SPANISH PUPILS WORKING ON TOM SAWYER

SPANISH MEETING: MORT & PHIL

Preparing our meeting...

4th grade pupils did a big poster about mort & phil.

It was the result. We did it to prepare an exposition of a multilingual comic.

This was the result of the exposition, with the different version of the comic (that was the homework), and the main characters...

Some details of the exposition...

6th and 5th grade pupils did some magnets about Mort in his differents disguises...

Some of them...

Jerez de la Frontera, 08.11-12.11.2011

Spanish meeting 08.11-12.11.2011

After being welcomed with the Comenius group, there was a time to exchange information on the implementation of project tasks.

In the evening we had the opportunity to try typical Spanish dishes in a restaurant.

In the morning we went to the primary school in Arcos de la Frontera, where we saw all sorts of classes attended by children from classes I-VI. The leitmotif was a popular Spanish comic written by Todo "Mortadelo and Philemon." The students presented scenes from the book, did the work of art referring to the characters mentioned in the text.

Then each group of teachers presented the homework that had to be done.

We had a chance to see the junior high school and high school located in Arcos de la Frontera. The school has over 900 pupils, is comparative new, because it works for 7 years and it is well equipped. The headmaster of the school familiarized us with the specific job base, so we could compare it with the Polish schools.

We visited the region's typical Andalusian horse stud, Jerez is famous for. The owner presented us the most magnificent horses he had, and then entertained us in a room full of family memorabilia referring to the passion for riding and horse teams.

In the morning, the hosts organized a tour of Arcos de la Frontera with a guide. In a beautiful, sunny weather we could admire the fourteenth and fifteenth - century monuments of the city, as well as residues even after Roman times. Especially breathtaking were the views from the terraces, because the city is situated on the rocks. Went through the narrow, charming streets, we could feel its atmosphere.

After lunch we went to Jerez de la Frontera, and there we were traveling in a tram. We saw small successive landmarks, monuments and charming places.

In the evening we met at the farewell dinner in a pub ‘Bereber and Damajuana’ at the tasting snacks called tapas.

Polish posters to encourage reading and use the school library

Spanish homework - Mort and Phil

We worked on the task set by the Spanish partners. "Mort and Phil"  is the title of the book, and our task was to recognize the characters by the description. Secondly, the students translated into Polish one scene from the comic.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in Poland

 

All photos.
Geocaching The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in Poland.pdf (tasks)

In October we worked on the novel by an American writer, Mark Twain: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". We listened to fragments of the book read by Irena Kwiatkowska (a famous Polish actress). The pupils also told the story in their own words. Next they matched names with main character traits. Then the children worked in groups - they were looking for right answers to questions about the book. The last task in the Polish language was to design and make a board game about the adventures of Tom.

At the same time the 6th graders had classes in the English language where they listened to simplified fragments of the book (in English). Then we focused our attention on the chapter in which there's a trial at the court and we solved various tasks in English in order to practice vocabulary related to crime and punishment. The series of meetings is going to end in November when we are planning to organise a field game - looking for treasure.