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Hey, people!
We are back!!!
WELCOME!!!
This week we started our 4th Unit.
The main class was about FUTURE: Will & Be Going To
Book pages 50 to 61 (colored pages) and the equivalent in the black & White pages!!!

What are your parents' childhood/adolescence memories?

Answer this! Don't forget to put your name, number and classroom!!!

2VA & 3VA - Content for the TESTs!!!

2VA:

Grammar - Simple Past, Present Perfect, for, since, already, yet, ever, never, just
Texts: Sweet Child O'Mine, Xanadu, Fame

3VA:
Grammar: Past Continuous, Simple Past, Present Perfect, for, since
Texts: Thriller, Streets of Fire, Back to the Future

Organize-se e comece a estudar!!!

Class # 20 - Sweet Child O'Mine

She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love o' mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love o' mine

Sweet Child o' mine
Sweet love o' mine

Sweet Child o' mine
Sweet love o' mine

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o' mine

Guns N' Roses is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs and one live album during their career.
The band has sold an estimated 100 million albums worldwide, including over 43 million in the United States. The band's 1987 major label debut album Appetite for Destruction has sold in excess of 28 million copies and reached number one on the United States Billboard 200. The album still remains the fastest-selling debut album in history. In addition, the album charted three Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Sweet Child O' Mine" which reached number one.

“The thing about 'Sweet Child,' it was written in five minutes. It was one of those songs, only three chords. You know that guitar lick Slash does at the beginning? It was kinda like a joke because we thought, 'What is this song? It's gonna be nothin', it'll be filler on the record.' And except that vocal-wise, it's very sweet and sincere…” Axl

Class # 19 - Present Perfect Part III - Ressurrection

Already
Since
Ever
Never
Just

Do you know how to use them?
Check on your notebook!!!

Class #18 - Xanadu

A place where nobody dared to go
The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu

And now, open your eyes and see
What we have made is real
We are in Xanadu

A million lights are dancing
And there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world and you're here with me
Eternally

Xanadu--Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu
Xanadu--Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu

Xanadu your neon lights will shine
For you Xanadu

The love, the echoes of long ago
You needed the world to know, they are in Xanadu

The dream that came through a million years
That lived on through all the tears
It came to Xanadu

A million lights are dancing and there you are
A shooting star, an everlasting world and you're
Here with me eternally

Xanadu--Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu

Now that I'm here, now that you're near in Xanadu


Zeus, worried about the fate of a young painter, chooses one of the nine muses who preside over the arts to inspire the artist to greatness. So the lovely goddess Kira descends to earth and encourages her ward to open a disco roller skating rink. First, she locates a clarinet player whom she inspired in the 1940s, and convinces him to return to music by funding the rink. Then the three transform an abandoned building into a neon-lit, rock and roll heaven. But now that the painter's dream has come true, the time has come for Kira to return to Mount Olympus. The only problem is, the two have fallen in love, and do not want to part. But that's what will have to happen unless they can convince the gods that love is the ultimate dream.

Xanadu Your Neon Lights Will Shine
By
Matt Howe "outloud98" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Xanadu (DVD)
I LOVE this movie. Why talk about how bad it is? Because it is VERY bad. It's so bad it's good! Whose idea was it to merge fading musical star Gene Kelly with 80's pop sensation Olivia Newton John??? Throw in some ELO music and some neon special effects and you've got XANADU. Oh, it's fabulous!! Roller skating, off-the-shoulder 80's dresses, long hair .... This is XANADU. The storyline is negligible. You just wait till they get to the next song! The choreography is that Kenny Ortega 80's stuff. Look for Matt Latanzi (Olivia's ex) as a dancer in the background. By the time this movie gets to it's roller-skating in the round finale, you will be rocking! (The dancers/rollers chant: "Xanadu! Xanadu!" and perform some sort of choreographed hand-jive movements! I want to learn those moves!) Enjoy it, y'all. Like the song says: "Now that you're here, now that you're near ... Xanadu!"

Disappointing because Olivia is so much better than this awful script
By
Fruit Loop (Down South) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Xanadu (DVD)
"Xanadu" can't seem to decide if it wants to be a roller-disco movie, a dance flick, a musical, or just a vehicle for Olivia Newton-John, who is a much better actress than this lousy script allowed. And WHAT??? Is Gene Kelly doing in this movie?
The music is good, and the storyline could have been - a Muse, one of the daughters of Zeus, comes back to inspire great looking young man with a dream - but bad dialogue and some just plain dumb production numbers (roller skaters dancing and chanting "Xanadu" over and over - what is that about?) spoil it. Olivia has proven herself a capable actress, and of course her vocals are superb.It deserves two stars, and those only for the great soundtrack.

Adapted from http://www.amazon.com

Class # 17 - Fame

Baby look at meAnd tell me what you see.

You ain't seen the best of me yet

Give me time,

I'll make you forget the rest.

I got more in me, and you can set it free

I can catch the moon in my hand

Don't you know who I am?

Chorus:

Remember my name (Fame)

I'm gonna live foreverI'm gonna learn how to fly (High)I feel it coming togetherPeople will see me and die (Fame)

I'm gonna make it to heaven

Light up the sky like a flame (Fame)

I'm gonna live forever

Baby, remember my name

Remember, remember, remember, remember,

Remember, remember, remember, remember

Baby hold me tight

And you can make it right.

You can shoot me straight to the top

Give me love and take all I got.

Baby I'll be tough

Too much is not enough

I'll surround your heart til it breaks

You know I got what it takes.

Repeat chorus

Fame was a 1980 movie about a New York performing arts school - Fiorello LaGuardia High. It followed the stories of the students who aspired to stardom. It is split into sections corresponding to auditions, freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years. This movie ranked number 42 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies. Irene Cara played the role of Coco Hernandez in the film and also sang songs including the title one. The song captured the spirit of the students determined to make sure people remember their names..

About the School
Bullard High School, founded in 1955, is a comprehensive high school serving 2,600 students in grades nine through twelve. It is located in Fresno Unified School District, California's fourth largest school district. The school is located in northwest Fresno, a city with an approximate population of 600,000. Fresno City College, California State University, Fresno, Fresno Pacific University, and University of California, Merced are located nearby.
Expected School-wide Learning Results (ESLRs)
Bullard High School will have powerful learning, preparing its graduates:
- To be effective communicators, who can read, write, think, listen and speak effectively and critically.
- To be complex thinkers, who are problem solvers. They can make connections and construct meaning.
- To be creative and collaborative workers, who use effective leadership and group skills, and life-long learners, who are self-directed and can self-assess.
- To be productive community participants, who contribute time, energy, and talents to the community.
- To be technologically skilled workers.
Belief Statement

1. All students can learn.
2. Parental supports and student accountability are integral components of student success.
3. What we teach, the way we teach, and how we measure student learning are critical to the success of all students.
4. Continuing professional development is a critical component of teaching and learning.

Class # 16

Fame may bring a world of dreams but it also brings responsibilities towards society... Os seus ídolos têm consciência de seu dever social?

Present Perfect Tense

Watch this!!!

Class #15

FOR or SINCE?
practice of Present Perfect....

Class # 14

“Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.” ~Ann Landers

1 What programme is it?
music programme
weather forecast
western film
the news
series
horror film
chat show / talk show
commercial
detective film
sport programme
quiz programme
documentary
cartoon
cookery programme
love story
stand-up comedy

Match the verbs on the left to the explanations on the right.
A. = Adjective ADV. = Adverb IDM. = Idiom N. = Noun V. = Verb

1. a commercial
2. a couch potato
3. a documentary
4. a drama
5. to kick back
6. nope
7. prime-time
8. a sitcom
9. trials and tribulations
10. trivia


A. N. a half-hour comedy show
B. N. problems and difficulties of life
C. N. an educational TV program or movie usually describing nature or history
D. N. a lazy person who sits around all day watching TV
E. A. between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM every nightThis expression is used when referring to the television schedule.
F. V. to sit in a big comfortable chair or lie on a couch and relax
G. this is an informal way of saying "no"
H. N. unimportant or useless information
I. N. an advertisement on TV
J. N. a serious TV program, movie or play that involves all the emotions

Now choose the correct word to complete the sentences. The words are not repeated.

A) commercials
B) couch potato
C) drama
D) prime-time
E) Nope
F) trials and tribulations
G) trivia
H) documentary
I) kick back
J) sitcoms

1. Tonight we are going to order a pizza, and then _________ and watch an old movie on TV.


2. Senara is in East Africa helping to make a _________ on the Maasai tribe for the BBC.


3. Research shows that humor is a very effective marketing tool. That's why you see so many funny _________on TV.


4. When they asked me if I wanted to help them move, I replied, "_________. I hate packing boxes and carrying furniture."



5. Larry is the king of _________. He knows millions of useless facts!


6. I need to start getting out more and exercising so I don't turn into a _________.

7. Soap operas are usually inexpensive television programs shown during the day. They are made quickly and cheaply and lack the production quality seen in _________ dramas.

8. Although I like stand-up comedy and comic films, I don't really care for _________. The stories always seem the same to me.

9. I love that _________ on Thursday nights about the difficulties of working in an inner-city hospital.

10. Her novel describes in detail the _________ of being a pioneer in 19th century America.

1a. VA - Assunto

Texts:
Twilight & Romeo and Juliet
Obama
Martin Luther King

Grammar:
Comparatives
Superlatives
Simple Past
Past Continuous(Progressive)
Contrast SP X PC

Twilight - A song...

Class #13 - What do TWILIGHT and ROMEO & JULIET have in common?

Twilight & Romeo and Juliet… What do they have in common?



Read and match. Write the numbers.


Similarities :




Differences :

1. FORBIDDEN FIRST LOVE
2. LOVERS ARE FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS
3. SOCIETY KEEPS THEM APART
4. THEY END UP GETTING MARRIED
5. BEING TOGETHER IS DANGEROUS
6. LOVERS’ RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR “PARENTS"
7. ONE HAS A RELATIVELY HAPPY ENDING
8. ONE RESULTS IN OFFSPRING

Twilight
Bella Swan moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington to allow her mother, Renée, to travel with her new husband, Phil, a minor league baseball player. After moving to Forks, Bella finds herself involuntarily drawn to a mysterious, handsome boy, Edward Cullen. She eventually learns that he is a member of a vampire family who drink animal blood rather than human. Edward and Bella fall in love, but James, a sadistic vampire from another coven, is drawn to drink Bella's blood. Edward and the other Cullens defend Bella. She escapes to Phoenix, Arizona, where she is tricked into confronting James, who tries to kill her. She is mortally wounded, but Edward rescues her and they return to Forks.

Leave out all the rest – Linkin Park

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one would listen
Cause no one else cared

After my dreaming
I woke with this fear
What am I leaving
When I'm done here

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

And don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
[End Chorus]

Don't be afraid
I've taken my beating
I've shared what I made

I'm strong on the surface
Not all the way through
I've never been perfect
But neither have you

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

Don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
[End Chorus]

Forgetting
All the hurt inside
You've learned to hide so well

Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

Don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting
All the hurt inside
You've learned to hide so well

Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are
I can't be who you are

Class #12

A Vocabulary Test!!!

“Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
Albert Einstein



1. Match the words on the left to the explanations on the right.


1. forest
2. global warming
3. to pollute
4. ozone layer
5. acid rain
6. climate
7. to recycle
8. smog
9. emission
10. to destroy

A. to make air, rivers etc. dirty
B. a mixture of smoke and fog
C. lots of trees form it
D. gas which is sent out into the air
E. it protects the earth from dangerous rays of the sun
F. water that falls from the clouds and contains harmful chemicals
G. weather conditions of a particular place
H. to damage sth. so badly that it no longer exists
I. to process used objects so that they can be used again
J. the problem of the rise in temperature of the earth's atmosphere


Book pages:94,97,108(#5)

Martin Luther King Jr. & U2

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Thanks, Hugo!

Class # 8

This class was very special! It was the presentation of our project for the year!!

The 80's Timeline...

Deadline: Apr 7th

Members: Max 5

What to do? Create a TIMELINE for the 80's including historical and cultural aspects about Brazil and one of these countries: US or UK.

Where? A4 size paper!!!

Class # 7 - I have a dream... Group 1

I have a dream!
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
(…)
But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.
We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!(…)This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And so let freedom ring (…)!
From every mountainside, let freedom ring. And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

Taken from American Rhetoric
T.Ladosky
Feb, 2009

A song..... Part 2

AFTER doing the activity previously posted, watch the clip with Celine Dion.... Easy to understand and with translation!!!!

An activity with song.....

Watch the clip and write all the verbs you see in the past... After devide them into 2 groups: Regular and Irregular....

Have fun!!!

Kisses!

A video to practice SIMPLE PAST!!!!!

Check this out!!!!
It's a good way to revise....

Class #6 - Simple Past & Past Continuous

Book pages 6 to 11 & 111 to 113

Class # 5 - Obama's Group 1

Hey, there!

Check this out!

S= substantive

V=verb

ADJ=adjective

ADV=adverb

PA=possessive adjective

P=pronoun

Prep= preposition

LW=linking word

Class #4

Practice on Superlatives & Comparatives no caderno...

Class #3 - Obama's Group 2

Obama's Speech...

All this we can do. All this we will do.

My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.
(…)
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood.
(…)
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real, they are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this America: They will be met.
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
(…)
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less.
It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame.
Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
(…)
Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
All this we can do. All this we will do.
(…)
And so, to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to lead once more.
(…)
We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth.
(…)
To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or blame their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.
And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders, nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

Adapted from New York Times
T.Ladosky
Feb, 2009

Class #2

Comparatives and Superlatives.
Pages 28, 29, 30, 31, 121 & 122

Class #1

T and SS met for the first time!!!!!