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jueves, 26 de marzo de 2015

A POEM. THANK YOU ALEJANDRO.

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL.
 LET'S FINISH  THE TERM WITH ALEJANDRO'S POEM, WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO NAOMI SHYHAB NYE "FAMOUS".
  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177521


I want to be famous to myself.
I want to be as famous to life
as blood is famous to the heart.
I want to be the tick-tack
of the clock of my relations.
I want to come back
to the memories of my grandsons.
I want to be famous to the people
that will always appreciate me.
I want to bring back
the Big Bang of my birth.
I want to be important
to the important people in my life.

Alejandro O.

domingo, 15 de marzo de 2015

RENAISSANCE

1300 - 1400 Proto-Renaissance 

1305 - Giotto completes his work on the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. 

1308 - Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy

1341 - The first great humanist, Petrarch, is named the poet laureate of Rome. 

1400 - 1500 Early Renaissance 

1419 - Architect Brunelleschi designs the dome for the Florence Cathedral. 

1434 - The Medici family becomes the head of the city-state of Florence. 

1450 - Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press. 

1453 - The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Constantinople, signaling an end to the Byzantine Empire. 

1469 - Lorenzo de Medici becomes head of the city-state of Florence. He is one of the great patrons of the arts. 

1485 - Henry VII becomes king of England beginning the reign of the House of Tudor. 

1486 - Boticelli completes the painting The Birth of Venus

1492 - Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas. 

1495 - 1527 High Renaissance 

1495 - Leonardo da Vinci paints the Last Supper

1498 - Vasco da Gama arrives in India after sailing around the southern tip of Africa from Portugal. 

1501 - Michelangelo begins his work on the sculpture David

1503 - Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

1508 - Michelangelo begins his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. 

1509 - Henry VIII becomes king of England. 

1509 - Humanist author Erasmus writes Praise of Folly

1511- Raphael paints his masterpiece The School of Athens

1516 - Sir Thomas More publishes his work Utopia on political philosophy. 

1517 - Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Church of Wittenberg. This signals the start of theReformation

1519 - Ferdinand Magellan begins his voyage around the world. 

1527-1600 Mannerism 

1527 - Rome is sacked by the troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. 

1534 - Henry VIII separates the Church of England from the Catholic Church of Rome so that he can divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. 

1558 - Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England. 

1588 - The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English navy. 

1599 - William Shakespeare builds the Globe theatre. He will write many of his great plays over the next few years including Hamlet and Macbeth

1610 - Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter. 

1618 - The Thirty Years War begins. 

MOLLY MALLONE


Ireland







IRELAND NICKNAME IS_________________
iin dublin you can visit_____________________
newgrange is a __________________
Ireland has produced_____________________, ___________________ and _____________
The cliffs of Moher are____________________ from the sea
Nearby are the surreal _______________________of the Burren
You can travel along the river_________________
Ireland has _________________shades of green


IRISH POT OF GOLD

Dating back to Old Europe, the legend of the pot of gold is claimed enthusiastically by the Irish. They'll tell you that fairies put the gold there and then the leprechauns guard it. This folklore has become part of the symbolism of St. Patrick's Day, a holiday that celebrates everything Irish  including the hope and luck it takes to find that elusive pot of gold.

One of the biggest signs that a Leprechaun is near by is from the rainbow shining from the leprechauns' pot of gold.
One good tip, a leprechaun is sure to be found near his pot of gold. One needs to be careful when approaching any leprechaun as they are extremely quick and will vanish at the sight of any humans close by, but you can manage to creep up behind him with a net in hope to get the pot of gold or three wishes. Be careful what you wish for though, as Leprechaun's are smarter than us humans and are known to trick people.
To protect the leprechaun’s pot of gold the Irish fairies gave them magical powers to use if ever captured by a human or an animal. Such magic an Irish leprechaun would perform would be to grant three wishes or to vanish into thin air! 

WHAT IF YOU FOUND A LEPRECHAUM..... ASK FOR THREE WISHES......



JOBS SECOND BACHI

miércoles, 11 de marzo de 2015

THE GIVER. TEST. THURSDAY 12TH


10 QUESTIONS ON DIFFERENT CHAPTERS(ELANYAS)
QUESTIONS ON CHARACTERS.
QUESTIONS ON THEMES AND TOPICS.
QUESTIONS ON VOCABULARY

jueves, 5 de marzo de 2015

WORK ON THE GIVER VOC. 3RD SECTION

CREATE A VOCABULARY LIST WITH THESE WORDS AND OTHER 10 THAT YOU CHOOSE
COPY THE WORD, READ THE EXAMPLE SENTENCE AND CHECK IN AN ENGLISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR THE RIGHT MEANING. THEN CHECK IN AN ENGLISH-SPANISH AND WRITE THE MEANING IN SPANISH. HAND IN FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY  11TH MARCH.
  1. jeer
    Even the children were scolded if they used the term lightly at play, jeering at a teammate who missed a catch or stumbled in a race.
  2. distraught

    I guess I just got distraught, watching them.
  3. wheedle

    But like all parents—all adults—they didn’t fight and wheedle for their turn.
  4. sift

    He wanted to share them, but he wasn’t eager to begin the process of sifting through his own complicated emotions, even with the help that he knew his parents could give.
  5. defiant
    She held up a clenched fist and the rest of the family smiled at her small defiant gesture.
  6. overwhelming

    To see him brought before her a second time caused her overwhelming feelings of frustration and anger. And even guilt, that she hadn’t made a difference in his life.
  7. soothe
    Soon she smiled, thanked them, and murmured that she felt soothed.
  8. apprehensive

    “I’m feeling apprehensive,” he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word had finally come to him.
     
  9. chastisement

    Lily, he decided, would have to learn that soon, or she would be called in for chastisement because of her insensitive chatter.
  10. self-conscious

    He felt self-conscious, realizing that he, too, had that look.
  11. petulant(ly)

    I think I’d like that,” Lily said petulantly.
  12. bewilderment

    He probably should have brought up his feeling of bewilderment that very evening when the family unit had shared their feelings of the day.
  13. awkward

    He knew him, of course, since they had always been groupmates, but they had never talked about the boys' accomplishments because such a conversation would have been awkward for Benjamin.
  14. mischievous

    But to be honest,” she whispered with a mischievous look, “some of the tellings are a little boring.

CLAUDIA'S MOBILE. THANK YOU.....

https://claubehappy.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/my-mobile/

miércoles, 4 de marzo de 2015

TECHNOLOGY AND YOU. 3RDE

WRITE AN ENTRY IN YOUR BLOG ABOUT THIS.

1. YOUR MOBILE. (BRAND, TYPE, COLOUR, HOW LONG YOU HAVE HAD IT, WHAT YOU USE IT FOR, RINGTONE......
2. YOUR FAVOURITE WEBPAGES. DESCRIBE THEM HOW OFTEN YOU USE THEM, WRITE THE LINKS.
3. YOUR FAVOURITE SOCIALNETWORKING SITES. DESCRIBE THEM.... ETC
4. A LITTLE PARAGRAPH ABOUT THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECT OF TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LIVES.

JOBS. SPEAKING TASKS 2ND BACH

FOR THIS UNIT THERE ARE THREE TASKS TO DO. YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE AND PREPARE IT TO PRESENT TO THE CLASS ON FRIDAY 2OTH MARCH

1. A JOB INTERVIEW. ONE OF YOU IS AN EMPLOYER AND THE OTHER THE WORKER APPLYING FOR THE JOB. PREPARE AT LEAST  A FIVE MINUTE                    INTERVIEW (SEE MODEL)       



2. RESEARCH   ON A PARTICULAR JOB AND PREPARE AN INTERVIEW TO SOMEONE WHO DOES IT. T MUST BE REALISTIC AND PRECISE. YOU CAN GET INFORMATION FRONM A REAL PERSON  OR CHECK  THE WEB.  (MODEL ON THIS PAGE


3. PREPARE A PRESENTATION ON FIVE TOP PROFESSIONAL WOMEN   (WE WILL LINK WOMEN'S DAY AND THIS UNIT THEME) YOU MUST SAY WHO THEY ARE, THE CHARACTERISITICS OF THEIR JOB, THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. (GRACE'S PRESENTATION MODEL)    




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