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I am from Coimbra, Portugal, and am currently teaching in a school in Soure, about 30 km away from Coimbra. I have been a teacher of English for over 20 years and have already taught different levels and age groups. After all this time I can say I love working with adult groups because there are no coursebooks and I can create my own resources. I am an avid reader, a blogger and very curious about free tools and their implementation in the classroom.

Monday, May 12, 2014

The Fault in Our Stars - book & movie

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I absolutely loved this book by American award-winning author John Green and am looking forward to watching the movie from June 26th onwards.
If you haven't read it yet, you should - either in the original version (please check this) or in Portuguese. This is a novel about 2 teens who meet in a cancer support group and fall in love. While it may sound a bit sad and heartbreaking - and it is - it is a beautiful story about being young and in love, about life and loss.


Here's a compilation of my favourite quotes from the book for you:

10 Inspirational Quotes from Alexandra Duarte
The book has also inspired others to bake cupcakes based on Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters's story as you can watch below (and a great idea for those who have vocational classes: instill reading and promoting their creativity by asking them to create cakes / cupcakes / tarts ... based on the books) :
Soon the movie will premiere and I am super excited to watch it.
Here's the trailer to whet your appetite for reading this novel while waiting for the movie.

 Only yesterday did I come across the official soundtrack and my favourite is the one by Ed Sheeran.  Listen:

Well, what are you waiting for? Read the book  :)
Happy Reading!

2 comments:

e-teacher blogging said...

Thank you Alex! How do you get all these updates? It is perfect for the Ss. Tseegi

Teacher Alex said...

Hi Tseegi,
I try to be updated...I read not as much as I would like but as much as I can and the social media also help :) Thanks for your visit and comment.

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