Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year

I wish you all a happy Christmas and prosperous new year, full of happiness!!
Enjoy this pretty little holiday we have!
Until next year!
Hugs!

By Rayene ':)

Miracle diets: Diet of apple

The diet of apple is excellent for those who want to lose weight. Apples are rich in substances that help maintain a feeling of satiety for longer time, reduce the absorption of sugar by the body and help to control cholesterol.

In the diet of apples you should eat an apple 15 minutes before each meal. This diet promises to lose 2kg in 7 days because the apple promotes satiety and avoid eating too much. But for that to work, you need a diet healthy with vegetables, fruits and proteins.

by Bruna

The movie of this week will be a great action!!!

Hello, everybody,

The movie of this week will be a great action!!! Choose your favorite one until tomorrow at lunchtime. See you on Friday. 

The Amazing Spider Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tnxzJ0SSOw

The Avengers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPpG4s3-O4

The snow White and the huntsman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-UMNSVX7_I

Filet woman says it follows the same diet Jennifer Lopez

The "miracle diet" promises to make her lose five pounds in five days. The weight loss program without restrictions Dukan is a retelling of the famous Atkins Diet, created in the 1960s. She suggests the consumption of protein coming from lean meats, chicken and fish.
According to a spokesperson for the singer, she is happy with the results of the diet.
Other famous as Penélope Cruz, Gisele Bundchen, Sandra Bullock, Beyonce and Duchess Kate Middleton also follow these rules slimming. (Gustavo)

Miracle diet

I know a diet to gain weight quickly, but I did not do this diet.
Breakfast 

Coffee 250mg
6 spoons Oats

Omelette with 4 eggs

3 Glass of Milk

2 Clara Egg
3 Bananas
2 bread

Lunch

200 g of Beans
100g Beef
300 g rice
1 Tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
100 g Pasta

Snack 
3 Glass of Milk
2 eggs
3 bread

Dinner

200mg Green Tea
300g Baked Potato English
2 tablespoons of oats
300g Rice
200g Beef
2 eggs

4 tablespoons of flaxseed meal
1 Tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil


This diet will serve to people who want to gain weight quickly.(Rubens)

Documentary on World trade Center

Hi, students,

I´ve found interesting things on the net about the collapse of World Trade Center. There is some vocabulary related to your area of study. The first video is a documentary and the second one is an interview with the lead investigator for the U.S. team that studied the Twin Towers’ collapse. This material make us think "What really happened in September 11?" 

http://video.cpt12.org/video/2270078138

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/debunking-9-11-bomb-theories.html

Before watching the video look up for words such as 

beam:

steel:

frame:



your teacher

WORK IN PAIRS - About image

Image A

-Coff! Coff!
-Are you ok, miss?
- Of course not! This cup of coffee is too hot! How can you serve this for me??
- I'm sorry lady! I'll bring another one for you, all right?
- Yes and I'm already waiting...


Image B

-Excuse me policeman!
-What's wrong, sir?
- My foos isn't good. Actually it's too bad.
-I'm sorry sir, but I can't do anything for you.
-But...
(The policeman leave the prisioner speaking alone.)


By: Mariana Fernandes e Letícia Brandão

Edificações trip

Edificações trip - Part 1

Two weeks ago, we went to Parque do Caraça. That was a really good experience inclusive for me who have never gone in a waterfall, in a park like that or something else. The place is amazing! The mountains, the water, the weather... everything! And the sanctuary have a lot of stories! For example, Dom Pedro II fell over on the road which results in a famous rock...

There is the famous Lobo Guará, but unfortunately I coundn't see it...

The first neo-gotic church built in Brazil...

And that's it! 

Xoxo, Marie. (:

Audiobooks in English!!!! COOL

Hi, everybody!!! Do you like reading? Take a look at what I have found at You tube: Audio books with texts. With these Audiobooks you can practice your reading and your pronunciation because you can listen to the text while you read. Here are some links.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_kjc71r7c0


The strange case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde by
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlvcbhgD9mM


The adventures of Sherlock Holmes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-WX5nMxCEU


Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1tdCXiILc&playnext=1&list=PL829710964710E9F6&feature=results_main


The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ6AUQ9FQE4

You can try other ones by typing "Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text," at You Tube. You can practice English at home without the teacher´s help. Choose one, try to read it and write your comments here. If you want, you can use them in your Reading Circles as well.


Your teacher

Miracle Diet!

 I know  diet of  the miracle of soup, 1kg per day!

The recipe is as follows:

Ingredients:

• 1 head and half of onion.
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• Two or three broth Knorr
• 1 carrot grated
• 1 turnip chopped
• Half red cabbage chopped
• 200g green beans
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 leaves of cabbage chopped

How to prepare:

In saucepan cook the garlic and onion in olive oil. Then place the other ingredients, take a ferventada and add 1 quart of warm water. Cover the pan and simmer for about 20 minutes.

 

Tip: You should consume this soup for 7 days every month.

 

  But, remembering that this level diets can be dangerous, for not supplying our need for nutrients.

By: Isabela Diniz

HSUAHSUAS

Is there anything better than spending a day with friends?
Caraça served to it, all the guys together and create more history .... Com Fabis, Rodney, Tupã, Jiló, Marombis e eu  =P

de
-Igor A²

Caraça, it's a nice place!

It's far from the school, we traveled about 4 hours.
Caraça is a beautiful place, there was many landscapes and waterfalls.
When we arrived we had lunch, after, we walked a lot and swan in the waterfalls, the water of waterfalls is very cold, but not prevented us from swimming.
At night, we had dinner and we waited the maned wolf appears.
After we played guitar and sang some musics and played and talked a lot.
Was a nice travel with my friends and we enjoyed a lot!

Fernando.

Tour in Caraça

The sanctuary of the Caraça is a place too far, about 3 hours for travel, by my count. Its location is in the middle of a forest with many waterfalls and streams. In this forest we walk 4km and there were many mosquitoes in the way. Then we went to "PRAINHA" and we swam a lot. The color of the water was strange, but that was no problem. At night I took cold shower because the shower was not working. I was very angry because after the girls told me that there was a shower with hot water.

After dinner a wolf appeared in front of the church, but I didn't see him. When I arrived in front of the church to see the wolf he wasn't there, then I waited, but he didn't show. Later, we drink a delicious tea and, on the porch of the inn, we sang a lot, played cards and the next day we went away at about 11 am. Get home was a problem, I had to take a taxi from Congonhas until Belo Vale. However, the trip was great, is always good travel with friends.

Bruna

Caraça!

the trip to the Caraça was an excellent experience!

I hope we will have others like that =)

~Guilherme

This trip really cool. walk with the class is always is always good and fun! Besides the wonderful waterfalls, the church we know there is the beautiful and Also we learned a lot about her. I hope many others will still travels That and the next contest we win again! haha '
Karina (:

Caraça!

It was a different trip, away from all the problems, making the class becomes increasingly united. I really enjoyed, I hope materia visits in English too! I went back there more cheerful and happy, did not see the maned wolf, is more for the next opportunity!
A photo to show the funniest moment of the trip, kkkk

Carla

Caraça

Besides visiting the Sanctuary of Caraça,

  we walk through trails and waterfalls. On the day of the visit the weather was good, and we would swim. I liked the trip. (Rubens)

Caraça

As I said in the comments, the trip was amazing. There were things that I will treasure forever. The lual: was hilarious, see the people singing and dance of the Luciano, speechless!!I can not leave of comment on the game "Uno", seeing all that racket, laughs too. And I have to confess something, I stole in the game!!I was surprised, I did find the priest who celebrated my baptism. The Mass that he celebrated was very good, even won a medal. "What now, not shot the neck"! Anyway, I have many memories, I could write more, but I leave a little for all to see.

Caraça

I really liked the Caraça, which is a great place to visit / meet! It has beautiful natural landscapes and knowing the place through trails provides more contact with nature, passing waterfalls and around with a saw beautiful! I think that even without phone signal / internet, travel to Caraça with the class was excellent!

by: Érica

READING CIRCLES

Have you already started your Reading circles? Please, let me know as soon as you start, Ok? The short stories are at CAAD. Choose the one you like most. If you start reading and notice it´s not what you have thought, you can give up and choose another one. I´ll be waiting for your reply.

Kisses

Your teacher

Movie of this week

Hi, everybody!!! I´m really happy to know that most of you enjoyed The Hunger Games. I´m even happier to know that you enjoyed watching movies in English and are eager for the next one. For this week, we decided to show a romantic comedy. You´ll have up to Wednesday  (05/12/2012) to choose your favorite one. Watch the trailers.



Leap Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etm4VMLrSnc

A walk to remember
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etm4VMLrSnc

Spanglish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXkSBXrdDxs

Just married
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbqzR8MQajU

We could meet closely the maned wolf !

One of the most beautiful attractions of the sanctuary of Caraça is the nocturnal visit of the maned wolf.

The maned wolf is the largest canid native to South America. There are approximately 23.600 individuals, about 21.746 are in Brazil.

It was a great experience to witness so close to a wild animal like him !

By Lucas.

Historical Gymkhana Awards 2012!

Congratulations to all!
We were rewarded with this unforgettable journey through our merit!
Everyone worked hard to win the contest and every effort was rewarded! :)

By: Rayene! '-'

Music and joy

One of the coolest things we did was a lual. We went to the balcony and sing too. Some touched. Also people danced. Luciano after nearly a bottle of wine Jabuticaba, danced to the ''Tchu tcha tcha''. The opening song of lual, which was consecrated in gymkhana champion. Everyone sang! Also sang the success of Michel Teló: Oh if I catch you.
It was all wonderful!

By: Talita.

SANCTUARY OF CARAÇA

I REALLY LIKED THE TRIP TO SANCTUARY OF CARAÇA BECAUSE THE PLACE IS VERY LOVELY. WE CAN BE NEAR THE NATURE. I COULD NOT SEE THE WOLF, THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT I DIDN’T LIKE. I THINK WOULD BE BETTER TO STAY MORE DAYS, BUT EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL. 

KISSES LETÍCIA BRANDÃO

Trip to Caraça

Hello loutish! The trip to Caraça was very good! That's all folks! Bye! 
By Gustavo.

Tour to Sanctuary the Caraça

An amazing place that allowed the admiration of landscapes historical, environmental and cultural.Many beautiful landscapes, with waterfalls, vegetation and high reliefs,no mention the church. The church is beautiful, neo-Gothic architecture, with many stained glass . The visit the maned wolf is also a wonderful experience.

During the visit, we were without communication (computer, TV, phone, internet), isolated from the world, despite having left our worried parents was very good to see with was when people did not had these technologies,  we seize  the time to talk to, sing and play.  We did trail.  ... This is just a little of what we have there! XOXO :)

Isabela Diniz.