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""Winter is coming "" and final exams are coming too !!!!!

Hey guys, the die is cast (alea jacta est ). Exams are coming by May so I am going to collect for you different kinds of  dialogues and monologues we can easily  find  on the Internet.

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                             --------------------->>>>MONOLOGUES>>>>---------------------



                 

BOOKS LINKS

Below this short introduction, I have added a link called BOOKS. IF you click on it you will visit a google site, where you can find and download several  reading books from the publishing house  PENGUIN READERS. Hurry up and try them out ¡¡¡  I hope you enjoy them.



                                                            --------> BOOKS <-------

Clint Eastwood much more than an icon of masculinity.

Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, film director, producer, musician, and politician. He rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s, and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made him an enduring cultural icon of masculinity.
For his work in the Western film Unforgiven (1992) and the sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004), Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Producer of the Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor.  Other popular films include the Western Hang 'Em High (1968), the psychological thriller Play Misty for Me (1971), the crime film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), the Western The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), the prison film Escape from Alcatraz (1979), the action film Firefox (1982), the suspense thriller Tightrope (1984), the Western Pale Rider (1985), the war film Heartbreak Ridge (1986), the action thriller In the Line of Fire (1993), the romantic drama The Bridges of Madison County (1995), and the drama Gran Torino (2008).
In addition to directing many of his own star vehicles, Eastwood has also directed films in which he did not appear, such as the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the war film Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), for which he received Academy Award nominations, and the drama Changeling (2008). The war drama biopic American Sniper (2014) set box office records for the biggest January release ever and was also the biggest opening ever for an Eastwood film. He received considerable critical praise in France for several films including some which were not well received in the United States.
Since 1967, Eastwood has run his own production company, Malpaso, which has produced all except four of his American films.

Academy Awards

Year	Award	Film	Result
1992	Best Director	Unforgiven	Won
	Best Picture	Unforgiven	Won
	Best Actor	Unforgiven	Nominated
1994	Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award		Won
2003	Best Director	Mystic River	Nominated
	Best Picture	Mystic River	Nominated
2004	Best Director	Million Dollar Baby	Won
	Best Picture	Million Dollar Baby	Won
	Best Actor	Million Dollar Baby	Nominated
2006	Best Director	Letters from Iwo Jima	Nominated
	Best Picture	Letters from Iwo Jima	Nominated
2014	Best Picture	American Sniper	Nominated

Listening- Reading- and Singing

Another activity we have tried in class is related with  "  Lyrics-Gaps  ". These kind of exercises helps you to improve your abilities of listening, reading and singing.

In the page in my blog called lyricsgaps, there is a link to a really usefull page and some examples like the ones below.

                             

                             

                             

St . Patrick's day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A new celebration took place in the EOI School of Xirivella, and our teacher, Maria, showed us how to enjoy english classes in a different way.

We were celebrating St Patrick's day, an Irish cultural and religious celebration that holds on 17 March and commemorates the death of  Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

We took the opportunity to decorate ourselves with stickers of green flowers, practice english and  have fun.

    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

SPEED DATING IS BACK !!!!!

Last february the 11th we took part in a fantastic speed dating class. Regardless of how busy and frenetic your schedule and your life are, you still can find time to practice English and find your couple through EOI speed dating, and incidentally get to know your classmates.

          

                                                  

Dragon force

The reason of this video is quite simple. We all are always complaining about  how fast  people talk in  listenings . When I feel really tired of listening  English audios, I usually try some of the videos that this heavy metal group has posted on youtube.

Move forward untill minute 1:50 and try to follow the guitarists. Try it twice, and please pay attention to them. The First you try to do it, I'm pretty sure you won´t be able to follow a single note, but after a few attempts, you will notice how your attention improves.


Listen to the guitarists at least twice, and then try it harder with your English listening . The more you try  ultra fast music, the easier you´ll find your listening in English class. Please don't let this opportunity goes by and try it out.


             

                                      GAMES OF THRONES SEASON 1 CHAPTER 5

In my point of view, Game of thrones has been one of the most interesting tasks we have done in our English classes. It consisted on firstly watching a specific chapter of the serie in the original version, secondly sum up the chapter in order to expose it in class and finally preparing  a quick exam for the rest of the students.

This chapter is all about how Jon Snow is an illegitimate child.

At a feast for the royal guests, Jon Snow plays with his albino direwolf, Ghost, and talks to his uncle Benjen, who is a member of the Night's Watch.

Jon is upset about being an illegitimate child and wants to join the Night's Watch. But Benjen thinks he's too young and the Night's Watch is a hard life for a kid.

Upset by this talk, Jon runs outside and meets Tyrion Lannister, the dwarf. Tyrion bonds with Jon and gives him some advice about turning his weakness into a strength. Or something like that – they're both a little drunk in that scene.

The Stark advisor, Maester Luwin, comes to tell Catelyn and Eddard that he found a secret note in his room. It turns out that this note is from Catelyn's sister Lysa, who was married to Jon Arryn.The note says that the Lannisters poisoned Jon Arryn.

What's funny here is that this further convinces Catelyn that Eddard has to take the job, as they killed the previous guy, so why don't you try that job out?

Catelyn  hates Jon Snow. She tells Eddard that Jon Snow can't stay when Eddard goes to King's Landing, but Eddard can't bring him to the capital.

Luckily, Luwin has the solution and let Jon Snow join the Night's Watch.

                       

                QUICK EXAM                  

  

SPEED DATING

Well, I had never done it, but now, I totally recommend it . A refreshing way to Know your partners, practice english and make progress.

In addittion to this, we were able to bring some soft drinks, and María brought some chips for everyone, simply fantastic!!

And these were the instructions given us before in order to be ready.