Locusts

 "A Mild Attack of Locusts" by Doris Lessing

Watch this video

This term it's a classic!

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

 

EVERYTHING WRONG WITH HUMANiTY IN ONE SIMPLE ANIMATiON..

"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

"Hermie" by Nathaniel Rich

Some topics to think about:

Joel's presentation on the author

Comments and more

"The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury

Some topics to think about:

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

"Where the World Began" by Margaret Laurence

Topics and ideas to talk about:

Book Club - 3rd Term 2019-2020

"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

The Silver Sword

Freaky Green Eyes - Projects

Mom&Me&Mom - Projects

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Biography

5 Maya Angelou's Achievements

A Poem by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou talks about Mom & Me & Mom

Emma Watson and Maya Angelou's Book

Freaky Green Eyes

General Information

Joyce Carol Oates

Interview with Joyce Carol Oates

Biography of Joyce Carol Oates

Friendship in My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Celia Reino

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece - Some videos to know more about the terrorist attacks in London 2005

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Trailer

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece - Annabel Pitcher

Annabel Pitcher

The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams

LINKS:

David Walliams: http://youtu.be/a0T8T0IvVCg
Funny video with Little Britain and Robbie Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ8e6UVpLNg
David Walliams and Quentin Blake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH_2UyHZI68
"same" and "different": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgfmcAYuAj8

Our Book Clubs 2017-2018

Maya Angelou, Mom&Me&Mom (by Ana García & Claudia Mangas)

April and the Dragon Lady

This can give you an idea of the context the novel is set in.



Asian customs and values
http://asiasociety.org/countries/traditions/asian-customs-and-values-preservation-within-american-communities

Fahrenheit 451 Reading by Xana Rodríguez

Guy Montag. The evolution of a character in Fahrenheit 451 by Ana García & Claudia Mangas

Guy Montag - Fahrenheit 451

Galician and Chinise Emigration by Mariana Pérez

Fahrenheit 451. A Reading

Book Burning - Inspired in Fahrenheit 451

Book Burning

April and the dragon lady. A "free" sketch

Book Club 2016-2017

Dystopian Fiction by Carmen Pavón

Dystopian Fiction - Kizoa Movie - Video - Slideshow Maker

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

The Silver Sword by Ian Serrailler - Recommendation (by Mariana Pérez)

The Silver Sword. A Sketch

Important Women in History by Inés Polo

Important Women in History on PhotoPeach

Stories about Mother-Daughter relationships by Carmen Pavón

The books this term