Clay makes the case that cave paintings are an early form of graffiti, that graffiti is a form of expression for people who have no other ways to express themselves, and that there is an important difference between vandalism and street art.

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Chris first visited Alaska in 1989. He ended up here April 25, 1992. This is where he met Jim Gallien. Jim Gallien is the man that was kind and sympathetic enough to give Chris a ride to his final destination, the Stampede Trail. After dropping Chris off, Gallien almost contacted

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' Awaking in New York' explores themes of city life, community, or lack thereof, and perception. The poem uses techniques such as imagery and personification to create an image of New York city that is equal parts wistful and draining.

Summary of Awaking in New York

' Awaking in New York' by Maya Angelou is a powerful poem about a speaker 's experience of waking up in New York along with everyone else.

In the poem's eleven lines the speaker describes through vivid imagery, the dreams that children share with the angels, the violence of the wind against curtains, and the mundanity of day to day city life. In the last line, the speaker brings themselves into the poem, addressing their position, how they wake up, and how they consider the rest of the world.

Structure of Awaking in New York

' Awaking in New York' by Maya Angelou is an eleven line poem that is contained within a single stanza of text. The lines do not follow a specific rhyme scheme or metrical pattern, but are all around the same length. The shortest is two words and the longest is four words long. Despite the lack of a rhyme scheme, a choice common throughout Angelous' poems, there are several examples of half-rhyme.

Also known as slant or partial rhyme, is seen through the repetition of assonance or consonance. This means that either a vowel or consonant sound is reused within one line, or multiple lines of verse. For example, "alarm" and "awake" in line eight and "unasked" and "unheeded" in line eleven.

Poetic Techniques in Awaking in New York

Angelou makes use of several poetic techniques in 'Awaking in New York'. These include but are not limited to, alliteration, enjambment, personification, and simile. The latter, simile, appears towards the end of the poem.

A simile is a comparison between two unlike things that uses the words "like" or "as". A poet uses this kind of figurative language to say that one thing is similar to another, not like metaphor, that it "is" another. In this case, Angelou compares her speaker to "a rumour of war". This is an interesting comparison and one that will spawn several different interpretations. She is perhaps alluding to how a rumour, such as one about war, could spread. It would move quickly and spark fear throughout a community. The speaker is as awake as this rumour would be.

Alliteration occurs when words are used in succession, or at least appear close together, and begin with the same sound. For example, "will" and "wind" in lines one and two. Another important technique commonly used in poetry is enjambment. It occurs when a line is cut off before its natural stopping point. Enjambment forces a reader down to the next line, and the next, quickly. One has to move forward in order to comfortably resolve a phrase or sentence. For instance, the transition between lines four and five.

Personification occurs when a poet imbues a non-human creature or object with human characteristics. For example, in the sixth and seventh lines where the speaker describes the city as pulling itself awake.

Awaking in New YorkAnalysis

Lines 1-5

Curtains forcing their will

In the first lines of 'Awaking in New York' the speaker begins by describing the movement and sounds of the curtains in their window. The hanging cloth is fighting against the wind that's trying to push its way into the room. This is a very clear example of personification. The curtains are described as though they have the ability to fight back against something as a human would, rather than just being inanimate objects.

This is occurring, as are the other images, while the speaker is waking up in New York. Before focusing on themselves, the speaker references "children". These young people are not denied. It could be a certain group they are thinking of or all the children sleeping in New York, or in the world.

These same sleeping children, in the next lines, are said to be "exchanging," or sharing, dreams with 'seraphim" or angels with multiple pairs of wings from the Bible. These words of peace, "dreams, and "seraphim," are juxtaposed against the more violent and powerful words of "will," "forcing," and "against" in the first lines

The fifth line of 'Awaking in New York' slips, transitioning the speaker suddenly into an image of the city as a whole.

Lines 5-11

lie stretching into dawn,

In contrast again with the image of the children, the speaker describes how the city wakes up. It "drags itself awake". This is another example of how personification can be used to help a reader better imagine an image that the poet has in mind. It is pulling itself awake on "subway straps". This alliterative line is an interesting one. It refers to the handles that passengers grasp onto on the subway trains. The straps are a mundane image that represents the morning commute that the city engages in.

It is not until the eighth line of 'Awaking in New York' that the speaker acknowledges their presence in the city. This person refers to themselves as "an alarm" They are "a/ rumor of war". These two images go together in their suddenness and violence. But, an alarm is something regular. This is how the speaker sees themselves, as a product of the everyday patterns of city life. They likely get up with the alarm and go to bed at the same time every day.

Angelou uses a simile in these lines to compare the speaker to "a rumor of war". These rumours are dangerous, powerful, and spread quickly creating fear in a community. They are wide awake, in amongst all the structured chaos of New York. The last line, "unasked and unheeded" alludes to solitude or alienation. They are alone, but very much a part of the same patterns as the rest of the city.

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