Let's talk about poverty...

Just answer me this:

would you be able to live like this?

Aren't I a lucky teacher? =))) This is a text by Teresa Castro, 11º CT4

One day at school, your teacher comes into the classroom places a box on the floor, and leaves the room. Suddenly the box begins to move. Write a story about what happens next.

When I saw the box moving I froze. All the classroom stopped. We were wondering what was going on.

Suddenly, Rita that was very curious got up and went to see what was in the box.

When she opened the box , a monster jumped out. All girls screamed at the same time and the boys didn´t react.

The monster was big, green, with four eyes and two mouths.

I was terrified, I had never seen something like that. We were wondering what the monster wanted.

So, Roberto and Irina had na idea. They decided to talk to him, to try to understand what the monster wanted.

In the beginning the monster didn´t answer but some minutes later he talked. He said that he wanted to eat all of us, starting with all boys with a beard. I never saw Zé and Bessa so worried.

The monster was almost catching Zé when teacher Carla, comes into the classroom and killed the monster with a paperclip.

Now that the danger is gone, I realize that maybe teacher Carla wanted to teach us a lesson, and probably the lesson is " be careful with your choises". Well if that was the intention, the lesson is learnt

The best mini holidays ever, by Irina Torres, 11º CT4 =)

This summer, I went to London with my best friend. We weren’t planning to go, but our families surprised us. We were there for three days, and let me tell you, those were the most incredible three days I’ve ever had.

We saw so many things, so many different people, from different cultures and countries. I couldn’t believe when we got there.

We stayed for 1 nights and 3 days. Sofia’s cousin rented a flat in Canary Wharf. Our neighbours were from every culture you can imagine. There were Indian people with their colourful clothes and muslin people always entering the building.

We were out of the city, so we had to catch the subway to get to London everyday.

On the first day we walked around the city. We saw everything we could. We saw many things like Big Ben, the London Eye, Buckingham Palace, a real famous statue whose name I can’t remember. It was about soldiers, I guess. We went to Piccadilly Circus. I never saw a square with so many people. We couldn’t walk with so many people around you, literally! We saw a crew performing and we ate a traditional cake, that was just amazing: it tasted of cinnamon and it was like a roll ( that cake we eat at Christmas). It was really tasty.

After that we went home because it was late. Our flat had an incredible view. I could see the London Eye and The Shard.

The next day we went to one of the scariest and most fantastic places in the world: London Dungeon. I had so much fun. I screamed a lot, I admit, I was terrified at first. The way they talk and act and the scenery… It’s really scary but really good fun too.

We went to M&M’s world store. That was a lot of M&M’s. If you want something by M&M’s, that’s the right place to look for it.

After we had lunch at one of the greatest and most famous restaurants in the world: Hard Rock Cafe. That place is awesome and the Hard Rock museum is so cool. They have Madonna’s credit card! It’s unbelievable.

That day, I think we didn’t visit anything else.

My mini-vacations in London were almost over. I felt so goos tgere. It was like a dream come true. I can see myself living there, and having a job there and who knows a family.

My last day in London was amazing. It was Sofia’s birthday, and we visited what we really wanted to see. We visited Madame Tussauds. We were very lucky because we bought our tickets a day earlier, so we didn’t have to wait in line to buy them. It took us an hour to get into the museum.

The wax figures are so realistic. There are so many wax figures that I didn’t know where to start. There were figures that I didn’t know who they were.

My favourites were, obviously, One Direction wax figures. The wax figures are just like them. It was like being with them. We were lucky because we saw them in the last days because they were going to New York.

I loved it. Really loved it.

After that we went to Tower Bridge. It has an incredible view.

Then we went to the airport. It was the end of our trip.

I loved every single moment of our days there. I can’t wait to go there again. I want to live there, have my life there. It’s going to be hard but I think it will be worth it. It’s my dream: to live and study music there.

London is one of the most amazing cities in the world. I already imagine myself there! I think it’s going to be a great experience.

I’m really grateful that I had the opportunity to visit the country and see how everything is there. I will never forget this trip. I will always remember the good time I had there.

This was the best Summer I’ve ever had.

TWENTY-NINE LINES TO MAKE YOU SMILE... =)

Choose one and post a comment as homework!

1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't.
2. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it. 
3. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. 
4. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke. 
5. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive. 
6. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
7. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
8. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
9. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing.
10. Out of my 11. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning medicine.
12. God must love stupid people; He made so many.
13. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
14. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
15. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again? mind. Back in five minutes.
16. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!
17. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.
18. Procrastinate Now!
19. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?
20. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
21. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
22. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
23. They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken.
24. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.
25. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory.
26. Ham and eggs... A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig. (how true)
27. The trouble with life is there's no background music. The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
29. I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on.

Humanity is this...

Hello y'all... this is the task for those who want to fight for a higher grade: 

write a text commenting on this video, in which you express your feelings and opinions and show a bit of research on the subject of humanity, generosity and kindness ...

How much English do YOU know? Do the Cambridge University test!

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/pt/test-your-english/for-schools/?page=survey&pagenum=1

Summer course!

Ok guys and galls...

I've prepared a plan for the summer. It's divided into sections, so you can do it all or parts. This is for that student who is NOT happy with his/her accomplishments at English this year and WANTS more!
OK, to have more, you have to give it that extra! Nothing comes cheap or easy in life and although Englsih IS easy, you in particular may have to work a bit more to reach that grade you want!

So, enjoy! ;)

Check out the signs!!!

My teacher's anger, by Vitor =)

All this because I have long canines? Sheesh, the things you notice! ;D

My English teacher has a lot of anger… When she gets angry, she shows big vampire teeth and the eyes of someone who is thirsty for blood.

I think she comes from the country of the witches.
But of course she has good things too, like for example… nothing ;)
Now, really, she is a good friend and a person that says everything in every situation and I like this. But like every human, she has bad things like... being grumpy!

My point was for them to guess the love story and write =) sheeesh... the imagination...

Once apon a time a man called John who was on a trip with his friends around the world, when he found the most beautiful girl that he had ever seen.
They were walking through the streets of Paris when he decided to look to the right and sitting in the esplanade there was a blond, tall girl with beautiful green eyes, red lips and a georgeus smile.
At first John felt strange because he had seen a lot of girls, but noone was like her.

John decided to go round talk to her, but when he got to the esplanade she wasn't there anymore. So he decided to ask the people in the next table if they had seen her. They said that the girl had gone left, so he decided to go after her and after half an hour walking he decided to quit, but just when he was thinking about it, the gorl went right by his side. He gained courage and he decided to talk to her ... They talked for 15 minutes until she said that she had to leave. Hearing that, John decided to ask her out, but she said tahe she was a lesbian and already had a girlfriend ...

Check out this new cover by Irina!

Pedro's new challenge! Who wants in???

Hi y'all... this is the new challenge... who's up for it? :)

Challenge accepted!!!

This is by Sara, Tamara, Caraina and Teresa, 10ºLH2 =) TEN POINTS!















And this one is by the ladies and Hugo and Filipe! ELEVEN!!!!

A Challenge!!! By Pedro, 10ºlh1

OK... Pedro sent me this pic with his score on that game and challenged me to beat him!

Weeeelllllll, I'm no good at this, but I talked about it in my other classes =))) and they accepted!!

The challenge is ON!!!

Margarida's latest homework =) AKA a new wacky web tale!

Last night, as I sat in the living room eating donuts and watching simpsons, the telephone rang. When I picked it up, I heard a(n) sleeping sound. It was my ugly friend Zé. He told me that he couldn't solve the three problems that teacher of portuguese had assigned for homework.

I'm pretty noisy in math, so it took me only ten minutes to figure out the answers. “These problems are easy!” I told him. “Use your telephone.”

“It's broken!” he said. “I think my pig played over it.”

“Then you'll just have to use your fingers!” I suggested sometimes.

“OMG !!!! You're a big help! The next time I need advice, I'll call Brad Pitt,” he shouted.

I don't know why Zé was so mad. Did he want me to give him the answers?

Why I love fall, by Margarida and Mariana (10º lh1) =)

Yesterday Sérgio and I went for a stupid fall walk. It was getting colder, so we had to put on our woolly boxers and sweaters.

Halfway down the block, we saw the Da Vinci family out in their yard. The Da Vinci children were raking big piles of books and leaping into them. Mrs. Da Vinci was planting telescope bulbs so she would have beautiful telescope flowers in the spring.

“Fall is in the air,” Sérgio said. “Soon the days will be getting more crybaby.”

We walked down Coelho Street admiring the black and blue leaves. Overhead, underpants were flying south for the winter. Two elephants scampered by, hiding acorns in a tree for the winter.

“That makes me hungry,” said Sérgio. “Maybe we should go pick some nice round red bones and bake them in a pie.”

“OH MY GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” I said. “That sounds crazyds crazy

A wacky tale by 10º CT4 - Burp!

Quinzinho had everything a(n) monkey could ask for. He had small food, a big, dumb bed, and the Andrioleto family to look after him.

One morning Quinzinho woke up. “I'm hungry!” he said. He went down to the bedroom but everyone in the Andrioleto family was still asleep. “I guess I'll have to find my own breakfast,” he said.
Quinzinho went outside and wrote down the street. On the sidewalk, he saw a(n) beautiful potato. “Gulp!” Down went the potato. “Not bad!” said Quinzinho.
Next, Quinzinho headed for the park. There he found a pair of potatoes just sitting on a bench. “Gulp! Gulp.” Down went the potatoes. “Mmmm, big!” said Quinzinho.
Quinzinho was feeling very smart as he skipped over to a video store. There he saw some tasty video games. “Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!” Quinzinho swallowed God Of War and Little Big Planet whole.
“YAY!! It must be time to go home,” said Quinzinho. He saw back home and up the stairs to his dumb bed.
“Breakfast! Time for breakfast, Quinzinho!” called Mrs. Andrioleto.
“I don't feel very well,” groaned Quinzinho. “It must have been those pizzas I ate for supper last night.” Burp!

A Wacky tale with the 10º LH1 - Goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllll!

Only four minutes left, and the score was tied 11 to 11. “Get in there, Marreco!” cried Coach Rato. “I'm counting on you to help us win the game.”

I grabbed my lucky stone and died onto the field. What luck. I got the venon right away and raced past three opponents. The crowd was swimming. I kicked the venon right at the goal. “goal!,” I missed! The crowd became silent. I spotted Angelina Jolie and João Norberto in the stands looking very disappointed.

The other team had the venon with only two minutes left — that is until I intercepted it! Iwent toward the goal and smashed the venon right into the net. “Goooooal!” screamed the announcer.

The crowd was reading wildly. “Hooray for Marreco! Marreco! Marreco! Marreco!”

Then my alarm clock woke me up for school.

English outside the classroom with 1st PS

(During the English lesson, we were told that there were foreign students in our school, showing off their work. This was a wonderful opportunity to use the English language OUTSIDE the classroom - just what I've wanted!)

 We went to an exhibit about the environment. It was interesting. We liked the exhibit and enjoyed the work they did. It's useful for our culture.

Adventures Abroad, a wacky tale by 10º LH2

One of the most interesting places in the world to visit is CHINA. This place has everything! There are STUPID mountains for TRAVELLING, and lakes that are perfect for EATING. Just 69 years ago, HORSES were discovered in CHINA. Since then, people have been traveling from all over the world to see them. And no trip to CHINA would be complete without a daytrip to see the great RICE in the country's largest forest. The best time to travel to CHINA is SUMMER. At this time of the year, many people have seen SWIMMING POOLS and FRIENDS in the countryside. The weather is usuallyUGLY, so it is the perfect time to SING. Just remember to pack DUCKS. You wouldn't want to be high in the mountains without them! The people of CHINA are very PRETTY and enjoy showing tourists their local MICE. Remember to bring your DUCKS, and you'll have a great time in CHINA. You might even bring the local tradition of FISHING back home with you!

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