Social Media

English as a Second Language (ESL)

The digital landscape has put increased pressure on teenagers today, and we feel it. There are so many social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, you name it. I made a conscious decision to avoid Snapchat and Instagram because of the social pressure I saw them putting on my 14-year-old little sister. If my mum turned off the WiFi at 11pm, my sister would beg me to turn my phone into a hotspot1. She always needed to load her Snapchat stories one more time, or to reply to a message that had come in two minutes ago because she didn’t want her friend to feel ignored. If I refused, saying she could respond in the morning, I’d get the “You’re ruining my social life” speech. Even as a teenager as well, I sometimes find this craze a little baffling.

A new study has found that teenagers who engage with social media during the night could be damaging their sleep and increasing their risk of anxiety and depression. Teenagers spoke about the pressure they felt to make themselves available 24/7 and the resulting anxiety if they did not respond immediately to texts or posts. Teens are so emotionally invested in social media that a fifth of secondary school pupils will wake up at night and log on just to make sure they don’t miss out. Perhaps the worst thing about this is that teenagers need more sleep than adults do, so night-time social media use could be detrimental to their health. A lack of sleep can make teenagers tired, irritable, and depressed.

During the summer holidays, I lost my phone. And for the week that I was phoneless, it felt like a disaster. I love my phone. It gives me quick access to information and allows me to be constantly looped in with my friends, to know exactly what is going on in their lives. So when I didn’t have my phone for a week, I felt a slight sense of FOMO, or if you’re not up to speed with the lingo, fear of missing out. By the end of the week, I’d got used to not having a phone and I’d quite enjoyed the break from social media. But there was still a lingering sense of sadness at the back of my mind that there would be conversations I had missed, messages that had been sent, funny videos shared and night-time chats that I would probably never get to see.

The last Sunday

English

The Last Saturday

 

Last Saturday, Emily and her friends went to the amusement park. They arrived early in the morning because they wanted to enjoy the whole day there. Emily tried the big roller coaster, and it was very exciting, but also a little scary. Her friend, Jake, didn't like the roller coaster, so he waited for her near the food stalls. After the ride, they all ate hot dogs and drank lemonade. Later, they played games to win prizes, but only Emily won a small teddy bear. At the end of the day, they watched a firework show. They were very tired but happy. It was a fun day.

 

Vocabulario

  1. Amusement park – parque de diversiones
  2. Roller coaster – montaña rusa
  3. Exciting – emocionante
  4. Scary – aterrador/a
  5. Food stalls – puestos de comida
  6. Hot dog – perro caliente
  7. Lemonade – limonada
  8. Teddy bear – oso de peluche
  9. Firework show – espectáculo de fuegos artificiales

Preguntas de Comprensión

  1. 1. Where did Emily and her friends go last Saturday?
  2. 2. What time of day did they arrive at the amusement park?
  3. 3. What ride did Emily try?
  4. 4. Who didn’t like the roller coaster?
  5. 5. What did they eat after the ride?
  6. 6. What did they drink with their hot dogs?
  7. 7. Who won a prize at the amusement park games?
  8. 8. What kind of prize did Emily win?
  9. 9. What did they watch at the end of the day?
  10. 10. How did Emily and her friends feel at the end of the day?

 

Complete the sentences using verbs into brackets (simple past tense):

 

  1. 1. Emily and her friends _____ (go) to the amusement park last Saturday.
  2. 2. They _____ (arrive) early in the morning.
  3. 3. Emily _____ (try) the big roller coaster.
  4. 4. Her friend Jake _____ (not like) the roller coaster.
  5. 5. At the end of the day, they _____ (watch) a firework show.

A Rose for Emily | Timeline

AP Literature

Key Events in A Rose for Emily
 

 

Part 1

 

  • When Emily died, the whole town visited her funeral, the men visited through respectful affection, the women visited out of curiosity of what was inside of her house.
  • Alive-- Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care. 
  • In 1894, Colonel Sartoris sent out an edict that no negro woman should appear on the streets without an apron.
  • Colonel Sartoris made a tale saying that Miss Emily’s father had loaned money to the town, which suggested that Miss Emily would not need to pay taxes. 
  • When Jefferson's authorities ​​approached her about her taxes, she claimed that she did not have any tax. Even though Colonel Sartoris has been dead for 10 years. 

 

Part 2 

 

  • It cuts back to 30 years prior and 2 years after the death of her father, where a stench started to develop around her house.
  • The townspeople complained to the judge, and after the complaint was made, the Aldermen family met up and decided to deal with the problem themselves. Which led to them sneaking around her house in order to sprinkle lime around where the smell was.
  • The people around town started to pity Miss Emily for being left alone to herself after the death of her father, but she rejected them stating that her father was not dead. After some persuasion from the minister, she finally breaks down and admits it, after which her father would quickly be buried. The people theorized that this is due to the fact that her father drove away a lot of men who wanted to “steal” from her.

 

Part 3 

 

  • Emily begins dating Homer Barron. The townspeople are shocked to see a person of higher position dating somebody lower. Homer is seen as “unsuitable” for Emily.
  • The town starts to gossip regarding Emily’s relationship with Homer. Emily being a southern aristocrat associating herself with somebody like Homer (A Northerner of different social status) who’s seen below her status.
  • The baptist minister’s intervention in response to the gossip and concern. The town’s baptist minister sent to speak with Emily before the arrival of Emily’s cousins from Alabama. The conversation details are undisclosed.

Part 4

 

  • Emily isolates herself after she finds out that Homer Barron is into men, In this point of the story, Emily has become more reclusive, with her house described as decaying and the townspeople growing more curious about her life.
  • Emily had purchased arsenic, leading to people suspecting that he might harm herself with it.
  • Homer Barron’s disappearance, Homer Barron, who had been seen spending time with Emily, suddenly disappears. The townspeople assume that he left her, though his fate is still unknown.
  •  

Part 5

 

  • The townspeople enter Miss Emily’s house after her funeral.They explore the house and discover a locked upstairs room.
  • They find Homer’s skeleton lying in the bed, with an indentation in the pillow next to him and a long strand of Miss Emily’s gray hair.

 

 

 

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