Students’ reflection on how violently women are treated in one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, Othello, and five well-known novels like Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale or Alice Walker’s The Colour Purple.
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1ESO and 2ESO students have imagined themselves having to design the book covers of very popular titles by women writers like Agatha Christie, Anna Todd, J.K. Rowling or Louisa May Alcott. Continue reading
Harry Potter has just turned 25 in print! That is, millions of readers are celebrating 25 years of magic and fantasy in this wizarding world. Continue reading
“Have you ever considered transporting yourself to another era, a totally different life from the one you are used to?” (Celia Sánchez, 4ESO)
“What would you do if you had to live in the middle of the Industrial Revolution?” (Yaiza Mayo, 4ESO) Continue reading
23rd April, a new World Book Day, let’s play a bit.
And let’s check how much you know about great classics in English and other languages. Here is a board game with well-known literary masterpieces, together with their authors, selected by our 4ESO students.
In order to celebrate the 21st of March, World Poetry Day, and to promote this great project of turning Asturias into the World Capital of Poetry, we have filled our secondary school with awesome lines from wonderful poems. Continue reading
On February 1922 , Ulysses was published as a novel for the first time. And it had to be in Paris, not in Joyce´s own country, Ireland, where it was forbidden for being considered too obscene. Continue reading
Christmas is coming… a good excuse to reread A Christmas Carol, to remember Charles Dickens and his unforgettable Mr Scrooge, to rekindle the joy of family gatherings and goodwill. Continue reading
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Violence against women has been a major theme in literature from its very start. Let´s illustrate it with examples from different literary periods: The Rape of Lucrece or Othello, by Shakespeare, Alice Walker´s The Colour Purple or the more recent Kiss the Girls and Make them Cry, by Mary Higgins Clark, Margaret Atwood´s The Handmaid´s Tale or Freaky Green Eyes, by Joyce Carol Oates. Continue reading
This celebration has been held in our country since 2016 in order to provide women writers´ work with more visibility and to compensate for the discrimination they have suffered throughout history. Continue reading
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