Wednesday, 17 March 2021

Ovarian Cancer

 Key words: 

reproductive 

abdomen

 vagina

nausea

vomiting

appetite

pelvic exam

chemotherapy

Wednesday, 10 March 2021

 Books = pro

wikipedia = con

Teachers = Pro

Newspaper = depends on the condition / mostly pro

Word of month = con

Google = mostly pro


True and false

A- True

B- True

C- False

D- False

E- False

F- True

G- False

H- True



Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Nelson

 Turning points

-these are joining the ANC, his turn to violence and his release from prison.

-aware of the unjust nature of South African Society

-Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground

-in 1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate.

-(Nelson Mandela recently lost his eldest son to this disease and Mandela has worked hard to campaign on this issue.)


Nelson Mandela


Achievements

 -10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999.

- winning the election the ANC faced a difficult challenge to improve the lives of the black population.

-He is one of the few politicians who have gone beyond a political role; he is widely admired and has received many prestigious awards

-Nelson Mandelais also associated with many educational programmes and initiatives such as Make Poverty History Campaign.

-In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prizejointly with F.W. De Klerk

-Mandela became involved in politics, and along with his good friend and comrade Oliver Tambo was expelled from Fort Hare for organising a student strike.

-Mandela was able to finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer. -

-In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.

-Conducting their own defence they eventually proved to be victorious.

- Towards the end of his prison spell his treatment improved as the South African establishment increasingly looked to negotiation, in the face of international isolation.

-The next 4 years were also difficult as South African society suffered inter cultural violence between ANC and Inkarta supporters, in addition to slow progress on a new constitution.


Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Turning points and Achievements (BIO)

Achievements 
  • 1917 he won a scholarship to Eton
  • 1934 his first novel Burmese Days was published
  • 1935 George Orwell had another novel published called  A Clergyman's Daughter.
  • 1939 another novel, Coming Up For Air was published

Turning right

George Orwell's timeline

 

  • Read George Orwell's biography and do the timeline and also turning points and achievements


1903- born in India
1911- studied St Cyprian in Eastbourne
1912- his mother back to England and he stayed with his dad
1917- he won a scholarship to Eton
1921- join British police in Burma
1928- he journeyed to Paris
1932-1933- worked as a teacher in a small private school
1933- his first book was published Down and Out in Paris and London
1934- got a part time job in a second hand bookshop
1934- his first novel Burmese Days was published
1935- A Clergyman's Daughter published. 
1936- by Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1936- Orwell married Eileen. (She died in 1945)
1936- commissioned to write a book about poverty in northern England
1936-  Socialist left for Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War 
1937- The Road to Wigan Pier was published 
1938- A Homage to Catalonia was published
1938- he was suffering from tuberculosis
1938-1939 he spent the winter in Morocco
1939-  Coming Up For Air was published
1941-1943- he worked for the BBC
1943- he became literary editor for the Tribune a left wing magazine
1945- Animal Farm was published.
1949- he married his second wife Sonia
1950- he died


                                   

Ovarian Cancer

 Key words:  reproductive  abdomen  vagina nausea vomiting appetite pelvic exam chemotherapy