As you know by now I have a very sore throat and I have to be at home without speaking (which is very hard for me as you may know!!!),
I hope I will be back next Monday. Meanwhile I leave you a lively song by Jamie McDell, a singer from New Zealand, to sing this weekend. See you soon!
As I told you today we are going to get into a new project using a new wonderful web tool called: VOICETHREAD. Your homework today was to register and try this tool and see how it works. I hope you did it and enjoyed it.
I have chosen the winners to our contest about reading. You had to write a sentences saying what Reading is for you.
All your sentences are great, it has been very difficult to chose one so I just chose a number and the winners are...... For 1st year students:ANDREA NIETO PÉREZ
Reading is a world of endless dreams!!!!
For 2nd year students: the winner isBEATRIZ LORENTE
Reading is travelling to a lot of places and countries, having a lot of adventures and lovers. Reading is feeling that your imgination can fly!!!
Yesterday April 25th, Shannon's mum came to visit us. As she is a teacher of Spanish back there in New Hampshire, she was our teacher yesterday and she told us about her life, her job, her students and she answered all our questions very kindly. There are many differences between her school and ours but she said she liked Seville very much. THANKS MAUREEN, COME BACK AGAIN!!!!
We wanted a photo with Shannon and her mother!!!
As you may know World Book Day is celebrated today. One of the reasons to celebrate it on April 23rd is because Cervantes and Shakespeare died on this same date and also because Catalonia and England celebrate St George's day. In Catalonia people give a rose and a book as a present this day. You can find more information in another blog HERE We can listen to some Shakespeare's animated tales HERE
As we celebrate something similar on December, 28th, in most English speaking countries people celebrate April Fools' Day on the 1st of April. You have more information in this pot in another blog HERE
Today March, 21st is the first day of a new season: Spring, but it is also the World Poetry Day. The idea is to promote the reading, teaching, publishing and writing of poems. Poems are like music because of the rhythm and the rhyme. Look and listen this example: IF (a popular poem in English) by Rudyard Kipling.
You can listen to more poems HERE. It is an interesting project called FAVOURITE POEM PROJECT where people record videos talking about their lives and read his/her favourite poem. (I recommend you "I'm nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson)
Some old popular short poems in English are called LIMERICKS. They were often used in Nursery Rhymes. Can you tell me how to write a limerick?
Are you ready to write a poem, maybe a limerick? Come on!!! I will put them in the blog and there is a prize waiting for the best one!!!!
Step 1: Read other stories and choose your favourite ones. Write at least one comment telling why you like it.
Step 2: Write your own story. It has to be between 7 to 10 pages. First, select an artist, then feel the inspiration and choose the pictures. I hope you enjoy it.
Don't forget to save your project and send it to me. I will publish the best ones in the blog!!!
As you already know, we have prepared this webquest for you. It is a journey to Ancient Greece. We will think about all the Greek things which have influenced our world: in Sport, Art, language, Maths, Music and more. I hope you learn a lot and enjoy this trip!!!
Next Thursday, March 1st we are going to the theatre to see a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's best loved comedy, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
To understand it better we will watch this video explaining the plot of the original play.
Strange things happen one night in a wood outside Athens. Lovers Hermia and LYsander are there, planning o marry secretly. Hemia's friend, Helena, is also there, following Demetrius, who she loves but who loves Hermia. While the lovers are sleeping, a mischievous fairy puts magic juice on their eyelids. When they wake, each human loves the wrong person. How will the confusion end?
These are the characters in the comedy:
THE ATHENIAN COURT AND THE LOVERS
THESEUS (Duke of Athens), is King of the Athenian court, who at the start of the play is preparing for his wedding to Hippolyta.
HYPPOLYTA- Queen of the Amazons, she is about to wed Theseus.
EGEUS- Hermia's father, who insists that Hermia should marry Demetrius.
HERMIA- a young woman in love with Lysander against her father's wishes.
LYSANDER- a young man in love with Hermia. HELENA- Hermia's friend who is desperately in love with Demetrius. DEMETRIUS- a young man in love with Hermia. THE FAIRIES
OBERON- King of the Fairies. TITANIA- Queen of the Fairies. PUCK- messenger and Oberon's sprite. Changling Boy- Titania's page-boy. Titania's Fairy Band- (Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mustarseed. Moth) THE MECHANICALS (THE WORKMEN)
MICK BOTTOM- the weaver PETER QUINCE- the carpenter FRANCIS FLUTE- the bellows mender ROBIN STAVELLING- the tailor TOM SNOUT- the tinker SNUG - the joiner
