Happy Christmas!! and Happy homework!!

I hope you're having lots of fun... and lots of spare time.
I don't want you to get bored, so I would like to remind you to finish all the tasks that I've sent you:

a) Ravel's Bolero: write a text talking about its rythm, melody, tempo, mood, harmony, instruments, texture, dynamics as we commented in class and add some information about the composer and its time

b) The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Do the same task (explained above). You have the link below if you want to listen to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XChxLGnIwCU

c) Learn by heart the lyrics of I'm yours, Waltzing Mathilda and We will rock you. You can practice by singing them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20v6XxS9NBs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B81afxJcwFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGaOlfmX8rQ
Keep the beat!

d) Remember that you have to read 5 books, comics, magazines or any other text in any language for the reading contest. Write a summary and get the number of pages, the name of the author and the editor.

Enjoy your Christmas holiday and be happy!

About our last class

Our guest, Joan Franch (singer, songwriter and guitar player of Decents), talked about:
1. the history of his rock band
2. how and why they chose Decents as the name of their band; logo explanation
3. how they were influenced by other rock bands
4. the song writing process (remember July thunder)
5. why he prefers to write in English; the meaning of the lyrics and topics used
6. how they first recorded
7. the emotions and sensations when playing live

Activity: Focus on one of these topics and try to prepare a short oral presentation (1-3 minutes) about it.
You can get more information from the website of the band:

http://www.decents.es/

Let's translate Waltzing Matilda

If you want to know something else about this song, here's some useful information from the wikipedia. Read it and prepare for surprise!

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda

Song time!

Here you have the song we've been playing in class.
Try to sing it and play it with your recorder. Don't try to translate it literally; it's an Australian song containing a lot of slang. We'll do it in class.
Enjoy your song time!

Do, re, mi or C, D, E?

Watch this video and try to remember what we have learnt in class.
Have a nice weekend!

1st week is over!

We have all survived to this first week... congratulations!
I know that you have had fun and I hope that you think by now that you have chosen the best option.
From now on, every friday you will have some proposals for your weekends such as activities to do, videos or songs to comment or topics to think about.
Pay attention to this blog; it's going to be our meeting point.

Ready, steady, ...go!
I hope that your energy levels are charged up to the top, so it is time for you to start to study hard from the very beginning.
Have a nice first week and see you in class!

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