9TH Grade Class during SSR

Look at the girls! Are you comfortable Agustina Mariotti?

Good boys!! You really look concentrated in your books.

Can you guess who's this girl? I think I know. What might she be reading?

Well done Felipe and Benjamín!! Are you enjoying your books?

Look at our Mrs Phelps!! In fact our librarian is much younger. Thank you for your help and kindness, Monica!!!

I think Santiago is reading Dr Jekill and Mr Hyde. What about Mateo? What are you reading?

I know you were only posing... Are you reading Shakespeare?

What a bunch of boys!!!!

Now we see the mysterious girl. I knew it was you, Candelaria!!! You look like good readers, girls!!!

A different group now. Are you trying to hide yourselves from the photographer? Or is it just a comfortable posture? Who knows?

Well, Class. As you see you look really well in all these pictures. I'm not only refering to your beauty. You really look well.! What I mean is your attitude. Isn't it good to have this moment of relax in the library and enjoy yourselves reading a good book? I hope you feel like this. This is what SSR is for : "Find the pleasure of reading"

You're invited to comment on the pictures or your impressions on the SSR classes so far!!!

It has to be somethig short. So don't be lazy. I'll be waiting for your comments!!!

Your teacher, Sofía

COMMENTS ABOUT MATILDA

CONGATULATIONS GIRLS!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE THAT PUBHISHED THEIR COMMENTARIES. BESIDES THANKING MARIA CARAM, CANDELARIA PAZ, VIKY FORNACIARI AND AGUS MARIOTTI. I'D LIKE TO THANK NOW RITA AND SOLANA. BEAUTIFUL WORKS!!!
I'M SORRY FOR MY DELY FOR ADMITTING THE PERMISSIONS...
PLEASE GO ON WITH YOUR PUBLISHINGS. THIS IS WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR!! IT IS FOR US TO COMMUNICATE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US, THE CLASS, FEEL FREE TO DO SO. YOU ARE WELCOME.

YOUR TEACHER, SOFIA

Matilda's description of Mrs Phelps by Agustina Mariotti

Well, I know matilda because every afternoon her mother plays bingo and her father goes to work while she stays alone in her house. She doesn´t have anything to read at home because her father refueses to buy her any book so she sets out all by herself to walk to the public library, where I work .I´m very worried about her because of the time she spends alone walking on the street. And also because of the parents she has that don't take any care of her!

But on the other hand, I feel very surprised for the kind of books she likes because she doesn't want children books with a lot of pictures, she was searching for something else, with more information and less pictures in it.

In conclusion, I'm really fascinated with this girl. I think she isn't like the others kids, she is especial, very wise and brilliant.

Mr Wormwood's description of Matilda by Candelaria Paz

As you know I have a daughter called Matilda, she's around 5 or 6 or 7, I really don't know. The truth is that I really don't care. She is part, the least important, of my great family. She isn't as nice and intelligent as her father but I can't ask her to be perfect..She thinks she is smart, what an ilusion isn't it? But apart from that she thinks she is important because she reads books. The telly obviously, is better. But due to her pride she won't admit it.

She is a cheater too. Last night I was with Michael (what a kid!) watching how much I've earned that day, which was a lot, and she heard our conversation and tried to look wiser, in fact she is wise. But I think she looked at the paper with the results and gave me the figures as if she had made the calculations, what an insolence!

But she isn't as ruined as she looks. She is afraid to look like me, I'm not proud of it but she has some of my genes. I think she doesn't aprove of what happened to my hair, what an accident! I really wonder what happenend that morning. But after all she is my daughter and I have to accept her as she is bla bla bla.. But if she was as her father or at least as her brother she would be so different! For good of course...
May 3, 2009 6:55 PM ,

Matilda's description of father by María Caram

Well my name is matilda. I'm a little girl. I don’t get on well with my father.

My father and I are very different. I think he is very dishonest. He cheats people in order to sell them old and useless second hand cars. I think that the money he earns is dirty money. I was very disappointed when I first heard what my father did to sell cars. I think it is not good to hate parents, but in some moments I hate them, so I decided to punish them with some inoffensive jokes. I wanted revenge.One day I put superglue into my father’s hat so then he couldn’t take it off.

In my family we do not eat in the table and talk as every family does. We eat in front of the telly eating from our knees. My father is very jealous because I love reading and he can’t enjoy books. He is ignorant. He doesn’t care about me. He forgot I had to start going to the school so I started when I was five and a half.

I could see that my father changed with my punishments so I am going to teach him how to behave with me. I’m his daughter not a little twit as he always says.

Very good piece of writing, congratulation !! Good Job!! Well Done!!!
From your teacher,
Sofia Mirande

Oscars Award 2009

I was glad to see that many of you have done the quiz about the nomineed films for the Oscars. Thank you for taking part in this activity that was not compulsory. This is the point, communicating with each other in a different way.
That's good!!!
SO FAR IT SEEMS THE BEST FILM FOR THE CLASS IS SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

What do the rest of the people from the class think? Vote for the best film for you...

TOP 5- MATILDA'S QUIZ

LIST OF TOP 5-MATILDA'S QUIZ(1)

MARÍA LOHEZIC 22/25
AGUSTÍN GARCÍA HAMILTON 20/25
CANDELARIA PAZ 19.5/25
SANTIAGO FLORES / LUCIANA ROMERO 19/25

LIST OF TOP 5- MATILDA'S QUIZ (2)

MARIA LOHEZIC 26/26
MARIA CARAM 25.5/26
SOLANA SORIA/VICTORIA FORNACIARI 25/26
LOURDES LOBO/BELEN RODRIGUEZ DEL BUSTO 24.5/26

LIST OF TOP 5-MATILDA'S QUIZ (3)

MARIA LOHEZIC 32/33
LOURDES LOBO/ SANTIAGO FLORES 31/33
BELEN RODRIGUES DEL BUSTO 29/32
CANDELARIA PAZ 28/33

LIST OF TOP 5- MATILDA'S QUIZ (4)

MARIA LOHEZIC 38/38
AGUSTINA MARIOTTI / AGUSTIN GARCIA HAMILTON 37/38
BELEN R del BUSTO/ AGUSTINA R MUEDRA/LOURDES LOBO/ MARIA CARAM 36/38

LIST OF TOP 5- MATILDA'S QUIZ (5)

MARIA LOHEZIC 23/24
BELEN RODRIGUEZ del B 21.5/24
LOURDES LOBO 21/24
MARIA CARAM/ VICTORIA FORNACIARI 20/24

QUIZ (6)

MARIA LOHEZIC 31/32
AGUSTIN GH/SOLANA SORIA/BELEN R del B 30/32
CANDELARIA PAZ 28/32

QUIZ (7)

MARIA LOHEZIC 25/25

VICTORIA FORNACIARI 24/25

BELEN R del B 23.5/24

MARIA CARAM/AGUSTINA RODRIGUEZ MUEDRA23/25

QUIZ (8)

SANTIAGO PAZ POSSE 25.5/26

MARIA LOHEZIC/VICTORIA F /B JAPAZE / CANDE PAZ 25/26

Nominee list of the Oscars Award- Answer the following questions

Look at the list of films that were in the nominne list for the Oscars and then answer the following questions:

• Which of these films got the oscar for the best picture?
• The best directing?
• The best actor in a leading role?
• The best actor in a supporting role?
• The best actress ina leading role?
• The best actress in a supporting role?
• The best song?
• The best make up?
• The best visual effects?
• The best costume design?

NOW VOTE FOR THE BEST FILM FROM THE LIST.

FOR ME THE BEST FILM FROM THE PUBLISHED LIST IS: ------------------

MATILDA

Choose one of the options below and write about it (120 to 150 words)

1- You are Mrs Phelps, write about Matilda
2- You are Miss Honey, write about Matilda.
3- You are Matilda, write about your father.
4- You are Mr Wormwood, write about Matilda.

* As any piece of writing your entry should have a title, intoduction, body and conclusion.