St. George. Books and Roses.

April 23rd, the Day of Saint George, was declared as International Day of the Book by UNESCO in 1995. On this date and in the same year of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died.
The idea for this celebration originated in Catalonia, where on 23 April, Saint George's Day, people exchange gifts between them. Historically, men gave women roses, and women gave men a book to celebrate the occasion—"a rose for love and a book forever."

According to the legend, St. George rescued a princess by defeating a fearsome fire-breathing dragon. After slaying the creature, legend says that a drop of its blood sprouted into a red rose which the saint gave to the princess he had saved.

St. George is the patron saint of England. For more information, visit: projectbritain.com and Learn Englisn free online

St. Patrick's Day

Today, March 17th, is Saint Patrick's Day. Irish people celebrate their patron Saint.

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Alex and the animals

A little bit of grammar with U2 & Bruce Springsteen

Complete the song.

1. (climb) => present perfect

2. (high) => superlative

3. (run) => present perfect

I ________________ (1) the (2)___________ mountain

I ______________ (3) through the fields

Only to be with you (x 2)

4. (run) => present perfect

5. (crawl) => present perfect

6. (scale) => present perfect

7. (this) => plural

I ________________(4), I _______________ (5)

I _________________(6) __________(7) city walls

____________(7) city walls

Only to be with you

8. (find) => pres. perfect - neg

9. (I/look for) => pres. cont.

But I still _______________(8) what ______________(9) for

10. (kiss) => pres. perfect

11. (speak) => pres. perfect

12. (hold) => pres. perfect

13. (hot) => the opposite

I ____________________(10) honey lips

Felt the healing in her fingertips

It burned like fire

This burning desire

I ____________________(11) with the tongue of angels

I ____________________(12) the hand of a devil

It was warm in the night

I was ___________ (13) as a stone

But I still ...

14. (believe) => present simple

15. (bleed) => future

16. (run) => pres. continuous

I _____________(14) in the kingdom come

Then all the colors ____________(15) into one

Bleed into one

Well, yes, I'___ still ____________(16) .

17. (break) => past simple

18. (loose) => past simple

19. (carry) => past simple

20. (know) => present simple

21. (believe) => present simple

You ____________ (17) the bonds and you

________________ (18) the chains

________________ (19) the cross

And all my shame

All my shame

You ______________ (20)I ________________ (21) it 

But I still ...

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Good Luck!

To those who are taking the SLP exam next Monday: GOOD LUCK

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Band of Brothers

As a part of your intensive course, you can watch the series Band of Brothers, which is based on a book by the historian Stephen Ambrose

Regiments in the US military traditionally assign their companies alphabetical designations. Easy Company stands for the alphabetic letter "E", the phonetic designation of the fifth company in a battalion of any given Army regiment before the adoption of the NATO standard alphabet. Today, E Company would be Echo Company.

The series Band of Brothers follows Easy Co. of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, United States Army 101st Airborne Division, from Easy's basic training at Toccoa, Georgia, through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Bastogne and on to the end of the war.

The title for the book and the series comes from a famous speech delivered by Henry V of England before the Battle of Agincourt in William Shakespeare's Henry V

"We few, we happy few,
we band of brothers;
For he that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother..."

William Shakespeare

Those who missed the first episode can read a recap on
TV.com or watch it on the EasyCo101airborn youtube channel

If you are interested in the real history, why don't you visit the official website of Easy Company?

Horario Curso 2008-2009

Grupo 1 = Preescolar 5
L y Mx de 4.00 a 5.00 con Miguel

Grupo 2 = 1º de Primaria
M y J de 5.00 a 6.00 con Chiqui

Grupo 3 = 2º de Primaria
- L y Mx de 5.00 a 6.00 con Miguel
- M y J de 4.00 a 5.00 con Miguel

Grupo 4 = 3º de Primaria
- L y Mx de 4.00 a 5.00 con Chiqui
- M y J de 6.00 a 7.00 con Chiqui.

Grupo 5 = 4º de Primaria
- L y Mx de 6.00 a 7.00 con Miguel
- M y J de 5.00 a 6.00 con Miguel

Grupo 6 = 5º de Primaria
- M y J de 4.00 a 5.00 con Chiqui.

Grupo 7 = 6º de Primaria / 1º E.S.O.
- L y Mx de 5.00 a 6.00 con Chiqui.

Grupo 8 = 1º/2º E.S.O.
- M y J de 6.00 a 7.00 con Miguel

Grupo 9 = 2º/3º E.S.O.
- M y J de 7.00 a 8.00 con Chiqui.

Grupo 10 = 3º/4º E.S.O.
- L y Mx de 6.00 a 7.00 con Chiqui

Bach 1 = 1º de Bachillerato
- L y Mx de 7.00 a 8.00 con Chiqui

Bach 2 = 2º de Bachillerato.
- L y Mx de 7.00 a 8.00 con Miguel

Les recordamos que la equivalencia entre los grupos y los cursos escolares es orientativa.
Aquellos que no sepan qué grupo se les ha asignado, pueden pasar por la academia a consultar los listados o llamar por teléfono.

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Global Warming

Our little Sharkies singing

Aren't they cute?