DISASTERS!!!!

Enjoy watching this video of the Tornado Scene of the movie "The Wizard of Oz" , 1939, and answer the questions below. 

How does the tornado begin?

What's the reaction of the different characters?

What does the tornado provoke?

When does the story turn fantasy?

Easy Rap on Columbus trip to "India"

IN 1492

In fourteen hundred ninety-two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

He had three ships and left from Spain;
He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.

He sailed by night; he sailed by day;
He used the stars to find his way.

A compass also helped him know
How to find the way to go.

Ninety sailors were on board;
Some men worked while others snored.

Then the workers went to sleep;
And others watched the ocean deep.

Day after day they looked for land;
They dreamed of trees and rocks and sand.

October 12 their dream came true,
You never saw a happier crew!

"Indians!  Indians!"  Columbus cried;
His heart was filled with joyful pride.

But "India" the land was not;
It was the Bahamas, and it was hot.

The Arakawa natives were very nice;
They gave the sailors food and spice.

Columbus sailed on to find some gold
To bring back home, as he'd been told.

He made the trip again and again,
Trading gold to bring to Spain.

The first American?  No, not quite.
But Columbus was brave, and he was bright.

12th of October

And here we are again! Another festivity of Hispanidad or El Pilar in Spain, and again the controversy in America on the celebration of the arrival of Spaniards into the New Continent. Columbus Day or Indigenous People Day? Here you've got some ideas for reflection.





Controversy in the US



Movement to Rename "Columbus Day" to "Indigenous Peoples' Day"

WELLCOME BACK!

September comes and we meet again. Time for hugging and sharing. Days are still very hot and nights keep on beeing charming. We dont't want to say good-bye to summer but we're eager to meet friends and even to begin a new school year. Let's start in a good mood!

Mother's Day and Earth's Day

turistas en el reino unido

Subject and Object Questions

EXERCISES

I'M MAKING A LIST

I’m making a list of the things I must say

For politeness,

And goodness and kindness and gentleness,

Sweetness and rightness:

Hello

Pardon me

How are you?

Excuse me

Bless you

May I?

Thank you

Goodbye

If you know some that I’ve forgot,

Please stick them in your eye!

WHO by Shel Silverstein

Who can kick a football

From here out to Afghanistan?

I Can!

Who fought tigers in the street

While all the policemen ran and hid?

I did!

Who will fly and have X-ray eyes—

And be known as the man no bullet can kill?

I will!

Who can sit and tell lies all night?

I might!

AGATHA CHRISTIE VANISHED JUST LIKE ONE OF HER CHARACTERS. What do you think it really happened?

On a cold night in 1926, Agatha Christie vanished without a trace.

She was the reigning queen of detective fiction’s Golden Age – but Agatha Christie’s most intriguing mystery remains her unsolved disappearance in 1926.

On a chilly December evening, the 36-year-old Christie vanished from her English estate in Sunningdale, Berkshire. While the famed author reportedly left a note that claimed she had gone on vacation, the discovery of her car suggested otherwise.

The vehicle was found at the edge of a quarry not far from her home, abandoned with its hood up and lights on. Inside sat Christie’s fur coat, her old driver’s license, and a bag of clothes. There was no sign of the woman herself.

Authorities suspected murder.

News of Christie’s disappearance spread quickly, and a massive manhunt commenced. Over a thousand officers and 15,000 volunteers combed the countryside while dredge teams scoured the surrounding lakes and streams. A fleet of biplanes searched from the skies – the first in England’s history for a missing person case.

Even fellow mystery writers joined in on the hunt. Dorothy L. Sayers visited the crime scene, later using her observations as inspiration for UNNATURAL DEATH. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle presented one of Christie’s gloves to a medium in hopes of ENLISTING SPIRITS TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY.

By the end of the week, Christie’s disappearance had become a national obsession.

Just who could have murdered the Queen of Crime? Many suspected Christie’s husband, Colonel Archie Christie.

 The old Colonel had struck up an affair with a younger woman named Nancy Neele, and made no attempt to hide his fling from his wife. On the day of Christie’s disappearance, the couple reportedly quarreled after Archie announced that he planned to spend the weekend with his mistress.

Agatha Christie remained missing for 11 days. Then, on December 14th, she was finally found – not in a shallow grave but hiding out at the Swan Hydropathic Hotel in Harrogate, England. A local musician spotted her, having recognized her face. Oddly, Agatha had signed in to the spa as Theresa Neele from Cape Town, borrowing the last name of her husband’s lover.

The twist ending shocked the public. Some angrily dismissed her disappearance as a publicity stunt for her latest novel, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD. Others surmised an upset Christie merely sought to teach her cheating husband a lesson. Others still suggested darker motives – suicidal depression, a clever scheme to frame Archie and his mistress for murder.

Christie herself said very little about the disappearance. She rarely discussed the matter in interviews and the bizarre episode does not appear in her autobiography. In the days after her return, the author blamed her vanishing on a mysterious dream state, in which she took on an entirely new identity:

“For 24 hours I wandered in a dream, and then found myself in Harrogate as a well-contented and perfectly happy woman who believed she had just come from South Africa.”

Guadalquivir River

Guadalquivir river: This river flows through southern Spain to the Atlantic Ocean. It goes through Jaén, Córdoba, Seville and Cádiz. It has a lot of old names like Baetis or Percis The Guadalquivir had a lot of animals, but today,exotic fish are more tan the fish who lives there always. This river is the most important river in Andalucía for its length. Because of that a lot of writers wrote about it like Alfonso X el Sabio, Fray Luis de León or Juan de la Cueva. 

P.R.L. 

The Guadalquivir River es a Spanish peninsular river which rise in the cañada de las Fuentes (Sierra Cazorla), in the municipality of Quesada (Jaen) .

Its river basin includes territories of Jaen, Cordoba , Almeria, Granada, Malaga, Seville, Huelva and Cadiz and Murcia, Albacete, Ciuda Real and Badajoz It hows into the Atlantic ocean between Almonte and Sanlucar de Barrameda, in a broad estuary between the provice of Cadiz and Huelva. Marshes of the Guadalquivir which is part of the Doñana National Park. Between Seville and the estuary a vast wetland is situated. It is the fifth river length of the Iberia Peninsula.

 In his tour of Andalusia from east tour west, through towns like Andujar, Cordoba and Seville. From pre-Roman times it was called by the ARABS Wadal-Kibir from the eleventh century.

The first name was adopted by the Guadalquivir Baetis or Baitis.

Around the vil century Bc Greek sailors began to arrive that will be called Tharsis river, in reference to the Kingdom of Tartessos.

Carmen A.

MODERN MASTERS

The students of the 4th year of ESO have been reading about three very important artists. Now it's time to see that gossip in motion.

We finished reading about Van Gogh quite a long ago, so maybe you'll be happy to watch this beautiful movie about his relationship with Gaugin and the time they lived together. Enjoy it!

Vincent and Theo is an older film, but it is also fine and it's got subtitles in Spanish.

Here you can watch an interesting documentary on Picasso's work and controversial life in Spanish.

And finally, a film based on Andy Warhol's project about the combination of the industry of cinema and parties. It's  a modern movie, but it includes original photograms from Warhol's real documentaries. The quality of the video is not good, but it's got subtitles in Spanish and it is really worth seeing.

SEVILLE AND THE CHISEL

Last month we had the chance to see many of the most valued religious scultures of our town. Many of us have got a taste for this type of art, since we are used to seeing it. However, sometimes we are not able to describe or give information of the work of art itself or the author who created it. Furthermore, it is frequent that we don't pay attention to more modern sculptures on other issues.

Since art is part of our most valued patrimony, I invite you to describe a work you like, and provide some information about its author.

BELIEVE IN ME

“You should believe in me”- I said

“I can't do that, Kenny!”, she shouted while he was crying.

She is in danger, but she thinks Sammy is goog for her. But Sammy is the head of a criminal group.

“What is happening here? Are you okay, my darling? Said Sam while he ate a tuna sandwich.

“Nothing, he just came here to lend me this dress. Kenny, please, say thanks to your sister. You convinced me.”

“Convince you of what?” Sam asked.

“About the dress. Maybe I can give it to you back in front of the Town Hall at 5 pm”

“Okay, have a good night, couple”I said.

They closed the door of the appartment. I was walking near two houses when I heard my name. It was Olivia. She run into me.

“I Kicked Sammy on his leg. He was trying to know things about what you and me were talking about”.

“What else?” I asked.

“I'm scared. Sorry for thinking you were lying to me. I thought Sammy was different.” She said.

“Is he still in the house? “I asked. Then we turned around because we heard Sammy's voice.

“We need to run, let's go tho the bookshop. My mother's best friend is the one who manages the bookshop, she can help us!” Said Olivia.

Then we two started to run again in the opposite direction where Sammy was. We arrived at the bookshop and the woman was scared when she saw us.

“You must help us!” Olivia said. “My exboyfriend is a criminal”

“Okay” The woman replied. “Have you got any evidence against his gang?”

“I say a stamp on one letter. It was a black star with blood or something like that in the center”. I said.

“Oh... let me search...Aha!I got it!”

“Please, send the information to this address”. I gave her a paper with my address.

“Don't worry. Here you are.” She gave us some papers. “Now you all should leave the bookshop because I'm going to close. “ The woman shouted. And everybody left the place.

“Olivia, you can stay in my house if you want. There is no problem.” I said.

“Thanks, Kenny”She said.

We went to my house in my car. Now we are in the sofa watching TV because the stamp was a stain and Sammy isn't a criminal. He is only a singer who likes drinking coffe while he is reading letters from his fans.

Noelia Ramos Vela 3rd ESO A

THE MONSTER OF THE TUNNEL

One summer morning some swimmers were having a walk along the coast when they discovered a tunnel near a rock. They walked to the tunnel end and they saw a little lake.

The lake had something which was shining and they wanted to know what that was. When the first summer put a foot in the water, something began to move in the water.

They shouted and went outside to talk about it. They explained the story at the Town Hall, and many explorers wanted to go to that place, but when they arrived, it was as before.

Two friends, a boy and a girl, wanted to go to the tunnel and see with their own eyes that “monster”. The boy’s name was Peter and the girl’s name was Annie.

They walked into a bookshop and they searched for information about water monsters, because maybe it could be dangerous. Peter and Annie believed the monster was a mermaid, because the “monster” didn’t attack or kick the swimmers.One of Tony’s friends lent him some diving equipment for him and Annie because they couldn’t swim as fast as the other swimmers.

They went to the tunnel and they saw something which was beginning to move in the water. Peter turned on the light of his torch and could only see a tuna. They supposed the tuna was trapped when the tide was low. The objects that were shining were some pieces of glass.

Pilar Rodríguez Leal. 3RD ESO A. 

YOUNG LITERATURE

Two weeks ago I asked my students of the 3rd year of ESO to write a very short text which should include some given words. The result was a funny collection of absurd-surrealist stories thoat made us laugh for a while.

Two of those stories, however, stood out due to their quality. They are interesting documents as they are,but they could also be the germ of real tales worth printing. Congratulations!

After getting their permission, I'm glad to share their writings. I hope you enjoy them, make your comments and try yourselves! In case you do, here are the words they had to use:

shout- Town Hall-Bookshop- maybe- dangerous- believe -kick -lend -tuna

FASHION

Here you'll find some links to review the vocabulary on fashion.

clothes (really easy)

Teens react to the fashion of the 80'

British Menswear