'How the West was Won'

Wednesday 10^th December,

Hello again, Isabel.

In our class last week, we corrected homework.

We had been reviewing verbs of probability in the present and in the past.

We remembered how to deduce and express certainty and possibility.

We listened to a telephone conversation between two people. We only heard a part and we deduced who she may have been talking to, what the relationship between them could have been, what may be happening.

·         She could be talking to her ex-husband.

·         She could be the ex-husband’s mother in law because she seems to be defending her daughter.

·         I don’t agree, I think she may be the ex-wife.

·         They can’t have got divorced in good terms because she sounds really angry.

·         The kids can’t be happy because they’re going to the zoo because they hated it the last time they went there.

·         The kids might not be looking forward to spending the weekend with their father.

Then we changed the subject. We started reading about ‘How the west was won’.

We read about the migration which began in 1843. The pioneers, the first settlers had to cross mountains, deserts and huge treeless plains. They used to start in late April or early May so as to avoid blizzards and the bad weather conditions in the winter. The journey was harsh and one in 25 of the immigrants failed to make their destination.

The first contact with Native Americans was that of a friendly relation and commerce and trading. But this changed because of the gold fever conflict.  This brought about the virtual extinction of Native Americans by the mid-1880s.

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In tomorrow’s lesson, which is the last for this year, we’ll see a film. Make a choice!

See you tomorrow!!!!