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Los héroes y los ídolos de los alumnos de Young Learners 4
My hero by Jorge González Aguado: Marco Reus My hero is Marco Reus. He´s a football player from Borussia Dortmund. I admire him because I think he´s the best football player. I also like him because he´s kind, generous, and funny. However, he plays in the Germany selection. He´s tall, he weighs 75 KG, he
One Day Mini Camp
One Day Mini Camp Programa de Lengua y Cultura Norteamericanas Viernes 18 de Marzo (día sin colegio) • 8:30am – 15:00pm Descárguese el folleto en :One Day Mini Camp Marzo18, 2016 El Instituto Internacional presenta su Mini Camp para niños de 6 a 11 años , un auténtico campamento norteamericano donde sus hijos practicarán inglés en un entorno
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE ON POETRY AND PROSE POETRY – POEM OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “A SUNSET OF THE CITY” BY GWENDOLYN BROOKS
This month’s poem is “A Sunset of the City,” by Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks was a prolific and accomplished poet, and was the first black writer – male or female – to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, which she was awarded in 1950 for her second collection of poems, Annie Allen. In addition to poetry,
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “YELLOW WOMAN” BY LESLIE MARMON SILKO
This month’s story is Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Yellow Woman,” first published in 1974. Marmon Silko is among the most celebrated and noteworthy of contemporary Native American authors, and “Yellow Woman” focuses in large part on a theme that recurs in much of her work: the relationship modern Native Americans have with the traditions and mythology
CINE FORO SOBRE CINE AMERICANO – ASPECTOS A CONSIDERAR DURANTE LA VISUALIZACIÓN DE LA PELÍCULA PARA EL POSTERIOR DEBATE: ULTIMATUM A LA TIERRA
Uno de los hitos del cine americano de ciencia-ficción de los años 50, pues reúne la mayoría de sus constantes: llegada de extraterrestres, presencia de inteligencias superiores o robots, problema grave que puede ser mundial, paranoia social como reflejo de la guerra fría, violento sistema de defensa humano (ejército, policía) ante lo desconocido, representación de
YL5 and Activism
YL5 blog post – January The students of Young Learners 5 have started the year learning about activism. Since January is also the month that we celebrated the birth and life of Martin Luther King, Jr., they’ve been learning about the fight for equal civil rights in America. Here’s a fun video about his life:
Preparación del Examen SAT
Curso DE INVIERNO 2016 Preparación del Examen SAT 6 de febrero – 12 de marzo de 2016 El Instituto Internacional ofrece de nuevo una oportunidad para alumnos que solicitan su admisión en universidades norteamericanas: el curso de Preparación del examen SAT en el trimestre de Invierno. Este curso está diseñado para alumnos que empiezan 1º
CINE FORO SOBRE CINE AMERICANO – ASPECTOS A CONSIDERAR DURANTE LA VISUALIZACIÓN DE LA PELÍCULA PARA EL POSTERIOR DEBATE: CIUDADANO KANE
“Ciudadano Kane” es un caso extraordinario en la historia del cine, a escala mundial, por múltiples razones. Tanto es así, que en general sale elegida como la mejor película de la historia en todas las encuestas, por delante incluso de todas las que Orson Welles realizó después. Resulta extraordinaria, ante todo, por la deslumbrante madurez
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “A NEW ENGLAND NUN” BY MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
This month’s story is Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s “A New England Nun,” first published in 1891. The story is heavily realistic, and infused with a high degree of local color and detail meant to fully capture the bucolic pace and feel of village life in late 19th century New England. This languid tranquillity is the
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE ON POETRY AND PROSE POETRY – POEM OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON” BY EMMA LAZARUS
Our first poem for 2016 is “By the waters of Babylon,” by Emma Lazarus. It’s a long poem, broken up into different sections, and each section is written in prose. This makes it not quite an epic poem, although it does share the epic’s mythologizing impulses. The poem is a wonderful blend of tradition and