Bedroom in Arles

Bedroom in Arles  is the title of  three similar paintings by 19th-century painter Vincent van Gogh.
Van Gogh's own title for this composition was simply The Bedroom (French: La Chambre à coucher).
The painting depicts van Gogh's bedroom at 2, Place Lamartine in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, known as the Yellow House.

Can you describe the room?

Short stories 2ºA

This is a selection of the short stories we wrote in 2ºA

The Kidnapping

I was walking in my Street. It was nine o´clock in the evening. In the street there were only a girl and me.

The girl had a bag in her right hand. A car came very fast and the car stopped next to the girl.

A boy opened the window car. The boy wanted to take her bag. The girl was scared and a boy got out from behind.

This was to take to the girl.The boy pulled  the girl into the car and the car ran away very fast.

Conchi Domínguez 2ºA 

The lightning

Juan was at the park .A storm was coming. Some trees were bending. He went to his house. He was in his house. Suddenly, a lightning struck near his house. He looked at the window. He called some fire fighters. He was scared. The forest near his house was burning. 

Antonio Cuevas 2ºA 

NEW BIKINI
I need a new bikini because mine doesn´t fit me. I want to buy a yellow bikini. I love this colour and think that the yellow bikinis are very beautiful. Tomorrow I am going shopping to Lucena. I have to go by car. It takes me 30 minutes. I don´t like to go shopping because it´s boring. There isn´t a shopping centre in Lucena, so I will go to four or five shops. Tomorrow is Wednesday , so I will go in the afternoon after school. If the price is good , I might buy two bikinis.

Rocío Gómez 2ºA
 

More flash fiction (3ºB)

I was walking in the street, when I saw something strange. I went to look at it, but I couldn't see anything .

Then, I looked behind me and I saw a man wearing a black suit.

I was very scared.I didn´t know who he was.

David Mendoza 3ºB

Yesterday it was my brother 's birthday. He told me that he saw a beautiful tracksuit and trainers in a sports shop in the city center. He wanted that, so I bought it for him.
This morning, I was going to the shop, when a man, who I don't knowt, told me: Those are the tracksuit and trainers that your brother wants!
I don't know why, but I think that was true, and I bought it.
Today, I gave it to my brother, and he was very happy. So, how does this man know what my brother wants?

Andrés León 3ºB

Gemma is a good and affectionate mother of two children. It was 12 o'clock at night and her daughter Alma wasn't there yet . Gemma put the news and they said: "young girl dies after being trapped and four people have serious injuries". At the end of the news they said that the name of the deceased was Alma. She was crying, she couldn't believe what it was said, it was her child. Gemma looked at her telephone and saw a message from her daughter, asking her forgiveness for not saying anything she had done. She never forgot the message from her daughter.
Gloria Cascajosa 3ºB

Our own flash fiction (3ºB)

This is a selection of our best flash fiction stories

The flavour of nothing

I was going for a walk, during my holidays, when I thought about going to a restaurant. In that moment, I saw a restaurant called "The flavour of nothing". I felt curiosity and I came into it. There, a waiter, without asking me what I wanted to eat or drink, put a plate on the table. Empty. Or that is what I thought.

Lola  Barba, 3º B

Playing my guitar

I play my guitar everyday. When I was playing the guitar last Tuesday, I heard a strange noise.

The mirror of the bathroom was broken. I was home alone  and I was very scared.

I didn't know why I heard this noise and I looked in every room in my house and when I arrived to the bathroom, I saw that the mirror was broken. I didn't think that the mirror was broken before, the mirror was new and I heard another noise,I hadn’t heard before. I was surprised.

Actually, my family and I don't know why the mirror broke and why it did in that moment.

We think that it was chance.

Rosana Quintana 3º B

One day, my friend from Sweden, sent me a letter. He said I would receive a great surprise, but he couldn’t tell me more. I was excited, but I was very nervous. Two days later, he sent me another letter. He said he had a big problem. I wanted to help him, but I didn’t know any more. The next day, when I got up, he was sitting on the sofa and he said me ``this is your surprise´´.

José Manuel Guerrero, 3º B

They met after  a long time. She showed her ring happily. He told her a very sad love history : “I love you”. And she asked if there was anything that ever made him smile. She said what she remembered of the sound of the door when he went away and he didn't smile. He was a smoker and an alcoholic. She, didn´t drink any alcohol. Twenty years later, at last, she understood the benefits the of alcohol. After the break up of that damn love. Everything was very difficult and complicated. So the good times didn´t come back and the bad moments were always there.

Beatriz Pérez, 3ºB

The fair of Saint Domingo de Guzmán

The fair of Saint Domingo de Guzmán, in Jauja, is around July or August (in summer), it lasts one week.

In that week, lots of people are in the street all day and all night too.

During the day, people go to pubs and cafés, and during the night, some people enjoy the attractions, and the rest are eating and dancing in the "caseta municipal" or municipal tent.

Thursday is the day of "Pescaito frito" or fried fish. In this day, all people stay in the "caseta" and eat fish. You pay for a drink and the fish is free.

There is a contest for people who wear "trajes de gitana" or gypsy costumes. The winner wins 100 euros.

In that fair, there is also a beauty contest for Miss and Mister, and they win money and a poster for themselves.

Lola Barba Romero
3º B

A fairy tale with different versions

You all probably know the fairy tale of the Princess and the Frog.

(If you don't remember it, youĺl find more information about it here
 https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frog_Prince )

Today we've written alternative endings for this story. This is one of them.

• The princess went outside with her ball.
• The princess played with the ball.
• The ball fell into the water
• The frog gave the princess the ball.
• The princess opened the door.
• The frog went to the castle.
• The princess didn't smile at the frog.
• The princess played with the frog.
• The frog had a shower because it was dirty.
• The princess fed the frog because it was hungry.
• The frog slept in bed.
• The princess watched TV while the frog slept.

Carmen María Parrado Soria 2º A

Pies en polvorosa 1ºA ESO

This is the result of our work with photographs and titles.

                                              The amazing hotel

                                                   The fantastic bridge

                                               A sweet city.

                                               Beautiful green landscape

Photographs are not original, they are taken from the website http://chromecastbg.alexmeub.com/

A title for a photograph

Let's expand our use of English by writing a sentence to title a photograph. Here are the steps:

1. Look at the photographs.
2. Choose one you like.
3. What comes up to your mind when you look at it?
4. Try to write a sentence about it.

http://chromecastbg.alexmeub.com/

Haiku

Today we are going to work with haiku poems, which are Japanese poems with no rhyme with a typical structure.

Spring is in the Air

by Kaitlyn Guenther

Spring is in the air
Flowers are blooming sky high
Children are laughing

https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-haiku-poem
http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm

Changing a story to make out a new one

This story is called A Surprise from Australia and comes from this website.

http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-short-stories-level-03-story-11.html

A Surprise from Australia

The school ends and Erica quickly puts her books in the bag and runs out of the class.

Today is a special day. Erica is very excited. She runs home and thinks about her uncle. She spoke with him on the phone a week ago. He returns from Australia, and he brings a special surprise with him!

Erica is very happy. She thinks about the surprise that he brings.

"Maybe he brings a surfboard? That is fun! I can learn how to surf!"

"Maybe he brings Australian nuts? Oh, I can eat nuts all day!"

"Or maybe he brings a kangaroo? That is not good. I don't have a place in my room for a kangaroo…"

Erica finally arrives home. Her parents are there, and her uncle is there! She is very happy to see him. They hug and she jumps up and down.

"Uncle, uncle," she calls, "what special surprise do you have for me from Australia?"

"Well," her uncle smiles and answers, "I have for you an Australian aunt!"

Now we are going to change some details in the story to create a new one. We can also try and change the ending. What do you think, is it easier to write a story from scratch or to write a new story based on an existing one?