My Family

Hi! My name's Silvia and I'm going to present you to my family.

My mum: My mum's name is Elena, she's 46 years old. She's from S. Sebastian (Pais Vasco). She's an English teacher of ESO. She's medium high, blonde hair and brown eyes. I sometimes argue with her but I know she's a good mother. She cares about me and my brothers a lot and she always tries to make us happy. She likes children a lot and she loves her work because she can work with them. She also likes to travell and to spend time with her family.
In this video I present you to my mum:

My Dad: My dad's name is Jose Luis he's 46 years old, as well and he's from Navarra. He's a Spanish professor at the university in Castellón. He's tall, he has brown eyes and brown hair. I don't have as many arguements with him as I do with my mum, so I enjoy being with him because he is always happy and he doesn't get angry never, (unless it's something really bad). He's very funny and he's always making jokes. He likes to read every tipe of books and she loves music from classical to jazz. When he was little he didn't travell anywhere so now he always wants to visit places.

My sister: My sister is called Paula, she's 10 years old and she goes to Escuela 2, like me. She is in 5th of Primary. She's medium high, she has brown eyes and brown hair. She likes to make me angry but I get well along with her. She likes watching T.V and playing with the nintedo D.S.

My brother: My brother is called Javier he's 17 years old and he is in 2nd of bachillerato. He's tall, thin, he has brown hair and green eyes. I love him, he's always trying to make me feel better when I'm sad and he's very funny. He´s a very kind person with a great sense of humour. Although sometimes he gets a little bit annoying. He loves going to parties and staying out with his friends , he also likes hip hop music and watching T.V a lot.

MY BOOK

Strange tales

I've read a book on summer that is called strange tales about Great Britain. It has lots of different stories. Some places or villages have become famous because strange things happened a long time ago and people from the village tell these stories like a legend.

I've really liked this book a lot, all the stories, but I think that the best story is,

The Loch Ness Monster so I'm going to write a little bit about it.

The Loch Ness Monster is the most famous monster in the world. The Loch Ness is in Scotland and its very famous for his monster, called Nessie by the Scotland people.

Some people believe there is a monster at the Loch (lake) but others don't.

The first time anyone saw the monster was in the year 565. Someone was walking around the lake and saw a man swimming in the water and an enormous monster behind him. Later, in 1827 and in 1930 there were people who saw the monster, but for the last time. Lots of groups of investigators have tried to locate him but they didn't find anything in the Loch.

Credits: My book

Present Simple

the present simple has three main uses: · General Truths used when mentioning: · facts of science -> example: The earth is round · facts of nature -> example: Everybody needs love (indicates permanence) · Habitual activity used when mentioning: ·habits ·skills ------------> when we talk about these we usually use frequency adverbs. ·customs Examples: I usually work 9 to 5. He often plays golf on Saturday. We always eat dinner together. Frequently, we have lunch out. We never eat breakfast together. (indicates permanence) · Stative Verbs used when talking about: · thoughts · attitudes · emotion Examples: I think you are correct. Common mistake: I am thinking that . . . I forgot your birthday! I love you. I like your top! used when talking about: ·states of "being" ·existence Examples: He is tired. He seems tired. He appears tired. used for: ·possession-> I have a car. ·ownership-> This car belongs to me. used for: · senses Examples: The skunk smells bad.(He stinks!) This soup tastes awful! I see her looking at me all the time Credits: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blpresentsimple.htm

My Enviroment

In my neighbourhood there are a lot of dogs, and I like it because I love dogs but one thing I can't stand is that when their owners take them out they don't pick up their poop so the street gets very ugly.

I think it's not that difficult to take bag, pick it up and throw it to the trash can.

I've lived in the united states for some time and there ANYONE leave their dog's poop in the streets, it's forbidden.

I think that here in Spain they could do the same and the streets would be cleaner.

In this photo I show you how my street looks like.

iPod

The Ipod is a digital music player created by Apple Inc.
The line of products iPod, with the exception of iPod Shuffle and iPod Touch, is well-known because of its easy handling based on the use of a single "tactile wheel", called Apple Click Wheel, as the only form of navigation.

At the moment, the line of products iPod is made up of four series:

iPod classic: with possibility of reproduction of equipped video and with a hard disk of 80 or 160 GB. (in black or white)

iPod nano: equipped with a flash memory of 4 GB (in silver-plated color) or 8 GB (blue, red, green and black).

iPod shuffle: without screen and with a flash memory of 1 GB (in pink color, orange, silver, blue and green).

iPod Touch: equipped with memory of 8Gb or 16Gb, touch screen and Wi-Fi.(in black color).

At the moment it's the best selling audio players in the world. Until September of 2006, with each unit of iPod was included a copy of the program iTunes (a library multimedia) to organize the songs, videos, photos and audiobooks of the user. Also it can extract songs from music albums.

Credits:

www.apple.com

www.ipodnoticias.com

www.wikipedia.org

Fall Out Boy is an American band from Chicago that was formed in 2001. The members of the band are:
-Patrick Stump (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and composer).
-Pete Wentz (bass guitar, backup vocals, and primary lyricist).
-Joe Trohman (lead guitar).
-Andy Hurley (drums).
The four were friends from childhood and liked the same kind of music. They started playing in various bands in the Chicago area and later they decided to do something more serious
Fall Out Boy is considered a pop punk and rock band, and is often described as emo.
Fall Out Boy has won several awards for its major label debut album “From Under the Cork Tree”.
These are their six albums; from the first to the last.

Project Rocket 2002

Evening Out With Your Girlfriend 2003

Take This To Your Grave 2003

My Heart Will Always Be... 2004

From Under The Cork Tree 2005

Infinity On High 2007

Credits:

http://www.falloutboyrock.com/falloutboy/blog.php (official website)

The Diary of Anne Frank

This summer I’ve read this book because I heard that it was really good.
The Diary of Anne Frank is the story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
The book is based on the diary written by Anne Frank while she and her family plus four more jewish people were hiding for two years; from 1942 to 1944 in the Atic of her father’s office, in the city of Amsterdam.
In August 1944 they were sent to a concentration camp called Bergen-Belsen, which was one of the worse. Of the group of eight, only Otto Frank (his father) survived the war.
Her diary, was saved during the war by one of the family’s helpers, Miep Gies, and her father published the diary in 1947, to make her daughter’s dream come true; become a writer.
Today, her diary has been translated into 67 languages and is one of the most widely read books in the world.

My opinion: I really liked this book and I really enjoyed reading it because the way she write’s it makes your feel like you’re the one who’s there hiding and feeling that horrible pain for two years; but in another way, sometimes she gets so detailled with something so it gets a little boring.
I really recommend this book to anyone, I think it’s worth reading it.

Credits: http://www.annefrank.com/
Credits: me!

...My SumMer HoliDayS...

This summer has been very cool; I’ve enjoyed it very much.
On July first I went to a french summer camp with Elisa. It lasted three weeks, I had a lot of because I met a lot of people from all spain, did many friends and I also a lot type of things. On July 21st the summer camp was finished!

My next trip was London. I had never been there. I went with my parents, brother and sister from the 22 of July to the second of August. We did a house exchange; we do it very often, the english people went to stay a few weeks in our house of valencia while we were at their house in London. It rained very much but I really liked it. I think London is a very beautifull city and it’s worth visiting it.
I saw: the big ben, the london eye, the parlament, london bridge, the british museum and many more things!
I also visited Cambridge, Stratford and Oxford. We stayed at London for ten days.

When I got back from London; at the second of August I went two weeks to San Sebastian, where my grandma lives. And then I got back here to get ready to school!

Credits: me!!
Photo: London by night

TRIP TO MADRID & TOLEDO(2)

I think this trip has a lots of objectives that we have reached. The principal objective was to be more autonomous. Another one was to learn to manage ourselfs in a big city like Madrid. Also we have learned to travell by metre, bus train… and and at least myself, I think I have achieved it.

19 promotion the best!!!

Podcasting

A podcast is like a blog but instead of written articles, you make media files. The term "podcast" comes from the name of Apple's portable music player, the iPod, and broadcast.

But to create a podcast or even to listen to one, you don't need to own an iPod, or any portable music player .Podcasting is a new type of online media delivery. You publish selected audio files via the internet and allow your users to subscribe via an RSS feed to automatically receive new files. Podcasting lets you create your own online talkshow or radio program.

For a quick example of the latest podcasts, check out: http://audio.weblogs.com/.

TRIP TO MADRID & TOLEDO

Last month we went five days to Madrid it was a fantastic trip, in fact I think one of the best trips I've ever done. We had a great time all thanks to Maria.G., Maria.S and Eva. I also liked very much the trip because usually we go to the mountain and this was something different. I'm going to tell what we did each day!!

First day (7th of May):

We started our trip!! We went from Valencia to Madrid by bus. It took us four hours aproximatly. We arrived to the hostel “Casa de Campo” which was very good. Then we left our packages and we went to see Madrid. First we saw the museum “Reina Sofia”, It was very good. Later, we saw the “Plaza Mayor” and we had dinner there. We got back by metre.

Second Day (8th of May):):

First, we saw the "Puerta del sol" and we walked a little bit around Madrid. At lunch we went to eat to the restaurant "Hylogi" and we ate very well!! the food was delicius!! Then we went to the museum Thyssen, I liked it but less than the "Reina Sofia".

Third Day (9th of May): ):

This day was a little crazy xD... We should have taken the train to Toledo at 10'45 but we arrived late, so we had to wait untill 12'00 to go. The trip was very exciting and fast!! we were in Toledo in 25 minutes!! when we arrived there it was very hot so we took a bus that left us in the centre. We walked for a while to see Toledo, we saw the "Sinagoga judía" then we had lunch, and the teachers left us some free time to buy things for our family and see Toledo. At 9'00 we took the train again to Madrid.

Fourth Day (10th of May): ):

This day we did a lot of things!! We went to the famous "Prado museum" I liked it but the security guards were very unfriendly with us, so Maria.G and Eva filled in a form to complain about it. Later we had lunch in the Prado's gardens. We had lots of fun that day. We had dinner at the hostel and we didn't sleep much!!

Last Day (11th of May): ):

Bye Madrid!! Today was the day to go back to Valencia!!, we had lunch at the bus and we were at school by 4'00.

It was an amazing trip, I will never forget it!!!
Thanks another time!!!

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, and second largest desert after Antarctica. At over 9,000,000 square kilometres, it is almost as large as the United States.
The traduction of Sahara in arab is tuareg of tenere
The majority og the people in the Sahara are nomads, witch means that they travel from place to place.
The climate of the Sahara has undergone enormous variation between wet and dry over the last few hundred thousand years. During the last ice age, the Sahara was bigger than it is today
The composition is grave, sand and dunes. Three quarters of the desert is grave, and the other quarter is sand and dunes.

Credits: wikipedia

William Shakespeare

rWILLIAM SHAKESPEAREr

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playright known as the greatest writer of the English language, and as the world's best dramatist. He wrote approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems.
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 into a middle-class family. His father was a glove maker in the small market-town of Stratford-upon-Avon. In 1590, the young actor and writer moved to London. He became the most famous playwright of his time for his poetry and more than 37 plays, including tragedies, comedies, and history.
These are the most important plays of Shakespeare:

Top 10 Shakespeare:

Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Macbeth
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
King Lear
Antony and Cleopatra
Measure for Measure
Sonnets

..THE FALLAS...!

The Fallas are enormous models made out of papier mache, wood and wax. The models are burnt on the night of 19 March in a festival of fire and fireworks. Fireworks and firecrackers play a big role in this fiesta.Be careful of firecrackers being thrown along the street by youngsters.

The Fallas are divided into seven important stages. The city is adorned in decorations and fallas. During the week the following ceremonies take place: the nomination and proclamation of the Fallas Queens (whose role will last all year), the Exaltation, the Crida, the Cavalcade of the Ninot, the Offering of Flowers, the Planta and the Cremá.

The Crema is when the models of the Fallas are burned. For some it is the saddest moment, while for others it is the highest point of the festival. The Fallas are lit on the night of St. Joseph, 19th March.

The last ones to be burnt are the fallas which have won prizes for the best ones. One "ninot" is saved each year, from the flames by popular vote, and exhibited in the Museum of the Ninot. When at about midnight Valencia goes up in flames as more than three hundred fires are burnt throughout the city, the spectacle is as awesome as it is unforgettable.

r...The black cat & other stories...r

Book title: The black cat & other stories

Date of first publication: 1991

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

My personal opinion

I liked this book very much because it has a few scary stories and Edgar Allan Poe wrote them very well.

He chooses the more apropiate characters for each story and he has a very special way to describe them with many details and strange words.

Valentine's Day

..Be My Valentine..

Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is on February 14th. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other sending Valentine cards or candy. It's also very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day is a day to express love to anyone you find special. The person does not necessarily have to be your boyfriend or girlfriend; he or she can be your mother, father, teacher, sibling, friend, aunt or anyone who has in anyway touched your heart.

Cards are a celebrated symbol of Valentine's Day. Everyone from young to old, make an expression of love through a beautiful and heartfelt Valentine's Day Card.

..The green house effect..

The greenhouse effect..*

The sun gives us energy in light and heat. But like the earth is not able to absorb all that energy, a part goes to tha space.
Though, not all that radiation escapes through space, a part is absorbed by the greenhouse gases, that are at the atmosphere.
These gases are: carbon dioxide, methane and water steam.
This way the heat is well kept at the atmosphere and at the surface of earth.
This process is called "Green house effect" and lets earth keep an adecuate temperature for the development of life.
The greenhouse effect is important. Without the greenhouse effect, the Earth would not be warm enough for humans to live. But if the greenhouse effect becomes stronger, it could make the Earth warmer than usual. Even a little extra warming may cause problems for humans, plants, and animals.

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

We have already finished watching the film of the princess mononoke with our english teacher Maria.We've seen it in original version: in Japonese with subtitles in spanish and because this year in my school we're working the saustenibility.

The princess Mononoke is a movie with Japanese animation from the director Hayao Miyazaki . "Mononoke" is not a name, it's a general term in Japanese for a spirit/god/monster of the natural world.

I think that in this film Hayao Miyazaki tries to give us a vision about the love to the nature, in which the humans and nature aren't in a constant fight.

The Story:The story of Princess Mononoke is about a young warrior called Ashitaka.He got a wound in a fight with a devil and he must look for a cure . Along the way he finds a town which is changing the environment. Industry and war threaten to overtake the natural forces of good. Ashitaka must try to end the conflict and cure his affliction before it's too late.

Bomb at the T-4

Bomb at Madrid's airport

A powerful car bomb exploded at the car park of Madrid's international airport of Barajas on 30th of December, leaving two people dead and at least 26 wounded. The terrorists were the Basque separatist group of ETA.The bomb contained between 18 to 20 kg of explosives.
It was Eta's first attack since the group declared a permanent cease fire in March,(9 months ago).
With the explosion in the Terminal 4 parking, the terrorist band has achieved one of the major expansive waves of their history: they've broken the peace process, the great political bet of Zapatero's government.

Hannuka

In the Jewish culture there is a thousand-year-old tradition not related to the Christian Christmas,that is celebrated in December and the children also receive gifts.
It is called Hanukah's festivity and evokes the rebuilding of Jerusalem's Temple that took place in 165 b.C.That's why it receives the name of the festivity, since Hanukah, in Hebrew means inauguration.
For years, in the Temple of Jerusalem, other polytheistic people from the Middle East installed pagan idols and stole part of its treasures.

It is in the year 165 b.C. when took place the expulsion of the population who was occupaying Jerusalem and the Jewish people recovered the Temple.
In that occasion, when the Jews wanted to light the chandelier of the Temple, they found only one pitcher of oil and according to their calculations it would last only one day. But a miracle took place and the oil of the chandelier lasted for eight days.That's why Hanuka's festivity begins the 25th of the Hebrew month of Kislev (December for the Christians).

For eight days that the celebration lasts, and after sunset, they dedicate a few minutes to the ceremony of lighting the candles. The chandelier that is used in this holiday has nine arms: one is in the middle, called Shamash (in Hebrew "servant"), and four to each side of the Shamash in the same position. The first day they light the shamash and with it another candle.The second day they light again the shamash and with it two candles.And this way successively up to completing eight candles in the eighth night.

The children are the big beneficiaries since it is a tradition for the parents to give coins(Hanuka's money) or other gifts,like games, songs and delicious recipes to the kids.