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Matilda Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death

You can find the poem with some drawings in here  http://holyjoe.org/poetry/belloc4.htm Matilda told such Dreadful Lies, It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes; Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth, Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth, Attempted to Believe Matilda: The effort very nearly killed her, And would have done so, had not She Discovered this Infirmity. For once, towards the Close of Day, Matilda, growing tired of play, And finding she was left alone, Went tiptoe to the Telephone And summoned the Immediate Aid Of London's Noble Fire-Brigade. Within an hour the Gallant Band Were pouring in on every hand, From Putney, Hackney Downs, and Bow. With Courage high and Hearts a-glow, They galloped, roaring through the Town, 'Matilda's House is Burning Down!' Inspired by British Cheers and Loud Proceeding from the Frenzied Crowd, They ran their ladders through a score Of windows on the Ball Room Floor; And took Peculiar Pains to Souse The Pictures up and down the H

Tongue Twisters

  1. Pad kid poured curd pulled cod. 2. If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully. 3. Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons — balancing them badly. 4. Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks. 5. Can you can a canned can into an un-canned can like a canner can can a canned can into an un-canned can? 6. The sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick. 7. Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery. 8. Ingenious iguanas improvising an intricate impromptu on impossibly-impractical instruments. 9. I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop Where she shines, she sits, and where she sits, she shines. 10. When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor? 11. These thou

Last Project

  Video 1._ COUNTRY PRESENTATION (LOCATION, HABITANTS, BRIEF HISTORY) LENGHT: 1 MINUTE Presentación de su país (Locación, habitantes, breve historia) Tiempo: 1:00 minuto --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2._ CONTENTS - MAIN POINTS COVERED IN CLASS. LENGHT: MIN 3 MINS, MAX 5 MINS. contenido - preguntas discutidas en clases- mínimo 3 minutos, máximo 5 minutos. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3._  CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS LENGHT: 2 MINUTES COSTUMBRES Y TRADICIONES 2 MINUTOS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  LIFESTYLE  INTERVIEW WITH 3 LOCALS MIN 3 MINS, MAX 5 MINS. entrevistas con 3 habitantes mínimo 3 minutos, máximo 5 minutos. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5._ CULTURAL SAMPLE 5 MINS muestra cultural 5 MINUTOS ---------

Rubrics for the guidelines activity

 Here goes the rubric: https://micuentofantastico.cr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/RubricaParaCalificarCuentos.pdf

Eagle scouts (Part 2)

 Watch the video. Then make a little summary with drawings. Eagle scouts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0TSXyTGblg

Planning a story with guidelines

 Your characters are going camping. Create short guidelines, in order for you to develop a story. **You are not going to develop the story, we just need the guidelines** 1. You must cover all 7 days of the week. -You can put drawings on the final document (OPTIONAL).- 2. The document will be sent to the teacher's email.  3. The activity needs to be sent before Friday 21st. 4. We will follow the main points of the rubrics found on the blog, except F4. Example: 'On Monday, Carla and Rodrigo are really excited about the camp that will take place on the weekend. This day they are meeting after class to discuss where to get a tent. However, they don't know that a car crash is going to change their plans. On Tuesday, Carla goes to the hospital to check on his friend Matthew, who was involved on the car crash that happened on Monday and now he is on a comma. Rodrigo goes to a store to but a tent but he finds out they are really expensive.  On Wednesday, Rodrigo goes to the hospita