Would you like to dream like when you were a child?
Would you like to dream like when you were a child? The only thing you have to do is to see the movie Finding Neverland. The movie details the experiences of “Peter Pan” and the story about some children who don’t want to grow.
I liked the movie a lot. When I saw it I felt different emotions. The fantasy takes you to other special moments in a life. The performance of the actors is very interesting; they demonstrate that life is unique and that you have to enjoy it at every single moment.
The message of the movie as I see it is shown when one of the main characters deals with the mind of a child who behaves and feels like a hopeless adult.
I personally recommend this movie to anyone who wants to feel as a child again.
By Victoria Cuevas
Adults Pre-Intermediate.
Death, a friend
Wouldn’t it be interesting if death asks you to teach her how to live? In the movie, Meet Joe Black, you can see a possible reaction to the question.
I’m used to see movies related with this kind of things where the limit between good taste and the absurd is crossed, so the movie loses its magic. But definitely I assure that this movie is the exception.
Meet Joe Black tells the story of death taking a break from his usual duties and inhabiting the body of a recently-deceased young man.
It seems to me that in this movie you will find two things to learn: how to live and how would you like to give it an end.
By LUCAS GOMEZ
Adults Pre-intermediate
jueves, 6 de diciembre de 2007
viernes, 16 de noviembre de 2007
TEP teachers write
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A CHILD ACTOR ?
The term child actor is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion the latter is also called a former child actor.
Luckily In some countries child actors in the performing arts (television, film or stage) are prohibited from doing certain things. In these countries, a child actor may not:
1. risk his or her physical well being (no dangerous stunts)
2. be exposed to morally compromising situations
3. be nude or partially nude
4. engage in overt sexual acts
5. to be victims of any kind
Compulsory education laws mandate that the education of child actor must not be disrupted while the child is working. Whether a child actor is enrolled in public school, private school, or home school, the child does schoolwork under the supervision of a set teacher while on the set.
Finally, the hours a child actor may work are limited. Generally, stricter time limits are imposed for younger actors. A very young infant might be allowed "under the lights" only a few minutes a day. It is common in television production for the role of a young child to be portrayed by identical twins to reduce each child's time on set. When a child turns 18, the legal limits on work time are lifted.
There many other issues involving child actors like the ownership of earnings, the competitive pressure or maybe a troubled adulthood.
I personally believe that parent’s supervision is definitely needed.
Valeska Galaz
Why do kids watch the same movie over and over again?
When we started with our proyect, children chose, according to their own preferences, two movies to work with: Toy Story and Monsters Inc..
During the first workshops, we realized that they had watched both movies
for at least twice, three and more times over and over again!!!
That point made me ask myself the following question:
Why are children eager to watch the same video over and over?
After reading some articles written by experts on children, I found that there are many reasons to answer this question.
Let us share some of the conclusions reached by the experts:
To begin with, young children undoubtedly do this with videos they have enjoyed to repeat the same good feeling again and again. Movies allow kids to feel incredible, they can play to be a heroe, a fairy or whoever they want to be. Everything becomes possible!!!
But there’s more to it than that. Some videos are very complex from the viewpoint of a young child´s mind and it may take many, many viewings to pick up the essential elements of even a simple programme. Beyond the elements necessary to understand the video, children can discover more and more details as they watch again and again.
Moreover, young children are also very comfortable with things that are familiar, and they undoubtedly enjoy the empowering feeling of being able to predict what happens next, and this fact can result really magical!
Another factor that I found in my research is that young children have trouble in the understanding of a story in which an ugly, mean looking character behaves in a kind manner or a beautiful character acts cruelly. They are usually overwhelmed by the visual image and can´t follow the underlying story. However, children can overcome this inability with repeated viewings and they can increase their understanding substantially. In this point I believe that movies are a great tool to comment stereotypes and to learn that it´s not fair to label people only because on how they look.
Another interesting thing is that children repeatedly watch things that are somewhat frightening in an effort to gain “mastery” over their fearful feelings. This may be done to reassure themselves again and again that the happy ending makes everything all right.
All these factors are at play in our kids´ tendency to watch the same movie repeatedly.
Overall then, we should not worry about a child who wants to watch the same video repeatedly but it is necessary and very important that parents and teachers provide a happy and healthy choice for him.
Learning English through movies
Watching movies has been a fruitful tool to learn, practise and consolidate more the English language. During the different workshops we selected many scenes from the same movies ‘Toy Story 1’ and ‘Monsters Inc.’ and we designed distinct activities to work with the kids. The fact of watching the same scenes over and over again led the children to focus their attention on many details of their beloved characters. One of the main advantages of working with movies is that the students were exposed to real English in enjoyable and well-known contexts. As a consequence, they always showed a great enthusiasm to do different tasks related to movies. Some of the activities that the kids did were drawing, matching pictures and words, matching pictures and descriptions, writing descriptions of some characters. In this step the students were given the chance to practise plenty of vocabulary and the different grammar structures that they were dealing with in an ordinary class. They were learning and using the language without being so much aware that they were doing so. Moreover, they made crafts such as the masks that was an unforgettable activity for all of them. On the Open Day the shining of the masks was the evidence of all the hard work that the students did along the year.
María Lahore and Silvia Landoni
Kids 2
The term child actor is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion the latter is also called a former child actor.
Luckily In some countries child actors in the performing arts (television, film or stage) are prohibited from doing certain things. In these countries, a child actor may not:
1. risk his or her physical well being (no dangerous stunts)
2. be exposed to morally compromising situations
3. be nude or partially nude
4. engage in overt sexual acts
5. to be victims of any kind
Compulsory education laws mandate that the education of child actor must not be disrupted while the child is working. Whether a child actor is enrolled in public school, private school, or home school, the child does schoolwork under the supervision of a set teacher while on the set.
Finally, the hours a child actor may work are limited. Generally, stricter time limits are imposed for younger actors. A very young infant might be allowed "under the lights" only a few minutes a day. It is common in television production for the role of a young child to be portrayed by identical twins to reduce each child's time on set. When a child turns 18, the legal limits on work time are lifted.
There many other issues involving child actors like the ownership of earnings, the competitive pressure or maybe a troubled adulthood.
I personally believe that parent’s supervision is definitely needed.
Valeska Galaz
Why do kids watch the same movie over and over again?
When we started with our proyect, children chose, according to their own preferences, two movies to work with: Toy Story and Monsters Inc..
During the first workshops, we realized that they had watched both movies
for at least twice, three and more times over and over again!!!
That point made me ask myself the following question:
Why are children eager to watch the same video over and over?
After reading some articles written by experts on children, I found that there are many reasons to answer this question.
Let us share some of the conclusions reached by the experts:
To begin with, young children undoubtedly do this with videos they have enjoyed to repeat the same good feeling again and again. Movies allow kids to feel incredible, they can play to be a heroe, a fairy or whoever they want to be. Everything becomes possible!!!
But there’s more to it than that. Some videos are very complex from the viewpoint of a young child´s mind and it may take many, many viewings to pick up the essential elements of even a simple programme. Beyond the elements necessary to understand the video, children can discover more and more details as they watch again and again.
Moreover, young children are also very comfortable with things that are familiar, and they undoubtedly enjoy the empowering feeling of being able to predict what happens next, and this fact can result really magical!
Another factor that I found in my research is that young children have trouble in the understanding of a story in which an ugly, mean looking character behaves in a kind manner or a beautiful character acts cruelly. They are usually overwhelmed by the visual image and can´t follow the underlying story. However, children can overcome this inability with repeated viewings and they can increase their understanding substantially. In this point I believe that movies are a great tool to comment stereotypes and to learn that it´s not fair to label people only because on how they look.
Another interesting thing is that children repeatedly watch things that are somewhat frightening in an effort to gain “mastery” over their fearful feelings. This may be done to reassure themselves again and again that the happy ending makes everything all right.
All these factors are at play in our kids´ tendency to watch the same movie repeatedly.
Overall then, we should not worry about a child who wants to watch the same video repeatedly but it is necessary and very important that parents and teachers provide a happy and healthy choice for him.
Learning English through movies
Watching movies has been a fruitful tool to learn, practise and consolidate more the English language. During the different workshops we selected many scenes from the same movies ‘Toy Story 1’ and ‘Monsters Inc.’ and we designed distinct activities to work with the kids. The fact of watching the same scenes over and over again led the children to focus their attention on many details of their beloved characters. One of the main advantages of working with movies is that the students were exposed to real English in enjoyable and well-known contexts. As a consequence, they always showed a great enthusiasm to do different tasks related to movies. Some of the activities that the kids did were drawing, matching pictures and words, matching pictures and descriptions, writing descriptions of some characters. In this step the students were given the chance to practise plenty of vocabulary and the different grammar structures that they were dealing with in an ordinary class. They were learning and using the language without being so much aware that they were doing so. Moreover, they made crafts such as the masks that was an unforgettable activity for all of them. On the Open Day the shining of the masks was the evidence of all the hard work that the students did along the year.
María Lahore and Silvia Landoni
Kids 2
Upper Intermediate Stories
Upper Intermediate Stories
The Pyramid of Giza
This year we have been researching on the seven wonders of the world. We have always been interested in Egypt, so we thought that knowing a little more about how they were built could be useful, that is why we decided to write this article on the pyramid of Giza.
The great pyramid of Giza, just outside Cairo, Egypt, has been discussed and investigated more than any other monument on earth. Also it was the largest monument that had ever been built before this century, and was originally made from more than two and a half million blocks of stones.
This pyramid was built as a tomb for Egyptian pharaoh Khufu who ruled Egypt from about 2592 BC to 3569 BC. Though it is not the only pyramid left in Egypt it has become the most famous and most talked about pyramid in the world.
Building this huge pyramid with simple tools was an incredibly difficult and enormous effort, and the fact is that archaeologists do not know exactly how the heavy stones blocks were carried. Also, to build it they must have had a detailed knowledge of geometry.
Another astonishing fact is that one of the sides of the great pyramid of Giza runs exactly north to South, and the measurement is so perfect that it could not have been an accident. Ancient Egyptians did not possess compasses and did not know the exact line of true north. Such information only became available several centuries later.
Many people believe that the pyramid of Giza is still one of the world’s greatest mysteries due to the technology Ancient Egyptians had.
By Ignacio Iglesias and Lautaro Lanusse Upper Int
The missing call
I was sleeping when the telephone rang. It was my son, Tom. He told me that I should go to pick him up to Kyle’s house. It was six o’clock in the morning and I was very tired so my husband went for him.
When I woke up, at half past eight, they weren’t at home. I started to worry and I immediately called my husband to his mobile phone but he had forgotten it at home, So I called Tom’s but he didn’t answer. After that I called the police and I explained them what had happened. They told me that they would surely find them, however I should stay at home waiting in case somebody called.
I was desperate, time was passing very slowly, one hour, two hours, but nobody called, so I decided to look for them. I went to the café where my husband used to go, to the park, to Kyle’s house, everywhere, but they had vanished. So I went back home.
Although I had been outside for a couple of hours, I had a new message in my answering machine. It was the kidnapper, he was asking for a 50.000 dollars reward for Peter and Tom. He also said that if I didn’t leave the money in 530 Rocken Street in fifteen minutes he would kill them. I had the money available in a bank account but there was a problem, I didn’t know when he had called.
As soon as I finished listening to the message, I called the official. First of all I explained him what the kidnapper had said but he abruptly stopped me and said: “It’s too late, they are dead”. I couldn´t believe him or I didn’t want to believe. But in fact he was right; they were dead because of me. I will always regret not being patient. If I had only stayed at home waiting for the call, none of this would have happened.
By Guadalupe Usandizaga Upper Int
THE DEPARTED
This thriller film, is the latest by Martin Scorsese, film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson.
The story takes place in South Boston, where Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) takes the young Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) under his wings and trains him to be part of his gang, which is the most dangerous gang in the city.
Years later, Sullivan studies to enter the Massachusetts State Police, with classmates including Agent Barrigan (James Badge Dale). In another class are Trooper Brown (Anthony Anderson) and William “Billy” Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Billy Costigan has a mission. He is meant to infiltrate into Costello’s gang, and while he tries to win Costello’s trust, Sullivan becomes a State Police officer. Colin takes part of a group of officers whose mission is to kill Costello. Nevertheless, their superiors, do not know that he works for Costello.
The end is unexpected.
When the police and the gangsters realise that there’s an enemy between them, Billy and Colin are in danger because they could be caught and killed. They have to discover the indentity of the infiltrator in order to survive.
In my opinion, this film was excellent. Every detail was perfectly planned, and it was very entertaining, because you cannot imagine how it will finish.
I recommended teenagers as well as adults, and if you watch it, watch it again, you will never get bored of it.
Here you have more information about it, if you want to watch it or if you have already watched it and you don’t know these details:
• Director: Martin Scorsese
• Runtime: 151 minutes
• Soundtrack: Minstrel Boy
• Filming location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Awards: Won 4 Oscars, another 45 wins & 45 nominations
• Genre: Crime/ Drama / Thriller
• Writers: William Monahan (screenplay)
• Main Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon & Jack Nicholson.
By Julia Gentile Upper int
“I went to bed and I had a…”
On a dark night in the year 2000 something strange happened in my house, and only me was there, because my grandpa had gone to the supermarket and the rest of the family had died a couple of years before in a car accident.
I was watching TV, when a strange noise came from upstairs, so I said: “who’s there? “Who or What are you? What are you doing?” But nobody or nothing answered: that is the reason why I went upstairs, and there I saw in my bedroom a message that said: “you are a child, so you won’t ever catch me”. After reading the message; I started to run as fast as I could to the supermarket because two weeks ago I had seen a movie that had exactly the same message and the film finished with a broken bone.
The next day, I got up early and I saw that everything was a nightmare. I didn’t know why I had a broken leg, I could only remember that in that movie one child was a sleepwalker.
My conclusion was that if only I had stayed at home I wouldn’t have gone to the cinema, so I wouldn’t have the nightmare and a broken leg.
By Ignacio Iglesias Upper Int
How to become a famous film director
If you are a cineaste and you would like to become a movie director keep on reading... You will learn that directing movies is exciting and artistically fulfilling because you direct every step of a movie: auditioning and rehearsing actors, supervising the crew and having the final say on scenery and music.
Step One:
Go to college and major in filmmaking.
Step Two:
Move to Los Angeles or New York to get close to the action.
Step Three:
Start working as an intern or assistant producer on a movie set. You may not get paid, but you'll gain valuable skills, experience and contacts.
Step Four:
Develop your skills, gain as much experience as possible, learn like crazy and work your way up to film editor. When you have some clips to your name and start pulling down a salary, you can begin showing your work to people in the industry.
Step Five:
Take part in a training program for assistant directors. You'll get more experience.
Step Six:
Think small at first. Directing music videos, educational films or commercials is a good way to get experience.
Step Seven:
Raise money to make an independent film. It's much cheaper than it used to be, thanks to advances in digital technology. Enter your film in festivals and pray you get discovered.
Step Eight:
Become a well-known actor and step behind the camera to direct your own movies.
Step Nine:
Become a stage director and make the movie version of your latest hit.
The world's 20 best directors:
1. David Lynch
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Joel and Ethan Coen
4. Steven Soderbergh
5. Terrence Malick
6. Abbas Kiarostami
7. Errol Morris
8. Hayao Miyazaki
9. David Cronenberg
10. Terence Davies
11. Lukas Moodysson
12. Lynne Ramsay
13. Bela Tarr
14. Wong Kar-wai
15. Pedro Almodovar
16. Todd Haynes
17. Quentin Tarantino
18. Tsai Ming-Liang
19. Aki Kaurismaki
20. Michael Winterbottom
by Guadalupe Usandizaga y Martina Galli, upper int
LETTER AND MUSIC
Alex Letcher, Hug grant, is a pop singer of the ‘80s who is not a popular singer anymore and who now agrees to sing in small events such as fairs and funfairs.
Suddenly he gets an opportunity to recover his popularity. The star of the moment Cora Corman, invites him to write and record a song with her . Alex hasn’t composed any music in years, and has to create a success in a few days, so Sophie Fisher, Drew Barrymore, who seems to be a nice girl and takes care of his plants has a great facility with words that impresses the composer. However, Sophie has recently broken up with a famous novelist Sloan Cates, feeling depressed and disappointed she doesn´t want to cooperate with Alex.
Their relationship doesn´t have a promising beginning but work makes them get closer while Sophie writes the lyrics for his songs. Later Cora the producer decides to change the whole style of the show causing an argument between Ales and Sophie who then separate. On the day of the show Alex dedicates a love song to Sophie confessing his true love.
By Pilar Castel Berlari
Easter in United States
During Easter we always go to New York to visit my grandparents. I really enjoy it because there, Easter is celebrated in many different ways by many different religions,and they are all wonderful celebrations.
On Easter Sunday, not just in New York but other cities too, large street parades are held where people show off their new clothes and Easter bonnets. The parade is often led by somebody carrying a candle or a cross.
What I also love is playing Easter egg roll, a game which is played by children. The rules of an Easter Egg Roll are to see who can roll an egg the greatest distance or can make the egg roll without breaking , usually down a grassy hillside or slope. If you go, do not forget playing it!
During Easter time people eat special foods. In Unites States it is baked ham, potatoes and vegetables. They are so delicious that you cannot stop eating them! Easter Hot Cross Buns are served as well.
I always enjoy the time we spend in New York, and each year I look forward to our next trip. I hope I will continue going till the rest of my life.
By Guadalupe Usandizaga Upper Int
Easter in Israel
During Easter, a lot of people and pilgrims travel to Israel from all over the world. There, groups walk along Jesus Christ's way to Golgotha.
The route is referred to as the Twelve Stations of the Cross, similar to Tandil (Argentina), where people go to the Calvary and go over the twelve stations.
At one o'clock in the afternoon on Greek Easter Sunday the leader of the church goes into the Jesus’s tombs and the doors are closed after him. The lights go out, bells ring and the leader appears with a blazing torch. The torch is said to have been miraculously lit inside the tomb, it is amazing! Everyone in the church lights their candles off the torch. These lights up the whole church.
Catholics and Protestants celebrate Easter at the same time as the rest of the world, while Orthodox Christian churches celebrate it two weeks later.
I would really like to go and share this ancient ritual. I belong to a catholic family and we believe this holy event is truly special and unusual.
by Martina Galli
Upper int
The Pyramid of Giza
This year we have been researching on the seven wonders of the world. We have always been interested in Egypt, so we thought that knowing a little more about how they were built could be useful, that is why we decided to write this article on the pyramid of Giza.
The great pyramid of Giza, just outside Cairo, Egypt, has been discussed and investigated more than any other monument on earth. Also it was the largest monument that had ever been built before this century, and was originally made from more than two and a half million blocks of stones.
This pyramid was built as a tomb for Egyptian pharaoh Khufu who ruled Egypt from about 2592 BC to 3569 BC. Though it is not the only pyramid left in Egypt it has become the most famous and most talked about pyramid in the world.
Building this huge pyramid with simple tools was an incredibly difficult and enormous effort, and the fact is that archaeologists do not know exactly how the heavy stones blocks were carried. Also, to build it they must have had a detailed knowledge of geometry.
Another astonishing fact is that one of the sides of the great pyramid of Giza runs exactly north to South, and the measurement is so perfect that it could not have been an accident. Ancient Egyptians did not possess compasses and did not know the exact line of true north. Such information only became available several centuries later.
Many people believe that the pyramid of Giza is still one of the world’s greatest mysteries due to the technology Ancient Egyptians had.
By Ignacio Iglesias and Lautaro Lanusse Upper Int
The missing call
I was sleeping when the telephone rang. It was my son, Tom. He told me that I should go to pick him up to Kyle’s house. It was six o’clock in the morning and I was very tired so my husband went for him.
When I woke up, at half past eight, they weren’t at home. I started to worry and I immediately called my husband to his mobile phone but he had forgotten it at home, So I called Tom’s but he didn’t answer. After that I called the police and I explained them what had happened. They told me that they would surely find them, however I should stay at home waiting in case somebody called.
I was desperate, time was passing very slowly, one hour, two hours, but nobody called, so I decided to look for them. I went to the café where my husband used to go, to the park, to Kyle’s house, everywhere, but they had vanished. So I went back home.
Although I had been outside for a couple of hours, I had a new message in my answering machine. It was the kidnapper, he was asking for a 50.000 dollars reward for Peter and Tom. He also said that if I didn’t leave the money in 530 Rocken Street in fifteen minutes he would kill them. I had the money available in a bank account but there was a problem, I didn’t know when he had called.
As soon as I finished listening to the message, I called the official. First of all I explained him what the kidnapper had said but he abruptly stopped me and said: “It’s too late, they are dead”. I couldn´t believe him or I didn’t want to believe. But in fact he was right; they were dead because of me. I will always regret not being patient. If I had only stayed at home waiting for the call, none of this would have happened.
By Guadalupe Usandizaga Upper Int
THE DEPARTED
This thriller film, is the latest by Martin Scorsese, film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson.
The story takes place in South Boston, where Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) takes the young Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) under his wings and trains him to be part of his gang, which is the most dangerous gang in the city.
Years later, Sullivan studies to enter the Massachusetts State Police, with classmates including Agent Barrigan (James Badge Dale). In another class are Trooper Brown (Anthony Anderson) and William “Billy” Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Billy Costigan has a mission. He is meant to infiltrate into Costello’s gang, and while he tries to win Costello’s trust, Sullivan becomes a State Police officer. Colin takes part of a group of officers whose mission is to kill Costello. Nevertheless, their superiors, do not know that he works for Costello.
The end is unexpected.
When the police and the gangsters realise that there’s an enemy between them, Billy and Colin are in danger because they could be caught and killed. They have to discover the indentity of the infiltrator in order to survive.
In my opinion, this film was excellent. Every detail was perfectly planned, and it was very entertaining, because you cannot imagine how it will finish.
I recommended teenagers as well as adults, and if you watch it, watch it again, you will never get bored of it.
Here you have more information about it, if you want to watch it or if you have already watched it and you don’t know these details:
• Director: Martin Scorsese
• Runtime: 151 minutes
• Soundtrack: Minstrel Boy
• Filming location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Awards: Won 4 Oscars, another 45 wins & 45 nominations
• Genre: Crime/ Drama / Thriller
• Writers: William Monahan (screenplay)
• Main Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon & Jack Nicholson.
By Julia Gentile Upper int
“I went to bed and I had a…”
On a dark night in the year 2000 something strange happened in my house, and only me was there, because my grandpa had gone to the supermarket and the rest of the family had died a couple of years before in a car accident.
I was watching TV, when a strange noise came from upstairs, so I said: “who’s there? “Who or What are you? What are you doing?” But nobody or nothing answered: that is the reason why I went upstairs, and there I saw in my bedroom a message that said: “you are a child, so you won’t ever catch me”. After reading the message; I started to run as fast as I could to the supermarket because two weeks ago I had seen a movie that had exactly the same message and the film finished with a broken bone.
The next day, I got up early and I saw that everything was a nightmare. I didn’t know why I had a broken leg, I could only remember that in that movie one child was a sleepwalker.
My conclusion was that if only I had stayed at home I wouldn’t have gone to the cinema, so I wouldn’t have the nightmare and a broken leg.
By Ignacio Iglesias Upper Int
How to become a famous film director
If you are a cineaste and you would like to become a movie director keep on reading... You will learn that directing movies is exciting and artistically fulfilling because you direct every step of a movie: auditioning and rehearsing actors, supervising the crew and having the final say on scenery and music.
Step One:
Go to college and major in filmmaking.
Step Two:
Move to Los Angeles or New York to get close to the action.
Step Three:
Start working as an intern or assistant producer on a movie set. You may not get paid, but you'll gain valuable skills, experience and contacts.
Step Four:
Develop your skills, gain as much experience as possible, learn like crazy and work your way up to film editor. When you have some clips to your name and start pulling down a salary, you can begin showing your work to people in the industry.
Step Five:
Take part in a training program for assistant directors. You'll get more experience.
Step Six:
Think small at first. Directing music videos, educational films or commercials is a good way to get experience.
Step Seven:
Raise money to make an independent film. It's much cheaper than it used to be, thanks to advances in digital technology. Enter your film in festivals and pray you get discovered.
Step Eight:
Become a well-known actor and step behind the camera to direct your own movies.
Step Nine:
Become a stage director and make the movie version of your latest hit.
The world's 20 best directors:
1. David Lynch
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Joel and Ethan Coen
4. Steven Soderbergh
5. Terrence Malick
6. Abbas Kiarostami
7. Errol Morris
8. Hayao Miyazaki
9. David Cronenberg
10. Terence Davies
11. Lukas Moodysson
12. Lynne Ramsay
13. Bela Tarr
14. Wong Kar-wai
15. Pedro Almodovar
16. Todd Haynes
17. Quentin Tarantino
18. Tsai Ming-Liang
19. Aki Kaurismaki
20. Michael Winterbottom
by Guadalupe Usandizaga y Martina Galli, upper int
LETTER AND MUSIC
Alex Letcher, Hug grant, is a pop singer of the ‘80s who is not a popular singer anymore and who now agrees to sing in small events such as fairs and funfairs.
Suddenly he gets an opportunity to recover his popularity. The star of the moment Cora Corman, invites him to write and record a song with her . Alex hasn’t composed any music in years, and has to create a success in a few days, so Sophie Fisher, Drew Barrymore, who seems to be a nice girl and takes care of his plants has a great facility with words that impresses the composer. However, Sophie has recently broken up with a famous novelist Sloan Cates, feeling depressed and disappointed she doesn´t want to cooperate with Alex.
Their relationship doesn´t have a promising beginning but work makes them get closer while Sophie writes the lyrics for his songs. Later Cora the producer decides to change the whole style of the show causing an argument between Ales and Sophie who then separate. On the day of the show Alex dedicates a love song to Sophie confessing his true love.
By Pilar Castel Berlari
Easter in United States
During Easter we always go to New York to visit my grandparents. I really enjoy it because there, Easter is celebrated in many different ways by many different religions,and they are all wonderful celebrations.
On Easter Sunday, not just in New York but other cities too, large street parades are held where people show off their new clothes and Easter bonnets. The parade is often led by somebody carrying a candle or a cross.
What I also love is playing Easter egg roll, a game which is played by children. The rules of an Easter Egg Roll are to see who can roll an egg the greatest distance or can make the egg roll without breaking , usually down a grassy hillside or slope. If you go, do not forget playing it!
During Easter time people eat special foods. In Unites States it is baked ham, potatoes and vegetables. They are so delicious that you cannot stop eating them! Easter Hot Cross Buns are served as well.
I always enjoy the time we spend in New York, and each year I look forward to our next trip. I hope I will continue going till the rest of my life.
By Guadalupe Usandizaga Upper Int
Easter in Israel
During Easter, a lot of people and pilgrims travel to Israel from all over the world. There, groups walk along Jesus Christ's way to Golgotha.
The route is referred to as the Twelve Stations of the Cross, similar to Tandil (Argentina), where people go to the Calvary and go over the twelve stations.
At one o'clock in the afternoon on Greek Easter Sunday the leader of the church goes into the Jesus’s tombs and the doors are closed after him. The lights go out, bells ring and the leader appears with a blazing torch. The torch is said to have been miraculously lit inside the tomb, it is amazing! Everyone in the church lights their candles off the torch. These lights up the whole church.
Catholics and Protestants celebrate Easter at the same time as the rest of the world, while Orthodox Christian churches celebrate it two weeks later.
I would really like to go and share this ancient ritual. I belong to a catholic family and we believe this holy event is truly special and unusual.
by Martina Galli
Upper int
Kids 3 - Silvina's students
THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
One day three little pigs decide to go and build houses for themselves.
The first little pig builds a house of straw. He says, “Now, the wolf won’t catch me and eat me.”
The second little pig builds a house of sticks. It is stronger than the house of straw. He says, “Now, the wolf won’t catch me and eat me.”
The third little pig builds a house of bricks. It is stronger than the house of sticks. He says, “Now, the wolf won’t catch me and eat me.”
The next day the wolf comes along the road. He comes to the house of straw. The wolf knocks on the door and says “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no,” says the little pig. “By the hair of my chinny chin chin, I will not let you in.”
“Then, I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in.” says the wolf.
So he huffs and he puffs and the house of straw falls down. The little pig runs to his brother’s house, who lives in the house of sticks
The next day the wolf comes to the house of sticks. The wolf knocks on the door and says “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no,” says the little pigs. “By the hair of our chinny chin chin, we will not let you in.”
“Then, I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in.” says the wolf.
So he huffs and he puffs and the house of sticks falls down. The little pigs run to their brother’s house, who lives in the house of bricks.
The next day the wolf comes to the house of bricks. The wolf knocks on the door and says “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no,” says the little pigs. “By the hair of our chinny chin chin, we will not let you in.”
“Then, I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in.” says the wolf.
So he huffs and he puffs but the house of bricks doesn’t fall down. The wolf is very, very, very angry. He says,” Little pigs, I’m going to eat you. I’m going to climb down your chimney to get you.”
The little pigs put a big pot of water on fire, to boil.
The wolf climbs on the roof and comes down the chimney. He falls into the pot with a big splash.
And that is the end of the wolf.
THE END
Estéfano Santillán & Mateo Lagos – Kids 3
Puss in Boots: comments on our work
First we read the story of Puss in boots and we created a new story of Puss in Boots. Then we made drawings on small pieces of paper. The most difficult picture was the part when the Prince of Carabas married the princess.
Then we prepared the box. We used green paper to cover it and we cut a hole to make the screen. Our teacher helped us to put the story in the TV.
ON the Open Day we told the story.
Silvina Soto – K3 Teacher
The gingerbread Man
This is the story of a little old woman and a little old man. One day,
the woman cooks a gingerbread man. She gives him currants for eyes and cherries for buttons. She puts him in the oven to bake.
When the lady opens the oven door, the gingerbread man escapes.
“Stop” says the old woman, “I want to eat you”. The gingerbread man says “Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me: I’m the gingerbread man.” And the lady runs after the gingerbread man.
Then the old man says “Stop! I want to eat you.” The gingerbread man answers: “Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me: I’m the gingerbread man.” And the old man and the old woman run after the gingerbread man.
The gingerbread man runs to the country. A pig says: “Stop. I want to eat you”. The gingerbread man answers “Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me: I’m the gingerbread man.” And the old man, the old woman and the pig run after the gingerbread man.
Later, the gingerbread man gets to a river. He can’t swim. “How can I cross the river?” he thinks.
A fox comes from behind a tree. “I can help you cross the river,” he says. “ Jump on to my tail and I’ll swim across.”
So the gingerbread man jumps on to the fox’s tail. But soon he starts to get wet. “Climb on to my back,” said the fox.
So the gingerbread man jumps on to the fox’s back. As he swims the fox says,” You are too heavy and I’m tired. Climb on to my nose.”
So the gingerbread climbs on to the fox’s nose. The fox tosses the gingerbread up in the air, opens his mouth and snap! That is the end of the gingerbread man.
Constanza Iglesias & Anita Bravo – Kids 3
The three little Pigs: comments on our work
First we read the original story on the computer. Secondly, we prepared a box to make a TV set. Then we rewrote the story with our words and typed it. Constanza drew the house of sticks and Anita drew the house of bricks.
After that, we cut a hole in the box to make a screen. Now the TV was ready.
On the Open Day, we showed the pictures and told the story.
Anita liked drawing the pictures and Constanza like making the TV sets
One day three little pigs decide to go and build houses for themselves.
The first little pig builds a house of straw. He says, “Now, the wolf won’t catch me and eat me.”
The second little pig builds a house of sticks. It is stronger than the house of straw. He says, “Now, the wolf won’t catch me and eat me.”
The third little pig builds a house of bricks. It is stronger than the house of sticks. He says, “Now, the wolf won’t catch me and eat me.”
The next day the wolf comes along the road. He comes to the house of straw. The wolf knocks on the door and says “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no,” says the little pig. “By the hair of my chinny chin chin, I will not let you in.”
“Then, I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in.” says the wolf.
So he huffs and he puffs and the house of straw falls down. The little pig runs to his brother’s house, who lives in the house of sticks
The next day the wolf comes to the house of sticks. The wolf knocks on the door and says “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no,” says the little pigs. “By the hair of our chinny chin chin, we will not let you in.”
“Then, I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in.” says the wolf.
So he huffs and he puffs and the house of sticks falls down. The little pigs run to their brother’s house, who lives in the house of bricks.
The next day the wolf comes to the house of bricks. The wolf knocks on the door and says “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no,” says the little pigs. “By the hair of our chinny chin chin, we will not let you in.”
“Then, I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in.” says the wolf.
So he huffs and he puffs but the house of bricks doesn’t fall down. The wolf is very, very, very angry. He says,” Little pigs, I’m going to eat you. I’m going to climb down your chimney to get you.”
The little pigs put a big pot of water on fire, to boil.
The wolf climbs on the roof and comes down the chimney. He falls into the pot with a big splash.
And that is the end of the wolf.
THE END
Estéfano Santillán & Mateo Lagos – Kids 3
Puss in Boots: comments on our work
First we read the story of Puss in boots and we created a new story of Puss in Boots. Then we made drawings on small pieces of paper. The most difficult picture was the part when the Prince of Carabas married the princess.
Then we prepared the box. We used green paper to cover it and we cut a hole to make the screen. Our teacher helped us to put the story in the TV.
ON the Open Day we told the story.
Silvina Soto – K3 Teacher
The gingerbread Man
This is the story of a little old woman and a little old man. One day,
the woman cooks a gingerbread man. She gives him currants for eyes and cherries for buttons. She puts him in the oven to bake.
When the lady opens the oven door, the gingerbread man escapes.
“Stop” says the old woman, “I want to eat you”. The gingerbread man says “Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me: I’m the gingerbread man.” And the lady runs after the gingerbread man.
Then the old man says “Stop! I want to eat you.” The gingerbread man answers: “Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me: I’m the gingerbread man.” And the old man and the old woman run after the gingerbread man.
The gingerbread man runs to the country. A pig says: “Stop. I want to eat you”. The gingerbread man answers “Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me: I’m the gingerbread man.” And the old man, the old woman and the pig run after the gingerbread man.
Later, the gingerbread man gets to a river. He can’t swim. “How can I cross the river?” he thinks.
A fox comes from behind a tree. “I can help you cross the river,” he says. “ Jump on to my tail and I’ll swim across.”
So the gingerbread man jumps on to the fox’s tail. But soon he starts to get wet. “Climb on to my back,” said the fox.
So the gingerbread man jumps on to the fox’s back. As he swims the fox says,” You are too heavy and I’m tired. Climb on to my nose.”
So the gingerbread climbs on to the fox’s nose. The fox tosses the gingerbread up in the air, opens his mouth and snap! That is the end of the gingerbread man.
Constanza Iglesias & Anita Bravo – Kids 3
The three little Pigs: comments on our work
First we read the original story on the computer. Secondly, we prepared a box to make a TV set. Then we rewrote the story with our words and typed it. Constanza drew the house of sticks and Anita drew the house of bricks.
After that, we cut a hole in the box to make a screen. Now the TV was ready.
On the Open Day, we showed the pictures and told the story.
Anita liked drawing the pictures and Constanza like making the TV sets
Kids 4
Agustus Gloop
Hello, I’ m Augustus Gloop. I like chocolates. I’ m nervous because next week I’ m going to Willy Wonka`s chocolate factory and I’ll meet him in person. My mother will go with me. I go because I want to eat a lot of chocolate bars. I almost ate the golden ticket. I live in Germany with my dad and mum. My dad works in a butcher’s and he is fat as well as my mum. At school the children bother me because I’ m very fat, but I like to eat lots of sweets and chocolate. I can’t wait any longer. I really want to go to Willy Wonka`s chocolate factory.
By Octavio Larsen
VERUCA SALT
Hello my name is Veruca Salt. I’ve got long curly hair. I’m a spoiled snobby rich girl form Great Britain. I’m always given practically anything I want. I like animals a lot; I’ve got some rabbits, golden fish and an old hamster. Now, I want my daddy to get me a pony.
I insisted my rich father to find me a golden ticket, so he turned his nut factory into a candy unwrapping plant. I went to Charlie’s Chocolate Factory and met my friend Violet Beauregarde.
By Azul Silva.
Kids 4.
Kids 4.
Hello my name is Mike Teavee. I’m a tech boy who is obsessed with television and video games. I got a golden ticket by hacking into the wonka computer centre, and only had to buy one bar after finding its location. I don’t like chocolate and I dress like a typical mall rat. I have very little patience due to playing so many video games, and a superiority complex over mostly every one, except my mum and dad.
I’m 13 years old. I’m medium; I have short and straight hair. At school my name is crazy. When I was inside the chocolate factory I was diminished by a machine. (This machine was design for it) but then I was extended again. When I abandoned the factory I was really “big”. And thin I left the factory before Charlie.
My real name is Jordan fry.
By Joaquin Mortatti Kids 4
MY NAME IS CHARLIE BUCKET. I LIVE WITH MY MOTHER, FATHER AND MY FOUR GRANDPARENTS. MY HOUSE IS VERY SMALL AND MY FAMILY IS VERY POOR.
MY FATHER WORKS IN A TEETH BRUSHES FACTORY AND MY MOTHER WORKS IN THE HOUSE.
MY GRANDPARENTS ARE ALL IN BED, BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY OLD, AND THE WEATHER IS VERY COLD.
EVERY YEAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY I GET A WONKA CHOCOLATE BAR AS A PRESENT. THIS YEAR I WAS UPSET BECAUSE I COULDN’T FIND THE GOLDEN TICKET. I REALLY WANTED TO FIND IT BECAUSE I’D LIKE TO VISIT WILLY WONKA’S CHOCOLATE FACTORY.
ONE DAY I FOUND TEN DOLLARS IN THE STREET. I QUICKLY WENT TO A KIOSK TO BUY A WONKA CHOCOLATE BAR. I OPENED IT AND FOR MY SURPRISE IT HAD A GOLDEN TICKET INSIDE. ALL THE PEOPLE WANTED TO BUY ME THE LAST TICKET AND OFFERED ME MONEY, BUT ONE MAN TOLD ME TO RUN TO MY HOUSE WITH THE TICKET.
AFTER THAT I WENT TO WONKA’S FACTORY WHIT MY GRANDFATHER.
TRERE WERE TWO GIRLS AND TWO BOYS WITH OTHER GOLDEN TICKETS.
WE VISITED THE FACTORY AND FINALLY, I WAS THE WINNER
BY FRANCISCO DUEÑAS
Kids 4.
Hello my name is Violet Beauregarde, I’m ten years old. I like chewing gum, I’m always doing so. I currently hold the record for the longest time chewing one piece of gum. I was born a competitor so I excel in many sports. My mum’s name is Mrs. Beauregarde. I’ve got short blonde hair, like my mum.
I took part in the golden ticket contest because my mother wanted me to win. I entered to Willy Wonka’s factory with other five children; four parents a grandpa and Willy Wonka himself. We had a wonderful time there.
By Inés Sarasola. Kids 4.
Hello, I’ m Augustus Gloop. I like chocolates. I’ m nervous because next week I’ m going to Willy Wonka`s chocolate factory and I’ll meet him in person. My mother will go with me. I go because I want to eat a lot of chocolate bars. I almost ate the golden ticket. I live in Germany with my dad and mum. My dad works in a butcher’s and he is fat as well as my mum. At school the children bother me because I’ m very fat, but I like to eat lots of sweets and chocolate. I can’t wait any longer. I really want to go to Willy Wonka`s chocolate factory.
By Octavio Larsen
VERUCA SALT
Hello my name is Veruca Salt. I’ve got long curly hair. I’m a spoiled snobby rich girl form Great Britain. I’m always given practically anything I want. I like animals a lot; I’ve got some rabbits, golden fish and an old hamster. Now, I want my daddy to get me a pony.
I insisted my rich father to find me a golden ticket, so he turned his nut factory into a candy unwrapping plant. I went to Charlie’s Chocolate Factory and met my friend Violet Beauregarde.
By Azul Silva.
Kids 4.
Kids 4.
Hello my name is Mike Teavee. I’m a tech boy who is obsessed with television and video games. I got a golden ticket by hacking into the wonka computer centre, and only had to buy one bar after finding its location. I don’t like chocolate and I dress like a typical mall rat. I have very little patience due to playing so many video games, and a superiority complex over mostly every one, except my mum and dad.
I’m 13 years old. I’m medium; I have short and straight hair. At school my name is crazy. When I was inside the chocolate factory I was diminished by a machine. (This machine was design for it) but then I was extended again. When I abandoned the factory I was really “big”. And thin I left the factory before Charlie.
My real name is Jordan fry.
By Joaquin Mortatti Kids 4
MY NAME IS CHARLIE BUCKET. I LIVE WITH MY MOTHER, FATHER AND MY FOUR GRANDPARENTS. MY HOUSE IS VERY SMALL AND MY FAMILY IS VERY POOR.
MY FATHER WORKS IN A TEETH BRUSHES FACTORY AND MY MOTHER WORKS IN THE HOUSE.
MY GRANDPARENTS ARE ALL IN BED, BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY OLD, AND THE WEATHER IS VERY COLD.
EVERY YEAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY I GET A WONKA CHOCOLATE BAR AS A PRESENT. THIS YEAR I WAS UPSET BECAUSE I COULDN’T FIND THE GOLDEN TICKET. I REALLY WANTED TO FIND IT BECAUSE I’D LIKE TO VISIT WILLY WONKA’S CHOCOLATE FACTORY.
ONE DAY I FOUND TEN DOLLARS IN THE STREET. I QUICKLY WENT TO A KIOSK TO BUY A WONKA CHOCOLATE BAR. I OPENED IT AND FOR MY SURPRISE IT HAD A GOLDEN TICKET INSIDE. ALL THE PEOPLE WANTED TO BUY ME THE LAST TICKET AND OFFERED ME MONEY, BUT ONE MAN TOLD ME TO RUN TO MY HOUSE WITH THE TICKET.
AFTER THAT I WENT TO WONKA’S FACTORY WHIT MY GRANDFATHER.
TRERE WERE TWO GIRLS AND TWO BOYS WITH OTHER GOLDEN TICKETS.
WE VISITED THE FACTORY AND FINALLY, I WAS THE WINNER
BY FRANCISCO DUEÑAS
Kids 4.
Hello my name is Violet Beauregarde, I’m ten years old. I like chewing gum, I’m always doing so. I currently hold the record for the longest time chewing one piece of gum. I was born a competitor so I excel in many sports. My mum’s name is Mrs. Beauregarde. I’ve got short blonde hair, like my mum.
I took part in the golden ticket contest because my mother wanted me to win. I entered to Willy Wonka’s factory with other five children; four parents a grandpa and Willy Wonka himself. We had a wonderful time there.
By Inés Sarasola. Kids 4.
Kids 3 -
DRAGON
Dragon doesn’t speak, she lives in a castle. She married donkey.
Dragon Airlines
You mustn’t jump on the dragon
You must hold the dragon’s ears
You mustn’t look down.
Enjoy your trip and good luck!
By Francisco Galli
Kids 3
Lord Farquaad
Lord Farquaad is very short. He wants to eliminate fairy tales.
He wants to be a king, so he has to marry a princess. He is a very bad person. I like him because he is very bad.
By Pedro Rabitti
Kids 3
Princess Fiona
She is the Princess in the films Shrek. Cameron Díaz provides her voice. She is cursed human by day an ogress by night. She falls in love with Shrek and married him. She is a very good fighter. She’s got long fair hair and green eyes. She’s very tall.
I like Princess Fiona in the movie Shrek 1.
By Sofía Daglio.
Kids 3
Shrek
Shrek is an ogre. He is the main character of the movie. He lives in a swamp by himself. Shrek and donkey rescued princes Fiona. He falls in love with Fiona and married her although he is fat, tall and disgusting
By Willy Bilbao kids3
DONKEY
Donkey doesn’t speak. He lives in the swamp with Shrek.
He has got a long tail and short hair. He has many fobias.
I like donkey because he is funny.
By Juan Machado.
Kids 3.
DRAGON
Dragon is a fictional character, she doesn’t speak. She uses body language to communicate. She hasn’t got a name. She falls in love with Donkey.
I like Shrek 3rd best.
By Pedro Codán.
Kids 3.
My favourite movie is Shrek.
Shrek is an ogre. He is big, strong and adventurous. He likes being alone and with Princess Fiona. He doesn’t like people and being a king. His friends are Donkey and Cat.
By Juan Segundo Aramburu.
kids 3.
DONKEY
He has an enormous sweet tooth, he loves eating cakes and waffles. He has many fobias and is extremely impatient. When Shrek and Donkey rescued Princess Fiona, The Dragon fell in love with Donkey.
Eddie Murphy provided Donkey’s voice.
By Eugenio Gentile.
Kids 3.
Dragon doesn’t speak, she lives in a castle. She married donkey.
Dragon Airlines
You mustn’t jump on the dragon
You must hold the dragon’s ears
You mustn’t look down.
Enjoy your trip and good luck!
By Francisco Galli
Kids 3
Lord Farquaad
Lord Farquaad is very short. He wants to eliminate fairy tales.
He wants to be a king, so he has to marry a princess. He is a very bad person. I like him because he is very bad.
By Pedro Rabitti
Kids 3
Princess Fiona
She is the Princess in the films Shrek. Cameron Díaz provides her voice. She is cursed human by day an ogress by night. She falls in love with Shrek and married him. She is a very good fighter. She’s got long fair hair and green eyes. She’s very tall.
I like Princess Fiona in the movie Shrek 1.
By Sofía Daglio.
Kids 3
Shrek
Shrek is an ogre. He is the main character of the movie. He lives in a swamp by himself. Shrek and donkey rescued princes Fiona. He falls in love with Fiona and married her although he is fat, tall and disgusting
By Willy Bilbao kids3
DONKEY
Donkey doesn’t speak. He lives in the swamp with Shrek.
He has got a long tail and short hair. He has many fobias.
I like donkey because he is funny.
By Juan Machado.
Kids 3.
DRAGON
Dragon is a fictional character, she doesn’t speak. She uses body language to communicate. She hasn’t got a name. She falls in love with Donkey.
I like Shrek 3rd best.
By Pedro Codán.
Kids 3.
My favourite movie is Shrek.
Shrek is an ogre. He is big, strong and adventurous. He likes being alone and with Princess Fiona. He doesn’t like people and being a king. His friends are Donkey and Cat.
By Juan Segundo Aramburu.
kids 3.
DONKEY
He has an enormous sweet tooth, he loves eating cakes and waffles. He has many fobias and is extremely impatient. When Shrek and Donkey rescued Princess Fiona, The Dragon fell in love with Donkey.
Eddie Murphy provided Donkey’s voice.
By Eugenio Gentile.
Kids 3.
Junior 4 - Silvina's students
JUNIOR 4 Silvina
Maria Bravo - Junior 4
Gregor Verbinsky: the film director
Gregor Verbinski is an American film director, He is 43 years old. He comes from a Polish family.
He started his professional career as a guitar player for punk-rock bands. But then he sold his guitar to a Super 8mm Camera because He loved making films. Then he went to the UCLA Film School and he graduated when he was 23 years old.
The first film he directed was “Mousehunt”, a cartoon family comedy in 1997, but his most successful film was “Pirates of the Caribbean:” The Curse of the Black Pearl” In 2003. It grossed over $650 million dollars and brought 5 Oscar nominations.
The other two movies in the trilogy, “Dead man’s chest” and “At the world End’s” were as successful as this first one.
Sebastian Peralta – Junior 4
Will Turner
Will Turner is the second main character next to Jack Sparrow. He is a smith apprentice in Port Royal. He is the only child of Bootstrap Bill Tuner, a famous pirate. He is in love with the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann. At the end of the film, he agrees to go to the world’s end to rescue Jack and the Black Pearl.
Carola Gonzalez – Junior 4
Elizabeth Sawnn
Elizabeth Swann is played by Keira Knightley. She is an independent girl and in the film she changes from a graceful lady to a true and brave pirate. Elizabeth has always like pirates but she doesn’t like their aggressive and wild nature. Even after becoming a pirate she always acts like a lady.
Elizabeth adapted well to pirate life, she learned how to handle a sword from her boyfriend, Will Turner. She can defend herself against many opponents and can fight using two swords.
Juan Codan – Junior 4
Jack Sparrow
Jack Sparrow is the most important character in the films Pirates of the Caribbean. He is played by Johnny Depp. Originally, Jack Sparrow was a trickster who guided the hero, Will Turner. But Depp’s acting was so good that the director decided he had to play the most important character. Johnny Depp inspired in Keith Richard and Pepe Lepew to create Jack Sparrow.
Jack Sparrow likes searching for treasures, drinking rhum and seducing women. He prefers negotiating rather than fighting. He is the captain of the Black Pearl. During the film he tries to escape his blood debt with David Jones.
Nahuel Santana – Junior 4
Davy Jones
Davy Jones is the film villain. He is the captain of the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship which sails the seas looking for souls who can serve him for a century. After that time the people become part of the ship.
When we learnt about his story we feel very sad because, he was in love with Calipso (Jack`s aunt) and she left him. So as to stop suffering he cut his heart out and put it in a chest. That’s why the name of the movie is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man´s Chest.
Maria Bravo - Junior 4
Gregor Verbinsky: the film director
Gregor Verbinski is an American film director, He is 43 years old. He comes from a Polish family.
He started his professional career as a guitar player for punk-rock bands. But then he sold his guitar to a Super 8mm Camera because He loved making films. Then he went to the UCLA Film School and he graduated when he was 23 years old.
The first film he directed was “Mousehunt”, a cartoon family comedy in 1997, but his most successful film was “Pirates of the Caribbean:” The Curse of the Black Pearl” In 2003. It grossed over $650 million dollars and brought 5 Oscar nominations.
The other two movies in the trilogy, “Dead man’s chest” and “At the world End’s” were as successful as this first one.
Sebastian Peralta – Junior 4
Will Turner
Will Turner is the second main character next to Jack Sparrow. He is a smith apprentice in Port Royal. He is the only child of Bootstrap Bill Tuner, a famous pirate. He is in love with the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann. At the end of the film, he agrees to go to the world’s end to rescue Jack and the Black Pearl.
Carola Gonzalez – Junior 4
Elizabeth Sawnn
Elizabeth Swann is played by Keira Knightley. She is an independent girl and in the film she changes from a graceful lady to a true and brave pirate. Elizabeth has always like pirates but she doesn’t like their aggressive and wild nature. Even after becoming a pirate she always acts like a lady.
Elizabeth adapted well to pirate life, she learned how to handle a sword from her boyfriend, Will Turner. She can defend herself against many opponents and can fight using two swords.
Juan Codan – Junior 4
Jack Sparrow
Jack Sparrow is the most important character in the films Pirates of the Caribbean. He is played by Johnny Depp. Originally, Jack Sparrow was a trickster who guided the hero, Will Turner. But Depp’s acting was so good that the director decided he had to play the most important character. Johnny Depp inspired in Keith Richard and Pepe Lepew to create Jack Sparrow.
Jack Sparrow likes searching for treasures, drinking rhum and seducing women. He prefers negotiating rather than fighting. He is the captain of the Black Pearl. During the film he tries to escape his blood debt with David Jones.
Nahuel Santana – Junior 4
Davy Jones
Davy Jones is the film villain. He is the captain of the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship which sails the seas looking for souls who can serve him for a century. After that time the people become part of the ship.
When we learnt about his story we feel very sad because, he was in love with Calipso (Jack`s aunt) and she left him. So as to stop suffering he cut his heart out and put it in a chest. That’s why the name of the movie is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man´s Chest.
Junior 3 Valeska's students
Our names are Rocio and Gonzalo. We’re going to tell you about Harry Potter.
The movie takes place in London.
It’s about a magician who is fantastic with magic and his biggest enemy Valdemort. There are seven books related to this story, but there are only five movies. In the movies Valdemort searches everywhere in order to catch Harry, but he always escapes because he is a very lucky person.
The movie has got three main characters, Harry Potter, Hermione and Ron.
Our favourite part is when Snape hits Harry and Ron on their heads.
By Rocio Vinsennau and
Gonzalo Alonso.
Junior 3.
Our names are Francisco and Mateo. We’re going to write about Isidoro.
The movie takes place in Buenos Aires city. It’s about a man called Isidoro who always goes to the casino. He takes money from his uncle and his uncle gets angry.
It has got 3 main characters. Their names are: Isidoro, his uncle and Cachorra, and 4 secondary characters, Leandro, Danger, The prince and a Doctor.
Our favourite part is when Isidoro throws his uncle to the river. We recommend you to watch this movie.
By Francisco Maglione
And Mateo Mingo Castell
Junior 3.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Our names are Matias, Lucila and Julia; we’re going to write about Pirates of the Caribbean.
The movies take place in The Caribbean and in Singapur. It’s about a pirate whose name is Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp ) who is always followed by different sort of pirates. There are three “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies.
It has got four main characters, Jack Sparrow, William Turner, Elizabeth Swain and Barbosa.
Our favourite movie is the third when Jack imagines that there are more than one of him and he says: “stop! I’m losing my mind”. If you want to enjoy a good movie, rent Pirates of the Caribbean.
By Lucila Amand de Mendieta
Julia Castell Berlari
and Matias Iglesias
Junior3.
Our names are Julieta D’Annunzio and Dolores Picard. We are going to tell you about a night at the museum. The movie takes place in the museum of London. It is about a man who started working in a museum at night as a night police guard. During night all the things there comes to life. The problem is that animals and people inside the museum come to life too.
Is has got two main characters
Ben Stiller and Robin William.
Our favourite part is when all the characters dance at the party, in the museum.
By Julieta D’annunzio and
Dolores Picard
Junior 3.
Our names are Nicolas Gorini and Lucio Manente and we are going to write about Jack Kangaroo.
The movie takes place in Australia.
It is about two men who were driving and they knocked a kangaroo down. One of the men put the kangaroo in the jeep and then the kangaroo took a jacket from the jeep and ran away. In the jacket there were fifty thousand dollars.
It has got four main characters, Luis, Charlie, Jessie and Jackie Lars. The secondary characters are the killers.
Our favourite part is when the kangaroo dances rap. We hope you see the movie.
By Nicolás Gorini
and Lucio Manente
Junior 3
THE SIMPSONS
Our names are Cataina and Aitor and we’re going to tell you about The Simpsons’ movie.
The movie takes place in the city of Springfield and some parts in Alaska.
It’s about a pollution problem caused by Homer. In the first part of the movie Homer had to run away form the city because all the people wanted to kill him, but in the end he came back and luckily saved it.
The Simpsons’ movie has got five main characters and their names are, Lisa, Bart, Maggie, Marsh and Homer.
Our favourite part is when Homer sings the pig’s song. You can enjoy The Simpsons on TV as well.
By Catalina Dadiego and
Aitor Legarreta.
Junior 3.
The movie takes place in London.
It’s about a magician who is fantastic with magic and his biggest enemy Valdemort. There are seven books related to this story, but there are only five movies. In the movies Valdemort searches everywhere in order to catch Harry, but he always escapes because he is a very lucky person.
The movie has got three main characters, Harry Potter, Hermione and Ron.
Our favourite part is when Snape hits Harry and Ron on their heads.
By Rocio Vinsennau and
Gonzalo Alonso.
Junior 3.
Our names are Francisco and Mateo. We’re going to write about Isidoro.
The movie takes place in Buenos Aires city. It’s about a man called Isidoro who always goes to the casino. He takes money from his uncle and his uncle gets angry.
It has got 3 main characters. Their names are: Isidoro, his uncle and Cachorra, and 4 secondary characters, Leandro, Danger, The prince and a Doctor.
Our favourite part is when Isidoro throws his uncle to the river. We recommend you to watch this movie.
By Francisco Maglione
And Mateo Mingo Castell
Junior 3.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Our names are Matias, Lucila and Julia; we’re going to write about Pirates of the Caribbean.
The movies take place in The Caribbean and in Singapur. It’s about a pirate whose name is Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp ) who is always followed by different sort of pirates. There are three “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies.
It has got four main characters, Jack Sparrow, William Turner, Elizabeth Swain and Barbosa.
Our favourite movie is the third when Jack imagines that there are more than one of him and he says: “stop! I’m losing my mind”. If you want to enjoy a good movie, rent Pirates of the Caribbean.
By Lucila Amand de Mendieta
Julia Castell Berlari
and Matias Iglesias
Junior3.
Our names are Julieta D’Annunzio and Dolores Picard. We are going to tell you about a night at the museum. The movie takes place in the museum of London. It is about a man who started working in a museum at night as a night police guard. During night all the things there comes to life. The problem is that animals and people inside the museum come to life too.
Is has got two main characters
Ben Stiller and Robin William.
Our favourite part is when all the characters dance at the party, in the museum.
By Julieta D’annunzio and
Dolores Picard
Junior 3.
Our names are Nicolas Gorini and Lucio Manente and we are going to write about Jack Kangaroo.
The movie takes place in Australia.
It is about two men who were driving and they knocked a kangaroo down. One of the men put the kangaroo in the jeep and then the kangaroo took a jacket from the jeep and ran away. In the jacket there were fifty thousand dollars.
It has got four main characters, Luis, Charlie, Jessie and Jackie Lars. The secondary characters are the killers.
Our favourite part is when the kangaroo dances rap. We hope you see the movie.
By Nicolás Gorini
and Lucio Manente
Junior 3
THE SIMPSONS
Our names are Cataina and Aitor and we’re going to tell you about The Simpsons’ movie.
The movie takes place in the city of Springfield and some parts in Alaska.
It’s about a pollution problem caused by Homer. In the first part of the movie Homer had to run away form the city because all the people wanted to kill him, but in the end he came back and luckily saved it.
The Simpsons’ movie has got five main characters and their names are, Lisa, Bart, Maggie, Marsh and Homer.
Our favourite part is when Homer sings the pig’s song. You can enjoy The Simpsons on TV as well.
By Catalina Dadiego and
Aitor Legarreta.
Junior 3.
Junior 3 - Silvina's Students
Junior 3 Silvina
Lucas Benitez – Junior 3
History of Hogwarts
Hogwarts was created by Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salathar Slytherin. When Slytherin left the school his heir, Tom Riddle, opened the Chamber of Secrets. This chamber contained a monster, the Basilisk. Harry Potter went into the Chamber of Secrets and defeats the Basilisk with the help of Fawkes the Phoenix and the sword of Godric Gryffindor. Albus Dumbledore is the Headmaster of Hogwarts. Hogwarts has moving pictures.
Rodrigo Cobo- Junior 3
Magic spells
There are lots of magic spells in Harry Potter films. Here are some of the most popular:
Winguardian Lebiosa
They use this spell to pick thins up from the floor. When they say Winguardian lebiosa,
things raise.
Expectro Patronus
They use these words when they need protection against the dementors.
Sonorus
When they want to speak really loud they say Sonorus they can speak louder than nomal.
Reparo
This magic spell is for repairing things. When somethins is broken they say reparo! and they can repair it.
Sempersortia
When they say this word a snake appears.
Mt favourite magic spell is Sonorus
Nicolas Tifner – Junior 3
Harry Potter’s friends and enemies
Friends
Ron: He’s bad at magic spells and he’s afraid of spiders. He’s the youngest boy in his family. He’s got five brothers. Their names are Percy Weasley, Fred and George Weasley, Bill Weasley and Charley Weasley. Their parents are magicians.
He likes Hermione. He’s at Gryfindor.
Hermione: She’s good at magic spells. She’s a young witch. Her parents are mugles, that means they are not wizards. She hasn’t got any brothers or sisters. She’s a very good student.
She’s loves Victor Krum. She’s at Gryfindor, too.
Enemies
Malfoy: His parents names are Lucius Maifoy and Narcisa Black. He’ s an only child. He’s Harry Potter’s rival. He’s at Slytherin. His friends are Crabbe and Goyle.
Goyle: The meaning of his name is gargola. He’s fat, stupid and small. He’s also at Slythering.
Lucio Fortunato – Junior 3
James Cameron
He was born on August 16, 1954 in Canada. He’s 53 years old. His mother was an artist. She taught James how to draw and paint. His father was an engineer. James Cameron’s family moved to California when he was 17 years old, where he went to college. His first crack was Piranha 2. But he gained his reputation with the film Terminator. James Cameron was the director and Arnold Schwarzenegger was the main actor
Esteban Beneitez & Jeremías Verde – Junior 3
Titanic timeline
On April 1st 1911 the Titanic was built.
On April 10th 1912 the Titanic sailed to New York from England.
On April 14th 1912 the Titanic hit an iceberg at 12:30 a.m. and on April 15th 1912 at 2:20 am the unsinkable boat sank. As a result, 1500 people died and 707 people survived.
Many years later, in 1983 a group of explorers found the Titanic in the bottom of the sea.
On August 25th 1998 James Cameron’s TITANIC was released
Homero Fortunato- Junior 3
Kate WInslet
Her full name is kate Elizabeth Winslet. She was born on October, 5th 1975 in Reading in England. Now she is 32 years old. Her eyes are blue and green. Her hair is blond.
Her mother´s name is Sally and her Father´s name Roger.
She was married to Jim Trapeapleton but thy divorced in December, 2001.
Some of her most famous films are Heavenly Creatures, Hamlet and Titanic.
Leonardo Di Caprio
His full name is Leonardo Wilhem Di Caprio. He was born on November 11th , 1974 in Los Angeles, California. Now he is 33 years old. His hair is blond and his eyes are blue. His parents are George and Irmelin Di Caprio. His most famous films are The quick and the Dead, Romeo and Juliet, The Beach and Titanic.
Juan Greco – Junior 3
JACK DAWSON
He is a poor artist who travels the word.
He wins tickets to the Titanic in a card game. He falls in love with Rose and convinces her not to commit suicide. After that, he goes from the 3rd class to the 1st class. In the end of the film he freezes to death.
ROSE DE WITT BUKATER
Rose de Witt Bukater was 17 years old.
She’s the only child in the only child in the 1st class family. She is on the titanic with her boyfriend Caledon Hockley. Jack saves her life and she falls in love with him. When the titanic hits an iceberg Jack dies but she survives.
Bernardo Rabitti – Junior 3
Harry Potter´s Teachers
Remus Lupin
He is Harry´s teacher. He teaches Dark Arts. He was Harry´s father´s friend. His hair is brown and reddish and it is always scruffy. Remus Lupin is a werewolf! Lupus in Latin means wolf. And his name, Remus, was also the name of one of the founders of Rome, who drank milk from a she wolf when he was a baby.
Severus Snape
He´s Harry´s teacher. He teaches Potions but he loves Dark Arts. His hair is dark and short.
Minerva McGonagall
She teaches Transformation. She lives in Hogwarts and she is a very good teacher.
Her hair is fair and long.
Hagrid Rubeus
He´s Harry´s friend and teacher. He teaches Monster Cares. He is a giant and he loves monsters. He has got a dog with four head as a pet
Florencia Perazzi – Junior 3
J K Rowling
She was born in Bristol, England on July, 31st 1965. When she was at university she studied French and then she worked as a secretary but she was terrible: in the meetings she wrote stories instead of paying attention.
When she was 26 she moved to Portugal to be an English teacher. She taught in the afternoons and evenings and wrote stories in the morning. She married a Portuguese man and they had a daughter, Jessica, in 1993.
A year later, she divorced her husband and moved to Scotland with Jessica. In Scotland she finished writing Harry Potter. Sometimes she wrote in restaurants.
Her first novel was Harry Potter and the Philosopher´s Stone. She received enough money to stop working as a teacher and write full time
Joaquín Saralegui – Junior 3
Harry Potter’s life
Harry was born the 31st of June in 1980.
In 1981 Harry’s parents are killed by Lord Voldemort the 31st of October, the night of Halloween.
Dumbeldore decides to protect Harry by sending him to his uncles’ house.
In 1991 Harry starts his first year in Hogwarts and he avoids the theft of the philosophical stone.
In 1992, on his second year in Hogwarts, Harry stops Lord Voldemort from coming back to life.
In 1993 Harry finds out that Sirius Black is his godfather.
In 1994 Harry stops Lord Voldemort from killing him.
Lucas Benitez – Junior 3
History of Hogwarts
Hogwarts was created by Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salathar Slytherin. When Slytherin left the school his heir, Tom Riddle, opened the Chamber of Secrets. This chamber contained a monster, the Basilisk. Harry Potter went into the Chamber of Secrets and defeats the Basilisk with the help of Fawkes the Phoenix and the sword of Godric Gryffindor. Albus Dumbledore is the Headmaster of Hogwarts. Hogwarts has moving pictures.
Rodrigo Cobo- Junior 3
Magic spells
There are lots of magic spells in Harry Potter films. Here are some of the most popular:
Winguardian Lebiosa
They use this spell to pick thins up from the floor. When they say Winguardian lebiosa,
things raise.
Expectro Patronus
They use these words when they need protection against the dementors.
Sonorus
When they want to speak really loud they say Sonorus they can speak louder than nomal.
Reparo
This magic spell is for repairing things. When somethins is broken they say reparo! and they can repair it.
Sempersortia
When they say this word a snake appears.
Mt favourite magic spell is Sonorus
Nicolas Tifner – Junior 3
Harry Potter’s friends and enemies
Friends
Ron: He’s bad at magic spells and he’s afraid of spiders. He’s the youngest boy in his family. He’s got five brothers. Their names are Percy Weasley, Fred and George Weasley, Bill Weasley and Charley Weasley. Their parents are magicians.
He likes Hermione. He’s at Gryfindor.
Hermione: She’s good at magic spells. She’s a young witch. Her parents are mugles, that means they are not wizards. She hasn’t got any brothers or sisters. She’s a very good student.
She’s loves Victor Krum. She’s at Gryfindor, too.
Enemies
Malfoy: His parents names are Lucius Maifoy and Narcisa Black. He’ s an only child. He’s Harry Potter’s rival. He’s at Slytherin. His friends are Crabbe and Goyle.
Goyle: The meaning of his name is gargola. He’s fat, stupid and small. He’s also at Slythering.
Lucio Fortunato – Junior 3
James Cameron
He was born on August 16, 1954 in Canada. He’s 53 years old. His mother was an artist. She taught James how to draw and paint. His father was an engineer. James Cameron’s family moved to California when he was 17 years old, where he went to college. His first crack was Piranha 2. But he gained his reputation with the film Terminator. James Cameron was the director and Arnold Schwarzenegger was the main actor
Esteban Beneitez & Jeremías Verde – Junior 3
Titanic timeline
On April 1st 1911 the Titanic was built.
On April 10th 1912 the Titanic sailed to New York from England.
On April 14th 1912 the Titanic hit an iceberg at 12:30 a.m. and on April 15th 1912 at 2:20 am the unsinkable boat sank. As a result, 1500 people died and 707 people survived.
Many years later, in 1983 a group of explorers found the Titanic in the bottom of the sea.
On August 25th 1998 James Cameron’s TITANIC was released
Homero Fortunato- Junior 3
Kate WInslet
Her full name is kate Elizabeth Winslet. She was born on October, 5th 1975 in Reading in England. Now she is 32 years old. Her eyes are blue and green. Her hair is blond.
Her mother´s name is Sally and her Father´s name Roger.
She was married to Jim Trapeapleton but thy divorced in December, 2001.
Some of her most famous films are Heavenly Creatures, Hamlet and Titanic.
Leonardo Di Caprio
His full name is Leonardo Wilhem Di Caprio. He was born on November 11th , 1974 in Los Angeles, California. Now he is 33 years old. His hair is blond and his eyes are blue. His parents are George and Irmelin Di Caprio. His most famous films are The quick and the Dead, Romeo and Juliet, The Beach and Titanic.
Juan Greco – Junior 3
JACK DAWSON
He is a poor artist who travels the word.
He wins tickets to the Titanic in a card game. He falls in love with Rose and convinces her not to commit suicide. After that, he goes from the 3rd class to the 1st class. In the end of the film he freezes to death.
ROSE DE WITT BUKATER
Rose de Witt Bukater was 17 years old.
She’s the only child in the only child in the 1st class family. She is on the titanic with her boyfriend Caledon Hockley. Jack saves her life and she falls in love with him. When the titanic hits an iceberg Jack dies but she survives.
Bernardo Rabitti – Junior 3
Harry Potter´s Teachers
Remus Lupin
He is Harry´s teacher. He teaches Dark Arts. He was Harry´s father´s friend. His hair is brown and reddish and it is always scruffy. Remus Lupin is a werewolf! Lupus in Latin means wolf. And his name, Remus, was also the name of one of the founders of Rome, who drank milk from a she wolf when he was a baby.
Severus Snape
He´s Harry´s teacher. He teaches Potions but he loves Dark Arts. His hair is dark and short.
Minerva McGonagall
She teaches Transformation. She lives in Hogwarts and she is a very good teacher.
Her hair is fair and long.
Hagrid Rubeus
He´s Harry´s friend and teacher. He teaches Monster Cares. He is a giant and he loves monsters. He has got a dog with four head as a pet
Florencia Perazzi – Junior 3
J K Rowling
She was born in Bristol, England on July, 31st 1965. When she was at university she studied French and then she worked as a secretary but she was terrible: in the meetings she wrote stories instead of paying attention.
When she was 26 she moved to Portugal to be an English teacher. She taught in the afternoons and evenings and wrote stories in the morning. She married a Portuguese man and they had a daughter, Jessica, in 1993.
A year later, she divorced her husband and moved to Scotland with Jessica. In Scotland she finished writing Harry Potter. Sometimes she wrote in restaurants.
Her first novel was Harry Potter and the Philosopher´s Stone. She received enough money to stop working as a teacher and write full time
Joaquín Saralegui – Junior 3
Harry Potter’s life
Harry was born the 31st of June in 1980.
In 1981 Harry’s parents are killed by Lord Voldemort the 31st of October, the night of Halloween.
Dumbeldore decides to protect Harry by sending him to his uncles’ house.
In 1991 Harry starts his first year in Hogwarts and he avoids the theft of the philosophical stone.
In 1992, on his second year in Hogwarts, Harry stops Lord Voldemort from coming back to life.
In 1993 Harry finds out that Sirius Black is his godfather.
In 1994 Harry stops Lord Voldemort from killing him.
Junior 1
Gabriela Montez
She is a very intelligent student. She’s got long dark hair and brown eyes. She likes singing, but she doesn’t like acting.
By Guadalupe Meli
Junior 1
Kelsie Nielsen
She is a pianist and composer. She’s got long fair hair and green eyes.
She likes playing the piano, but she doesn’t like sports.
By Malena Gutierrez
Junior 1
Ryan Evans.
Ryan is Sharpay’s fraternal twin brother. He’s got blue eyes and blonde hair. He likes acting and dancing, but he doesn’t like playing basketball.
By Guillermo Zazkin
Junior 1
Sharpay Evans
Sharpay’s Ryan’s fraternal twin sister. She’s got long blonde hair and blue eyes. She likes singing and acting, but she doesn’t like science.
By Macarena Meli
Junior 1
Taylor McKessie
Taylor is Gabriella’s best friend. She’s got short curly hair and brown eyes. She likes science and dancing, but she doesn’t like singing.
By Josefina Muñoz
Junior 1
Troy Bolton
Troy is the captain of the basketball team. He’s got long fair hair and brown eyes. He likes singing and playing basketball, but he doesn’t like theatre classes.
By Bernardo Shang
Junior 1
She is a very intelligent student. She’s got long dark hair and brown eyes. She likes singing, but she doesn’t like acting.
By Guadalupe Meli
Junior 1
Kelsie Nielsen
She is a pianist and composer. She’s got long fair hair and green eyes.
She likes playing the piano, but she doesn’t like sports.
By Malena Gutierrez
Junior 1
Ryan Evans.
Ryan is Sharpay’s fraternal twin brother. He’s got blue eyes and blonde hair. He likes acting and dancing, but he doesn’t like playing basketball.
By Guillermo Zazkin
Junior 1
Sharpay Evans
Sharpay’s Ryan’s fraternal twin sister. She’s got long blonde hair and blue eyes. She likes singing and acting, but she doesn’t like science.
By Macarena Meli
Junior 1
Taylor McKessie
Taylor is Gabriella’s best friend. She’s got short curly hair and brown eyes. She likes science and dancing, but she doesn’t like singing.
By Josefina Muñoz
Junior 1
Troy Bolton
Troy is the captain of the basketball team. He’s got long fair hair and brown eyes. He likes singing and playing basketball, but he doesn’t like theatre classes.
By Bernardo Shang
Junior 1
miércoles, 14 de noviembre de 2007
Intermediate Tuesday & Thursday Valeska
Peter Pan
I’m going to compare Peter Pan’s old version to the new one
Here are the differences:
In the old version, Peter Pan and the rest of the main characters are kids. He wants to rescue Wendy and her brothers, he lives in Never Land and Peter is in love with Wendy, but they are just friends. While in the new version Peter and Wendy are adults who want to rescue their children, they live in London and Peter is happily married to Wendy
But, the movies have similarities as well, for example, Tinkerbelle is very jealous; Peter has the same enemy, Hook; Tinkerbelle is Peter Pan’s best friend.
By Alfonsina Mastronardi
Hermione Jane Granger
She was born on September 19th 1980. She is the daughter of muggles and
the best student of the classroom. She loves reading books.
Her mother is an actress and her father too.
At the beginning of the writing process, Hermione had a younger sister
called Hada; but finally Rowling didn't include this character in the story, so
Hermine is an only child.
Her middle name is Jane. Her best friends are Harry Potter and Ronald
Weasley, she also gets on very well with Ginny Weasley.
In her fourth year at Hogwarts she saw Victor Krum, a famous queeditch
player from Bulgaria and she fell in love with him.
She has a developing social consciousness and will work hard for those, she
sees as oppressed. She was quick to take Neville, another student of
Hogwarts, under her wing and help Neville along, especially in Potion class.
She bought Crook shanks from a magical creatures store because no one had
liked him. She spent hours preparing a defence for buck beak, a falsely
accused hippogriff, and later became interested in the plight of house-elves.
Hermione is played by Emma Watson.
By Belén Rojas
Intermediate
Intermediate
Jeremmy Sumper or Peter Pan?
I investigated about Jeremmy Sumper. He’s the actor who worked in `Peter Pan'.
He loves sports like basketball, swimming and surfing and his favourite food is spaghetti.
In contrast to Jeremmy, Peter Pan is so irresponsible; he wears clothes made out of leaves, sports? Well Peter loves flying, only that he hates working and his dream is to be a boy forever. He loves playing the panpipes too and fitting with Captain Hook.
Hook hates Peter because he is old and Peter is a young boy who can do a lot of things that Hook can’t. For example if Peter thinks in good things he flies.
In my opinion it is a very good idea if you want to see a fantastic story and you like action, I recommend you to see Peter Pan.
By Julieta Dadiego
Intermediate.
This year we studied movies in the workshops. In order to reach a final goal we had to follow certain steps. I’m going to explain the steps we followed.
First we decided on a topic and looked for information. Then we prepared a web and organize drafts. We also read information and we summarized it. After that we prepared posters and played really nice games. Finally we studied all the information and showed it to the miss.
As I see it, I think that it is a cool thing to work but it is difficult and takes a lot of time.
By Agustín Scilipotti
Intermediate
Happy Feet
Do you like penguins? Happy Feet is a funny story about a penguin and his relationship with others.
The best characters are Mumble, Gloria and Ramón. It is a great movie for kids. It hasn’t got any violent scenes and it is starred by beautiful penguins. It takes place in the Arctic. Not only It won an ‘‘Oscar’’, but it also has wonderful actors providing their voices, good scenes, very neat picture animations and beautiful locations
By Ezequiel Belaunzaran, Bautista Mihura and Agustin Scilipoti.
Intermediate.
Rachel Hurd-Wood
She was born in London, England, to Philip. She has a younger brother, Patrick, and she currently resides in Godalming, Surrey. She claims to have had thoughts of becoming a marine biologist, until recently, when she apparently became interested in working with children who have special needs or disabilities.
Wendy Daring was her first experience acting. She said that it was amazing, and she never thought that she will do it.
I enjoyed seeing her acting in Peter Pan movie
BY JULIA GRECO INTERMEDIATE
Character Profile
Mumble is the Happy Feet’s protagonist. He is one year old and he is 65 cm. tall and he weighs 20 kilos. He is a male penguin; he has got black and white feathers, and
his body is pink. He lives in the Arctic, he goes to school because he is adapting to the Arctic’s life, Gloria is his best friend, he hasn’t got any enemies, he likes life, but there is one problem: he is different from the other penguins. His favourite colors are black and white, swimming is his favourite sport. Fish is his favourite food, he likes dancing, and he dances the music “Heartbreak Hotel”.
By Ezequiel Belaunzaran
Intermediate
CHARACTER PROFILE
The author who wrote Harry Potter’s books is J.K.Rowling.
Daniel Radcliffe is the character who played Harry Potter. He is a medium height adolescent; he’s got short black hair and green eyes.
He’s lived in London, England his whole life because there he has made the movies. He is a good actor, that’s the reason why he keeps on acting. He has a good relation ship with his workmates and he doesn’t like trouble, because of that he has no enemies. Daniel Radcliffe really like life because he is having a good time, in my opinion he is an idol!
If I had the opportunity, I’d like to be his friend, because he is so interesting, cool, funny and popular, he is perfect!
Victoria Gutierrez
Intermediate
RON WEASLEY
DURING THIS YEAR WE HAVE WORKED WITH MOVIES. IN THE GROUP WE DECIDED TO WORK WITH “HARRY POTTER”. I DECIDED TO TALK ABOUT “RON WEASLEY” HARRY POTTER´S BEST FRIEND.
RONALD BILIUS WEASLEY IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER IN THE HARRY POTTER BOOK SERIES WRITTEN BY J.K.ROWLING.
HE FIRST APPEARED IN THE BESTSELLER “HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOOSOPHER´S STONE” (1997). HE´S A MEMBER OF GRYFFINDOR. HE USUALLY RECEIVES LITTLE RECOGNITION WHILE HARRY´S FAME ALMOST ALWAYS PUTS HIM AT THE CENTER OF THE ATTENTION. THIS SOMETIMES CREATES A RIFT BETWEEN THE TWO FRIENDS.
RON IS THE SIXTH OF MOLLY AND ARTHUR´S SONS, HIS BROTHERS ARE BILLY, PERCY, CHARLY, FRED AND GEORGE AND HIS LITTLE SISTER GINNY.
IN THE SECOND YEAR (DURING THE SUMMER) RON ATTEMPTS TO WRITE TO HARRY SEVERAL TIMES. HE RECEIVES NO REPLY BECAUSE DOBBY THE HOUSE ELF IS STOPPING HARRY´S WIZARD MAIL. RON BECOMES SO CONCERND ABOUT IT THAT HE CONVINCES HIS BROTHERS FRED AND GEORGE TO FLY THEIR FATHER´S ENCHANTED FORD ANGLIA CAR TO HARRY´S HOME. HARRY SPENDS THE NEXT MONTH AT THE WEASLEY´S HOME. AT THE END OF THE YEAR RON AND HERMIONE HELP HARRY TO DISCOVER THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS.
HE HAS FLAMING RED HAIR AND BLUE EYES.
IN HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE THE WEASLEY´S INVITE HARRY AND HERMIONE TO THE QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP (ROWLING´S IMITATION OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP IN FOOTBALL).
RON IS AWE AT THIS FAVORITE QUIDDITCH PLAYER, THE FAMOUS VICTOR KRUM, STILL A STUDENT AT THE DURMSTRANG WIZARDING SCHOOL, COMES TO HOGWARTS TO TAKE PART IN THE TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT. WHEN AN UNDERAGE HARRY IS MYSTERIOUSLY CHOSEN AS A TOURNAMENT CHAMPION, RON AND HARRY HAVE A FALLING OUT AND DON´T SPEAK FOR NEARLY A MONTH.
IN HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, RON IS APPOINTED A GRYFFINDOR PREFECT. AT THE END OF THE NOVEL, RON BATTLES THE DEATH EATERS ALONGSIDE HARRY, HERMIONE, GINNY, LUNA LOVEGOOD AND NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MYSTERIES.
IN THE SIXTH YEAR AT THE SCHOOL HOGWARTS RON ATTRACTS THE ATTENTION OF LAVENDER BROWN. HARRY, THE NEW CAPTAIN, PICKS RON AS KEEPER FOR GRYFFINDOR TEAM. AT THE FINAL OF THE NOVEL DURING THE FUNERAL OF DUMBLEDORE, RON COMFORTS A WEEPING HERMIONE. RON AND HERMIONE DECIDE TO HELP HARRY FIND AND DESTROY THE HORCRUXES AND KILL VOLDEMORT, EVEN IF IT MEANS LEAVING HOGWARTS.
CAROLINA MINGO CASTELL
INTERMEDIATE
Hello I’m Bautista Mihura, I’m twelve years old and I go to intermediate group. I’m going to tell you about Happy Feet, the movie.
The film establishes that every penguin must sing his own song, which is called a heart song, in order to get a female.
When Mumble (main character) was a child he didn’t have his heart song and for that reason he went away from the colony. Mumble then grew to a young adult and instead of having a heart song, he could dance tap. The “friends group “quickly saw Mumble’s dance moves and invited him into their group.
Returning home, Gloria was the centre of attention, like Mumbles’ mother. Ramon stood behind Mumble and sang. Gloria liked the song and knew Mumble couldn’t sing. Mumble started to dance and they fell in love.
Happy Feet is a wonderful movie for children.
By Bautista Mihura
Intermediate.
TITBITS
Harry Potter:
When Harry Potter was a baby Voldemort, who was his best enemy, killed his parents. From that moment on, he had to live with his relatives, Petunia, Vernon and Dudley Dursley. One day he received a letter saying that he entered to Hogwarts School, the best magic’s school in London. At this school he met two friends, Ron and Hermione. He spent the best time and lived many adventures with them.
Personal Information
Birth name: Harry James Potter
Birth date: 31st July. The same day as Rowling.
Eye colour: Brilliant green, the same as his mother’s; his green eyes are all that keeps him from looking just like his father.
Hair colour: Black; perpetually messy, sticks up in the back, same as his father’s.
By Agustina Hondarre
Intermediate.
I’m going to compare Peter Pan’s old version to the new one
Here are the differences:
In the old version, Peter Pan and the rest of the main characters are kids. He wants to rescue Wendy and her brothers, he lives in Never Land and Peter is in love with Wendy, but they are just friends. While in the new version Peter and Wendy are adults who want to rescue their children, they live in London and Peter is happily married to Wendy
But, the movies have similarities as well, for example, Tinkerbelle is very jealous; Peter has the same enemy, Hook; Tinkerbelle is Peter Pan’s best friend.
By Alfonsina Mastronardi
Hermione Jane Granger
She was born on September 19th 1980. She is the daughter of muggles and
the best student of the classroom. She loves reading books.
Her mother is an actress and her father too.
At the beginning of the writing process, Hermione had a younger sister
called Hada; but finally Rowling didn't include this character in the story, so
Hermine is an only child.
Her middle name is Jane. Her best friends are Harry Potter and Ronald
Weasley, she also gets on very well with Ginny Weasley.
In her fourth year at Hogwarts she saw Victor Krum, a famous queeditch
player from Bulgaria and she fell in love with him.
She has a developing social consciousness and will work hard for those, she
sees as oppressed. She was quick to take Neville, another student of
Hogwarts, under her wing and help Neville along, especially in Potion class.
She bought Crook shanks from a magical creatures store because no one had
liked him. She spent hours preparing a defence for buck beak, a falsely
accused hippogriff, and later became interested in the plight of house-elves.
Hermione is played by Emma Watson.
By Belén Rojas
Intermediate
Intermediate
Jeremmy Sumper or Peter Pan?
I investigated about Jeremmy Sumper. He’s the actor who worked in `Peter Pan'.
He loves sports like basketball, swimming and surfing and his favourite food is spaghetti.
In contrast to Jeremmy, Peter Pan is so irresponsible; he wears clothes made out of leaves, sports? Well Peter loves flying, only that he hates working and his dream is to be a boy forever. He loves playing the panpipes too and fitting with Captain Hook.
Hook hates Peter because he is old and Peter is a young boy who can do a lot of things that Hook can’t. For example if Peter thinks in good things he flies.
In my opinion it is a very good idea if you want to see a fantastic story and you like action, I recommend you to see Peter Pan.
By Julieta Dadiego
Intermediate.
This year we studied movies in the workshops. In order to reach a final goal we had to follow certain steps. I’m going to explain the steps we followed.
First we decided on a topic and looked for information. Then we prepared a web and organize drafts. We also read information and we summarized it. After that we prepared posters and played really nice games. Finally we studied all the information and showed it to the miss.
As I see it, I think that it is a cool thing to work but it is difficult and takes a lot of time.
By Agustín Scilipotti
Intermediate
Happy Feet
Do you like penguins? Happy Feet is a funny story about a penguin and his relationship with others.
The best characters are Mumble, Gloria and Ramón. It is a great movie for kids. It hasn’t got any violent scenes and it is starred by beautiful penguins. It takes place in the Arctic. Not only It won an ‘‘Oscar’’, but it also has wonderful actors providing their voices, good scenes, very neat picture animations and beautiful locations
By Ezequiel Belaunzaran, Bautista Mihura and Agustin Scilipoti.
Intermediate.
Rachel Hurd-Wood
She was born in London, England, to Philip. She has a younger brother, Patrick, and she currently resides in Godalming, Surrey. She claims to have had thoughts of becoming a marine biologist, until recently, when she apparently became interested in working with children who have special needs or disabilities.
Wendy Daring was her first experience acting. She said that it was amazing, and she never thought that she will do it.
I enjoyed seeing her acting in Peter Pan movie
BY JULIA GRECO INTERMEDIATE
Character Profile
Mumble is the Happy Feet’s protagonist. He is one year old and he is 65 cm. tall and he weighs 20 kilos. He is a male penguin; he has got black and white feathers, and
his body is pink. He lives in the Arctic, he goes to school because he is adapting to the Arctic’s life, Gloria is his best friend, he hasn’t got any enemies, he likes life, but there is one problem: he is different from the other penguins. His favourite colors are black and white, swimming is his favourite sport. Fish is his favourite food, he likes dancing, and he dances the music “Heartbreak Hotel”.
By Ezequiel Belaunzaran
Intermediate
CHARACTER PROFILE
The author who wrote Harry Potter’s books is J.K.Rowling.
Daniel Radcliffe is the character who played Harry Potter. He is a medium height adolescent; he’s got short black hair and green eyes.
He’s lived in London, England his whole life because there he has made the movies. He is a good actor, that’s the reason why he keeps on acting. He has a good relation ship with his workmates and he doesn’t like trouble, because of that he has no enemies. Daniel Radcliffe really like life because he is having a good time, in my opinion he is an idol!
If I had the opportunity, I’d like to be his friend, because he is so interesting, cool, funny and popular, he is perfect!
Victoria Gutierrez
Intermediate
RON WEASLEY
DURING THIS YEAR WE HAVE WORKED WITH MOVIES. IN THE GROUP WE DECIDED TO WORK WITH “HARRY POTTER”. I DECIDED TO TALK ABOUT “RON WEASLEY” HARRY POTTER´S BEST FRIEND.
RONALD BILIUS WEASLEY IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER IN THE HARRY POTTER BOOK SERIES WRITTEN BY J.K.ROWLING.
HE FIRST APPEARED IN THE BESTSELLER “HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOOSOPHER´S STONE” (1997). HE´S A MEMBER OF GRYFFINDOR. HE USUALLY RECEIVES LITTLE RECOGNITION WHILE HARRY´S FAME ALMOST ALWAYS PUTS HIM AT THE CENTER OF THE ATTENTION. THIS SOMETIMES CREATES A RIFT BETWEEN THE TWO FRIENDS.
RON IS THE SIXTH OF MOLLY AND ARTHUR´S SONS, HIS BROTHERS ARE BILLY, PERCY, CHARLY, FRED AND GEORGE AND HIS LITTLE SISTER GINNY.
IN THE SECOND YEAR (DURING THE SUMMER) RON ATTEMPTS TO WRITE TO HARRY SEVERAL TIMES. HE RECEIVES NO REPLY BECAUSE DOBBY THE HOUSE ELF IS STOPPING HARRY´S WIZARD MAIL. RON BECOMES SO CONCERND ABOUT IT THAT HE CONVINCES HIS BROTHERS FRED AND GEORGE TO FLY THEIR FATHER´S ENCHANTED FORD ANGLIA CAR TO HARRY´S HOME. HARRY SPENDS THE NEXT MONTH AT THE WEASLEY´S HOME. AT THE END OF THE YEAR RON AND HERMIONE HELP HARRY TO DISCOVER THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS.
HE HAS FLAMING RED HAIR AND BLUE EYES.
IN HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE THE WEASLEY´S INVITE HARRY AND HERMIONE TO THE QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP (ROWLING´S IMITATION OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP IN FOOTBALL).
RON IS AWE AT THIS FAVORITE QUIDDITCH PLAYER, THE FAMOUS VICTOR KRUM, STILL A STUDENT AT THE DURMSTRANG WIZARDING SCHOOL, COMES TO HOGWARTS TO TAKE PART IN THE TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT. WHEN AN UNDERAGE HARRY IS MYSTERIOUSLY CHOSEN AS A TOURNAMENT CHAMPION, RON AND HARRY HAVE A FALLING OUT AND DON´T SPEAK FOR NEARLY A MONTH.
IN HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, RON IS APPOINTED A GRYFFINDOR PREFECT. AT THE END OF THE NOVEL, RON BATTLES THE DEATH EATERS ALONGSIDE HARRY, HERMIONE, GINNY, LUNA LOVEGOOD AND NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MYSTERIES.
IN THE SIXTH YEAR AT THE SCHOOL HOGWARTS RON ATTRACTS THE ATTENTION OF LAVENDER BROWN. HARRY, THE NEW CAPTAIN, PICKS RON AS KEEPER FOR GRYFFINDOR TEAM. AT THE FINAL OF THE NOVEL DURING THE FUNERAL OF DUMBLEDORE, RON COMFORTS A WEEPING HERMIONE. RON AND HERMIONE DECIDE TO HELP HARRY FIND AND DESTROY THE HORCRUXES AND KILL VOLDEMORT, EVEN IF IT MEANS LEAVING HOGWARTS.
CAROLINA MINGO CASTELL
INTERMEDIATE
Hello I’m Bautista Mihura, I’m twelve years old and I go to intermediate group. I’m going to tell you about Happy Feet, the movie.
The film establishes that every penguin must sing his own song, which is called a heart song, in order to get a female.
When Mumble (main character) was a child he didn’t have his heart song and for that reason he went away from the colony. Mumble then grew to a young adult and instead of having a heart song, he could dance tap. The “friends group “quickly saw Mumble’s dance moves and invited him into their group.
Returning home, Gloria was the centre of attention, like Mumbles’ mother. Ramon stood behind Mumble and sang. Gloria liked the song and knew Mumble couldn’t sing. Mumble started to dance and they fell in love.
Happy Feet is a wonderful movie for children.
By Bautista Mihura
Intermediate.
TITBITS
Harry Potter:
When Harry Potter was a baby Voldemort, who was his best enemy, killed his parents. From that moment on, he had to live with his relatives, Petunia, Vernon and Dudley Dursley. One day he received a letter saying that he entered to Hogwarts School, the best magic’s school in London. At this school he met two friends, Ron and Hermione. He spent the best time and lived many adventures with them.
Personal Information
Birth name: Harry James Potter
Birth date: 31st July. The same day as Rowling.
Eye colour: Brilliant green, the same as his mother’s; his green eyes are all that keeps him from looking just like his father.
Hair colour: Black; perpetually messy, sticks up in the back, same as his father’s.
By Agustina Hondarre
Intermediate.
FCE Students
NUMBER TWO IN ROMANTICISM
The Notebook is the second most romantic film in the world. It is based on a romantic novel written by Nicholas Sparks in 1996 and adapted into a romantic film in 2004.
We chose it firstly because we could not make up our minds and we all had seen and loved the movie. We wanted to show one of the nicest and most romantic film although is not as known as Titanic, which is the first most romantic one, and because of it.
The movie starts showing an elderly couple in a nursing home's intensive care ward. The man, at first called Duke, was reading a love story from a notebook to the woman, Allie, who suffered from Alzheimer’s. As he tells the story, the film moves back to 1940 and shows how a boy, whose name was Noah, met a seventeen year old girl from a wealthy family, Allie. She was in Seabrook, the city where they met, only for that summer with her parents. Noah’s father was very happy about the romance but Allie’s parents did not accept the relationship of their daughter and always were opposed to Allie and Noah’s meetings. However, the teenagers spent all that summer together and fell in love.
A week before Allie had to leave Seabrook, they went to an abandoned house which was Noah’s dream one. He promised her he would rebuild it for her, with all the details she said she would include. There they decided to make love for the first time but suddenly Fin, Noah’s friend, interrupt them informing Allie’s parents had called the police when trying to find her. So they went out of the house and Noah drove Allie to her home. There they argued and say they would break. Allie immediately regretted the decision but Noah had driven away. The day after, Allie’s parents decided to return home that morning instead of the other week. She tried no find Noah but as she couldn’t, she had to leave without saying goodbye.
From that moment Noah and for one year he wrote one letter a day but he did not get replay because the letters were kept by Allie’s mother. Then Noah and Fin were sent to the war were the last boy died. Allie became a nurse in the world for some time where she met a wealthy man, Lon Hammond. When war was finished, she spent time with him and they finally became engaged, to the joy of Allie's parents. Meanwhile, Noah’s father had bought his son’s dream house, selling the old one. When traveling to the city to get a building permit, Noah saw Allie with Lon, and decided to rebuild the house for Allie. Noah worked like a madman, believing if he could rebuild the house, Allie would come back to him.
While trying on her wedding dress, Allie read about Noah completing the house in a newspaper and fainted. She decided to visit Noah in Seabrook, and the two spent a bit of time together, talking about what had been happening in their lives. Noah invited Allie to see him again the next day, and they both went for a ride in a rowboat. Not long later, Allie confronted Noah and asked him why she had not heard from him for all those years. Noah told her he had sent her 365 letters and both discovered that Allie's mother had hidden them from her. Finally, Noah and Allie kissed passionately and made love, knowing they still had feelings for each other.
The day after, Allie’s mother went to find her daughter and realized what she had done. She went for a drive with Allie and told her that she had fallen in love with a man who was not in her social class too, although she want his husband, but she had made a decision. That was what Allie had to do too. She also gave Allie the 365 letters Noah had written her. After that, she argued with Noah and went with Lon to tell him all the truth.
The film goes back to the elderly couple, and Allie asked Duke who Allie would choose. She realized the answer herself, and the scene, goes again to years earlier, where Allie went back to Noah again and stayed with him forever.
Again with the elderly couple, Allie remembered it was her love story with Noah, who was “Duke” and spent some time together talking about their love and their family. Allie then suffered a "sundown" and panics so she had to be sedated. It was such difficult to Noah to see her like that that he broke down. The next morning, Noah was found unconscious in bed and he was rushed to the hospital, but he is later returned to the nursing home's intensive care ward. He walked in Allie's bedroom that night, and Allie remembered again. They talked, and Allie asked him if he thought their love could take them away together, to which Noah replied, "I think our love can do anything we want it to". They slept holding on to each other, and the next morning, the nurse found they had both died in their sleep.
Victoria Santillan Abraham.
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
My big fat greek wedding is a romantic-comedy film written by Nia Vardalos. This movie was released in April, 2002. Since it was released in USA it was the fifth movie at earning money, with USD $241,438,208. The writer Nia Vardalos is curiosly the main actress too.
The main characters that compose this film are Nia Vardalos as Toula Portokalos, John Corbett as Ian Miller, Michael Constantine as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos and Lainie Kazan as Maria Portokalos
The movie is centered in Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), a midle aged, greek woman who has resigned to live her life without hopes of finding her true love. As a greek lady she was asigned the three rules of the tradition: to marry a greek guy, to have greek babies and to feed them for the rest life. But she couldn’t do it so she failed her family who expected her to follow the rules imposed, and to top it she has been destinated to attend the family café “Dancin Sorba” until the day of her death.
She was living a rutinary and depresing life until one day she got fed up of all and decided to rebuild her life. For her first step she starts studing computer aplication in college. As the time in the college passes she starts changing her look. Some new clothes, new contact lenses, a new hairstyle and a more sociable and confident appearance.
When she finishes college, she comes up with the fact that she needs a job. After an unlucky job searching she decides to work in her aunt Voula’s travel agency while she goes on vacation. The slight problem was that her father refused roundly the idea. But Toula’s mother fixes them up and changes her husbands mind.
On her new job she meets the man of her life, Ian Miler and there is when all the problems arrive. But the worst problem was that he wasn’t greek. Despite this Toula won’t give up to her perfect life and she will fight for it.
By Matias Zazkin FCE
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 comedy-drama film. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andy Sachs, a recent collage graduate who comes to New York and gets a job as a co-assistant to the powerful and demanding fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly (played by Meryl Streep). Including the list of the co-star characters, the names of Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker and Tracie Thoms can be found.
Although Meryl Streep has been critized, she earned many award nominations, including her record-setting 14 th Oscar bid, as well as a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. Emily Blunt also recived favorable notice and nominations, as did many of those involved in the flim´s production.
This film is complemented with composer Theodore Shapiro, who based his work on guitar and percusion, with the backing of a full orchestra, to capture a contemporary urban sound.
His work was balanced with songs by many popular and well known artists, such as U2, Madonna, KT Tunstall, Alanis Morrissette, Bitter Sweett and Jamiroquai. The soundtrack album was released by Warner Music and it includes all the songs of the film, except Suddenly I See, which disappointed many fans.
Concluding, in my opinion this a lovely flim that talks about a girl that without realising what was happening she looses her frinds and love relationships, because of a search based on pretending to find a better job. This real side is what makes it more attractive and enjoyable.
Finally, if you are a love-films fan, you cannot loose this hollywood diamond, in contrast, if you have not seen many love- films, you will get hoocked to this kind of movies.
Agustina Fioretti
FCE
The Devil wears Prada:
In this article is shown an explanation about the movie “The Devil wears Prada”. Is a kind of movie that you can enjoy with your family or with some friends. Below you would see how the actors and the director of the movie got ready for it.
Many actors have different ways of get themselves into a character:
Hathaway prepared for the part by volunteering for a week as an assistant at an auction house.
For the movie Streep based the character of Miranda on Anna Wintour the legendary Vogue director, Streep made a conscious decision not to play the part as a direct impression of Wintour, right down to not using an accent and making the character American rather than English. I think she wanted people not to actually confuse the character of Miranda priestly with Anna Wintour at all.
And that’s why , early on in the process, she decided on a very different look for her and a different approach to the character.
The idea of having Miranda appearing without makeup in the scene where she opens up to Andrea and worries about the effects of her divorce becoming public knowledge on her daughters was Streep’s idea.
Frankel , the director of the movie, said that he hadn’t got any idea of what Streep was going to do in that scene. He said that she came in without makeup and wearing a robe and said “I’m ready to act”
Meryl Streep is a person how I really admired, she’s an excellent actress. She has a gift, she was born to act. She’s amazing, because she is different from other actors. Not everyone can act like her, she plans everything before acting.
She is always inside the character, she is not acting a role because of acting, it’s as if she was that person, that’s why I admire her because she is involved in what she is doing.
All the characters were revised at least slightly from there counterparts in the novel.
Like in all movies some things were added, like Miranda’s failing marriage.
By Paula Rodriguez FCE
Each day a new beginning
Do you imagine your normal life without remember what happened the day before?
This is basically the aim of “50 First Dates” (2004) a romantic comedy which I enjoyed a lot.
The director is Peter Segal who also directed Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) and the writer is George Wing, who had the idea of this wonderful plot. Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) is a wildlife veterinarian in Hawaii, who meets Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) a woman who has a short-term memory loss from an auto accident a year earlier. Henry is a ladies man on the island who has been breaking the hearts of female tourists for years. Henry meets Lucy at a local cafe and takes her out on a date. Henry falls in love with Lucy, but there is one problem when she awakens in the morning, she can't remember him or anything that happened that day. Henry must devise a plan to meet Lucy everyday and try to get her to fall in love with him again and again.
Sandler and Barrymore won the award for Best On-Screen Team at the MTV Movie Awards. The two actors, who had previously worked together in the popular film The Wedding Singer, are said to regard 50 First Dates as one of their favourite personal efforts.
The soundtrack contains cover versions of songs that were originally recorded in the 1980s. This includes mostly reggae or ska covers, due to their emphasized upbeat that gives a tropical or Hawaiian feel. Some of the covers are "Hold Me Now" by Wayne Wonder (Originally recorded by the Thompson Twins), "Every Breath You Take" by UB40 "(Originally recorded by The Police) and the funniest one “Forgetful Lucy” by Adam Sandler
As a conclusion, in my opinion “50 First Dates” is a movie that without being an overproduction of Hollywood makes you entertain and spend a good moment.
Recommend it, who wouldn’t?
By Milagros Fernández
FCE II
Open Day By Agustina Marin FCE
•The Notebook•
T
his year, in the open day, we worked about films. The idea was to choose our favourite movie, or a movie which we liked, talk about it and tell the visitors about its plot, story, cast, etc.. With my group we chose The Notebook (mostly known as ‘Diario de una Pasión’ in Spanish, for those ones who don’t get which movie I’m talking about).
The Nothebook is a romantic film, based in a romantic novel written by Nicholas Sparks. It’s Sparks first published novel, he wrote it in a period of six months in 1994 and it was published in October 1996, whereas the film in 2004.
The film of this novel was directed by Nick Cassavetes, whose mother is one of the main characters in the movie (Gena Rowlands).
The film (and also the novel) tells the story of the true love, and it alternates past and present episodes of this love tale. It’s about what is disposed to do one of the integrals of a couple when the other is in trouble. In this case, how he dedicates all his time trying to get back his wife from a hopeless psychological illness. She suffers senile insanity and she cannot remember her past, she only remembers what she has done a few minutes ago and only for a couple minutes. But the man believes in miracles. He keeps telling a story written in a Notebook, which the woman seems to like because, in some parts of the movie, remembers parts of that tale. It’s the story of a summer love between two teenagers (Allie and Noah), with luxury and wealth differences, which makes their love even harder to succeed.
The end of the story (which, of course I’m not going to tell you) is as surprising as the narration developes in the whole movie, with a lot of stories in the middle of Allie and Noah’s. If you have seen it, I hope you enjoyed it as well as I had. And If you didn’t watch it yet, it’s one of the best in its kind when chosing movies. So much that it was described as the best movie after The Titanic.
The Plot
Allie, with her parents, goes on summer holidays to the village where Noah lives. Whereas she is a wealthy girl, Noah is a worker. They meet because of their friends, and they fall in love. What it was supposed to be a fleeting love, only of a few months, turns into a endless mark in both of their lifes. But the destiny separates them, and the World War II turns Noah into a soldier, whereas Allie offers to be nurse to help with the injured soldiers. But both still rememeber each other and their life togheter.
While Allie gets engaged with a soldier she met in her nurse duty, Noah has a love affair with one of the girls in town. Again, destiny interferes between them and gets them together. There they discover they hadn’t forget their past and that they still love each other.
In the end of the film you discover that The Notebook which describes all this story, was written by Allie, like a diary. And the two characters who appear at the begining (the old lady and the old man) are elder Allie and Noah.
Cast
Noah Ryan Gosling
Allie Rachel McAdams
Old Noah (Duke) James Garner
Old Allie Gena Rowlands
Frank Calhoun (Noah’s Dad) Sam Shepard
John Hamilton (Allie’s Dad) David Thornton
Anne Hamilton (Allie’s Mom) Joan Allen
By Ma. Agustina Marín
The Notebook is the second most romantic film in the world. It is based on a romantic novel written by Nicholas Sparks in 1996 and adapted into a romantic film in 2004.
We chose it firstly because we could not make up our minds and we all had seen and loved the movie. We wanted to show one of the nicest and most romantic film although is not as known as Titanic, which is the first most romantic one, and because of it.
The movie starts showing an elderly couple in a nursing home's intensive care ward. The man, at first called Duke, was reading a love story from a notebook to the woman, Allie, who suffered from Alzheimer’s. As he tells the story, the film moves back to 1940 and shows how a boy, whose name was Noah, met a seventeen year old girl from a wealthy family, Allie. She was in Seabrook, the city where they met, only for that summer with her parents. Noah’s father was very happy about the romance but Allie’s parents did not accept the relationship of their daughter and always were opposed to Allie and Noah’s meetings. However, the teenagers spent all that summer together and fell in love.
A week before Allie had to leave Seabrook, they went to an abandoned house which was Noah’s dream one. He promised her he would rebuild it for her, with all the details she said she would include. There they decided to make love for the first time but suddenly Fin, Noah’s friend, interrupt them informing Allie’s parents had called the police when trying to find her. So they went out of the house and Noah drove Allie to her home. There they argued and say they would break. Allie immediately regretted the decision but Noah had driven away. The day after, Allie’s parents decided to return home that morning instead of the other week. She tried no find Noah but as she couldn’t, she had to leave without saying goodbye.
From that moment Noah and for one year he wrote one letter a day but he did not get replay because the letters were kept by Allie’s mother. Then Noah and Fin were sent to the war were the last boy died. Allie became a nurse in the world for some time where she met a wealthy man, Lon Hammond. When war was finished, she spent time with him and they finally became engaged, to the joy of Allie's parents. Meanwhile, Noah’s father had bought his son’s dream house, selling the old one. When traveling to the city to get a building permit, Noah saw Allie with Lon, and decided to rebuild the house for Allie. Noah worked like a madman, believing if he could rebuild the house, Allie would come back to him.
While trying on her wedding dress, Allie read about Noah completing the house in a newspaper and fainted. She decided to visit Noah in Seabrook, and the two spent a bit of time together, talking about what had been happening in their lives. Noah invited Allie to see him again the next day, and they both went for a ride in a rowboat. Not long later, Allie confronted Noah and asked him why she had not heard from him for all those years. Noah told her he had sent her 365 letters and both discovered that Allie's mother had hidden them from her. Finally, Noah and Allie kissed passionately and made love, knowing they still had feelings for each other.
The day after, Allie’s mother went to find her daughter and realized what she had done. She went for a drive with Allie and told her that she had fallen in love with a man who was not in her social class too, although she want his husband, but she had made a decision. That was what Allie had to do too. She also gave Allie the 365 letters Noah had written her. After that, she argued with Noah and went with Lon to tell him all the truth.
The film goes back to the elderly couple, and Allie asked Duke who Allie would choose. She realized the answer herself, and the scene, goes again to years earlier, where Allie went back to Noah again and stayed with him forever.
Again with the elderly couple, Allie remembered it was her love story with Noah, who was “Duke” and spent some time together talking about their love and their family. Allie then suffered a "sundown" and panics so she had to be sedated. It was such difficult to Noah to see her like that that he broke down. The next morning, Noah was found unconscious in bed and he was rushed to the hospital, but he is later returned to the nursing home's intensive care ward. He walked in Allie's bedroom that night, and Allie remembered again. They talked, and Allie asked him if he thought their love could take them away together, to which Noah replied, "I think our love can do anything we want it to". They slept holding on to each other, and the next morning, the nurse found they had both died in their sleep.
Victoria Santillan Abraham.
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
My big fat greek wedding is a romantic-comedy film written by Nia Vardalos. This movie was released in April, 2002. Since it was released in USA it was the fifth movie at earning money, with USD $241,438,208. The writer Nia Vardalos is curiosly the main actress too.
The main characters that compose this film are Nia Vardalos as Toula Portokalos, John Corbett as Ian Miller, Michael Constantine as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos and Lainie Kazan as Maria Portokalos
The movie is centered in Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), a midle aged, greek woman who has resigned to live her life without hopes of finding her true love. As a greek lady she was asigned the three rules of the tradition: to marry a greek guy, to have greek babies and to feed them for the rest life. But she couldn’t do it so she failed her family who expected her to follow the rules imposed, and to top it she has been destinated to attend the family café “Dancin Sorba” until the day of her death.
She was living a rutinary and depresing life until one day she got fed up of all and decided to rebuild her life. For her first step she starts studing computer aplication in college. As the time in the college passes she starts changing her look. Some new clothes, new contact lenses, a new hairstyle and a more sociable and confident appearance.
When she finishes college, she comes up with the fact that she needs a job. After an unlucky job searching she decides to work in her aunt Voula’s travel agency while she goes on vacation. The slight problem was that her father refused roundly the idea. But Toula’s mother fixes them up and changes her husbands mind.
On her new job she meets the man of her life, Ian Miler and there is when all the problems arrive. But the worst problem was that he wasn’t greek. Despite this Toula won’t give up to her perfect life and she will fight for it.
By Matias Zazkin FCE
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 comedy-drama film. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andy Sachs, a recent collage graduate who comes to New York and gets a job as a co-assistant to the powerful and demanding fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly (played by Meryl Streep). Including the list of the co-star characters, the names of Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker and Tracie Thoms can be found.
Although Meryl Streep has been critized, she earned many award nominations, including her record-setting 14 th Oscar bid, as well as a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. Emily Blunt also recived favorable notice and nominations, as did many of those involved in the flim´s production.
This film is complemented with composer Theodore Shapiro, who based his work on guitar and percusion, with the backing of a full orchestra, to capture a contemporary urban sound.
His work was balanced with songs by many popular and well known artists, such as U2, Madonna, KT Tunstall, Alanis Morrissette, Bitter Sweett and Jamiroquai. The soundtrack album was released by Warner Music and it includes all the songs of the film, except Suddenly I See, which disappointed many fans.
Concluding, in my opinion this a lovely flim that talks about a girl that without realising what was happening she looses her frinds and love relationships, because of a search based on pretending to find a better job. This real side is what makes it more attractive and enjoyable.
Finally, if you are a love-films fan, you cannot loose this hollywood diamond, in contrast, if you have not seen many love- films, you will get hoocked to this kind of movies.
Agustina Fioretti
FCE
The Devil wears Prada:
In this article is shown an explanation about the movie “The Devil wears Prada”. Is a kind of movie that you can enjoy with your family or with some friends. Below you would see how the actors and the director of the movie got ready for it.
Many actors have different ways of get themselves into a character:
Hathaway prepared for the part by volunteering for a week as an assistant at an auction house.
For the movie Streep based the character of Miranda on Anna Wintour the legendary Vogue director, Streep made a conscious decision not to play the part as a direct impression of Wintour, right down to not using an accent and making the character American rather than English. I think she wanted people not to actually confuse the character of Miranda priestly with Anna Wintour at all.
And that’s why , early on in the process, she decided on a very different look for her and a different approach to the character.
The idea of having Miranda appearing without makeup in the scene where she opens up to Andrea and worries about the effects of her divorce becoming public knowledge on her daughters was Streep’s idea.
Frankel , the director of the movie, said that he hadn’t got any idea of what Streep was going to do in that scene. He said that she came in without makeup and wearing a robe and said “I’m ready to act”
Meryl Streep is a person how I really admired, she’s an excellent actress. She has a gift, she was born to act. She’s amazing, because she is different from other actors. Not everyone can act like her, she plans everything before acting.
She is always inside the character, she is not acting a role because of acting, it’s as if she was that person, that’s why I admire her because she is involved in what she is doing.
All the characters were revised at least slightly from there counterparts in the novel.
Like in all movies some things were added, like Miranda’s failing marriage.
By Paula Rodriguez FCE
Each day a new beginning
Do you imagine your normal life without remember what happened the day before?
This is basically the aim of “50 First Dates” (2004) a romantic comedy which I enjoyed a lot.
The director is Peter Segal who also directed Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) and the writer is George Wing, who had the idea of this wonderful plot. Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) is a wildlife veterinarian in Hawaii, who meets Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) a woman who has a short-term memory loss from an auto accident a year earlier. Henry is a ladies man on the island who has been breaking the hearts of female tourists for years. Henry meets Lucy at a local cafe and takes her out on a date. Henry falls in love with Lucy, but there is one problem when she awakens in the morning, she can't remember him or anything that happened that day. Henry must devise a plan to meet Lucy everyday and try to get her to fall in love with him again and again.
Sandler and Barrymore won the award for Best On-Screen Team at the MTV Movie Awards. The two actors, who had previously worked together in the popular film The Wedding Singer, are said to regard 50 First Dates as one of their favourite personal efforts.
The soundtrack contains cover versions of songs that were originally recorded in the 1980s. This includes mostly reggae or ska covers, due to their emphasized upbeat that gives a tropical or Hawaiian feel. Some of the covers are "Hold Me Now" by Wayne Wonder (Originally recorded by the Thompson Twins), "Every Breath You Take" by UB40 "(Originally recorded by The Police) and the funniest one “Forgetful Lucy” by Adam Sandler
As a conclusion, in my opinion “50 First Dates” is a movie that without being an overproduction of Hollywood makes you entertain and spend a good moment.
Recommend it, who wouldn’t?
By Milagros Fernández
FCE II
Open Day By Agustina Marin FCE
•The Notebook•
T
his year, in the open day, we worked about films. The idea was to choose our favourite movie, or a movie which we liked, talk about it and tell the visitors about its plot, story, cast, etc.. With my group we chose The Notebook (mostly known as ‘Diario de una Pasión’ in Spanish, for those ones who don’t get which movie I’m talking about).
The Nothebook is a romantic film, based in a romantic novel written by Nicholas Sparks. It’s Sparks first published novel, he wrote it in a period of six months in 1994 and it was published in October 1996, whereas the film in 2004.
The film of this novel was directed by Nick Cassavetes, whose mother is one of the main characters in the movie (Gena Rowlands).
The film (and also the novel) tells the story of the true love, and it alternates past and present episodes of this love tale. It’s about what is disposed to do one of the integrals of a couple when the other is in trouble. In this case, how he dedicates all his time trying to get back his wife from a hopeless psychological illness. She suffers senile insanity and she cannot remember her past, she only remembers what she has done a few minutes ago and only for a couple minutes. But the man believes in miracles. He keeps telling a story written in a Notebook, which the woman seems to like because, in some parts of the movie, remembers parts of that tale. It’s the story of a summer love between two teenagers (Allie and Noah), with luxury and wealth differences, which makes their love even harder to succeed.
The end of the story (which, of course I’m not going to tell you) is as surprising as the narration developes in the whole movie, with a lot of stories in the middle of Allie and Noah’s. If you have seen it, I hope you enjoyed it as well as I had. And If you didn’t watch it yet, it’s one of the best in its kind when chosing movies. So much that it was described as the best movie after The Titanic.
The Plot
Allie, with her parents, goes on summer holidays to the village where Noah lives. Whereas she is a wealthy girl, Noah is a worker. They meet because of their friends, and they fall in love. What it was supposed to be a fleeting love, only of a few months, turns into a endless mark in both of their lifes. But the destiny separates them, and the World War II turns Noah into a soldier, whereas Allie offers to be nurse to help with the injured soldiers. But both still rememeber each other and their life togheter.
While Allie gets engaged with a soldier she met in her nurse duty, Noah has a love affair with one of the girls in town. Again, destiny interferes between them and gets them together. There they discover they hadn’t forget their past and that they still love each other.
In the end of the film you discover that The Notebook which describes all this story, was written by Allie, like a diary. And the two characters who appear at the begining (the old lady and the old man) are elder Allie and Noah.
Cast
Noah Ryan Gosling
Allie Rachel McAdams
Old Noah (Duke) James Garner
Old Allie Gena Rowlands
Frank Calhoun (Noah’s Dad) Sam Shepard
John Hamilton (Allie’s Dad) David Thornton
Anne Hamilton (Allie’s Mom) Joan Allen
By Ma. Agustina Marín
Movies - Adults Students
Movies I liked
Name: Vima Bonepelche
Level: Adults 5
Film: The Great Gatsby
The film follows the classic story of Gatsby, a poor man who made a fortune after the Great War and so became the talk of the town. Although Gatsby's wealth could buy anything he wanted, waht he really wanted was Daisy: a beautiful but shallow woman whom Gatsby can't get out of his mind. Daisy is now married and lives across from Gatsby's home. As Gatsby wasn't born in wealth, he wasn't considered polite enough to be with someone like Daisy (Mia Farrow). Gatsby's only true friend is his narrating friend neighbour: Nick Carraway. This young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour, the "the nouveau riche" Jay gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to his obsession and tragedy. I was a teenager when the film was premiered. I was delighted with the magnificence and splendour of those people dancing, laughing and falling in love in spite of having lives full of sadness and misseries. I remember Robert Redford, who starred the film, dancing in his white suit and I felt dazzled and completely in love with him!
Name: Sandra Lavandera
Level Adults 5
Film: Nightmares
Nightmares 1, 2, 3 and 4 were horror movies for teenagers in the eighties. In these films, a man called Freddy Kruger killed teenagers, once in their houses, another time in a camp site and again in a hospital. Suddenly, Freddy Kruger appeared, claws stuck out of his fingers and dug them into the kids's bodies while they were sleeping. So teenagers of my time were afraid of going to bed! I saw these movies when I was about fifteen. I went to the cinema with my friends at night and we all shouted at the same time. We really enjoyed these movies a lot!
Name: Vima Bonepelche
Level: Adults 5
Film: The Great Gatsby
The film follows the classic story of Gatsby, a poor man who made a fortune after the Great War and so became the talk of the town. Although Gatsby's wealth could buy anything he wanted, waht he really wanted was Daisy: a beautiful but shallow woman whom Gatsby can't get out of his mind. Daisy is now married and lives across from Gatsby's home. As Gatsby wasn't born in wealth, he wasn't considered polite enough to be with someone like Daisy (Mia Farrow). Gatsby's only true friend is his narrating friend neighbour: Nick Carraway. This young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour, the "the nouveau riche" Jay gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to his obsession and tragedy. I was a teenager when the film was premiered. I was delighted with the magnificence and splendour of those people dancing, laughing and falling in love in spite of having lives full of sadness and misseries. I remember Robert Redford, who starred the film, dancing in his white suit and I felt dazzled and completely in love with him!
Name: Sandra Lavandera
Level Adults 5
Film: Nightmares
Nightmares 1, 2, 3 and 4 were horror movies for teenagers in the eighties. In these films, a man called Freddy Kruger killed teenagers, once in their houses, another time in a camp site and again in a hospital. Suddenly, Freddy Kruger appeared, claws stuck out of his fingers and dug them into the kids's bodies while they were sleeping. So teenagers of my time were afraid of going to bed! I saw these movies when I was about fifteen. I went to the cinema with my friends at night and we all shouted at the same time. We really enjoyed these movies a lot!
Intermediate Monday & Wednesday - Valeska
Firestar-the best super heroine
Firestar (Angelica "Angel" Jones) is a fictional mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. She has the ability to generate and manipulate microwave radiation, which allows her to generate intense heat, flames and to fly. She has been a member of the Hellions, the New Warriors and The Avengers. Firestar has the ability to absorb, generate and manipulate microwave radiation.
She can focus microwaves on a specific target, and cause it to burst into flame, explode or melt. She can also sense microwave signals (such as cell-phone signals or remote-control devices) and disrupt electronics with her own microwave emissions. Firestar has also been able to disrupt the psionic powers of others using her own powers.
I really enjoyed investigating Firestar, because I personally believe she’s one of the best super heroines. She has all the characteristics, powers, abilities and personality, that a super heroine needs. Apart from that a few number of people know her. I think that if you had the opportunity of being a super heroine, you’d probably like to be Firestar.
By Mariana Santillán
Intermediate.
Rocky IV’s sport
In Rocky IV film, there is a lot of training and fights. In my opinion Rocky’s films are very aggressive and that’s why Rocky’s wife worries a lot. We can say that boxing a combat sport in which two participants of similar weigh fight each other in series of one to three minutes intervals called rounds.
Boxing becomes from marcial arts, that are codificated practices that have a same objective, that is to defend yourself (from my point of view, boxing is refered only to prize fight), by using different tactics that put opponent in an inferior situation. Marcial art is different to street fight, because it has got a coherence system and it has much more order.
Victory is achieved (in boxing) if the opponent is knocked down and he/she can’t get up before the referee counts to ten (k.o. means knocked down), or if the opponent is too injured to continue (t.k.o. means too knocked down).
To sump up, boxing is bad for your body and it’s only played to get more money, without taking care of the body, besides, it’s very aggressive. One good reason is that some people take it as fun or only do bets
Supergirl
Hi I’m Catalina Zazkin, and this year we worked with super heroes and I chose to work with Supergirl. We looked for information on the web and wrote about her powers, costumes and characteristics.
Well Supergirl was born in May 1959 on Argo city (Krypton planet) her parents were Zor-El a scientist and her mother Alura who originally gave Supergirl her fashionable costume .The costume is a red skirt, a blue T-shirt, a red cape, and high-heeled boots; on her chest she has a big letter “S” on a yellow field. Her powers are identical to Superman.
I personally think that she has a strong personality and I’m sure it’ll be interesting for you to know more about her.
By Catalina Zazkin
Intermediate
Rocky IV’s sport
In Rocky IV film, there is a lot of training and fights. In my opinion Rocky’s films are very aggressive and that’s why Rocky’s wife worries a lot. We can say that boxing a combat sport in which two participants of similar weigh fight each other in series of one to three minutes intervals called rounds.
Boxing becomes from marcial arts, that are codificated practices that have a same objective, that is to defend yourself (from my point of view, boxing is refered only to prize fight), by using different tactics that put opponent in an inferior situation. Marcial art is different to street fight, because it has got a coherence system and it has much more order.
Victory is achieved (in boxing) if the opponent is knocked down and he/she can’t get up before the referee counts to ten (k.o. means knocked down), or if the opponent is too injured to continue (t.k.o. means too knocked down).
To sump up, boxing is bad for your body and it’s only played to get more money, without taking care of the body, besides, it’s very aggressive. One good reason is that some people take it as fun or only do bets
ROCKY IV
This is an action film because of the violence of the fight and the training. Rocky was the story of a modest person who wants to escape from his other life. Fifteen years ago he was a man with no fortune working for a small time loan shark on the south side of Philadelphia. when he had the chance to enter the ring against “reigning champ” Apolo Cried, it was the million to one shoot of a life time. And all he wanted was to go the distance. His courage an perseverance, both in life and in the ring, gave hope to millions. In his heart he was a fighter.
Rocky changes changes with the years, is very diferentnt than the three first. Is like a jump forward the time for adapting to the new technologies and to the music of the moment, the techno. The movie had electronic tone. the first five movies were great, but the last two were mostly bad.
The movie was very interesting, mostly the part of the fight, but, the film did not have the essence of Rocky. We think that Silvester can change some parts, however is great. Of course the film were not the same without Special Effects, the director, the production and the actors (it was more difficult to do a film in the Rocky IV times).
To sum up, there are a big number of reasons for you to see the movie.
By Juan Francisco Arana
Stefano Fiorani
Intermediate
Cyber Girl
I’m Milagros Loustau and this year in my level, intermediate, we worked on “superheroes”, and each one of my class had to choose one. I chose “Cyber Girl”.
CyberGir is a super heroine; she has a TV series which started in 2001. Her real name is Ashley Campbell. She is from other planet. Her powers include super-human strength, super-human speed, and ability to interface directly with electronics things, like computers. Her villains are Xanda and Isaac, those are Cyber Replicates, and they also appear in the series. She later uses her powers to look more human. She meets Jackson and Hugh Campbell, who takes her in, and she adopts the name “CyberGirl”. The only person besides Hugh and Jackson who knows her identity is Kat, her niece.
In my opinion I think this super heroine is fantastic because she has fantastic powers, like super human speed, TV series and a movie, she uses her powers to look more human as well, she has two villains who are like her, and those are Cyber Replicates. She is very original; I’d describe her like a superhero form a new generation.
By Milagros Lousteau
Intermediate.
The Oscar Awards
As we can see, The Oscar Awards is a very important ceremony in the films world. I guess when you win a statuette; it makes you feel that you can do everything if you trust on yourself.
The five categories each represent the original branches of the academy: actors, writers, directors, producers and technicians. The official name of the Oscar’s statuette is the academy award of merit; it’s made out of gold plated titanium on a black metal base.
The name Oscar is because of a Bette Davis’ biography in where she named the Oscar after her first husband. Another origin is the one of the academy secretary Margaret Herrick who was the first to see the award in 1931 and made reference reminding her uncle Oscar.
All members of the movies business must be invited to the Oscars, the invitation comes from the board of the governors on behalf of the academy branch executive committee. Since 79th annual academy awards, 847 members of the screen actors guild have been nominated for an Oscar. The major awards are given out in a live televised ceremony, most commonly in February or March and six weeks after they announce the nominees.
The Oscar awards were first televised on N.B.C. in 1953 then continued like this until 1960 when the ABC network took place televising the award up to 1970 and then in 1976 they made a contract up to the year 2014.
In my opinion, I think that this show awards is a good way to make the actors and directors, concentrate more on their films.
By Paula Lazzarini L.
Intermediate
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Hi! I’m Micaela Meli and I’m going to write about our workshop. Intermediate’s topic this year was “Super Heroes” and we worked on the characteristics, life and powers, of each of them. I personally decided to investigate about “Sabrina the Teenage Witch”. Her real name is Melissa Joan Hart; she was born on 18th of April in 1976 in New York.
She has worked on T.V for a long time. She has made a film too, which is similar to the comedy that is shown on T.V. In the comedy she is a teenage witch, who has powers, but she makes the powers in secret.
I’ve chosen to describe her because she’s a really unusual person.
By Micaela Meli
Intermediate
Hi! My name’s Nayla Eliseche andI’m 14 years old.
I’m going to talk about Zatanna Zatara.
Zatanna
Zatanna Zatara is a fictitious character of DC comics, ex-member of league of justice. It was created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson.
History of Zatanna
The history begins when the famous magician John Zatara (her father), knows Sindellla (her mother) they fell in love and had a daughter to whom they named Zatanna. Soon after being born the baby’s mother disappeared mysteriously and died. After several years she began to shake papers and found an old note book inherited of the very same Leonardo Da Vinci (ancestor of the family), and a newspaper of the father who reveals his days like defender of justice, thanks to the old book, Zatara could do "true magic" spelling the spells. Fascinated, she suspected that she could also make acts of real magic, she pronounced a spell the other way around and managed to ignite with his words the fire of the chimney. When she recovered of the surprise, she decided to use his new powers to find his father, without suspecting that it will take her many years. League of Justice was the best thing that happened to her. She contacted a group of formed Superheroes, American league of justice and asked for their help.
Finally, Zatanna found her father (John Zatara), with the knowledge deception that his father had exiled himself to another dimension voluntarily. But immediately it discovers that a wizard, Allura, had bewitched him with a curse of which, if he watched at his daughter’s
eyes both would die. With the force that they give them the love and the magic, father and daughter overcame the witch, return to meet after years and together they visited the quarters of the league to thank for the received aid.
I believe that Zatanna is a very pretty heroine with an intriguing story. I’ve personally liked magicians since I was a child.
By Nayla Eliseche
Intermediate
Superheroes in movies: Storm
Storm, is a mutant of the movie X-men. Her real name is Ororo Munroe and she is a special human mutant. Her abilities are to control the weather, flight, energy perception, ecological empathy, invulnerable to the effects of the weather and extreme heat and cold, partially immune to sonic attacks, possesses latent natural magic abilities, she has the power to control the weather and fly at high speeds. Storm is a fictional Marvel Comic Super heroine. Best known as a prominent leader of the X-men, she is the reigning queen of the fictional nation of Waked, a title held by marriage to fellow Marvel Comics superhero Black Panther. She was created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, and first appeared in Giant-Size X-men (May 1975), becoming one of the black female superheroes.
In my opinion Storm was a fantastic superhero in the movies X-men.
By Julieta Marin
Intermediate.
Films related to music and bands.
When a band has been for fifteen or more years together it can make a film. Those films can last between two and a half hours or even more!
The bands know when they’re being filmed in order to make a movie. But in the case of Green Day, they didn’t know they were making a film so they acted naturally, which is better because they are like always, they show their real themselves. But in the band The Police for example they already knew they were gonna make a film so they probably didn’t act naturally.
These films ain’t only a concert, ain’t only music, these films are also an interview to the band members and other scenes that were before the band went to the show or when the band is walking in the street or even in their houses.
As I see it these films are really cool but I think it’d be better if the band that’s making the film doesn’t know that it’s actually performing it.
By Julia Rodríguez
Intermediate.
Firestar (Angelica "Angel" Jones) is a fictional mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. She has the ability to generate and manipulate microwave radiation, which allows her to generate intense heat, flames and to fly. She has been a member of the Hellions, the New Warriors and The Avengers. Firestar has the ability to absorb, generate and manipulate microwave radiation.
She can focus microwaves on a specific target, and cause it to burst into flame, explode or melt. She can also sense microwave signals (such as cell-phone signals or remote-control devices) and disrupt electronics with her own microwave emissions. Firestar has also been able to disrupt the psionic powers of others using her own powers.
I really enjoyed investigating Firestar, because I personally believe she’s one of the best super heroines. She has all the characteristics, powers, abilities and personality, that a super heroine needs. Apart from that a few number of people know her. I think that if you had the opportunity of being a super heroine, you’d probably like to be Firestar.
By Mariana Santillán
Intermediate.
Rocky IV’s sport
In Rocky IV film, there is a lot of training and fights. In my opinion Rocky’s films are very aggressive and that’s why Rocky’s wife worries a lot. We can say that boxing a combat sport in which two participants of similar weigh fight each other in series of one to three minutes intervals called rounds.
Boxing becomes from marcial arts, that are codificated practices that have a same objective, that is to defend yourself (from my point of view, boxing is refered only to prize fight), by using different tactics that put opponent in an inferior situation. Marcial art is different to street fight, because it has got a coherence system and it has much more order.
Victory is achieved (in boxing) if the opponent is knocked down and he/she can’t get up before the referee counts to ten (k.o. means knocked down), or if the opponent is too injured to continue (t.k.o. means too knocked down).
To sump up, boxing is bad for your body and it’s only played to get more money, without taking care of the body, besides, it’s very aggressive. One good reason is that some people take it as fun or only do bets
Supergirl
Hi I’m Catalina Zazkin, and this year we worked with super heroes and I chose to work with Supergirl. We looked for information on the web and wrote about her powers, costumes and characteristics.
Well Supergirl was born in May 1959 on Argo city (Krypton planet) her parents were Zor-El a scientist and her mother Alura who originally gave Supergirl her fashionable costume .The costume is a red skirt, a blue T-shirt, a red cape, and high-heeled boots; on her chest she has a big letter “S” on a yellow field. Her powers are identical to Superman.
I personally think that she has a strong personality and I’m sure it’ll be interesting for you to know more about her.
By Catalina Zazkin
Intermediate
Rocky IV’s sport
In Rocky IV film, there is a lot of training and fights. In my opinion Rocky’s films are very aggressive and that’s why Rocky’s wife worries a lot. We can say that boxing a combat sport in which two participants of similar weigh fight each other in series of one to three minutes intervals called rounds.
Boxing becomes from marcial arts, that are codificated practices that have a same objective, that is to defend yourself (from my point of view, boxing is refered only to prize fight), by using different tactics that put opponent in an inferior situation. Marcial art is different to street fight, because it has got a coherence system and it has much more order.
Victory is achieved (in boxing) if the opponent is knocked down and he/she can’t get up before the referee counts to ten (k.o. means knocked down), or if the opponent is too injured to continue (t.k.o. means too knocked down).
To sump up, boxing is bad for your body and it’s only played to get more money, without taking care of the body, besides, it’s very aggressive. One good reason is that some people take it as fun or only do bets
ROCKY IV
This is an action film because of the violence of the fight and the training. Rocky was the story of a modest person who wants to escape from his other life. Fifteen years ago he was a man with no fortune working for a small time loan shark on the south side of Philadelphia. when he had the chance to enter the ring against “reigning champ” Apolo Cried, it was the million to one shoot of a life time. And all he wanted was to go the distance. His courage an perseverance, both in life and in the ring, gave hope to millions. In his heart he was a fighter.
Rocky changes changes with the years, is very diferentnt than the three first. Is like a jump forward the time for adapting to the new technologies and to the music of the moment, the techno. The movie had electronic tone. the first five movies were great, but the last two were mostly bad.
The movie was very interesting, mostly the part of the fight, but, the film did not have the essence of Rocky. We think that Silvester can change some parts, however is great. Of course the film were not the same without Special Effects, the director, the production and the actors (it was more difficult to do a film in the Rocky IV times).
To sum up, there are a big number of reasons for you to see the movie.
By Juan Francisco Arana
Stefano Fiorani
Intermediate
Cyber Girl
I’m Milagros Loustau and this year in my level, intermediate, we worked on “superheroes”, and each one of my class had to choose one. I chose “Cyber Girl”.
CyberGir is a super heroine; she has a TV series which started in 2001. Her real name is Ashley Campbell. She is from other planet. Her powers include super-human strength, super-human speed, and ability to interface directly with electronics things, like computers. Her villains are Xanda and Isaac, those are Cyber Replicates, and they also appear in the series. She later uses her powers to look more human. She meets Jackson and Hugh Campbell, who takes her in, and she adopts the name “CyberGirl”. The only person besides Hugh and Jackson who knows her identity is Kat, her niece.
In my opinion I think this super heroine is fantastic because she has fantastic powers, like super human speed, TV series and a movie, she uses her powers to look more human as well, she has two villains who are like her, and those are Cyber Replicates. She is very original; I’d describe her like a superhero form a new generation.
By Milagros Lousteau
Intermediate.
The Oscar Awards
As we can see, The Oscar Awards is a very important ceremony in the films world. I guess when you win a statuette; it makes you feel that you can do everything if you trust on yourself.
The five categories each represent the original branches of the academy: actors, writers, directors, producers and technicians. The official name of the Oscar’s statuette is the academy award of merit; it’s made out of gold plated titanium on a black metal base.
The name Oscar is because of a Bette Davis’ biography in where she named the Oscar after her first husband. Another origin is the one of the academy secretary Margaret Herrick who was the first to see the award in 1931 and made reference reminding her uncle Oscar.
All members of the movies business must be invited to the Oscars, the invitation comes from the board of the governors on behalf of the academy branch executive committee. Since 79th annual academy awards, 847 members of the screen actors guild have been nominated for an Oscar. The major awards are given out in a live televised ceremony, most commonly in February or March and six weeks after they announce the nominees.
The Oscar awards were first televised on N.B.C. in 1953 then continued like this until 1960 when the ABC network took place televising the award up to 1970 and then in 1976 they made a contract up to the year 2014.
In my opinion, I think that this show awards is a good way to make the actors and directors, concentrate more on their films.
By Paula Lazzarini L.
Intermediate
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Hi! I’m Micaela Meli and I’m going to write about our workshop. Intermediate’s topic this year was “Super Heroes” and we worked on the characteristics, life and powers, of each of them. I personally decided to investigate about “Sabrina the Teenage Witch”. Her real name is Melissa Joan Hart; she was born on 18th of April in 1976 in New York.
She has worked on T.V for a long time. She has made a film too, which is similar to the comedy that is shown on T.V. In the comedy she is a teenage witch, who has powers, but she makes the powers in secret.
I’ve chosen to describe her because she’s a really unusual person.
By Micaela Meli
Intermediate
Hi! My name’s Nayla Eliseche andI’m 14 years old.
I’m going to talk about Zatanna Zatara.
Zatanna
Zatanna Zatara is a fictitious character of DC comics, ex-member of league of justice. It was created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson.
History of Zatanna
The history begins when the famous magician John Zatara (her father), knows Sindellla (her mother) they fell in love and had a daughter to whom they named Zatanna. Soon after being born the baby’s mother disappeared mysteriously and died. After several years she began to shake papers and found an old note book inherited of the very same Leonardo Da Vinci (ancestor of the family), and a newspaper of the father who reveals his days like defender of justice, thanks to the old book, Zatara could do "true magic" spelling the spells. Fascinated, she suspected that she could also make acts of real magic, she pronounced a spell the other way around and managed to ignite with his words the fire of the chimney. When she recovered of the surprise, she decided to use his new powers to find his father, without suspecting that it will take her many years. League of Justice was the best thing that happened to her. She contacted a group of formed Superheroes, American league of justice and asked for their help.
Finally, Zatanna found her father (John Zatara), with the knowledge deception that his father had exiled himself to another dimension voluntarily. But immediately it discovers that a wizard, Allura, had bewitched him with a curse of which, if he watched at his daughter’s
eyes both would die. With the force that they give them the love and the magic, father and daughter overcame the witch, return to meet after years and together they visited the quarters of the league to thank for the received aid.
I believe that Zatanna is a very pretty heroine with an intriguing story. I’ve personally liked magicians since I was a child.
By Nayla Eliseche
Intermediate
Superheroes in movies: Storm
Storm, is a mutant of the movie X-men. Her real name is Ororo Munroe and she is a special human mutant. Her abilities are to control the weather, flight, energy perception, ecological empathy, invulnerable to the effects of the weather and extreme heat and cold, partially immune to sonic attacks, possesses latent natural magic abilities, she has the power to control the weather and fly at high speeds. Storm is a fictional Marvel Comic Super heroine. Best known as a prominent leader of the X-men, she is the reigning queen of the fictional nation of Waked, a title held by marriage to fellow Marvel Comics superhero Black Panther. She was created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, and first appeared in Giant-Size X-men (May 1975), becoming one of the black female superheroes.
In my opinion Storm was a fantastic superhero in the movies X-men.
By Julieta Marin
Intermediate.
Films related to music and bands.
When a band has been for fifteen or more years together it can make a film. Those films can last between two and a half hours or even more!
The bands know when they’re being filmed in order to make a movie. But in the case of Green Day, they didn’t know they were making a film so they acted naturally, which is better because they are like always, they show their real themselves. But in the band The Police for example they already knew they were gonna make a film so they probably didn’t act naturally.
These films ain’t only a concert, ain’t only music, these films are also an interview to the band members and other scenes that were before the band went to the show or when the band is walking in the street or even in their houses.
As I see it these films are really cool but I think it’d be better if the band that’s making the film doesn’t know that it’s actually performing it.
By Julia Rodríguez
Intermediate.
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