"TOGETHER, WE'LL BUILD IT AGAIN” - A FANTASY TALE OF ST. BENEDICT AND HIS SISTER, ST. SCHOLASTICA.

This story is part of a project we did at school after studying the importance of monasteries in the middle ages, the rule of St Benedict and monastic life, including the history of the Benedectine monasteries we have in our hometown, Subiaco. Divided in groups, one of our tasks was to write a story in English about monastic life,  set in the past, present or future,  with fantasy elements of our choice. 

The following story was written by Lucrezia Pelliccia with the help of Valerio Carpentieri, Marco Tozzi and Federico Mosetti. The illustrations were drawn by Lucrezia herself. The story is set in the past, the protagonists are Benedict and his sister Scholastica. It features demons, angels and dragons and ... we really hope you'll enjoy reading it!

A CATASTROPHIC, POST APOCALYPTIC TALE

 

This story is part of a project we did at school after studying the importance of monasteries in the middle ages, the rule of St Benedict and monastic life, including the history of the Benedectine monasteries we have in our hometown, Subiaco. Divided in groups, one of our tasks was to write a story in English about monastic life,  set in the past, present or future,  with fantasy elements of our choice. 

The following story was written by Francesco Elviretti with the help of Sophia Corsini, Isabel Baiocchi,  Danylo Valleri and Federico Mosetti. It is set in a post apolyptic future,  the protagonists are Benedictine monks,  who were among the few survivors to a nuclear explosion. They have been turned into warriors with very little patience who have to cope with the stubborness of nuns. Scroll down and enjoy reading! 

HAVE YOU GOT SOMETHING INTERESTING TO SAY?

Have you got something interesting to say? Share it with the world through a video as we did! Our teacher, Mrs Spila, gave us a complex but creative task: make a speech on a video! 

We watched Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s amazing speech about how to face the future without fear and we were inspired to make our own video, first of all choosing a relevant topic - relevant to us and to our target audience as well.

WHAT ABOUT ENGLISH? A SURVEY

In our school every student studies English. We study it because it is compulsory in our syllabus but we also know it is the most-widely spoken language in the world. So, compulsory or not, we need it.

But what do students think about English? And how do they study it? We arranged a survey with the help of all the English teachers who work in our school and we asked all the students in the 3rd and 4th year (16/17 – year-old) to answer our questionnaire. (HERE)

On the whole 179 students  participated in the survey. They are from 14 different classes : liceo classico (1);  liceo delle scienze umane (3) liceo scientifico (3), liceo linguistico (2), tecnico per il turismo (1), tecnico informatico (2), perito elettrotecnico (2). 

We read all the questionnaires and made graphic charts to share the results here on our blog. Are you curious to know more? Go on reading :-)