Bookworms. I don't even like the word. Still, it applies to me - I have been one as far back as I can remember and I cannot imagine life otherwise. The truth is that very few things match the pleasure of a good book and the joys, the knowledge it gives you. Don't tell me you don't have time to read. Don't tell me book lovers hide in books and forget to live; comfortable with second-hand experiences. Book lovers live a thousand lives, they write a thousand books, they travel in time and space. Book lovers are scary. They know so much, they have seen the depths of human souls, they have seen the light and touched the darkness, they have an understanding of things other people will never have.

"A good book should leave you slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it."
William Styron

Sunday, 1 June 2014

The British by Benjamin Zephaniah

The poem can be found here.

And this is the video with the whole recipe!



Work by Mariana Quina

The book of life based on a poem by Hilaire Belloc






http://issuu.com/anasoraia1235/docs/the_book_of_life.docx

Work by Ana Paula and Ana Soraia

Dreams by Langston Hughes






Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow. 






Work by Ana Paula and Ana Soraia

Poison tree by William Blake


After reading the poem, here's a short video.


Work by Rafaela Barata

Definition by May Sarton



Short video on this poem by May Sarton.


Work by Maria Inês Rito and Ana Vilela

The wife of Bafa, by Patience Abgabi

The students read the poem and tried to impersonate the character in a video.





Work by Maria Inês Rito and Ana Vilela

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Back in business

And here we are again, after one year full of good intentions to do something more, but never quite up to it. Still, our reading project is very much alive and here we are showing you what these great kids have been doing. This year we decided to tackle poetry. Not easy, I know, but the kids loved it and there was some amazing work going on.
I'll be posting the poems each group was working on and, whenever possible, the ideas / activities that were developed.
Hope you enjoy it!

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Aphasia

The students read the poem Aphasia by Brian Patten and created a video to illustrate the poem. They also added their voices reading the poem to the video.

Os alunos leram o poema Aphasia de Brian Patten e criaram um vídeo ilustrativo do poema ao qual acrescentaram a sua própria voz.




The storm

Based on the short story The storm by Louise Cooper, the students created a timeline of the story using Dipity. It can also be viewed as a flipbook.

Com base no conto The storm de Louise Cooper, os alunos criaram uma linha do tempo utilizando a ferramenta Dipity. Esta linha do tempo pode também ser visualizada em formato de flipbook.


Using Cube creator the students created a story cube that can be later used with other groups or classes for a different task: writing a story with the propmts given here.

Utilizando o Cube creator os alunos criaram um cubo que poderá ser usado mais tarde com outros grupos ou turmas para a seguinte tarefa: escrever uma história a partir dos elementos fornecidos.





Slam

The students read an excerpt from Slam by Nick Hornby and they condensed those pages in some diary entries using Penzu. Then they recorded those entries as if they were for a vlog.

Os alunos leram um extrato de Slam de Nick Hornby e tentaram condensar as páginas lidas em pequenas entradas de diário utilizando o Penzu. Depois filmaram essas entradas como se de um vlog (video blog) se tratasse.