The Princess' Magic Hair

The Princess' Magic Hair by Alicia Mora 1ºESO B

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess in a castle. She didn't go out because a horrible witch had captured her when she was born. She lived alone with only an ugly frog as a pet. She talked with it as if it was a real person.
The fair hair of the princess was magic and the witch liked it to do charms. Her mother, the Queen, and her father, the King, looked for the princess for a long time, but they didn't find anything. One day a handsome prince found the princess. He rescued her and he took the princess with her parents in a beautiful carriage. When her parents saw the princess, they ran to embrace their daughter. They lived in peace the rest of their lives.
The End

Fairy Tales

THE RESCUE
by Julio Ortiz, 1ºESO B

Once there was a princess who lived in a palace with her father, the King. One day, the princess left the palace and met an ogre who captured her and took her to an abandoned tower of a castle protected by a dragon.
Next day, the King realized that his daughter was not anywhere in his palace, neither in her room, neither anywhere else.
The King began to look around the garden, the town but she was not anywhere.
A young man heard the news that the princess had disappeared for one poster that said "wanted" and the reward was 50,000$.
Then the young man named Rowly, went to look for her with his horse for a very lush, dark forest. At the end of the forest he met a very old abondoned castle. He thought that she could be there at the top of the tower so, he began the journey.
When he was in the front door, he found a dragon that impeded to follow. So he had no choice that to fight the dragon.
At first he was afraid, but he was very brave. He was able to beat him and continued his way up the tower to free the princess, but suddenly they met the ogre who told them they will not easily escape. The princess remembered that she had a wizard friend who could help them. She shouted his name and the wizard friend appeared quickly and he killed the ogre. The princess and the young man went to the palace, the king was very happy to have his daughter back with him, for that the King gave the young man a reward.

Slang

Hi everyone,
Last week we learnt some examples of slang words from American, Australian and British English. Take a look at these websites:
*A selection of links to online slang dictionaries.
*Pages of commonly-used American slang words. Worth checking!
*From American public radio show "A Way with Words", a podcast quiz about regional slang from the US South (Audio only). Links to other podcasts about English words.

IRREGULAR VERBS

Hi students,
Here are some useful links to practice and help you learn your verbs.
Bye!

WikiLeaks

WiliLeaks has been on the news since late November 2010 when it released the contents of more then 250,000 confidential telegrams between the US State Department and Us embassies around the world. Take a look at these websites if you want to learn more about it.

A mirror website (duplicate, to protect the original from attack) of the official WikiLeaks website (wikileaks.ch). Challenging!

Discussion of the "divided opinion" on WikiLeaks, and the possible espionage charges to be brought against Assange, from the Voice of America News website (December 2010).

A National Public Radio (NPR) news broadcast (January 21, 2011) about the reaction to WikiLeaks and Assange in his homeland, Australia. Audio with transcript.

The English Language

Here's the video you saw in class a few days ago. My excuses for the inappropiate language but the different accents make it worthwile. Enjoy!

Shakespeare: unanswered questions

Nearly 450 years after his birth, William Shakespeare is still generally considered to be the greatest writer in the English language. Did you know that some critics actually doubt whether he wrote the plays at all?

Click here to learn more about Shakespeare's biography.