05/03/2012

Mr Harris and the Night Train

Furr, Mark [ed.]:Stories for Reading Circles. Bookworms Club Bronze. Oxford University Press, 2007

BASSET, Jennifer: Mr Harris and the Night Train


Plot:

Mr Harris enjoys travelling by train. He has on a might train to Oulu and he had ten hours to arrive. First there aren't nobody in the train. But in Otaba station two people come in. They're called Carl and Elena. Carl wanted the Elena's diamonds. They have a discussion and finally Elena kills Carl. Mr Harris runs to say to guard. The guard says ' they are dead. He's afraid because he sa ghosts. And never goes journey by train.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

It's a story about a man that takes the train for going to Finland. But there he sees a sister killing her brother. The man goes quickly to tell at the guard but the guard explains that they are ghosts because they died eighty years ago.

Jade Lam, 1st D

Opinions:

I liked the book because it's interesting and talks about ghosts.

Raúl Luque, 1st C


I didn't like the book because there is a sister that kills her brother for money, it is a selfish story, and Mr Harris is surprised.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

I liked the book because it is very interesting and mysterious because Mr Harris sees killing Carl.

Pau Robert, 1st AI liked the book because it's an interesting story. My favourite part is when Elena kills Carl. It was terrible but I liked it.

Berta Arcos, 1st D


I like the book because it's very mysterious and first I never thought that finish like this.

Jade Lam, 1st D

I liked the book because I like the mystery and the tragedy.


Celia Rabasco, 1st D



I liked this book because it is an adventure, mystery and tragedy. It's avery interesting book.

Germán Rodríguez, 1st A






Characters:

Mr Harris

He is quiet, small , and he likes reading books and the newspaper. He is my favourite character.

Ivan Rodríguez, 1st A


Mr Harris is my favourite character because he is very fun and he likes reading books than me.

Pau Robert, 1st A


He is quiet and he likes reading, he doesn't like bus and aeroplane and does the journey by train. He is 50 years old and he is a little man.

Jose Carbó, 1st A

04/03/2012

SPORTS

FOOTBALL

My favourite sport is football. Football is a popular sport. The most famous teams in Spain are Real Madrid and F.C.Barcelona. In football there are two teams with eleven players in each team. The objective in this sport is kicking the ball and scoring a goal. You need the following equipment: football boots, t-shirt, shorts and leg pads.

My favourite football player is Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi is an Argentinian football player whose team is F.C.Barcelona. He is 24 years old. He runs very fast and he won three golden balls. He has got a growth problem, like my brother.

My passion is football. The first time that I saw a football match I was 10 months old. My favourite team in the world is F.C.Barcelona because it is the best team in the world, like its coach.

Laia Arias, 1st B

TENNIS

Tennis is my favourite sport. I practice 3 hours a week. My best friend Laura likes, too. She practice with me. First we must do three laps at the track, then we must move the arms and finally we must go walking. By this way we can start playing. Every Saturday I play a match. I won the last !! I like more sports, for example: skiing, basketball... I think tennis is a little psychological sport.

To play tennis you must hit a ball with a racket. It is an alone game and we play outdoors. The points start with 15, then 30, next 40 and finally you have a point !!

When you have 6 points you win the match. You can play in different courts: field, pavement, ground... You mustn't hit the ball when latch twice. A tennis match hasn't a fixed time to finish.

Rafa Nadal is a Spanish professional tennis player. He was born on 3rd June of 1986 in Mallorca. He has a younger sister, Maria Isabel. Rafa started playing tennis only with 5 years old. This player wins a lot of cups. He has got long brown wavy hair and he is a little short.

Berta Arcos, 1st D


FEMALE FOOTBALL

Football is a very typical sport in Spain. There are a lot of rules, but when you learn these rules, the sport is easy. There are eleven players in each team with the three referees, one on the right of the ground, other on left of the ground and the third referee in the ground to look the game inside.

When does a small foul, the referee stops the match and the ball is for the opposing team, when the foul is important, the referee takes a yellow target, when the foul is caution for the other player, the referee takes a red target and the player goes out of the ground.

The winner team is that does more goals, there is one ruler: when the attacker is in the opposite ground, and the attacker is more advanced than the defences, there are out game and it is another foul.

The female football isn't important for the people, when the girls play football, the men say that football is a sport for men, I can't understand this sentence!

I look up Vero Boquete, it is the best female footballer, She has played in RCDE, and others. She is the finalist of the Women's Professional Soccer, in the Super league Spanish with RCDE, in W-League with Buffalo Flash, in the Queen's Cup with RCDE and in European Championship Women sub-19 of the UEFA with the Spanish National Women's Soccer.

I choose female football, because I love it and I practice this sport every week on Wednesdays and Fridays and the match of weekend. Football is funny, I like it because I meet very important people on my life and I do sport, it is very important for my health. I play on Club Deportiu Blanes.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

BASKETBALL

Five players play basketball. First the referee throw the ball and the players jump to catch the ball. Then the players must throw the ball in the basket. The players wear one t-shirt and shorts and sneakers. They musn't touch the ball with the foot. They musn't run without to bounce. Every basket are two points.

My favourite famous player is Juan Carlos Navarro. I saw Juan Carlos Navarro once. His nickname is “La bomba”. Navarro started playing for FCBarcelona when he was teenager. With Barcelona, Navarro won the ACB championship 5 times. He scored 27 points during the bronze medal game against Germany.

I played basketball when I was six years old but I had not the strength to come up to the basket with the ball. My brother plays basketball and I look at my brother every Saturday. My family and me sometimes go to play basketball in the park.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A

FOOTBALL

In this sport there are 11 players en each team. Each part has 45 minutes, in total 90 minutes. To win each team has to more goals. You win 3 points, you drew, win 1 point, you lost win 0 points. In football you must with the feet, bur the porter can each the ball with the hands.
The player is Carles Puyol, he is the best defence in the world. He's 33 years old. He plays in Football Club Barcelona team, he's from Catalonia (Spain). When he was young he was playing in the team in his town,, this name is La Pobla de Segur F.C. too, it is also where he lived La Pobla de Segut (Lleida). Now he lives in Hospitalet (Barcelona).
I love football, it is my favourite sport. My favourite team is Football Club Barcelona, and my favourite player is Carles Puyol. I play every Saturdays and Sundays, and I sometimes play football on Thursday. I like football but I don't play really well in this sport.

Xavi Rey,1st D

ARTISTIC SKATING

I choose artistic skating. Artistic skating is a very beautiful sport because the skaters dance with the roller blades and its good-looking.

Like the other sports, the artistic skating has rules: like you can’t fall down or take away points.There are two types of artistic skating: the ice artistic skating and the normal are.

Nancy Karrigan was born in Woburn Massachussets of her parents Daniel and Brenda. She has two older brothers. She began artistic skating at age of six in Stoneham. Her brother played hockey but it wasn’t an appropriate sport for girls.

It is a beautiful sport for me, because it combines dancing and skating.I like the shows that sometimes are in pairs and I like the clothes like the elegant dresses.I always watch it on television. I thing skating is difficult thing because jumpings and turnings. I never can’t do it.

Celia Rabasco, 1st D


01/02/2012

My Town

My Town: Blanes
By Mireia Herrero

I live in Blanes, Catalonia in Spain. Blanes has got interesting places to visit. There are beaches, in the beach there is Sa Palomera. My favourite place in Blanes is cinema. I go to cinema with my friends. In Blanes there is a mountain called Sant Joan, in this mountain there is a castle. There is a Botanic Garden.
In the centre of Blanes there are many shops and one theatre.
In July there are competitions of fireworks. Blanes is a great place to live.
1st D


My Town: Blanes
By Raúl Luque

I live in Blanes. Blanes is a big town with many people and it's a town with many tourists. You can walk or go to the centre to buy clothes with all the shops there. People, who loves movies and theatre can go to town centre where there is a cinema and a theatre. Many tourists come to enjoy Blanes, its beach and its multitude of places to visit.
1st C

My Town: BLANES
By Ivan Rodríguez

I live in Blanes, Girona, in Spain. It's a big town and I love it. Blanes is a tourist town and it's the first town of Costa Brava. It has a nice beach. In summer many people come on holidays because there is a very good weather. Blanes has many restaurants, supermarkets, shops ... Blanes is a great place to live.
1st A

12/01/2012

Readings from the Library

NEIGER, Nicholas:The Mysterious Circles. Burlington books. 841-A1

The story is about a boy whose name is Nick and his brother, Danny. Danny is an interesting boy who likes UFOs, aliens and paranormal phenomenas. In Danny's class the boys teach him about this. Nick and his best friend, a girl called Jo, decide to create a corn circlesing a nearby field. The corn circles create a lot of scientific interests and bring the media to Cornridge, the town were they live. In the end, Danny becomes popular with all boys in his class.

I like the book because the adventures are very exciting.

Laia Arias, 1st B

Leather, Sue: Just like a Movie. Cambridge English Readers, level1. Cambridge University Press, 2000. 841-A1

Brad likes the movies. He met Gina in October four years ago. Brad wants more money. Gina said "money is not important". we're poor, but we're are happy. One day Brad meets Carrie in her house. He invited Carrie to go out to dinner with her. But he doesn't like Carrie, he loves Gina, but he needs Carries' money. Carrie wants to pay Brad. Brad wants to kill Carrie and keeps her money. He saw in a movie that a man wanted to kill his girlfriend to get her money. Two days later Carrie disappears. Brad puts Carries' pen near the water and the next day police call him. The police said "someone found your wife's pen near the lake". The police things that she is dead and the Carries' money is for Mr Black. And Mr Black was a rich man. Brad went to Paris by plane and when he arrived, he sees a girl walking and this girl is Carrie. The police puts Brad in prison.

I like the first part when Brad explains who is him and what does he like.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

STANMORE, Anne: A Ghost Collection. Burlington Books. Burlington Reader. Cyprus, 2009. 841-A1

Sally Brown lives in London. She goes with some children from her school to stay in Norrick Village because the Germans are bombing London. Sally is going to stay in Miss Dodson's house.
The house was big and old near the village. Sally is sad because she wants to be with her family in London and there aren't any children in the house to play.
Sally hears laughters. Sally enters at the kitchen and a girl and boy are running. Sally asks to Miss Dodson "Who were the children?" and Miss Dodson says "There aren't any children in the house". Sally enters to her bedroom and the girl is there, then she disappears. One day ask to girl "What do you want?" and she wants a locket. Miss Dodson has got the locket. Miss Dodson and Sally put the locket on the kitchen table. Next day the locket disappears and the ghost never visits again.

I like the book because the book speaks about the ghosts.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A


HART, Julie: Cathy's Dreams. Burlington Books. Cyprus, 2007. 841-A1

It's about a girl who is adopted in an orphanage in Colombo, Sri Lanka. But now she lives in Cornwall, England. One a year ago she lived very happy, but recently she came to her strange dreams. She dreamed that one day were coming waves of 34 meters and she was with her friend at sea. But then she wakes up and dreams were coming. In the end she saves her twin and finds he was in Colombo in a restaurant.

I like the book because at the end the girl finds her twin.

Ylenia Ubano, 1st A


The story explains a girl that dreams some adventures: The Tsunami, the Biology lesson, aTrip to Sri Laika, the Orphanage, Mrs Numa, the Cook, the Lion's Rock, the coconut beach, Sukeena, and the end of our trip.

I liked the book because it is very funny and mysterious at the same time.

Pau Robert, 1st A


AKINYEMI, Rowena: Love or Money? Oxford Bookworms Library. Oxford University Press. Oxford, 1981. 841-A1

First, in the Clarckson's house Jackie lives with her mother, Molly. Albert, her uncle; Roger, her brother; and Diane, her sister, visited the house, and all the family argued about their mother's money. The next morning Molly died, the police researched about who killed the mother. All the family wanted to kill the mother because she killed his father, she doesn't want to give the money and she doesn't love them. Her daughter Jackie, killed Molly, because she loves Tom, the gardener, but her mother do not want Tom in her family. When Jackie killed this, she goes to the prison and Roger, Diane and Albert are rich.


This book is very interesting and mysterious, because nobody knows who is the murderer, and explains one important thing: the love, and when someone kill for the all impossible love.
I recommend this book to the people who likes books about mystery and tragedy, because this book is about this.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A








23/12/2011

British Culture

UK

On Wednesday 14th of December some students were to a class to listen to an English lesson, an English lady taught us. She spoke about her country, United Kingdom: she explained that the Britain's flag is known as Jack Staff because is the union of the three countries of the UK: England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Wales is not represented on the flag because they have a dragon in their flag.
Then she explained about the British Royal Family. The members are the Queen and the Duke of Edinburg, the prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and the Prince Williams and his wife Catarine, duchess of Cambridge.
Also she explained about the village has the longest place name in Europe and one of the longest place name in the world. The village's name is Lllanfairpullgwyngyllgogerychu
ryndrobwlllllantysiligogogoch.

Pau Guirao Castells. 1st C
We did...

On Wednesday we went to the library and a nice girl spoke about her personality and her city. She is an English teacher of Burlington Books.
She is from Southampton. This city is known for Titanic and there is a very big Port. I learnt the flags and the traditional things.
When a person answered one thing correctly, she gave a present (a pen) to the person who said:
UAW !!
She prepared questions, and we had to choose A, B, C or D. We had papers with the letters and we have to raise the hand and show the letter.
Finally, she chose a person and this person did a contest and the others couldn't help her, well only once. But she had another possibility: phone the girl's mum or fifty-fifty. It was interesting and we laugh a lot!

Berta Arcos, 1st D



BURLINGTON BOOKS VISIT
On Monday 12th one girl from Burlington Books came. She's from Southampton. She explained the more important thins of UK. She asked us and if you answered well, she gave you a pen.
I learnt:
- UK has has got four countries.
- The flag of UK consists of the countries: Scotland, England and North Ireland.
- Wales isn't in the flag because it has got a dragon and they didn't like it.
And then I played I want to be millionaire and I won one notebook because she hadn't got any money.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A


THE TEACHER HAILEY
On Wednesday14th December we went to the library where a teacher named Hailey taught
us things about the UK. She is from Southampton. She spoke of the four countries that
make up the United Kingdom: Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland. She also spoke of
the symbols and flags of each country. She also spoke of the royal family of England:
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prince William and Catherine. Then asked about
England and the Royal Family. We had a great time and learned new things.

Ivan Rodríguez 1stA

20/12/2011

Christmas

Chritmas Tree
Custom of the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. Tre worship was common among the pagan European and survived their conersion to in the Scandinavian customs of decorating the house and barn with evergreens at the New Year to scare away the devil and of setting up a tree for the birds during Christmastime It survived further in the custom.

Kevin Aparicio, 1st C

The Word Christmas
Originated as a compound meaning "Christ's Mass". It is derived from the Middle English Christmas time and Old English "Cristes mæsse", a phrase first recorded in 1038.
Edgar Grau, 1st C

The word Christmas comes from the old English term "cristmes maesse", meaning "Christ·s mass." This was the name for the festival service of worship held on December 25 January 7 in many eastern rite churches to commemorate the bird of Jesus. It is accept that Jesus was born in the small town of Bethlehem a few miles south of Jerusalem.
Dani Castañón, 1st A

The word Christmas comes from the Old English term Cristes maesse, meaning “Christ's mass.” This was the name for the festival service of worship held on December 25 (January 7 in many Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Rite churches) to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Although it is accepted that Jesus was born in the small town of Bethlehem a few miles south of Jerusalem, there is…
Laura Espinal, 1st C


CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
People who live in the cold climates of North America and Europe look forward to a ''white Christmas' because snow is one of the features associated with the holiday season, but Christmas is also celebres in the souther hemisohere, including in the countries of South America and in Australia and New Zealand places where it is summer at Christmas time as well.

Raúl Fernández, 1st A

BOXING DAY
The day after Christmas (or the first weekday, if December 26 falls on the weekend) is a legal holiday known as Boxing Day in the United Kingdom, Canada, and several other countries. It is possible that Boxing Day received its name because churches often open the boxes of money, food, and other items donated by parishioners during the Christmas season.

Ylenia Urbano, 1st A

THE BIRTH OF JESUS
Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl, which referred to the feast of the winter solstice. The corresponding terms in other languages—Navidad in Spanish, Natale in Italian, Noël in French—all probably denote nativity.

Pau Robert, 1st A

A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles DICKENS
One of beloved and enduring stories of English novelist Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol tells of the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge from a mean-spirited miser to the soul of generosity and the embodiment of the virtues Dickens saw in Christmas. Suddenly conceived and written in a few weeks, A Christmas Carol was published in December 1843.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

TREES AND DECORATIONS
Ancient, pre-Christian winter festivals used greenery, lights, and fires to symbolize life and warmth in the midst of winter's cold and darkness. These usages, like gift giving, have persisted. The most well-know symbol of a modern Christmas is the evergreen tree, decorated with strings of lights and shiny ornaments.

Ivan Rodríguez, 1st A

MANGER SCENES
A custom tench at originated in southern Europe is the manger scene, often refereed to by its French name, "crèche". This is a small model of the stable where Jesus was born, containing figures of Mary, Joseph, the infant, sheperds, farm animals and the three wise and their grifts.

Jordi Esteve, 1st A

CHRISTMAS MUSIC
The range of Christmas music, both sacred and secular, is large—from the majestic oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel to the lighthearted song "Here Comes Santa Claus." One of the most popular of nonreligious tunes is probably Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," written for the movie Holiday Inn, released in 1942. The most traditional Christmas songs are carols.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A


CHRISTMAS CARDS

The first Christmas greeting card is believed to have been designed in England in 1843 by an artist named John C. Horsley for a friend, Sir Henry Cole. The design showed a family party, beneath which the words “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You” were inscribed. The practice of sending Christmas cards soon became popular in all English-speaking countries.

Núria Mora, 1st A

The first Christmas greeting card is believed to have been designed in England in 1843 by an artist named John.Horsley for a friend, sir Henry Cole. The design showed a family party.

Fanta Ba, 1st C




15/12/2011

Reflections

I choose my worst part. It's reading. I think that it is a little difficult understanding all the words and it's important to understand the questions.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

I think that I don't do read very well because I don't understand the questions and because I don't read with caution.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

I need studying more.

Pau Robert, 1st A

I choose my worst part. It's speaking. I think that I should practise with friends and record myself and listen to myself.

Rocío Bueno, 1st D
I think that I have to read more books, read well the questions as often as needed and read times back the text.

Ylenia Urbano, 1st A


FLD - 18th/DEC

SHREK MOVIE 1st A VIDEOCLIP 1st B VIDEOCLIP 1st D VIDEOCLIP TEACHERS CAROL