Oprah Winfrey Receives Cecil B. de Mille Award at the 2018 Golden Globes

WRITING AN ELABORATE MOVIE REVIEW IN 6 STEPS

Movie reviews are not difficult to write, especially when you know the steps to getting the job done. When it comes to writing, movie review writing is some of the most enjoyable. Not only do you get watch a movie, but you also get to include your opinion. Interestingly, it only takes six steps to get a movie review successfully written.

·                                 Step one: Watch the movie and take notes. Avoid summarizing the movie, but take note of memorable scenes and quotes, as well as the abilities of the actors and actresses. Notice the setting, music, and the progression of the plot. Don’t turn to IMDB, because you will not be able to give an honest opinion.

·                                 Step two: Put together a title and subtitle. Include a title that includes the title of the movie. The subtitle should be clever so that readers will want to know more about your review.

·                                 Step three: Write your introduction. The introduction should include an attention-getting hook. The introduction should also have a very small bit of summary, especially if you can make it sizzling hot. This should be the most intriguing part of the entire review.

·                                 Step four: Write the body of the review. The body paragraphs should include facts and opinions about the movie. You should not have any full paragraphs about the summary of the book, but you can intersperse a few sentences here and there. The reader is really looking for your opinion, so that is the most important part of the review. The body should include a few paragraphs. Since movie reviews are a journalistic style of writing, the paragraphs are usually shorter than in a typical essay.

·                                 Step five: Conclude the review. This is where you recommend the movie. Be very clear about who you think would like the movie. Try not to include any new information, but restate some of your earlier opinions in new ways.

·                                 Step six: Know what to avoid: Once you are finished, take time to edit. Check that your review actually looks like a review so your readers have no doubt about the purpose of your essay. Be sure you have a little suspense in the review, do not give away your opinion right away in order to keep your readers interested. Revise any part of the review where you say things like “In my opinion,” “I think,” or anything else that seems obvious in a movie review.

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16 days of activism

2017

From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a time to galvanize action to end violence against women and girls around the world. The international campaign originated from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute coordinated by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991.

This year, the UNiTE Campaign will mark the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence under the overarching theme, “Leave No One Behind: End Violence against Women and Girls”— reflecting the core principle of the transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

“Leave No One Behind: End Violence against Women and Girls” reinforces the UNiTE Campaign’s commitment to a world free from violence for all women and girls around the world, while reaching the most underserved and marginalized, including refugees, migrants, minorities, indigenous peoples, and populations affected by conflict and natural disasters, amongst others, first.

As in previous years, the colour orange will be a key theme unifying all activities, and buildings and landmarks will be lit and decorated in orange to bring global attention to the issue of violence against women and girls.

Join us!

Share your photos, messages and videos showing how you orange the world at facebook.com/SayNO.UNiTE and twitter.com/SayNO_UNiTE using #orangetheworld and #16days. For more information about the theme, download the Action Plan. For more information about Orange Day, please contact Natalia Tuerogerman, natalia.tuerogerman@unwomen.org [at]unwomen.org

The United Nations Official Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women will take place on 22 November from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. For more information, see the invitation. 

The Significance of November 25th and December 10th

The Significance of November 25^th and December 10^th

^{From : http://www.unwomen.org/}

International Day For the Elimination of Violence Against Women, November 25^th

November 25^th was declared International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women at the first Feminist Encuentro for Latin America and the Caribbean held in Bogota, Colombia, July 18-21, 1981. The “feminist encuentros” are conferences of feminists from Latin America who come together every 2-3 years in a different Latin American country to exchange experiences and reflect upon the state of the women’s movement.  At that first Encuentro, women systematically denounced all forms of gender-based violence, from domestic battery, rape and sexual harassment to state violence including torture and abuse of women political prisoners. November 25^th was chosen to commemorate the violent assassination of the Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa) on November 25, 1960 by the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic.  In 1999, the United Nations officially recognized November 25^th as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

• Who were the Mirabal sisters?

Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa and Dedé were born in Ojo de Agua near the city of Salcedo, in the Cibao region of the Dominican Republic. “Las Mariposas” (“the Butterflies”), as they were called, were political activists and highly visible symbols of resistance to Trujillo’s dictatorship.  They were repeatedly jailed, along with their husbands, for their revolutionary activities toward democracy and justice.  On November 25, 1960, three of the Mirabal sisters, Minerva, Patria and Maria Teresa were murdered, along with Rufino de la Cruz, their driver, by members of Trujillo’s secret police.  The three women were being driven by Rufino to Puerto Plata to visit their imprisoned husbands.  The bodies of the three sisters were found at the bottom of a precipice, broken and strangled.  The news of their brutal assassinations shocked and outraged the nation and helped propel the anti-Trujillo movement.  Trujillo was assassinated on May 30, 1961 and his regime fell soon after.

The Mirabal sisters have become symbols of both popular and feminist resistance.  In the years since their deaths, they have been commemorated in poems, songs and books.  An exhibition of their belongings has been mounted at the National Museum of History and Geography in the Dominican Republic, a stamp has been issued in their memory and a private foundation is raising money to renovate a family museum in their hometown. On March 8, 1997, International Women’s Day, a mural was unveiled on the 137-foot obelisk (that Trujillo had erected in his honor) in Santo Domingo,  depicting the images of the four sisters.  The painting on the obelisk is entitled “Un Canto a la Libertad” (A Song to Liberty).

 For more information see Julia Alvarez’s fictional account of the Mirabal sisters in her 1994 novel, “In the Time of the Butterflies;” Bernard Diederich’s book “Trujillo: The Death of the Dictator;” and “The Mirabal Sisters,” in Connexions, an International Women’s Quarterly, No. 39, 1992.

Texting 2

Texting in America

Today Rinnah has taught us how to text using short words.
We played a Bingo too.