Assignment #20

• Read the first paragraph from the Wikipedia article on History of ballet.
• Describe your passion for ballet. When it started and why? How have you learned it? What were some of the most memorable performances you participated in? Address other issues of your choice as well. Follow the procedure Writing an essay. Place the description as a comment to this assignment.
• Read and listen as much as you can from the book The Secret Garden: text source * audio source. After listening to each sentence, repeat it trying to reproduce its pronunciation as close as possible. If necessary, repeat several times, until you will be satisfied with your performance.

Assignment #19

Write about Easter. What is the significance of this holiday to you? Address both its religious as well as its cultural aspect. Which one is more important to you? What is the religious meaning of Easter? What is being celebrated? Which of the religious events related to Easter do you usually participate in? On the cultural level write about food, Easter eggs, Easter bunny, "śmigus-dyngus", etc.

Follow the procedure Writing an essay. Place the description as a comment to this assignment.

Assignment #18

1. Correct your essay from the previous assignment following the discussion we had about it during our last lesson. Place the modified version as a comment to Assignment #17.
2. Describe the picture of your choice (included here, below). Follow the procedure Writing an essay. Place the description as a comment to this assignment. 
3. Read the first three paragraphs of the Wikipedia essay on the European Union. Be prepared to translate and read it aloud.