“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

                        Our first unit in 1º Bachiller has been   “AGE” and, once we have finished it in the textbook, and in order to help us think about all these topics, we have watched the film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button “. In this film, Benjamin is a man who is born as an old man and , as time goes by, becomes younger and younger.

Do you think that this story is tragic, funny or both ?

Which is your favourite character in the film and why ?

What does the story reveal about the concept of beauty ?

Is the attitude of our society towards age and aging the same to the one in the film ?

                       
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The Real Me

After speaking about this topic in the class, you know a bit more vocabulary and expressions. At this moment of the course-year, I would like to know more things about you. So tell us things about yourself : your hobbies, your family, pets, personality… http://wallwisher.com/wall/c0odsd30pp

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The red maple

Autumm is an amazingly beautiful  season if you are a lover’s nature. The trees start to lose their leaves and the wind starts to blow a bit cooler. Everywhere the sunlight is specially golden. The oranges, browns, yellows …and sometimes reds fill the landscapes with colour and warmth.

Listen to H.D. Thoreau, describing the red maple  (=arce rojo ) at this time of the year. It is quite a common tree in New England in the U.S.A. :

“By the twenty-fifth of September, the red maples are generally beginning to be ripe (=madurar ). Some large ones have been conspicuously  (=de manera notoria) changing for a week, and some single trees are now very brilliant.

Tim Burton

Who would like to prepare a short presentation about the film director Tim Burton ? These photographs and videos can help you.
It doesn’t have to be very long : five minutes will be enough. Speak slowly and clearly. It will be very easy …

For Tolkien’s freaks…

As you know, the novel “The Hobbit” by Tolkien will be on at the cinemas very soon. So why not learning a bit more about him ? Any body would like to prepare a brief presentation about him ? The rest of the classroom will do the activities as homework.