Heartstone Trailer (2016, Iceland) Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson . This is our SAFTAS winner

AT PREMIERS PLANS

So many things taking place and all good! We are having an amazing week but no time to update you. I will next week. The  week is being better than we could have imagined. We have had the chance to interview a lot of young european directors and others who are worldwide known as Costa-Gavras.

http://www.farodevigo.es/portada-o-morrazo/2017/01/27/alumnas-ies-as-barxas-entrevistan/1612394.html

Attending Premiers Plans in Angers

Dos alumnas del Instituto As Barxas formarán parte del jurado del Festival de Cine de Angers, en Francia

Viajan con dos profesoras dentro de un proyecto Erasmus con otros seis países

Redacción | Moaña 19.01.2017 | 03:07

Palmira Calvar, María González, Nerea Lareu e Isabel Cascante.

Las alumnas del Instituto As Barxas de Moaña Isabel Cascante y Nerea Lareu de Castro, con las profesoras Palmira Calvar y María González formarán parte de la 29 edición del Festival Internacional de Cine Premiers Plans de Angers, en Francia, como miembros del jurado y dentro de un proyecto Erasmus +Saftas (Students Academy of Film and Thetare Awards) con 10 alumnos de 6 países. Desde el sábado 21 y durante una semana, los 12 alumnos trabajarán juntos para elegir el mejor largometraje europeo a competición. Será la primera vez que alumnos formenparte del jurado, tendrán que debatir, preparar entrevistas con directores y equipos técnicos y editarlas.

El programa de asistencia a las películas incluye encuentros con directores como Bertrand Tavernier que presenta su trabajo "Las películas de mi vida", o Costa Gavras que el miércoles hablará de su película "Amén". Entre las películas, está la española "Tarde para la ira", de Raúl Arévalo.

Another reminder for 1º bach B

Remember you must prepare your oral presentation this next week. 2-3 minutes.
Think of someone you admire and who has done something challenging that may have changed history.
I can think of some examples:

Aung Sang Suu Kyi        Amelia Earhart             J.K Rowling                      Rosa Parks

Marie Curie                     Hedy Lamarr

 OK It can also be men...

FILM REVIEW

FOR THOSE WHO WENT TO THE CINEMA TODAY, LET ME REMIND YOU YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

WRITE A FILM REVIEW
AS THERE WERE MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS WITH ME (2º ESO TO 2º BACH) THERE ISN'T  A GOOD MODEL THAT SUITS EVERY LEVEL

For a basic writing you should answer questions like these:

1. What is the title of the film?
2. What genre is it? Can you compare/relate it to others?
3. What is it about?
4. Is it based on a book?
5. Where is the film set?
 6. When is the film set?
7. Who stars in the film?
 8. Who plays the main role(s)?
 9. Who is your favourite character in the film? (Why?)
10. What kind of person would like this film?

You can follow this pattern.

• To inform. The review needs to tell people who is in the film, who it is by and where or when readers can see it.
• To describe. The review should describe the story, characters and some of the action - without spoiling the plot or giving too much away!
• To analyse. A good review gives an opinion on whether the film is good or not and why.
• To advise. Finally, the review should tell the reader whether or not to go and see the film.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/creativewriting/movingimagesrev2.shtml

For a better review have a look at the following links

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/7-tips-for-writing-a-film-review/

And you can also read the reviews of the film in a post in my blog. You may find them a bit difficult to understand since they come from broadsheets (The Guardian, The Telegraph)

http://englishasbarxas.blogspot.com.es/2017/01/la-la-land.html

2 ESO PEMAR. Can you rap? I can see Nica doing something similar. What do you think?

PREMIERS PLANS. FILM FESTIVAL ANGERS

In less than a week we will be taking part in this festival. It is really exciting!
These are the films we will be watching.

Depth Two Ognjen Glavonić 80' Serbia

The Fury of a Patient Man Raul Arevalo 92' Spain

Godless Ralitza Petrova 99' Bulgaria, Denmark, France

Heartstone Guomundur Arnar Guomundsson 129' Iceland, Denmark

Marija Michael Koch 100' Germany, Swiss

On l'appelle Jeeg Robot Gabriele Mainetti 118' Italy

Park Sofia Exarchou 100' Greece, Poland

Pretenders Vamlo Toomla 102' Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

http://www.premiersplans.org/festival/selection_officielle-competition-LM.php

http://www.premiersplans.org/index.php

La La Land

La La Land is winner of seven Golden Globes, recipient of 11 Bafta nominations, and the expected winner of the 89th Academy Award for Best Picture 

The Erasmus + team is going to the cinema this week. This was our second option but you can watch it at  Multicines Norte in VOS

Remember this great section from The New York Times, anatomy of a scene, where the director talks about a scene in the movie.

https://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000004809513/la-la-land-anatomy-of-a-scene.html

Reviews from newspapers:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/la-la-land-review-ryan-gosling-emma-stone-will-leave-tear-eye/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/31/la-la-land-review-ryan-gosling-emma-stone

Daily routine

My students in 1 Eso are doing their oral presentations about daily routine.
Here you can watch a video where Ana  explains what se does everyday.
I hope you can get some inspiration and finish yours.

No good for you

If he is not good for you, just break up with him, a good new year's decision.
Another fantastic way to start the year is to improve your English. So here a simple and amusing  way to help you.

Learn songs by heart, imitate the pronunciation, sing!

http://es.lyricstraining.com/play/meghan-trainor/no-good-for-you-audio/H6w0ZDLVD6#b7w

Merry Christmas and a happy new year 2017!

A bit late for the good wishes for Christmas but early for the new year.  2017 will be full of good stories to  read, films to see and adventures to live. So get ready for a fantastic year!!!
My colleague Seso Durán wished us Merry Christmas with a great work he had done with our bilingual section 2 ESO a few years ago. That reminded me of something I had done with the same students the following year. The tittle and the beginning is an homage to Fran Capra's film : It's a wonderful life. By the way, that is a classic movie you should watch.
So if you are curious, have a look!
http://englishasbarxas.blogspot.com.es/2014/12/blog-post.html

Writing

For some of you  writing means a lot of effort and, as I saw today, people  can even  go blank in front of a piece of paper. Well,  let me tell you there is only one recipe to improve that: Write, write and keep writing. Start with easy tasks and write a few lines every day. I am leaving here for you a few links where you will find hundreds of prompts that can suit different levels and interests. I am also including them in the useful links list so it will be easy to find them whenever you need them.

http://www.dailyteachingtools.com/journal-writing-prompts.html

http://thinkwritten.com/365-creative-writing-prompts/

http://www.writersdigest.com/prompts

Ana's family

My first ESO  students have been practising descriptions. Here an example of Ana's oral presentation. She doesn't talk only about a member but the whole family!. 

Well done Ana!!! And she is already working on her next presentation about her daily routine. Excellent work! 

Graduation speech by Larissa Martínez

A brilliant Mexican student living in USA who has a full-ride scholarship (grants which  cover not only tuition, but also other basic costs, like room, board, books, travel, and supplies) to Yale. She is hoping to enter the pre-med program and ultimately become a neurosurgeon. She's also an undocumented immigrant.

If he can, you can

Show it to your mums, they will understand how useful using posts with new words is to learn new vocabulary! Aidan misses you and sends us this Polish commercial to show there is no age to learn a new language!

A Polish Christmas advert, which has been viewed more than two-and-a-half million times, about a grandfather learning English is melting hearts worldwide.

The advert, released by online auction website Allegro, starts with the elderly man receiving an "English For Beginners" audio set from the website.

He then sets about becoming fluent, by putting stickers on household objects and reciting phrases out loud.

The advert, shows the man reciting English during a series of amusing scenes - including saying "I love you" to a surprised woman sitting on the bus in front of him.

The advert culminates in the real reason the man decided to pick up a new language: meeting his granddaughter for the first time.

A Polish Christmas advert, which has been viewed more than two-and-a-half million times, about a grandfather learning English is melting hearts worldwide.

The advert, released by online auction website Allegro, starts with the elderly man receiving an "English For Beginners" audio set from the website.

He then sets about becoming fluent, by putting stickers on household objects and reciting phrases out loud.

The advert, shows the man reciting English during a series of amusing scenes - including saying "I love you" to a surprised woman sitting on the bus in front of him.

The advert culminates in the real reason the man decided to pick up a new language: meeting his granddaughter for the first time.

“Such is this ad: about a grandfather who overcomes obstacles to reunite with his loved ones living abroad. Many Polish people share the same experience. Nearly one million Poles have decided to leave the country in search for a job, mainly heading the United Kingdom. Despite the relatively close distance between the countries, family ties tend to weaken. Therefore, Christmas for many is a difficult time in which we yearn for more.

"But the story we are telling is all-purpose and can be easily understood by any other nation or community who can easily link the happy ending of a smile and tears of emotion to their daily human experience."

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