STORYTELLING - REVIEWS

        Today I´m going to tell you about an amazing storytelling I saw last week. The first story the performer told us was the most original and the funniest. The story was about two people, Mr and Mrs Vinegar,  who lived in a vinegar jar, . Their house was ruined by a natural disaster. After that, they got some money, but the man started changing the things he owned for new things in order to be richer and happier. Finally, he lost all his money and things. The storyteller was a young girl who sang some songs to make the performance better. She brought with her some pictures to show while she was telling the stories.

I highly recommend this performance, but for younger students because the stories were a bit chidlish. Marcos C.

      The storytelling at the library was a wonderful activity. It is the first English activity we have had this course.  It had five stories about different topics. The storyteller played and sang songs during the activity. Some stories were a little bit boring, but others were interesting and fun, like ‘Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar’, and the rolling circle. The storytelling was good and the English level was perfect for us, but I recommend it for students in the second year. Mateo M.

REVIEWS ON 'OLIVER TWIST' - READER

This term, 3rd B/C bilingual students read Oliver Twist . These are some of their reviews on the novel:

A review by Nuria A.

I’ve recently read a book that made me learn about the society in the 19th century. It is Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickenss.

It tells the story of Oliver, a young and innocent boy that is treated very badly by some people along the book. We can see all the people that beat him, and on the opposite side all the people that take care of him, that was the society in that age. However, he tries to find his place in the world.

This book is not the best I have ever read but I liked it. I think it is very good because you really feel sorry for Oliver. The story is very well elaborated and the characters are really well done and you can get to know all about them. But if I had to say something negative about the book, it is that there are a lot of characters and sometimes it is difficult to remember who is each one.

I highly recomend this book if you like the history of England or historic facts. It is maybe a hard book, but I think it is necessary to know that now we are very lucky, but previously children like Oliver weren’t that lucky. There is also a film on the book. I haven’t watched it, though I would like to.

A review by MARÍA R.

Published in 1837, Charles Dickens´ “Oliver Twist” continues to be a literature classic that represents the incredibly massive social differences of 19th-century London realistically, as its genre is commonly associated with Victorian social realism.

The novel takes place in Victorian London, both the rich part and the most disadvantaged part. The plot revolves around Oliver Twist, a poor orphan that goes through a lot of misery until he learns the truth about his identity and, how, surprisingly, he ends up having an extremely happy ending.

In my opinion, this novel will be the perfect fit for you if you are into history, as it shows clearly the social context of that time and, as I did, you can find interesting seeing how everything has changed.

DICKENS AND THE VICTORIAN AGE - PODCASTS

The students in 3ºB/C ESO Bilg presented  different information about Dickens and the Victorian Age in class, by means of a PPoint: The  kingdom of  Queen Victoria, social classes, reforms during those times, the industrial revolution. They also  presented Dickens' biography as well as his literary production. Some of them recorded the audios of their presentations. These are a few examples of their podcasts:  

 

GEOGRAPHY, PE and ENGLISH PROJECT ON EU

THE EUROPEAN UNION- GEOGRAPHY

This year the 3rd ESO Bilingual Geography students have once again carried out the project on the European Union. In groups of 4 and in collaboration with the departments of Physical Education and English, they made an informative dossier on the origin, history and current affairs of the EU and a board game to continue learning about these aspects. Would you like to play a game?

ALTERNATIVE SPORTS IN THE EU - P.E.

The 3rd E.S.O. B-C group has developed a group work on alternative sports from different European countries (as part of the interdisciplinary project with Geography and English).

At first, they looked for information about a multitude of different sports, not very recognized internationally, to choose one of them all.

After choosing the sport, they looked for basic information about it. Then, they had to explain it in a video recorded by themselves, including: origin and evolution, explanation of the sport, main rules, countries where it is played and recognized athletes.

As an example, we present this video.

      

EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES: LANDMARKS & SPORTS- ENGLISH

The different groups of students chose three landmarks for each European capital (seven capitals for each group) and researched information for one of them. In addition, they chose an athlete for each country and presented their achievements. With this information, they created a PowerPoint presentation that they later presented to the rest of the students in class. Here is an example of one of these Ppoints: EU:LANDMARKS & SPORTS                                           

ENVIRONMENT Geography + English Project

 

                                                    GEOGRAPHY INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

GEOGRAPHY AND ENGLISH 

After researching on recycling processes, renewable energies and sustainability, our bilingual students of 3ESO BC elaborated these illustrative and colourful leaflets.

                                                                                                                                                                                            

EUROPEAN UNION PROJECT. GEOGRAPHY.

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