IF...

ABOUT ORGAN DONATION

MY WILL

When my hour comes, do not attempt to introduce artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. Instead, give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the eyes of a woman. Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused  nothing but endless days of pain. Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week. Take my blood, my bones, every muscle and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.    

    Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that, someday, a speechless boy will be able to shout as his team scores a goal and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window.

     Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.

     If you really want to bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses, and all prejudice against my fellow man.

     Give my sins to the Devil. Give my soul to God.

     If you shoud wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.

                                                         

(from “To Remember Me”, Robert N.Test)

After reading the WONDERFUL text "My will" adapted from Robert test´s, the students were supposed to write a paragraph about their thinkings... here it goes:

 I totally agree with organ donation. It is a way to save a life for somebody who really needs it. This shows kindness to our fellow man. For example, a man who has a family and kids to care, needs some kind of transplantation, if you donate you will saving not just him but all the family who needs him. When I die, I do not mind that my organs to be donated.         Wendel Ricardo  

Six Deaths and a Secret

These traillers are part of the project "Luz, Câmera...action" made in  2010  by a group of students from High School and they were  based in Shakespeare. Needless to say I loved them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOJnZ6HjygM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0gLmmheRhU

GET THINGS DONE

http://pt.englishcentral.com/video/19455/get-things-done

NEW VIDEO FROM PLAYING FOR CHANGE

I love this project " Playing for change" as I believe in it...Grandpa Elliot and the clidren´s choir is something good to watch at any place and any time...

BUSY

I have been too busy to write or post anything...I´m finishing a course at Unesp/Redefor, correcting more than 500 tests and closing the results, reparing things at home and arranging everything to stop coordination next year. I have lots of students´works to post but I´m afraid it will take a little bit more time to do it.

PORTFOLIO BLUES 2012

I´LL POST HERE SOME LINKS OF THE BLOGS  AND PICTURES OF THE PROJECT "Blacks, Whites and the Blues" MADE BY THE STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
 I´M VERY PROUD OF THEIR RESEARCH, THEIR PORTFOLIOS AND THEIR BLOGS AND HAPPY BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUDENTS TOLD ME THEY LOVED DOING THE WORK.

http://rhythmoftheblues.blogspot.com.br/  ( 1D)

http://thegodsmadetheblues.tumblr.com/  (1D)

http://issuu.com/portfolioblues/docs/blackswhitesandtheblues2012jjllmmnn

American Literature THE COLONIAL PERIOD

After reading Chief Seattle´s letter about selling their lands to the President of the U.S at http://www.barefootsworld.net/seattle.html, and the song I have killed the deer about the Taos Pueblo Indian, the students have done an exercise at our group on Facebook using the semantic field and the ideas contained in both. I will place here some examples.Very well done, including the images.

Luz, câmera...action. 1st Edition 2009 Part 1

Eliane and me were thinking about a project that could involve movies. So, we started watching great musical  movies with the students. Here is the first part of 2C musical presented at Externato Theater thanks to a little help from Richard. Thank you, guys! I loved to find  it today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiFqxAtBOjg&feature=relmfu

Luz, câmera..action 1st Edition 2009 Part 2

This was one of the musicals presented on our first edition of the project "Luz, câmera...action." We were delighted with the commitment of the groups. Here are some of the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5kdsXwQiRQ&feature=relmfu

THE 4th EDITION: THE FANTASTIC TALE

ACTORS, DIRECTORS AND THE MOVIE BANNERS OF THE LAST EDITION OF THE PROJECT. VERY WELL DONE, GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS. WE´RE VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL.

2B

2C

2D

2A

2A

2B

2C

2D

  SPECIAL EFFECTS

IS SCHOOL PREPARED TO INCLUSION?

ACROSTIC POEMS BY THE STUDENTS

SOME OF THE POEMS MADE BY THE STUDENTS USING THEIR FAVORITE SONG OF THE MOVIE "ACROSS THE UNIVERSE". HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.

The Raven - narrated by James Earl Jones, Music Moonlight Sonata subtitles

This is the video I have mentioned below. Just watch it and you will be touched in some way.It may be by the narrator´s voice, by the song, by the selected images, by the words or by all of them. I SHIVERED...

THE RAVEN ( EDGAR ALLAN POE) SUMMARY

I HAVE GOT THIS SUMMARY OF THE POEM " THE RAVEN" AND I DECIDED TO GIVE IT TO MY STUDENTS ALONG WITH A  VIDEO NARRATED BY JAMES EARL JONES


 BEAUTIFUL AND TOUCHING.

UNTIL THE MOMENT,WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE MOVIE AND THE STUDENTS ARE DEVELOPING A RESEARCH ON THE GENRE WITH AN ADAPTATION ON VIDEOTHEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT NEXT MONTH. MAYBE I´LL ASK THEM TO LISTEN TO THE SUMMARY AT A VOICE SITE WHICH READS TEXTS IN A HUMAN-SOUNDING WAY AND SAY IT IN CLASS AFTERWARDS. I´M JUST PREPARING MY CLASSES FOR THE COMING WEEK ....SO, HERE IT GOES:

The Raven Summary

It's late at night, and late in the year (after midnight on a December evening, to be precise). A man is sitting in his room, half reading, half falling asleep, and trying to forget his lost love, Lenore. Suddenly, he hears someone (or something) knocking at the door.

He calls out, apologizing to the "visitor" he imagines must be outside. Then he opens the door and finds…nothing. This freaks him out a little, and he reassures himself that it is just the wind against the window. So he goes and opens the window, and in flies (you guessed it) a raven.

The Raven settles in on a statue above the door, and for some reason, our speaker's first instinct is to talk to it. He asks for its name, just like you usually do with strange birds that fly into your house, right? Amazingly enough, though, the Raven answers back, with a single word: "Nevermore."

Understandably surprised, the man asks more questions. The bird's vocabulary turns out to be pretty limited, though; all it says is "Nevermore." Our narrator catches on to this rather slowly and asks more and more questions, which get more painful and personal. The Raven, though, doesn't change his story, and the poor speaker starts to lose his sanity.

http://www.shmoop.com/the-raven/summary.html

ACROSTIC POEM WITH LYRICS

DEPOIS DE ASSISTIR AO FILME " ACROSS THE UNIVERSE"  OS ALUNOS DESENVOLVEM A ATIVIDADE ABAIXO QUE TEM COMO OBJETIVO A ELABORAÇÃO DE UM "ACROSTIC POEM" EM INGLÊS, PARA AMPLIAÇÃO DE VOCABULÁRIO. O ENREDO DO FILME É CENTRADO NAS MÚSICAS DOS BEATLES. ATORES/CANTORES TALENTOSOS PARTICIPAM DESSE EXCELENTE MUSICAL.PARTICIPAÇÕES ESPECIAIS COMO JOE COCKER E BONO VOX TAMBÉM ESTÃO PRESENTES NO FILME. VEJA O TRAILLER NO LINK :


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLaqiXL_BvA

  Escolha uma das letras de música da trilha sonora do filme” Across the Universe” e faça um acróstico utilizando as frases em qualquer ordem, contanto que tenha uma sequência lógica. Coloque o nome da música em destaque na vertical e  escolha as frases para compor o seu poema  acróstico. Utilize ilustrações, fotos , efeitos etc. Seja criativo (a).

 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE SOUNDTRACK
 1. "Girl" — Jude
 2. "Helter Skelter" — Sadie
 3. "Hold Me Tight" — Lucy, Molly, and Prom Night Singers
 4. "All My Loving" — Jude
 5. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" — Prudence
 6. "With a Little Help from My Friends" — Max, Jude, and Dorm Buddies
 7. "It Won't Be Long" — Lucy and Students
 8. "I've Just Seen a Face" — Jude
 9. "Let It Be" — Carol Woods, Timothy T Mitchum, and Church Choir 
10. "Come Together" — Pimp, Bum, Mad Hippie, Jojo, and Prostitutes 
11. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" — Sadie 
12. "If I Fell" — Lucy
 13. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" — Max, Sadie, Prudence, Uncle Sam and Soldiers 
14. "Dear Prudence" — Sadie, Jude, Lucy, and Max 
15. "Flying" instrumental — The Secret Machines
 16. "Blue Jay Way" — The Secret Machines
 17. "I Am the Walrus" — Dr. Robert (Bono)
 18. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" — Mr. Kite 
19. "Because" — Lucy, Jude, Max, Sadie, Prudence, and Jojo
 20. "Something" — Jude
 21. "Oh! Darling" — Sadie and Jojo
 22. "Strawberry Fields Forever" — Jude and Max 
23. "Revolution" — Jude 
24. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" — Jojo and Jude
 25. "Across the Universe" — Jude (interwoven with "Helter Skelter") 
26. "Helter Skelter" — Sadie 
 27. "And I Love Her" 
 28. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" — Max, Bang Bang Shoot Shoot Nurses, and Soldiers
 29. "A Day in the Life" — Jeff Beck 
30. "Blackbird" — Lucy
 31. "Hey Jude" — Max 
32. "Don't Let Me Down" — Sadie and Jojo 
33. "All You Need Is Love" — Jude, Sadie, Prudence, and Jojo
 34. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" — Bono and The Edge

Let It Be - Across The Universe - Carol Woods And Timothy T

SIMPLE PAST WITH AMY.

Enjoy doing an exercise on grammar while watching/ listening to one of the wonderful voices. Winehouse

SEMINAR

Eliane and me during presentation of our project "Luz, câmera...action" at CENTRO PAULA SOUZA´S Seminar in Atibaia SP. We were very proud of the project. I´ll post some about it soon.

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Serenade, (1st Movement)

This week  I had the sweet satisfaction of  finishing my classes with this treasure of AMADEUS WOLFGANG MOZART after reading, with the students from the 9th grade, a text  about " The Mozart Effect" and the transformational power of music on our brain. I feel good and  happy when I learn with my students and when I have the opportunity to work with culture in my classes.

PS. A student who studies music  brought his keyboard  and played beautifully  in one of the classes.

Read more about it at  http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/mozarteffect2.shtml#why