TED talk: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator ( TUESDAY and THURSDAY groups)

TED talk: I´m not your inspiration...( TUESDAY group)

Teach like Finland ( THURSDAY group)

Thoughts on the book:

A Finnish teachers´ lounge:

Recommended films (TUESDAY group)

These are the fims we recommended in today 's class:

Defiance (starring Daniel Craig and Liv Schreiber, it came up because Amalia met Liv S. in a hotel in Spain- true story!):

Jungle (starring Daniel Radcliffe, based on the true story of Rosa's friend):

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (starring Annette Benning, proposed by Amalia for class discussion, let 's see if we can arrange that):

Maggie O´Farrell- story from her memoir (TUESDAY and THURSDAY groups)

Listen (again) to the story from Maggie O´Farrell´s memoir : I am, I am, I am- seventeen brushes with death . 
Take some notes and tell us the story with as many details as possible in the class we have in 2 weeks from today. For the TUESDAY  group: for next week's class. (only the first story: Neck , 1990, it takes about half an hour to listen- you can stop the audio, repeat where you don´t understand, take notes. You can also make a list of words or expressions you didn't understand/ know. The audio is taken from the audiobook)

Interview with Khaled Hosseini (TUESDAY group)

Homework for next week (related to Toñi´s review of  The Kite Runner):  listen to the interview with Khaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner (as much as you can- it takes about 30 min.)
Take notes about the main ideas.  In class we´ll compare your notes and reconstruct the interview. (mediation exercise)

TED talk: Do schools kill creativity? (TUESDAY AND THURSDAY groups)