Home or cinema?

Watching the film at home or at the cinema has been always a dilemma. Many people are asking themselves what option they are going to choose. Some of them prefer watching it at home calmly and some others prefer watching it at the cinema. Which is the best option?

On the one hand, watching the film at home is cheaper and quicker than at the cinema if you don’t have to pay for watching it and with about two hours you have seen it and you can continue with your life.  It is also more private and you can stop the film whenever you want or need.

On the other hand, watching it at the cinema is always more special because you spend more time, and also money, watching it. When you are at the cinema, the screen is huge and every movement and word seems more real. Another good point that the cinema has is that you can buy delicious colour popcorn!

To sum up, although watching the film at home is not a bad option watching it at the cinema will give you a nice time, the curiosity for the film during the trip in the car, the excitement of buying the big box of popcorn and the satisfaction you have after living the adventure with all the characters in the big screen is something that you will not live if you decide to watch it at home.

HOW TO DRIVE YOUR STUDENTS CRAZY IN 45 MINUTES

One of the things that drive more crazy students is when you have been waiting  the teacher for 5 or 10 minutes and when he/she opens the door after trying it with all his/her keys he/she says “It isn’t so difficult to start on time! Come on you are so slow!”

Then the teacher keeps in silence till everybody stops talking and sits on the chair crossing legs and arms and says: “Ok, I see that you don’t know how to be in silence so now we are going to practice it. We are going to keep 5 minutes without talking; if anyone talks, we are going to start again!” After 5 minutes in silence, the teacher says “Can we start now?” asking it as if we could answer him/her.

The teacher stands up and starts explaining the new lesson exactly the same way that is in the book, even the same examples! It represents that if you are a teacher, you know what you are explaining and you have an idea of the examples that you can give!

The problem comes when he/she starts writing something on the board and he/she writes like a doctor. Then you have a problem because if you ask the teacher, he/she will answer that you were not listening to him/her and if you don’t ask it, you will not have all the notes completed.

When it’s about 5 minutes to finish, the teacher says “Ok, now you have to do page 5 and page 6. You have time to do it now. If you don’t finish it, it’s homework for tomorrow”. And you are thinking: do you want us to do two pages in 5 minutes? We are not superwomen!!

Email to a friend

From: Isabel

Subject: Touring holiday

Hi David! How are you? I’ve been thinking of the best places to visit in Lleida and I have chosen these three. You should take the car for the second and third places but you can go on foot in the first one.

The most important thing to visit in Lleida is the Seu Vella. It’s a cathedral. It’s situated in the top of a hill and from there you have a nice view of the entire city.                                          

A place that I think you will enjoy is kayaking in the Congost de Mont Rebei. Kayaking is very nice because you are in a narrow pass and the walls are huge. It isn’t a difficult activity, but it’s a little bit expensive (35 Euros per person). It’s a great activity to learn a little bit more about the territory and to have a good time with your friends.

My third recommendation is going paintball in Miravall. There are three different fields to play with different decoration and places to hide. The activity has a different cost depending on how many balls of paint you want. You must be 12 years old or older to be able to play. You can go with your friends, do two teams and do a competition to know which team is the best.

I hope this will be useful for you and your friends.

Enjoy the travel!

Isabel

Comparing holidays

We are starting again the new school-year and this is the first article on the blog of 4th of ESO.

Comparing pictures. What do you prefer holidays in the countryside or in a city?