Post 6:

Answer some questions about your book:

1: How does the story begin?
The story begins with a student that wants to dance  with the daughter of the professor, but he can't unless he gives her a red rose.

2: How does the story end?
The story end with the dead nightingale and the student without believing in love

3: Did you like the story or not? Why?
I liked this story because, although it's sad, leaves a nice message 

4: Which is your favorite part of the story you read?
My favorite part is when the nightingale sing all the night.

5: Who is your favorite character and why?

My favorite character is the nightingale because he gave his life for a noble cause

Post 5:

Biography of Oscar Wilde:

Born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England, known for his brilliant wit, flamboyant style and infamous imprisonment for homosexuality. After graduating from Oxford University, he lectured as a poet, art critic and a leading proponent of the principles of aestheticism. In 1891, he published The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel which was panned as immoral by Victorian critics, but is now considered one of his most notable works. As a dramatist, many of Wilde’s plays were well received including his satirical comedies Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), his most famous play. Unconventional in his writing and life, Wilde’s affair with a young man led to his arrest on charges of "gross indecency" in 1895. He was imprisoned for two years and died in poverty three years after his release at the age of 46.

Post 4:

Lesson: I learned that feelings are more important than material

Post 3:

Characters:

Nightingale:

• Psychologically: Empathic and kind
• Physically: Covered with feathers and small

The daughter of  the professor:

• Psychologically: Ungrateful and materialistic
• Physically: Beautiful

Post 2:

Vocabulary:

1.-Nest:Nido

Definition: A hollow place or structure that a bird makes 

or chooses for laying its eggs in and sheltering its young

Sentence: In my garden are nests and in the spring are many birds in there.

2.-Unhappy: Triste

Definition: Not happy; sad

Sentence: I have not had a good day I feel unhappy

3.-Wise:Sabio

Definition: Able to make sensible decisions and give good 

advice because of the experience and knowledge that you have

Sentence: He gave me many tips because he was very wise.

4.-Whispers: Susurro

Definition: To speak very quietly to somebody so that other people 

cannot hear what you are saying.

Sentence: The wind whispered in my ear

5.-Suffering: Sufrimiento

Definition: Physical or mental pain.

Sentence: My heart has gone through a lot of suffering.

6.-Sunbeam: Rayo de sol

Definition: A stream of light from the sun.

Sentence: In the morning a sunbeam wake me up.

7.-Sundial: Reloj de sol

Definition:A device used outdoors, especially in the past, for telling the time when the sun is shining. A pointed piece of metal throws a shadow on a flat surface that is marked with the hours like a clock, and the shadow moves around as the sun moves across the sky.

Sentence: In my city there is a sundial in the middle of a square.

8.-Branch: Rama

Definition: A part of a tree that grows out from the main stem and on which leaves, flowers and fruit grow.

Sentence: A bird perched on a branch near my window

9.- Oak: Roble

Definition: A large tree that produces small nuts called acorns. Oaks are common in northern countries and can live to be hundreds of years old.

 Sentence: Yesterday I saw in an oak a very cute squirrel.

10.-Lonely: Solitario

Definition: Unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to.

Sentence: That boy is very lonely, I never see him with people.

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Summary of " The Nightingale and The Rose"

The story begins with a student that wanted to dance with the daugther of the professor, but she put a condition, the student should give her a red rose, however the student didn't have a red rose in his garden and he started to cry, the Nightingale saw the student and listened the situation, so she decided to help him. The nightingale searched in the garden a red rose, but all were white or yellow. Finally she came to a rose tree near the student's window and asked him if his roses are red, the  rose tree told her that his roses are red but the winter was very cold and could not have roses, although there was a way to get a red rose, the Nightingale should give her life and sing all night with a thorn buried in the heart. The Nightingale accepted and did the sacrifice, in the morning the student saw the rose and ran to the house of the girl with the red rose, but she reject it because the rose did not match with her dress and the student threw the rose to the street disillusioned of the love.

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