My Easter Holidays

The week before Easter holidays, I went to Italy with my classmates. We walked a lot because we visited a lot of things, so whn I arrived at home I was very tired and I slept until six o'clock in the afternoon.

The first days I didn't do anything; it was very relaxing. I bought a new game for my Nintendo DS, and I  played with it a lot (I'm a little freak...) Then, I met my friends and we went to the cinema and we had dinner out.

On Tuesday, my cousin came on home, and we rode our bikes everyday and we walked a lot too. On sunday we went to the beach, but the water still cold!

At night, we always went to get a pizza and we ate it at home. Every night we watched the trilogy the Lord Of the Rings, because we are very good fans of it! The movies are very long, so we took coffe for didn't fall asleep! We started to saw the films very late at night, and the movies finished at 5 or 6 of morning... uff!!

Finally, On Monday we ate the Chocolate Mona, and after that we went to Empuriabrava. It was a relaxing holidays wee, and I had fun with my cousin and my friends.

But I didn't do any homework at Easter... ups!

My cousin in the Porsche of my oncle! We went to take a walk with the car... it's incredible!

PYRINEAN MOUNTAIN DOG

In class, I have read about the Pyrenean mountain dog in the magazine Catalonia Today.

They are very shaggy and responsables. They can drive perfectly the sheeps, because they normally grew up alongside the flock from sheeps, with contact of humans, and they learn to do it.

I love animals in general, and I like so much this dogs too, they are very nice! When I see them I want to hug them! :) 

And I think that are a very interesting breed, because they are very intelligents! Moreover, they appear very beautiful in a snowy landscape. There are some photos of them:

In the text, I found some words that I didn't know it, so I found it in the dictionary. The words are:

shaggy: pelut

breed: raça

flock: ramat

alongside: al costat de...

livestock: ramat

Book VS Film

Question 2.. IMAGERY: metaphors and images in the film: WATER (swimming pool, beach, aquarium...) and FIRE (petrol station, fights...), DAY and NIGHT, the MOON. What do they mean?
 
There are many metaphors in the story. I think that the water that appears in the film, means peace, and it's when Romeo and Juliet are together without any problems.
The topic of the fire is when the two families fight each other, simply is hate.  The day means hate too, and the night is love, because Romeo and Juliet can stay together. The moon is love and absence, the two things. Because the moon changes all the time, like Romeo and Juliet that they can't be together all the time.

In that photo there are metaphors too! The image seems a skull, but into this there are Romeo and Juliet, and above it there are the two families fighting. The roses is a metaphor too; when they are beautiful and colourful is love, and when they are dead it's hate.

THE AVATAR - ROMEO

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Magical Photos

I always see photos of National Geographic, I love everything about nature and animals.

I think that the nature are very beautiful, but the most part of people don't see that. For example, I love see the trees in winter,with the shape of its branches. Or noticing the small details of my cat when she sleeps. Her eyes, her fur, her whiskers.. Because many times, the little details are the most important!

There are some pictures about little things of the world, like:

Very nice... The eye seems like a whole world..

 

This is very funny!

A great photography

And there are some photos about big things of the world..

 

Like the sea 

 

It seems not real... Is magic and peaceful

And there are sweets photographies:

 

 It seems like the film Brother Bear!

I love penguins!

 Oooowwww... very sweet :)

Well, I will finish with some photos more that are very funny...

They met a new friend!

Yaaaawning... a great photo!

After see that, I love more nature and all about this. It's incredible, and we are destroying it. I'm feeling bad for this, but I can't stop it alone. We must to act together and help the world!

A SONG I LIKE

IMAGINARY - EVANESCENCE

Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming / Consumida en el soroll dels meus crits

Cannot cease for the fear / No puc cessar per la por
Of silent nights / A les nits silencioses
Oh how I long for the deep sleep dreaming / Quant de temps he anhelat un somni profund
The goddess of imaginary light / La deessa de la llum imaginària

In my field of paper flowers / En el meu camp de flors de paper

And candy clouds of lullaby / I dolços núvols d'amanyacs
I lie inside myself for hours / Em tombo dins meu durant hores
And watch my purple sky fly over me / I miro el cel púrpura volar sobre mi

I linger in the doorway /  Em quedo al llindar

Of alarm clock screaming monsters / Dels monstres dels rellotges d'alarma
Calling my name / Que em criden
Let me stay / Deixeu-me romandre
Where the wind will whisper to me / On el vent em xiuxiuegerà,
Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story / On mentres les gotes de la pluja cauen expliquen una història

In my field of paper flowers / En el meu camp de flors de paper

And candy clouds of lullaby / I de dolços núvols d'amanyacs
I lie inside myself for hours / Em tombo dintre meu durant hores
And watch my purple sky fly over me / I miro el cel púrpura volar sobre mi
 

If you need to leave the world you live in / Si necessites deixar el món en el que vius

Lay your head down and stay a while / Descansa de la teva ment i queda't una estona
Though you may not remember dreaming / Encara que pot ser que no recordis com somniar
Something waits for you to breathe again / Alguna cosa espera que respiris un altre vegada.

In my field of paper flowers / En el meu camp de flors de paper
And candy clouds of lullaby / de dolços núvols d'amanyacs
I lie inside myself for hours / Em tombo dintre meu durant hores
And watch my purple sky fly over me. /  I miro el cel púrpura volar sobre mi

Why is Shakespeare so famous?

• Shakespeare's life

1. When was he born? Find a photo of him.
- He was born in 1564.

2. Where was he born? Include a map with the place.

- He was born in England, Stratford.

3. What was his family?
- His father was a dealer.

4. Who was his wife? Include her photo
- Anne Hathaway.

5. Did he have children?
- Yes. He had one son and two twins.

6. How old was he when he died?
- He was 52 years old.

• Shakespeare's time

7. Who was the Queen and King during Shakespeare's life? Include photos.
- Queen Elisabeth the first.

What country was a great rival of England during this time?

- Spain.
What happened with the Spanish Armada?

- An attempt by Philip II of Spai to invade England with the Spanish Armada in 1588 was famously defeated.

Why was the Elisabethan era described as golden?

- It was the period of the flowering of English poetry, Elizabethan theatre, music and literature. It was also an age of exploration and expansion. It was also the end of the period when England was a separate realm before its royal union with Scotland.

• Shakespeare's career

How many plays did he write?

- He wrote 38 plays.

How many poems did he write? Find the title in English and Catalan/Spanish of one comedy, one tragedy and one poem.

- He wrote 6 poems.

Comedy: The winter's tale - La cua de l'hivern - La cola del invierno.
Tragedy: Hamlet - Hamlet - Hamlet.

Poem: Venus and Adonis - Venus i Adonis - Venus y Adonis.

What is the Globe? Find a picture.

- The glove was Shakespeare's theatre.

Where is the Globe? Find and copy a map of its location.

- In London.

What plays are performed in the Globe this month?

- In March, there will be 7 plays.

When was the Globe first built?

- In 1598.

How long did Shakespeare work there in the Globe?

- Since 1599 to 1613.

What was the name of his theatre company?

- Lord Chamberlain's Men.

What happened to the Globe in 1644?

- The new theatre, before the first, closed.

Who built the Globe again and when?

- Peter Street built it, and it's name is "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997.

• Shakespeare's fame

His words are used today around the world. How many words did he supposedly invent in the English language?
- A lot.

In which play did he say "To be or not to be. That is the question"?
- Hamlet.

Look for another famous word/quotation invented by Shakespeare and translate it into Catalan/Spanish.
- A rose can have any name. It always smells sweet. - Romeo and Juliet
Una rosa pot tenir tots els noms, sempre és dolça.

- My love's more richer than my tongue. - King Lear.

El meu amor és mes ric que la meva llengua.

- Nothing will come of nothing. - King Lear.

Res vindrà de res.

• Curiosities

Who died on the same day as Shakespeare?
- Miguel de Cervantes.

What was Shakespeare's nick?
- Bard of Avon.

How many films have been adapted from his work?
- About 2000 adaptions.

• After reading the play, watching the two films and answering these questions, why do you think Shakespeare is still so famous?

- Because he wrote a lot of the best stories of the world. And now, we recognized his work, and his art. When a man tells his stories so many times, that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way, he becomes immortal.