The Spelling Bee Contest

It is a traditional contest in the USA. At Fisk, the students have a Splelling Bee competition and everybody can participate. According to them, the Spelling Bee Contest helps to learn new words and practice the pronunciation.

It is interesting to know the orign of the words and the different sounds.

This year, all the Fisk students participated. Each class had a "winner" or representative.

Congratulations to the winners:

1 . Yane Caroline

2. Thiago Avelar

3. Giovani Cruz

Carina - Breaking Free/ Isabelle - Breaking Free/ Milene - Teens 1/ Dalilla - Teenstation 1

The Last Song

"The last song" is a film with Miley Cyrus. The trailer was shown at Fisk. We did some activities about the movie. A lot of teenagers like Miley Cyrus, others not so much. But it is always good to watch a movie or trailer to learn new words, pronunciation and expressions.

The movie is a drama and it tells a story about a 17-year-old girl whose parents got divorced and her father moved to a small beach town.

The movie was supposed to be released on April, 2nd.

Until now, the movie has gotten U$ 42 millions and it has been a success among teenagers.

Dalilla Teenstation 1

Milene Teens 1

Isabelle Breaking Free

Carina Breaking Free

Cirque du Soleil - Quidam

Cirque du Soleil = "Circus of Sun"

Cirque du Soleil was founded in 1984 by two former street-artists, called Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier.

They made up their minds about not having circus’ ring and animals on the shows to bring the viewer closer to the performer.
The Cirque du Soleil has been described as a modern circus, full of stories and astonishing performances.
This company has many shows traveling around the world with different themes and teams, and others in permanent places.



This year, we´re having in Brazil a Cirque du Soleil presentation called Quidam.
“Quidam” comes from Latin and It’s pronounced “key-dam”.
It means an anonymous passerby, a solitaire figure in any street. Someone who goes by quickly and feels lonely in the middle of the crowd.
The Creation’s Director, Franco Dragone, walked by New York streets when he realized
something strange and very common at the same time: people don’t look at each other!
Quidam’s objective goes beyond entertainment and leisure: It’s to make human-beings reconnect, respect, show interest, and look at each other.
This show celebrates the person who, inside each one of us, shouts, sings and dances.
The are four brazilian artists on Quidam´s team: Denise Wal, Gracilene Oliveira de Moura, Rafael Munhoz e Jailton Carneiro.

BEHIND THE SCENES
• Show’s figurine has about 1000 items including clothes, shoes, hats and wigs.
• They repair all the items that need to be fixed after every show.
• The Wigs are made with true hair and in the shape of the artist’s head. There is a custom assistent to take care of them.
• Everything is very neat and organized by artist’s name.

Written by: Tatiana Cursino

OSCAR 2010

The 2010 Oscars had a lot of great movies and great surprises.

The biggest of them, indeed, was the fact that "Avatar"(James Cameron) lost the award of best movie, and to whom? Katryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker", that is already a surprise, but Cameron's disappointment was even bigger because Bigelow is his ex wife! She also won as best director.

Of course, as expected, Avatar got awards like best sound and special effects.

As the best actor, the expectation was right and Cristoph Walts, staring as a soldier, got the oscar.

Sandra Bullock won by best actress, Bullock has a great talent to all kinds of roles, since comedy to dramas. She deserved it.

Some other winners:

* Best actor - Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)

* Best Supporting Actress - Mo' nique (Preciosa)

* Best animation - Up Altas Aventuras

* Best Art Director - Avatar