FAVOURITE WRITERS

  • ANA FRANK'S DIARY: Read this extraordinary book written by a young girl. You will be more tolerant!!!
  • HARUKI MURAKAMI: This Japanese writer has a very modern view of relationships.
  • HENNING MANKELL: Read his novels about Policeman Kurt Wallander. Besides, his social novels are excellent!
  • IAN MC. EWAN: I suggest you reading Saturday.
  • ISABEL ALLENDE. She is quite good when she writes about her own life
  • JONATHAN FRANZEN: Read his novel, Freedom. It's a long story about a Northamerican upper-class family.
  • JOSE SARAMAGO: Any novel by this Portuguese superb writer will make you think!
  • ORHAN PAMUK: A very interesting Turkish writer whose novels are always really worth reading
  • PAOLO GIORDANO: A young Italian writer who has written an impressive first novel entitled La solitudine dei numeri primi
  • PAUL AUSTER: Most of his novels are interesting. Read, for instance, Oracle Night or The book of illusions

18/12/2013

Christmas carol

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth: Lyrics Every body Pauses and stares at me These two teeth are gone as you can see I don't know just who to blame for this catastrophe! But my one wish on Christmas Eve is as plain as it can be! All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth, see my two front teeth! Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth, then I could wish you "Merry Christmas." It seems so long since I could say, "Sister Susie sitting on a thistle!" Gosh oh gee, how happy I'd be, if I could only whistle (thhhh, thhhh)

Christmas quote

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale

Christmas joke

Question and Answer Christmas Jokes Q: What do elves learn in school? Christmas Present A: The Elf-abet! Q: What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? A: Frostbite.

08/12/2013

December's joke

Where do you find a dog with no legs? Where you left it.

December's idiom

A bed of roses Example: Life is not a bed of roses.

December's quote

I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on. ADELE

December's poem

Fire and Ice By Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.

19/11/2013

November's poem. My daughter, my friend by Kristina Cyronek

I see the pain in your eyes and feeling like you do I wish I could take it all away and skip these years for you Being a teen is so very hard, it really isn't fair To go through all of this and still feel like no one is there You don't have to tell me how you feel, I see it every day Like nothing you ever do is good enough, or you're just in the way If you could see through my eyes, how confident and true You becoming a young woman, but still somewhat a youth I can't make this feeling go away, I can't fix all of your tears But I can tell you that I know, the feelings and the fears. If you ask me how I know, all that you are going through I will answer simply I know this all because... I have been there too.

November's joke

COINS A guy says to his friend, "Guess how many coins I have in my pocket." The friend says, "If I guess right, will you give me one of them?" The first guy says, "If you guess right, I'll give you both of them."

November's quote

I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears. Adele

29/10/2013

11/10/2013

October's poem

Descending Trousers © Diana Laura Oh, dear, Oh, my gosh, I hope that no one saw, I wish that I could laugh, But maybe someone saw, Maybe I should hide, But, ah, whatever, I'll just pull my trousers up.

October's quote

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” ― Elbert Hubbard

October's joke

In the classroom A teacher said, "Mary, I'd like you to give me a sentence beginning with 'I', please." Mary thought for a few seconds and then said, "I is..." The teacher interrupted her and said, "No Mary, you cannot begin a sentence with 'I is' - you must use 'I am'." Mary looked upset and said, "But Miss..." The teacher shouted, "Give me a sentence beginning with 'I am', please." Mary shrugged her shoulders and said, "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."

20/09/2013

September's song

Translate this song: ABC The Jackson Five A buh-buh buh buh-buh A buh-buh buh buh-buh You went to school to learn, girl Things you never, never knew before Like I before E except after C And why two plus two makes four Now now now, I'm gonna teach you Teach you, teach you All about love, dear All about love Sit yourself down, take a seat All you gotta do is repeat after me. ABC Easy as one, two, three Or simple as Do re mi ABC, one, two, three, baby, you and me girl! ABC Easy as one, two, three Or simple as Do re mi ABC, one, two, three, baby, you and me! Come on, let me love you just a little bit! Come on, let me love you just a little bit! I'm a going to teach how to sing it out! Michael: Come on, come on, come on Let me show you what it's all about! Reading, writing and arithmetic Are the branches of the learning tree But without the roots of love every day, girl Your education ain't complete T-T-T-Teacher's gonna show you Show you, show you How to get an A! Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah! Spell "me" "you" Add the two! Listen to me baby, that's all you gotta do! ABC Easy as one, two, three Or simple as Do re mi ABC, one, two, three, baby, you and me girl! ABC Easy as one, two, three Or simple as Do re mi ABC, one, two, three, baby, you and me! Sit down, girl! I think I love you! No! Get up, girl! Show me what you can do! Shake it, shake it, baby, come on now! Shake it, shake it, baby, ooo oooh! Shake it shake it, baby, huh! one, two, three, baby, oo ooo! ABC, baby, nah nah! Do re mi, baby, huh! That's how easy love can be.

September's joke

A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't, I've cut your arms off".

18/09/2013

September's quote

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama

03/05/2013

May's joke for fourth formers

Write this joke in reported speech: The doctor to the patient: 'You are very sick' The patient to the doctor: 'Can I get a second opinion?' The doctor again: 'Yes, you are very ugly too...'

May's quote

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde

09/04/2013

April's joke

Man: I want to share everything with you. Woman: Let's start from your bank account.

April's quote for ESO

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” ― Linda Grayson

April's quote for Bachillerato

“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet *There are some old English words. Which ones are they?Can you translate the quote?

03/03/2013

March's song

Have a look at the following song -Right here waiting for you- and send me your translation of the lyrics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIjVwEduD68

March's joke

Teacher: How can we get some clean water? Student: Bring the water from the river and wash it.

March's quote

“Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.” ― Yogi Berra,baseball player.

05/02/2013

February's poem

A QUESTION BY ROBERT FROST A voice said, Look me in the stars And tell me truly, men of earth, If all the soul-and-body scars Were not too much to pay for birth

February's joke

Little Johnny: Teacher, can I go to the bathroom? Teacher: Little Johnny, MAY I go to the bathroom? Little Johnny: But I asked first!

February's quote

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons

14/01/2013

January's song (2013)

Go to this link in you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX_xz5RYkXo and translate the song CRY by James Blunt into Spanish

January's quote (2013)

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” ― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

January's joke. (2013)

Penguin A man was walking along Hietzinger Hauptstrasse near Parkhotel Schönbrunn when he found a penguin walking along the road. So he picked it up and took it to the local police station. He said to the policeman "I found this penguin on Hietzinger Hauptstrasse, near Parkhotel Schönbrunn. What should I do with it?" The policeman looked at the man and said "It's obvious what you should do with it! Take the penguin to Schönbrunn Zoo. The man said "Of course, I'll take it to the zoo" and he left the police station with the penguin under his arm. The next day the policeman was on duty in the city centre when he saw the man walking along the street with the penguin by his side. The policeman stopped the man and said "I thought I told you to take the penguin to the zoo?" The man replied "Yes, I took it to the zoo yesterday. Today I'm taking it to see the Opera House."