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WRITING CLUB

Writing Classes

Who wants to join the writing club? We're holding different classes for the new members. You will learn how to develop a character, or how to create a complex history with out holes in the plot.
We meet at the local library every Monday at 7:00 p.m.

Social Events

We're exciting to announce that the club is organizing a storyteller event, every member can participate and you con bring one or two guests. To participate you only has to write an small history to share with everybody. It's a new idea but we're hoping that it can became a club tradition. If this small event works, we will try to organize one storyteller for all the community. The event is the next Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the local library too. To enter you will have to show your membership card so don't forget to bring it.

Visit from Laura Gallego

All member are invited to an special masterclass next Tuesday with Laura Gallego, who is going to explain us how to create a fantasy world and don't mess it up while you're trying. She will also read us an small part from her new book, Fairy´s kingdom histories. It will be in the usual place (the library), at 5:00 p.m.

 A new way of communication 

We're pleased to announce that we're launching a club blog, to inform about the events, the theme of the classes, and to upload different writing lessons, so you can consult if you have a doubt. 

Project 2dn Term

Song of Ice and Firs

Self Assismetn 2nd term

1 What can I do that I couldn't do before?

I can use the grammar form have something done

2 What do I like most?

The speakings and writings

3 What do I do well?

The speaking, the listening and the writing

4 What am I confused about?

Some grammar

5 What do I need help with?

The reverse translation

6 What do I do in English outside the class?

I watch the TV in english, I listen to music and I read books in english. Also I have an italian friend and I talk to her in english

7 What do I need to improve?

Study more

8 What did I learn about culture?

I have learn about Canada and about the differences dances in the world

Glossary Unit 4

Anxious: full of mental distress or fear of danger or misfortune
Cheerful: full of happines
Dynamic: vigorously active or forceful
Grumpy: unhappy and bad-tempered
Sleepy: ready to sleep
Avalanche: a large mass of snow, ice, etc., that comes loose from a mountain slope and slides or falls suddenly downward.
Layers: one of several items of clothing worn one on top of the other:
Parka: a hooded coat made of materials that protect against very cold temperatures.
Snowshoes: a frame shaped like a racket and attached to the shoe for walking on deep snow without sinking.
Thermal Underwear: underwear designed to retain body heat in cold temperatures
Thermometer: an instrument for measuring temperature
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Face up to: Enfrentarse
Work Out: Entrenar
Bruised Knee: Rodilla Magullada
Sensible: Sensitivo

Glossary Unit 3

Convert: to change into something of different form or properties.
Generate: to create by a natural or chemical process
Run: to end up with something
Store: to put away for future use
Celebrate: to show that a dat is special by having ceremonies, parties, or other festivities
Develop: to bring out the pssibilities
Participate: to take part or have share, as with others
Support: to extend help, concern, etc... to a person experiencing hardship
Train: to become skilled in some work by teaching or practice
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Boost: Potenciar
Perform: Desarrollar

Dracula Glossary Chapters 9-10

Whistle: Silbato
Chased away:
Gasped: Dijo con la voz entrecortada
Chest: Pecho
Sprang at: Saltó sobre
Mist: Tapa
Shuddered: Se estremeció
Holy: Sagrada
Revenge: Venganza
Doomed: Condenada
Harm: Hacer daño

Dracula Glossary Chapters 7-8

Sight: Espectáculo
Lid: Tapa
Coffin: Ataúd
Crack: Fisura
Host: Hostia
Seal: Sellar

Dracula Glossary Chapters 5-6

Churchyard: Cementerio
Bat: Murciélago
Garlic: Ajo
Footprints: Huellas

Dracula Glossary Chapters 3-4

Warning: Advertencia
Dust: Polvo
Crawled: Se deslizaba
Spread Out: Se extendía
Fainted: Se desmayó
Searched: Buscó en

Dracula Glossary Chapters 1-2

Lawyer: Abogado
Evil eye: Mal de ojo
Wolves: Lobos
Sharp: Afilados
Claws: Garras
Breath: Aliento
Chapel: Capilla

Self Assisment 1st Term

1 What can I do that I couldn't do before?

I can use with more confidence the irregular verbs

2 What do I like most?

The speakings and writings

3 What do I do well?

The speakings and the listenings

4 What am I confused about?

The reverse translation

5 What do I need help with?

The reverse translation

6 What do I do in English outside the class?

I watch the TV in english, I listen to music and I hava also start to read books in english

7 What do I need to improve?

Study more

8 What did I learn about culture?

I have learn about Yellow Stone Park and about different houses in the world

Glossary Unit 2

Image: a visible representation of a person, animal, or thing
Media: means of communication
Product: all the goods or services that a company produces
Slogan: a phrase identified with a particular party, product.
Habitable: that can be live in.
Ordinary: of no special quality or interest.
Potential: that might or could be true but is not yet so.
Semi-detached: house joined by a party wall to another house or row of houses.
Stunning: very attractive.

Vocabulary Unit 1

Bully: One who bothers and hurts smaller people.
Founder: To fill with water and sink.
Star: A famous or well-known actor, singer, etc., esp. one who plays the leading role in a production. A famous person in some art, profession, or field.
Victim: A person who suffers from destruction or an injury.
Habitat: The natural environment of a living thing.
National Park: An area of countryside for public use designated by a national government as being of notable scenic, environmental, or historical importance.
Shade: The darkness caused by the screening of rays of light from an area, or a place where this is found.
The wild: Living in a state of nature and not tamed.

Castles and Palaces

Power Point

Neuschwanstein’s Castle 

Is in Germany and Bavier’s Luis the II, the mad king, ordered to built the castle to find place to be alone and faraway of the rest of the world in 1866. After his dead it became public and open. 

It has been modified to be habitable. It has hot and cold water, electric light, heating and a telephone line. 

It is the most photographed building in Germany and it have 1.4 million visitors every year. 

Disney has used like inspiration for it logo and the Sleeping Beauty castle 

 Chenonceau’s castle 

The history of the Chenonceau ‘s Castle is defined by a an almost uninterrupted succession of women who built, embellished, protected, restored and saved it. The first castle was a medieval one dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, of which only the dungeon stills there. The castle in its current form was built between 1513 and 1517, by Thomas Bohier and because his wife, Catherine Briçonnet, wanted it. 

Bran’s Castle 

Is a medieval fort next to Brasov, in the frontier between Transylvania and Valaquia. His name his huge touristic appeal is because de Cont Dracula but it’s probably that the real historic characer in which Dracula is based on, Vlad the Impaler, haven’t lived there.

It was built by Luis I of Hungry in 1377  

Chillion’s Castle 

It’s in Sweden. 

It’s a construction made by 25 buildings and three courtyards protected by two rings off defensive walls.It was the residence of the Saboya’s Conts during the XII and XVI, and it's  one of most visited buildings in Sweden. Some people see similarities between this and the Eric’s castle from the little mermaid. 

Trakai’s Castle 

The legend says that this castle in the Lake city, historical capital of Lithuania, was build because of a whim from the Kestutis’ wife, she wanted to live near to the water. It have lots of rooms, galleries and secret passageways. In the XVI century it became a noble’s prison and in 1962 became part of the Trakai National Museum. 

 

Egeskov’s Castle 

It’s in Denmark, in the Fiona’s Island. 

It’s considered one of the best preserved renacentist castles in Europe. It’s part of a museum complex . The Count Michael an the Countess Margrethe, the propieters have an private part, but most of it, it’s open for the public. 

Pena’s Palace 

It’s colourful structure is one of the icons of Sintra, a village next to Lisboa. Its romantically image, with its peculiar mix of stiles that that is near to the extravagant is made with typical portuguese tiling. It was build by the king Fernando II in the XIX century like a present for his wife Maria II of Portugal.