We are back with art

We want to share this amazing morphing (special effect transformation) about Female Portraits in Western Art with pupils of 4º ESO in particular as they are at SMART ART unit. 

Let's listen

Get some more listening practice at Listen a Minute site.

For 2º ESO, you can try actors, dancing, musical instruments and poetry.

For 3º there are horoscopes and luck.

For 4º, we recommend banks, credit cards, investments, money and sweatshops.

Have a nice listening!

Art Experts from 4º A

This is the painting

Adele Bloch-Bauer's portrait by Klimt

And these are the students' comments

"I think the painter tries to show us the beauty of the woman." Alberto Gómez

"Adele is wearing a unique golden dress which melts with the background." Andrea Calpe

The colours are striking and bright." Jénifer Castillo

"The painting was made of gold and oil" Miriam Calvo

"The green corner contrasts with the rest of the picture" Lorien Bovio

"The woman looks lost in the picture" José Luis Gil

"For me the picture is weird and a bit shocking" Abigail Pachacama

"I think the author didn't want to show any emotions" Pablo Usán

"Her lips were fleshy and red" Miriam Najibi

"Her hair is an intense black. Her hands are long and delicate" Lizbeth Navarrete

"It is an extremely impressive picture which shows a rich woman sitting in an extravagant armchair" Erika López

"She has a really pale skin" Elisa Royo

"I think that when people look at the picture, the golden colours catch their attention" Paula Iglesias

"I can see many eyes on her dress" Xiaoyu Li

"The woman seems serious and inexpressive" Julia Aznar

"I don't know what the eyes on her dress symbolize" Lahcen El-Yazydy

"Her dress is made of gold and eyes" Javier Fernández

"All over the picture you can see many forms: spots, triangles, circles, ..." David Burillo

"In the background we can see a wall in gold" Sergio Marín

"The woman looks very noble and very elegant but she isn't beautiful" Heng Wei

"The woman looks quite rich because of the luxurious bracelet and necklaces" Natalia Langa

"The bright colours around Adele make her seem an important woman, or maybe Klimt was in love with her." Ester Arteaga

"This picture expresses sadness and fragility" Christian Herreros

Back to school

Easter holidays are over and we are all back at school.



It's hard to get up early and carry the (so!) heavy school bag again but what about meeting friends? Weren't you looking forward to meeting them again?



And ... good news for the good students. DGA has published this year's grants to spend a few weeks in UK, Ireland (3º and 4º ESO) and Canada (Bto); your English teacher has also the information and will be glad to help you apply.
Those students in 1º and 2º ESO can send applications for the "Mar de Aragón" summer camp grants until 13 April.

Silent movies, the latest fashion?

So it seems!

In this year's Oscars, The Artist, a silent movie won five awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for its star Jean Dujardin.

But that's not all.

The award for the Best Animated Short Film went to The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore .... yes, a silent movie too!

Isn't it a craze?

Useful listening site

Get all the listening practice you need.
At Listen A Minute you'll find lots of topics to listen to; each listening has activities and the tapescript!

We recommend the ones on Art and Museums for 4º ESO,  Lifestyles and Modern Living for 3º and the ones on Rudeness  or Bad Habits look very useful for 2º.

Tests, tests, tests

These days we are all really busy with the second term tests; just a few days and we'll all have time to relax. For that moment we recommend you to have a look at Bontips blog,  and Bonclass blog, they are fun and useful.

Lots of luck for the last tests!