DISCONNECTED

Ituzaingó, April 13th 2015     

            

          Mr. President,

         We are MANCR, an independent television producer. We would like to introduce you “DISCONNECTED”, a fascinating and never seen before reality show starred by adolescents.

              The participants will be high school students who will compete for their end of the course trip. Teens will have to live together in a camp completely disconnected of technology during a whole month. They will have to overcome certain tests in order to win special commodities. They won’t be able to use technology; the only items they will be provided with are: tents, sleeping bags, food and water. Participants will be allowed to bring their own clothes.

            Cooperating and relaying on their partners, teens will learn how to live without internet, computers and cell phones.

            We hope you like the project and consider it.

            “DISCONNECTED they will connect.”

Yours faithfully,

MANCR

A review about the story “The great, big, enormous turnip” by Alexei Tolstoy

Roxana M. Cabana
Roxana Borreda
                                                                                            
The story “The great, big, enormous turnip” takes place in a farm in which an old man plants a little turnip and says “Grow, grow, little turnip, grow sweet. Grow, grow little turnip, grow strong”. When the moment to pull it out comes, he realizes that he cannot do it on his own so he asks the old woman for help. Since they still cannot remove off the ground the turnip, they resolve to call for more help, and so, more and more characters are added to the scene. Finally, after having made a terrible effort, they together pull out the enormous turnip.

Cooperation and friendship are values that rarely are seen in society and that appear in Alexei Tolstoy’s story. The book shows a mix of characters such as human beings and animals which make little readers get involved with the plot. Moreover, the text is written with no complex vocabulary, with repetition of sequences, simple verbs and nouns which are very common for children and that will make the reading easier and more fluent for them. The appealing illustrations of Helen Oxenbury are joined and explain perfectly the plot. The funny and visual pictures let young readers enjoy the story.

The book is truly recommendable. Perfect to read for story times or by children on their own, the story  brings lost values to our children.