THE NOTEBOOK DEVELOPMENT: - Describe Duke's character. How is he like? How does he behave? Has he got a good attitude? Duke is an old man who is in the same nursing home as Allie, Duke everyday cares for Allie because she has got Alzeheimer. Duke remmembers through a story of them both written by him, his life. Duke behaves very well with Allie trying to remember the past little by little so that she does not surprise her, she has good attitude despite the situation in which she is and knows how to bring the situations to a great extent. - What is the first thing they do in the morning, in the nursing home? Give medicines. -Describe the old lady Duke reads to. Allie is the star of the movie, before suffering Alzheimer's was a joyful fire who fought for her dreams. Now Allie is in a nursing home due to her illnes, injured can recognize Duke, but how memory fails she takes it as strange. -Describe the different spaces you can see of the nursing home. In the movie you can see different parts of the nursing home which are: The dining room, the garden, the rooms and the reception. -Where did Noah and Allie meet for the first time? Noah and Allie meet for the first time at the fair, the attraction of the wheel. - Where did Noah and Allie danced together for the first time? The first place where Allie and Noah danced was in the street. - Why didn't Allie's parents like Noah? The parents of Allie didn't like Noah to their daughter because they thought he was of a lower class then her dauchter and that he was not a good future for her. -Does the Doctor agree that Duke reads to the old lady? The Doctor thinks that if he does heal in Duke to help the Allie remember, but that he needs to do it so that his illness doesn't get worse. -Which sings of dementia can you see in the old lady? The sings of Alzheimer's that we can see in Allie are: that she doesn't remember her past with Noah, she is not kidnapped by Noah, she doesn't know that she has got children and she remembers everything but at the moment it is forgotten again. -Does Allie lose her emotional bound with his partner? No, Allie always feels identified in this story as if she had lived it butshe is not able to remember it.

PHARYNGITIS por Carla Gastó

THE DOCTOR (Randa Haines, 1991)

THE DOCTOR (Randa Haines, 1991)

1.- Which is Dr. Mckee speciality?

Dr. Mckee's speciality is surgery.

2.- Is he a good professional?

Yes, he is a professional because he knows how to do his job well, but as a person not, because he doesn't treat his patients well.

3.- How does he trat patients?

He doesn't put himself in the place of his patients, he is very direct and makes bad taste jokes.

4.- Describe how he acts in the operating theatre.

He listens to music, sings and tells jokes to his collegues.

5.- Is his behaviour appropriate? Why?

No, it isn't because while they are operating they sing and don't show empathy when he treats the patients.

6.- What is he diagnosed from ?

They diagnostiqued a throat tumor.

7.- Which treatment does he receive?

He recived radiation, surgery and a MRI scan.

8.- Describe the relationship between Jack and June.

Jack and June meet in the cancer hospital room, and June begins to give advice to Jack until in the end they end up being good friends.

9.- What does Jack ask the new interns to do at the end of the film? Why?

Jack has his patients practiced and spent 48 hours in the hospital eating and sleeping there in order to put themselves in the patient's skin and empathize with them.

10.- Summarize i one sentences what you think is the most important thing you have learnt from this film.

That we always have to put ourselves in the situation of others and don't think only about ourselves.

THE  BUTTERFLY CIRCUS (JOSHUA AND REBEKAH WEIGEL, 2009.)

1.- Write down in your notebook how will (the main character) is described in the first circus.

He is described in a first circus as a perverton of nature.

2.- What do people do when they see him ?

People laughed at him and they throw things at him.

What does Mendez say to him ?

Mendez say that he is magnificer.

3.- Which acts can you see in Mendez circus?

• The stronger man in the word.
• Ann, the queen of the air.
• The contorcian man.
• The master of flying trapeze.

4.- Describe the problem of one of the artist in the circus.

Ann was a prostitude , and she gets pregnant and can't do his job.

5.- What do children say to Will after his show?

A child hugs him.

And ask him: How did you do that? You aren't afraid? It's very high.

6.- Why does Mr. Mendez chose the name "Butterfly" to his circus?

Because Butterfly represents the evolution, and because in his circus there are people who are learning and evolve.

VALIDATION.

1.- Where does Hugh Newman work?

He works in a car park validating tickets.

2.- Try to write down in your notebook at least three or four accomplishments he makes to clients?

-You have amazing face.
-You are awesome.
-You have a amazing cheekbones.
-It really flatters you.

3.- What is the name of the girl Hugh falls in love with?

Her name is Victoria.

Where does she work?

She makes identity cards photos.

4.- What happens to her at work?

She was fired because people of her pictures were smiling

5.- Why doesn't she smile at firts? What is it which happens that makes her smile again?

Why first she doesn't smile because her mother are very sick and Victoria forget smile. She smiles again because Hugh Newman do again smile.

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF!

Hello, good morning.

My name is Carla Gastó Alcantara. I'm seventeen years old.
I'm from Catalonia and live in Balaguer.

I live with my parents and I have got a sister, she is younger than me.

In my free time I like spending time with my friends.

I'm studying this course because I like helping people.

This year I hope to learn a lot and find a jop.

I think that English is an important and difficult subject.

Thank's for your attention.