Malvina's war poem

In times of war, people tend to forget soldiers are simply human beings, and what happens after such events, leaves a deep scar in every survivor. You will read a poem written by a british soldier after malvinas war. You might notice Argentinian and British very similar after all.

PTSD

Decades later, there are days when it is forgotten,
until some flickering image or incoherent sound
commands an unwanted replay of the old news,
recreating those images of family flashing past
preceding playback of combat that destroys my peace.

Then, violent shadows of lonely death haunt me.
The winged missiles that seek out ships,
bring the rage of fire, flood and smoke -
backdrop for the cries of wounded men,
and the quiet of sudden death.

The silvery screening of those tiny airplanes, searching
for my ship, my fellow seafarers, transfixes me.
Sweat glistens, body hair stands up, I'm holding my breath.
Honey, she says, leaning across the settee,
Come back, talk to me – please.
So many years on,
and my silent, lost comrades will not let me speak.

Nicholas Lutwyche

The Phantom of The Opera

Hello everyone! Here you'll be posting your assignment on The Phantom of The Opera. Remember to check grammar before submitting!
Good luck!

Argentina's mid-term elections (Class work)

In small groups,read different paragraphs of the following Text and extract the main ideas.Then, share these ideas with the other groups and prepare to analyze the text. Is it biased?

Bias in texts. (Class Work)

A) 

A description of Jake’s uncle

Jake’s uncle is tall and slim. He has a receding hairline and when the light sparkles on his forehead, he looks distinguished. His pale face always has a sincere expression. He dresses informally in well-worn jeans and comfy jumpers.  

B)

A description of Jake’s uncle

Jake’s uncle is lanky and skinny. He is going bald and when the sweat glistens on his forehead, he looks unkempt. His ashen face always has a gloomy expression. He dresses untidily in old jeans and tatty jumpers.  

Read the description given to your group (here you have a mini dictionary to make your work easier MINI DICTIONARY)
 and do the following activities:

1. Read the description of Jake’s uncle. Look up words you are not sure about.
2. Do you like or dislike him?
3. Underline words that describe the uncle.
4. Discuss for each word underlined whether it means something positive or negative. Put 😊 for positive, 😒 for negative and 😐 for neutral (neither positive nor negative) above the word.
5. Draw a picture of Jake’s uncle. One of you draws the picture and everybody helps to make the drawing look like the description in words.
6. Decide which of the two sentences would be best to finish the paragraph:
a) Everyone has great respect for him.
b) Everyone shuns him.

Trunk Ep 1

Hi everybody! Let's start working on our mini serial "TRUNK".

Take time to watch the episode as many times as you need to understand it.(Make sure you turn on the subtitles so that you can have a better chance to catch meaning)
Then, answer these questions in the comments below:

1. What do you think Randy and Jenny's job is?
2. What is the problem between them?
3. What do you think "BATCHCROFT" is?
4. What was the problem back then? (HINT: Check the meaning of the phrase "Jump the gun")
5. What do you think will happen to them?

Check your answers in the following episode!

Hope you have fun!
Good Luck 😉

Enlarge your vocabulary

Hello my dear all! I hope you are enjoying your holidays! Here I leave you a list of some synonyms you may use to enlarge and enrich your vocabulary. Feel free to use them in the texts you have been writing in class and will be posting HERE↓. See you soon!

Writing assignment (look phrasal verbs))

Hello everyone! In this writing assignment you have already started in class, you had to use pictures to inspire yourselves and write 120 words describing how the characters got to that situation.
Remember:

•  You MUST use AT LEAST 1 Phrasal verb with LOOK, and
•  You should re-read your work and check grammar before posting it in the comments below ⬇⤵⬇⤵

Good luck!🍀


Due date: may 15th