BOOK DAY, APRIL 2013

On April 23rd and 24th, we celebrated the Book Day at school. There were lots of wonderful activities we all enjoyed , but I have picked up one which is specially close to my heart. My students of 31 Diversificacion recited the poem "The Power of Believing" by Patti King-DeBaum.
You can watch and read the poem at the same time:

Believe that all students can learn something and should be given the right to.
Believe that all students can communicate and should be given the right to.
Believe that all students can choose and should be given the right to do so.
Believe in hope.
Believe that small miracles are the best.
Believe that each individual has something positive and valuable to share with you.
Believe that if there is a will, there is a way.
Believe that you always have something positive to give to individuals, no matter the abilities they have.
Believe in patience.
Believe that if you believe...your students will believe.

I have picked up two quotes about books I would like to share with you:
Let books be your dining table,
And you shall be full of delights
Let them be your mattress
And you shall sleep restful nights.
                                           Unknown author

A piece of advice:
T.V.  Kids, if you are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun you will have with the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. Open your imagination. Open a book!
But watch out!. As Helen Exley explained: "Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labelled,"This could change your life".
Here is a list of the books that, at some point in my life, changed it for better.
1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.
2. Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy.
3. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet.
4. The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath
5. The Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson.

Can you make this list longer? Has any book changed your life? Let us all know!.