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1. The document discusses tasks from a story about the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. It provides 5 statements about the story's themes and setting and asks partners to discuss whether they affirm or negate each statement. 2. It then moves to a task involving a motion about gender roles, stating that while society believes men are stronger, many women can perform the same labor as men in various jobs. 3. The final task contrasts explicit versus implicit information. It provides two examples from a person's life, stating medical devices helped them get around, and positive attitude brought them to school and enabled starting a legal practice. Confidence involves being truthful about one's abilities.
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English Activity

1. The document discusses tasks from a story about the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. It provides 5 statements about the story's themes and setting and asks partners to discuss whether they affirm or negate each statement. 2. It then moves to a task involving a motion about gender roles, stating that while society believes men are stronger, many women can perform the same labor as men in various jobs. 3. The final task contrasts explicit versus implicit information. It provides two examples from a person's life, stating medical devices helped them get around, and positive attitude brought them to school and enabled starting a legal practice. Confidence involves being truthful about one's abilities.
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Task 9: I agree

With a partner, talk about the following ideas from the story, “the hunchback of notre
dame”.
One will negate and the other will affirm the statement. Use the expressions above in
stating your opinion.

1. Notre Dame de Paris was the geographical and moral’s centre of Hugo’s fictional novel.

2. The story was primarily concerned with the themes of social strife and prejudice.

3. The action of the story unfolded not only on the inside or around the cathedral, but also on the top
of its towers where Quasimodo can spy virtually on anyone in the entire city.

4. In the story, Frollo believed that all actions were predetermined and that nothing can stop him
from tempting La Esmeralda.
5. The hunchback of notre dame uses the history of the middle ages and the structure of the notre
dame to express its major themes.

Task 10: My Motion


“Male gender is the strongest”
Society believes that men are much stronger than women however, that mind-set is slowly
crumbling away. Many women can do things or labour as much as men do. Women can weld, can help at
construction site, and can even drive bus, train, and taxi.

Task 11: The explicits and otherwise Implicit information


Explicit information What helped him more was the attitude his
parents instilled in him.
When john kemp was born, his arms did not
extend past his elbows and his legs were not
fully formed.
Kemp’s positive attitude brought him to school
and enabled him to set up his own legal practice.
Medical devices such as artificial limbs helped
john to get around.

Confidence involved being truthful with yourself


about your own abilities. The sooner I figure out

I cant do something or cant do it well, the better


off I am.

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