EDUCATION'S DEATH VALLEY (KEN ROBINSON)

Diversity, curiosity and creativity, these are the three principles on which human life flourishes, according to Ken Robinson.

READING THE NEWSPAPERS

Teenagers usually don’t like reading the newspaper - or reading in general -  but if you want to enrich your vocabulary reading is very useful. We tried this activity in pairs during one of our recent lessons: our teacher brought real English newspapers and we leafed through the pages in search of interesting news or curiosities. Our task was writing down a summary of the article giving the reasons why we had chosen it . It was quite useful and here are the results of our work in pairs.

MEETING ANITA TENERELLI – VIDEO INTERVIEW

Have you ever met an actress? Well, we did it! On 14th October 2017 Benny, Maria Adele and I met Anita Tenerelli, who is an actress.

VLAD TEPES THE IMPALER

VAMPIRES IN HISTORY

The figure of the vampire is more ancient than the most popular of the vampires, Dracula. In the twelfth century it was believed that the dead people tried to suck blood from the living people. This belief was particularly extended in the British isles and in the orthodox countries where they ignored the destiny of the dead. The great epidemics with their hasty burials helped spreading this thought.

LOTS OF LAUGHS

Have you ever roared with laughter? Well, we are sure you'll do it today, reading our post!

THE PIRATES ARE BACK!

Today is a very important day for us because the fifth movie of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” saga is out! You may not remember what happened to Jack Sparrow in the previous movie, so I'm going to remind you, if you don’t mind. 

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE: THE STEP UP SAGA

Do you like dance? Or maybe you like watching dance movies? Well, if you do, you'd better read this! This post is all about dance films: I'm going to talk about the STEP UP saga.

EVERY MUM IS A HEROINE

MOTHER’S DAY TO ME MEANS …

You may not know what day it is today but it's May the 14th which means Mother's Day! Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the influence of mothers in society.

TOP 10 LOVE STORIES ON SCREEN (PART II)

Do you remember we are incurable romantic and we don’t want to be cur? LOL!!! Here we are with the second part of our 10-list. If you haven’t checked it, we recommend you to have a look at part one of our Top Ten! (HERE) Now, are you ready to daydream again?

FAST & FURIOUS 8

"I live my life a quarter mile at time. Nothing else matters. For those ten seconds or less, I'M FREE! "

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROBERT DOWNEY JR!

Happy Birthday,  Robert!

Today  Robert Downey Jr. turns 52! .For those who don't know him, he is the actor who played Tony Stark in Iron Man and in Avengers, he starred in Sherlock Holmes, in Due Date, in The Soloist, in Charlot where he plays Charlie Chaplin.

OUR FAVOURITE GLAMOUR ICON: KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Many of you know Keira for her role as Elizabeth Swann in the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean", and for starring in "Pride & Prejudice", "Bend it like Beckham", "Anna Karenina", "The imitation game", "Collateral beauty" and many others.

WE, THE DELEGATES OF THE FUTURE , OR iMUN 2017

Hello everyone!  Benny, Chiara, Maria Adela and Karina here. Last month from 6th to 10th February we were in Rome to take part in iMUN, a very cool school project. They were five intense days full of fun and work!

TOP 10 LOVE STORIES ON SCREEN (PART I)

We are incurable romantic, guys, and we don’t want to be cured! We love watching romantic comedies and we’d have so many to recommend. But we thought a 10-list could be enough and made a special one for you readers of Let’s Blog! Today the first 5, 5 more are coming soon! Ready to daydream?

HAPPINESS

"This International Day of Happiness is more than just a fun celebration, it also reminds us all that the world is a better place when we connect with and care about the people around us"

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Back To The Future is propably one of the most famous sci-fi movies of all time! I have really loved this movie since the first time I saw it even though it is a 1985 movie. For those who don't know, this is a trilogy and it tells about a young boy named Marty McFly who has an eccentric scientist friend, Doc, who invents a car which can travel through time. Marty will have many amusing adventures with Doc and this car . As I said before the first movie was realesed in 1985 and it instantly became an international phenomenon remaining immensely popular for 30 years.

MARILYN MONROE: THE DIVA WHO NEVER ACTUALLY DIED

An icon of beauty, charm and sensuality, she is the diva of divas, she is Marilyn Monroe!

IS IT A FAREWELL, WOLVERINE?

Do you love the X-Men Saga? Well, you are reading the right post! Today the third Wolverine movie has been released. Logan: The Wolverine is an apocalyptic movie. Whereas the films inspired by comics extol hope and lead us to believe that everything is possible and can be solved thanks to superpowers and superhuman abilities, Logan is exactly the opposite. It’s a bitter, hopeless story

SCI-FI MOVIES

First of all sci-fi, that is short for science fiction, is a successful genre developed in the twentieth century, which has its roots in scientific novels . Science fiction has heavily extended to other mass media from literature to movies, comics, television and video games.

JIM CARREY

James Eugene "Jim" Carrey was born in 1962 on January 17, he is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He is known for his highly energetic slapstick performances. He is very important not only because he is amusing but also because he is one of the most famous comic actors in the world!