PASSWORD:

B&B:

• Read the first two pages of the short story: "Sredni Vashtar".
• Comment on the title's relevance.
• Look for information about H.H.Munro's childhood.

In someone else's shoes SELPHIES!!!

Mr Barret's

Mrs. Barret's

Grandad's

Euthanasia - THE SEA INSIDE movie trailer

EUTHANASIA:

Euthanasia (from Greek: εὐθανασία; "good death": εὖ, eu; "well" or "good" – θάνατος, thanatos; "death") refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering.

There are different euthanasia laws in each country. The British House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering"  

In the Netherlands, euthanasia is understood as "termination of life by a doctor at the request of a patient"

Euthanasia is categorized in different ways, which include voluntary, non-voluntary, or involuntary.

 Voluntary euthanasia is legal in some countries, U.S. states, and Canadian Provinces. Non-voluntary euthanasia is illegal in all countries. Involuntary euthanasia is usually considered murder.As of 2006, euthanasia is the most active area of research in contemporary bioethics.

In some countries there is a divisive public controversy over the moral, ethical, and legal issues of euthanasia. Those who are against euthanasia may argue for the sanctity of life, while proponents of euthanasia rights emphasize alleviating suffering, bodily integrity, self-determination, and personal autonomy.^[6] Jurisdictions where euthanasia or assisted suicide is legal include the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland,Estonia, Albania, the US states of Washington, Oregon and Montana,and, starting in 2015, the Canadian Province of Quebec.

BBC NEWS 10th May 2012

Argentina Senate passes a "dignified death" law

               

The Argentine Senate has approved a "dignified death" law to give the terminally ill and their families more say in end-of-life decisions.

The legislation means patients who are dying or suffering incurable illness or injury can refuse treatment, if there is an existing signed consent form.Until now, a court order was needed to end treatment or life support.The Senate has also passed a law that allows people to change their gender officially without court approval.Senators voted by 55-0 in favour of the "dignified death" law, with 17 abstentions. The measure had already passed the lower house and it now goes to President Cristina Fernandez to be signed into law.All those present were at pains to stress that the legislation does not allow euthanasia."The aim is to respect the autonomous will of the patient," said Jose Cano, who heads the Senate's health commission.

Concern

Susana Bustamante, whose 19-year-old daughter Melina had pleaded to be allowed to die amid the pain from her degenerative condition, welcomed the new law."You have to allow something natural like death. Death is not a dirty word, we've won it as a right," Ms Bustamante said.Campaigners for gender rights gathered outside Congress as senators votedMelina died last year shortly after making her public appeal.Under the new legislation, a patient who is suffering a terminal illness or has an incurable condition can refuse treatment.In cases where patients are unable to speak for themselves, the legislation empowers relatives or legal representatives to make the decision.The main condition is that the patient or his representatives have signed a document setting out their wishes, before a notary and two witnesses.During the debate, some senators expressed concern about ending life support to or withdrawing feeding tubes from a patient unable to communicate.The Roman Catholic Church rejected the new legislation, arguing that life support should never be stopped.Senators also used Wednesday's session to approve a gender rights law.The legislation gives people the right to be officially recognised by the gender of their choosing, which may in some cases mean undergoing sex-change surgery.People aged 18 and above will be able to have such an operation or hormone therapy without needing to apply to a judge.

When I'm Sixty-Four- The Beatles

I Walk The Line by Johnny Cash (Lyrics)

PASSWORD: Choose one quote:)

B&B for next Tuesday:

Choose one option to write about:

• Imagine one of your parents is staying in your home with no definite end to the visit in sight. Confide in your diary how you honestly feel.

• Suppose one of your parents had been staying, and then left for the same reasons as Grandad. Write a letter to your dad/mum to explain how you feel about the situation.

• Imagine yourself as Sandy's grandfather. After returning home, you settle down to write to your family, explaining your reasons for leaving.

The TITLE:

·         the end of the line/road

› the point where it is no longer possible to continue with aprocess or activity:

We've struggled on for as long as we could, but now we're at the end of the line.

When the bank refused to lend us any more money we realized we'dreached the end of the road.

·         the end of the road and the end of the line 

1. Lit. the place where the road stops; the end of the route, such as a bus, train, or subway route. Our house is at the end of the road. We drove to the end of the road and began our hike into the mountains.

2. Fig. the end of the whole process. When we reach the end of the road on this project, we'll get paid. You've come to the end of the line. I'll not lend you another penny.

3. Euph. death. When I reach the end of the road, I wish to be buried in a quiet place, near some trees. She was nearly ninety when she came to the end of the line.

This slang phrase, as a free translation from Hebrew, 

is used to describe a great and wonderful thing. 
end of the road: Most common to be used by teens these days.

1: Have you been to the big party last week? 
2: Sure. It was totally end of the road!

THE AUTHOR

KARA MAY:
Kara May is a published author and an editor of children's books.

Kara May won the Acorn award for her picture book Knickerless Nicola in 1989. She is the author of the Cat's Whisker books, published by Andersen Press in hardback and Red Fox in paperback and the Emily H books, published under the Hippo imprint for Scholastic. Kara has also written several plays for BBC Radio as well as playscripts for the theatre. She lives in South East London.

Q: What were you like at school?

A: Discombobulated

Q: What did you want to be when you were a child?

A: An archaeologist – the one who discovers an ancient city paved with gold in the deepest depths of the Amazon jungle.

Q: Which three words describe you best?

A: Upbeat … Zany …Intrepid …. when the sun shines.

Q: What is your favourite word?

A: Beguiling

Q: What makes you cringe?

A: Feet on train seats.

Q: What quality do you most admire in a person?

A: Wisdom + a sense of humour.

Q: What is the most interesting place you have ever visited?

A: Uluru in the Red Centre of Australia.

Q: What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?

A: Dare to take a risk, dare to fail, dare to try again.

VOCABULARY Focus

End of the Road (Original with Kara Pangilinan)

PASSWORD

B&B for next class:

* Read the first two pages of the play "End of the Road".
* Highlight the following expressions, and get ready to explain them:

   1. It's been murder.

2. To get hitched before she snuffs it.

3. Happy families again, is it?

4. He gets on me nerves.

5. He can't cope, love, not on his own.

6. It's Mum who gets lumbered.

7. He 's entitled

8. You are up to your eyes as it is.

VOCABULARY Revision:

She was warming herself by the hearth in the drawing room.

He has worked as a school caretaker for twenty years.

He has lived the prosaic life of a hardworking farmer

 At dusk the sky has a reddish colour.

 In his early twenties he was certain his queerness was a result of that night.

The flame of a candle that is bright and then weaker is an example of the flicker of the candle.

Humans evolved from arboreal ancestors.

An example of desuetude is the law concerning prohibition of alcohol which is no longer in use because it was repealed.

She rallied from her illness.

The keystone of the campaign reform was the ban on soft money.

He fumbled in his pockets for some change.

His back was covered with weals where he had been repeatedly beaten.

He was panting heavily as he ran

STORIES vs PLAYS

M&M's || A Demon Taxi Driver...

PASSWORD for next class: Choose one quote

“Do not allow me to forget you.” 

“For you was I born, for

you do I have life, for you will I die, for you am I now dying.” 

“One never quite stops believing, some doubt remains forever."

“When I stand and contemplate my fate and see the path along which you have led me, I reach my end, for artless I surrendered to one who is my undoing and my end.” 

― Quotes from:Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, Of Love and Other Demons

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B&B for next class:

* Read the following poem.
  Then, adapt it to The Demon Lover story we read.

                        THE DEMON LOVER       Author Unknown

                                         "Oh, where have you been, my long, long love,

this seven years and more?"

"Oh, I've come to seek my former vows

Ye granted me before."

"Oh, do not speak of your former vows,

For they will breed sad strife;

Oh, do not speak of your former vows,

For I have become a wife."

He turned him right and round about,,

And the tear blinded his ee:

"I would never have trodden on this ground

If it had not been for thee."

"If I was to leave my husband dear,

And my two babes also,

Oh, what have you to take me to,

If with you I should go?"

"I have seven ships upon the sea---

The eighth brought me to land---

With four-and-twenty bold mariners,

And music on every hand."

She has taken up her two little babes,

Kissed them on cheek and chin:

"Oh, fare ye well, my own two babes,

For I'll never see you again."

She set her foot upon the ship---

No mariners could she behold;

But the sails were of the teffeta,

And the masts of the beaten gold.

She had not sailed a league, a league,

A league but barely three,

When dismal grew his countenance,

And drumlie grew his ee.

They had not sailed a league, a league,

A league but barely three,

Until she espied his cloven foot,

And she wept right bitterly.

"Oh, hold your tongue of your weeping," said he,

"Of your weeping now let me be;

I will show you how the lilies grow

On the banks of Italy."

"Oh, what hills are yon, yon pleasant hills,

That the sun shines sweetly on?"

"Oh, yon are the hills of heaven," he said,,

"Where you will never win."

"Oh, whaten a mountain is yon," she said,

"So dreary with frost and snow?"

"Oh, yon is the mountain of hell," he cried,

"Where you and I will go."

He struck the top-mast with his hand,

The fore-mast with his knee;

And he broke that gallant ship in twain,

And sank her in the sea.