World Book Day or 

World Book and Copyright Day  

A yearly event on April 23rd, organized by UNESCO, 

to promote reading, publishing and copyright.

In the United Kingdom, the day is the first Thursday in March.

Celebrated for the first time on 23 April 1995.

Before Thursday 21

You will have to get the lyrics of one of the poems underneath, 

or one that is not here but you would like to read and, 

on Tuesday 26,

you … just read it to the rest of the class

Here you have some poems:

Comments on two Paintings

Choose two paintings with different styles.

Describe what you see in each one.

Explain why you have chosen them.

Write about 5 lines about each picture and send your comments 

through e-mail

 

 

Heroes

One of the most covered songs in pop history

Bon Jovi's     Oasis'       The wallflowers'

Bowie wrote it in his "Berlin Period”
It is Bowie's second-most covered song.
Bowie's performance of "Heroes" on June 1987 at the German Reichstag in West Berlin was considered a catalyst to the eventual fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Wallflowers recorded a version of the song for the soundtrack to the film Godzilla. And also used for the end of the film The replacements.
This version peaked at top numbers on Modern Rock Tracks charts.
The song has become a mainstay of advertising for sporting promoters throughout the world.
In 2012 the track was played as athletes from Great Britain entered the Olympic Stadium during the Summer Olympics opening ceremony, and after medal ceremonies.
As you can see, it was also used as the Great Britain Paralympic team entered the stadium during the opening ceremony on 29 August 2012.

Get ready to work with a mixture of sport, fun, and, 

of course, the song. 

So, check on the lyrics!

New Year’s Resolutions

You’ve had a good Christmas rest. 

You’ve returned with plenty of energy.

Good!

Here you have something of a warm up to start this term

About Axswell /\ Ingrosso

Group work
Nationality, former profession, date they started writing this kind of music, two important places where they have presented their work, commitment to charity.

Each group will present this information orally on Monday 18 January 

About the Video

Group work

Imagine you are a team that have thought of this video for the song and you are presenting your idea to the producers. Write a description of the scenes and send it to the producers (me) before Friday 15 January.

Your opinion

Group work

Give your opinion about the song (at least three lines, not more than five). 
Give your opinion about the video (at least three lines, not more than five). 
If opinions are divided in the group, send as many opinions as there are.

Send it to me before Friday 15 January

Merry Merry 

Christmas!

Get ready to sing

“Hey Santa”

They do it all!

• What is “Cystic Fibrosis” and how does it affect a patient's life?
• Who is Bryan Warnecke? What is his dream? How did he come to take part in this video? Why did he take part in the video? This link might give you some useful information
• Make a good Spanish translation of the lyrics.

^{Hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall
Hope when the water rises, you built a wall
Hope when the crowd screams out, they're screaming your name
Hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay}

^{Hope that you fall in love, and it hurts so bad
The only way you can know is give it all you have
And I hope that you don't suffer but take the pain
Hope when the moment comes, you'll say}

^{I, I did it all
I, I did it all
I owned every second that this world could give
I saw so many places, the things that I did}

With every broken bone, I swear I lived                  

Hope that you spend your days, but they all add up

And when that sun goes down, hope you raise your cup

Oh, I wish that I could witness all your joy and all your pain

But until my moment comes, I'll say

Now … let’s sing the song!

Don’t you want to ...
 learn languages?
Visit other countries? 
Meet different people?
Really?

Then, should you meet a monster! …

Run !

There is no alternative!

We learn languages and we get to know other people. 
Let us use the languages we learn so that we can talk about a very special city. 
Using an old song in a modern version.

Let us talk about … Paris. 

Tossed but not sunk!

Arrange yourselves into six groups and take four lines from the song’s English lyrics and:

• Compare our lyrics with the ones in the video and mark the differences
• Translate them to build an impressive Spanish version

Under the Parisian Sky

Under the Paris sky flies a melody
It was born of today in the heart of a boy
Under the Paris sky Lovers walk
Their happiness is built on a tune made for them

Under the Bercy Bridge a philosopher sits,

Two musicians, a few strollers, then people by the thousands

Under the Paris sky they sing until evening
A lovers' hymn of the old city

Near Notre Dame occasional tragedies are played out
Yes but in Paname all can be fixed:
Some rays of a summer sun, the accordion of a seaman,

Hope flourishes in the Paris sky 

Under the Paris sky flows a river of joy,

it sleeps in the night tramps and beggars

Under the Paris sky God's creatures

come from around the world to chat with each other

And the Paris Sky has its own secret

For twenty centuries it has been in love with our Ile Saint Louis;
And when it smiles at the sky it puts on its blue robe
When it rains on Paris it's because it's unhappy

When it's too jealous of the millions of lovers

It growls at us with resounding thunder

But the sky of Paris is not long cruel
And to apologize it offers a rainbow