Victorian Britain

How Laughing Affects our Health (and why it's the best medicine)

International Women's Day is coming

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We should all be feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Words and Music: Celebrating the songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen

 

Amb el propòsit de celebrar tot allò que han aconseguit Bob Dylan i Leonard Cohen, de marcar l'efemèride del Premi Nobel i d’oferir un petit homenatge a Cohen quan s’acosta el primer aniversari de la seva mort, el Departament de Llengües i Literatures Modernes i d’Estudis Anglesos organitza una jornada acadèmica de caire popular per a alumnat de Batxillerat. És una activitat gratuïta que es farà al Paranimf de la Universitat de Barcelona. Cal fer la inscripció individualment. Més informació i la inscripció  AQUÍ

Data: 29 de setembre de 2017

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As I walked Out One Midsummer Morning...

               

A tale of two brothers

Ali and Ahmed are teenagers. They had to leave their home because of war. This video tells the story of their journey to Germany. They are just two of the thousands of refugees in the world today.

The Crevasse. Making of 3D Street Art

In 2008  The Festival of World Culture took place in Dun Laoghairein. Edgar Müller continued his series of large-sized 3D Street Art there. He transformed a huge slice of the East Pier into a dramatic ice age scene. http://www.metanamorph.com

 

The Passive Voice with scenes of popular TV series

Stephen Hawking, Physicist. A Biography

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The International Space Station

The Renaissance

The Renaissance by artist Jeffrey Lewis. Click on the image to watch the video.

A description of a place

My Favourite Place to Go 

Do you have a favourite place to go—a place with family, good weather, and fun things to do like crabbing? I’m glad I do. New Jersey is my favourite place for many reasons.

The first reason is my family. Over half of my family lives in New Jersey. When I visit, my cousins and I laugh and play all day and night. My uncles and aunts take me to the boardwalk where we ride roller coasters. We devour juicy caramel-covered apples and foot-long hot dogs. My family is fun to be with. 

The second reason for New Jersey being my favorite place is the weather. Instead of being hot and sweaty, it’s always cool and moist. When I think about my visits, I can just feel the crisp fall breeze in my hair. I can just see the white, fluffy winter snow. I can just hear the soft spring trickles of rain splashing on the sidewalks. I can just feel the warm summer sun on my face. The weather is great!

The third reason for New Jersey being my favorite place is crabbing. If it’s crab season, we crab. We keep the blue crabs and the snow crabs, and we let the others go. Sometimes we catch crabs on hooks, and sometimes we lower crab cages into the bay. Then we pull them out later. One time my brother caught a crab so big that it got stuck in the crab cage! The crab finally got out, but it hurt one of its legs and broke the cage trying. Poor crab!

For all these reasons, New Jersey is my favorite place to go. If you don’t have a favorite place, I think you should search for one. It’s good to visit a favorite place—a place where you can make special memories. By the way, if you crab at your special place, be sure to get a big crab cage.

This model is based on an essay submitted by fourth-grader Mia. She uses some vivid verbs and sensory details—“devour juicy caramel-covered apples,” “crisp fall breeze,” “soft spring trickles of rain splashing the sidewalks,” “warm summer sun”—to help the reader experience her favorite place. - See more at: https://k12.thoughtfullearning.com/studentmodels/my-favorite-place-go#sthash.gKfPcoZO.dpuf

We Want Peace - Emmanuel Jal

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New Year's Resolutions

If you made new year resolutions you are following in a tradition that dates back to medieval times. Dr Catherine Rider has researched the subject for her book Magic and Religion in Medieval England. In Medieval Times New Year resolutions were used to predict future. Click on the image below, listen to the audio and do the comprehension exercise.

                            

Christmas Crackers

According to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a cracker is ' a tube of coloured paper that makes a loud explosive sound when it is pulled open by two people. Crackers usually contain a paper hat, a small present and a joke, and are used in Britain at Christmas parties and meals.'

Crackers FAQ's

Dear Basketball, by Kobe Bryant

Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, arguably the best player of his generation, announced on Sunday (29 November) he will retire after the 2015-16 National Basketball Association season. 

Dear Basketball letter.

Toni Morrison's Beloved

                              

Few intellectuals have waged a public battle against white supremacy and patriarchy like Toni Morrison. Morrison has both examined and challenged systems of domination throughout her intellectual life. With her novels, essays, and interviews she has taken critical looks at the interlocking systems of race and gender oppression. In this interview she is asked by PBS's Charlie Rose what it is like for her to encounter racism. 

                               

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