WORLD CAR FREE DAY!

WORDS: THE BEST GIRLS TO PLAY WITH II

Os poemas que seguem foram produzidos por alunos do 3º ano "High School" da Escola de Educação Básica Arnaldo Moreira Douat. As atividades foram propostas pela "trainee teacher" Débora Raquel Wank. Depois de assistirmos alguns vídeos, analisarmos algumas imagens e discutirmos o assunto, os alunos responderam em forma de poema aquela pergunta do "Student's Day".


WHAT IS IT BEING A STUDENT TODAY?

The new generation

The new generation

Doesn’t have education

Because

There is no reflexion

Only competition

The children are jackass

Because they watch much TV

They sit down their ass

To the bullshits see

(Rafael R.C., Evander P.M., Erick B.)

In the past the students paid atention

With scary of oppression

They were attacked by the teachers

And did the lesson

But what they really wanted

Was revolution

In the new generation

Books and teachers

Were changed for telecomunication

(Alisson Z., Carine O., Mayara C.)

Don't hold on

The teacher voice is here inside
of my mind
Stop the control and oposition
I need to go out
The born of a new education
Don't hold on
How long?
Just give up the shout
Look at many tears
Tonight many stars
The sky was blue
but it was just so far
It was just so far
Please help my family and friends
Don't hold on
The song can't stop this moment
Don't hold on
Bye bye I'm going to another world
Don't hold on
I didn't care anything
How long?

(Eduardo R., Jessica A., Thuane I.)

Education

In the old days the students were weary
Today the students are happy
In the old days the students couldn't talk
Today the students feel easier
In the old days the students read many books
Today the students read web pages
In the old days the teacher was the only who taught
Today the students teach too
(Jéssica M., Ana Paula D.) 

Education

The education is not the best
But the only one who has the vocation
Of knowing what today is education
It  was before an opression
Today is entertainment
In the past there weren't reflexion
Today neither action

( Amanda C., Maria C.)

Education Revolution

The education is our priority
Because only with it
We reach the prosperity
The education without opression
The equilibrated education
Of having respect from both parts

One life, a revolution
Save the freedom of expression
Stop the feel of fear
Let's transform it in respect
Rise your hands for revolution
Save the freedom of expression

The education did not stay break in time
It evoluted and adopted the democracy
Where the teacher and the students
Give their opinions
But due to that revolution
The respect has been lost
And has ocurred the marginalization of education

(Paulo R., Jonathan S., Wellington)

$ MONEY $

"New car, caviar, four star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team"

(Pink Floyd)

Hello Students!

Today's lesson is about money.  Do you like it? Where does the money come from? Trees?

You probably have heard that "Money doesn't grow on trees",  we need to work hard to get enough money to have a confortable life, and in some countries as in Brazil (unfortunately) most people need to work hard and all the time to meet basic needs such as food and shelter. 

Money can buy you many things: book, cars, houses, airplanes, football teams, people (yes), trips (all kinds), ships, etc. 

But money can't buy you LOVE ... No matter, because "The best things in life are for free".

There are different words for money, one of them is cash. 

VOCABULARY

Click on the link bellow, and study the vocabulary related to MONEY

http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/money.htm 
 

Do Your parents give you an allowance?

Allowance  = fixed sum or quantity regularly:  His father made him an allowance of $ 20 a month.

LISTENING
Now, click on the link bellow and answer the questions:

http://www.esl-lab.com/money/moneyrd1.htm#list 

LET'S LISTEN TO (AND SING) SOME MUSIC ABOUT MONEY:

Choose your music and click on the link:

Money Talks (AC/DC)

http://letras.terra.com.br/ac-dc/660/ 

Money (Pink Floyd)

http://letras.terra.com.br/pink-floyd/63079/ 

Money for Nothing (Dire Straits)

http://letras.terra.com.br/dire-straits/11036/ 

Can't Buy Me Love (The Beatles)

http://letras.terra.com.br/the-beatles/287/  

Material Girl (Madonna)

http://letras.terra.com.br/madonna/64680/  

Opportunities - Let's make lots of money (Pet Shop Boys)

http://letras.terra.com.br/pet-shop-boys/30557/ 

God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday)

http://letras.terra.com.br/shania-twain/107727/

Money Changes Everything (Cyndi Lauper)
http://letras.terra.com.br/cyndi-lauper/68555/

MONEY - Etymology

According to wikipedia, the word "money" is believed to originate from a temple of Hera, located on Capitoline, one of Rome's seven hills. In the ancient world Hera was often associated with money. The temple of Juno Moneta at Rome was the place where the mint of Ancient Rome was located. The name "Juno" may derive from the Etruscan goddess Uni (which means "the one", "unique", "unit", "union", "united") and Moneta either from the Latin word "monere" (remind, warn or instruct) or the Greek word "moneres" (alone, unique).

In the Western world, a prevalent term for coin-money has been specie, stemming from Latin in specie, meaning "in kind".

In Portugues the word "Monetário" comes from the Latin word "monere". That's it!

Now, let's watch a video by Marina Orlova. She explains why the world MINT has 5 different meanings: 1) a plant, 2) breath mint, 3) a place where money is made, 4) the condition of an item, 5) wealth, as in "She is worth a mint". 


 


History of Money

Click on the link bellow and learn a lot about the history of money:
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01401/ 

WHO IS AMONG US? Quem está entre nós?

Hello Guys!

There are many Brazilians and diferent people around the world visiting our blog. I was very curious to see their places, so I decided to investigate on the Internet. I was very surprised when I saw such beautiful places where our visitors come from. Here you can see some pictures.

Olá Galera!

Há muitos brasileiros e pessoas diferentes pelo mundo visitando nosso blog. Eu estava muito curiosa para ver o lugar onde eles moram, então decidi investigar na internet. Fiquei muito surpresa quando vi lugares tão bonitos onde nossos visitantes moram. Você pode ver algumas imagens.

Joinville - Brazil  /  São Tomé - Africa /  Campo Grande - Brazil  / Nasik - India /  Recife - Brazil /  Syracuse - United States /  Hyderabad - India.

C

ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS AND ALL LEVELS - Inglês para iniciantes & todos os níveis

Hi sweethearts!

Click on the link below and choose some short story, conversation, or grammar exercises in English.

Clique no link abaixo e escolha alguma estória, conversação ou exercícios de gramática em Inglês.

http://www.agendaweb.org/

Please, subscribe! 

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STUDENT'S DAY

Hello fellows,

Congratulations, today is STUDENT'S DAY. That's a good moment to think about the meaning of being a student and even the meaning of EDUCATION, LEARNING and SCHOOL. Throug out history,  education has had diferent meanings, and here I present you two interesting videos with diferent conceptions of education. However, it seems that school is still far away from what we want. Which kind of education do we want? For what? What is like being a student today?

The first video is from the movie The Wall (Pink Floyd), and the second is a very contemporary movie about "Vision of Students Today". Enjoy them!

GLOBAL WARMING

For 2,5 million years, the earth climate is fluctuated, cycling from ice ages to warm periods, but in the last century the planet’s temperature has risen unusually fast, about 1,2 to 1,4 degrees fahrenheit. Scientists believe it's human activity that is driving the temperature up, in a process known as Global Warming. Ever since the Industrial Revolution began, factories, power plants and eventually cars have burnt false fuels such as oil and coal releasing huge amounts of carbon dioxide and another gases into the atmosphere. These greenhouse gases trap hit near the earth through a naturally occuring process called greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect begins with the sun and the energy radiate to the earth, the earth and the atmosphere absorve some of these energy,while the rest is radiated back into space.

Naturally occuring gases and the atmosphere trap some of these energy and reflect it back warming the earth. Scientists now belive that the green house effect is been intensified by the extra greenhouse gases that human have released.

Evidence for global warming includes a risen strain of a very warm years, scientists reported that 1998 was the warmest year in major history, but 2005 coming as second mean, while reading staking from ice core, show that the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane have hit the highest levels in the past 4.2 thousands years. Arctic sea ice is also shrinking. According to NASA studies, the extent of artic sea ice declined about 10% in the last 30 years. As long as industrialized nations consume energy, and developing countries increase their false fuel consumption, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will continue to rise. Researches predict that the temperature will increase about 2 to10 degrees fahrenheit by the end of the century what is lesser in the earth rising temperature mean for the planet.

Some climate models predict several changes, others forecast rising sea level which could flood various areas around the world, weather patterns could change making hurricanes more frequent, several dries could be more common in warm areas, and species unable to adapt to the changing conditions would face extinction. 

Although much remains to be learned about global warming, many organization advocate greenhouse gases emissions to reduce the impact of global warming.

Consumers can help by saving energy around a house using the compact flourescent light bulbs, and driving fewer miles in the car each week.

These Simple changes may help keep the earth cooler in the future.