Monthly Archives: April 2008

Edith’s visit

Edith has visited us!!!

Edith, our e-pals’ teacher has come from Connecticut to pay us a visit!! We all had a very good time with her. She’s sent us this comment:

“This is a wonderful site. Congratulations!

How are you progressing with Romeo and Juliet? You must have your Cast by now. I enjoyed your skits very much, especially the scene from The Witches.

Thanks again for a great visit to your school. The foods you brought looked so nice on the table, and everything was delicious. We were happy to share the CDs. You’ll receive messages from your pen pals on May 1-2, but remember our time is about six hours behind yours.

Hasta luego – Edie”

Dear Edith,

The SES Teià’s students really had a good time with you and are really looking forward to see you again! Here you are some of the comments they’ve written about your visit:

“Me pareció muy bien que viniera Edith a visitarnos. Tuvimos la suerte de poder hablar con la profesora de español de “Lebannon Middle School”. Me cayó muy bien y también la ví muy interesada por el español. Nos explicó como eran los alumnos de su escuela.

Le hicimos un pica-pica. cada persona trajo algo de comida o bebida. Lo preparamos en el comedor. Había tortilla de patatas, patatas chips, palomitas, palomitas de chocolate, arroz con leche, frutos secos, creps, jamón serrano, pan con tomate, dos pasteles entre otras cosas. La verdad es que fue una fiesta muy bonita y divertida. Creo que Edith también se lo pasó bien con nosotrs, o eso espero!

Ahora me gustaría ir a Estados Unidos a vistar la escuela y poder hablar con todos los alumnos y que ellos vinieran. Me lo pasé muy bien.” (Alba)

“El dia 16 d’abril de 2008 va venir una professora que es deia Edith. Aquesta professora és la professora dels nostres “pen-friends” que vivien a Amèrica. L’Edith va arribar de Girona cap a les deu. A l’hora del pati vam fer un “banquet” amb tot de mejar que havíem portat. En el banquet hi havia patates, crispetes, dos pastissos, coca-cola, sis fuets, crispetes ab xocolata, galetes, avellanes, nous, slami, pernil salat, arròs amb llet, entre d’altres coses.

També va anar a veure les classes de teatre en anglès i la classe d’anglès del grup alt on vam representar “The withces” i “uncle Bill’s Will”. També ens va regalar uns forros i unes xocolatines.

En resum, ens ho vam passar molt bé.” (Gerard)

“El día que vino Edith nos lo pasamos muy bien con ella. Espero que se pueda repetir o que podamos ir a visitarla y conocer a nuestros e-pals en persona porque se ven muy simpáticos” (Cristina B.)

“Yo traje el fuet para el pica-pica. Creo que su visita estuvo muy bien ya que la profesora era simpática y cada uno de nosotros podíamos hacerle preguntas. El pica-pica, buenísimo. Habían unas cosas buenísimas (cocas, embutido…) y la profesora disfrutó que es de lo que interesaba. Pero comí tanto que acabé con dolor de barriga.” (Jordi S.)

“Edith vino al pica-pica en el que todos colaboramos trayendo un alimento, bueno después nos lo comimos tosos, ella incuida, pero la comida duró poquísimo.

Después vino a la clase de teatro y ensayamos Romeo and Juliet y ella nos ayudó a vocalizar. Ella era muy simpática.” (Miquel R)

“Va ser una visita molt divertida perquè l’Edith és molt enrollada i molt divertida. A l’hora de teatre vam fer Romeo i Julieta i ella ens va ajudar a traduir, a fer expressions molt bé i a més a més feia gràcia perquè de vegades feia unes cares molt gracioses. Vam riure molt” (Nico)

“El día que vino Edith estuvo muy bien. Era simpática. Nosotros le regalamos una cartulina pequeña con una foto de nuestra clase y detrás todas nuestras firmas. Y ella nos trajo los pósters que ellos utilizan para forrar los libros. Creo que todo fui muy bien y que tanto ella como nosotros nos lo pasamos bien.” (Selva)

“Por la mañana hicimos clase normal y a la hora del patio fue cuando conocimos a Edith. Le hicimos preguntas y ella nos las contestó. También a la hora del patio le hicimos preguntas y nos las contestó.”(Rubén)

Here you are some of the photos we took during her visit.

First, she visited 2nd A and our students asked her some questions and talked to her about their e-pals and the American educational system.

Here we can see Selva, Sandra, Laura, Sira and Sonia.

Then, we had a typical Catalan breakfast.

Anna, Sonia R, Laia M and Paula.

Mireia, Pablo, Alex, Selva, Carla R., Guillem L.

Musa, Alba, Anna, Sonia and Laia M.

Laura, Selva, Carla R, Cristina and Sandra.

Ferran, Ebou and Gerard.

Roger, Musa, Laia D, Martí, Daniel, Joaquim, Joanna, Maria D, Elena, Marina and Sira.

After our breakfast, all students wanted to meet Edith and talk to her. She, very nicely, answer all their questions and explain things about each e-pal.

Edith talking about our e-pals with Musa, Roger, Carla V, Alex, Mireia and Eric F.

At 11:30, Edith accompanied us to class. The drama class students performed the fist scene of Romeo and Juliet for her. Then, she helped me introducing the next scene. She taught students how to perform better by using our voice, our hands and our whole body. while students were rehearsing that new scene she went around giving some advice to the actors. We really enjoyed it!

At 12:30, all students of first ESO who belong to the high level flexible group joined Edith and could talk a little more with her.

From the front on the left: Judit T, Judit C, Marna C, Marina F, Laia D and Lara.

From the front on the left: Daniel, Joaquim, irene, Maria, Laia M, Olga and Guillem T.

From the front on the left: Mireia, Joanna, Roger, Guillem T, Alex, Ferran, Miquel S and Guillem L

Finally, some students very kindly leraned their lines and performed a piece of our plays.

Guillem L and Lara performed the starting scene of Uncle Bill’s Will.

Gerard, Miquel S, Judit T and Marina F performed the beginning of The Witches.

Mireia and Irene performed the speech of the Grand High Witch from the play The Witches.

We really liked Edith’s visit, her presents (sweets, chocolates, posters, letters from our e-pals and cd wtih songs) and we are looking forward to your next visit.

Thanks again Edith.

SANT JORDI

On the 23rd of April we commemorate the death of 3 great worldwide known writers: William Shakespeare (1564), Miguel de Cervantes and Garcilaso de la Vega, who both died in 1616.The first celebration, which became part of the celebrations of Sant Jordi, was made in Catalonia in 1923 honouring Cervantes. On this day, it was a medieval tradition for men to give roses to their lovers; from 1925 it also started the tradition for women to give books in exchange.

In 1995 UNESCO declared this day as The World Book Day, becuase of the Catalonian festival and the anniversary of birth or death of some great writers, apart from the three already mentioned.

As a curiosity, the coincidence of dates in Cervantes and Shakespeare’s deaths is not strictly precise. Cervantes died the 23rd of April according to the Gregorian calendar; however, England was still using the Julian calendar. The fact is that Shakespeare died ten days later than Cervantes due to this discrepancy of calendars.

 The winner of this year 2008

The winners of this Sant Jordi 2008 in the English Language are the following:

1st category: Me and My World

Lara Bonilla and Carla Sabatés 

2nd category: Short Stories

Clàudia Alòs and Cristina Pulvé 

Nice Poems for Saint George

Here you are some interesting poems to learn:

William Shakespeare – Sonnet #18

Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And oft’ is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

William Shakespeare – Sonnet #130


My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
I grant I never saw a goddess go,
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare.

William Blake – The Sick Rose

O Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,

Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.

William Blake – The Tiger

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And water’d heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?


News from Connecticut

Edith, our e-pals’ teacher is visiting our school on Wednesday 16th April!!!

Remember! Edith is coming from Lebanon, Connecticut (USA), next week to pay us a visit.

We’ll prepare a a little reception for her with typical Spanish and Catalan food. Then, we’ll show her around the school and she’ll attend our drama class. At this moment, in our drama class we’re rehearsing Romeo and Juliet, however, we’ll perform a piece of Uncle Bill’s Will and The witches. I’d like to thank those students who very kindly will learn their lines to perform a piece of the play again for Edith.
Uncle Bill’s Will
The witches
As you all know she’ll bring us presents from our American e-friends. And I’m preparing a CD with your favourite Spanish and Catalan songs so that our friends can listen to them in class.
I know you’re wondering about the photos we took last Friday to give to Edith. Well, we still have to choose the best photo. Just tell me on Monday which one is the best. I think you are really cool in all of them.
Kisses,
See you on Monday
Mònica
1st B:
1st A:
2on:

Our e-pals

Here you are some new letters we’ve received from our e-pals in Connecticut.

Dear Eric,

            Thank you for the last letter you sent to me. Easter is coming up and I’m very excited. Do you celebrate Easter? My family does. On Easter I wake up and go down stairs to see Easter baskets filled with little gifts. Some of the gifts are like jump ropes, chalk, clothes, and candy. Usually the Easter Bunny or Peter Cottontail will leave little chocolate eggs around the house for my siblings and I to find. Then later on that day we go to my grandmothers and have a big Easter egg hunt around her house outside. There are plastic eggs and inside of them are candy and money. In some of the eggs are little slips of paper that say prize on them. Then at the end, my grandmother will ask if anybody has a prize written on the paper and she will give us like toys for the girls and candy for the boys. 

Our school is having a field trip to Washington DC. We are staying over night in a hotel for four days. When we come back from Washington DC we have April Vacation. April Vacation is a whole week long. (I think). Anyway, my friends are very excited so are my sister and I.

Here are some questions you can answer in the next letter you send. Do you celebrate Easter? Does your school go on any exciting field trips, if so where? Do you get a vacation how long?

                                                                                  Hugs, Erin

Hey Miquel,

        How are you? I’m doing pretty good considering the weather. It stills snows once in a while but now that spring is coming the weather is getting warmer so the snow is melting away! And because spring is coming that means that our school’s annual field trip is coming too! Every year the eight grade class goes to Washington D.C. I’m very excited about this field trip because we will be gone for four days! Does your school go on cool field trips like mine?? If so, what kind?

        Another cool thing about spring is Easter! Since we have Easter our school gets Good Friday off! Every Easter my family and I go to my Aunt’s house to eat our Easter dinner and find our colorful eggs. When we get home we boil tons of eggs and color them with all sorts of colors. Do you and your family celebrate Easter? If so what do you do over the vacation?

        Things have been going good for me… some interesting things have happened to. Like now that our regular basketball season is over we have All-Star Basketball! Our team is great we have everything that you need… height, speed and good shots. Our practices have been fun so far, but you never know they could turn bad. What type of activities are you doing right now?

 

Your friend,

                                                                            Emily J

Letter from Brian

Hey Pau!

 I hope I get a letter from you soon.  Do you get a Winter Break?  You’re very lucky that you don’t get any snow, here it’s nice sometimes, but everybody is ready for spring!!  Easter is the next holiday here, well if you celebrate it.  Do you celebrate Holy Week?  For Easter we only get Good Friday off, but in April we get a whole week.  Most people go down to Florida for that week.  

 

Hope you write back soon,

Bridget

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

For those who have read this gripping book, here you are some more information about it for your project.

http://www.roe25.com/webquest/Clark/The%20Sawyer%20Times%20-%20Web.htm

http://www.lifestreamcenter.net/DrB/Lessons/TomSawyer.htm

http://eduscapes.com/fun/tom.htm