Tildy's Moment

FURR, Mark:Stories for Reading Circles. Bookworms Club Bronze. Oxford University Press, 2007

O'HENRY: Tildy's Moment

Plot:

The story is about two waitresses, one is called Aileen and the other is called Tildy. They work in a restaurantin New York. Aileen is beautiful and Tildy is not beautiful. One day a man called Mr. Seeders came in the restaurant and kissed Tildy. Tildy thought she liked the man. But the next day Mr Seeders went to the restaurant and said: "Sorry I did not want to kiss you. I drank too much". And Tildy felt very sad.

Ivan Rodríguez, 2nd A

Characters:

Tildy is fat and ugly, she wants a man that loves her, because al the men look at Aileen. She is a waitress of Bogle's Family Restaurant in New York.

Judith Ascanio, 2nd A

 
Opinions:

 I didn't like the book because it is not very real. A man yes, he can say sorry.

Emi Rodríguez, 2nd B

I didn't like the book because all the men loved Aileen because she is beautiful but all the men didn't love Tildy because is fat, small and not beautiful. Tildy was a good person. 

Laia Arias, 2nd B

I didn't like the book because there is nothing interesting.

Marc Frigola, 2nd C

I liked the book because it's short and I understand it.

Núria Mora, 2nd B

I didn't like the book because it is not just for Tildy.

Celia Rabasco, 2nd D 

I didn't like this book because it is a tragedy and I didn't like because Mr Seender said sorry to Tildy after kisses her. 

Esther López, 2nd C

Biography:

O. HENRY(1862-1910), whose real name was William Sidney Porter, was born in North Carolina in the USA. When he was twenty he work in offices and in a bank.
In 1887 married a young woman called Athol Estes. His most famous story is "The Gift of the Magi". In 1896 heran away to Honduras because problems in a bank that he worked on. A year later back to Texas to see Athol, who was dying, and in 1898 he was sent to prison. He published many short stories. Porter's stories are both sad and funny and are of the ordinary people. He wrote about six hundred stories and made a lot of money, but he was a very unhappy man. When he died, he had only twenty-three cents in his pocket, and his last words are: "Turn up the lights; I don't want to go home in the dark". 

Judith Ascanio, 2nd A

YEAR 2012 - 2013

Reflections on my 1st ESO English Portfolio

There are three more better sheets in my portfolio: a writing of a weekend, the tittle is Last Weekend, and I chose a Skills Test and a reading of a book, a yellow sheet.

I chose the writing because I learnt the past simple of the verbs and because I had a great time when I explained this.

I chose the reading of a book in the yellow sheet because I liked the book and I've got a good mark.

I chose the skills test because in the part of writing I did a plot and I explained a book that I liked, and because I had a good mark, too.

This year I choose the portfolio because the last year I had a portfolio and I liked it. Also because I have got sheets of last year and I can use the vocabulary and grammar.

Judith Ascanio, 2nd A

 

I choose the three best sheets of my English portfolio in 1st ESO. I choose two Language Tests and one My Readings.

I choose the two Language Tests because they are the best tests in my English Portfolio. And I choose My Readings because this book Omega File I liked. And I have a good mark.

I choose the note book because it is more comfortable than the portfolio.

Ivan Rodrígez, 2nd A

The last year was the first year I used an English portfolio, and we did a lot of sheets. I think I did it well because my portfolio was tidy and I didn't break up. The portfolio was very good to study.

This year Nuria said that we are not going to do so many sheets than the last year, so I decided to do a notebook because it's more comfortable, I am not going to waste so many sheets.

Rocío Bueno, 2nd D

Last year I learnt with the English portfolio many things.I learnt reading, listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar.

I choose one language test because my mark is a 10, I did all things very well and it is my best mark.

The second sheet that I choose is one reading (Street Food) it is the first that I did last year. My mark is excellent.

The third sheet that I choose is one writing (Last Easter) because my mark is an 8, it is my best mark in writing.

This year I'm bringing the portfolio too, because the English portfolio last year was very well for me.

Mireia Herrero, 2nd B

 

Last year we used a portfolio to put all the work. We had different labels: vocabulary, grammar, listening, writing... It was a good idea to have a tidy portfolio and we didn't need a workbook.

I think the best sheets are: Last School Trip, a writing, because I liked the "unit" about I spoke and I had a good mark. Next I chose a listening of Burlington Books because  I laughed a lot, I liked it. And finally the reading of the book Sister Love because I liked the story. It was very interesting, I understood all the words and I had a good mark, too.

I want to use the English portfolio again because it helps me a lot. I didn't have any problems and I think it's a correct way to have all the sheets tidy.

Berta Arcos, 2nd D 

Last year we had to use an English portfolio. First, it was a little bit difficult but then, it was very easy to order the sheets.

My favourite was speaking because I always did it with Rocio, and we both had a good English, so it was fun.
I choose three sheets, one it's the speaking Reading Circles, I chose it because I was the Connector and it was very difficult. The other is a reading, I chose it because I had a ten and I was very happy because I didn't hope it. And the last one is the skill test. I choose this one because I improved the before skill test.

I want to continue the portfolio this year because I think it's better to find the sheets and to order them. 

Jade Lam, 2nd D 

I choose the following  Portfolio activities: speaking and reading. Writing is the essay that I called Yesterday.
Speaking is about the book The Horse of Death, Reading is about the story "Sister Love".

I prefer Yesterday's essay because I didn't make any mistakes. I prefer the "House of Death" because the text is very long and elaborated. The speaking is also very structured.

I hope to have a good second year and get good marks.I want to learn more this year and improve my level of English.

Marc Frigola, 2nd C 

I liked my first ESO portfolio because I found all the tittles in their place and I learnt more with the portfolio then with the note book.

In my first ESO portfolio, I chose readings because I took good marks. I chose my exam because I took my best good mark in English. I chose the speaking the Reading Circles because I liked the stories of the bookworms.

In  second ESO I'm going to choose the portfolio because I do better without the notebook. This course I will try to have an excellent in English!

 

Laia Arias, 2nd B

 

 

Sister Love

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

ESCOTT, John: Sister Love

Opinions:

I didn't like the book because Karin is a bad sister, and a jealous girl, it is a bad feeling because it does that Karin dies and does that Marcia is happy with the death of her sister.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

Characters:

Karin

 

She is young, beautiful and she has many boyfriends.

 

Germán Rodrígez, 1st A

 

The Horse of Death

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

FAIK, Sait: The Horse of Death

Plot:

The story is about Unal, a boy that has got measles, he's on his house and he can't do anything. He goes to the window and looks on the toyshop a horse, black and big horse with light eyes. He can't go to the toyshop because he can die, but he goes. He rides horse and he goes on the sea, the sun...In the morning he appears on the black horse on the toyshop. He has got blue face and he's dead, the people look at the horse and his mother buries the horse and Unal together in the cold ground.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

Opinions:

I didn't like the book because It was very sad.

Marc Frigola, 1st C

I like the book because it's interesting and exciting.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A

I liked the book because it's very mysterious, unusual because he dies in the horse and it's beautiful because he's buried with it.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

I like the book because it's easy to understand. My favourite part is when Unal was riding the horse happily.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

I liked the book because it teaches us an important lesson. We must listen to good advice. It's not good to be stub-loom

Laia Arias, 1st B 

Characters:

Unal:

He's a small boy who wants to discover things. He is very impulsive.

Marc Frigola, 1st C

He was ill. He liked a black horse. He had red spots on his face.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A

He is ill and he is boring, but he is very clever.

Laura García, 1st C 

He's poor, he hasn't got money and hasn't got father and grandpa, he wants a black horse of the toy shop and in the end he dies.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

He has got blond hair. His father is dead. He is eight years old. In the story he has measles.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

The Horse:

The Horse of Death has eyes which light up when you pull the reins. It's black and it has a brown mane.

Laia Arias, 1st B

The Little Hunters at the Lake

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

URAL, Yalvac: The Little Hunters at the Lake

Plot:

It's about four boys that killed a bird and then wanted to cook it. They went to Ali's shop and they asked how they can cook it. Ali said that they must bury it. They buried the bird and later they turned to the grave and they saw a second bird and the bird was her female and it die near the male. The bird was there for love.

Jade Lam, 1st D

The story is about a group of boys that want to be hunters. Hikmet takes the gun from his father and he and his friends go down to the lake. They shoot a bird crane which is a symbol of love. They bury the bird in the lake. when it is spring they return to the lake and look at the tomb of bird. And found his partner dead in the grave. Hunters never shoot crane birds.

Ivan Rodrígez, 1st A
 

This story is about a group of young boys who want to hunt ducks just like their fathers. One of the boys borrows his father's gun and they go to the lake. They shoot a bird but later they discover that it's a bird of love. They become very sad and they bury the crane. The message in this story is that young boys must be patient if they want to be men.

Laia Arias, 1st B 

Opinions:

I liked the book because it's about love.

Jade Lam, 1st D and Mariona Coll, 1st B

I liked the book because I like fantasy stories.

Toudji Balde, 1st D

 I didn't like the book because for me it was not very interesting and I only understood something.

Eric Aguilar, 1st D

I liked the book because the story of the birds is very beauty and the boys understand it.  

Rocío Bueno, 1st D 

I liked because it is an adventure and it's a very interesting book. 

Germán Rodríguez, 1st A 

I liked the book because it is interesting, mysterious and fun.

Ivan Rodríguez, 1st A

I liked the book because it is about children that want to learn and also because is about the lake and the birds.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

I liked the book because it's frightening but beautiful. My favourite part is the end, because it teaches us something.

Laia Arias, 1st B

Characters:

Hikmet:

My favourite character is Hikmet: he is a very brave boy and agile, too. He is the cleverest in his club of friends. He is the main character in the story.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

Hikmet is my favourite character. He likes hunting birds on the lake with his friends and his father's gun.

Ivan Rodrígez, 1st A 

His father is hunter and he wants to learn all about huntiing. He likes hunting birds, the birds that are around the lake. His friends love hunting, too. 

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

He is a clever  hunter and  likes hunting, shooting the ducks and birds, but birds are afraid. His father is a big hunter.   

Jose Carbó, 1st A

 
Ali:

He is very cool. He has a shop and he knows many things.

Jade Lam, 1st D

Ali, the bird seller, is a man who sells birds to the men when they are not able to hunt anything.

Laia Arias, 1st B

 

Omega File 349 London - England

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

BASSET, Jennifer: Omega File 349. London-England

Plot:

The story is about a secret agent of EDI ( European Department of Intelligence). They want to see Johnny Cook because he wants to sell a story to the newspaper and they want to know which is. They find Johnny Cook in a club. Johnny's story is about a drug company. Johnny says the drug company is using young people for their tests. The agents explain the story to Arla - their boss -and he says that it is a lie. The agents want to return to speak with Johnny and Arla says that he died. He fell in the river Thames and when they got him out, he was dead.

Ivan Rodríguez, 1st A

Opinions:I like the book because it's strange and mysterious.

Celia Rabasco, 1st D

I didn't like the book because it's a little boring. But some parts are interesting. I must read twice because I didn't understand very well.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

I like the book because is highly entertaining.

Toudji Balde, 1st D

I like this story because it is an adventure and mystery story, it's a very interesting book.

Germán Rodríguez, 1st A

I like the book because the story is about spies.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A

I liked the book because it's very exciting and an amazing story.

Laia Arias, 1st B

I liked the book because it is entertaining an I like mystery books.

Ivan Rodríguez, 1st A

I like the book because its funny and is of adventure and mystery.

Jose Carbó, 1st A

I liked the book because the story was a tragedy and mystery and I like tragedy and mystery.

Pau Robert, 1st A

I didn't like the book because the doctors used homeless to check new drugs and also because there is a murder and there is corruption. 

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

Characters

Johnny Cook:

He lives in the street and he is tall and thin. He wants to be rich to buy a boat to live.

Germán Rodríguez, 1st A

Johnny Cook is my favourite character, he is eighteen years. He's living on the street. He wants to sell a story to the newspaper.

Ivan Rodríguez, 1st A

Hawker:
He is a boy. He is clever, fast and strong. He is a secret agent and his friend works with him. She is very clever. Her name is Jude.

Jose Carbó, 1st A

Reflections on My Test

I choose my worst part, it's speaking. I think that I must speak English in English lessons and I should read aloud, too. I must remember the pronunciation of the difficult words.

Rocío Bueno, 1st D

I think that I need listening more and I must pay attention.

Alejandro Álvarez, 1st D

I must study grammar to get better structures, I must read more books in English and I must study vocabulary to use better words.

Eric Aguilar, 1st D

I thing that I must speak English in English lessons, I should practise with friends.

Laura A. Mejía, 1st D

I must read the instructions carefully.

Camila González, 1st D

I must study the vocabulary and the spelling of the words.

Alfonsina Alves, 1st D

I choose my worst part, it's speaking. I think that I should practice with friends and I should read aloud.

Raúl Luque, 1st C

I choose my worst part, it's Speaking. I think that I should practice with friends. In the skills tests I must say more things and I mustn't be nervous.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

I think that I must check my mistakes chart , I must review my last writings, I must study vocabulary, I must use different links, I must send the e-mails and participate in class.

Núria Mora, 1st A

I choose my worse part, it's Writing. I think that I must write correctly.

Ivan Rodríguez, 1st A