Week 11: November 28th, 2018- Discussing art!

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- We discussed ideas about art, whether it has to be human, purposeful, whether it depends on what it communicates or can only be beautiful.
- We went through a handout of useful vocabulary to discuss and describe a work of art.
- We received a couple of pictures of artworks and described one to a classmate. Then we compared the two pictures we had.
- We did two listening comprehensions of an artist explaining how she works.
- We decided where to fit Glenn Miller Orchestra's I know why in our favourite films and then completed the gapped lyrics and sang!!
- Remember you can give me your reviews to get a little something for your effort. I have found some NPR book reviews you can have a look at. Some are texts, but others are audios.

Homework:
- Pick up an artwork from any gallery and read about it. Take notes, don't write the whole thing, and be prepared to  tell a classmate all you know. Try to pick up some specific vocabulary and use it in your production. Here you have some links from where to pick up something. They give you ideas, but you'll probably need to search in several sites:

• The 100 best paintings you can see in London
• 10 Treasures of the British Museum.
• Tate Britain highlights.
• Unmissable works in the Tate Modern
• 30 must-see painting in the National Gallery.
• The five best painting of the Guggenheim New York.
• The 10 best paintings at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA).
• 15 Pieces of Art You Have to See at the Met.

Week 10: November 21st, 2018- Films and The Shape of Water

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- We discussed the film handout, talking about the best scenes and characters of The Shape of Water.
- We did an exercise to guess who said the phrases we were given. At the beginning of the exercise we have the poem that closes the film. Here you have a reading about the origin of the poem.
- If you want to have a glance, here you have the script of the film.
- We did a listening comprehension exercise with an interview with Guillermo del Toro.
- We did an exercise to choose two films from the poster exhibition and shared our choices.

Homework:
- I'd like you to design and record a review of The Shape of Water. Remember I gave you some vocabulary to try to use. Here you have some examples of reviews to be inspired. Some recorded ones from NPR and some easier ones from the British Council.  Here you have some book reviews, some of them in text and others in an audio.Try to record about three or four minutes.
- Remember that every two reviews of either a book, magazine article or film you borrow from the library gets you a prize!! You can either write the review or record your review and post in on the Recommendations wall of the department. I'll post it for you if you prefer!

Week 9: November 14th, 2018- Film Festival!!

- We saw The Shape of Water.
- We got a handout with a few questions to think about the film and some film vocabulary.
Homework:
- Think about the handout questions.
- Read some online reviews to start talking about them at the beginning of the class.




We also had some popcorn!!

Week 8: November 7th, 2018- Speaking of series

- We talked about our favourite TV series with the handout of TV vocab we have.
- We corrected the exercises on grammar structures to talk about the future.
- We completed another handout identifying future structures and writing about the future of a president.
- We got a little bit familiar with the contents of the library and had a look at the poster of the different activities the school is organising around it.

- We saw the trailer of the film of the X Film Festival EOI Torrejón de Ardoz we are going to see next day: The Shape of Water.
- We completed the gaps of a song from Coco, another of the films we're showing in the Film Festival.