The Book Project Awards

Our Book Project is successfully over! Congratulations to all the participants from groups A, B and D! You managed to read a book in original version and to talk about it in such an interesting way in your group OPs. So let´s celebrate your work with some awards... All the winners get a prize so come to the classes next week to pick it up!

BEST SPEAKERS:
group A : Alex (clear ideas, pronunciation and diction)
                Marina and Carlos (good fluency, rich vocabulary)
group B: Eva and Jorge (clear pronunciation and organization)
               Marina and Lucia (natural fluency)
group D: Mercedes (rich vocabulary, good fluency)
               Dolores (clear pronunciation, easy to follow)

MOST INFORMED SPEAKERS:
Fran (group B)
Jose Manuel (group A)
(for the well researched info on Botswana)

MOST ENTHUSIASTIC READERS:
Raquel (group D) 
Tomás  (group B)
Pedro  (group D)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: (this one really sounds like an Oscar...)
Tabinda (group B)
(for the performance of the Rosa Parks bus incident)

BEST PRESENTATION IDEA:
Adriana (group B)

BEST POWERPOINT:

group A: Daiana (Rosa Parks: My Story):



group D: Andrea (Rosa Parks: My Story):



group B: Carmen (a quiz with useful language from How I Live Now):

Youtube reviews of our books

Girl with a Pearl Earring: book+film review:

The No1 Ladies´ Detective Agency:

About a Boy:

How I Live Now : book+film review:

Rosa Parks: My Story: a third grader´s report:

TED talk: How books can open your mind

 TED talk with interactive exercises, about how books can open your mind:

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_high_intermediate.php?id=17682

TED talk: The story inside the painting - Tracy Chevalier

 For those reading the book, in case you are interested. TED talk by Tracy Chevalier: 

Girl with a Pearl Earring- The paintings in the story

For those reading the book , if you want to use it in your final presentation:

http://www.tchevalier.com/gwape/paintings/

Comparing a book and a film- by Desi (advanced student)

Desi, who was part of the teamwork Oral Presentation devoted to Pay It Forward, compares Ryan Hyde's novel and its movie version. The teacher includes comments and 5 final cards with tips on how to address this kind of task, but you will learn a lot from listening to Desi's work on structure and language range. Notice her relative clauses, adding info the listeners need to follow what she says, not taking for granted listeners know what they might not know!

Films based on the books on your Reading List

Watch the film trailers to help you choose which book you´d like to read this year. But remember it´s important to read the book, not just watch the film! (you can watch the film later, after you finish the book and maybe you can compare the two in your book monologue. See Reading List above for more info about the books). 

Girl with a Pearl Earring:

About a Boy:

The Ladies´ No 1 Detective Agency (HBO series):

Rosa Parks- My Story:

How I Live Now: