WELCOME

Welcome to your English blog!

Your first task will be to write a little comment telling what is the meaning of this photo for you.

Work in groups of four and before publishing, correct the text you have done.

Don't forget to write down the names of the group!

MUSIC AND ART

Jacques Brel is the best singer I've ever heard. The song I prefer is "Ne me quitte pas"

JACQUES BREL lyrics

Francis Bacon is one of the most important painters in UK, he died ten years ago in Madrid and
he represented the new expressionist movement in Europe.


After seeing these fotographs about a singer and an artist; tell everybody who are your favourite artists ( singer, actor, painter, writer...) adding a sample of their work and the reason why you like them.

HISTORY

Work in pairs:

1. Choose an historic event that you think is important (from the prehistoric times until today).


2. Present the fact: time (when), place (where) subject (what), people envolved (who).. and tell the reason you have chosen it.


3. Develop the narrative part which is the explanation of chronological facts.


4. Finish it telling the reasons or the consequences of this.


5. You can add a photo or other details you think are impressive.


6. Present the event to the class (not reading)


7. Vote for the most important historic event among all class works and tell the reason you voted it (in comments)

HISTORY PROJECTS 4º A ESO -PRESENTATIONS-

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TSUNAMI by gemma aleixandre

TSUNAMI

On December 26, in the 2004, there was an earthquake four thousand meters deep in the Indian Ocean, About 260 kilometres west of the coast of Aceh (Indonesia).
I think this catastrophe is a very important fact in history, because died many people, other people were wounded and it caused a huge damage.
The earthquake took place near the island of Sumatra, Because two tectonic plates, the Australian and Eurasian clashed, caused tremors throughout the region west.
This movement in turn displaced hundreds of cubic metres of water and generated a tsunami or tidal wave. The wave then spread throughout the Indian Ocean with an enormous speed. It caused chaos. At 9 degrees. For the next 15 minutes to 10 hours occurred multiple tsunamis.They reached 15 metres high that struck across the region on the Indian Ocean coast especially devastating parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
In Somalia (in Africa to 4100 km.'s Epicenter) there were such abroad effects thatcaused waves that have travelled the Pacific Ocean causing unrest in the tides of North and South America.



The consequences of the tsunami were:



-230,000 people killed, about 2 million will need humanitarian aid, and about 5 million have been left homeless
-Decreased tourism in these countries
-The earthquake also caused a slight alteration on the speed of rotation of the earth and cut the length of day by three microseconds.

Abduction of my class ELENA ARPA

This story isn’t so important for humanity, but for me…is very important.

The 18th of November ,2002 (when I was eleven years old) in my old school, Casal dels Angels, at half past four, a youg boy of 17 years got in my class. They say he came to school and climbed the stairs wearing a ski mask and pulled out the knife.

When he entered the class he caught the knife and put it in as child's neck. Suddenly the English teacher left the classroom and the other children we stayed inside. We did not understand what was happening but we knew that it was wrong. Suddenly, the strange boy closed the door and threw furniture and dictionnaries to the door, breaking it. We ran to the window and saw our friends leaving the school. We were terrified. We were very frightened. We did not know the boy and he had a knife! It was horrible.

We asked for help and he shouted :" Silence! Close your mouth! " The window of the class was inside and that's why we could not see people or anyone. All were gone, and we cried and pried in the window.

Behind the door was somebody. They spoke with the boy and the boy asked them money, and half a million ptas for his family.
So we spent four hours. We saw many policemen climbing the stairs. Until that a child asked for water because he wanted to drink. Then the boy said it would leave out sixteen children in four groups of four, but in my class we were twenty children, and four children(one girl and three boys)stayed inside. The girl, my friend Judit said that he was her brother, but he said: "No no, it is imposible, me, your brother? No! "She touched his shoes and shouted his name: "Norberto, why are you doing this?"

We were coming out in groups of four and the most courageous and his sister remained inside. We came to the library and later we went out with our parents that we were expecting sad and scared in a room. Everybody was nervous because we thought the boy (Norberto)was going to hurt someone. Everyone cried and my parents too.

The last four came thanks to a police officer disguised as a waiter, brought some pizzas that the boy and the children had asked (they were hungry) and managed to enter. Our friends explained why they were very scared, because many policemen with guns came and took away the Judit's brother(Norberto).
My little brother and the other schoolmates went to IES SANTA EULÀLIA.

To sum up it was a horrible afternoon.
Finally everything went well, the newspapers and television recorded us when we left the school and everybody was welcoming us
Later we it was revealed that the boy was 17 years old and he was a former student of the school and that it had a sister, my friend Judith. The boy was sent away for 5 months into a reformatory.

THE CAT MARIA COZ

This a mammalian carnivorous and domestic animal.

He has the round head, eyes that they adapt to the night vision, soft and thick hair.
It has a long tail and short legs. He eats meat.
They like to play very much, and with wool.
They are small some of them live in the street because sometimes they escape from their families.
VERY GOOD, MARIA!

THE BROWN BEAR DAVID FORONDA

THE BROWN BEAR

DAVID FORONDA

4º "A"

Man has been exploiting beautiful in the world.this is not acceptable.

There are many endangered animals, as such the brown bear .this type of bears are fast and agile animals although its size is very BIG . It can reach nearly 150 kilograms and measure two meters . Also dolfins are endangered although it is a nice animal and many people like it because is an animal beautiful and exotic.

This article can open your eyes.

PANDA BEAR ANAIS COLL

The name Panda Bear of two species in the order of Carnivores: the panda minor, also called red panda, and the giant panda. They originate in China, being discovered in 1869.
The timid giant panda is often evoked as the icon of the animals in extinction. Since then, the panda became the attraction of zoos in the world (the first came to the West in 1937), which are approximately 100 copies of this bear, while another 1,000 bears pandas survive in their natural state within reserves created in the thick bamboo forests of southwestern China.
Two of the main reasons for the panda is endangered is the disappearance of their natural habitat with the felling of thousands of hectares of bamboo forests, their natural food, and the extreme difficulty of this kind to breed in captivity, basically shyness, as experts say.

Part of the reduction is due to too panda poachers.
A panda adults need an average of 14 pounds of bamboo a day, feeding process in which invests 12 hours.

THE DOLPHINS BY LAURA

-The dolphins live: Warm seas
-Dolphins Habits: Lives in groups
-Nourishment of the dolphins: Fishes
-Characteristics of the dolphins: Body in the shape of spindle. Small head. Snout lengthened in the shape of beak of duck. Very voracious and intelligents and easy to domesticate.

The main danger for the dolphins are sharks and men.
The populations of dolphins can be taken to the extinction by the fishing destructive practices and also because they are used in experiments. Others use them as way of entertainment in the water parks, but if the public find out about the process for domesticating these defenseless animals they would not spend their time seeing them.

CORRECTED

IMPERIAL EAGLE BY ALBERT ABELLA

The iberic imperial eagle its a bird of prey daytime, large 72-83cm, very circumspect view, strong muscles and very fast flight. Its color is dark brown. It weighs 2400-3200g males and females 2900-4000g. Their size is 200cm males and females dimension: 220cm. In Spain there are 150 couples of iberic imperial eagle.

This specie is located almost exclusively in the Iberian peninsula, where dwells all year, defending his territory with great zeal. Their habitats are suitable areas of the forest esclerófilo typically Mediterranean, where they mingle scrub, grasslands and streams. The eagles built nests in the crown of cork and pine, in places difficult to access.They feed mainly on rabbits and hares.

Youngest copies can be captured by other birds of prey and foxes. The alarming decline in population is due, however, only to human beings illegally causes, like electrocution, conversion of forest areas in irrigation areas; excessive employment of pesticides, and so on. To prevent the extinction of imperial eagle, breeding centers in captivity are being created. In addiation to the habitats where imperial eagles live, there are many protected parks.

To sum up, this is what we must do to increase the population of imperial eagles.

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THE WILD GOAT BY MARIO PASCUAL MONFORTE

The wild goat

The mountain goat has a very compact and robust body, which emphasizes its antlers, no branch, very large and beautiful in a mate. His hair, grey brown color on the back and white on the belly, varies along the year. The legs and the sides are stained black in the male, while the female and the young, this happens only in the legs. They eat any plant material, such as grasses, lichens, bark, buds and fruit. Often lick salt supply cattle herders. It is distributed only by the Iberian peninsula, mostly occupying areas of forest and scrub mountain.

Where the wild coat lives, it has been transformated in a natural park for where are not so many wolfs and other predators, and it has been forbbiden hunting them.


To sum up, now wild coats are going to be out of risk.

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THE LINX BY SERGIO BURGOS

The lynx Sergio Burgos Gonzalez

The lynx is characterized by a rounded head, with long hair on the cheeks and sharp in their ears. The limbs are of average length, unlike its short tail (which stresses more on their end and inner face of dark shade clearer). The general colorful fur is reddish brown, black-spotted profusely. Head and body between 80 to 130 cm. And tail between 11-25 cm.

It inhabits areas of thick vegetation.

It has a little smell, but has a great ear and a great view.He disguises himself with their fur, and the hunt comes to make great leaps of up to two and a half meters long. This is an excellent climber.

THIS IS ONLY THE INTRODUCTION, YOU HAVE TO SAY WHY IS THIS ANIMAL ENDANGERED AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE IT!

ENDANGERED ANIMALS FROM 4º A

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TURTLES BY

TURTLES

These reptiles are characterized by having a hard shell, which protects them.
They live in tropical or temperate, most species are adapted to freshwater habitats, terrestrial or marine life.
The turtles have widely varying sizes, from small turtles of about 12-16 cm in length, until gigantic.
Although there are few species of turtles that can be treated strictly herbivore or carnivorous, some species that live inland prefer to feed on vegetation, while aquatic species are basically carnivorous. All turtles put eggs, which they bury in holes. All turtles, including marine deposit eggs on land. Some species live for more than 100 years.
In SWEET water:
His favorite food is grilled natural dried, but as lettuce, hard bread, slices of ham and cooked.




Marine:
The turtle is brown and with a little yellow. They feed on jellyfish, seaweed and shellfish.

Earth:
These turtles are vegetarian, which is good for tomatoes, bananas, lettuce, fruit, but also eat meat crushed.

THE REASONS FOR THEM TO BE ENDANGERED?; HOW TO PROTECT THEM?
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THE WOLF BY NIZAR ANAKAR

The wolf: an endangered animal

The wolf is one of the most endangered animals in the world. From ancient times the wolf has been chased by the man since he has been considered to be the principal enemy of the man. This owes to itself especially to that this animal is in a level similar to that of the man in the ecological pyramid. Both the man and the wolf were competing in the antiquity for the food. The paradox is that the dog "The best friend of men” arose because our forbears domesticated to a few wolves between other species. This fierce animal once domesticated turned into a faithful servant of the human being, helping in the hunt and in the maintenance of his flocks. On the other side the wolves that were continuing in wild condition were attacking to his flocks and were considered for it as one of the major enemies of the man.

CORRECTED. AND YOU HAVE TO ADD THE STRATEGIES TO PROTECT HIM!!! SO THE CONCLUSION.





Humans have always being afraid of wolves. And is because of that why wolves have being so persecuted that they have almost being taken to the extermination. But that does not mean that it should be justify itself. Nowadays the wolf has disappeared of many zones of our peninsula and only it is possible to see him in some natural redoubts as Muniellos's Natural Reservation in Asturias. And if this animal has managed to resist in this reservation is thanks to the absence of domestic cattle.

With this I am not blaming the owners of cattle, or to those who work thanks to this type of domestic cattle. These people have to defend their interests, but they do not have to kill the wolves. Probably if the government was offering more economic compensations to the owners of cattle who have been victims of any assault on the part of the wolves, the first ones would not be chasing these splendid animals and the wolf would have more opportunities of surviving with a threat less of the human being. Because of it we must arouse ourselves of the serious danger that traverses this animal and try to put means to avoid his extinction.

THE EAGLE BY TONI GARCIA

ALUMNE:TONI GARCÍA LOSA CURS:4ªAESO
CROWNED EAGLE
It is a large eagle. The female measures 80 to 84 cm. long and the male 75 to 79 cm. The beak is black. The wax and feet are yellow. The head is grey ash with a prominent crest. The dorsal part is greyish brown. The ventral part is Ocherous dark grey. The wings are brown grey with black tip. The tail is dark grey at the base, with a wide white stripe in the middle, a band a thin black and white tip. The juniors are neck and the sides of the neck, ocráceos. Dorsally are vascular. It feeds on mammals and rodents. He is lonely or partner. It builds the nest with sticks, forming a solid platform. The interior can place leaves. The position is an egg white and speckled with grey pints and some yellowed (almost ochre) distributed in the form spaced across the surface. He frequents wooded grasslands, savannas, mountains. In the riversThey live in Salta, Jujuy, Tucuman, Formosa, Chaco, Misiones, , Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Cordoba, San Luis and La Pampa.
Builds nest in the trees. The nest is a single egg.
The female, which is more slender and longer than the male, lays two eggs white with brown spots. The eggs are incubated for four or five weeks; The hatchings are fed in the nest for a very long time
At Crowned Eagle is known in English by "Crowned Eagle”
These eagles emit a cry loud and strident throwing frequently. So they called the voice of Africa. They are territorial, though not defending their territory as other birds of prey. They live in pairs and do not migrate, if they are not bound by major natural causes. The neck and head with a white or grey plumage very clear.
The crowned eagle is a great rapacious and most terrible enemy of the Apes tree crop. These birds are large and capable of killing dams of lot size.
It kills for being a "white" very easy for the "sport hunters."
Where is the conclusion? You have to explain why is the animal endangered and what are humans doing to prevent this.
So you have to write the conclusion!!!

THE IBERIAN LINX BY ALBA DOMINGUEZ

Alba Domínguez -


THE IBERIAN LYNX

The Iberian lynx is a feline with long legs and short tail, and their ears are in end form.They weigh between twelve and twenty kg. The Iberian lynx lives in the Mediterranean in the zones of Spain and Portugal.

It is a carnivorous animal and its habitual food is the rabbit.

They live single and they are not always in he same place, they are usually changing the place where they live. The lynx has been endangered for many years, and at the moment they are left very few units because the humans have constructed in their zones of living.

The Iberian lynx was declared protected specie in 1966 and is the only one of feline aligned in category 1 of the red list of the IUCN.

CORRECTED!!

BUT, CAN WE DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT THE ANIMAL?

THE LINX BY GEMMA ESTRADA

THE LYNX

The linx is an animal in danger of disparition.

The Iberian lynx is small, between 80 and 110 centimeters and weighing less than 13 kilograms or so. Their spots are pronounced and small.

It inhabits areas of central and southwest of the Iberian Peninsula.

The lynx's diet is based mainly on rabbits and hares, although it can eat larger prey as deer.The birds, such as ducks and partridges, rodents and reptiles are also part of their diet, although to a lesser extent.

The decline in the population of Linx is due to decline in European rabbits. In addition, rabbit traps are also cause of death for the lynx.

But the root cause of the lynx disappearing, unfortunately, is the action, whether direct or indirect, of man. The construction of roads, hunting lynx that took place some years ago and other factors. In addition, experts say that if there isn't an end to these conditions, there is a 34% probability that the Iberian lynx disappear from our fauna by the year 2050. Therefore we must all raise awareness and try that this percentage decreases to zero and that the lynx population increases.

GOOD, BUT HOW? CORRECTED.

THE WHITE LION BY MIREIA GARCIA

The White Lion

The withe lion, is originally from South Africa, on the River Timbavati,

where local people attach to this kind of magic power.

He weights about 200 kilograms It is in grave danger of extinction,

there are only 27 couples in captivity.

White lions are not albino lions, but their color is due to a recessive gene as in the case of withe tigers.

The color of their hair is taken as the union of all colors of the rainbow

and this Animal represents the union of races, the spirit of Africa.

VERY BEAUTIFUL, BUT YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY IS IT ENDANGERED AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP IT.