Dinosaur

Yesterday we went to the “The natural museum” and we saw a lot of interesting things but we decided to do an investigation about some dinosaurs. There were three big skeletons one of the Iguanodon Bernissartensis, other of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the last one of the Estreptospondylus. We are going to talk a little bit about each one of these dinosaurs.

The first dinosaur we are going to talk is the Iguanodon Bernissartensis. This dinosaur had live 130 million years ago. It was a giant herbivorous that walked in two legs. Their region they live was in Europe.

The  Eustreptospondylus lived 165 million years ago in the middle of the Jurassic period.  It was a middle size carnivorous and like the T-Rex it was a bipedal that means they use to walk in two legs. They lived in southern Europe and they use to go in groups.

The Tyrannosaurus rex is the most famous dinosaur, he is the biggest carnivorous that has lived in the world. He lived in South Dakota, USA. He were 12 meters long and 4 meters high,and with 6 tonnes of weight he was a giant monster!

The Real Alice

Yesterday, we went to the Museum of Natural History in which we found an interesting section called “The Real Alice”.

Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dogson, was a mathematician, photographer and storyteller.

It is believed that on July 4^th 1862, he went to a rowing expedition with his friends such as Robinson Duckworth and three children; one of them was Alice Liddell. During that day, he created stories including his friends and places in Oxford.

In addition, Alice´s father was the principal of Christ Church and he supported the construction of the University Museum.

Dodgson brought Alice and her sisters to the University Museum and told them stories that he created. In these stories, he included animals that were shown in the museum like the famous Oxford Dodo.

This Dodo was a creature that lived in the Island of Mauritius.  It is the most famous of all creatures that had become extinct. Also, it lost the ability of fly because for millions of years there were no predators.

In 1680, the bird was extinct because the Europeans found it easy to catch.

After that, in 1865 he published those stories with the name of “Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland”. He also wrote mathematic books and children books including “Through the Looking Glass” and “What Alice Found There”.

We decided to write about Alice because it is a wonderful story which origin is here in Oxford. Also, we wanted to learn more about it and the reality of the story.

Blog1: Impression of the University College. Blog 2: Courtroom

Blog 1: Groups focus on different aspects to report on: famous individuals, who attended/chapel/environment and college living). Write up in groups with photos and video clips. Prepare to present your findings to the rest of the class in the next lesson.

Blog 2: Groups focus on different aspects to report on: impression of the defendant, courtroom vocabulary, layout of the courtroom, differences between a trial in Mexico and the UK.