21st March.World Poetry Day

Os adjunto el video grabado por nuestra compañera del Departamento de Lengua,Inmaculada, como clausura de estas actividades realizadas por las dos con motivo del Día de la Poesía.Más adelante se publicarán los videos de la dramatización del poema y las entrevistas a algunos niños de la clase.

Kids in 6°A are finishing this weekly project devoted to poetry.
They have adapted 'The Lady of Shalott' (Alfred Lord Tennyson) to our 21st century, by rewriting their own poem based on it.
Other kids have drawn a poster resembling John William Waterhouse paintings about the poem.
Some others will sing the song based on it, while three more kids read it aloud and perform it.
Other kids have written down some of the most powerful lines in its verses in a Medieval Style, since 'The Lady of Shalott' (though it was written in 19th century deals with the Arthurian Cycle).

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Happy Poetry Day

When I was studying English Literature, I had to read several poems by William Butler Yeats.
Some years later, while I was living in Northern Ireland I had the chance to visit his grave in Dumcliffe, Sligo.
I will never forget the epitaph he chose for that stone.
It was a day I felt linked to all those verses I had read for years
Here I submit one of his poems.
It is devoted to the aged.
Enjoy .

When You Are Old 
By William Butler Yeats

When you are old and grey and full of sleep, 

And nodding by the fire, take down this book, 

And slowly read, and dream of the soft look 

Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace, 

And loved your beauty with love false or true, 

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, 

And loved the sorrows of your changing face; 

And bending down beside the glowing bars, 

Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled 

And paced upon the mountains overhead 

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. 

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Saving our planet

Hi.
Taking some advantage of the fact I am also the teacher of Cultura Digital, our kids in 6° are working on some project devoted to keeping in touch with some NGOs.
Here you have some pictures of their team work.
We can make some impact.Let's believe we can!

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