7th English Week. Reflections. Thursday 28th February

THURSDAY 27th FEBRUARY

 MARVEL VILLAINS

1. LOKI

 

 Film(s): Thor, The Avengers

 Powers: Strength, durability, hypnosis, shape-shifting and teleportation.

 Loki has a strong desire for power, and this drives his evil tendencies. His has a complicated relationship with his brother (Thor) and step father (Odin).

 2.    KILLMONGER

 Film: Black Panther

 He is a ruthless Wakandan warrior, former American black-ops operative and a terrorist leader.

 He aimed to defeat and kill Black Panther, who eventually stabbed him in the back.

3.    RED SKULL

Films: Captain America: The First Avenger

AKA Johann Schmidt was a confidant of Adolf Hitler. He tried the Super Soldier serum which transformed him into the horrifying Red Skull. After gaining unimaginable power, he left the Nazi and began to rule the world alone.

4.    ULTRON

Film: Avengers: Age of Ultron

 Ultron is an artificial intelligence peacekeeping program created by Tony Stark. Ultron was tasked with protecting earth but deemed humanity itself the greatest threat.

5.    THANOS

Film: Avengers: Infinity War

Thanos is powerful, extremist, genocidal, psychopathic, violent and tyrannical Titan warlord. He wanted to bring stability to the universe by reducing the population.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxDQh_-vJss

7th English Week. Reflections. Wednesday 27th February

WEDNESDAY 27th FEBRUARY

AVENGERS

 In 2012 The Avengers was released in cinemas, based on the comic of the same name. It is the first major crossover in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film has an ensemble^* cast that includes: Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) and Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton).

 In the film, a spy agency called S.H.I.E.L.D recruits all these characters in order to stop Thor’s brother (Loki) from subjugating Earth. Some S.H.I.E.L.D members are being controlled by Loki, making the defeat even more challenging. In the end, the Avengers succeed and part ways, awaiting the emergence of a new world-threatening menace…

 Other films… Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2015) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) – not yet released.

 *Ensemble^: Conjunt

Facts:

-      The Avengers was the first movie to make one billion dollars.

-      Scarlett Johansson was pregnant during the filming of the second movie and had 3 stunt doubles.

-      The drone scene in Age of Ultron was created by a single animator and took 360 days to complete.

-      The Infinity War trailer is the most viewed trailer in YouTube history.

-      Spiderman was part of the Avengers in the comic books.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udKE1ksKWDE

7th English Week. Reflections. Tuesday 26th February

TUESDAY 26th FEBRUARY: SPIDERMAN AND CAPTAIN AMERICA

CAPTAIN AMERICA

Steve Rogers intended to be an Army enlistee but was rejected by recruiters due to his size. Instead, Rogers volunteered to take a top-secret serum, and transformed into what is known as… Captain America – a patriotic super soldier.

Captain America had his debut in 1941 in a comic book and was very popular during the war. When the war ended the popularity decreased but was revived in 1964 and was followed by much success.  

Powers: Rodgers is the perfect example of a super soldier. He has great ability, strength, speech and endurance^*. The formula he took, enhanced^* all of his bodily function to ‘the peak of human efficiency’.

*Endurance: Resistència *Enhance: Realçar

SPIDERMAN

In his 1962 debut in the Amazing Fantasy comic book, Spiderman started to fight crime in response to the murder of his Uncle Ben. His alias ‘Peter Parker’ used to be self-absorbed and a bit of a wimp^*, but his transformation allowed him to do good, and to improve on his own life and that of others.

Personality: Spiderman retains human characteristics - he misses appointments, catches the flu, and sometimes even struggles to pay rent. He also enjoys playing tricks on people and is extremely sarcastic when helping people. Most of all, he is kind, brave and loyal.

Powers:

Spider sense – can sense danger and knows how to avoid it.

Wall crawling – the ability to cling^* to any surface that he climbs.

Strength and ability – reflexes that work 40 times faster than a normal person.

Web Slinging^* – webbing that can withstand cold temperatures and propel^* over 50 yards.

*Wimp: feble *Cling: enganxar-se  *Sling: llençar  *Propel: propulsar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUFmhKpZKlE

7th English Week. Reflections. Monday 25th February

MONDAY 25th FEBRUARY

THE MARVEL UNIVERSE

The Marvel Universe began in 1961 when Martin Goodman responded to the growing interest in superhero books and demanded to writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby to create the Fantastic Four. With the release of this comic, readers were introduced to a super heroic setting situated in the real world, most of the times in New York.

To make the comic book characters more original, Lee and Kirby allowed their characters to interact, most of the time fighting or arguing with each other. This way, the adventures in one comic would have repercussions in another title, or the most important characters would make a cameo or guest appearances in another one.

This more realistic type of comic built up Marvel’s reputation. Stories also began to deal with social issues such as pollution, equality or drug abuse.

Some of the most famous characters in the Marvel universe are Spiderman, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, the X-Men, Captain America or Daredevil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZiNKB28_Ns

New York, New York!!!!

Have you ever been in New York? Well, here you can find information about the most important attractions of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. To do this project we were divided in groups and we searched information about these places. Each group has searched the characteristics of that place, the history, and the ways to get there. Besides, we have also searched the movies that were filmed in those places, such as: Avengers, The Wolf of Wall Street, King Kong, Friends…

Our final product was a magazine, that you’ll find in this blog, with all the information. We have also recorded a video explaining the magazine information. 

Students of 4th ESO

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PUBLIC LIBRARY VIDEO

British and Irish Cities

Here you have some of our posters!