COOL CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Charlie Chaplin was born to a poor family in London 125 years ago, but he became a cinema icon. His character the Tramp is the most famous hero of the silent film era. The Tramp retired after the silent film Modern Times, in 1936. Watch it today - it's still very funny and very modern!

Writing 9: Write about a piece of art

Dora Maar au Chat

The Dora Maar au Chat was painted by Pablo Picasso in 1941. It is oil painting and it shows, the painter's lover, seated on a chair with a small cat perched on her shoulders.

This type of work is typical of cubism, an art movement which started in France in the 1970s. The cubism artists looked at subjects from different perspectives and used geometric shapes.

The Dora Maar au Chat was first exhibited in 2005, where it was bought in 2006 for over $95 million. And now, this painting is a private collector. The Dora Maar au Chat was painted by Pablo Picasso in 1941. It is an oil painting and it shows, the painter's lover, seated on a chair with a small cat percher on her shoulders.

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY PARADE

The Queen's birthday is on 21 April, but the public celebration is in June... when the weather is good! The birthday parade for the Queen is called Trooping the Colour. The military gives a royal salute and the Queen inspects her troops. Military bands playmusic too.. but not "Happy Birthday!"

VOCABULARY:

Parade: desffilada

Troops: tropes

MILEY CYRUS

Miley Cyrus started her creer as Disney Star Hannah Montana when she was 13 years old. But a lot has changed since then. Today, aged 20, Miley is more famous for her music than ger acting. She has a new rock star image too. Her fourth album is out now. You're sure to love Miley's catchy single "We Can't Stop!"

This is a video of Miley's song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1tzURKYFNs

FOUND ALIVE THREE MISSING GIRLS FROM A DECADE AGO

Three young people who disappeared separate cases between 2002 and 2004 condom found live the last night to a house in Cleveland, whose owner was arrested, a long with two Other Suspects, according to the police report.

Amanda Berry missing in 2003, Gina DeJesus in 2004 and in 2002 were ound after woman who claimed to be the first oneto call the police for help as her kidnapper had left the house. 

The police local arrested at a McDonald's near the owner home, indetified as Ariel Castro. Castro is a man of 52 years. In 1993 he was charged with domestic violencie, but a court eventually acquitted of all charges.

Apparently, Castro fled the home after a neighbor, Charles Ramsey, Berry head screaming "Help me".

STARTS vs PAPARAZZI

This news talks about that famous people like Halle Berry, are delighted over the new legislation that will limit the paparazzi's about photohraph the starts children, they ban it. They legislation manly is for one photographer call Bill, because they taking photos and videos of a star children without they parents.

I'm in favour of this new legislation, because in my opinion, children shouldn't be photographed without the consent of the parents, and the stars children too, because in fact, there are normal people like me or my parents.

VOCABULARY:
-Delighted: encantat

-Harassing: assetjament

WORKBOOK

I made all units of the workbook in the book, not online.

OPTIONAL ORAL PRESENTATION: MARIO CASAS

Writing:

Hello everyone, today I come to talk about famous Galician, Spanish, actor: Mario Casas.

Mario Casas Sierra was born in Coruña, Galicia, on 12 of June in 1986. He has three brothers, one of them, Oscar is following in his footsteps, while the other two, Christian and Sheila, don’t. Casas family moved to Barcelona in 1994, and now he lives in Esparraguera, Baix Llobregat.

He started with little TV ads, and later he realized that he really wanted to be an actor. He studied in Escuela de Interpretación de Cristina Rota. His first experience on the small screen was “La Obsesión” in 2005. From there he went through several television series that gradually would be released in his name. His first experience in the world of cinema was in the hands of Antonio Banderas that gave him the opportunity to participate in the film “El camino de Los Ingleses”.

It was in 2007 when Mario came to the series that would attribute all the fame in this country Los hombres de Paco. He had a hit in 2010 with “Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo.” It is a Spanish film directed by Fernando Gonzalez Molina and starring Mario Casas and Maria Valverde. Based on the novel published by the Italian Federico Moccia, he was the main character. The second part of 3MSC is “Tengo Ganas de Ti” which was a great success too.

I hope you liked it, thank you for your attention.

Power point:

ROMEO AND JULIET

Shakespeare’s life, author of the history:

William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, and he died in 1616. His father, John Shakespeare, made and sold gloves, and was an important person in Stratford. His mother, Mary Arden, came from quite a rich family. John and Mary had eight children. Shakespeare went to Grammar School in Stratford, and after went to London; became an actor.

In 1582, he married with Anne Hathaway. He was 18 years old and she was 26. They soon had a daughter, Susanna, and in 1585 they had twins, Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet, however, died when he was only 11 years old.

Most famous works with Shakespeare are Romeo and Juliet, a Midsummer’s Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice.

One interesting thing about when he lived is he died the same day that he born.

Characters of history:

Juliet: Daughter of the Capulets and Romeo secret wife.

Romeo: Son of the Montagues, Juliet are secretly married.

 Montague: Romeo Parent, secular enemies of the Capulets.

Capulet: Parents Juliet Montagues rivals.

Tybalt: Cousin of Juliet.

Mercutio: Kinsman of Prince of Verona and Romeo's friend.

Benvolio: Montague's nephew and Romeo's cousin.

Friar Laurence: Romeo Confessor.

 Count Paris: Kinsman of Prince of Verona.

 Ama: Juliet's Nurse.

Summary of history:

Well, now I'll do a short summary of the novel we read last quarter: Romeo and Juliet.

The history explains of the forbidden love between two teenagers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, members of two rival families in Verona, Italy. One day when the Capulets made a party the Capulets, Romeo attends it. Romeo goes disguised. At the party he meets Juliet, which falls madly in love, it was love at first sight. So they decided to meet secretly, knowing that her parents would never allow it. They marry in secret, with the help of Friar Lawrence. On the day of the ceremony, Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, challenges him to a duel, and he says no, but his friend Mercutio goes in his place and is killed. Hearing Romeo retaliates and kills Tybalt, so the Prince of Verona condemns him to exile. Romeo flees to Mantua after their last reunion with Juliet. Meanwhile, the Capulets, Juliet's parents, who were unaware of the secret marriage, intend to marry his daughter to the Count of Paris. Friar Laurence, as a council, accepts this marriage, but gives you a potion, which should be taken at night before the wedding. This potion left as dead for 42 hours, time period in which the friar tell Romeo responsible for the false death of his wife, so that in time will wake up, come to find her and take her with him Mantua. But the message does not arrive in destination, and Romeo learned that his beloved had "died". So he decided to buy a deadly poison, go to the Capulet crypt and drink it next to his wife. There he meets Paris, then takes the poison and dies. Waking Juliet and see the two bodies, decides to commit suicide with Romeo's dagger. These terrible events, however, manage to reconcile the two families.

My opinion about the story:

In my opinion, this story is very nice, sad and true.  Furthermore, it is a story I wanted to read, but so far had not done so. It was an easy book to read, I have not had any difficulty. And if you had any doubt about vocabulary, but it was explained in every page.

Writing 8: Write a review of a book or film

I’d like, to recommended to a book which I read recently, called “Tot el que podríem haver estat tu i jo si no fóssim tu i jo”. The author of the book is Albert Espinosa.

The book is a drama and romantic. The main characters are two means. Marcos is the son of one famous dancer and Eliot is a one person of different world.

The things I liked most about the book were the characters and the ending. Some of the chapters are memorable because they're curious and also it's a very wonderful story and the way it is told is fantastic.

All in all, I really liked the book, and it has got a happy ending and different, I wouldn't change it. It's a book that sends a good message.

Writing 7: Write a formal letter

135 Camí dels Prats
Banyoles
HA3 HB

26th February 2014

Improve circulation
C/ Pere Alsius
Banyoles
HA3 7RD

Dear Sir or Madam,

I represent a group called ‘Teenagers Against Motorways’. I am writing to you because we are concerned about plans to close a park and build a motorway near our town.

In our opinion, motorways are dangerous because cars can pass over them very fast and this can cause some accidents on the future. If you finally decide to build a motorway, teenagers and children won’t have a space to meet themselves or just do some activities together. I think a motorway will not be as useful as the park is now. Namely a park is better, because the babies can play in there, it's safer. In the other hand, the motor of the cars will be very noisy, and this could be annoying for the people in our town.

We have therefore decided to take action, and we are going to organize a protest. For this reason, we are sending you a poster and we hope that you will support us and help to publicize this event.

Yours faithfully,

Carlota

Carlota Omedes

Group Coordinator
Teenagers Against Motorways

Writing 6: Write an opinion essay

¿Are you in favour of home schooling or against it?

In my area, most of people don't do classes at home, they always go to in a school center. I personally do not know anyone who studies at home. Except my aunt, who is studying a career at home, but she has to do exams in the University of Girona.

Firstly, In my opinion, if you are studying in a traditional school, you have the opportunity to interact with other students. Secondly, I think that learning how to play and work with others is one of the most important lessons we can learn from school. Finally, It prepares us for living a life, and staying with others also help us discover who we really are.

So all in all, I think that isn't a good thing studying at home, and for that reason I think every person has to study wherever, but I think to have better grades you must attend class.

Writing 5: Write a biography of a star

Mario Casas Sierra was born in Coruña, Galicia, in 1986. But Casas family moved to Barcelona in 1994, now he lives in Esparraguera. He started with little TV ads, and later he realized that he really wanted to be an actor. He studied in Escuela de Interpretación de Cristina Rota. His first experience on the small screen was ‘La Obsesión’ in 2005. From there he went through several television series that gradually would be released in his name.

His first experience in the world of cinema was in the hands of Antonio Banderas that gave him the opportunity to participate in the film ‘El camino de Los Ingleses’. It was in 2007 when Mario came to the series that would attribute all the fame in this country “Los hombres de Paco”.

He had a hit in 2010 with Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo. It is a Spanish film directed by Fernando Gonzalez Molina and starring Mario Casas and Maria Valverde. Based on the novel published by the Italian Federico Moccia, he was the main character. The second part of 3MSC is Tengo Ganas de Ti which was a great success too.