Aye, I'm tellin' ya: September 2009

Saturday, September 26, 2009

We miss you, Paul...

On a day like this, 26th September, Hollywood lost one of its most dazzling stars and the world lost one of its most generous citizens, not to mention one of the handsomest ever: PAUL NEWMAN. Click on the photo below for a biography of this great actor and philanthropist.

Here is our little tribute (source: Youtube)

He featured in films such as The Sting (El Golpe), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (La Gata sobre el tejado de zinc), Torn Curtain (Cortina rasgada), Cold Hand Luke (La leyenda del indomable) or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Dos hombres y un destino), whose trailer (with subtitles in Spanish) you can watch here.

We'll never forget you!

Do you speak English?

For a bit of fun:

Surely, you must have been in this situation sometime or other. Going to a foreign country, and addressing someone, trusting he or she will speak English...

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

2º NB - Of Coats of Arms

Dear students,

It's the beginning of the year and now we are getting to know one another. And as a means of doing it, we are designing our own personal COAT OF ARMS (thanks to my wonderful teacher from Lake School, Oxford, Jane Barden, for the idea, as well as for many others I intend to put to practice in our classroom.)

Ok, first thing is first. What exactly is a coat of arms? A piece of clothing? A part of one's body? Both? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! In fact, it is...

"An arrangement of bearings, or symbols, usually depicted on and around a shield, which indicates ancestry and distinctions." (source: www.texastech.edu/identityguidelines/glossary.php)

A Coat of Arms should look somewhat like this:

Now, in class, I showed you the Coat of Arms of the astonishingly beautiful city of Oxford. Here you have it:

The coat of arms of Oxford shows an OX FORDing the River Thames. The Latin motto "Fortis est Veritas" means "The truth is strong."

... Ok, what's the meaning of "Ford"?

ford
n.
1- A shallow place in a body of water, such as a river, where one can cross by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle.

tr.v. ford·ed, ford·ing, fords
2- To cross (a body of water) at a ford.

(source: thefreedictionary.com)

After this, I'm sure you want to make your own online Coat of Arms. Click here and enjoy!!

REMEMBER: I asked you to draw your personal coat of arms in class, and to explain it to the rest of the classroom. Please click on the word "comments" to write a description of the coat of arms you designed.

Here are some coats of arms designed by 2ºNB students: