TAKRAW

Conchi, Andrés and Christian L. have discovered a sport called takraw and want to make it popular

BOCCE

Three of our students, Helena, Adrián A. y Diego have been learning to play bocce, here is their description:

WHAT STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY

Students wanted to speak out this morning. They decided to use the famous Uncle Sam to explain their demands

They clear and loudly stated that the last one was not addressed to the teacher. 

LIMERICKS

• We've been talking about St. Patrick's Day in class. At the end we were writing limericks, those humorous poems that have the same name as the city in Ireland. Here you are our contributions

There was a man from some town

Who always jumped up and down

When we asked him, “Dear sir”

Why are you so hyper?

He looked at us as if we were a clown.

There was a man from Guinea

Who put his bags on his knee

And noticed that it was easy

When his mother was busy

He had to put them on a tree.

There was a man from Japan

who was stealing a pan,

the police searched him

but he hide in a bin

which was full of cans.

There was a man from New York,

who emigrated there for work.

He was too angry,

because he was hungry,

and he ate too much pork.


There was a boy from Hawaii
who surfed in the night
and was attacked by a shark
it was very dark
and finally he died.

POETS FOR A DAY

• This is a very famous poem by the American poet William Carlos Williams

This is just to say

by William Carlos Williams

This is just to say

I have eaten

the plums

that were in 

the icebox

and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

Forgive me

they were delicious

so sweet and 

so cold

• It's the teacher's turn to paraphrase the poem  

This is just to say

by Jesús Marcos

This is just to say

I have prepared

a short speech

that is important 

to you

and which

you won't probably

like

too much

Forgive me

it's my job

so challenging and 

so cruel

• Now it's the students' turn. Using the expressions in bold as frame, students create new poems

THIS IS JUST TO SAY

I HAVE READ

THE POEM

THAT WAS VERY

BORING

AND WHICH

WAS HIDDEN

IN A LIBRARY

FORGIVE ME

I LOST IT

SO BAD AND

SO UGLY

Well, it seems that they didn't like the poem too much. 

• Here is another one

THIS IS JUST TO SAY

I HAVE READ

THE MAGAZINES

THAT WERE UNDER

YOUR BED

AND WHICH

YOU WERE PROBABLY

HIDING

FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT

FORGIVE ME

I THREW THEM

TO THE DUSTBIN

IT WAS DISGUSTING

SO PORN AND

SO FUN

Wow, this is getting serious

• And another one

THIS IS JUST TO SAY

I HAVE FAILED

THE EXAMS

THAT WERE REALLY

REALLY DIFFICULT

AND WHICH

I WAS PROBABLY

HOPING

TO PASS

FORGIVE ME

I DIDN’T STUDY

SO HARD AND

SO LONG

Excuses, excuses

• One more

THIS IS JUST TO SAY

I HAVE BROKEN

YOUR GLASSES

THAT WERE ON

THE TABLE

AND WHICH

YOU NEED TO SEE

OR DO

ANYTHING

FORGIVE ME

I’M SO BAD

SO CLUMSY AND

SO CARELESS

Are you sure you didn't do it on purpose?

• And the last one

THIS IS JUST TO SAY

I HAVE GIVEN

THE FOOD

THAT WAS ON

THE TABLE

AND WHICH

YOU WERE PROBABLY

THROWING

TO THE RUBBISH

FORGIVE ME

IT SMELT BAD

SO ROTTEN AND

SO DISGUSTING

who do you want to give rotten food to?

3 DAYS IN GLASGOW

Italo and Christian S. visited Glasgow. They prefered to have a quiet stay, no hurry, bad for your health, but anyway, this is what they did

3 DAYS IN AMSTERDAM

Luis and Fabricio spent three days in Amsterdam. This is their diary