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Colegio Alborán, through the Department of Language and Literature, has participated today, March 20, in an enriching session of the Cycle "Hablar Curso Rimado", which has taken place at the Teatro Ciudad de Marbella.
In this way, we begin to celebrate World Poetry Day that takes place a day later.
Coordinated by the UMA Professor Mr. Antonio Gómez Yebra and launched by the Municipal Delegation of Culture and Education of the Marbella City Council, it is an excellent tool to bring #poetry closer to young people.
The cycle started with an exhibition and presentation of the life and work of Rubén Darío, by Antonio Gómez Yebra.
This prolific writer of Children's and Youth Literature offered us the most relevant information, as well as the most original and unknown anecdotes of Rubén Darío, who together with Salvador Rueda, is considered the Father of Modernism.
Antonio Gómez Yebra made all attendees evoke the musical rhythm and the dazzling verses of this great lexicon innovator.
Next, Yohana Anaya Ruiz, guest poet, recited a beautiful poem dedicated to the great representative of the Spanish and universal language in poetry.
Later, the students of 2nd, 3rd and 4th ESO of the Alborán School and other schools participated actively, reciting fragments of their most representative works in public with the main objective of promoting a taste for poetic texts. Read more
The Alborán School considers the presence and visualization of women in the different disciplines that education contemplates to be of great importance. For this reason, it works throughout the year from different Departments on coeducation in the classroom.
When we opened our doors, we read our commitment to gender equality and then, in the classrooms, we dedicate time to debate and reflection.
More specifically, the Department of Language and Literature has carried outor a series of educational activities to commemorate International Women's Day.
Our Secondary and Baccalaureate students have carried out an analysis of the prototypes of women presented by the media in general today and the sexism that still exists in advertising.
On the other hand, she has investigated female writers with a male pseudonym, women in Science or Nobel Prize winners, in order to give these women the place in history they deserve.
In addition, the Artistic and Humanities Baccalaureate students have decorated the school entrance with a large poster, in which teachers and students from Early Childhood Education have participated. In it, we show our disagreement with the still existing gender inequality, joining our hands to create a big purple bow.
On this day we join the initiative of social commemoration that claims equality between men and women, while trying to reflect on the achievements and the challenges we must meet.
The Department of Language and Literature of the Colegio Alborán has as its primary purpose to promote a taste for reading. For this reason, it organized an interesting activity to encourage reading, coordinated with the Anaya publishing house.
Thus, on March 7, Don Rafael Salmerón, a writer and illustrator of children's and youth books and posters, visited our school.
Salmerón brought our students closer to the written and visual content of the books, in a friendly and close way, both from his vision as a writer and from his point of view as an illustrator.
Likewise, he highlighted the importance of illustrations in a book, highlighting its advantages, such as that they serve to complete it, so that the message is better understood and that it helps to immerse readers in the story and in the identification of characters.
However, he also commented that if it is not done well it can cause the opposite effect. He highlighted the value of words and intonation, stating that "we must take into account not only what is said, but also the way in which it is said", so we have to adapt the drawings and the style of the illustrations to the narrated story.
Don Rafael is a very prolific and versatile author. He focused on providing answers to all doubts and clarifying concerns that arose around the work "La tejedora de la muerte", by the writer Concha López Narváez, the first book he illustrated, read this year in class by our students.
The students showed special interest in his works "Noah's kite", "A ball for a bullet" and "27 heartbeats", stories that convey values of dreams and hopes in a real context of today's youth.
He told stories, interacted with the attendees, drew for us and gave us some beautiful drawings. He knew how to convey his passion for writing, with "the one that has full creative freedom".
This year was also a very enriching and enjoyable meeting, in which our students actively participated and were surprised by Salmerón's creative ingenuity. Read more
"Finally I can be what I am, and I am a writer."
In order to promote reading, Colegio Alborán, in coordination with SM Editorial, has developed this interesting activity to encourage and promote reading.
Within the Reading Project of the Department of Language and Literature, the literary meetings try to whet the literary appetite of our young Secondary School students.
Thus, on February 16th, Doña Begoña Oro - writer specializing in Children's and Youth Literature, translator, editor, who also writes for adults - visited our center to bring students closer to the universe of books.
He encouraged young people to create a reading habit and to enjoy more artistic creations in general. Likewise, he highlighted the value of illustrations in books and surprised everyone with his suitcase, from which ideas and resources emerged.
The writer showed the literary enjoyment through two of her works read in class "Croquettes and wasaps" and "Grapefruit and lemon", the latter winner of the Gran Angular and Hache Awards.
Doña Begoña Oro cited the innumerable benefits of reading, while addressing the issue of the language of social networks, warning young people against the lack of privacy, a topic closely related to the theme of her book.
He explained that he has realized that "reading can change the world", and since then, he wants to tell his own stories, since "we are all capable of telling our own story. It's our superpower."
In a relaxed and very participatory atmosphere, and with practical examples, he explained that the story changes according to the words it contains, which gave rise to talk about the different narrative perspectives, the types of narrator, the typical structure of the narration and the new non-linear ways of narrating.
It turned out to be a totally enriching activity in which attendees enjoyed and learned to value the importance of the work of writers today.
"Book eater who has made his passion his profession."
The Department of Language and Literature at Colegio Alborán considers it essential to create resources that promote reading, which is why it organizes numerous activities to encourage reading throughout the course, among which we highlight the Literary Meetings with writers.
Specifically within our Reading Project and in collaboration with the Anaya publishing house, on February 12th D. Antonio A. Gómez Yebra, one of the most prestigious authors of Children's and Youth Literature, visited our center to encourage a taste for reading.
He shared with the students of the last cycles of Primary and the first years of Secondary an experience of his work "With the boots on", one of the books read by our students, explaining the literary allusions to popular tales; to poets and mythology.
To everyone's surprise, he announced the continuation of this book, "The Princess's Curse", which he will present next April, on Book Day.
During his visit, he stressed the value of effort and perseverance and encouraged students to persevere.
It was a great honor for our center to receive this writer who stands out as a novelist and poet, with an abundant work aimed at children and young people (more than 150 works) and also with numerous poetic and narrative titles aimed at adult readers.
All the students who attended really enjoyed it and showed a lot of interest, both for his books and poems and for the natural talent of this writer to create a relaxed climate of pleasure for reading.
Our students actively participated and conveyed to the prolific writer, who has been publishing works since 1978, their doubts and concerns related to books and Literature in general, while enjoying the recitation of his poems.
He dedicated time to bring them closer to Literature in general, rescued verses from Espronceda, evoked Miguel Hernández, explaining that the authors and their works live in our memory.
For our school it is always an honor to receive Mr. Antonio, Professor of the UMA, who stands out for his numerous works in prose and verse aimed at children and young people and who knows how to transmit the desire for books at each meeting.
He always knows how to surprise all attendees, as each meeting is different and unique.
The students of 5th, 6th of Primary Education, 1st and 2nd of ESO showed great interest in this walk through Literature and History while enjoying the questions, recitations and riddles. Read more
On January 30, a cycle of conferences for teachers took place in Seville, the purpose of which is to acquire tools to encourage reading and develop creative writing among young people.
60 Andalusian teachers participated in them and has served to discuss the importance of reading and the keys to train young readers.
Among them, the Colegio Alborán was present and actively participated in the workshops organized by the Escuela de Escritura Creativa Función Lenguaje.
Doña Elvira Lindo, a prestigious writer and journalist, gave an interesting master class under the title: "Reading and how to get the necessary slow time for it", to inaugurate these Literary Conferences that have been organized by the Coca-Cola Foundation.
The creator of the popular character Manolito Gafotas shared with all the attendees how her vocation came to her and the idea of devoting herself professionally to writing arose, at the same time that she gave us her ideas for improvement so that young people love books, "it is necessary a true approach to language in schools”.
Mrs. Elvira Lindo pointed out that by promoting education we bring young people closer to reading, since it is reading that provides ease of concentration, which is losing our days. “We must continue to believe in the power of books,” she said.
It is really a necessity to discover and promote the talent of young people. For this, the teachers received tools and resources to work in the classroom. Likewise, it turned out to be a space to share concerns and teaching experiences, explore the creativity of teachers and students.
Likewise, recommendations for activities to work on reading in the classroom were addressed, as well as debates that were enriching for everyone.
We are already looking forward to March 17, the day our students will participate in the 58th edition of the Young Short Story Talent Contest. Read more
The Alborán School joins for another year the initiative for the challenge of hunger organized by Manos Unidas. Our Secondary Education and Baccalaureate students, through the Language and Art Departments, participate in the Clip Film Festival.
In its IX edition, the theme is "What is your recipe to fight against hunger?"
Under the motto "Your point of view can change the world" our students make one-minute videos to raise awareness about inequalities and contribute to eradicating hunger and injustice in the world, providing solutions.
In the following links you can see and vote for all the videos that participate in our center:
As part of the "Project to encourage and encourage creative writing", the Department of Spanish Language and Literature has scheduled a visit to the facilities of the Coca-Cola factory in Malaga for 1nd ESO students on December 2st.
The program of this interesting activity includes the Presentation of the 58th Young Talent Contest "Short Story Award", an important national literary contest in which our students will participate in March 2018.
Likewise, we joined the solidarity project to collect food for Bancosol that they were carrying out, donating a package of milk or vegetables, something that our students did with pleasure. Read more
On November 17, the students of 3rd and 4th ESO of the Alborán School attended the theatrical performance of the play "Lazarillo de Tormes", a classic of our Literature that has served to complement the reading of the book that we are doing in class.
Through all the adventures and the evolution of its protagonist, the students were able to see first-hand one of the key works of the picaresque novel, a forerunner of the modern novel.
All attendees enjoyed the reflections on the human nature of the characters and the detailed descriptions, which make the work still current today.
At the end of the play, they participated in the colloquium, exposing their doubts and concerns to the actors about this magnificent adaptation of this jewel of Literature and they approached them to take pictures.
Our 1st and 2nd ESO students have attended today the theatrical performance of the play Oliver Twist, a beautiful adaptation by Producciones Lucky&Luke of the well-known realistic work by Charles Dickens, at the Teatro Las Lagunas in Mijas.
The Language Department has organized this interesting activity, which has been a great recreation of the London environment of the XNUMXth century.
We have accompanied the endearing Oliver in his adventures in an unforgettable story that combines realism, humor and great sensitivity towards the marginalized and underprivileged.
In a didactic and entertaining way, accompanied by songs, they have been able to capture the message of hope and justice that the play transmits and have actively participated in the subsequent discussion with the actors.