Easter Games

By Ana Feijoo, Celso Ons Castro, Cesar Muñiz, Lorena Domingos,

Luis Pérez , Maeloc, Sergio Gavilanes, Victor Pulido.

EGG HUNTING
Parents usually hide the eggs for children to find them on Easter morning. Children believe that the Easter Bunny brings them the Easter eggs.

EGG AND SPOON RACE

You will need two spoons, hard-boiled eggs, length of grass for the race and flags for the finish line. After dividing the players into two teams and establishing the start and finish line, the front runner in each team puts the egg on the spoon, runs the length of the course, goes back and then passes the egg to the next runner. If the egg is dropped, the runner must start again. The winning team is the one whose members first complete the course.

EGG SHACKLING

You will need a hard-boiled egg for each player. Each player meets their opponent, grasping their egg firmily and hitting his opponent's, trying to crack it while keeping their own intact. The winner of each round will keep the broken egg for himself, so the overall winner will win all the eggs.

BOTTLE KICKING MATCH

You will need two barrels which will be filled with sweets. Each team will try to move the barrels over different obstacles towards the finish line. The team which first gets the line will win the barrels with sweets.

This game was born in 1770, when the Rector of Hallaton (UK) was given a piece of land after providing the locals with two hare pies, some loves of bread and some ale, which had to be scrambled for in public. This scramble became a tradition and years later, during one of these scrambles, the nearby town of Medbourne came to steal the food and drink, emerging a fight between the people of the two towns. Since then both towns have remembered this fight playing a 'bottle kicking match' on every Easter Monday. It is a game in which no eye-gouging, no weapons and no strangling are the only rules. Locals carry a big hare pie and three barrels, two of them filled with beer and one painted red and white. Then they are decked in ribbons. They are released in turns and the two teams, Hallaton and Medbourne, try to roll them to their village boundary, but they must dodge all kind of obstacles!

The Easter Bunny and The Easter eggs

By Ana Feijoo, Celso Ons Castro, Lorena Domingos, Luís Pérez Alvarez, Maeloc, Paula Sastre.

The Easter Bunny was the earthly symbol of the goddess Eastre, worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons. In Christian tradition, a rabbit witnesses the miracle of the resurrection of Christ in his tomb, so the rabbit became the messenger to communicate and remember the new goods.
The Easter Egg. For ancient Anglo-Saxons exchanging eggs in spring was a symbol of rebirth, fertility and new live. Now people give chocolate eggs or hard-boiled eggs painted with different colours as a present at Easter. Sometimes eggs are boiled with petals of flowers, leaves or any kind of vegetables to make them colourful.

EASTER TRADITIONS

HOW TO CALCULATE EASTER DAY

By Victor Pulido.

As you know Easter Day can be on any Sunday between 22 March and 25 April. There are many methods to calculate this date. This is one easy method to find out when Easter will be the next years!

We need this table:

Remainder Date

0 ................................................... 27 March

1 ................................................... 14 April

2 .................................................... 3 April

3 .................................................... 23 March

4 .................................................... 11 April

5 .................................................... 31 March

6 .................................................... 18 April

7 .................................................... 8 April

8 ................................................... 28 March

9 .................................................. 16 April

10 ................................................. 5 April

11 ................................................. 25 March

12 ................................................ 13 April

13 ................................................ 2 April

14 ................................................ 22 March

15 ................................................ 10 April

16 ................................................ 30 March

17 ................................................ 17 April

18 ................................................ 7 April

Now follow these steps:

a) Take the number of the year and divide it by 19 ( 2010 / 19 = 105.84)

b) Multiply the main part by 19 ( 105 x 19= 1995 )

c) Take the number of the year and add one ( 2010 + 1 = 2011)

d) Substract the result in step b) from the result in step c). This is the remainder ( 2011 - 1995= 16, the remainder day)

e) Match the remainder with the date ( 16 ........... 30 March )

f) Easter is on the first Sunday after this date ( First Sunday after 30 March: 4 April )

EASTER / PASCUA. Origin / Origen

By Camila Lucia Chávez, Celso Ons Castro, Luís Pérez Alvarez, Noelia Grande, Ramón Rodríguez, Sergio Gavilanes and Silvia Daniela Fuentes.

EASTER.

• Origin of the word Easter.

The word Easter derives from 'Eastre', the name of the Teutonic goddess of springtime and fertility. Every spring the ancient Saxons used to celebrate her return with a festival. This pagan ritual was celebrated during a period of time which, many years later, coincided with the death and resurrection of Christ. So, when the Saxons were converted to Christianity they decided to use the word, which turned to Easter, to remember the death of Christ and celebrate his return to life.

• The date of Easter

Before 325 A.D. Easter was celebrated on different days of the week, but in this year the Council of Nicaea issued the Easter Rule which states that Easter shall be celebrated on the first Sunday that occurs after the first full moon on or after the ecclesiastical vernal equinox. This equinox is always on March 21, but Easter must be on a Sunday between the dates of March 22 and April 25.

• Holy days of the week.

Palm Sunday. It is the first day of the festivity. It represents the coming of Jesus to Jerusalem.

Easter Tueday. Holy Tuesday: the announcement of the death of the Lord.

Easter Thursday. The first day of the Christian Tridum.

Good Friday. On this day Christians remember the death of Jesus on the cross.

Holy Saturday. It conmemorates Jesus in the tomb.

Easter Sunday. On this day Christians celebrate that Jesus came to life.

PASCUA

• Origen de la palabra 'Pascua'

'Pascua' viene del hebreo 'pesah' y del arameo 'pascha'. Éste término aparece en el Éxodo y significa 'el paso del Señor'. Se cuenta que los israelitas fueron liberados de la opresión egipcia cuando el ángel de la muerte 'pasó' de largo ante las casas de los israelitas aniquilando a todos los primogénitos de Egipto. Para diferenciar sus casas de las egipcias los israelitas habían marcado sus puertas con sangre de cordero. El sacrificio del cordero era un antiguo rito de las tribus nómadas para celebrar la primera cosecha de primavera, o lo que es lo mismo, el 'paso' del invierno a la primavera. Éste ritual coincidió con el suceso de la bondad del angel de la muerte hacia el pueblo de Israel. Así pues, este acontecimiento se empezó a celebrar entre el 14 y el 21 del mes de nisán, que coincide con nuestro mes de marzo. Años más tarde la muerte de Cristo tuvo lugar durante la celebración de la fiesta de Pascua. Ya durante la Última Cena Jesús anunciaba a sus discípulos que aquella sería el inicio de la nueva Pascua, o nueva Alianza, sellada con su sangre: sería el cordero que quita el pecado del mundo tras el 'paso' de la Pasión. Los cristianos comenzaron a conmemorar la muerte y resurrección de Cristo reuniéndose los domingos y decidieron celebrar una fiesta anual de la Pascua en memoria de la muerte del Señor. Los primeros cristianos celebraban la Pascua de Resurrección al mismo tiempo que se celebraba la Pascua judía, pero en el 325, en el Concilio de Nicea se decidió separar las dos Pascuas siguiendo unas normas básicas: La Pascua ha de caer en domingo. Este domingo ha de ser al siguiente plenilunio pascual, es decir, la primera luna llena de la primavera boreal que tiene lugar en el equinoccio de primavera del hemisferio norte, coincidiendo en 21 de marzo. La Pascua no puede ser antes del 22 de marzo ni más tarde del 25 de abril.

MARK TWAIN: 100th anniversary of his death

HIS LIFE.

Mark Twain. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, writer who was born in the state of Missouri in 1835 and died in Connecticut in 1910.

When he was twelve his father died and he had to leave school. Soon he started working as a trainee typographer. Some years later he decided to live as a wanderer travelling around some southern states. Then he was a pilot taking steamships along the Mississipi River. When the Civil War broke out he went to the west, where he became a gold searcher in Nevada.

In 1862 he started to write for a newspaper in Virginia - The Enterprise - and signed his articles with the nick name of Mark Twain. This name comes from an old river navigation expression which meas 'mark two fathons' - 4 metres - expression used to say that the waters were safe.
After travelling around Europe and Holy Land, he got married and went to Connecticut, where he would live for the rest of his life. It was here where he wrote his best novels and short stories. Filled with humor and sadness, his stories reflect the good and the evil in human nature, the joy and difficulties of human experience.

Mark Twain died on 21st April, in 1910 when he was seventy-four years-old.

HIS WORK

1865 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

Short stories published by the Enterprise.

1869 The Innocents Abroad.

Book in which he tells us about his journey around Europe.

1872 Roughing it.

Humorous novel based on his experiences in the west.

1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

1883 Life of the Mississipi.
1884 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

These three novels were influenced by Twain's experiences in Missouri and the Mississipi River.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and it is considered to be his marterpiece. It is told in first person by its protagonist, Huckleberry Finn, a young boy, who running away from his cruel father, lives exciting and dangerous adventures.

1881 The Prince and the Pauper.

1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

Both of them historical novels.

1896 Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc.

1894 Pudd'n head Wilson.

1916 published after his death. The Mysterious Stranger.

His most pessimistic and negative work.

CARNIVAL IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL

By Alex Vila, Celso Simón and Victor Pulido,

Trinidad and Tobago is a country in the South Caribbean Sea, close to the east coast of Venezuela, and it consists of two islands: Trinidad and Tobago. The capital, in Trinidad, is Port of Spain.

Trinidad and Tobago celebrates the most important carnival of the Caribbean and it is one of the most beautiful carnivals in the world, often compared to the Carnival of Rio. The Carnival of Trinidad and Tobago is a great example of how people with different culture and customs can be united, because here the beliefs and traditions of many different cultures have come together to celebrate life.

Trinidad and Tobago was colonized by Spain and England at different times of its history, but by 1797, under British rule, thousands of French settlers came to live in Trinidad bringing with them their customs, culture and their African slaves, who also brought with them their own culture and traditions. It is since then that Carnival has been celebrated. Although the big party begins two days before Ash Wednesday, the preparations begin with New Year's day. There are musical competitions in which drums, claves and steelpans are the main instruments, and there are spectacular parades with the election of the Calypso Monarch and the King and Queen of the Bands.

The Notting Hill Carnival, in west London. This carnival was introduced years ago by Caribbean inmigrants, most of them from Trinidad and Tobago. It takes place during the last weekend of August and it is very famous for the colourful costumes and the steel band music played.

CARNIVAL. SHROVE TUESDAY OR MARDI GRAS

By Celso Simón, Cesar Muñíz and Lydia Feijóo.

• CARNIVAL. ORIGIN AND FESTIVAL

The word Carnival may come from the Latin expression 'carne levale' which means 'farewell to meat'.

Carnival is a public festival held in Roman Catholic countries during the week before Lent. During Lent people cannot eat meat or have fun, so Carnival is a period of time to enjoy everything that will not be allowed later in Lent.

It is thought that Carnival started in Italy and spread to France, Spain and Portugal. When these countries colonized America, they brought their traditions to this continent.

When Carnival first began, it was celebrated from December 26th until the day before Ash Wednesday. Nowadays it lasts three days and people celebrate it with street parties or parades and they also dress up and cook all kind of nice dishes.

• SHROVE TUESDAY OR MARDI GRAS

Shrove Tuesday(Martes de carnaval) This is the day before Lent and it is a day for people to eat the food that is forbbiden to eat during Lent. (See Pancake Day)

Mardi Gras. In some non-Roman Catholic countries this day is called Mardi Gras, and it is celebrated with a Carnival. In the US, the city of New Orleans celebrates the most famous Mardi Gras. There is drinking, dancing and a parade. Some historians think that Mardi Gras has its roots in ancient British rituals of fertility which celebrated that spring was coming.

SHROVE TUESDAY OR PANCAKE DAY

By Ana Feijóo, Lorena Domingos and Martín Cid

Martes de Carnaval

16th February, 2010

Shrove Tuesday is the day before the beginning of Lent, when Christians stop eating some food. On Shrove Tuesday, because it is the last day before Lent, people eat a lot, specially cakes and nice food that they cannot eat again until Easter.

Vocabulary: translation and definition.

Lent: cuaresma. The period of 40 days before Easter, when Christians fast.

Easter: Semana Santa. The period of time in April or March when Christians remember the death of Jesus and celebrate his resurrection.

Fast: ayunar; ayuno. It commemorates the forty days Jesus spent in the desert.

Ash Wednesday: miércoles de ceniza. The first day of Lent.

PANCAKE DAY (UK)

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  Tradition. In Britain it is a tradition eating pancakes. This began when people had to use all the milk, butter and eggs because they couldn't eat this food during Lent.


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  Pancake races. On Shrove Tuesday there are pancake races in which people run carrying a pancake in a frying pan. The runner have to get the finishing line after throwing the pancake into the air from the pan and catching it again. They have to do this a pre-decided number of times.


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  The pancake recipe.

( the pancakes are similar to the Galician 'filloas'. You need the same ingredients)

Vocabulary.

Add: añadir; cook: cocinar; heat: calentar; let stand: dejar reposar; melt: derretir; mix: mezclar; put: poner; turn it over: dale la vuelta; whisk: batir

Bowl: cuenco; batter: mezcla; frying pan: sartén; ladle: cucharón; plate: plato; smooth: suave; spoonfuls: cucharadas.

Ingredients.

8 oz plain flour .................... 200/220 g harina sin levadura

2 eggs ..................... 2 huevos

1 pint of milk ...................... 1/2 litro de leche

2 oz butter ...................... 50 g mantequilla

A pinch of salt ...................... una pizca de sal

Preparation.

Put the flour and salt into a bowl.

Add the eggs, then andd the milk and whisk until the batter is smooth.

Melt the butter

Add two spoonfuls of this butter into the batter and whisk it.

Let this stans for 30 minutes before cooking.

Heat the frying pan and add the batter with a ladle.

When it is brown, turn it over.

Then put the pancake on a plate. Now you can add golden syrup, jam, honey or caster sugar!

14th FEBRUARY: ST VALENTINE'S DAY

By Paula Sastre.

St Valentine's day is celebrated on 14th February. On this day people celebrate romantic love all over the world.

This tradition was born when St Valentine, while in prison, fell in love with a young girl who it is believed to be his warder's daughter. She visited him everyday during his confinement. Before his death he wrote her a love letter and signed 'from your Valentine'. Now people send Valentine's cards and use this expression to sign them. People also give presents to the person they love: jewels, flowers and/or chocolates.

2nd FEBRUARY PREDICTS THE WEATHER

By Ana Cabido, Luis Pérez, Maeloc Valdés, Iñigo Santos and Camila Lucía Chavez.

• Groundhog Day



• Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria

The groundhog is an animal from North America. It is a small animal of the marmot family. It lives in holes in the ground, it eats wild grasses, berries, crops and insects. It enters into hibernation and lives from two to three years. It’s 40 cm to 60 cm long and it has got thick hair, small ears and a long tail.

The cult of Our Lady of Candelaria (Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria), popularly called La Morenita, celebrates the apparition of the Virgin Mary on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. She is the patron saint of the Islands and her feast is celebrated on 2nd February.

Groundhog Day. In the U.S.A. The holiday, which began as a Pennsylvania German custom in southeastern and central Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries, has its origins in ancient European weather lore, wherein a badger or sacred bear is the prognosticator. According to the old stories the groundhog comes out of its hole on 2nd February for the first time since its hibernation (since winter began). If the groundhog sees its shadow, it is frightened and goes back to its hole. This means that there will be six more weeks of winter. If it is cloudy, it can’t see its shadow and there will be an early spring.

Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. Our Lady of Candelaria. In Spain. There is a Galician proverb which says: ‘Se a Candelaria chora, o inverno vai fora. Se a Candelaria ri o inverno está por vir’. If Candelaria cries, winter is finishing. If Candelaria smiles, winter is coming.

La Candelaria in Spain and the Groundhog Day in U.S.A are both celebrated on February 2nd and both festivities involves weather prognostication. So, now you know: if it is cloudy or rainy on this day, spring is coming, but if it is sunny, cold winter days will come!

TRIVIA GAME

Files: past simple of 'be'; the plural; some and any; prepositions on-in-at; time and date; possessive adjectives; describing people; the seasons.
Internet Project: Edgar Allan Poe, life and work.

Team A
File
Write in the past and use the singular: 'There are some shelves in the rooms'
General Knowlege
What's the season in which we celebrate Halloween? (BrE and AmE)
Internet Project
What's the black cat's name?
a) Pluto b) Bruto c) Luto
Team B
File
Complete with a preposition: The party is ..... November, ..... Friday, ...... 6 o'clock.
General Knowlege
Which national team does Messi play for?
Internet Project
Where and when was Edgar Allan Poe born?
a) New York, 5th October 1849 b) Boston, 19th January 1809 c) London, 19th January 1819
Team A
File
Complete with a possessive adjective: What's your brother's name? ..... name is Brais.
General Knowledge
Which are the spring months?
Internet Project
Apart from being a writer, what was Edgar Allan Poe's job?
a) captain in the Army b) barman c) journalist
Team B
File
Put into the interrogative form: There were some pencils in the bag.
General knowledge
What time is 'tea time'?
Internet Project
The Simpsons based an episode on a poem by Allan Poe, What's the title of the poem?
a) The Craw b) The Raven c) The Sparrow
Team A
File
Complete the description: The man is short and ....., he is about ..... and he's wearing a...... and .....
General Knowledge
Say in which film you can dance 'La vida loca'
Internet Project
What colour is the bug in the tale by Poe?
a) gold b) silver c) black
Team B
File
Complete with a possessive adjective: John and Ann have a new car. This is ....... new car!
General Knowledge
What's Hanna Montana's real name?
Internet Project
The Tell-tale Heart: what's the old man's part of the body which the writer hates?
a) his teeth b) his heart c) his eye
Team A
File
Correct the sentence: I born in August 28th at a half past three on the morning.
General Knowledge
Who sings "You can stand under my umbrella"?
Internet Project
What is 'Amontillado' in Poe's tale?
a) a barrel b) a wine c) a cave
Team B
File
What time is it? 12.00 and 24.00
General knowledge
What is 'The Union Jack'?
Internet Project
How many tales and novels did Edgar Allan Poe write?
a) 67 tales and one novel b) 67 novels and 10 tales c) 67 tales and no novels

THE RAVEN by the Simpsons

THE RAVEN by The Simpsons. Based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered,

weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of

forgotten lore

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there

came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my

chamber door

"Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my

chamber door

Only this and nothing more."

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak

December;

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost

upon the floor.

Eagerly I wished the morrow;-vainly I had sought

to borrow

From my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for

the lost Lenore

For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels

name Lenore

Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each

purple curtain

Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors

never felt before;

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I

stood repeating

''Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my

chamber door

This it is and nothing more.

" Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no

longer,

"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness

I implore;

But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you

came rapping,

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my

chamber door,

That I scarce was sure I heard you"-here I

opened wide the door;

Darkness there and nothing more.

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within

me burning,

Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than

before.

"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my

window lattice;

Let me see, then, what thereat is and this mystery

explore

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a

flirt and flutter,

In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days

of yore; Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute

stopped or stayed he;

But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my

chamber door

Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door

Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said,

"art sure no craven,

Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from

the Nightly shore

Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's

Plutonian shore!

" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."

Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed

by an unseen censer

Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the

tufted floor.

"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee-by

these angels he hath sent thee

Respite-respite and nepenthe from thy memories
of Lenore;

Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this

lost Lenore!"

Quoth the Raven "Nevermore,"

"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I

shrieked, upstarting

"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's

Plutonian shore!

Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy

soul hath spoken'

Leave my loneliness unbroken !--quit the bust

above my door!

Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door''

Quoth the Raven "Nevermore,"

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

on the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber
door;
And this eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s
that is dreaming;
And the lamp-light over him streaming throws his
shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies
floating on the floor

shall be lifted-nevermore!

EL GATO NEGRO. RESUMEN

EL GATO NEGRO. RESUMEN

( The Black Cat)

By Camila Lucía Chavez, Paula Sastre, Sivia Daniela Fuentes.

Esta es la horrible historia de un hombre, su mujer y su gato.

Este hombre siempre había sido bueno, respetuoso con la naturaleza y amante de los animales. Estaba casado, quería a su mujer y sentía un especial cariño por su gato, al que llamaban Pluto.

Pluto era un gato grande, negro y muy cariñoso que acompañaba a su amo a todas partes. Pero poco a poco el carácter del hombre fue cambiando por culpa del alcohol. Se enfadaba por todo y se convirtió en un ser cruel. Tan cruel que un día cogió a Pluto y con un objeto punzante le quitó un ojo. Él sabía que su comportamiento era horrible y tenía remordimientos por lo que había hecho, sin embargo hacía maldades por hacer el mal y no lo podía evitar. Otro día irritado por la presencia de su gato negro sin un ojo lo cogió y lo ahorcó. Ese mismo día se incendió su casa y en la única pared que quedó en pié apareció como dibujada la figura negra del gato. Pasaron los días y el hombre pareció recobrar el buen sentido, hasta que encontró a otro gato y se lo llevó a su casa. Este gato también era grande y le faltaba un ojo pero no era totalmente negro: en su pecho tenía una gran mancha blanca. Al principio todo iba bien, pero finalmente comenzó a odiar a este otro gato que tanto le recordaba a Pluto. Al final de la historia, en un ataque de rabia y odio intentó matarlo con un hacha pero su mujer se metió en el medio y el hacha fue a parar a su cabeza matándola. Ocultó el cuerpo en el sótano dentro de una pared de ladrillos. De repente el gato desapareció. Pasaron cuatro días sin saber nada del gato. Pero llegó la policía, quien descubrió el cuerpo emparedado de la mujer ya que tras los ladrillos se oía na voz, un quejido o algo así. Allí, con la mujer, estaba el gran gato negro sin su ojo!

EDGAR ALLAN POE AND THE SIMPSONS: The Raven

By Alex Vila

THE RAVEN (Third episode of the second season belonged to the first of a series of Halloween themed episodes: Treehouse of Horror)

It’s Halloween and Lisa starts reading The Raven, one of the most famous poems by Allan Poe. Bart is the raven, Maggie and Lisa are the seraphims, Marge is the portrait of Lenore and Homer is the poet. NEVER MORE!

EDGAR ALLAN POE AND THE SIMPSONS: The tell-tale head

By Ana Cabido

THE TELL-TALE HEAD. (Eighth episode of the first season)
Bart wants to be popular and he thinks that if he cuts Jebediah Springfield statue’s head the other children will admire him. He cuts the head with a hacksaw and hides it downstairs in the kitchen. Bart starts getting nervous when he sees how angry everybody in his family and in the village is with this event. Bart’s guilty conscience talks to him in the form of Jebediah’s voice. He finally confesses.

EDGAR ALLAN POE AND THE SIMPSONS: Lisa's rival

By Lydia Feijóo

LISA’S RIVAL ( Second episode of the sixth season)
Allison Taylor is a new pupil in Lisa’s class. She is very intelligent and, like Lisa, she can play the saxophone. They become friends but the annual diorama competition is coming and Lisa wants to win. She asks Bart for help and he decides to replace Allison’s diorama of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart. Lisa will feel very guilty.

By Iñigo Simón, Luís Pérez, Maeloc Valdés and Victor Pulido.

Muchos son los escritores que han adoptado el estilo y temática de Poe y muchas las películas, series de televisión y videos que se han inspirado en su obra.
Si queréis un resumen corto de The Telltale Heart y pasar un minuto divertido, haced click en el video y si no funciona haced click aquí:

http://www.vidoemo.com/yvideo.php?8-the-tell-tale-heart=&i=Qkl6OHk2cWuRpMHp2RUk

Otras adaptaciones de The Tell-tale Heart:
· http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8bgra_the-tell-tale-heart_shortfilms
· http://goanimate.com/movie/0BXCMoCVRLm4
. Y no os perdais en el programa de José Mota el episodio del Cansino Histórico.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ePz7k8z2g8

El corazón delator: resumen
(The tell-tale heart)

By César Muñiz, Sergio Gavilanes and Víctor Pulido.

Esta es la historia de un hombre que vivía con un anciano al que cuidaba y al que le tenía cariño, pero el viejo tenía un ojo que recordaba a los ojos de un buitre y al hombre esta visión lo ponía nervioso. Un día decidió matarlo. Luego de asesinar al viejo lo partió en pedazos y lo ocultó debajo de unas tablas del suelo. Al poco tiempo tres policías llamaron a la puerta ya que un vecino había denunciado haber oído un grito. El hombre amablemente los invitó a pasar hasta donde tenía escondido al anciano. Al principio estaba tranquilo pero poco a poco se fue poniendo más y más nervioso, se desesperaba y su corazón empezó a latir con fuerza. El hombre pensaba que era el corazón del viejo que aún latía y que los policías también lo estaban escuchando… Lleno de remordimientos y atormentado acabó por confesar su crimen.
Yes, I did it! (…) it is the beating of his horrible heart!

EDGAR ALLAN POE. COMPLETE WORK

BY Alex Vila, Ana Cabido, Lydia Feijóo.

· Fiction
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
· Plays
Politian
· Short Stories or tales
The Assignation
Berenice
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
A Descent into the Maelstrom
The Devil in the Belfry
The Domain of Arnheim
Eleonora
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Gold-Bug
The Imp of the Perverse
The Island of the Fay
Landor's Cottage
The Masque of the Red Death
Mesmeric Revelation
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Oblong Box
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Premature Burial
The Purloined Letter
Silence -- a Fable
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherezade
Von Kempelen and his Discovery
William Wilson
Ligeia
Morella
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
The Spectacles
King Pest
Three Sundays in a Week
The Angel of the Odd
Lionizing
X-ing a Paragrab
Metzengerstein
The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether
How to Write a Blackwood Article
A Predicament
Mystification
Diddling
Mellonta Tauta
The Duc de L'Omelette
Loss of Breath
The Business Man
The Landscape Garden
Maelzel's Chess-Player
The Power of Words
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
Shadow
A Tale of Jerusalem
The Sphinx
Hop-Frog
The Man of the Crowd
Never Bet the Devil Your Head
Thou Art the Man
Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling
Bon Bon
Some Words with a Mummy
· Essays
Death of Edgar A. Poe
Edgar Allan Poe: An Appreciation
Life of Poe
Philosophy of Furniture
The Poetic Principle
Old English Poetry
· Poetry
A Dream
A Dream Within A Dream
A Paean
A Valentine
Al Aaraaf
Alone
An Enigma
Annabel Lee
Bridal Ballad
Dreamland
Dreams
Eldorado
Eulalie
Evening Star
Fairyland
For Annie
Hymn
Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius
Imitation
In Youth I Have Known One
Israfel
Lenore
Romance
Silence
Song
Sonnet: To Science
Spirits of the Dead
Tamerlane
The Bells
The City in the Sea
The Coliseum
The Conqueror Worm
The Forest Reverie
The Happiest Day
The Haunted Palace
The Lake
The Raven
The Sleeper
The Valley of Unrest
The Village Street
To Frances S. Osgood
To Helen
To Isadore
To Marie Louise (Shew)
To My Mother
To One in Paradise
To The River
To Zante
Ulalume

EDGAR ALLAN POE BIOGRAFIA Y OBRA

By César Muñiz, Sergio Gavilanes and Victor Pulido.

Biografía
Edgar Allan Poe nació en Boston (Estados Unidos) un 19 de Enero de 1809 y murió un 7 de Octubre de 1849 en Baltimore. Fue escritor, poeta y crítico. A la muerte de sus padres, cuando sólo tenía dos años, fue adoptado por un rico plantador de Richmond, Virginia apellidado Allan. A los seis años fue enviado a Gran Bretaña en donde estudió durante diez años. En 1825, otra vez en Estados Unidos, comenzó unos estudios universitarios que nunca llegaría a acabar. Por esto y por su afición al alcohol y al juego sus relaciones con su protector se rompieron.
En Boston publica su primer libro. Se enrola en el ejército de donde lo expulsan por mala conducta. Colabora regularmente con varios periódicos. Se casa con su prima de 14 años cuya muerte, once años después de la boda, no logra superar. En 1849 lo encuentran moribundo a la puerta de una taberna de Baltimore.
Su obra
Edgar Allan Poe consideraba que el objetivo de la poesía era la búsqueda de la belleza. Sin embargo, su concepto de estética no coincidía con los contemporáneos de su país: imágenes lúgubres y fantasmagóricas fueron el resultado de su genio atormentado, creando relatos espeluznantes y fantásticos.
Fue con su volumen de poemas El Cuervo y otros Poemas (The Raven and other Poems) publicado en 1845 que consiguió buenas críticas y la fama, pero poco dinero.
Como prosista es autor de 67 cuentos de misterio y terror, algo novedoso en su época y que se convertirían en el origen de la actual novela policiaca.

EDGAR ALLAN POE IN SPANISH

It's said tha impossible is nothing. It is if you don't face reality when reality means eleven-year-old kids from a beautiful Galician village trying to read and summarize Edgar Allan Poe's tales in English. It is impossible to make them express themselves in a foreign language to summarize literay works, and it is worthless to pretend that they will be able to read Poe's tales and poems in English however adapted or abridge they may be. But it is possible to make them love literature because reading is fun, and because while they are entering a magic world they can discover different cultures, new feelings, ancient or even future times.

Colle and Slater explained in the 80's that "engaging imaginatively with literature enables learners to shift the focus of their attention beyond the more mechanical aspects of the foreign language system" But don't forget that efficient reading takes places when the language of the text is comprehensible to the learners. Let's admit that most kids find it difficult not only to understand or express themselves in a foreign language, but also to read a story in their own language.

It was 19th January 2010, 200+1 years after Edgar Allan Poe's birth and since my students are so interested in mystery and horror stories, I decided to pay tribute to the first genius of this genre. Many pre and post-activities were done in English, but my students had a lot to say in their mother tongues - Spanish and Galician. Calm down and don't panic, you Direct Approcheraddictoholic! When you are a Latin language speaker and you are studying the 5th or 6th level, grade, year, the gap between the English you can speak and the English you can understand can be really huge. Belive it or not, this is the first step beyond to narrow that gap: Sometimes the mother tongue can be used. It really works!

Here you are the result of enjoying working and searching for information in English and reading some of the most frightening tales by Allan Poe in Spanish.

In honour to Edgar Allan Poe and his universality without language barriers.

XACOBEO 2010. The second Holy Year of the 21st century is to be celebrated this year.

The Jubilee Year of Compostela has been celebrated since the Middle Ages. It's Holy Year when the feast day of the Apostole Saint James, 25th July, fell on a Sunday.

Come and join us this Año Santo Compostelano!

of YOUTH by UNESCO.

UNESCO: Unitede Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It helps poor countries with education and science

YOUTH: young men and women.

for RAPPROCHEMENT OF CULTURES.

Rapprochement: coming together again in friendly relations (for example, former enemies)

Wellcome to 2010: International year ...

of BIODIVERSITY: all the types of plant and animal that live in an area. Let's preserve biodiversity and protect the environment!

Wellcome to spanglish4kids

Los alumnos de Active Learning School of English de la Fundación Ramón González Ferreiro nos hemos metido a bloggeros. No es un blog con grandes aspiraciones, sino un blog humilde en el que todos colaboraremos con ilusión publicando nuestros trabajos, opiniones y nuestros proyectos de investigación, algo en suma, para nosotros y nuestros padres, pero con nuestra bienvenida a cualquier curioso que pase por aquí a visitarnos.

Wellcome to spanglish4kids

from Fundación Ramón González Ferreiro Allariz, Ourense