BODY LANGUAGE

During this first part of our school year, we've talked about the theme of body language. We've said it very important to communicate and to express our emotions when we're talking to someone. Then, we've discovered different gestures in the world, such as, in South America, when you put your hand under your chin you mean I have no idea, or, when you enlarge your eye by a finger, you mean be careful. The last one I remember is about touching your elbow by your hand to tell someone You're cheapskate.

Then, we discovered some ways to count in the world, like putting your fingers on the hand or on your head, like to say Always reason, also if you're only counting.   

CLIL ACTIVITY

THEODORA'S MOSAIC

This is a mosaic, realized in 547 and we can find it in the Basilic of St. Vitale, in Ravenna.

It's a byzantine mosaic, that shows the queen, nearby the king Justinian and tourists remain shocked 'cause, although they're so old they're very realistic. We can recognize the byzantine style thanks to the gold background that characterized that kind of art. Then, we can see some blue-coloured parts and the queen's expression very serious 'cause they weren't able to realize the face expression yet.

This queen succeded to her father Theodoric in 526 and she was really imponent: we even know that, probably, this mosaic cost about 26'000 gold money!

CHUCK BERRY

Every onec heard about Chuck Berry's recent death.

He was 90 years old and was remembered as rock'n'roll's father, so famous as American guitarist, singer and songwriter; he also refined and developped rythm and blues in rock'n'roll.

He was born on October, the 18th 1926 from an African-American family in St. Louis and gave his first performance in Summer High School. While he studied there, he was convicted of armed robbery and was detained for four years.

Now-a-day he's gone away and everyone remembers him as a great musician and father of such an appreciated music genre.

EDOARDO BENNATO

He's one of the most famous singers and songwriters in Italy from the '70s. He studied architecture at University, coming from Bagnoli, nearby Neaples. He wrote so many albums, such as Burattino senza fili or Non farti cadere le braccia that made him so famous and appreciated by his public.
In his songs he denounces society's vices and lets understand his main ideals, usually, by creating references with fables.

Now-a-day he's following his career, writing new songs and exhibiting during concerts all over Italy.

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in Ireland on March the 17th to commemorate the patron saint of the land.
He wasn't born there but he's commemorated for some legends about him; he was known as a slave that worked as a shepherd, but he was inspired by religious contents that he decided to work for monasteries and nunneries. He was imprisoned but he was able to escape from the slavery. He returned to Ireland 'cause his dreams told him he had to come back to bring the Christianity there.
He was born in Britain and his family was well-off.
He was indicated also in his his dreams as holy boy.

WOMEN'S DAY

This festivity is celebrated on the 8th of March to remember when in 1908 the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in USA burnt, killing lots of women that worked there. The last survivor that could tell us the story was Rose Freedman, saying women were used as slaves and, so, they died 'cause they couldn't escape from the burning room, while she found an emergency exit and escape across it. Now the symbol of the day is the mimosa 'cause there was a plant of that flower nearby the destroyed industry.

A NEW PHENOMENON

One of the most famous phenomena I'm going to talk about is Instagram; it started to spread all over the world, being used by lots of people, first of all teenagers and students to change the effect on a photo taken during a travel or a daily routine.

It started to be developped by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and it took over the Internet and every mobile phone on the 6th of October 2010.

It was added to Android in April 2012, while, in november 2013, we had the first version published on Window Phone.

These days there are 600 million people using that social.
Me too, I love it so much! I often post photos on that, like selfies on my own or with my friends, during a travel or...at school!

ASTRONAUTS' BRAIN

I've just listened a recording talking about how astronauts' brain can change with the different space travels, also for gravity's changements that let them fly or drop. This discovery seems very important for doctors that could improve their skills in this content 'cause they could discover how our neurons are connected among them. It could help future scientists for their researches and works to know something more about human brain that's considered like an "unexplored universe".

A STREET CAT NAMED BOB

I read an article talking about the successful meeting between a homeless drug addict man and a street cat. I found it very interesting 'cause it makes us thinking about the life of these poor people, but it shows us that they've got a really gentle heart!
The man, named James, used to live busking on the street until the best moment in his life when he met a nice red cat that felt sick and he found him there everyday and so he decided to take him to a vet for a treatment. After that, the cat didn't want to leave his new friend anymore and they started to realize some spectacles together and the public were fascinated by the little cat, with the new name of Bob and he helped James very much to earn money.