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

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

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

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

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

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!!!

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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!!!....

Winner composition of the Halloween Writing Contest

"The Haunted House"

Lunil, a normal guy, went to travel with his friends to a misterious place called Revlins. When they arrived, they looked around for a hotel, but, unfortunately, all hotels were full. So they found a mansion on the top of a mountain, where they would sleep.

After some hours, they started to hear strange sounds. When they opened their room door, they found a chest which was shaking, they also found in the room a key floating over the chest. One of them got the key and opened the chest. All of them suddenly were sucked by the chest.

When they woke up, they were in the middle of a forest. A giant mokey appeared and smashed them witha a giant rock. One of them only lost a finger, when all the others died.
He escaped from there, and now he is the current president of Brazil, he can scare all his country.
Muahahahahahaha!


Project from
Luiz Guilherme, Nicolas and Lucas
Higher 1

Centro Britânico
Vila Madalena Branch

"Young people today are totally selfish. They are only interested in their possessions"

Do you agree with it?


To start with, we think that not only young people are selfish, but also older people.
The adults think teenagers are selfish, because they live in their worlds.
For instance, the environment. Young people don't think about the future, so they don't care about it, and it can cause future problems. When we get older, we will notice what we had caused.
Furthermore young people are envious so they are saving their money to have material things.And it is related to have friends. People are interested in rich people, if you have money you can have more people around you.
And rich and popular people say what fashion is, and the others follow them.
To sum up, teenagers who follow the "pattern" are accepted but you can't copy the others all the time, you have to have your own personality.


Project from
Higher 2 - M/W - 15:30
Teacher Gabriela

Centro Britânico
Lapa Branch

Drawings


Julia - Humpty Dumpty

















Raul
















Ana























Project from
Kids 6
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

Pets, pets, pets...

Stella’s pet
Quem is my aunt’s dog. Quem is 8 months old. He is black. He loves ration and rubbish. He is noisy and playful.

Gabriela’s pet
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.

Juliana’s pet
Lili is my cat. Lili is 2 years old. She is white and black. She loves balls and teddy bears. She is beautiful.

Camila’s pet
Cristal is my dog. Cristal is 5 years old. She is brown. She likes everything. She is lazy, sleepy and hungry.

Laura’s pet
Alegria is my fish. Alegria is 2 years old. He’s very pink. He loves ration. He is beautiful.

Gabriel’s pet
Spock is my dog. Spock is brown, black and white. He loves yogurt and ham. He is playful, lazy and sleepy.

Raphael’s pet
Kika is my dog. Kika is 1 year old. She is brown. She likes everything. She is beautiful, lazy, sleepy and cute.

Nayara’s pet
Daisy is my dog. Daisy is 4 years old. She is white. She loves meat and playing and running.

Martim’s pet
Bóris is my dog. Bóris is 1 year old. He is white and grey. He loves melon. He is lazy, clean and playful.

Andressa’s pet
Scooby is my dog. Scooby is 1 year old. Scooby is playful, cute, noisy, clean and happy.


Project from
Junior 4
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch

More Pets...

Artur’s pet
Bijoux plays a lot with me, my sister and my brother. She likes playing with a fish, a ball and with our hands. João is angry with me. He likes sunflowers seeds. João can change himself into Bijoux’s “plusheather” (plush + feather). These two animals are very noisy.

Raíssa’s pet
Bijoux is my puppy. She is 3 months old. She is white, cute, hungry, crazy, beautiful and playful. She is 20 centimeters tall. She likes everything. She jumps all the time.

Aline’s pet
Fominha is my fish. He is one year old. He is blue and he loves ration.



Project from
Junior 4
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Perdizes Branch

Our Pets...

Niccolly’s pet
Dino is my dog. Dino is 9 years old. He is very cute. He is brown. He loves ham.

Johnatan’s pet
Cristal is my dog. Cristal is 50 days old. She is black and white. She loves biting and ham.

Luiza’s pet
Toquinho is my dog. Toquinho is 3 years old. He is white. He is very playful and cute. He loves chocolate and banana.

Anton’s pet
Victor is my turtle. Victor is 9 years old. He is green and brown. He is very angry and nervous. He loves pasta, soda, yogurt and ham.

Vitória’s pet
July is my dog. She is 2 years old. She is white. July is very cute. She loves bones.

Leonardo’s pet
Tatá is my turtle. Tatá is 2 years old. He is green and brown. He is very hungry and crazy. He loves human fingers and ration.

Juliette’s pet
Milla is my cat. Milla is 4 years old. She is white, black and grey. She is very beautiful, playful, hungry, cute, lazy and naughty. She loves melon and avocado.



Project from
Junior 4
Teacher Lilian

Centro Britânico
Colégio Batista