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The Department of Letters of the Alborán School, in coordination with the Anaya publishing house, has developed a very interesting literary meeting on January 19 with Ana Alcolea, writer and teacher of Language and Literature, awarded with important prizes such as the Cervantes Chico Prize in 2016, the of Aragonese Letters in 2019, Búho Award 2020 and José Antonio Labordeta Award in 2021.
Our students of the last cycle of Primary and of all the Secondary courses enjoyed this pedagogical activity to encourage reading, which is part of the activities carried out within our Reading Project. Read more
Through the Department of Language and Literature of the Alborán School, the students of 3rd and 4th ESO attended the theatrical performance of the play "El perro del hortelano" by Lope de Vega on November 30 at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (ESAD) of Malaga.
This playful activity brings students closer to one of the great authors of Spanish literature, the Phoenix of Ingenuity or Intellectual Phoenix, the monster of nature in Cervantes' words, who renewed classical theater with his new Comedy.
Through Haz Teatring's adaptation of this work by the great representative of the theater of the Golden Age, we intend to foster the aesthetic sense and critical spirit of our students, while promoting their interest in the classics of literature.
It has been a fantastic adaptation and a wonderful staging of this great work. Our students have enjoyed many concepts that are worked on in the classroom, such as the Corrales de comedia and the main metric forms of Lope de Vega.
In addition, our students participated in the colloquium after the performance, asking questions to the actors and actresses.
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On November 29, the students of the First Cycle of ESO of the Alborán School attended the theatrical performance of the play "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain, at the G. Martín Tenllado Music Conservatory in Malaga.
This interesting activity, coordinated by the Department of Language, is carried out with the main purpose of awakening interest in the students in the classics of universal literature.
The Haz Teatring theatrical show transmits in an entertaining way literary and artistic knowledge necessary for the cultural formation of young students, which is why it becomes an instrument of great pedagogical value.
Likewise, they have seen many concepts that are worked on in the classroom materialize, thus facilitating their enjoyment.
With an attractive language, our students have learned about this classic of youth literature, one of the most representative works of the genre of fantastic literature and adventure novels.
It has been a magnificent adaptation and a fantastic staging of this immortal work that has made us navigate the Mississippi through time, resulting in an unforgettable adventure.
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The students of 1st year of Baccalaureate in the subject of Universal Literature have carried out interesting projects on myths that they have selected with great involvement.
They present in class their creative presentations that have arisen from their research work, which they complement with manual work.
Some of them have been: The birth of Aphrodite, The Apple of Discord, Arachne, Medusa...
Some very creative research projects with which they learn while enjoying themselves.
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The Alborán school also pays this year a well-deserved tribute to Las Sinsombrero through this project carried out in Universal Literature of 1st year of Baccalaureate, the great forgotten ones of the Generation of '27.
With this video we intend to rescue from oblivion all these women artists, painters, sculptors, editors, poets, novelists and essayists, who were brave and transgressive, who have left us a great legacy with their works.
Through the Department of Language and Literature, Colegio Alborán carries out activities to encourage and promote reading.
In order to stimulate written expression and continue promoting creativity and sensitivity in our students, the Language Department has carried out numerous and varied activities on Book Day to celebrate its XNUMXst edition at our school.
The hall has become a space to display murals, posters and many projects born from the imagination of our students to commemorate this day.
DELIVERY OF PRIZES CONTEST OF POETRY AND MICRO-STORIES.
To inaugurate Book Day, the prize-giving ceremony of the XVIII Poetry Contest and VI Micro-stories Colegio Alborán took place. The winners have been:
In Secondary:
Poetry mode:
1st Prize: Carla Rita Moreno Martín
2nd Prize: Carlota Margalet Royo
3rd Prize: Tiana Kehringer
In High School:
Poetry mode:
1st Prize: Óscar Martín Feijoo
2nd Prize: Marina Hernansáez
3rd Prize: Lucía Llavero Gullón.
Micro-story mode:
1st Prize: Alba Carrasco Sánchez
2nd Prize: Alexia Villar Castillo
LIVE LITERATURE
The most relevant literary characters of Universal Literature transcend this day of the classroom and permeate our live Literature school. The 3rd ESO students, organized by the Department of Letters, fully immerse us in the magic of books.
We have had a very varied and wide gallery of characters and authors: Quixote and Sancho, Cervantes, Romeo and Juliet, Gandalf, Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, among others, have visited the classes of their classmates. Primary and Secondary, explaining who the characters or authors they represent are.
VIRTUAL LITERARY MEETING WITH MÍRIAM TERUEL
To commemorate Book Day, we have also organized a literary meeting for Secondary and Baccalaureate students.
The writer who has accompanied us virtually has been Míriam Teruel Benítez, who shared with the students experiences about her first published book "Los sueños de Yumma", a work read by our students and, at the same time, presented her second work, which soon to be published: “The heart of Najma”.
Likewise, in a very interesting video, he clarified all the doubts that arose with his work and answered the questions that our students had previously asked him.
An activity of great pedagogical value that has served to promote a positive attitude towards books and encourage reading.
VIDEO 4º ESO CURIOSITIES OF THE RAE
The 4th ESO students have made an original video with curiosities from the RAE. In a humorous way, our students inform us of the members that make up the Royal Spanish Academy, as well as the criteria for the admission of words.
PODCASTS
Another of the activities carried out has been recording podcasts. The Baccalaureate students have made use of their voice to record a Podcast with the best-known universal lyric poems of all times.
THEATRICAL REPRESENTATION OF A MYTH
2nd ESO students have studied the narrative subgenres, showing great interest especially in classical myths.
For this reason, he has been encouraged to represent to his classmates in Primary and Secondary what is perhaps the best known: The story of the Trojan horse, a story that contains Homer's Iliad and that is also present in Virgil's Aeneid.
Through this myth they have transmitted didactic and moral values, in this case that cunning is more powerful than brute force and that appearances should not be trusted.
Our young performers, coordinated by the Department of Language and Latin, have prepared the scenery and decoration, while they have made an effort to give the best of themselves.
Bravo!
LITERARY GYNKANA 1 OF THAT
ESO 1 students have prepared a series of activities in groups that they show to their classmates from different Primary and Secondary courses. Each stall deals with a literary genre or subgenre (fables, myths, science fiction...) so that visitors can learn key concepts and important books of universal literature through gymkhanas, balloons, dart games and other activities. A playful way to learn outdoors.
ACTIVITIES IN INFANT AND PRIMARY EDUCATION
In all the courses of the Early Childhood and Primary Education stages, various activities to encourage reading have also been carried out in the classroom to commemorate this day.
The Alborán School, through the Department of Language, has developed a stimulating activity to encourage reading, on this virtual occasion, to commemorate Book Day, with Míriam Teruel Benítez, a writer, teacher and librarian born in Málaga and based in Castillejar, Granada.
The graduate in Hispanic Philology and tireless reader, has shared with the students of Secondary and Baccalaureate experiences about her first book "Los sueños de Yumma", a book read by our students.
Likewise, he has announced what will be his next work, a continuation of the first one at the request of many readers, "El corazón de Najma", which will soon be published.
Both the characters and the narrative structure of this work, which does not leave readers indifferent, have attracted our students, especially the inclusion of stories of great poetic and symbolic value and African proverbs that greatly enliven reading.
It has been a very interesting pedagogical activity in which he answered all the questions that we had previously asked him about this work that invites reflection, while entertaining and dealing with current issues in any society.
Míriam has explained in her video some of the themes she addresses in her first work, such as rejection of violence, caring for animals and the environment, and friendship that knows no borders.
In short, it has been an enriching meeting from the literary point of view and the transmission of values of equality and tolerance, since "Yumma's dreams" represents a metaphorical journey to achieve our aspirations. Read more
On April 6, a long-awaited visit took place at our school: we had the pleasure of receiving Mr. Antonio A. Gómez Yebra, prestigious author of Children's and Youth Literature, to share a stimulating activity to encourage reading that he intended commemorate World Children's Book Day celebrated on April 2.
This literary meeting has been organized by the Department of Language and Literature of the Alborán School in collaboration with the Anaya publishing house, in order to promote a love of reading from an early age.
The UMA professor, who has won many prizes and awards, shared with the students of the first cycle of Primary the literary experiences of his book "El Quitamanchas", a work read by our students and worked on in class.
The writer, who stands out as a novelist and poet, with an abundant body of work (two hundred books) aimed at minors and young people and who also has numerous poetic, theatrical and narrative titles aimed at adult readers, knew how to capture the attention of all attendees .
All attendees participated and showed great interest, conveying their concerns to this prolific writer and UMA Professor who has published 97 children's books and will publish his 98th book for minors on Book Day.
In addition to answering their questions, it was he who asked questions to the little ones who, smiling, answered without hesitation.
In a very close encounter, Don Antonio was able to convey the fun and knowledge that reading brings, pointing out that books are used to learn and dream.
This interesting activity, which combined prose, recitation of poems, riddles and even anecdotes, was very interesting.
Finally, he signed copies of his book and gave away some of his poems and riddles. Read more
On April 6, a long-awaited visit took place at our school: we had the pleasure of receiving Mr. Antonio A. Gómez Yebra, prestigious author of Children's and Youth Literature, to share a stimulating activity to encourage reading that he intended commemorate World Children's Book Day celebrated on April 2.
This literary meeting has been organized by the Department of Language and Literature of the Alborán School in collaboration with the Anaya publishing house, in order to promote a love of reading from an early age.
The UMA professor, who has won many prizes and awards, shared with the students of the first cycle of Primary the literary experiences of his book "El Quitamanchas", a work read by our students and worked on in class.
The writer, who stands out as a novelist and poet, with an abundant body of work (two hundred books) aimed at minors and young people and who also has numerous poetic, theatrical and narrative titles aimed at adult readers, knew how to capture the attention of all attendees .
All attendees participated and showed great interest, conveying their concerns to this prolific writer and UMA Professor who has published 97 children's books and will publish his 98th book for minors on Book Day.
In addition to answering their questions, it was he who asked questions to the little ones who, smiling, answered without hesitation.
In a very close encounter, Don Antonio was able to convey the fun and knowledge that reading brings, pointing out that books are used to learn and dream.
This interesting activity, which combined prose, recitation of poems, riddles and even anecdotes, was very interesting.
Finally, he signed copies of his book and gave away some of his poems and riddles. Read more
The World Poetry Day proclaimed by UNESCO is celebrated on the spring equinox with the main objective of consecrating the essential word and reflection on our time. This Day is also called Spring of the poets.
In the Language Department of the Alborán School we have contributed to celebrating this Day by carrying out poetic acts and celebrations with the Secondary students.
At the entrance to the center, the projects developed to awaken poetic sensibility and educate literary creativity are exhibited.
We have developed poetry recitals and multiple readings, in which a group of 3rd year ESO students have visited the classrooms of the last cycle of Primary Education and their Secondary classmates to declaim beautiful and varied poems of their own creation.
In addition, our second-year high school students Paula, Alexia and Cristina and, in another group, Claudia and Victoria have made a video with one of the best-known poems by Luis Cernuda that has impacted them the most, "I love you".
We know that poetry contributes to this creative diversity by questioning in an ever renewed way the way words are used, our ways of perceiving and interpreting reality.
As Tagore affirms “Poetry is the echo of the melody of the universe in the hearts of humans”.
We encourage you to reflect on the capacity and power of poetic language to convey emotions and suggest feelings, because "There may not be poets but there will always be poetry" (Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer).
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The Language Department of Colegio Alborán has held a stimulating literary meeting on March 18, in this case face-to-face, with Violeta Monreal, a prestigious writer, illustrator and specialist in children's drawing, in coordination with the Anaya publishing house.
Our students in the last three years of Primary and the first years of Secondary have enjoyed this enriching animation activity in two very dynamic sessions of great pedagogical value that have freed the imagination of the attendees and promoted a taste for reading.
In the natural environment of the school, Violeta, a graduate in Fine Arts, shared experiences about her work "Another world around the corner", a book worked on in class that transmits values of solidarity and that is committed to creating a better world.
Encouraging reading, she also spoke about the work of the writer and the illustrator, sharing that she “draws what she sees and the reader draws in his imagination. Each person that she reads interprets in a way, there are thousands of different visions of the same book ”.
The students, very receptive, actively participated in a close encounter in which Violeta encouraged our students to be constant, conveying that it is possible to achieve goals by following three steps: dare and start working, resist and persevere and insist.
Likewise, he stressed the importance of not making fun of others, of overcoming problems and assuming that "I can be wrong, because there are factors that do not depend on me." He explained that it is important to create safe work spaces, where mutual respect prevails.
In an atmosphere of trust, he explained that we must insist many times until we get what we want, explaining that the important thing in art is to do what each one likes, trying not to be influenced by others. "You have to always try, without fear of failure."
At the same time, he stressed that the preparation of the work is fundamental as a previous phase, since it makes us think.
Finally, the writer with a restless spirit with hundreds of published books and a career full of awards and mentions, conveyed the idea that you can draw with all kinds of materials, signed copies of her books and presented our center with two wonderful illustrations. which he did live, with his original technique of drawing and collages made up of torn papers.
It has been a true honor for our center to receive Violeta Monreal, who has expressed solidarity with our Day without a uniform in favor of Ukraine, for which reason blue and yellow drawings predominated in her drawings, turning this country into "a portrait of the soul ”.
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For yet another year, Colegio Alborán has participated with the students of 2nd ESO in the Short Story Young Talents Contest that is held simultaneously throughout Spain and took place on Saturday, March 12.
In it, five students have enjoyed the adventure of being writers for a day.
The Language Department of our center has been in charge of coordinating the participation of its students in the Coca-Cola Young Talent Short Story Contest, which this year, which reaches its 61st edition, has been completely digital, although as exciting as in previous years. .
This important Literature Contest, whose objective is to encourage young people's interest in writing and reading, is the longest running in our country.
Based on an original narrative stimulus, revealed that same day online, our brave students, our participants have had to compose a completely free story using the drawing that they have just revealed, freeing their imagination to tell a story, with a maximum of 800 words. and using their creativity and enthusiasm.
We wish Ludwing, Carmen, Manuel, Andrés and Vladislav good luck and congratulate them for having participated. Read more