Category Archives: Lang & Lit Tutorials 2019

Crazy idioms by Vicky, Lola and Margui (Senior 5)

Posted on 22/10/2019 by Pat

After working on idiomatic expressions, the students got together in groups and prepared posters with new idioms. Good work girls!!  

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Art and Literature

Posted on 02/10/2019 by Pat

Let’s watch some videos https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-art-can-help-you-analyze-amy-e-herman https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-art-gives-shape-to-cultural-change-thelma-golden https://ed.ted.com/lessons/jane-hirshfield-the-art-of-the-metaphor Now, choose a painting that you like and work on: the artista and the art movement where the painting is (museum, important building, etc) what the painting transmits imagine the story behind the … Continue reading →

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If (by Rudyard Kipling)

Posted on 25/09/2019 by Pat

If— BY RUDYARD KIPLING Listen to the poem If this poem was written today, what would you think of the author? Would he be famous and admired? Why/Why not?  

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The Danger of a Single Story

Posted on 06/08/2019 by Pat

Take notes of her main ideas, for example: Let´s work on this chat!! 1. Why did the first stories Chimamanda Adichie wrote include children eating apples & playing in the snow? A She thought apples must be much better than … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Zephaniah´s poetry

Posted on 03/07/2019 by Pat

Who is Benjamin Zephaniah? Poet, novelist and playwright Benjamin Zephaniah was born on 15 April 1958. He grew up in Jamaica and the Handsworth district of Birmingham, England, leaving school at 14. He moved to London in 1979 and published … Continue reading →

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My Greatest ambition

Posted on 11/06/2019 by Pat

Last class we read “My Greatest Ambition” and we focused on Rite of Passage. Let’s analyse the story. Think and write notes about the following: -Explain the title -Setting -Point of view -Mood -Characterization -Themes -Conflicts (Person vs Self/Person vs … Continue reading →

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James Joyce

Posted on 10/04/2019 by Pat

James Joyce In our tutorial classes (today in the following weeks) we are going to work on “Eveline” by james Joyce and later see a movie “Brooklyn”.    We are going to compare the story and the movie based on … Continue reading →

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For Heidi with Blue Hair

Posted on 27/03/2019 by Pat

For heidi-with-blue-hair from Pato_Ch Let´s discuss this poem together!! There are lots of things to talk about! For Heidi with Blue Hair When you dyed your hair blue (or, at least ultramarine for the clipped sides, with a crest of jet-black spikes on top) you were sent home from school because, … Continue reading →

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