Fashion

Clothes and accessories
Fashion links:

http://www.fashiontrend.com.au/#
http://www.fashionising.com/blogs/
http://portugalfashion.blogs.sapo.pt/
http://www.apparelsearch.com/Fashion/Fashion_Blogs.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/6271935/20-best-fashion-blogs.html

Our Planet Earth

Because we have just one Planet, we are responsible for it!

Personal responsibility and accountability are two duties we have every day of our lives.

Someone special

There was a pupil, who also read in my session, but whose picture I hadn't previously managed to get. Finally, I found a good one and I'm paying my homage to her. And because I truly believe that nothing happens by chance, I think fate wanted her to have a special post.

She is young, talented - she writes very well and has even a new blog (http://belleine95obrilhodaspalavras.blogspot.com/)  - she is intelligent and beautiful (amazing blue eyes and blond hair), even though she doesn't think so. Sometimes you need others to see what you don't see.

Here is a big smile for you and the certainty that you are a very special person. Don't let others tell you otherwise.

Teacher and pupils

The title of this post could also be : It's great to be a teacher of pupils like these!!!

Without many words (because the photos and the lyrics of the song say it all), here it is another set of pictures of a memorable day - 15th April 2010 - at Escola Secundária Fernando Namora.

Thanks my friends!
Your teacher and her twin writer (eh!eh!eh!)
Ana Paula Amaro/ Ana Paula Mabrouk

THE OFFICIAL EARTH DAY 2010 CAMPAIGN - April 22, 2010

Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future.

Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs. Earth Day Network is galvanizing millions who make personal commitments to sustainability. Earth Day 2010 is a pivotal opportunity for individuals, corporations and governments to join together and create a global green economy. Join the more than one billion people in 190 countries that are taking action for Earth Day.

In http://www.earthday.org/earthday2010

Literarian session

It took place at Escola Secundária Fernando Namora, on 15th April 2010, a session entitled A Professora Escritora. I had the pleasure of presenting my literarian writings and had the wonderful collaboration of four classes: 9th A, 9th C, 9th E and 11th C. I would like to express my deepest thanks to all who, so gladly and brilliantly, made this session an unforgettable experience!

I was profoundly moved by your generosity and felt that there are days like this that still give me the energy to go forward.

Take a look at some photos of this session.

Worksheet on the text The volcano near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier

1- In which country is this volcano situated?
2- How long has it been dormant?
3- What was the immediate consequence of this eruption?
4- What’s the exact location of this volcano?
5- How many people needed to be moved from the area?
6- Is this area densely populated?
7- Why can the volcano cause flooding?
8- What’s the main concern of the scientists?

9- Why is Iceland so prone to earthquakes and eruptions?
10- When was the last volcanic eruption in the Eyjafjallajoekull area?

The volcano near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier

The volcano near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier

An Icelandic volcano, dormant for 200 years, has erupted, ripping a 1km-long fissure in a field of ice.

The volcano near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier began to erupt just after midnight, sending lava a hundred metres high.

Icelandic airspace has been closed, flights diverted and roads closed. The eruption was about 120km (75 miles) east of the capital, Reykjavik.

About 500 people were moved from the area, a civil protection officer said.

"We estimate that no-one is in danger in the area, but we have started an evacuation plan and between 500 and 600 people are being evacuated," Sigurgeir Gudmundsson of the Icelandic civil protections department told the Agence France-Presse news agency.

The area is sparsely populated, but the knock-on effects from the eruption have been considerable.

A state of emergency is in force in southern Iceland and transport connections have been severely disrupted, including the main east-west road.
Three Icelandair flights, bound for Reykjavik from the United States, were ordered to return to Boston, RUV radio reported.

Domestic flights were suspended indefinitely, but some international flights were scheduled to depart on Sunday.

There had initially been fears that the volcano could cause flooding, as it causes ice to melt on the glacier above it, but that scenario appears to have been avoided.

However, it could cause more activity nearby, scientists say.

"This was a rather small and peaceful eruption but we are concerned that it could trigger an eruption at the nearby Katla volcano, a vicious volcano that could cause both local and global damage," said Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland's Institute of Earth Science, Associated Press news agency reported.

As the eruption is taking place in an area that is relatively ice free, there is little chance of a destructive glacier burst like the one that washed away part of the east-west highway four years ago, after an eruption under the vast Vattnajoekull glacier.

Iceland lies on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the highly volatile boundary between the Eurasian and North American continental plates, with quakes and eruptions.

The last volcanic eruption in the Eyjafjallajoekull area occurred in 1821.

Information taken from the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/ (abriged)

Volcano Eruptions in Iceland

Watch this video and discuss the probable causes that led to these eruptions

The Simpsons - the Movie

Solve the companion worksheet on the first 28 minutes of the movie.

1st section – 1 to 10 minutes


1- What’s the name of the famous rock band at the beginning of the movie?

2- What theme did the lead singer want to approach after the concert?
3- According to the band, what’s the problem with Springfield?
4- Tick the right answer. The audience was:
    concerned              annoyed             indifferent

5- The church music makes a parody of an album by Green Day. Which one?
6- The grandfather has a sort of a revelation in the church. He predicted that something terrible will happen. Underline the right option.
a) The church will fall down.
b) An earthquake will hit everyone.
c) People should be aware. Time is short!
7- The pollution of Lake Springfield is due to:

    tyres     industrial waste   high levels of mercury


2nd section – 18 to 28 minutes

8- Lisa Simpson promotes a conference entitled “An irritating truth”. This title is also a parody of a famous film. Can you recognise it?
9- The Mayor declares the Emergency State in the city. Which is his new law? Circle the correct answer.
a) Dumping into the lake is now forbidden.
b) Cleaning the lake is mandatory.
c) Cultivating sea-weeds is the solution.

10- Homer is not the example of a law-abiding citizen. Does he dispose of the pig crap at the hazardous waste treatment center? Why not?
11- Due to genetic mutation in the lake, a governmental agency appears on the scene? What is the name?

a) Environmental Care Agency
b) Pollution Protection Agency
c) Environmental Protection Agency

12- The President represents the politicians. Does he take decisions after thinking about them properly?
13- Springfield is encircled inside a dome. The word “dome” is similar to the word “doom”. Is there a hidden connotation? Which one?

From the Album EmergencY on Planet Earth

Watch the video and listen to the lyrics carefully and then solve the exercises on page 163 of the syllabus Link Up- 11th grade.

Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed

What’s boring? - Studying
Who’s bored? – The boy



Use

Adjectives ending in -ing

• Qualify a person or thing
• Describe what something or someone does to you

Adjectives ending in -ed

• Mean the effects or results
• Describe how you feel about something/someone
• Describe feelings or reactions

Exercises: choose the suitable adjective.


1- It was a boring/bored programme and so everyone was boring/bored.

2- Dan looks very exciting/excited with the fashion contest.

3- My brother told me an exciting/excited story.

4- Are you interesting/interested in fashion?

5- I read a very interesting/interested magazine about designers.

6- I’ m very surprising/surprised to see Monica today!

7- Tina has a fascinating/fascinated character.

8- He was embarrassing/embarrassed about his mistake.

9- His options were sometimes very confusing/confused.

10- She is confusing/confused about her future career.