GM Foods: Friend or Foe? - Webquest

GM Food: Friend or Foe? - Webquest (cont.)

It Depends on You

Have you ever felt like water? Have you ever felt like rain?
Feeling like everyone runs from you
And they don’t understand your pain!
Have you ever felt like you’re no one
In this never ending World of hate?
Where nobody helps a man
Who just needs another hand!
But nobody cares
Do you think that is fair?


Have you ever felt like you’re The One?
And from now on you just can’t pretend
That you cannot change the World
That you can’t give a man another hand!


And if maybe you make the World think like you
Do you think they wouldn’t hear?
Maybe some of them won’t care
But that’s only because they’re full of fear!

You’re the first one who needs to bother
The first one who needs to care
‘Cause you don’t want your children running
Through roads of mine fields
Or closed in their rooms crying
Waiting for this war to end
Please, try not to pretend
That this music hasn’t touched you!
Please, help me changing the World
You just need to do your part!

Filipe Fernandes, 1105

Who am I?

Hello! My name is Alexandrina. I am 15 years old. I am funny.
I live in Vila Nova de Famalicão with my family. I like living here because it is a nice place. In this town I have everything near: my school, supermarkets, baker's shops... That's really amazing.
I study at D. Sancho I Secondary School. I like my school. My best friends are here. The school is nice and the teachers are cool. We do a lot of activities there. D. Sancho is different from other schools. I like the relationship between teachers and students very much. I like the canteen's food too.
In my free time I like listening to music, going to the scouts meetings or camping with the scouts. I also like studying and watching television (series). But there is one thing that I really love, that I really need, which is writing. I like writing for children.
This is who I am.

Alexandrina, 1008

My Sister

Some people talk about their pets, but I don't have one. Other people talk about their favourite sport, but my favourite sport is very common. I prefer talking about my sister.
Her name is Margarida and I love her. She is seven years old and she is much naughty and gentle. She has got curly hair, blue eyes and she is very short for her age because she doesn't like eating. She weights only 17kg.
She looks a little like me!
She loves playing, walking, watching TV and painting.
She speaks a little English too, but not much, because she is a child and it is a little hard for her to speak in English. She is intelligent but she doesn't like school very much. She is a little lazy and is always saying that she has no time to play, that's too much homework.
When she grows up, she wants to be a cook. She has always wanted it. While her friends want to be hairdressers or teachers, she always said she wanted to be a cook.
This is my sister and I love her.

Alexandrina, 1008

My Favourite Group

My favourite group is Xutos & Pontapés.
Xutos formed their band in 1978. Their first concert was on 13th January 1979.
I like them because they marked, they still mark and they will keep on marking generations. Their music has great instrumentals and beautiful lyrics.
There are a lot of groups, but Xutos are the best.
Xutos are at the same level of the Queen, Beatles and Rolling Stones.
Their big hits are: A Minha Casinha; À Minha Maneira; Quem é Quem.
In 2009 Xutos celebrated 30 years.
José João, 1008

Critérios de Avaliação do Ensino Profissional

Critérios de Avaliação do Ensino Básico

Better late than never...

It may be a bit shocking but what's the point of hiding the truth or paint the world in colours when we so often forget that we really are colourblind. Last October 17th was the International Day Against Poverty. Around the world people stood up against poverty. Nevertheless, and unfortunately, there are too many kinds of poverty. And because we no longer want to say "all I wanna say is that they don't really care about us", take five minutes from your busy schedule, think and do something about it...

Jokes and Riddles

What table can we eat?
A vegeTABLE!

Why was the ketchup last in the race?
It couldn't ketch-up!

What does a farmer use to count his cattle?
A COWculator!

Why did the students eat their homework?
Because the teacher said it was a piece of cake!

Why did the boy put lipstick on his head?

Because he wanted to make up his mind!

Why doesn't Dracula have friends?
'Cause he's a pain in the neck!

What gives you the power to walk through walls?
A door!

Why did Superman cross the road?
To get to the supermarket!

Me, myself and I

My name is ***** but everyone calls me *** or ***. I’m 17 and I was born on February ** 1992 in Vila Nova de Famalicão. Now I live in Gavião with my mom, my brother and my dog.
I failed in the 10th grade because I didn’t really know what I wanted to do, so I got in Languages and Humanities but without the spirit of succeeding. I know that if I had made an effort, I would have passed. However, I think that failing was good to me because it made me see what I really wanted. In my second 10th grade I attended the same course, I passed all the subjects and I improved my marks. I can honestly say that I finished the school year successfully.
In my spare times I like to be with my family, friends and boyfriend. I like to text sms and be on the computer. I’m a little addicted to taking pictures, so my big dream is to be a photographer. I love to play with my dog and my godson. My favourite subjects are History, Maths and Spanish.
I don’t really like English because I have a lot of difficulties but I have the luck to count on my brother and a friend to help me overcome these difficulties. I don’t like to be angry with people because I get really irritable. My family says I have a complicated character because I’m too explosive and I easily get nervous. I’m an extreme person, either I’m too happy or I’m so irritable that I have pity on the ones who are with me but I don’t get irritable very often. I consider myself a friend of my friend, nice, fun and a talkative person. I don’t give up easily. When I want something I fight until the end.

****** *****, 1108

Love at First Sight

Unknown author

Grammar Log - Present Simple 701/702

Round Up 2, Longman

Too Much Into Technology

Teenage Life Online - 901/902

"...teenagers’ use of the Internet plays a major role in their relationships with their friends, their families, and their schools. Teens and their parents generally think Internet enhances the social life and academic work of children. However, there are aspects of the Internet that cause strain and make children and their parents worry that these technologies are not an unqualified good in teens’ lives.

Teens are generally intense users of instant messaging technology, and use it as well as other online spaces and tools to play with and manage their online identities. Parents and their children often do not agree about the place of the Internet in their home.

Many parents say they enforce time limits on their children’s use of the Internet, but most teens do not say they have limits.

At times, the role of the Internet at home generates struggles and arguments between parents and teens. Both generations agree that teens know more than their parents about the Internet. They also agree that there are reasons for concern about the impact of the Internet on all teens. Some 57% of parents worry that strangers will contact their children online. These worries are well grounded. Close to 60% of teens have received an instant message or an email from a stranger and 50% report emailing or instant messaging with someone they have not met before. Despite this, teens themselves are not particularly worried about strangers online.

Parents respond to these worries by checking up on their children and sitting down with them on occasion while they are online, and other precautions to keep them safe online.

There is also strong agreement among parents and teens that use of the Internet helps youth at school.

In addition to being a key resource for school, material on the Web teaches children in other ways. It helps establish their tastes and fills in their gaps of knowledge on sensitive subjects."

www.pewinternet.org (adapted)

LOL :))

World Day Against the Death Penalty - 10th October

10 October - The first World Day Against the Death Penalty took place in 2003. This event was launched by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, which gathers international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Bar Associations, unions and local governments from all over the world. Established by organisations that participated in the first international Congress against the death penalty (Strasbourg, 2001), the Coalition aims at encouraging the establishment of national coalitions, the organisation of common initiatives and the coordination of international lobbying efforts to sensitise states that still maintain the death penalty.
In 2008, World Day Against the Death Penalty, a global coalition of organisations against the death penalty calls on all citizens around the world to take action to end executions in Asia. According to Amnesty International, at least 664 executions have been reported in Asia in 2007. The real figures are believed to be much higher. A recent study by Franklin Zimring and David Johnson estimates that 85 to 95% of the world's executions take place in Asia. Worldwide, 60 countries and territories still uphold the death penalty and use this punishment.

Source: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

World Post Day- 9th October

World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. Since then, countries across the world participate annually in the celebrations.

The Posts in many countries use the event to introduce or promote new postal products and services.
In most countries philatelic exhibitions are organized during this period and special stamps and date cancellation marks are issued on 9 October. Other activities include the display of World Post Day posters in post offices and other public places; open days at post offices, mail centres and postal museums; the holding of conferences, seminars and workshops; as well as cultural, sport and other recreation activities.
A World Post Day message from the Director General of the Universal Postal Union is sent each year to all Posts, read during celebrations and published in the media.The UPU in cooperation with UNESCO has, for the past 35 years, organized an International Letter-writing Competition for young people. Most participating Posts use World Post Day to award prizes to the winners of the competition.

Peter's Daily Routine

In morning Peter gets up at a quarter past seven, five minutes later he takes a bath.
After having his bath, he gets dressed. He has breakfast at eight o’clock.
He catches the bus to school at twenty past eight. Fifteen minutes later, he has classes. Peter has lunch at midday. He goes home at one p.m. At he does his homework in afternoon, later he watches TV. He has dinner with his family at eight p.m. He goes to bed at 10 p.m.

José Miguel Silva Sousa Azevedo Costa, nº 17 turma 701

Black Humour

José Costa, 701

Johnstone Strait

Each summer Johnstone Strait welcomes the return of the orcas (killer whales) as they come to feed on the abundant salmon. When you are fortunate enough to kayak in the presence of these spectacular creatures and see them swim freely in their natural environment, you sense the strength and dignity that is denied them in captivity.
Little can compare with the feeling you get when the 6' fin of an Orca bull rises out of the water beside your sea kayak, or when you look down to see a mother and baby passing just under your kayak, turning on their sides to look up at you. After spending time in their presence, you'll soon share our belief that these are among the most sophisticated and intelligent creatures of the sea. Orcas travel at their own wills, and getting to see them, even in the vicinity of the Orca sanctuary of Robson Bight in Johnstone Strait, is a matter of fortune rather than planning.

But Johnstone Strait offers much more than orcas. Our days are spent kayaking the waterways and exploring the cluster of islands surrounding the strait (see map) . There is a wealth of Kwakiutl native history in this area. You can see the totem poles and houseposts at the abandoned village of Mamalilaculla (Mimkwamlis) on Village Island, which we visit during a daytrip. There are also the ancient cliff pictographs (rock paintings) left by a native artist of long ago.
You may also spot minke whales, river otters, Dall's and harbour porpoises, black bear, deer, and a wide variety of birdlife including rhinoceros auklets, western grebes, ancient murrelets, pelagic cormorants, phalaropes and loons. This kayak trip features a blend of choice wilderness sea kayaking, unusual wildlife, and rich cultural and natural history.

http://www.pacificrimpaddling.com/johnstone

Around the World

Diwali, or Dipawali, is India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets its name from the row (avali) of clay lamps (or deepa) that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects us from spiritual darkness. This festival is as important to Hindus as the Christmas holiday is to Christians.Diwali, celebrated in October or November each year, originated as a harvest festival that marked the last harvest of the year before winter. India was an agricultural society where people would seek the divine blessing of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, as they closed their accounting books and prayed for success at the outset of a new financial year. Today, this practice extends to businesses all over the Indian subcontinent, which mark the day after Diwali as the first day of the new financial year.Indians celebrate with family gatherings, glittering clay lamps, festive fireworks, strings of electric lights, bonfires, flowers, sharing of sweets, and worship to Lakshmi. Some believe that Lakshmi wanders the Earth looking for homes where she will be welcomed. People open their doors and windows and light lamps to invite Lakshmi in.
Over the centuries, Diwali has become a national festival that is enjoyed by most Indians regardless of faith: Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs.

by Reenita Malhotra Hora, National Geographic for Kids

Concurso " Scary Halloween"

Para assinalar o Halloween, a equipa do TicTacToe desafia os bloggers a produzirem um conto de TERROR.

O objectivo desta actividade é não só comemorar o Halloween, mas também divertirmo-nos à brava pregando muitos sustos!!!!! E ainda:

· fomentar o gosto pela produção de textos em Inglês;
· divulgar os textos produzidos;
· estimular a criatividade;

. e quem sabe ganhar um premiozito... ;)
Os interessados devem já formar uma equipa e inscrever-se, de acordo com o regulamento. Os trabalhos vencedores serão divulgados no blogue, em data a anunciar.

REGULAMENTO DO CONCURSO

1. A inscrição deverá ser feita, junto do tua professora de Inglês, até dia 15 de Outubro.
2. A elaboração dos contos deverá ser feita individualmente ou em grupo e entregue, em suporte digital, à tua professora ,até ao dia 23 de Outubro.
3. Os trabalhos devem ser elaborados em formato word, tipo de letra Times New Roman, tamanho 12, espaçamento 1,5 e com o número máximo de duas páginas.
4. Os trabalhos serão depois analisados pela professora da disciplina que apenas escolherá um por turma.
5. Do total dos contos pré-seleccionados, o júri escolherá o melhor conto por ano curricular.

6. A publicação dos contos no blogue será na semana imediata à sua selecção.

Students' Opinions on DEL

Last Friday, the 25th of September, we celebrated the European Day of Languages. So, we went to University of Minho, one of the best in Europe.
When we got there, some instructors took us to a presentation about the university campus and the courses available. This presentation wasn’t well organised and, because of that, it wasn’t fun or exciting.
Then the presentation ended and we had a debate about the importance of knowing several languages. It was more interesting because it was better organized and the subject was also more attractive than the presentation. In the end of the debate we had a break to eat something.
When it finished, we came back to the debate room to do some English activities, which we couldn’t finish because we were late and we needed to come back to our school. This last activity was more entertaining and funnier than the others, because we weren’t just listening. We were doing something interesting and also educative.
To conclude, in spite of not being what we were expecting, we liked this visit to University of Minho.

Catarina Brandão, Cátia, Francisca, Rui, Sara, 1101


Last Friday, the 25th of September, we went to University of Minho on a school trip to celebrate the European Day of Languages. We arrived at 9.15 a.m. and attended a presentation about the University and the ILCH (Languages and Human Sciences Institute).
To be honest, it was a little boring and not well organized. The proof is that, while waiting for the next activity, they asked somebody to sing something (just burning time!). The worst part of the morning was the round table in which we were obliged to participate. But, in fact, we were just listening to nine people who were just talking and talking and talking. Then, we had a snack, the only thing we actually enjoyed, besides knowing that the University has a SPA.
Oh! That’s not even worth mentioning the English exercises we had to do. In our opinion, to do those we could have stayed at school.
Well, at least the bus trips were fun!

Ana Pereira, Catarina Amaral, Diana Cavaleiro, Inês Gomes, 1101


It was a disappointing school trip! There could have been more activities and we really didn’t like being “locked down” in a classroom all morning. If it was for that, we could have stayed in our school.
We started to attend a kind of presentation that wasn’t well organised because we didn’t get the point of it. After a short break, we went to a class, where we were supposed to do some exercises but, just like in the presentation, we didn’t understand the idea of it.
Finally, we came back home.

Adriana, Ana João, Ana Rita, Jéssica, 1101


On the 25th of September several classes from D. Sancho I Secondary School went to the University of Minho to celebrate the European Day of Languages, in Braga.
We listened to a presentation about the importance of languages in our society and how they help us to communicate. Then, they showed us a powerpoint about the University’s courses and facilities.
The funniest moment was when Claúdia, from 1009, sang “I kissed a girl” by Katy Perry and “Chamar a música” by Sara Tavares.
After, we attended a debate also about the importance of languages. The break was quite small and we were invited to do some exercises in English. It was an interesting activity.
The way back home was also by bus with laughs and a lot of fun.

Ana Luísa, Bruno, Carole, Catarina Isabel, Diana, 1101