My trip to Italy

WRITINGS

MY LAST SUMMER

Hi, I'm Cèlia and today I'm going to talk about my last summer. First I'm going to talk about my trip to France and Monaco, then I'm going to talk about the two weeks I stayed in England, and finally, about my days out in France.

Well, the day after finishing school, I went to France for some days with my parents. We travelled there by car. We stayed in France for the first days and there we visited Cannes and St. Tropez. The last day we went to Monaco. There, we visited the city and also the Prince's Palace of Monaco.

Two weeks after that I went to England with a friend. Every day we had classes in the morning and activities in the afternoon, except on the weekend. The first Sunday we visited Brighton, and the second one, London. In London we visited the Big Ben, the London Eye, the Houses of Parliament and we also went shopping. The day before leaving we went to a theme park in London, called Thorpe Park.

In August I stayed in Banyoles and relaxed. I also finished all my homework.

Three days before starting school I went to a camping in France with my parents and some friends. We visited some towns around the camping, but we spent most of the time in the swimming pool.

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What makes a good friend?

A good friend is supportive when you feel down and is responsible and serious when you need them to be, but just a little bit crazy when you need that too. A good friend is truthful enough to tell you you’ve got chocolate around your mouth when everyone else keeps quiet! And he or she is also dedicated to your friendship.

A time when I made a new friend

I met my friend Lucía this summer in England. We went to the same class and we were the only Spanish in the group. We started to talk and we soon became good friends.

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A FREE TIME ACTIVITY

Day 1:

I've just taken up french lessons with some friends and we go there once a week. I spent the first day learning some new vocabulary like the numbers and the colours. They also taught us how to greet and say goodbye.

Day 2:

The second session was as funny as the first one, but we didn't learn a lot. The teacher just explained us the sound of the vowels in one hour. Although it was not an interesting class, we had fun trying to pronounce well.

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AN ANNOUNCEMENT

Announcement 1

Who wants to learn to play tennis? We are holding training sessions for new members from 8 to 12 years old on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Meet in the tennis club at 5 p.m.

Announcement 2

We’re excited to announce that the club is organizing a tournament for young members next Saturday at 10 a.m. The idea is to have fun and get to know each other more.

Announcement 3

All members are invited to come at the next dinner the club is organizing next Sunday. We’ll meet some famous tennis players and we’ll have lots of fun. We’ll meet at 9 p.m. in the restaurant in front of the tennis club.

Announcement 4

We’re pleased to announce that we have found a new way for members to keep in touch with us. We have created a new website that is easier and faster to use. You just have to send us a message and we’ll receive it immediately. Don’t forget to start following us.

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AN INFORMAL LETTER

Hi,

How are you? What have you been doing since we last met? This summer I’ve gone to England.

First of all I was not sure I wanted to go there, but I decided to go because I wanted to improve my English and make new friends. Well, I’m happy about my decision, because I really liked the experience and I had a great time.

Has that ever happened to you? I mean, you have an opinion about something, but then you do it and your mind changes?

Anyway, I’ve got to go now or I’ll be late for school.

See you soon,

Asdfg

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A FORMAL LETTER

21 Agatha Road

Warwick

CV5 2XS

267 Dean Street

London

W1D 5RS

Wednesday 10^th Desember

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to complain about a pair of shoes which I recently purchased online.

In your website you said that the shoes were in good conditions, but when I opened the box, I saw that the soles of the shoes were worn. Also, I had ordered a pair of blue shoes, but the ones in the box were green.

Secondly, the order arrived three weeks late, so I had to speak to the company twice before I was given the box.

As a result, this product is not really like you advertised, and with this letter I would appreciate a full refund.

I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Yours faithfully,

Asdfg

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A FORMAL LETTER

21 Agatha Road

Warwick

CV5 2XS

267 Dean Street

London

W1D 5RS

Wednesday 10^th Desember

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to complain about a pair of shoes which I recently purchased online.

In your website you said that the shoes were in good conditions, but when I opened the box, I saw that the soles of the shoes were worn. Also, I had ordered a pair of blue shoes, but the ones in the box were green.

Secondly, the order arrived three weeks late, so I had to speak to the company twice before I was given the box.

As a result, this product is not really like you advertised, and with this letter I would appreciate a full refund.

I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Yours faithfully,

Cèlia Estudis

Cèlia Estudis Dilmé

4t d’ESO

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

THE PLOT
In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Deep) is facing imprisonment for going against traditional methods and favoring forensic investigation techniques, such as autopsies, considered unorthodox and unimportant at the time. Ichabod submits to deployment with his bag of tools to the Westchester County of Sleepy Hollow, New York, which has been plagued by a series of brutal slayings in which the victims have been found decapitated: Peter Van Garrett , wealthy farmer and landowner; his son Dirk; and the widow Emily Winship. Arriving in Sleepy Hollow, Crane is informed by the town's elders that the killer is not of flesh and blood, but rather an undead headless mercenary from the American Revolutionary War who rides at night on a massive black steed in search of his missing head. 

Crane begins his investigation, remaining highly skeptical about the supernatural elements in the case until he actually encounters the Headless Horseman himself, who kills the town magistrate, Samuel Phillipse (Richard Griffiths), on sight. Boarding in a room at the home of the town's richest family and the Van Garretts' next of kin, the Van Tassels, Crane develops an attraction to their daughter Katrina (Christina Ricci), while he is plagued by nightmares of his mother's horrific torture when he was a child. This attraction is deeply resented by Brom van Brunt (Casper Van Dien), a suitor to Katrina, who scares Crane in a prank by posing as the Headless Horseman. Riding into the Western Woods with the orphaned Young Masbath, son of the Horseman's fifth victim Johnathan Masbath(before Magistrate Phillipse), Crane and Young Masbath come across the cave dwelling of a reclusive sorceress. She reveals the location of the gnarled Tree of the Dead, which marks the Horseman's grave, as well as his portal into the natural world from the supernatural.

Crane discovers that the ground is freshly disturbed and, digging through, discovers the Horseman's skeleton and that the skull is missing. He realizes that whoever dug up and stole the skull is the person controlling the Horseman. Just then, the Horseman's ghost bursts out of the tree and gallops towards Sleepy Hollow. Crane attempts to follow but winds up lost. The Killian family are taken by the Horseman and Brom is killed — cut in half — when trying to stop the Horseman.

Crane starts to believe that a conspiracy links all the deaths together, so he goes to the town notary James Hardenbrook (MIchael Gough) to look into Van Garrett's Last Will. Hardenbrook confesses Van Garrett had made a new will just before he died, leaving all his possessions to his new bride, Emily Winship, who Crane had learned from the late Magistrate Phillipse was pregnant at the time of her death (and thought that initially the father of the child might have killed Emily to keep the secret hidden). Crane deduces that all who knew about the new will were the victims of Horseman and that Katrina's father Baltus Van Tassel (Michael Gambon), who would have inherited the fortune, is the person holding the skull. Katrina, finding out that Crane suspects her father, burns the evidence that Crane has accumulated and tells him that she doesn't love him anymore.

In fear of the Horseman, Hardenbrook hangs himself and a town council is held in the town church. The Horseman seemingly kills Katrina's stepmother, Lady Van Tassel, and heads off to the church to get Baltus, with the townspeople filing in just as the he arrives. With the men firing muskets as he circles the church, Crane realizes the Horseman can't enter the church grounds due to it being consecrated and therefore holy. A massive fight breaks out in the church when Dr. Thomas Lancaster (Ian McDiarmid) suggests confessing for forgiveness, and is killed by Reverend Steenwyck (Jeffrey Jones), who is in turn shot by a frightened Baltus. The chaos ends only when the Horseman harpoons Baltus through a church window using a pointed church fence post attached to a rope, dragging him out and acquiring his head. The next day, Crane believes Katrina to be one who controls the Headless Horsemen and left while she was still unconscious.

As Crane is leaving Sleepy Hollow, he becomes suspicious when the hand of the corpse of Lady Van Tassel has a wound which shows signs of having been caused post-mortem. His suspicions are confirmed to be right when the real Lady Van Tassel (Miranda Richardson) emerges, alive, from the dark and shocks her step-daughter Katrina into a faint. Katrina awakens and eventually uncovers a plot revolving around revenge on the Van Garretts and land rights with the Horseman controlled by Lady Van Tassel, who sends the supernatural killer after Katrina now to solidify her hold on what she considers her property, a piece of land unjustly claimed by Baltus. She explains that the body believed to be her corpse actually belonged to the family's servant, Sarah, whom she had murdered. She also reveals that she had just murdered the mysterious witch in the Western Woods, her own sister, for her role in helping Crane and Young Masbath.

Following a fight in the local windmill and a stagecoach chase through the woods, Crane eventually thwarts Lady Van Tassel by throwing the skull to the Horseman, breaking the curse. The Horseman, no longer under Lady Van Tassel's control, simultaneously kisses and bites her, and he hoists her up on his horse, then rides to Hell taking her with him, fulfilling her end of the deal with the Devil. With the Headless Horseman menace eradicated, Crane returns home to New York with Katrina and Young Masbath, just in time for the new century.

CHARACTERS' DESCRIPTION (list of adjectives)

Ichabod Crane

 Katrina Van Tassel

 Young Masbath

 Brom Van Brunt

 Baltus Van Tassel

 Lady Van Tassel 

Reverend Steenwyck

 Magistrate Samuel Philipse

 Dr. Thomas Lancaster

 Notary James Hardenbrook

Killian, Beth's husband

Beth Killian, the Midwife

Peter Van Garrett

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OPINION: Did you like the film? Why?

An informal email

Hi,

How are you you? What have you been doing since we last met? This summer I’ve gone to England.

First of all I was not sure I wanted to go there, but I decided to go because I wanted to improve my english and make new friends. Well, I’m happy about my decision, because I really liked the experience and I had a great time.

Has that ever happened to you? I mean, you have an opinion about something, but then you do it and your mind changes?

Anyway, I’ve got to go now or I’ll be late for school.

See you soon,

Cèlia

What makes a good friend?

A good friend is supportive when you feel down and is responsible and serious when you need them to be, but just a little bit crazy when you need that too. A good friend is truthful enough to tell you you've got chocolate around you mouth when everyone else keeps quiet! And also dedicated to your friendship.

MAGAZINE

PAN

This fantasy-adventure film is the story of the origins of Peter Pan. Peter is a 12-year-old orphan who lives in London. Then, one night, he is taken from the orphanage and transported to a magical world of pirates, warriors and fairies. Peter has great adventures, but he wants to know one thing: why did his mother leave hi at the orphanage...

Last week I went to the cinema and I watched Pan and I really liked it.

I think the plot was interesting and the acting was good.