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Watch and listen !! Answer these questions in English: 1) What is the story about?  Is about a statue of a prince that looked around the whole town and he felt sad to see so much poverty.One day a bird approached him and the prince told him to stay to help him.the bird wanted to travel but still stayed with the prince to help him.already when the prince distributed all his jewels,its statue began to disarm and already the bird had died in its feet by the winter.even so after the statue of the prince was removed the prince returned to be happy since he had helped his people. 2) Is this a sad or happy story? At first sight the story is sad, but at the end it is happy (: 3) How many characters are there in this story? The story had 7 characters: -Main Characters: The prince and the bird. -Secondary Characters: The writer, seamstress, other birds, the selling girl and the junco 4) Who is your favorite character and why? The bird, because he is c...
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Activity 14

Summaries Write a brief summary  (6 lines) of the following Oscar Wilde´s stories. Include one picture for each book. 1) The picture of Dorian Gray: Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist who is impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mode in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied and amoral experiences, while staying young and beautiful; all the while his portrait ages and records every sin. 2) The importance of being Ernest:  The Importance of ...
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Oscar Wilde Write a short biography of Oscar Wilde. Include a picture.  Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde born  on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England, known for his brilliant wit, flamboyant style and infamous imprisonment for homosexuality. After graduating from Oxford University, he lectured as a poet, art critic and a leading proponent of the principles of aestheticism. In 1891, he published The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel which was panned as immoral by Victorian critics, but is now considered one of his most notable works. As a dramatist, many of Wilde’s plays were well received including his satirical comedies Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), his most famous play. Unconventional in his writing and life, Wilde’s affair with a young man led to his arrest on charges of ...
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Activities for August: The Nightingale and the Rose Activity I: Write a brief summary of "The Nightingale and the Rose". Include the following words (7p) - And                  - Or - So                    - Then -After that           - Finally A nightingale hears the student talking with the professor's daughter. She is saying that if he gives her a red rose, she will dance with him, so the student start to looking but he can't find one.  The nightingale feels his sadness, and visits all the rose-trees in the garden, but no one is red. When she finally found one red rose tree, the rose tree tells her that is one condition to have a red rose in this time; the nightingale had to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night with her heart pressing into a thorn, sacrificing her life. The nightingale had to think, if she do that, she will die, but the...
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Activity 11

Plays: 1.Describe each character of your play psychologically and physically. Leader: Comprehensive, calmed and wise person. Prayers: Some aren't interested in the prayer, and want to come back home quickly, but other really want to pray and stay in the church. 2. What is your play about?  It is about a gathering to pray, but not all the members are praying with the heart, they just want to come back home and finish it quickly.
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Activities for your play Activity A:  Copy your play in English in your blog.  Include 3 images. 3.- The Prayer Circle  Written by Claudia Rudolph  Summary:   We often feel in the spotlight when we pray publicly but God wants us to come to Him without reservation.   Our thoughts often interfere with our prayers.  Pre-recorded “thoughts” are interspersed with live action to reveal what each person is thinking. Characters : Leader and 6 group members. Script (The setting is a small group gathering at prayer time. The leader is standing and members are seated in a semi-circle, listening to the leader.  Each cast member will show their emotions physically and expressively during prayer time. The text in bold print are thoughts that have been pre-recorded and will be played at that time.) Leader: Are there any more prayer requests or praises to share? (Group members look at each other and shake their heads, “no”) L...
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Activity 9

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Answer these questions: What is your favorite story? My favorite story i s Desmond Doss Who is your favorite author? My favorite author is Isabel Allende Who is your favorite character? Smitty Ryker What is your favorite genre? Action, mystery, travel books, history and modern literature What is the longest book you have ever read?How long did it take you to read it? That is "The White Song". I started in 2014 and I haven't actually finished it yet. How many hours do you spend reading in a week? I spend like 8 or 9 hours to read. Do you have any ideas for a story for you to write? Which one? I want to write a book about short stories and poems, or about a big history of love and mystery set in a period of the history Do you read books based on recommendations? Yes, actually I'm reading a book called "Letters of Love to Dead People". My classmate Coni recommendate me to read the book. ...
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