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

GENERATION X or GEN Xers

Although the changing between generations takes some years to happen effectively and there is no agreement on the start and end date to define generations,  the Gen X  is a generation born from early 1960s through early 1980s ( a little bit less or a little bit more). If compared to the Baby Boomers, this generation is much more heterogeneous concerning to religion, sexual orientation and more willing to change jobs. It is also the first generation to grow up with computers. They are often described as working to live rather than living to work as their parents used to. Members of Gen Xers are individualistic and according to TIME magazine, they described Xers in different ways on different times:

"They have trouble making decisions. They would rather hike in the Himalayas than climb a corporate ladder. They have few heroes, no anthems, no style to call their own. They crave entertainment, but their attention span is as short as one zap of a TV dial. They hate yuppies, hippies and druggies. They postpone marriage because they dread divorce. " (Time, 1990)

On April, 2012 we could read at the same TIME magazine

" Gen Xers are a lot more conscious about their food than their parents were — especially the men, who are cooking and shopping more and watching food TV as much as women".

Teachers playing in the garden

On a sunny and cold morning in July,after the first meeting of the semester, teachers have fun in the school garden. Watch the video by clicking in the link below.


http://animoto.com/play/7OxwGadKGyemTm3nbSdKGA#embed?utm_source=trigger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mp4_ready

BABY BOOMERS

Traits and characteristics 

Last Sunday, talking to a family friend about  labeling  generations by their age I decided to take a look  on the stuff. Some findings, starting from mine: the so called Baby Boomers. It´s useful to say that a generation, from this point of view, represents a group of people living in the same period, sharing values and attitudes which might be controversial since the length of time between the first and the last to be born can make all the difference.

Baby boomers/ Generation Jones

This refers to a person who was  born between 1946 to 1964, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The oldest baby from that generation is now 66 years old and the youngest, 48. They were coined so, because of the incredibly high rates of  births  in that period. Men, at that time have returned home from war and started making children! The"Boomies”, as Canadian calls them, were a generation completely different from those who were born before, the Silent Generation. The Boomers grew up during a strong social and cultural change, redefining and transforming every single fact on their life comparing to their parents`: from access to education to family relationship and workforce participation. I came of age in the seventies and  my group of age is called “Generation Jones” and according to specialists on classifying this or that characteristic of a Generation,  they study attitudes, and the focus given on things on  the period. Taking into account what they say I may consider myself a "boomer stuck in the middle", that is, not engaged in ideological battles. By the way ,I was playing " Kings and princesses" and  my Dad passed away at that time.  I have heard about Vietnam after it was over, missed Woodstock and the protests from the sixties and had my visa denied in the seventies, during the Watergate scandal, more precisely when Richard Nixon renounced as president. By the way, President Obama and his wife may be considered part of this group. The concepts of workaholic, superwomen, less ideological and more pragmatic came with this generation. According to  msnbc.com  “ Generation Jones…In the tech world, Jonesers are known as the “early adapters,” the ones with the knowledge and the cash to jump on the latest tech trends”. Am I? 

http://www.history.com/topics/baby-boomershttp://www.history.com/topics/baby-boomers

http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/babyboom.htm

http://www.newswise.com/articles/defining-an-aging-baby-boom-generation