What is more important nature or nurture?

Is our way of living more important or our genes and the way we grew up? What is your opinion?

Let's watch a video on our genome, first.

1. genetics

2.heredity

3.traits

4.inheritance

5.factor

6.implement

7.determine

8.compound

a. decide/ affect

b.characteristics

c. the characteristics or things passed down from previous generations

d. decide

e. the process that determines what biological characteristics are passed down to the next generation

f. something that determines a result

g. apply

h. mixture

i. the science of analysing the human genes

1. What is the function of the gene in an organism?

2. What did ancient people know about heredity?

3. How long would DNA be if we unraveled it?

4. How many genes do we have?

5. Where are genetics useful?

6. What are the dilemmas that humanity is facing now?

So if our genes are so important, what role does our lifestyle play to our life?

Let's watch it on the news!

Adjectives

Walking/running as exercise

alcohol/ junk food for health

vegetables/ food for brain

swimming quick way to build arm muscles

smoking bad for the lungs

What are YOU grateful for?

Please fill in the sentence in any way you think.

Being thankful is a habit that research suggests can bring happiness and add resilience to life's challenges. Would you ever imagine making a holiday out of it? Well, someone did!

Read the article to find out more. Write 3 questions in Simple Past to ask your partner.

Remember the Rockettes? They are part of this tradition too!

Watch the video to find out how. Be ready to ask each other questions about what you see.

Present Perfect

Let's play a Kahoot game to learn more!

Present Perfect vs Simple Past

Let's play a Kahoot game to practice!

Homework

Visit Macy's page here:

Macy's Page

The video mentions Macy's balloons. What are they? Do research to find out and present your favourite balloon to the class.

Have you ever been to a dance show?

 Have you ever been to a dance show? What did you enjoy most?

Note-taking

Watch a video about the famous  Radio City Show in New York.     

1. Since when has the Radio City show existed?
2. What is a Rockette?
3. How many rehearsals do the Rockettes have to do?
4. What kinds of kicks are there?
5. How many performances per day do they take part in?
6. How do they keep in tip-top shape?
7. How tall are Rockettes on average?
8. How are Rockettes chosen for the show?
9. Are there many dancers in each show? How many?
10. What is the shortest time between performances?

The Radio City Rockettes - visit the link here:

The Radio City Rockettes

Road to becoming a Rockette

Present Perfect 

Present Perfect vs Simple Past

The food I savoured most in India was rice biryani

 When I travelled to India, the dish I ate and loved most was rice biryani. It is a staple in Muslim families in India and every family had a unique recipe. It was rice cooked on a low flame with layers of healthy vegetables, a variety of masalas and chicken. 

Simple Past Tense

Regular                                                             Irregular

travel- travelled                                                 eat- ate                        drink-                    give-

like- liked                                                          see-saw                        go-                         take-               

try - tried                                                            have- had                    send-                    meet-

                                                                            meet - met                  fall -                     be/was

A. Write about your own life. Use past simple of the verbs above or other verds

B. Let's play!

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C. Now talk about you! Discuss with each other.

Eg: At the weekend we went to a tsipouradiko in Volos.

      -Really? What did you eat?

      - We had 10 different dishes and they were all delicious!

1. Last week I (go)...

2. In 2018, (I travel)________

3. On the first day of this class, we (discuss)____________

4. Ten years ago, _______          

When I was 20, ____________________

A Slice of History

Guess! The first countries where pizza appeared were___________________ 

Although pizza has long winding roots from ancient Greece through Italy to the rest of the world, it is genuinely most people’s delight. With every slice comes a rich history of different parts of the world. Social, economic, and cultural markings are baked into pizza’s goodness.

Over time, the toppings have changed to accommodate the different cultures of the world. Despite bakers from all over the globe now custom-making the pizza, the bottom line remains the same. Every good pizza has a crust that holds it all together.

To top it all up, the world got a sight of the largest pizza in 2012, measuring more than 1,260 square meters.

Today, over 70,000 pizzerias offer the U.S. delicacy, not to mention its popularity across the world.

1. People thousands of years ago made flat bread and added _______________of different ingredients.
2. In ancient times the bread served as the ______________  
3. _______________,  pizza has changed to _______________ the cultures of every nation in the world
4. The common ingredient of all pizzas is ______________
5. Tomatoes from America in the 18th century are the reason for ______________pizza
6. Later pizza became a ______________ food for the upper class.
7. Nowadays, pizza is __________food  in Italy and the USA.

prominent, toppings, crust, plate, over time, modern-day, accommodate,  staple

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C. Make a list of popular foods that came from other countries. Where did they come from? Discuss.  

D. Invent a new kind of pizza for Lombardi's, the oldest pizza restaurant in the USA. You should agree on toppings, sause and the type of crust.

Durian fruit is______________

 

 E. Make a short video guide for tourists visiting your country. Describe the foods that are popular in your culture but people from other cultures might find unusual or even disgusting. Give reasons why tourist should try these foods.