The fight club

The Fight Club is a movie directed by David Fincher and starred by Edward Norton and Brad Pitt (Tyler Durden). Is is also based on a novel written by Chuck Palamiuk.

The action takes place nowadays in an American city. The main character is the narrator of the story, interpreted by Edward Norton, but we never get to know his name. He describes himself as the typical “Ikea man”: obsessed with having everything he sees on Ikea's catalogues and new brands, but unable to feel anything at all. 

The story begins when he meets Tyler Durden by chance. By chance, as well, they end up living together and founding the “Fight club”, a club where men meet to fight, and whose main rule is “You do not talk about fight club”. All these facts, together with meeting a very strange but interesting woman, Marla Singer, will turn the narrator’s life upside-down.

In the end nothing is as it seems to be: Tyler Durden is not simply a man full of energy and criticism against society, and the Fight Club is an organization deeper and more dangerous than a simple club of fight.

Personally speaking, I think it is one of the best movies I have ever seen.What surprised me above everything is the ending of the story, and the final image is completely beautiful and poetic for me but, obviously, I cannot tell anything about it.

Now get ready to work!
Choose your favourite movie or TV series, and write an article about it!
The article must include:

• Setting
• Summary
• Personal opinion

If you want some help vocabulary and expressions, click here: Writing a film or a book review

My music band

What do you have to do?
Easy! You have to make a poster with a short biography of your favorite music band.

To do you it you can use:

 Padlet -> A simple tool to make a poster with text, video and images. Instructions available in Spanish,

Spaazee -> Aake a "notice board" where you can add text, video and images

Glogster -> For me, the most complete option. Problem! You need a student account. I can give you one, but this could be used for several students, depending on demand!

 This is the glogster about my favourite music band! 
If you want to watch it in full screen mode, click here! 

http://arualbg.edu.glogster.com/calle-13

Love is in the air!!!

The task is easy... you have to post a love message or a love story in your blog.

It can be ANYTHING as long as it is in English and you try to be original!

What does ANYTHING mean???

1. Regarding the content...
   a) It can be a declaration of love (anonymous, please!!!)
   b)  It can be a love message for some of your friends
       * Telling memories
       * Telling what you like about them
    c) It can be a love story (sad endings are also allowed!)

AS USUAL - It can be real... or invented :)
 
2. Regarding the format...
    a) It can be a video (with fotos, "draw my life" style, with you and your friends...)
    b) It can be a letter
    c) It can be a virtual postcard
    d) It can be some kind of presentation
    e) It can be a virtual poem
    f) It can be a "short play" (acting, with puppets...)
    g) It can be a virtual comic
    h) It can be something I am unable to imagine!!!!

For useful tools... click here

For those boring people who don't like the idea... this is your even-more-boring-than-you task ;) CLICK HERE

My example!!

 

Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake competition

Think of a sport you really like or some strange sportive tradition and look for information about it. Then, make a presentation in order to show it in your blog.

The presentation must include:

-        Name of the sport and features: o      Number of players o      What does it consist of? (How do you play?) o      Is there any important competition in the world? -        A brief history o      Is it a traditional or a modern sport? o      When did it start?  Has it suffered any changes? o Is there any famous Spanish/Catalan sportsman or sportswoman now? -        Main rules -> remember to use modals!!! -        Other places where it is also played

My Christmas video

For Christmas I was in my mother's village and I made this video...

Enjoy it!

X-mas Homework... ho ho ho!

Christmas time!!!
  
But you'll still have to work!

Make a X-mas video, upload it on youtube and embed it to your blog before January, the 13th !



 Ideas

•  1 day in my Christmas life 
• My holidays for Christmas 
• The presents I got for Christmas
• Why do I like Christmas? (Or Why do I hate Christmas!)
• The story of Xmas (quite boring... don't you think?) 
• Or anything you want!!!! 

Only 5 norms!

1. The video has to be in English
2. It has to be related to Christmas in some strange and original way
3. It has to last MINIMUM 1:30 minutes
4. You MUST have fun doing it...
5. and you MUST have a purrrrrrrfect Christmas too!!

 

Writing a review

Do you remember Paperman?

Paperman is a short produced by Walt Disney animation studios and directed by John Karts. It won an Annie and an Oscar Award in 2012.

The action takes place in New York, in the 1940s, and the main character is a man who works in an office.

This man (we don't know the name) is very sad with his monotonous life. One day, he meets a woman at the train station and he feels love at first sight. Later that day, while he is working, he sees that the woman is being interviewd in the opposite building. He tries to send her paper-planes so that she notices him, but he fails. When the woman finishes the interview, he leaves his job to try to meet her, but he fails again. Then, the magic begins...

I was impressed by this movie because I really like the animation. It is a very romantic and interesting short. What I liked the most is the magical point you can see at the end of the movie, this was very surprising for me.

Now watch these videos. When you finish, chose one and write a review and post it in your blog, together with the inserted video.

The review must include:

• Introduction
• Setting and summary
• Personal opinion  

Useful link:

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/writing-film-book-review.php#.Ujvzqnca2MY