The Chicago exchange

Ten students of the Nicholas Senn high school, our twinned school in Chicago, have been in Madrid for an exciting fortnight. They have departed for Chicago today but they have left behind a good bunch of great memories, it´s been a really fantastic experience having them around. Here you are some pics:

With Rosa working on a  group rendering of Picasso´s Guernica

Josoe (aka Chino) and Alin working on their drawings

Juan Carlos and Marta, chaperone teachers of the American students

Putting all the pieces together

And now at the Reina Sofía Museum with their partners to see "the real McCoy"

In San Juan de los Reyes (Toledo) with Adolfo and their partners

Another pic in Toledo

In the Jesuit church

Michael showing off his basketball abilities in the Forus sportscentre (Coslada)

In Music class with Paloma

Our language assistants also were with them: here Jade and Oliver

The Manzanares castle

Ismael helping at a difficult pass on the "Camino Schmid"

In the "Collado Ventoso" with 4º Diversificación students. Notice Ayo´s stick

Today at the airport with their partners...

More pics soon.

The Frankenstein Project (3ºA, D)

So, these are the guidelines for the project of this term: a film based on Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley:
-This is a group activity. You are free to organize your team as you like.
-Unlike with Much Ado About Nothing, where you were free to deconstruct Shakespeare (and OMG, you did it with all your heart and soul), you must now stick to the original plot and characters, without changing any features.
-You must choose a chapter (or several) to work with. In order to choose it, go to a summary of the novel chapter by chapter (you can use the one here). Once you have chosen your chapter/s, look for it/them here and read it/them carefully.
-Now you must organize the task each member of the team must do. These are the tasks to be covered:
1. Director: is primarily responsible for the storytelling, creative decisions and acting of the film.
2. Scriptwriter: the one/s in charge of writing the script for the actors to learn. 
3. Storyboard artist. S/he must elaborate the storyboard, that is, the story in "comic" format that will be used as a model for the shooting of the scenes. You can do it online if you like (try here).
4. Production designer: creates the visual conception of the film and is in charge of the sets, locations, costumes, special effects and make up (this role is critical in this film).
5.  Director of photography:  S/he records the film and supervises photography.
6. Sound designer/Composer: chooses (or, why not, creates) the appropriate music and sound effects for the scenes. Ask Paloma for advice...
7. Actors, obviously.


-Each team member must assume several tasks. Teams should range between 3 and 6 members.

-Deadlines: Give me your teams and the tasks carried out by each member by April 24. Deadline for the project: May 20. That day you must present the following items:
1.The storyboard
2.The script
3.The film itself (in a common format, please). We´ll watch them all in class.

-Evaluation: 2 points. For the mark I´ll take into account all the tasks mentioned above.

As a warm-up, try watching the trailer of the version by Kenneth Brannagh. Btw, does the protagonist ring a bell with you?

Why not starting now....?

The first English novels

As you should know by now, here you are film adaptations of probably the most famous first examples of English novels:

Time capsule

In teams, you have to think of 3 things which in your opinion best represent teenagers in Spain in 2015. The objects must not be bigger than a book and will include explanations of what they are used for with the passive voice (It´s used to, it was invented....). The idea is to put the most representative objects into a time capsule to be buried and eventually opened in 2099 so that the people living then can have an idea about what we were like. Ready?

Performance plan 3ºA, 3ºD

3ºA

WEDNESDAY

 -DANIEL, JAVIER, ADRIÁN M.:    ACT 2, SC 2

-BEA, GEMA NOELIA, MARIELENA: ACT 3, SC 1

THURSDAY

-AROA, LUCIA, NOELIA O.,LAURA, MARÍA: ACT 3, SC 2

-ANGELA C.,IRENE A., IRENE T.,ELISABET:  ACT 3, SC 4

-STEFAN, ADRIAN G., RUBÉN, JORGE : ACT 3, SC 5

3ºD

WEDNESDAY

-ANDREA, ANGELES, LAURA, RAZVAN: ACT 1, SC 1

-ANGELA, MARIA M., VERONICA, SLIVIA  DE LA T., MARÍA G. ACT 2, SC 1

-RAQUEL, DIANA: ACT 2, SC 2

THURSDAY

-LUCAS, AITOR, RAUL, JAVIER: ACT 3, SC2

-INÉS, AGUEDA, SARA, NOELIA: ACT 4, SC 1

7^TH HOUR THURSDAY (ASSEMBLY HALL)

-CARLOS, ALEJANDRO, SELMA, SILVIA M., IRENE F: ACT 5, SC 4 (3ºD)

 -ANDRES, ISMAEL, GONZALO, ALEJANDRO, NACHO : ACT 2, SC 3 (3ºA)

Nicholas Senn High School

The Nicholas Senn High School is our twinned school in Chicago. As you probably know, ten students from there are going to pay us a visit from April 7 to 18 and are going to be hosted by families of LGB students. We are really looking forward to meeting them.  We´ll keep you informed about the activities we carry out together! Learn more about the school here:

-Nicholas Senn High School website.
-The Senn in Wikipedia.

You did it again...

Like last year, ten of our students of 3º ESO have passed to the final round of Global Classrooms (in the pictures they are at the Asamblea de Madrid during the Opening Ceremony). You have been an uplifting example of engagement, hard work and deliverance. Together with the rest of the students in 3º, who have supported this project so enthusiastically, you have made this thrilling experience possible. Thank you all.

Much Ado About Nothing performances (3ºA)

Hero and Claudio. They make such a lovely couple...

This is the list of teams and scenes you have picked up. Remember you can´t choose the same scenes, so HURRY UP if you haven´t made up your mind yet! Don´t forget I have the last word in the team distribution. The performances will be held on March 11 or 12.

Team 1: Aroa, Lucía, Noelia O.,Laura, María: ACT 3, SCENE 2 
Team 2:  Andrés, Ismael, Gonzalo, Alejandro: ACT 1, SCENE 3 (you´ll have to introduce another character in the scene. Anyway don´t change the plot!)
Team 3: Bea, Gema Noelia, Marielena: ACT 3, SCENE 1
Team 4: Ángela C., Irene A., Irene T.,Elisabet: ACT 3, SCENE 4
Team 5: Stefan, Adrián G., Rubén, Jorge: ACT 3, SCENE 5
Team 6: Daniel, Javier, Adrián M.: ACT 2, SCENE 2

Much Ado About Nothing performances (3ºD)

Beatrice, Benedick and their  war of  wits...

This is the list of teams and scenes you have picked up. Remember you can´t choose the same scenes, so HURRY UP if you haven´t made up your mind yet! Don´t forget I have the last word in the team distribution. The performances will be held on March 11 or 12.

Team 1: Andrea, MªÁngeles, Laura, Razvan: ACT 1, SCENE 1,
Team 2: Ángela, María M., Verónica, Silvia de la T., María G.: ACT 2, SCENE 1
Team 3: Raquel, Diana: ACT 2, SCENE 2
Team 4: Carlos, Alejandro, Selma, Silvia M., Irene: ACT 5, SCENE 4
Team 5: Lucas, Raúl, Aitor, Javier: ACT 3, SCENE 2
Team 6: Inés, Águeda, Sara, Noelia: ACT 2, SCENE 1

Shakespeare webquest (3ºA,D)

You must have it ready by February 25. Why not starting now?

A. In  "60 seconds Shakespeare" (with summaries of William Shakespeare´s plays in tabloid format), you will find the answers to these questions:
-How did Macbeth discover he would be king?
-Why did Macbeth kill Banquo, his best friend?
-Which trick did Iago use to make Othello believe his wife was unfaithful to him?
-How did Hamlet find out his father, King Hamlet, had been killed by his brother Claudius?
-How did Ophelia die?
-How did Leonato punish Claudio for rejecting his daughter at their wedding?
-In which play does Touchstone appear? What is his job at the king´s court?
-How could Antonio avoid having to pay Shylock a pound of flesh?
-Why did Portia help Antonio?
-Explain what is happening and the characters involved in this scene of the 2004 film version of The Merchant of Venice:

-Now, which plays are these quotes from?

1."Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps."

2. "Out, damned spot! out, I say!
Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?"

3. "All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts". 

4. "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?".

5."O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on." 

6."To be or not to be, that is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?"

B. Questions on The Tempest (find the answers here).
1.Why was Prospero in a haunted island? Was he alone?
2.Who were Prospero´s servants?
3. Prospero must have thought that "revenge is a dish best served cold". Why?
4. Say two ways Prospero used his magic to make fun of Antonio and Alonso.
5. What is the final message of this play in your opinion? 
6. Now watch this trailer of the 2010 film version of the play. What´s the main difference with the original play?

  C. Questions on Romeo and Juliet (answers here).
1. Why is Romeo banished from Verona? 
2.  Who marries Romeo and Juliet?
3.  How does Juliet avoid her wedding to Paris?
4.  How does Juliet die?
5. In which act and scene is the duel between Tybalt and Mercutio narrated? 

6. In this trailer of Baz Luhrmann´s version of the play, how is the Prologue presented?

 

Still more William Blake videopoems!

Don´t miss them!
-"Night", by Alejandro and Carlos (3ºD).
-"The Tyger" by Laura and María G. (3ºA).
-"The Tyger" again, now according to Águeda and Sara (3ºD):

-"Infant Joy", 
-"Infant Sorrow",
-"My pretty rose tree", the three of them by Irene F., Silvia and Selma (3ºD).
-"Chimney Sweeper" by Irene A.(3ºA)

-"The Lamb" by Ángela C. (3ºA):

-"Cradle Song" by Aroa and Noelia (3ºA):

-"The Angel" by Gema Noelia (3ºA):

Fantastic work!!

More videopoems

More videoclips based on William Blake´s poems, here you are:


The Chimney Sweeper, by Ismael and Andrés (3ºA).
A Cradle Song, by Javier, Daniel and Adrián M. (3ºA).
A Dream, by Lucía and Alejandro (3ºA):

Great work!

William Blake´s "Infant Joy" and "Infant Sorrow"

Have a look at the videos Irene T.(3ºA) has made based on Blake´s poems. Impressive work Irene!!

Infant Joy
Infant Sorrow

The Globe Theatre

Click on this link to watch a video about Shakespeare´s Globe Theatre.

William Blake´s "The Schoolboy"