Halloween is nearly here!

Listen to the poem Halloween is Nearly Here by Kenn Nesbitt (click here) and answer this question: What costume will the protagonist in the poem be dressing this Halloween?

Now go to Kenn Nesbitt´s website and answer these questions about him:
1.When and where was he born?
2. When did he start writing poetry for children?
3. Nesbitt´s first poem was Scrawny Tawny Skinner, about a girl who didn´t want to eat. Read it and explain what happens to her in the end.
4. When did he decide to take up poetry in a more serious way?
5. What is the name of the book he published in 2000?

Now go to the FAQ section about the author and answer these questions:
6. What was his job before becoming a full-time poet?
7. What are his hobbies?
8. Does he have any children?

The Fox (and Ylvis)

So many fables with so many animals... Talking about animals as characters in stories, do you know this song by Norwegian group Ylvis about a very mysterious fox?

Aesop´s The Dove and the Ant (E2C)

Still another fable by Aesop:

Think of a moral for it.

The story with the mysterious objects (E1B)

The Canival Day

"It was 12 o´clock of a winter day in Edinburgh, and Albert started high school. His father had left home already to his work at the university. He was thristy and went to the university café and he bought a cup of coffee. The father sent a whatsApp message with a smile emoticon, but the mother couldn´t receive it because she was cleaning the dishes with a scourer. That afternoon Albert put on his clown nose and dressed up like a clown and went to carnival. The father went to pick up Albert from Carnival and they went to dinner to a Burger King. When they were eating a hamburger the mother surprised them dressed up like a cup of coffee". (Álvaro C., Álvaro G., Paula H., Andrea, David. E1B)

Kipling´s "How the Whale Got His Throat"

Watch the pourquoi story by Rudyard Kipling here:

Whale baleen:

A grating (like the one made by the mariner in the story):

Your pourquoi stories (E2C)

How the fox became orange (by Javier and Daniel)
"This is a story of a red fox called Anastasio that had an enormous orange orchard. the oranges were so beautiful that they reflected the sunlight.
One day the sun got fed up with the fox and his oranges, so he decided to shine more brightly so that the oranges released their colour. So then he decided to do it and the orange colour went to the fox.
The fox was so proud of being orange that all the foxes in the forest wanted to be as trendy as him, so they started to paint themselves.
                                                 ...And that´s how the fox became orange"

How the deer got his white tail (by Adelina and Inés)
"Once upon a time many years ago, when people washed their clothes by hand, there was a deer which was very active. he fell onto a puddle of mud and he wanted to clean himself and the best idea he had was to enter a fountain where people washed their clothes. Since the water had bleach and he entered the fountain backwards his tail beacme white. As he saw he was becoming white he decided to wait until it rained to clean the rest of the body.

                                                   ......And that´s how the deer got his white tail".

 
Why doves are white (by Nacho and Sofía G.)
"A long time ago some doves were black and others were brown. Nowadays the doves you can see in the street are white.
A painter was painting a building white. But when a dove flew over the painter, the painter moved the bucket and the paint fell down onto the dove. From that moment all doves wanted to be white so they jumped into buckets of white paint.
                                                     .......So that´s the reason why doves are white".

Why the beaver has long teeth (by Ismael and Razvan)
"A beaver ate the food of all the animals and the animals were fed up with him.
A bear wanted to remove the teeth of the beaver so that the beaver couldn´t eat his food. The beer pulled out the teeth of the beaver but he couldn´t do it beacuse the teeth of the beaver were very strong. Anyway as he pulled very strongly, his teeth became very long.
                                                        .....And that´s why the beaver has long teeth". 

How the cat got his rough tongue (by María and Sara)
"Many years ago there was a cat who loved honey. he was always looking for more and more.
One day he saw a bee-hive with a lot inside. There were drops of honey inside. There were drops of honey on the floor. So the cat went to eat it and when he finished he wanted more, so he climbed to the top of the tree where the bee-hive was. He started to hit it. The bees flew out and the cat started to run. Finally the caught him and bit him in the tongue.
                                                         ....And that is how the cat got its rough tongue".