ANNABEL LEE - A LOVE STORY By Edgar Allan Poe

Apart from mystery and horror stories, the American writer Edgar Allan Poe was also a magnificent poet. One of his best and famous poems is this one dedicated to the love of his life, her young wife Virginia Clemm. They got married although Virginia's family didn't accept this marriage because she was too young. Soon, Virginia died from tuberculosis and it is said that Edgar A. Poe spent nights beside her sepulchre in the cemetery. This poem, Annabel Lee is possibly inspired in his own life. He gave his wife the name of Annabel Lee.

Our students Rosana and Beatriz (4º ESO) read the poem both in English and Spanish for the last Book Week. They did so fine that they are repeating the poem with the help of other four 3º ESO students (Celia, Mª José, Sharon and Patricia) in the Special Poetry Festival we are doing in the Casa de la Cultura in Santa Amalia on June 14th from 8'00 in the evening. In this Festival we'll be collecting money for the Old People's Home in Santa Amalia.

Here you are a video with the poem recited in English and the video made by the Spanish rock band Radio Futura translating the song into Spanish.    

LOVE SONGS, POEMS AND RIDDLES

A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS, A SOLIDARITY CHRISTMAS

Christmas is coming and in our school we are trying you to live Christmas in an alternative way to the individual consumism provided by the famous "Markets". This is the third year we put forward a solidarity campaign with the motto: "LIVING A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS, A SOLIDARITY CHRISTMAS".

We're waiting for presents, buying lots of food, but this is a moment to think of other people who can't live Christmas and the rest of the year like us.

Here you can watch, read and sing  the song by Phil Collins Another Day in Paradise (1989), written for the Non-Governmental Organization CARITAS, supporting the people who live in the streets.

You can also watch the video from Michael Jackson's song Heal the World. After this song, the singer also created the Heal the World Foundation, a charitable organization which was designed to improve the lives of homeless children. The organization was also created to teach children how to help others 






BY THE WAY...

1) Do you know what's a  (NGO) Non-Governmental Organization? Caritas is the name of a Non-Governmental Organization, do you know other Non-Governmental Organizations?

2) Look for the meaning of the words "charitable", "improve" and "homeless".


3) NGO is the abbreviation, that is, the acronym in English for Non-Governmental Organization. How many acronyms do you know in English? For example, USA,...Acronyms are widely used in English. Find the meaning of the following acronyms in English:
USA  -  UK  -   EU  -  UN  -  UNICEF  -  B&B  -  ASAP  -  UFO  -  P2P  -  AC/DC  -  LASER  -  CD  -  DVD  -  HD  -  PC  

4) In your opinion, how can we help other people in our life? Write three or four sentences.

HALLOWEEN IN IESO SIERRA LA MESTA

For the first time, we celebrated Halloween in our school. Fifty-one Jack-o-Lanterns were shown made by the students and some posters to decorate the halls of the School Center.

Next year we'll try to  do it better.