BOOK DAY 2021 @ 'BIBLIODIESTE'

[Cover photo from XIXth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe']

 April 23rd is BOOK DAY. This year our school library has proposed an activity to commemorate this day: to fill up the library's noticeboard with book sleeves that students, teachers and school staff hand in. It can be the book you're reading, one that you like a lot or of special interest... The noticeboard will be covered with all the ones received.

I have chosen and sent Daniel Defoe's "ROBINSON CRUSOE", his first novel published in 1719. The book is an exciting story of a shipwreck and adventure on a tropical island. It's also considered the first English novel and one of the great myths of Western civilization with Don Quixote or Faust. 

Apart from this, my choice, among other reasons, is because Robinson Crusoe set off on his adventure trip from the place where I was born: Kingston upon HULL.

These are the photos of all the book sleeves sent on display:

[13th CW] BASIC URBAN VOCABULARY & IDIOMS

Basic vocabulary related to towns & cities.

For more vocabulary, click on to a previous post here.

PHRASAL VERBS WITH 'BACK'

 

PHRASAL VERBS WITH 'PASS'

 

SOME PHRASAL VERBS WITH 'COME'

 

PHRASAL VERBS WITH 'SIT'

 

NAMES FOR PEOPLE WHO EAT DIFFERENTLY

 

ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH BASICS

 

RELATIVES CLAUSES: DEFINING vs NON-DEFINING BASICS

 

APRIL FOOLS' DAY

Happy April Fools' Day. Don't get cheated!

This is like our celebration on 28th December in Spain, when people play tricks on others.

Previous posts of this day @ ClickOnEnglish.

HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS 2021

 

[11thCW] THE SEA INDEX FINALE

This last post of our cultural week works as a recap and a quick reference index to the important posts we've covered throughout the preparations and the week itself. General link to all the posts:

CLICKONENGLISH / THE SEA 

Specific links below.

WORKS DONE BY STUDENTS:

1- PIRATES  by Emma María Sterjo Martínez de Osaba (1º A ESO)

2- SEA MIGRATION MOVEMENTS by Rayanne Lissa Balde Martins (1º D ESO)

3- SIR FRANCIS DRAKE by Sofía Ouro Martín (2º A ESO)

4- GREENPEACE: LOOKING AFTER THE SEA by Karina Nicole Lugo Anderson (2º D ESO)

Some of the important posts:

- THE DIMENSIONS OF THE SEA 

- GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT OCEANS & SEAS 

- BRITAIN & THE SEA: BASIS OF ITS TRADE & EMPIRE

- THE IMPORTANCE OF GREENWICH IN THE HISTORY OF NAVIGATION 

- SHIPWRECKS: "THE TITANIC" & THE SWEDISH "VASA" 

- PARTS OF A SHIP GLOSSARY.

- NAMES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOATS & SHIPS.

- FELIXSTOWE: THE PORT OF BRITAIN

- HOW WOULD THE SEAS/OCEANS CHANGE IF ALL THE EARTH'S ICE MELTED? 

- NAVIGATION TOOLS: "WHAT'S A SEXTANT USED FOR?" & "A SEXTANT WITH HISTORY"

- HOW EARLY SAILORS NAVIGATED THE OCEANS.

 

- POP MUSIC: "SEASONGS & SHANTIES"

- BREAKING NEWS! SUEZ CANAL BLOCKED BY CONTAINER SHIP.

[11thCW] "SURFIN' U.S.A.", BEACH BOYS

 To close down our cultural week, another classic song of the 60s that connects with the sea, the ocean, and a water related sport: surfing.

It's a happy way to end the week looking forward to a great summer by the sea.

The Beach Boys, American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by their vocal harmonies, adolescent-oriented themes, and musical ingenuity, they are one of the most influential acts of the rock era.

We include video with lyrics.

[11thCW] BREAKING NEWS! SUEZ CANAL BLOCKED BY CONTAINER SHIP

 Almost ending this cultural week devoted to the sea, we've learnt about the blockage of Egypt's Suez Canal by a huge container ship since last Tuesday. 

The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez; and dividing Africa and Asia. It's one of the world's most used commercial routes and this blockage is becoming a big problem for the transportation of food, goods and oil. The price of oil and gas has already increased since then.

The "Ever Given" container ship from Taiwan, which has blocked the canal, is a 220,000 ton megaship got stuck in the sand on the eastern bank of the canal. 

These graphics (taken from the British newspaper "The Guardian") show the situation:

More info:

-"The Guardian" article:

How a container ship blocked the Suez canal 

- "The Suez Canal" website.

Information on the BBC News: