Thursday, August 19, 2021

Which of these short short-stories is the best?

The Book Club members have written very short short-stories all starting with the first sentence in Animal Farm. Which one do you think is the best? Write the title of your favourite in the comments.


Animal Farm
A fairy story. We shall not be moved!
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes.
That day was really weird because some men in suits had come to tell him he would have to move away from the farm because the next morning the works to build a highway would begin.
Those days Coraline his little granddaughter was in the farm. And she saw that he looked strange. So she waited until his grandfather fell asleep and then she went to the hen-houses to look for a solution. There, hens and chicks were very sad because they would have to leave the farm. They spent all night there and many people came to try to help.

The next morning, Mr. Jones woke up and looked out of the window. There were his granddaughter and many friends who didn’t let the machines work.

Animal Farm
A fairy story. …The dream …………
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. He sat on the old sofa and started to think about the farm. Although he was a bit drunk, he could dream of a big farm with a lot of animals. The dream was like that. He was feeding the cows when his young son came to give him a kiss. In the dream he felt very happy and comfortable with an awesome and cheerful farm. Even, many visitors of all places around the world were visiting the nice farm every day and obviously that meant earning money, easy money. Suddenly, he got up from the sofa and said to himself, “I have to become an important farmer with an important farm”.

Animal Farm
A fairy story. Running to freedom
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. Next morning, when he opened the hen-houses again, he was too hangover to notice that the hens had got out of their cages and they made him fall when they ran outside.
From the floor, he heard the first gunshot. He got up and walked towards the place the noise came from, forgetting about the chickens.
Right then, the hens ran away, finally free from years and years of being locked up. On their way to freedom, they stopped by the town square. There, they saw Mr. Jones, trying to escape from a man with a gun. The hens suddenly remembered all the years spent in cages and they ran under his feet and made him fall again. While they were running toward the forest, they heard him curse, and then, a gunshot.

Animal Farm
A fairy story. …………………The wild chickens…………………
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. At night a lot of rats came into the hen-houses and killed and ate all the chickens, the cocks and the hens, except a chicken, his mother and his father. They had hidden in a high place and rats hadn't seen them.
They were very afraid and angry with Mr. Jones. All their family and friends were dead because of Mr. Jones's fault. Therefore, the chicken and his parents decided to escape from the farm. They walked all night through a big forest. In the morning they found a cave and they decided to live there. They founded a big family and soon there were a lot of “wild chickens”. Some years later those “wild chickens” learned to fly and they decided to go every night to Mr. Jones's farm to check if he had closed the pop holes and in that way, avoid the disaster that had happened to their ancestors. 

Animal Farm
A fairy story. A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. He was walking into his home singing a catchy song. At the same time, Gladius the rooster, the hens, my friends the chicks and I realised that our pop-holes were open. I didn’t care about that because all I wanted was to sleep with my mum Gladys the hen. But nobody except me in the hen-house seemed to be tired. The most beautiful hens of the Manor Farm, Yolk and Egg White, that were twins, suggested to celebrate a party. All accepted and Gladius turned on the music. Everyone started to dance to the music. I joined them too, because Mr. Jones didn’t use to get drunk so we weren’t going to have an opportunity like this for a long time. I got up early this morning, I looked around and saw Mr. Jones collecting the eggs. Everything was as usual. Everything had been a dream.


Animal Farm
A fairy story. Running chicken.
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. When he went to open the hen-houses the next morning, he was ran over by all the hens who had escaped the night before.
When Mr. Jones realized what was happening, he tried to catch all the chicken as quickly as possible, but they were faster than he thought, so he could only catch a few of them.
The ones who were able to run didn’t want to leave their friends behind, so when Mr. Jones went to sleep that night, they came back and unlocked the hen-houses and opened the pop-holes, setting their friends free.

After that, Mr. Jones started buying chickens every week, and, the day after he bought them, they would disappear. Mr. Jones stopped buying hens after two months, and he never came close to a chicken ever again.


Animal Farm
A fairy story. The hens’ revolution.
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. When Mr. Jones went to bed he saw something going wrong in the hen-house. He heard some strong noises from there.

Mr. Jones went downstairs to see what was going on. He opened the hen-house’s door and everything was okay.When he turned around the door was closed and all the hens were out of their places and they were saying “give us our eggs”.

Animal Farm
A fairy story to “remember”
                        Mr. Jones of the Manor Farm, who had locked the hen-houses during the  night,  was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. Obviously, he didn't realize, and as soon as he went up the stairs and he arrived at his room (something which was quite difficult for him), he began to sleep.

                        Next morning, like every day, he woke up and went to the hen-house to pick eggs for his breakfast (which consisted in a cup of orange juice, some sausages, two eggs and also bacon). But the surprise came when all the hens were running and jumping around the farm, among the rabbits and the other animals. Then, Mr. Jones could remember what had happened the night before, and after remembering it, he had to run to catch all the hens and chicks in the ground, and he decided that he wouldn't come home drunk again.

Animal Farm
A fairy story. Who has stolen my chickens?

Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes.
The next day, when he was feeding the chickens he realized that someone had been stealing the animals from his boss. When Jones told the owner, he decided to have a guard to look after the farm. After a few days of surveillance they knew who the thief was. The neighbour. He picked his chickens because his chickens had died. the owner decided to give him a few chickens of his own so that he didn’t have to bother to steal them.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

The winning short short-story! A hard-fought victory! Congratulations Gemma Muiña!

Animal Farm
A fairy story. A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. He was walking into his home singing a catchy song. At the same time, Gladius the rooster, the hens, my friends the chicks and I realised that our pop-holes were open. I didn’t care about that because all I wanted was to sleep with my mum Gladys the hen. But nobody except me in the hen-house seemed to be tired. The most beautiful hens of the Manor Farm, Yolk and Egg White, that were twins, suggested to celebrate a party. All accepted and Gladius turned on the music. Everyone started to dance to the music. I joined them too, because Mr. Jones didn’t use to get drunk so we weren’t going to have an opportunity like this for a long time. I got up early this morning, I looked around and saw Mr. Jones collecting the eggs. Everything was as usual. Everything had been a dream.

By Gemma Muíña

Saturday, April 3, 2021

Locusts

 "A Mild Attack of Locusts" by Doris Lessing

Watch this video

Monday, January 4, 2021

The students' projects on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Book trailer

 How does a windmill work?


Importance of school and libraries




Schools in Malawi and Schools in Spain


William Kimkwamba vs. Antía Lillo




The Book and the Film

 We watched the film:


And we talked about the similarities and the differences between them:

And two students did their project comparing the book and the film

William Kamkwamba

 





A documentary

THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND. We talked about...

Chapter 1 


Chapters 2 & 3


Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapters 6 & 7

Chapters 8, 9 & 10

Chapters 11, 12 & 13

Chapters 14, 15 & Epilogue



1st Term Book - Something to do with Science


 

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

"A Walk in the Dark" by Arthur C. Clarke

The meeting
Victoria's presentation on Arthur C. Clarke
We drew the story and commented on each other pictures

Friday, April 17, 2020

"Hermie" by Nathaniel Rich

Some topics to think about:


Joel's presentation on the author

Comments and more



Monday, April 13, 2020

"The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury

Some topics to think about:




Intersting moments of the Book Club meeting where we discussed "The Flying Machine":






Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Sunday, February 23, 2020

"Big Children" Book Club

Teachers are also reading...

And we are having great conversations on the situation of women nowadays...


2nd Term

We are reading...



Katherine Mansfield

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Discussion with Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451


Watch the video and take down notes on the following topics mention by the writer:

Context of the book

Firemen

Book title

How Bradbury wrote the novel

Idea of burning books

The library

McCarthy period

Science fiction

New technologies

Names in the story

The salamander

Atomic war

Publication along the years

Film version

Bradbury’s other books

3rd term books




Sunday, March 26, 2017