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A MEMORABLE JOURNEY, by Maria Rodrigues, nº 20, 11º B

This year I've been to The Azores, and I know that it will always be a memorable journey to me.

Before the journey I packed my bag with some summer clothes and some jackets too, because I had read that it's rainy and hot at the same time. I went with my mom, a friend and his family. On the five days I spent there I saw the beauty of nature like I had never seen before. We saw the most visited lagoons but we also saw the hidden ones, which were my favourite places of the journey.

We went to the top of a mountain and from there I saw the most beautiful view ever, which I will never forget. It took a lot of work but it was worth it.

Before the journey I was a little unsure because I didn't know what to expect but during the journey I felt so happy to be there and now I just hope to go back to see that beauty again. It was a great journey!

Visit Lisbon Exhition of Magna Carta at Torre do Tombo, from 7 to 12 December, 2015

"Presented as part of the 800th anniversary celebrations 2015"

I visited this exhibiton yesterday. These are the photos which could be taken:

This is Hereford Cathedral, where you can find one of the only four surviving exemplars of the 1217 Magna Carta

Here is Hereford's Cathedral Magna Carta:

 And King John's Writ

 You'll also learn about:

a) its History

b) its influence

c) and its legacy

It's worth visiting. Don't miss it!

2nd Camões Creative Writing Contest by Teachers Ângela Lopes and José Mota (organizers)

click the link to visit the website created by the organizers (Teachers Ângela Lopes and José Mota)

https://camoescwc.wordpress.com/


check out  the rules, start writing and submit your works as requested!

President Obama's speech: Back to School Event

https://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/



click the link above to read the speech

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English Theatre 2015 - 2016

1st Camões Creative Writing Contest Awards Ceremony

The  awards Ceremony took place on April, 29 at the Escola Secundária de Camões Auditorium. 

The Organizers of the Contest were the English teachers Ângela Lopes and José Mota.

 The award ceremony hosts and singers: Rita Pereira and João Figueira, 12º B, who sang "Lisboa que amanhece" (by Sérgio Godinho), "Lisboa e o Tejo" (by Mário Rainho and Fontes Rocha) and "Maria Lisboa" (by David Mourão-Ferreira and Alain Oulman) beautifully

 The Jury: English teachers Ângela Lopes, José Mota and Teresa Almeida

The theme: Through the river Tagus into the world

The award-winning short story was written by Maria Leonor Palminha Alves, 11º A. Follow the link and read it here

The Voyage

No time for the children to go to bed, by Lucy Pepper

No time for children to go to bed

WORLD DAY OF POETRY 2015

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

by Lord Byron

First Canto

XIV

On, on the vessel flies, the land is gone,

And winds are rude in Biscay's sleepless bay.

Four days are sped, but with the fifth, anon,

New shores described make every bosom gay;

And Cintra's mountain greets them on their way,

And Tagus dashing onward to the deep,

His fabled golden tribute bent to pay;

And soon on board the Lusian pilots leap,

And steer 'twixt fertile shores where yet few rustics reap.

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Origin of the idiom DOWN IN THE DUMPS

 It means low-spirited. The dumps was a mediaeval expression which meant melancholy and depression. It 1st appeared in Thomas More's A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation in 1529. It was also used by William Shakespeare. It is also said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt who died of melancholy.

origin of the idiom FEELING DOWN IN THE MOUTH

it was 1st used in 1649 meaning blue, bad,depressed by Bishop Joseph Hall.
The corners of the mouth are turned down in disappointment.

Origin of the idiom FEELING BLUE

Blue is the colour that affects our mind. It has both positive and negative meanings. It means  not only intelligence and serenity,  but also coldness and unfriendliness. There several sources about the origin of the expression.
It was first used as an adjective meaning sad by the English Poet and Author Geoffrey Chaucer's Complaint of Mars in the 14th century, a poem about love and fate.
Other origin may may be a blue demon in the 17th century.
Different sources state that it comes from the tradition of ships flying blue flags and bearing a painted blue band when their captain died.

Origin of the idiom OVER THE MOON

High diddle diddle,
The Cat and the Fiddle,
The Cow jump'd over the Moon,
The little dog laugh'd to see such Craft,
And the Dish ran away with the Spoon

The origin of the idiom OVER THE MOON is the 16th century nursery rhyme HIGH DIDDLE DIDDLE

Origin of the idiom ON CLOUD NINE

The origin of the idiom ON CLOUD NINE comes from the US Weather Bureau. This organisation describes clouds by an arithmetic sequence. Level Nine is the very highest cumulonimbus which can reach 30,000 or 40,000 feet and appear as glorious white mountains in the sky. So if you are ON CLOUD NINE you are at the very peak of existence.