8th of March

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

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English, 8th of March

Today's lesson

Today's aims:

- IWD Awareness (culture)

-  Synonyms/antonyms (vocabulary)

- Phrasal verbs (vocabulary)

Today's programme:
- Introduction

- Synonyms & antonyms

- Phrasal verbs

- What did we learn?

Last week it was World Compliment Day. What day is it today?

- Every year

- 8th of March

- Celebration

- Call for action

When was the first International Women's day held?

1. 1889
2. 1911
3. 1946
4. 1957

One of the aims of International Women's Day has to do with inequality. What does inequality mean?

MacMillan Online Dictionary:

"a situation in which people are not equal because some groups have more opportunities, power, money etc than others"

What is the opposite of INEQUALITY?

Which word might be linked to inequality?

1. inclusion
2. bias
3. to condone

BIAS

"an attitude that you have that makes you treat someone in a way that is unfair or different from the way you treat other people" 

(MacMillan online dictionary)

Gender bias in medicine is still putting women's health at risk.

(the Conversation AU - news article)

Inclusion

To condone

Verb

Noun

the action of including someone or something in a group, arrangement, document etc

to approve of behaviour that most people think is wrong

Opposite: exclusion

Opposite: 

to disapprove

What are phrasal verbs?

MacMillan Online Dictionary:

"a combination of a verb and an adverb or preposition, which has a particular meaning"

Examples: look up, get away with, bring up

Which phrasal verbs did you find?

Phrasal verbs

Stand out

Stand up tall

Stand for

Stick up for

Speak up

Sink in 

Cut out

to stand out

to stand up tall

to stand for

to stick up for

to speak up

act proud and confident

what you believe is important

to be more important than other things

to defend or support

to express your opinion

Do you think International Women's Day is still needed? Why?