The first actitivity of this year is taken from the excellent webpage Film English by Kieran Donaghy. This lesson is designed around a beautiful short film which was inspired by Be Happy: A Little Book to Help You Live a Happy Lifeby Monica Sheehan. Following Kieran’s lesson instructions students speak and write about happiness, and watch a short video. As homework students write a short composition titled: What I do to live a happy life
Watch the film on Vimeo.
@students: post your composition in commento.
To be happy in our life we must act correctly, we do not need a lot thingh but enough a few things. First of all we have to be positive, even before the most difficult challenges in life, so we should never give up and always react.
RispondiEliminaWe have to be kind, sociable, help people and surround ourselves with people who really care about us and that make us feel good.
We should always be ourselves, show ourself for what we are, do not get influenced by anyone we do not be envious of others.
We should take care of ourselves even with little things, like getting some presents, relaxing, and take some time for ourselves.
We have to be ambitious, do not be useless, but we must do our best, have goals in our life.
We should be creative, have dreams and make them come true.
We should look at the world from different perspectives, be brave, face our fears, do not worry, keep calm because there is only one life and we should not waste it, we should not be discouraged and should not focus on the bad things.
We should follow our heart and find the people who make us happy. We should find the good side even in bad moments.
We should smile more often, learn to forgive and do not disappoint the people who mean the most in your life.
We should take care of our friendships and make our life full of happy moments. We should take time out for fun, relax and doing the things we like.
For example, the little things I do everyday that make me happy are: watching films and tv series, listening to music, singing: in fact, I sing in a choir, going out with my friends and staying with my family.
These are the things that make me happy.
Anita Zucca
What I do to live a happy life?
RispondiEliminaHappiness is an abstract and subjective feeling. You can’t see it but you can feel it.
Happiness makes you feel good about yourself and with other people.
To live a happy life, we have to face problems with optimism.
Happiness is in little things:
when my dog runs towards me; when I return from school; when I joke with my friends; when I watch tv with my family; when an important person makes me smile; when I travel and discover new places; when I make new friends...and to live my life with no regrets.
I’d like to close with an important quote for me:
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” (from: Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling)
Davide Maccioni
WHAT I DO TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE
RispondiEliminaTo live a happy life to me the most important thing to do is don’t be pessimistic. In my opinion in all things there is always something positive even when something bad happens. You must remember that there is always a glass half full. Make us happy to stay with people who love us, and who respect us, and to stay with family and with friends. It’s also very important to do what we like. We all have a passion, someone does sport, others prefer to read or to do other activities. But the important things is to find the time to do what we love. I really like to take photos. To me is essential to do it because when I look the world from the lens of a camera I see the things with a different perspective. Is beautiful to stop time with a photo. To photograph makes me happy. It also essential to travel. To see new places, famous and unknown location, to know people different from us, their language, their culture and their traditions, and because a trip make us better and change us.
Chiara Deriu
Stop drinking alcohol: you can keep your Malibu and Cola,though.
EliminaThings that makes me happy
RispondiEliminaSmall things make me happy, for example fishing during the night with my friends or going to the beach.
To be happy I believe in myself and I live every day without thinking to any problem.
To be happy I go out with my friends, I try to travel to other places in the world.
Friendship is the most important thing in my life, because friends can help us when we are in difficulties.
I always try to have fun, to do some sports and to love my body.
Another thing that makes me happy is to project my life into the future, so I work hard every day because I’m so ambitious that I want to have a great job in my life.
Daniele Serra
meda
Eliminameda
EliminaI think that to live a happy life it is necessary to do things that we love to do.Usually, I try to relax and spend time in my hobbies. If I have nothing to do I try new things or I like doing sports, reading a book or listening to music. I find a bit of free-time for myself and use it as best as I can. For exemple I listen to a lot of music when I study or when I am bored. I do not spend all my time studying, in fact I do sports four times a week. In summer holidays I like play football with my friend and I love swim in the sea. In winter I stay at home and I listen music. I think that you reap what you sow so it is better to be kind with other people.
RispondiEliminaThere are many reasons to be happy. There are small reasons, for example I am happy when I take a good grade, or when I go to the cinema or when I eat at McDonald. And there are big reasons, as to count on my family and my friends or as to see a new place. But if I think “in great” I am happy because I have in front of me all my life, that I can use to change my reality and my flaws. Especially, I am happy because I have objectives, a long list of objectives, which are possible. Often we don't understand the reasons to be happy, for example for me is normal go on holiday to sea side, while for many people is rare and beautiful. For this, we must love every small opportunity.
RispondiEliminaWhat I do to live a happy life
RispondiEliminaThere are many ways to be happy. I am very happy when I listen to music, because I love music and I love to be a dj. I’m very happy when I play football and when I watch my favourite football team and they win. I’m very happy when I am with my friends, and we laugh for hours. Happines is essential to live a beautiful life. I want to enjoy my life because life is one.
WHAT I DO TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE
RispondiEliminaTo live a happy life it's important to do what you like. To do something special. You can go out with your friends and have fun. To stay with your family and to talk with them. To listen to music that takes you into another world. Another thing that you can do to live a happy life is to travel around the world, to discover new places in the world and to know new cultures. Personally I really like to do several of these things.
To live a happy life you can be surrounded by people that love you as you are. To think always positive, to follow your dreams and your heart.
WHAT I DO TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE?
RispondiEliminaHappiness is a mixture of emotions that gives comfort and joy in a moment of our life. I think happiness is what everyone dreams. The things I do to live a happy life are a lot. To be happy I think I have to be optimistic and to be positive. I never have to give up but I have to follow my dreams and my heart.The little things that make me happy are: going out with my friends because I’m fine and having fun with them. Other things are: travelling with my parents or friends because I love to see new city and monuments. I have to be sociable and I shouldn’t envy people.
I believe that to be happy you have to be ambitious and courageous to face every problem of life.
October 2016
RispondiEliminaGiuseppe Cadeddu 4^D
WHAT I DO TO LIVE A LIFE
To have a happy life, I try to live peacefully, go out with friends, with them I go dancing in a disco.
One thing that makes me very happy is listening to music, it relaxes me and helps me not to think about my problems.
I really like repairing items that are to be thrown or use them again in various ways.
To have a happy life, I try not to quarrel with anyone or otherwise I walk away from his life.
I think it is essential, to live well, enjoy life and all that it offers us, i want to enjoy every moment of my life to don't have regrets in the future.
WHAT I DO TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE
RispondiEliminaSometimes happiness is something quite difficult to find, but we can also find it in every moments. For me, it is very important to have a good person who makes me happier and more positive when I feel down. A good book, a relaxing day or some little and simple things are enough for me to be happy. A day only for me with my friends, out of my routine, it’s my favourite way to be the happiest person in the world. It’s too difficult when you have a lot of tasks during the week, but when it happens it’s very regenereting.
Living a happy life certainly isn’t a simple task, neither a quick one to achieve: it requires planning, logical thinking and a little touch of craziness!
RispondiEliminaPersonally, the two main things I need to live a happy life are relaxing and exercising.
Exercising, in my case running, is like reading: it requires concentration and if done correctly, brings me to a higher, more relaxed mental state, not to mention the health benefits!
Relaxing is crucial both in the big picture and from day to day. Carving some time every single day, exclusively dedicated to my interests and passions helps to lighten and relieve any kind of stress, both from my personal life or from school.
I couldn’t live without culture and art. Admiring a great statue or an amazing painting gives me a unique and profoundly satisfying feeling, matched only by reading a good book.
Although boring, planning is essential to live a happy life: without it, I couldn’t find the time to run, read, relax, or even write this essay! It really is a necessary evil, that guarantees mental peace and less worries!
What I do to live a happy life.
RispondiEliminaThe reason why I think It doesn’t exist a happy life is because happiness is made of moments. So I think it’s more correct to say what I do to be happy in some moments. My idea of happiness is to forget any problems or everything that makes you sad. I’m happy when I’m drawing or watching some films or series tv because I don’t think about problems, and all these activities relax me. I’m also happy when I stay with the people that I love the most like my friends, because they really know me and I don’t feel any kind of embarrassment. Then there a lot of superficial things that I do to be happy, like going shopping. Maybe a thing I should do to live a “happy life” is taking it easy.
Gaia Pusceddu
Sara Aritzu 4^D
RispondiEliminaWhat I do to live a happy life.
To live a happy life we need to do what we love. When you’re doing what you love, you’re filled with joy. We need to help the others, you feel good when you are useful to someone else. We must share with others, when we share our thoughts, our time, and our abilities with others we feel better for it. To live a happy life also we need to smile more. To spend time with your loved ones, life’s too short to live it completely alone. We must be ourselves and accept who we are, just be yourself. To live a happy life we need to chase our dreams. To live a happy life I play volleyball. I travel because I like to know new places and because I’m very curious. I go to the seaside, I like relaxing on the beach and I like swimming.
What I do to live a happy life
RispondiEliminaTo be happy I should follow always my dreams and live the moment, even if it’s very hard. In my life I would like to travel around the world with my friends; for this it’s important to have some money, and I think it’s indispensable to study to have a good job. In my freetimes to take care of myself, I run and I go shopping. I like to go to the sea to relax and to swim. I don’t get influence about the others because in life it’s very important believed in yourself, I’m think to be always positive and ironic. It’s essential to try to understand and keep touch with other people. Every body mustn’t be stressed, live the moment and don’t panic to be happy.
Alessia Marrocu 4^D