segunda-feira, 25 de junho de 2012

Who was Aesop?

English version:
Aesop, author of Aesop's Fables, was a great creator of fables, who lived
in ancient Greece as slave in the century 5th B.C. Although he had a strange
appearance, since he was hunchbacked, he had the talent of the word and the
ability of telling stories, which were allusion to the human behavior through
animal characters. Some of these Aesop’s fables are still known today, as "The boy who cried wolf", "The lion and the rat", "The fox and the stork", among others.



Portuguese version:
Esopo, autor das Fábulas de Esopo, foi um grande escritor de fábulas, que viveu na Grécia antiga trabalhando como escravo no século V A.C Embora tivesse uma aparência estranha (era corcunda), ele tinha o talento da palavra e a capacidade de contar histórias, que eram alusão ao comportamento humano através de personagens animais. Algumas das fábulas de Esopo ainda são conhecidas hoje, como "O menino que gritava lobo", "O leão e o rato", "A raposa e a cegonha" entre outras.




CUTE ANIMALS

Today we learned about ANIMALS too.
They are so cute, specially dogs and cats.
Don't you agree?





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domingo, 24 de junho de 2012

6th Meeting At Escola Carmela Bortot

Hello Everyone ;)

At this meeting, we read the Aesop's fable "The Fox and The Stork".

FOX AND THE STORK


By Aesop

The fox and the stork kept good relations, and the friendship seemed to be sincere. One day the fox invited the stork to dinner and, for fun, put on the table just a shallow dish containing a little soup. For her it was all very easy, but the Stork could only wet the tip of the bill and walked away hungry.
-Sorry, said the fox, it seems you did not like the soup.
-Do not think about it, replied the stork. I hope that in return for this visit, you will soon have dinner with me.
The next day, Fox was paying a visit. When seated at the table, which had for dinner was contained in a jar tall, long neck and narrow mouth, where the fox could not enter the nose. All she did was lick the outside of the jar.
-Do not apologize for the dinner, said the stork, so you feel in your own stomach what I felt yesterday.

Moral of the story - Who hurts with iron, with iron will be hurt.

Video:

After read the text and watch the video, we did some exercises together.




domingo, 10 de junho de 2012

5th Meeting At Escola Carmela Bortot - FABLES

At this 5th meeting we will talk about FABLES.
The students are learning how to write fables.

Nesta 5ª aula, trataremos especificamente sobre a fábula "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" de Esopo.
A fábula em Inglês encontra-se na aba "Texts"

Vizualize o video da fábula aqui, ou na aba "Videos"





Segue abaixo, para auxiliá-los exemplos de fábulas tanto em português, como em inglês.

The Ant and the Cicada (A formiga e a cigarra):

Em inglês:

http://storiesnmore.blogspot.com.br/2006/05/cicada-and-ant.html

http://changelog.ca/topic/The%20Ant%20and%20the%20Cicada

http://ntccpasadenatx.org/blogs2/2011/04/the-moral-of-the-story-the-cicada-and-the-ant-by-jean-de-la-fontaine/

Site de fábulas em Português:

http://cantinhodasfabulas.vilabol.uol.com.br/index.html