Partner wannas (poem) Violence against Women 2015

PARTNER WANNAS

I wanna share my life

with someone who wants to share mine.

I wanna share my life

With someone who respects who I am,

I wanna share my life

With someone who shares my ambitions,

My longings and goals, my propositions.

I wanna share my life

With someone who wants to love and be loved;

Who wants to be helped and help,

To give when needed, and be given when in need.

Someone who wants my support and is able to offer theirs,

Any  other thing wouldn’t be nice or fair.

Controlling what I do doesn’t mean love,

but rather lack of confidence and mistrust,

a sense of possession which I will have not.

I will keep my friends, my fashion and my personality,

If somebody cannot accept this, they didn’t fall in love with me,

they imagined me different or intended to change my reality.

And if they do not accept me the way I am,

they will try to adapt me to their likings,

as if I were their property, instead of their companion.

And when a property does not meet your interests,

you must try hard to transform it into your fashion,

by beating the real me into the me you request.

And right here, if my me hasn't already been devastated,

I’d rather escape to safer circumstances

or I’m quite likely to end up in the grave.

Arturo Neira.

1st Bachirellato News

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When Spaniards were the refugees

Myth of Procustes

In Greek mythology, Procrustes was a rogue smith and bandit from Attica who physically attacked people by stretching them or cutting off their legs, so as to force them to fit the size of an iron bed.

Being a teacher  in today's society implies much more than simply passing on certain contents. Our students are diverse, have different interests, learning styles, aptitudes and personalities because we are all different. Therefore, nowadays schools have to adapt themselves to that diversity instead of trying to stretch them or cut them off to make them fit perfectly in a standardised world.

For more information about the myth of Procustes click on the image below.

 

 

 

On the occasion of our school 'Culture and Science Week', last April 17th 1st-year ESO students took part in an interesting activity dealing with the animal kingdom. The idea stems from the English department so as to reinforce the contents of the unit of work students were working with at that moment and take it a step forward by means of oral presentations in English about several animals.

Prior to the presentations themselves, a group of 1st ESO C students searched the web for the most relevant  information about several  animals. The day of the presentation their partners from 1ºB learned a bit more about these animals first by listening to them and later  by working together to carry out a task about what had just been presented.

This activity allowed us to work not only contents of the English subject itself but also of Natural Science. Students also learned to search and make use of the information on the web, collaborate on a common project and they practised the oral sills.

To see some photos and a short video of the experience click on the image below.

 

 

Pregunta 3 Selectividad Hot potatoes

Here you have two Hot Potatoes files with all the transformations existing in the CIUG site.  You can do them - there are about 120 - by writing, which can be complicated, because it usually gives partial mistake due to spacing, capital letters...  The easiest way is to think of the solution and then, click on "Show Answer" to check.  This question is worth 2 marks in Selectividad and is basically related to grammar, which means it is not so difficult if you practise.
It is an easy way to carry out a quick grammar revision. Come on! It is quick.

Clik on link and download the two files into your computer.  You can do them without being connected to the net.


Question 3 selectividad

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Transformaciones

Transformaciones ( 2)

Dubbing Project

Students of Bachillerato, here is an engaging, collaborative project that will give you up to 1.5 points in your third term English evaluation. Make sure that you follow the instructions carefully and that you make your work public in the way specified. Let's get dubbing!

Instructions (2nd BACH)

Instructions (1st BACH)

Seeds Of Peace / Peace poem

­­PEACE                                                                             Paz

If we must celebrate the Day of Peace,                       Se imos celebrar o día da paz

We first should define what peace is.                       Definindo tal palabra teremos que comezar.

‘Is peace the absence of wars, dad?’                     “¿É a paz a ausencia de guerras, papa?”

The innocent child to his father asks.                       O neno inocente pregunta ó seu pai.

‘You are not far from right’, says the man;             “non estás lonxe da verdade”, dí o home;

‘But many more things come to my mind.             “Pero moitas outras cousas me fas pensar.

Peace is, my darling, the absence of fights;            Paz é, meu neno, a ausencia de violencia;

But battles there are of many kinds,                       pero moitos otros tipos de batallas hai,

Which are not often named like that.                     Ás que non lles damos nome tal.

Or isn't it brutality that many children die                 ou non é brutalidade que moitos nenos morran

For war, disease or often  they starve,                    por guerras, enfermidade ou mesmo de fame,

While a few people in the world                               mentres unha pouca xente no mundo,

Feel only happy when they have vast amounts?       só sente felicidade acumulando fortunas grandes?                                                                                                                                                                                                              

And the more they have, more they want               e canto máis teñen, máis parecen necesitar

Because whatever the total, it’s never enough.       Pois nunca lles parece suficiente

                                                                             Por moito que cheguen a xuntar.

Or isn't it violence that the power we bestow        ¿E non é violencia que o poder que outorgamos                                                                                                                     

Our representatives in the polls                                os nosos representantes nas urnas

Comes against us in the form of a law,                     se vólva contra nos en forma de lei,

Which, instead of protecting us from the powerful,   que, en vez de nos protexer fronte ós Poderosos,

                                                                                           

Grants them absolute power upon us,                      concédelles a estes poder absoluto sobre nos;

Protecting their property and investments             protexendo as súas propiedades e inversións,

Even if the humble are left with none,                  ainda que os humildes se queden sen nada,

Paying with sheer treason the confidence            pagándonos con pura traición a confianza

On them laid by their employers and voters?’     que neles puxemos os votantes nas eleccións?”

Or isn't it injustice, a small thief for a piece of bread,   ¿Ou non é inxustiza que un pobre que roube pan,

                                                                                        

Going to prison for years long                                    vaia ó cárcere por longos anos

While authorities stealing from us millions,           mentres as autoridades que nos rouban millóns

Hardly ever pay their wrong?’                                    case nunca pagan pola súa infracción?”

‘So, father, are we at war?’                                       “Entón, meu pai ¿estamos en guerra ou non?

‘Not at war, my child,                                                   “Non en guerra, fillo, non,

But for many things we must peacefully fight.   Pero por moitas cousas temos que loitar.

Peace won’t be complete until we have                A paz non sera completa ata que teñamos

Justice, freedom and equality                                    xustiza, liberdade e igualdade

Which we must get                                                         que debemos conseguir

Through solidarity and respect                                   mediante a solidariedade e o respecto

Among all the members of a society                       entre todos os membros de cada sociedade

Among all the societies in the world.                       Entre todas as sociedades do mundo.

Arturo Neira (English Teacher)  Written last year for Day of Peace.