2AB STUDENTS - LABOUR DAY ACTIVITY - 3 DAY WEEKEND!

IMPORTANT NOTICE, UNIT 10 TEST, MONDAY 11th , please comment the best time to take it: 10 h or 12 h?, you need 1,15 min to take it, it will be an online test.

Dear 2AB STUDENTS,

Today we have prepared a couple of activities; May Day worksheet and a text book set of exercises.

May Day, an ancient spring festival in many nations, is also international workers' day, or "labour day". On 1 May every year, workers of the world unite and rally in support of trade unionisation and better working conditions. Originally chosen by socialist, labour and communist organisations, the commemorative date has spread across the globe.

Please read this presentation by Remy HERE, watch the video and do the exercises included there:

Labour Day activities:

a)Watch the video and answer the questions in your notebook:

1 Where and when was the very first Labor Day celebrated?
2 What 3 things did the protesting workers demand?
3 T/F: Most children went to school to learn instead of work.
4 What happened in Haymarket Square in 1886?
5 How do children now celebrate Labor Day?

b) Reading Activity
FILL IN THE BLANKS FOR THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE
USING THE WORD BOX BELOW.
Labor day is on the first __________ in __________ in the United
States. It is the last long __________ in __________. Labor Day is
a day __________ for __________. Before, many workers worked
for 14 __________ a __________, and 7 days a __________. Labor
Day celebrates the 8- __________ work day, and the 5-day work

c) Speaking activity : PLEASE WRITE YOUR ANSWERS, FORGET ABOUT THE WORD "SPEAKING". Answer the following questions:
1. Why do you think it’s important to continue celebrating International Workers’ Day today?
2. Do you think that there are still things that need to be fixed in the workplace today?
Why or why not?
3. If you could change ANYTHING about working or the workplace, what would it be?
How do you think this would help?

QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY HERE

TEXT BOOK ACTIVITY
- SB page 101 SCREENSHOT HERE, do exercises 1,2,3,4,5 OPEN THE AUDIO HERE
   ANSWER KEY HERE

WRITE ALL YOUR ANSWERS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, THEN SEND IT TO ME.

I hope you can go for a walk this weekend, enjoy!