LET ' S READ !!!

JOSEPH CONRAD

Do you want to read...?

   - Heart of Darkness
   - The Secret Agent
   - Lord Jim
   - The nigger of the Narcissus


Link here and choose one of them

SIMILES AND FEELINGS

Lesson in brief: Students will explore anger using similes.        

      Introduction: Explain that this activity will foster creative thinking by asking students to make connections between things they don’t usually think of as connected. Review or explain the meaning of simile: a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared.

1. Ask the students to name the following:
three machines or appliances (e.g., television, car, computer)
two things found in nature (e.g., birds, rock)
one activity people like to do that ends in ing (e.g., swimming)
2. Record their responses on chart paper.
3. Beginning with the first machine, ask “Anger is like a _____________ because ______________.”
4. After receiving several responses from students for the first machine, go on to the second, and so on.

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RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS

 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

      You can see an interesting video, here

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

And what happens when you breathe?

 See this one, here

TEACHERS: OUR HOLIDAYS ARE NEARLY FINISHED

      Now is our time: back to school in early September!!!

      And remember...

      "A teacher teaches us a lesson first, then takes the test.

      Life takes the test first, then teaches us a lesson."

WORLD YOUTH DAY MADRID 2011

      "PLANTED AND BUILT UP IN JESUS CHRIST, FIRM IN THE FAITH" Saint Paul

     We'll be waiting for you: 16-21 August

      See these Dreams

      Anyway, visit Official Web

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

                31 MAY

      Tobacco is the single largest cause of avoidable death; it accounts for over half a million deaths each year in the EU.

      It is estimated that 25% of all cancer deaths and 15% of all deaths in the Union could be attributed to smoking.

      Read more, here

INTERNET DAY (17, MAY 2011)

Communicators

      There are two requisites for Internet Day communicators: applicants must, firstly, be a means of communication (TV, Radio, Written or electronic Press), and must secondly undertake some form of communication which helps publicise Internet Day.

      Write in your suggestion to us, and your logo will appear on the official web site. The level of commitment and actions to be taken are decided by each kind of media.

      And what's more...

      We want to promote this debate in all sectors of society on the occasion of World Internet Day, celebrated on 17 May. The Rights derive from the coalition’s emerging "Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet" (#IRP) and the United Nations Universal Declaration and the discussion moved to the Wall and social networks that are the citizens who transmit to us their thoughts and proposals.

      Click here

30 BENEFITS OF E-BOOKS

About, e-Books...

      "30 Benefits of e-Books" by Michael Pastore.

Do you agree with him?

Please, link here:

http://epublishersweekly.blogspot.com/2008/02/30-benefits-of-ebooks.html

SEVILLE, OUR CITY

HOLY WEEK IN SEVILLE

          "A quién le agradeceré                     

      haber nacido en Sevilla

      en la ciudad de los sueños,
     en el lugar donde brillan el sol,

     la luna y el cielo"  
                 

           "Who will appreciate

    being born in Seville

    in the city of dreams
    in the place where the sun,
    the moon and the sky shine"

                            

     Seville perfume:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTomLZ8RpfY&feature=player_embedded#at=12

LAUGHTER IS HEALTHY

     

      Why don't you do this with your bank bills?

      Maybe you can laugh for a while...


      Enjoy this link...

http://www.youtube.com/embed/RP4abiHdQpc

HAPPY EASTER 2011

EASTER TRADITIONS, EASTER DAYS...

Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter Day. It is to commemorate Jesus's last journey to Jerusalem, when people cut palm branches to spread on his path as he rode to the city. Many other traditions are associated with Palm Sunday. In some parts of England it used to be called Fig Sunday because people ate fig pies or puddings on that day. In Wales it is called Sul y Blodau, Flowering Sunday.

Holy Thursday

Holy Thursday also referred to as Maundy Thursday. In Europe the Christian monarchs used to wash the feet of poor people on the Thursday before Easter in memory of Jesus's Act.

Good Friday

Good Friday is the commemoration of the Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus. In some countries the bells are tolled while in other countries they are silenced until Sunday. A custom also is the eating of Hot Cross Buns. Many superstitions go with hot cross buns such as they are a charm against evil and to keep indefinitely.

                                           To learn more, click here:

                                               http://www.easterbunnys.net/easterdays.htm

                                               http://www.easterbunnys.net/traditions.htm

A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK

     

A Cricket on the hearth has been a sign of household luck for thousands of years.This belief could stem from prehistoric times, when a Cricket's chirping provided a kind of companionship.

      In China and other Asian countries, the cricket served as a watchdog: at any sign of danger, the chirping will stop. In the Far East as well as across Europe, it is considered very bad luck to kill a cricket, even by accident.

      Almost every Native American tribe believed the Cricket, a bringer of luck, and they thought that imitating it's chirp was disrespectful.

      Images of Crickets appear on charms and amulets, particularly those intended to ward off the evil eye, in ancient cultures of the Middle East and Europe

ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS TODAY

      St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years.

      On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

Enjoy these links:

http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/32-holidaysseasons/129-saint-patricks-day.html

http://www.english-zone.com/holidays/menu-stpat.html

http://www.arthur.k12.il.us/arthurgs/stpthunt.htm

THE CRIPPLED JAPANESE NUCLEAR REACTORS

     

       The unfortunate events in Japan since last Friday have not finished yet. How Shifting Plates caused the Earthquake and Tsunami...

      After the tsunami, what about the nuclear danger?

      Follow these links:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/12/world/asia/the-explosion-at-the-japanese-reactor.html

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CONDITIONS OF THE PEACE AND COOPERATION SCHOOL AWARD 2011



“Peace and Reconciliation -  A celebration of Friendship”

Categories:

1. Drawing. Up to 6 years old

What do you understand by reconciliation? Highlight the values of friendship and affection in your family and at your school.

2. Poster & Slogan. 7 to 12 years old.

The process of reconciliation is focused on the promotion of communication and the engagement between cultures, races, religions, political orientations, ideologies.... How can we achieve a mutual understanding despite our different points of view?

3. Mural. 13 to 15 years old.

The United Nations plays a major role in the prevention of conflict and in the reestablishment of peace and reconciliation. There is not a single model of reconciliation and that is why we would like you to give us ideas and ask you to paint about acts related to reconciliation and the promotion of friendship.

4. Photography. 16 to 18 years old.

As we all know, we learn by imitation, and that is why we ask you to send us pictures of situations or examples from everyday life which show acts of reconciliation and friendship. Be an example for everyone!

5. Teachers

Teachers take an important part in the development of social skills of students. The process of reconciliation can only be sustainable if it is inclusive and guarantees that all social stakeholders form an equal part of it.

The values of equality and equity have to be omnipresent within the action of education.

We suggest organizing a “Celebration of Friendship” where students reconcile with each other and learn to live together despite their differences.

The teachers will be in charge of organizing this symbolic event and are asked to send pictures and videos of the celebration.

Languages:Projects can be submitted in any of the six official languages of the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Russian and Spanish)

Deadline: Projects should be sent before July 1st 2011 to the office of the Peace and Cooperation Foundation in Madrid (PREFERABLY by regular mail, but projects sent by e-mail will also be accepted).

THYSSEN BORNEMISZA MUSEUM

A SINGULAR MUSEUM

TAKE YOUR TIME...

      No need to go to Madrid to see this museum.

                                         Select the language you want and enjoy painting.

Link below:

http://www.museothyssen.org/app/visita_virtual_Coleccion/visita_virtual_es_planta_1.html

HOW TO BE HAPPY

    

    SOME INTERESTING TIPS TO BE HAPPY.





Click on the link below:

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YAzAu3Ut6c&feature=related

INDIGO

The Exploiting Web 2.0 began with very good video to go on. I hope we can all learn a lot. Do we go crazy? No, but almost. I wish you a good and profitable course.