Dear Sir or Madam,
Our names are Andrea Olazabal, Pilar Granda and Adriana Astrada. We work as English Teachers in public secondary schools. We think that nowadays there is not a TV programme which makes young adults feel identify with, so we want to propose you a project of a TV show related to teenagers´ interests.
The idea we have in mind is about a TV quiz show in which ten adolescents have to answer questions concerned with music. The show could be called `Music Factor´. The questions will be asked by a TV presenter and they will be about: the albums, the singers, musicians, specific dates, details and some other important information about the bands. In several cases the young adults will listen to a song or look at a picture in order to answer the questions.
The competition will have three series of twenty questions each. Teenagers will be evaluated by three judges and after each sequence, they will tell the participants the results of their answers. By the end of the last series, there will be nine loosers and a winner, who will be the one that will get the majority of right answers.
A good prize could be spending a day with his/her favourite music band and being a special guest in their concert in Argentina.
We are looking forwards for your reply as soon as possible.
Faithfully,
Andrea, Adriana and Pilar.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Friday, November 19, 2010
“Eat up, Gemma”
by Pilar Granda
Before 1970´s, gender roles presented in children´s books were traditional and stereotyped. Families in children´s books were formed by a mother, a father, the children and, in some cases, a grandparent. Although the story “Eat up, Gemma” was written in 1989, it is not the exception.
“Eat up, Gemma” is a book written by Sarah Hayes, which tells the story of a black working class family who encourages their little brown tanned toddler to eat.
In the story, Hayes gives Gemma´s mother a typical position within a traditional family since the female parent looks after the children and she is in charge of the housework. This position is clearly shown in the story and in the pictures. It can be seen that Gemma´s mother goes to the supermarket and she is most of the time at home.
Considering that Gemma´s father hardly appears in the pictures, readers can infer that he works during the week and has the duty of bringing money home like in all traditional families. On Saturdays, he goes to the park with his son and daughter and, on Sunday´s morning he goes to church with his family.
Taking into account what have been mentioned before, “Eat up, Gemma” plainly reflects a stereotyped family.
Before 1970´s, gender roles presented in children´s books were traditional and stereotyped. Families in children´s books were formed by a mother, a father, the children and, in some cases, a grandparent. Although the story “Eat up, Gemma” was written in 1989, it is not the exception.
“Eat up, Gemma” is a book written by Sarah Hayes, which tells the story of a black working class family who encourages their little brown tanned toddler to eat.
In the story, Hayes gives Gemma´s mother a typical position within a traditional family since the female parent looks after the children and she is in charge of the housework. This position is clearly shown in the story and in the pictures. It can be seen that Gemma´s mother goes to the supermarket and she is most of the time at home.
Considering that Gemma´s father hardly appears in the pictures, readers can infer that he works during the week and has the duty of bringing money home like in all traditional families. On Saturdays, he goes to the park with his son and daughter and, on Sunday´s morning he goes to church with his family.
Taking into account what have been mentioned before, “Eat up, Gemma” plainly reflects a stereotyped family.
Monday, October 11, 2010
A glowing future
(Review by Pilar Granda)
A Glowing Future is a short crime story written by Ruth Rendell who is a contemporary writer. She decided to use her personal feelings such as loneliness and isolation to write a story.Her writing captures and holds the readers attention since she makes a twist and change the sequence of events in the story.
The story is about a lonely woman whose insensitive husband, after a year of being in Australia, comes back to their apartment in order to fetch his things since he was going to get married to a pretty, greedy woman. His wife who is still in love with him becomes extremely jealous. Her obsession with him grows until she seems to be emotional unstable and even out of her mind.
I highly recommend the story because it holds the readers`expectancy from the beginning till the end. It is an exciting thriller for adults.
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