Two Short Stories

The Man with the Twisted Lip is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The story was first published in  December 1891. Doyle ranked "The Man with the Twisted Lip" sixteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.

Click on image to read story.

Berenice Bobs Her Hair, written in 1920 by American writer Scot Fitzgerald,  is the story of Bernice's visit to her cousin and her attempt to fit in with her crowd.  

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Forrest Gump. Historical references.

4º ESO A. PRESENTATIONS.

Clara & Pilar: John Lennon

Eduardo & Gabriel: Vietnam War

Amanda & Vicky: The Hippie Movement

Isabel& Julia: Moon Landing

Alejandro & Gabriel R: JFK Assassination

Writing an Opinion Essay

Watch the following video on how to write an opinion essay




What are the main points you have to consider?

Now look at the example:

Connectors Exercises 
Exercises 1,3,4,8,10,12,13,16,17,18,19,20 


Opinion Essay exercises

"The Moment You Limit Free Speech, It Is Not Free Speech"

Salman Rushdie defends Charlie Hebdo




But who is Salman Rushdie? 

Salman Rushdy is a British Indian novelist. Death threats were made against him after his fourth novel , The Satanic Verses, was published in 1988.

English Accents Around the World

From East London English to Southern Irish, from Redneck American to Italian Mafia, one guy does them all. Here is the English Language in 30 accents. See if you can guess what they / he is saying.




And he is not the only one...





And here is one Elsa(1ºH) suggested. Thanks Elsa!

A Gap Year

Projects by students of 4A on the topic:  A GAP YEAR.

Click on names to see their projects.

Amanda & Victoria                                      Eduardo & Gabriel R.

Guillermo S & Gabriel S                             Alejandro & Antonio

Julia& Pilar                                                                                 Cati & Clara                        

Read about gap year pros and cons and about other young people's gap yer experiences

 Advantages & disadvantages of taking a gap year

 Pros & cons of taking a gap year

How a Gap Year Changed my Life

Now look at some of the following projects. How do they compare to yours?


Gap year- countries


Destinations

Rural children's home in Cambodia


And your next assignment:

Choose one of the projects from the ones suggested above and write a 200 word account of your (imaginary) experience. Descibe your trip, activities, projects, and whether and why it was a good experience.







                              

Je Suis Charlie

 Cartoonists react to Charlie Hebdo attack. Click on image to see many more.

Do Schools Kill Creativity

We have been talking about education in class. Now listen to education expert Ken Robinson talk about creativity and schools.  Do you agree with Ken Robinson?  

Click on the image to go to the page.

You may also read the script here.

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