XXVIII Cultural Week. Book Day (V). Summary of the day. 2016-17

The Department of Language and Literature and Classical Languages ​​has carried out numerous and varied activities on Book Day, the purpose of which is to promote reading and continue to foster the creativity of our students.

Education and culture, in its broadest sense, transcend the classroom and flood the Colegio Alborán on this day. Murals, posters, poetry, drawings and many more projects are displayed at the school entrance.

With the different courses of Secondary and Baccalaureate we have carried out the following activities:

 

Awards Ceremony for Poetry and Short Stories.

First of all, to inaugurate this fourth day of our Cultural Week dedicated to Literature, the prize-giving ceremony for the Colegio Alborán Poetry and Short Stories Contest took place. It has been really difficult to choose the winning and finalist poems and short stories, due to the quantity, theme and quality of the works presented. In addition to the teaching staff, many students have served on the jury in said contest.
The awardees have been:

First cycle of ESO:

• 1st Prize: Elena Donaire Peralta, for her poem "Gray Afternoon".
• 2nd Prize: Gabriel Salinas Teruel, with his work "Free Woman".
• 3rd Prize: Eva González Martín, for "An Any Day".
• 4th Prize: Léa Fourestier Marty, for her poetry «Bitter feeling».

finalists:

• Néstor Salinas Teruel, for "To not have a zero".
• Lucía Casado Torres, with her work "Don Destroyecosas".

Second cycle of ESO:

• 1st Prize: María Puertas Cerván, with her poem «They call you».
• 2nd Prize: Cristina Muñoz Lovera, for her poem “Your eyes”.

In Baccalaureate we have held two contests, one for Poetry and the other for Short Stories.

Poetry in Baccalaureate:

• 1st Prize: María Rodríguez Mata, for her work: «I do not give you the right».
• 2nd Prize: Elías Salinas Teruel, for "Boredom".
• 3rd Prize: Fernando Ramírez Sánchez, for his poem «Recuerdos».

Micro-stories:

• 1st Prize: Pablo Álvarez Serrano for his micro-story "Horror and Lust".
• 2nd Prize: Lucía Sánchez Mendoza, for her story "No way out".
• Finalist: Carmen Pearson Moreno, for «Words».

Literary meeting with the writer Dña. Carmen Ramos.

To commemorate this great day, we have organized a very interesting literary meeting for Primary and Secondary students with the writer Carmen Ramos.

Carmen Ramos, in a very enriching visit that was of great educational value, promoted a positive attitude towards books.

Video – What is your reason for reading?

The 1st ESO students have made a fun and creative video about the different reasons for reading, each one has provided the reasons that drive them to read, which have turned out to be as original as themselves.

Decoration of the stairs.

Likewise, these students have decorated the stairs of our center with great enthusiasm, painting the steps as the spines of the best-known books of Universal Literature. The result: a true work of art.

Decalogue of the good reader.

Likewise, the Secondary school students have made a large poster in an original way and with a lot of imagination that represents the decalogue of a good reader, offering the 10 best tips to enjoy reading. Excellent teamwork in which students from different courses have collaborated.

Reading Rap.

In current youth language, the 3rd year ESO students have surprised us by singing some raps dedicated to reading and the importance of reading.

Creation of works in Cuaderna via.

Applying the knowledge of Literature explained this course, our students have dared to invent a poem in the style of the well-known medieval narrative, an authentic work in Cuaderna Vía.

Another group has investigated food in the Middle Ages, the most frequent menus, and finally, some curiosities, such as the origin of the tapa.

The discoveries and reflections they have made will be transmitted to their classmates in a presentation. To do this, they are also going to make a poster alluding to these aspects that will be displayed in the school hall.

Making videos.

On the other hand, they have made fun and current adaptations of Don Juan Manuel's Count Lucanor.

Podcast poetry by Gloria Fuertes.

To commemorate the first centenary of the birth of Gloria Fuertes, the 4th grade students have used the new IPad applications to record a Podcast with the best-known poems and some of their own creation by "the poetess of children".

classical theater.

Likewise, from the Latin modality we have represented one of the adventures of Ulysses that occurred on his return to the homeland. On this occasion, his encounter with the Maga Circe has transformed a part of his sailors into animals, it will be Ulysses again who will manage to save them from the curse with the help of the god Hermes.

Video viewing: The proverbs of Don Quixote and Sancho.

The 1st year of Baccalaureate students, in the subject Universal Literature, have made a one-minute video with a great sense of humor about the proverbs used in this masterpiece of Spanish Literature.

With this ingenious audiovisual project they are going to participate in an Edelvives contest “Mi Quijote- XXI century”, about the experiences after reading the work.

Video Viewing: Don Quixote Adaptations.

In addition, our Department has carried out an activity around Don Quixote, based on different episodes, the students have given a personal touch to this literary work with new technologies.

They have produced three other videos with different degrees of approximation to the original text of Don Quixote.

• 1º video: About the famous TVE series D. Quixote and Sancho are played by the great actors Fernando Rey and Alfredo Landa, the students have done the dubbing and editing of the video selecting the most representative parts. In this chapter, the burning of books of chivalry, causing madness by the relatives of the famous hidalgo, takes place.
• 2º video: In this case, the TVE cartoon series «D. Quixote de la Mancha», from 1979, has been the basis for dealing with the chapter in which our protagonist has his encounter with the windmills. In this case, they have adapted different voices to give them a touch of humor, that is, they have accentuated one of the main intentions with which our brilliant Cervantes made his work, to amuse.
• 3º video: This team has interpreted a cartoon series called “Bandolero” in a much more free way, where they have dubbed Don Quixote with Juan Palomo and Sancho Panza with Tragabuches. Here, Don Quixote, how could it be otherwise, saves a lady from the invading French soldiers.

The protagonists explained to the ESO and Baccalaureate students what their work had consisted of. They have found it fun and a novel way of approaching this wonderful jewel of our Literature.