Centro Britânico's Corner

2009-07-02T12:22:00.000-07:00

Film Festival Centro Britânico 2009

O Centro Britânico Perdizes realizou nesse semestre o Film Festival, quando os nossos alunos produziram vídeos baseados em músicas de sua escolha, procurando por imagens e vídeos que melhor mostrassem cada letra.

A produção foi incrível!
Confira abaixo os vencedores das duas categorias:

Voto Popular
"You Gotta Be" - Advanced 2
Teacher Fernanda M.
Camilla, Thiago, Felipe, Mauricio, Bruno and Fernando

Voto Técnico
"I just called to say 'I love you'" - Advanced 2
Teacher Patricia P.
Murillo, Micael, Gabriel and Felipe

Confira também alguns dos demais vídeos que participaram na competição!
No link:
http://www.youtube.com/user/FilmFestivalCB2009

Não percam!
E para todos os envolvidos, teachers and learners, nice work, you guys!!!

Até o semestre que vem!

2009-06-25T09:21:00.001-07:00

Mothers' Day Activities!

Lapa Branch!
Oferecemos de presentes para nossas "moms" deliciosas massagens!!!

Foi demais!
Happy Mother's Day everybody!!!

2009-06-25T08:49:00.001-07:00

We are back!!!
Novas atividades Centro Britânico Lapa!

Atividades em sala

Cooking - huuummmm:

Posters - rules in the classroom:

Starter 3 M/W
15:30 and 17:00
Carolina, Caroline, Núbia, Fernando, João Victor, Vinícius,Eduardo, Ana Carolina, Bárbara, Rodrigo, Lisandra and Nathalia
Teacher: Gabriela
Lapa Branch

2008-05-28T04:44:00.000-07:00

Our favorite toys

Project from
Kids
Teacher Fátima

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2008-05-28T04:40:00.000-07:00

Environmental week in Vila Madalena!!!

Students in Vila Madalena created some songs related to the environment!
Check it out!

Song 1:

Adam's Family
Lots of trees are going down and
Pollution going out and
It seems not to be no sollution

What's happening to the world?
Kyoto's protocol and
Bush taking control of
All the oil of the planet

What's happening to the world?

Song 2:

Times Like These - Jack Johnson

What do they think
Doing all those things
The thing going on here, is much more than this
Have you seen the tsunami, the hurricane,
the earth shake, the hungry, the extinction,
the warming

Wales dying, just planes are flying,
no forests, no rivers, just buildings

The world is blind

Song 3: S

inging In The Rain

What can we do
To make the world turn blue?
To change this situation...
Environmental week is our salvation!
Everything... tic ticEverything... tic tic

What does it have to with you?

Project from
Higher 4
Teacher Andréia

Centro Britânico
Vila Madalena Branch

2008-05-07T05:59:00.000-07:00

We are Junior 5 group:
Gianluca, Henrique, Luana and Rafael ...

and

We are Kids group:
Bruna,Camille, Giovanna,
Henrique Abreu and Henrique Martins ...

We are Junior 5 group:

Project from
Junior 5 and kids 3
Teacher Fátima

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-12-11T03:53:00.000-08:00

BREAD HISTORY

Bread, in one form or another, has been one of the principal forms of food for man from the early times. The bread is one of oldest food in the world. It was found in ancient Egyptian tombs. In the British museum’s Egyptian galleries you can see actual bread, which were made and baked over 5.000 years ago. The first breads produced were probably cooked versions of a grain-paste, made from ground cereal grains and water, and may have been developed by accidental cooking or deliberate experimentation with water and grain flour. The development of leavened bread can probably also be traced to prehistoric times.

Airborne yeast could be harnessed by leavening uncooked dough exposed to air for some time before cooking. Airborne yeasts could be harnessed by leavening uncooked dough exposed to air for some time before cooking. Recently, domestic bread makers that automate the process of making bread are coming popular at home. Bread, both leaved an unleavened, is mentioned in the Bible many times. The ancient Greeks and Romans knew bread for a staple food even in those days people argued wetter white or brown bread was best. People made solid cakes from stone-crushed barley and wheat, a millstone used for grinding corn has been found, that is thought to be 7.500 years old. The ability to saw and reap cereals may be one of the chief causes.

Project from
Ana Carolina, Beatriz and Tatiana
Starter 4
Teacher Fernanda

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-12-11T03:45:00.000-08:00

Bread history

Bread is a staple food of European, Middle Eastern and Indian cultures that is prepared by baking, steaming, or frying dough. It consists minimally of flour and water. Salt is present in most cases, and usually a leavening agent such as yeast is used. Bread may also contain some amounts of sugar, spices, fruit (such as raisins, pumpkin or bananas), vegetables (like onion or zucchini), nuts, or seeds (such as caraway, sesame or poppy seeds). There is a wide variety of breads, with preferences differing from region to region.

Fresh bread is prized for its taste and texture, and retaining its freshness is important to keep it appetizing. Bread that has stiffened or dried past its prime is said to be stale. Modern bread is often wrapped in paper or plastic film, or stored in an airtight container such as a breadbox to keep it fresh longer. Bread that is kept in warm, moist environments is prone to the growth of mold. It becomes stale more quickly in the low temperature of a refrigerator, although by keeping it cool, mold is less likely to grow.

The inner, soft part of bread is referred to as the crumb, which is not to be confused with small bits of bread that often fall off, called crumbs. The latter term is in common use, while crumb is an esoteric word used mainly by culinary professionals. The outer hard portion of bread is referred to as the crust.

As a foodstuff of great historical and contemporary importance, in many cultures in the West and Near and Middle East bread has a significance beyond mere nutrition. The Lord's Prayer, for example, contains the line 'Give us today our daily bread'; here, 'bread' is commonly understood to mean necessities in general. In Israel the most usual phrase in work related demonstrations is "lekhem, avoda" [bread, work], and during the 1950s, the beatnik community used the term bread as a euphemism for money.[citation needed] The word bread is now commonly used around the world in English speaking countries as a synonym for money, in part, derived from the rhyming slang "Bread and honey". The cultural importance of 'bread' goes beyond slang, however, to serve as a metaphor for basic necessities and living conditions in general. A 'bread-winner' is a household's main economic contributor and has little to do with actual bread-provision, for example. This also goes along with the phrase "putting bread on the table." In the USSR, Lenin and his fellow Bolsheviks promised "Peace, Land, and Bread," which thereby became a mainstay slogan of Soviet propaganda. In Newfoundland, bread was seen as having the power to protect against fairies. The term "breadbasket" is often used to denote an agriculturally productive region. In Slavic cultures bread and salt is offered as a welcome to all guests.
The political significance of bread is considerable. In Britain in the nineteenth century the inflated price of bread due to the Corn Laws caused major political and social divisions, and was central to debates over free trade and protectionism. The Assize of Bread and Ale in the thirteenth century showed the importance of bread in medieval times by setting heavy punishments for short-changing bakers, and bread appeared in Magna Carta a century later.

Making Bread

· 225g ( 1 and a half cups) Strong plain white flour or plain wholemeal flour
· 1 level teaspoon salt
· 1 level teaspoon sugar
· 15g soft tub margarine
· 1 sachet (6g) easy blend dried yeast or fast action easy blend dried yeast
· 150 ml warm water

Collect all the tool and ingredients together.
Put the flour in the mixing bowl and add the sugar and the salt.
Add the margarine and rub into the flour using your finger tips.
Add the dried yeast and stir into the flour mix.
Add all the water at once on the flour mix and stir together using the wooden spoon.
Use your hands as the dough gets tough and when it leaves the sides of the bowl clean (add a little more flour if is too sticky), put the dough onto a floured surface.
Now the hard work! The dough will feel tight and lumpy and you must “knead” it to make it smooth and stretchy. Push your hands into the dough, gather it back into a ball, turn it slightly. Do this for about 5 minutes until the dough feels smooth.

Project from
Aline, Caroline, Grabriela and Lucas
Higher 3
Teacher Fernanda

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-12-11T03:35:00.000-08:00

Making a successful bread

Bread is one of the oldest and most important food in the world. It was so important to the humanity that it has already been used as money in the Egypt, it is a religious symbol, and in France it qualified the economic level of the family.
Supermarkets and bakeries in several countries offer a great variety of breads. Some of the most popular types include the crunchy baguete of France, the “pita” from arabian countries, the tartlet of Mexico, the american corn bread, the dark pumpernickel from Russia and the sweet panetone from Italy.
In our English class we made bread. It was a very nice experience and we liked it very much. It was delicious, the perfect bread for breakfast or snack. We can put butter or cream cheese to reinforce the taste.
Now we are going to give you the recipe of this delicious bread to enjoy with your friends or family.

Ingredients:
· 1 kg flour
· 1 cup oil
· 1 cup sugar
· 1 tbs salt
· 600 mL warm water
· 30g yeast
· 3 eggs

How to prepare:

Mix all the ingredients in the blender except the flour. Pour the mixture in a bowl and add the flour little by little till dough is ready – not so hard but thick.

Grease the recipient and powder it with flour. Let the dough grow for about 1 hour. Bake it for 30 to 40 minutes.

Project from
Ana Carolina P. Domingues
Bruna Reis
Juliana Rubino
Paula Sacchetto
Higher3
Teacher Fernanda O.

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-12-11T03:34:00.000-08:00

A Different Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

-2 ¹/² cups warm water
-2 tb spoons sugar
-1 sp salt
-1 egg
-1 cup oil
-1kg wheat flour
-50g bakery yeast.

Preparation:
Mix the yeast in warm water in a bowl. Bring to mix the sugar , oil, salt, egg and the water and yeast for a few minutes. Pour this mixture in a large bowl and add the flour, little by little,mixing with your hands, till the dough doesn’t remain in your hands. Let it rise for 1 hour. Then divide the dough into parts to make the rolling loaves. Let rise again for aprox.40 min and bake the loaves for 30 min.
It is possible to replace the oil by lard. Also, add sausages to the dough already ready.

The history

In Egypt, around 1000 BC, inquiring minds isolated yeast and were able to introduce this culture directly to their breads. Also, a new strain of wheat was developed to provide the refined white bread. This was the first truly modern bread. Up to thirty varieties of bread may have been popular in ancient Egypt.

Our comments:
We liked a lot the idea of making bread. Our bread was the best!!! We hope to make other kinds of bread in the next years!

Project from
Guilherme and Fábio
Starter 4
Teacher Fernanda

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-12-11T03:32:00.000-08:00

BREAD HISTORY + recipe!!!

Bread is one of the oldest prepared food. It was prepared for the first time by people that lived in the region where today in Switzerland in 10.000B.C Christ. The first bread produced was probably cooked versions of a grain-paste ,made from ground cereal grains and water, and may has been developed by accidental cooking or deliberate experimentation with water and grain flour.

Bread may also contain some amounts of sugar, spices, fruit (such as raisins , pumpkin or bananas), vegetables(like onion or zucchini), nuts or seeds (such as caraway sesame or poppy seeds). There are a wide variety of breads with different preferences from region to region.

For generations, write bread was considered the preferable bread of the rich people while the poor used to eat dark bread, but the darker one has superior nutritional value.

Bread Recipe

For the ingredients you will need:
1kg flour
1 cup sugar ( shallow )
1 cup oil ( shallow )
1 table spoon salt ( shallow )
600ml warm water
3 eggs
2 fleishman yeast (2 tablets = 30g)

Preparation

Mix all the ingredients in the blender.

Pour the mixture into a bowl and mix the flour little-by-little until it has the consistency of thick dough.

Grease and add flour to the bread/pan. Spread the dough in three bread pans, just 1/3
of each one.

Project from
Ana Luiza, Marcela and Marina
Starter 4
Teacher Fernanda O.

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-12-11T03:28:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!!!

Remember the Cultural Week Projects we had in CB Perdizes, in the end of our second term of 2007???

Some of the projects have been published in an international website, together with school activities FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!
Isn't it cool???

Check it out:
http://www.globaldreamers.org/share/index2.html#schoolevents

Congrats for all the students that took part in it!!!

: )

2007-12-11T03:26:00.000-08:00

More compositions from CB Perdizes Cultural Week!!!

Soccer by Gabriel Senna – Higher I

Certainly, soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Created in England in 1863, it can be played either by men or women.

FIFA is the official committee in charge of organizing the “World Cup”, the most important tournament, which has 32 teams from different countries. The most successful World Cup teams are: Brazil (5 titles), Italy (4 titles) and Germany (3 titles).

Soccer by Gustavo Henrique – Higher I

According to FIFA, the “very earliest form of the game” was an exercise dating back to the 2nd.and 3rd.centuries BC in China.

Soccer is a team sport, played between two teams of 11 players each. It is the most popular sport in the world. The players have to use their feet to kick the ball, only the goalkeeper can use the hands.

The most prestigious international competition is the World Cup, held every four years, with 32 teams from different countries.

Basketball by Felipe – Higher I

Basketball is a team sport, played between 2 teams of 5 players each. The winning team is the one that scores more points.

Despite having a new generation of good European, Argentinean and Chinese basketball players, the American Basketball is still considered the best of the world; with the best basketball world league too.

It’s hard to say, but Brazil is one of the worst basketball teams of the world!

American Football by Priscilla – Higher I

American Football (or just Football in the USA) is a team sport, played between two teams of 11 players each. The winner is the team that scores more points when the time expires and the last play ends.

Players score points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. The ball can be advanced by carrying it (a running play) or by throwing it to a teammate (a passing play). The numbers on the field indicate the number of yards to the nearest end zone. Near each end of the field has a goal line, a scoring area named “an end zone”.

Teams are divided into 3 units: offense, defense and special teams. An NFL game has four quarters and the teams play an additional period (a period that last up to 15 minutes).

Points can be scored in a variety of ways:
- A Touchdown (6 points): When a player runs the ball into or catches a pass in his opponent’s end zone;

- Field Goal (3 points): When the player kicks the ball over the crossbar and through the goal posts;

- A Safety (2 points): It is scored by the defense when a ball-carrier is tackled in his own end zone.

In Australia and New Zealand the game is known as “Gridiron Football”.

All the projects from
Teacher Fátima

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-12-11T03:10:00.000-08:00

Cultural Week at CB Perdizes!!!

In the end of our 2nd semester we had a lovely display of our learners' creativity and potential. We had a "Cultural Week", where learners researched new things about different subjects and put together great posters for a wonderful exhibition!
Check it out!!!

It’s a bilboque (“bilbo catcher”) made of a plastic bottle.

Rhythmic Gymnastics
Practiced mainly by women, the rhythmic gymnastics combines
grace of movements, muscular flexibility and good posture.
The arc, the ball and the ribbon are some materials used for it.

A Circus is a traveling company of
performers that includes acrobats,
clowns, jugglers, etc.

Projects from
Kids, Teens 2 and Starter 3
Teacher Fátima

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-11-26T10:26:00.000-08:00

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-11-26T10:20:00.000-08:00

Projects from the film "Ice Age 2"

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-11-21T10:15:00.000-08:00

My weekend

On Saturday morning I went my son's school watch a theater about enviroment. It was very, very nice. I loved! My son and another families too. After lunch went to my office for finish many jobs, among them, a folder about Fispal Nordeste. This fair begun in 6 november and i will go there, in Recife.

On Sunday after lunch, my family and me went a child party. It was Isabella's birthday. She is daughter of Edinho, a old friend of my husband! I found many friends that I not saw for the many mounths!

In the night, my mother and my father did came in my house for see the grandchildren them.

Project from
Fabiola Malavazi Iorio
Steps 2
Teacher Cristina

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-11-21T04:53:00.000-08:00

Spring Celebration!!!
In order to celebrate Spring, our learners have planted beautiful plowers and also colored beautiful drawings!!!

Projects from
Junior 3 - Santa Marcelina, Junior 2 and Junior 6
Teacher Silvana

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-11-21T04:35:00.000-08:00

Projects "Ice Age 2"

Projects from
Junior 6
Teacher Silvana

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-10-09T08:04:00.000-07:00

It's Spring Time!!!

And we celebrated with gardening lessons at Perdizes Branch!
Each class planted some flowers to make the world a better (and more colorful) place!

Thanks for all the students that participated and...

YES, we have fun in here!!!

See you later!

2007-09-14T08:54:00.000-07:00

Drawings inspired by the poem from See Saw 2:

It's three o'clock on Thursday,
I'm at the amusement park
There are lots os rides...

That one goes up and down
That one goes around and around
Those children are scared
But not me!

Project from
Junior 4
Teacher Paula

Centro Britânico
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2007-09-14T08:42:00.000-07:00

New movie at Centro Britânico:
"Ice Age 2"

Here are our favorite characters...

Project from
Lucas, Bruna, Isabelle, Yago, Maria Eduarda, Gabrielle
Junior 4 and 6
Teacher Paula

Centro Britânico
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2007-09-13T10:29:00.000-07:00

Our Little Poem... Junior 6

From Ana Luísa
Junior 6
Teacher Fernanda

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-09-13T10:27:00.001-07:00

Our Little Poem... Junior 6

From Emi
Junior 6
Teacher Fernanda

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-09-13T10:20:00.000-07:00

Our Little Poem - Junior 6...

From Giovanna
Junior 6
Teacher Fernanda

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-09-03T11:13:00.000-07:00

Our little poem

He's dreaming a dream
He's wearing a crown
He's driving a tractor
Across the green grass

Drawings inspired on the "See Saw 3" book poem
Junior 6
Teacher Paula
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2007-08-21T07:46:00.000-07:00

Hello, you guys!!!
We're back! 2nd term 2007!!!

Please, don't forget to write, draw and everything else a lot during the semester and everything will be published here!!!
See you around!

And have you all a great term!!!

: )

2007-06-26T06:47:00.000-07:00

Mother´s Day Messages

Euridice Fernandes - Teens 1

You are the best mother in the world. It doesn´t matter if you are blond or
have brown hair, but you are fantastic and your choices are the same as
mine. We like to go swimming and to play handball. You are kind and helpful
and this makes you a special person.

Rodrigo Grillo Illipranti - Starter 4

My mother is of average height, She has shoulder-length brown hair. She is
cool and sometimes she gets angry but it is necessary. You are very cool and
that´s why I love you so much. You are the light in the end of the tunnel.
Happy Mother´s Day!!! I love you although I disrespect you sometimes!

Andressa Amaral - Starter 3

My mother is elegant, She´s 35 years old. She has shoulder-length ,
curly brown hair and brown eyes. She likes doing physical exercises and
walking. My mother is very dedicated, important and special for me. I love
my mother.

Isabella Esposito - Progress 3

When the teacher asked me to write a text about my mother, at first, I
thought it was difficult because my mother is a housewife and lives for me
and my sister. But suddenly I realized that the important thing isn´t if she
works or not...the important thing is that she´s a good mother for us.
She´s a special mother. She isn´t the kind that argues, She talks; She isn´t
the kind that judges, She explains; She isn´t the kind that laughs, She
makes me laugh; She isn´t the kind that doesn´t believe, She trusts...and
last but not least, She ins´t the kind that is just a mom...She´s my
friend!!!

Teacher Anna
Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

2007-06-22T13:08:00.000-07:00

Hi!

My name is Giovana, I'm 11 years old. I have dark brown hair and dark brown eyes! I'm from São Paulo, SP.
I study at Centro Britânico- City Lapa I'm in starter 1. My teacher is Gabi, I study with Daniel.

I live on Carlos Weber St. I study at "Colégio das Américas". I love using the computer! My favorite color is green. My favorite team is Palmeiras!!!I love Palmeiras! My favorite sport is Handball. I hate volleyball.

See you in Starter 2!...

2007-06-20T06:56:00.000-07:00

São Paulo

São Paulo was founded by Jesuits in 1554, as a small village, and it was inhabbited by Indians. The place was chosen because of the two rivers: “Tamanduateí” and “Anhangabaú”. It was the headquarters from where the expeditions left to catch Indians and find precious minerals, and it only developed at the end of the 19th century, when imigrants from many parts of the world came to the city to restart their lives.

Since then, São Paulo has been an international city, the third largest one in the world. Besides that, the city is the third biggest Italian city in the world, the biggest Japanese city out of Japan, the biggest Portuguese city out of Portugal, the biggest Spanish city out of Spain and the third biggest Libanese city out of Liban. Around 40% of the most important national companies have their main office there and around 60% of the international groups are installed there, too.São Paulo is responsible for 18% of the national GDP (GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT).

The city is richer than New Zealand, Ireland, Chile, Venezuela and Peru. It is the most important financial center in Brazil and the address of 10.2 million people. It is a famous business target and the city receives more than 7,000 events per year, attracting over 4 million visitors.

The city offers visitors two airports: “Guarulhos”, the international airport, a little bit away from downtown and the national airport “Congonhas”, which is the busiest one in Latin America. Apart from the airports, São Paulo has one of the most modern subway systems with around 60km. It is clean, safe and easy to use.

This metropolis also offers, the best medical center of Latin America where we can find the largest health complex called “Hospital das Clínicas”.
Besides the fame, São Paulo is not only work, but there are more than 500 cinema rooms spread all over the city as well as over 120 theaters, 71 museums and 11 cultural centers. Some known cultural centers are: “MASP” (São Paulo Museum of Art), “MAM” (Modern Art Museum) and “OCA”, where we have exhibitions. São Paulo is the World Capital of Gastronomy and because of that the food is cosmopolitan, so you can eat anything you want, at anytime, anywhere and at any price.

This huge city is a lovely place to be visited with friendly warm people all around and where you will certainly feel at home.

Project from

Camila Gasparetto Barazetti

Juliana Buono Francoso

Marcelo A. Camarotto

Pablo Lorenzon Coutinho

Fluency

Teacher Maria Silvia

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-06-20T06:49:00.000-07:00

SPORTS
Your lifestyle can influence your health and sports is the best activity for your life.

The most important events:

The games have always brought people together in peace to respect universal moral principles.

The Pan American Games began to be prepared for the Olympic Games.This way, intentionally, their organizers decided to mark their periodicity each four years as soon as The Olympic Games.
The IOC guarantees the promotion of Olympism and the smooth running of the Games in accordance with the Olympic Charter. Discover in detail the structures, missions and financing of this prominent institution.

The Olympic Movement includes the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Organising Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs), the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the International Federations (IFs), the national associations, clubs and, of course, the athletes.

The current Games programme includes 35 sports and nearly 400 events.

For example:

- Boxing
- Cycling
- Karate
- Tae-kwon-do
- Soccer
- Gymnastics
- Swimming
- Handball
- Volleyball

We will talk more about the last two sports:

Handball is an Olympic sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.The game is quite fast and includes body and contact as the defenders try to stop the attackers from approaching the goal. Only frontal contact by the defenders is allowed; when a defender stops an attacker with his or her arms instead of his or her torso, the play is stopped and restarted from the spot of the infraction or on the nine-meter line, with the attacking team in possession. These are some rules of the handball game.

Volleyball is a Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms or rarely other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net.There are six players on the court at all times.Three in the front and three in the back. Each team is allowed three hits to get the ball over the net to the other team. A point is scored if the ball hits the ground in the opponents´ court, if the opponents commit a fault, or if the opponents fail to return the ball properly.

Project from

Bruna Cadacci Monteiro
Ligia Zanetti Fleury da Silveira
Marcelo Gaspar Buso
Vanessa Gisele dos Santos
Steps 6
Teacher Maria Silvia

Centro Britânico

Pompéia Branch

2007-06-20T06:44:00.000-07:00

BRAZILIAN FOOD

In Brazil there are around 180 million people, and its registered trademark is a race mixture. The Brazilian cooking has the same influence from this race mixture. Brazil exports mainly coffee, cocoa, soy, orange and chicken.

In the Amazonian region, fish is the main dish. There are around two thousand kinds of fish.
The meat of the region brings the most dishes variety: the green gravy chicken, the “tutu” food, made with stewed beans and cassava flour, cabbage and other region specialties such as turtle soup, coconut beans, and “açai” fruit dink.

In the Northeastern region the African mark is strong, specially in Bahia, where we find dishes such as “vatapá”, “caruru”, “acarajé”(beans fried) and “bobó” (beans and manioc) all made with palm oil, coconut milk and chilly, some of dry meat with pumpkin with cassava flour.
In the west of the country, the main dishes are fresh water fishes, “golden fish” and “pacu”, wild animals, “caititu”, partridges and fried alligators.

In the Southwest, the food has the Portuguese influence plus Italian, Japanese and Arabian people’s influence. With the typical food from them, we have couscous, “tropeiro” beans, haunch “à mineira”, piglet “à pururuca” and “feijoada”, the main Brazilian dish.

The “Feijoada” is the most popular dish in Brazil. It’s the result of the merger of the European food customs and the African slave creativity. It originated in the XVII century with the slaves, who took the leftovers of the ‘Big House’. At that time, the food of the slaves was composed of the corn flour, beans and salt. So, the beans mixed with bread flour, before being served, turned to be the main dish of that period. Soon after, it was added meat, derived from the Portuguese cooking, dishes composed of different types of meat and vegetables, cooked all together with the beans, pork fat and flour. The ‘feijoada’ was ‘created’! It is appreciated by all the social classes in all periods of the year (principally on Wednesdays and Saturdays). The ingredients of the complete ‘feijoada’ are: cooked black beans, a mixture of pork meat (ears, tail, feet, etc.), cow meat and sausage. It’s usually eaten with spring greens sautéed with garlic along with white rise, bread flour, pepper dip with cassava flour orange piece and chilly.

São Paulo city is known to have foods from all over the world, you can find all types of domestic and international cooking.

The south region has influence from Argentina and Uruguay because they are near to it and the immigration from German, Italian and Polish people, too. The main dish is the barbecue and “arroz-de-carreteiro”(a kind of rice) , fish and shrimp in the Santa Catarina State.

If you come to Brazil, I believe you will enjoy the Brazilian food.

“Brazilian Food”
Project from
José Paulo Bernardo
Douglas Ramos Scotton
Daniela Eiko Nakazaki
Steps 6
Teacher Maria Silvia

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-06-20T05:50:00.000-07:00

Hello, guys!

Check this out! Teacher Fátima published some of her
students' projects on a very cool international site about
postcards from around the world:

http://www.globaldreamers.org/postcards/brazil/index.html

These projects below are the postcards the students published!
Congrats for all the students that took part in it!

2007-06-20T05:47:00.000-07:00

2007-06-20T05:45:00.000-07:00

2007-06-20T05:43:00.000-07:00

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2007-06-20T05:32:00.000-07:00

How am I today?

Project made with playing dough using adjectives.

From Raul and Rafael
Kids 6

Teacher Fátima

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-06-19T08:31:00.000-07:00

Animals, animals, animals...

Project from
Arthur, Tomáz, Lara, André, Gabriel and Willian

Junior 4

Teacher Debora

Centro Britânico

Vila Madalena Branch

2007-06-19T08:29:00.001-07:00

"The things people can do..."

Project from

Julia De Bei, Juliana Nascimento,

Lucas de Almeida Prado, Lucas Pereira and Carolina Althman

Junior 2

Teacher Debora

Centro Britânico

Lapa Branch

2007-06-19T08:24:00.000-07:00

Space Travel
by Ana Carolina, Stela and Paula.

Project from

Teens 3

Teacher Debora

Centro Britânico

Colégio Angélica

2007-06-19T08:20:00.000-07:00

Space Travel
by Alessandra and Luiza

Project from

Teens 3

Teacher Debora

Centro Britânico

Colégio Angélica

2007-06-15T14:15:00.000-07:00

Meet the Family of the Future

From the Junior 1 group:

Camila, Bruna, Isabella, Thiago e Luisa
Teacher Fernanda O.

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-06-06T07:14:00.000-07:00

Hello, guys!
Progress Check II is here!

Tests are coming!
Are you all ready?
Be sure to come to the review classes and study!

Have a nice test day!

2007-06-04T11:09:00.000-07:00

Pictures from Kid Koala's trip to Brazil

Project from

Julia Naccarato

Ana Lia Barbosa Lemos
Felipa Gobbi Gonçalves
Vitor Francisco dos Santos
Junior 1
Teacher Bia

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-06-04T11:06:00.000-07:00

The Kid Koala Project
From Australia

Kid Koala came to Brazil and the guys from
teacher Bia's groups showed him a good time!

He visited different places, met interesting people,
did some sightseeing... it was great!

Check out the pictures!

Project from
Giulia Canato de Moraes Gomes
Lucas Santana
Camila de Almeida Oliveira
Danielly Massola
Fernanda Jampolsky Stufi
Junior 1

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-06-04T11:01:00.000-07:00

Animals
Unit 8 - Extreme Experiences

Project from
Teens 3

Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico

Colégio Santa Marcelina

2007-06-04T10:56:00.000-07:00

Animals
Unit 8 - Extreme Experiences

Project from
Teens 3

Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2007-06-04T10:53:00.000-07:00

Wild Animals

Unit 8 - Extreme Experiences
Comparing Animals

Project from
Igor Chen Wu
Teens 3
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-06-04T10:48:00.000-07:00

Wild Animals

Unit 8 - Extreme Experiences
Comparing animals

Project from
Luisa Grosso e Silva
Teens 3
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-05-11T11:16:00.004-07:00

Heeeelllloooooo, everybody!

These projects below are from our students,
celebrating Mother's Day here in Centro Britânico!!!!

They belong to Rafael and Bruno - from Junior 3 and
Raul and Rafael - from Kids 6 - both from Teacher Fátima!!!

Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day, everybody!!!

2007-05-11T11:16:00.003-07:00

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2007-05-11T11:15:00.000-07:00

2007-05-11T11:13:00.000-07:00

2007-04-26T08:32:00.000-07:00

Rules on your First Date...
For Her.

Project from
Upper 2 - boys
Teacher Paula

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-04-26T08:29:00.000-07:00

Rules on your First Date...
For Him.

Project from
Upper 2 - girls
Teacher Paula

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-04-25T04:08:00.000-07:00

Inventions I

Project from
Nichollas
Progress 2
Teacher Virgínia

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-04-25T04:05:00.001-07:00

Inventions II

Project from
Adriana
Progress 2
Teacher Virgínia

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-04-25T04:02:00.000-07:00

Inventions III

Project from
Ana Laura Vaz
Progress 2
Teacher Virgínia

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-04-25T03:59:00.000-07:00

Inventions IV

Project from
Liv Laur
Progress 2
Teacher Virgínia

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-04-17T08:33:00.000-07:00

What does music symbolize to the people!?

I think that is a great question.
Everybody likes music, everybody listens to music. Some people listen to music to relax, other to pratice exercises, or other things. Music is a very important thing for people.
Music is part of our daily life.

For example: Mark loves listening to music while he is running. He says: “It helps me to distract myself so the time goes by faster!”

Rita listens to music when she is very sad because it helps her to cheer up. Many mothers play some music to calm their children down. Some people use music to say to other people what they can’t express by words. For example, when a boy wants to tell to “that” gilr that she is the one!

There are many types of music like: rock music, jazz, rpb. We only have to choose. Choose and listen to it! It also helps us in several situations.

Music is something we need and like so it is also a good therapy for us!

Project from

Desirée Carvalho

Higher 1

Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico

Perdizes Branch

2007-04-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

Colégio Santa Marcelina's 80th. Anniversary!!!

Centro Britânico's students from Santa Marcelina
put together a huge and lovely card to show the
school how much we love it!!!
Congratulations!!!

2007-04-16T11:21:00.000-07:00

"Over the Hedge" - The Movie

The Porcupine Family

Project from
Lucas
Junior 5
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-04-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

My Daily Routine
Unit 3 - See Saw 3 - "Time"

Project from
Lucca Savio
Junior 5
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-04-16T11:16:00.000-07:00

Last Week - My Diary

Project from
Pedro
Teens 3
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2007-04-16T11:14:00.000-07:00

Last Week - My Diary

Project from
Isabella
Teens 3
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2007-04-16T11:11:00.000-07:00

Last Week - My Diary

Project from
Luisa G.
Teens 3
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2007-04-16T11:10:00.000-07:00

Last Week - My Diary

Project from
Jussara
Teens 3
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2007-04-16T11:07:00.000-07:00

Last Week - My Diary

Project from
Guilherme Koetz
Teens 3
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2007-04-04T08:08:00.000-07:00

Dialogues created from Page 14
Teens Club 4

Billy: Yes, there was. She sat on the three chairs. The big daddy bear’s chair was too hard, the medium-size mammy bear’s chair was too soft and the small baby bear’s chair was just right, but she broke it.

Bud: Why?

Billy: Because she was heavy. She then decided to sleep. She went upstairs. In the bedroom were three beds. A big daddy bear’s bed, a medium-size mommy bear’s bed and a little baby bear’s bed. She lay down on the three beds one at a time. The daddy’s chair was too big, the mom’s bed was too small and the son’s bear was just right. Finally, she fell asleep.

Bud: Ok.Thank you, good night. Let me sleep.

From Ana

Billy: She then saw there were three chairs, a big daddy bear’s chair, a medium-size mommy bear’s chair and a little baby bear’s chair, she sat on the big chair but it was too soft, so she tried the medium-size but it was too hard.

Bud: Why was the big chair too soft and the medium-size chair was too hard?

Billy: I don’t know! Well, when she sat on the little chair it was just right, but she broke it.

Bud: Why did Goldilocks break the chair?

Billy: Because she was too heavy. Anyway, after she went to the bear’s bedroom and saw three beds, a big daddy bear’s bed, a medium-size mommy bear’s bed and a little baby bear’s bed.

Bud: Why did she go to the bear’s bedroom?

Billy: Because the felt asleep. Well, she lay down on the big bed but it was too big, so she tried the little bed but it was to small, so she lay down on the medium-size bed, it was just right.

Bud: Why was the medium-size bed just right?

Billy: I don’t know. Anyway, when she was sleeping the bear family arrived and they had a surprise because they found a human in their house…

Bud: Good night.

Billy: What’s the matter? I thought you wanted a story.

Bud: I do. But now I want to listen to my Goldilocks cassette.

From Mateus

Billy: Yes, there was. And the tiny baby bear’s chair was just right, but Goldilocks was very fat and broke the chair.

Bud: Did Goldilocks try to fix it?

Billy: No, she was a very ruse child.

Bud: Wow! I don’t like her!!!

Billy: Ok! Then she went upstairs and saw three beds. She lay down on the big daddy’s bear’s bed but it was too big, she then lay down on the medium-size mommy bear’s bed but it was too small and she lay down on the little baby bear’s bed and it was just right!

Bud: Why did Goldilocks lie down on the baby bear’s bed and didn’t break it?

Billy: I give up! Go to sleep now!

From Priscila

Project from
Progress 1
Teacher Patricia

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-04-03T08:04:00.000-07:00

Topic - Idioms and expressions
Dialogues created by the students:

St1 - “I’m very worried with my job. I have to think long and hard to take some decisions.”
St2 - “Marcelo, remember that after a storm comes a calm. Wait and see. Tomorrow’s another day.”
St1 – “In this day and age, you give an inch and they’ll take a yard.”St2 - “But with no pain, no gain. Look on the bright side. Things aren’t always black and white.”
St1 – “What about you? How are you doing?”
St2 – “Hey, Marcelo, you know that a woman’s work is never done. Experience is the mother of wisdom!”

By Juliana Buono Francoso and Marcelo Alberto Camarotto

St1 – “Pablo, I’m searching for a job, but it’s been extremely difficult.”
St2 – “What do you want to do?”
St1 – “I am a doctor. First I have to think long and hard before choosing the place that I want to work for.”
St2 – “The first step is the hardest. You have to prepare a good CV and send it to a large number of places. Then, you wait and see.”
St1 – “I need this first and foremost. I’m sick and tired of being under my mom’s demands.”
St2 – “You have to be patient. Tomorrow’s another day. But remember, no pain, no gain, and a rolling stone gathers no moss!”

By Camila Gasparetto Barazetti and Pablo Lorenzon Coutinho

Project from
Fluency
Teacher Maria Silvia

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2007-03-28T11:09:00.000-07:00

My Diary - Last week...
Using Simple Past

Project from
Igor Chen Wu
Teens 3
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-03-28T10:39:00.000-07:00

This is x These are...

Projects from

Bruno L., Bruno, Diana, Ayme, Daniel, Ricardo, Daniela, Aline

Teens 1

Teacher Silvana

Centro Britânico

Perdizes Branch

2007-03-26T06:48:00.000-07:00

Our best friends....

My best friend

Ana is my best friend. I like her because she is sometimes funny and makes me laugh. She is also easygoing and lends me everything. We like the same things, cats, “anime”, “mangá”, and Japanese bands. We are both good at drawing and English. Our birthdays are both in November, so we have the same star sign, Scorpio.

By Ana

My best friend

Priscila is my best friend. I like her because she is honest and she doesn’t lie. She is very loyal and generous. Always when I am sad she asks me what happened and tries to help me. She is so funny and friendly. I love talking to her, only she understands what I say. She is a little bit jealous and easygoing, but it is no problem!

By Priscila

My best friend

Matheus is my best friend. I like him because he is very loyal. He is always with me. We like to play the same game of videogame and we also like the same program on TV. He is very funny too. He sometimes makes me laugh. And he is my best friend because we are friends since 4 years old.

By Mateus

Project from
Progress 1
Teacher Patricia

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-03-15T08:34:00.000-07:00

"Over the Hedge"
_The Movie_

Poster with the characters of the movie:
R.J., Stella, Hammy, Heather and Verne.

Project from
Igor Chen Wu
Teens 3
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-03-15T08:28:00.000-07:00

"Over the Hedge"
_The Movie_

Poster with the characters

Project from
Lucca Savio
Junior 5
Teacher Fernanda M.

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2007-02-27T07:02:00.000-08:00

Hellllllloooooooooooooooooo guys!
We are starting a new term and wishing all our students the best!!!
We want all our learners to keep up the good work this term and
we want to burn our webmagazine up!!!

Keep producing texts, posters, projects, compositions and more
to enrich and improve our corner this semester!!!

We are waiting for you!!!
Have a good term and have fun!!!

:)

2006-12-19T03:36:00.000-08:00

An overall view from our semester in Starter 4...

We have made a project with classical books. It started before the Cultural Week. We were researching about architecture (Ramos de Azevedo and Antonio Gaudi) but the teacher told us something about literature.
We have read four books: Emma and Persuasion, by Jane Austin; Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë; And King Solomon’s mines, by H. Rider Haggard.

Our class was divided in 4 groups, and each pair was responsible for a different novel.

After one month, we were ready to present the stories. Some of us presented it like a class, others roleplayed it and others made an interview! It was really fun!

We all have enjoyed reading these books about romance, drama and adventure! We have had a chance to see that we can already understand many things in English and communicate with other students!

Project from
Ana Paula, Celso Kenzo, Jaqueline, Larissa, Luisa, Matheus, Nathaly and Sheila
Starter 4
Teacher Simone

Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

2006-12-13T15:14:00.000-08:00

Hi, Folks!

This is what an “inspired”, amazing student of mine produced after revising the use of WISHES. She accepted the suggestion to create a song and here it goes:

I can’t go back in time

I wish I knew better
How to live my life
If you stay with me
Maybe I’ll decide

I wish I had not
Forgotten to say goodbye
Will you forgive me?
‘Cause I can’t see you cry

I wish we hadn’t had so many fights
We can make it if we try

I only wish I could go back in time
To say to you how I love you
If only you would come back to my life
I wish you would want me with you

But there’s nothing I can do
If you don’t want me here with you
Now I know I can’t go back in time
If only you would be all mine

Project from
Mariana Szocs
Advanced 1
Teacher Nilce

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

Congrats, Mariana!
You´ve done a great job!

2006-12-06T12:25:00.000-08:00

Nathan's Song

Today I found my best friend
Today I found who gave his life for me
Today I found who died on the cross for me

Chorus:
I praise, I say
Jesus is my friend

In the moment of sadness
When everything seems lost
I know that he is the only one
Who can help me
I know that he's the one
Who can save me

Project from
Nathan
Starter 2
Teacher Paula

Centro Britânico
Colágio Batista

2006-12-04T07:53:00.000-08:00

The texts below were written by the learners from the STARTER 3 group at Colégio Santa Marcelina. It was a wonderful semester and we had loads of fun together. Thank you Ana, Marina, Matheus and Verônica for being so nice and dedicated.

Teacher Deyse misses you already.

Hello! My name is Marina. I study at Santa Marcelina school. It’s very big! It’s in São Paulo, on Cardoso de Almeida Street. I live and study in Perdizes. Luciana Gimenes, Valentina Caran and Solange Frasão studied at Santa Marcelina.
My school is nice because I have a lot of friends. My school is horrible because there are some people who use coarse language.
I usually leave home at ten to seven. I wear a white T-shirt and navy blue trousers. My favorite subjects are Arts, English and Science. I have lunch at twelve-thirty at home. My favorite sport is volleyball. In the afternoon, I do my homework and take a shower. At night, I watch Rebelde, I have dinner at seven-thirty and I go to sleep at ten o’clock.

Marina Gêa Rosico Vilar

My diary

Hi, my name is Matheus. My school is called Santa Marcelina. My school is beautiful because there are trees there. It’s on Cardoso de Almeida Street in São Paulo. Luciana Gimenez studied here.
My school is nice because I like the teachers. My school is horrible because some students are impolite. My school is interesting because there is a professional theater group. My school isn’t unusual because it is a normal school.
I wear blue shorts and a white T-shirt. It’s the school’s uniform. I love Maths. I have Drama and English classes. I arrive home at 12:30. I usually have lunch at home. I have lunch, I brush my teeth, I do my homework, I take a shower, I watch TV, I have dinner and I go to bed.

Matheus Gêa Rosico Vilar

My routine

My name is Ana Sayuri. My school is called Santa Marcelina. It’s in Perdizes, near Centro Britânico. Luciana Gimenes studied here. I like Art lessons. Music classes are normal here but unusual in other schools.
I leave home at six-thirty. I wear blue trousers and a white T-shirt. My favorite subjects are Math and English. I have lunch at the school’s cafeteria. After that, I have ballet classes. I go home at six o’clock. After I get home, I have a snack and I do my homework. I take a shower, then I have dinner, brush my teeth and I finally sleep.

Ana Sayuri

Hi, my name is Veronica. I’m eleven years old. My school’s name is Santa Marcelina. It’s in São Paulo, on Cardoso de Almeida Street. Valentina Caran’s daughters and many famous people studied there.
My school is very good, there are some interesting teachers and some awful ones.
My day is cool. I arrive home at one o’clock and do my homework. I sleep at ten o’clock. I love aerobics and sports in general.

Verônica Vicentim da Silva

Project from
Starter 3
Teacher Deyse

Centro Britânico
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2006-11-29T12:52:00.000-08:00

To dance:

Dance (from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting.

Dance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication (see body language) between humans or animals (bee dance, mating dance), motion in inanimate objects (the leaves danced in the wind), and certain musical forms or genres.
Choreography is the art of making dances, and the person who does this is called a choreographer.

Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural, aesthetic, artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as Folk dance) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet. In sports, gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming are dance disciplines while Martial arts 'kata' are often compared to dances.

Project from
Marília Salgado Caxito
Starter 3
Teacher Sônia

Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

2006-11-29T12:51:00.000-08:00

If you were Bella from the "All Stars" book,
what would you do?

If we were Bella, we would go to the TV program and have the makeover. After that we would go to our boss and talk with him about the situation, if he didn't like, we would ask to quit the job and live our lives, looking for another job.

Rafael
Caroline
Ana Cecília
Roberta

If we were Bella we would probaly prefer to appear on TV even if my boss saw it. Since we will be on TV we would work better and my boss wouldn't argue so much with me and maybe he wouldn't fire me if we appear on TV.

Daniela
Renata
Guilherme

If we were Bella, we would appear on TV.We would explain to the boss that was our friends that wrote to the TV program.Even if he doesn't like appearing on TV, we prefer going to the program to keeping on our job.

Carlos
Guilherme
Lucas

Project from
Progress 3
Teacher Gabriela

Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

2006-11-29T12:44:00.000-08:00

São Paulo

São Paulo is the biggest city in Brazil, and one of the biggest in the world. With a population of 10.927.985 people, São Paulo is the third greater metropolis in the world.
The village of “São Paulo de Piratininga” was founded by two fathers who built a Jesuit college in 1554. From that year on the city started getting bigger and bigger until it has become what it is now.

São Paulo is known for its cultural effervescence. The city is a dynamic cultural centre, assembling museums, art galleries, cinemas, theaters and many other cultural spots. The Modern Art Museum (MAM) and the Museum of Art of São Paulo (MASP) are some striking examples of the quality of São Paulo’s cultural spots. They open from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Tuesdays to Sundays, and the entrance tickets costs R$ 15,00 (U$ 6,75).

For those who enjoy fine cuisine, São Paulo offers a wide variety of restaurants to suit every taste. Here you can find all kinds of restaurants: Italian, French, Chinese, Brazilian, Australian and so on.

If you want to find out about football you can go to one of the many stadiums located in São Paulo. You can watch a game every Wednesday night and every Sunday afternoon. The tickets cost R$10,00 (U$4,50). The emotion is guaranteed.

No visit is complete without a trip to Avenida Paulista. This is the main avenue of São Paulo, and it is its cultural and financial centre. Banks, museums and street artists share the sidewalks of Avenida Paulista. It is, undoubtedly, a great spot to be visited.

Project from
Lucas Kaufmann Sacchetto
Advanced 3
Teacher Beatriz

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2006-11-29T12:36:00.000-08:00

The last “tropicalista”...

Born in Irará, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, Antônio José Santana Martins, known as Tom Zé is one of the most creative Brazilian songwriters. He became famous for his contributions to the installation of Tropicalia, a cultural and artistic movement that revolutionized the Brazilian culture during the 1960’s.

Tom Zé had his first contact with music when he was a child, when he used to listen to the local radio of his hometown. His interests in music started to develop and Tom Zé decided to study music at the University of Bahia, where he learned harmony, counterpoint, composition, piano, guitar and violoncello.

There, Tom Zé joined Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa and Maria Bethânia. These artists organized an artistic movement that later would be known as Tropicalismo. Mixing elements of different cultures with Brazilian music, the “tropicalistas” leaded a revolution. It was a unique moment in the history of Brazilian music.

After the “explosion” of Tropicalismo, while the other members of the group followed a more popular way, Tom Zé continued in experimental music, investigating new sounds and rhythms. This experimentalism was responsible for a drop in Tom Zé’s fame.

In the late 70s and early 80s Tom Zé did not produced famous albums. On the other hand, on these decades he wrote many songs and performed concerts in Brazilian Universities.

At the end of the decade of 1980s a curious happening changed dramatically Tom Zé’s career. David Byrne, a musician best known as the founding member and the principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads, found the album “Estudando o Samba” (1976) on a second-hand CD store. Tom Zé’s music fascinated him so much that Byrne introduced Tom Zé on the international market. From this day on Tom Zé recovered his fame and his music started to be recognized again.

In spite of his geniality and creativity Tom Zé is not well known by the great public. His innovations (like musical instruments made of car horns and floor polishers) and the experimentalism of his music are not as acceptable as conventional musicians by the public.
Tom Zé is undoubtedly the last “tropicalista”. While the other members of “Tropicalismo” migrated to other musical genres Tom Zé didn’t stop creating and innovating. Every new album is a surprise, full of new elements, themes, rhythms and expression.

Discography
CDs
Dança-êh-sá (2006)
Estudando o Pagode (2005)
Imprensa Cantada (2003)
Tom Zé - Série Dois Momentos Vol.15 (2000)
Tom Zé - Série Dois Momentos Vol.14 (2000)
Santagustin (2002)
Jogos de Armar – French Edition (2002)
Jogos de Armar - Faça Você Mesmo (2000)
Imprensa Cantada (1999)
Postmodern Platos (1999)
Com Defeito de Fabricação (1998)
No Jardim da Política (1998)
Parabelo (1997)
20 Preferidas (1997)
Prestígio 7 (1994)
Tom Zé (1994)
The Hips of Tradition – US Edition (1992)
The Best of Tom Zé – US Edition (1990)
LPs
Nave Maria - 1984
Correia da Estação do Brás - 1978
Estudando o Samba - 1976
Todos os Olhos - 1973
Tom Zé - 1972
Tom Zé - 1970
Tom Zé - 1968
source:wikipedia.org

Project from
Lucas Kaufmann Sacchetto
Advanced 3
Teacher Beatriz

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2006-11-29T09:41:00.000-08:00

The animals of the circuses

A few circuses use animals. Teach monkeys, elephants,lions, rabbit, dogs and giraffes, because the audience increases.
But the people of the circuses abuse of the animals . They cut the animal's skin, hair or teeth.
Then we don't go to the circuses with animals because they abuse there .

Beatriz G.

Animals Circus

The circuses are funny, the animals are cute and beautiful.
The circuses hurt the animals and their feelings. Sometimes they don't treat well and the animals get starving. In my opinion it isn't a place for animal job. They are just funny when there are clowns working.

Guilherme B. Zomer

We shouldn´t use animals in circus

Some circuses use animals. There are reasons it is against law.
On the other hand, it is a pretty show, also the children like it, finally the animals do fantastic tricks in the show.
On the other hand, they are too badly treated, and the freedom is important for them.
We shouldn´t use animals because it´s against law and because of their freedom.

Maria Cláudia

Project from
Starter 3
Teacher Gabriela

Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

2006-11-27T03:50:00.000-08:00

Tests, tests, tests!!!

Progress Check II is here!!! Next week, all learners will take
the final test of the term!!!!

Are you ready?
Be sure to come to class for the review week and study!!!

See you then!!!

2006-11-16T11:37:00.000-08:00

Students write an anecdote...

"Exchanging Presents"

A friend of a friend of mine , called John, was extremely poor, but he had an enourmous heart. With all his love, he decided to get married with his girlfriend, Fiona, who has a beautiful long straight black hair. Actually he was in love with her, because of her hair.
In their first year aniversary, they decided to celebrate with a dinner, at their modest house, and exchange presents.

As he was in a bad financial condition, he couldn't afford buying a good gift, so, he needed to sell his beloved watch, to buy something different and meaningfull for his wife. After spending hours looking for that special gift, he decided to buy a breathtaking hair clip for her to wear in her stupendous hair. He was very happy with the most stunning gift that his money could ever buy, and because he knew his wife would love it.

On the other hand, the love of his life, had also to do something desperately to save some money for his present; she thought that the only way to acquire a pretty good amount of money was selling her impressive hair. She did it, and bought an exquisite gold wrist watch strap, to his watch.

The romantic night came, the food was very tasty, and everything was going great, until the presents exchanging. Tragically, in the end, she had no hair to put the hair clip and he had no watch, to fix with her present, but they were happy and the love hadn't finished because of this astonishing end, at least, they enjoyed their dinner.

That is a true history, it really hapenned with a friend of a friend of mine.

Project from
Advanced 3
Teacher Angela

Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

2006-11-16T11:32:00.000-08:00

"Hello Kitty" is a demon , do you know ?

This is the story:

The "inventor" of Hello Kitty had a daughter with mouth cancer.
She (the mother) did a pact with the demon.

She said: "If you cure my daughter I will create a doll without mouth and with your ears".
As soon as she said that, her daughter was cured.

So, take care of Hello kitty.
It can be VERY DANGEROUS. You also have the word "hell" in "Hello Kitty"...

Project from
Camila, Bruna, Walkiria and Murilo
Starter 3
Teacher Anna

Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

2006-11-16T03:54:00.000-08:00

My Alien

This is my alien.
Her name is Baby Beep.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bloop.

Project taken from "Smile 2" - unit 6 and 7 - Parts of the Face and Body
Bruna Finardi
Junior 2
Teacher Fernanda

Centro Britânico
Colégio Santa Marcelina

2006-11-16T03:47:00.000-08:00

Monster Faces

Project taken from "Smile 2" - Unit 6 - Parts of the Face
Bruno Benatti and Rafael Martins
Junior 2
Teacher Fernanda

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

2006-11-14T11:37:00.000-08:00

Freaky Friday

The film is a comedy, and called Freaky Friday.It's set in the USA.
The film is played by Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
In the film, mother and daugther change their indentity and they live an opposite life.
We like the movie because it's funny and cool.

Project from
Fernanda, Ana Carolina, Natalia and Cássio
Starter 4
Teacher Gabriela

Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

2006-11-14T11:35:00.000-08:00

SHREK

Our favorite film is Shrek.It's set in a fantasy Kingdon called :Far Far Way.It's a Cartoon and a Comedy film.
The main characters are Shrek,Fiona,Donkey and Puss in Boots.
At the beginning Shrek is meeting his in-laws.They live in Far Far Way and then they meet the Puss in Boots,God Mother and Prince Charming.At the end of the film they lived happy forever.
We like this film because it is funny and cute.

Project from
Juliana, Stephano and Vitória
Starter 4
Teacher Gabriela

Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

2006-11-14T11:32:00.000-08:00

The Origins Of English Language

It´s estimated that 700 million people speak English around the world, gathering natives and the ones who use English as a second language. English is in everything: science, aviation, computing, diplomacy, tourism and that is the primary language of several countries.
The history of the language can be traced back to the arrival of three Germanic tribes to the Britsh Isles during the 5th Century AD. Angles, Saxons and Jutes crossed the North Sea from what is the present day Denmark and Northen Germany. The innabitants of Britain previously spoke a Celtic Language. This was quickly displaced. Most of the Celtic speakers were pushed into Wales, Cornwall and Scotland. One group migrated to the Brittany Coast of France, where their descendants still speak the Celtic Language of Breton today. The Anges were named from Engle, their land of origin. Their language was called Englisc, from which word English derives.
There are about 45 countries that have English as the official language. As, for example:
. Antigua
.Australia
.Bahamas
.Barbados
.Belize
.Bermuda
.Canada
.Dominica
.Grenada
.Guyana
.Ireland
.Jamaica
.New Zealand
.South Africa
.United Kingdon
.USA

Project from
Carol and Carlos
Higher 3
Teacher Anna

Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

2006-11-13T08:53:00.000-08:00

Our Pets...

Marrie is 13 years old. She is black and grey. She loves ham, cheese and ration. She smells good and she is playful and cute.
By Gabriela, São Paulo, Brazil

Lili is my cat. Lili is 2 years old. She is white and black. She loves balls and teddy bears. She is beautiful.
By Juliana, São Paulo, Brazil

Cristal is my dog. Cristal is 5 years old. She is brown. She likes everything. She is lazy, sleepy and hungry.
By Camila, São Paulo, Brazil

Alegria is my fish. Alegria is 2 years old. He’s very pink. He loves ration. He is beautiful.
By Laura, São Paulo, Brazil

Kika is my dog. Kika is 1 year old. She is brown. She likes everything. She is beautiful, lazy, sleepy and cute.
By Raphael, São Paulo, Brazil

Daisy is my dog. Daisy is 4 years old. She is white. She loves meat and playing and running.
By Nayara, São Paulo, Brazil

Bóris is my dog. Bóris is 1 year old. He is white and grey. He loves melon. He is lazy, clean and playful.
By Martim, São Paulo, Brazil

Scooby is my dog. Scooby is 1 year old. Scooby is playful, cute, noisy, clean and happy.
By Andressa, São Paulo, Brazil

WITH NO PET PICTURES:

Spock is my dog. Spock is brown, black and white. He loves yogurt and ham. He is playful, lazy and sleepy.
By Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil

Quem is my aunt’s dog. Quem is 8 months old. He is black. He loves ration and rubbish. He is noisy and playful.
By Stella, São Paulo, Brazil

Project from
Junior 4
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2006-11-09T11:17:00.000-08:00

This composition was chosen the best from the Progress 1 – T/T – 15:30 group by the Progress 1 – M/W – 15:30.

"My father´s Hobby"

I interviewed my father. His name is Paulo Sérgio he is 57 years old. He is a lawyer. He studied at “PUC”.
His hobby is learning French and Spanish.This year he is learning Spanish at Wizard scholl. He has liked learning French since he was a little boy, when he learned this language at Alliance Française. This year he is learning Spanish on Thursdays mornings. Learning other languages has only positive aspects, just like to make communication with people of other countries easier and know about their cultures.

I think my father likes to learn about different things all time and he likes to study too and it is very good.

Congratulations to all students involved in it!

Project from
Paulo Sérgio Nogueira Salles Júnior
Progress 1
Teacher Nilce

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

HOW ABOUT YOU?
ARE YOU READING YOUR FRIEND´S COMPOSITIONS???
TALK TO YOUR TEACHER ABOUT IT!

2006-11-09T11:01:00.000-08:00

This dialogue was produced by our Fluency student, Cláudia Regina, after studying some slangs from the “Slangs Activity Book”.

They are in italics. Can you guess or remember their meanings?

Joe and Mike are close friends, not those of fair-weather friends, that most people have in bunches.
Joe was always a perky but Mike noticed that he has been devastated lately. Mike decided to discover what happened with him:

_ Hey Joe, please tell me what’s going on?

_ Nothing….Actually I am a jerk! I have been so naive all this time!

_ Come on Joe! Chin up! Tell me!

_ No, not now! I am ashamed!

_ Come on! Make it snappy! Am I your buddy, or not?

_ OK! Here we go! Everything began when I met Christine, John’s friend.

_ Is that so? John, your neighbor?

_ Yes, himself. So, I was totally head over heels in love with her. It was love at first sight, and we began to date. As time went by, I realized that John was a jealous guy and apparently he is hooked on her too! Remember the day of the blackout? Well, it was the day that this clever guy decided to set me up. That night I invited Christine to have a candle’s light dinner with me, at my house. Before Christine arrived, this clever guy went to my house with a girl named Carla. He pretended that she was interested in my work, specifically in my last novel “In the Flesh”. Some minutes later he left, without my noticing, and when he came back, he was with Christine!

_ So?

_ So, at this moment Carla was practically over me! She was part of this setup. Christine believed in what she saw and she raised hell! She didn’t believe that I didn’t have anything to do with Carla, that everything was a catch of her supposed friend.

_ Well my friend, if she didn’t believe in you, she didn’t like you at all!

_ But you didn’t listen to the worst part of the story: she is dating with him!

_ Really! Well pal, face the music and think: better alone than in bad company, OK? You know, let’s have a beer!

_ Hear, hear!

So, next time we want to publish yours!! Hands on!!

Project from
Cláudia Regina
One to One student
Teacher Nilce

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

2006-11-06T11:33:00.000-08:00

Hello, guys!!!

Halloween at Centro Britânico was great and a lot of fun!
Thanks for all the branches and all learners who took part in it
with posters, compositions and the parties!!!

It was awesome!

And let November begin!!!....