New Year's Eve (Spanish tradition)

I want you to know how we celebrate christmas:
New Year's Eve is celebrated on 31 of October, people usually celebrate it at home, at work, in the streets...Spain has lots of different traditions, people drink, eat... In Spain, we dinner whith our family.

We eat the grapes watching the TV, in every channel, there are people presenting the 12 strokes of the midnight. The presenters are usually famous people, and it is a privilege for them to present it. The channel connect with "the door of the sun" in Madrid, and when the bells strike we have to eat a grape.

I think that Spanish traditions are very beautiful, everybody enjoy it a lot, but there are a lot of people that are alone during this days, or working to maintain their family.

Homecoming

Song project: homecoming (pictures and descriptions)

The fifth picture is Chicago city, it is in the centre of the United States, on the south east coast of the Michigan Lake. It is in the state of Illinois. The connection to the song is that the singer was bred in that city and in the songs he says he wants to return to that city because there he met a girl when she was young.

In the first picture, we can see a boy and a girl holding their hands. They have just met each other and from that moment, they fell in love. I think that this image is really romantic because since people are young they can feel the same as old people.

The last photo is spontaneous and natural. The relationship between the photo and the song is that the man is Kanye West (the author of the song) and the girl is the woman that he knew when he was little.

In the forth picture, we can see a girl and a boy hugging each other. They’re at a train station, so maybe they are saying good bye, or they can be meeting again. As the song says, it’s always a pleasure to come back home, and meet your people.

The second image represents the part of the song when the woman leaves the man carrying with their children, and the man says that you don’t know what you have until you lose it.

The third image, are fireworks at the Lake Michigan, the singer repeat at the last verses that maybe the girl remember them.

Song project: Homecoming (activity fill the gaps)

Fill the gaps


And you say Chi city,
Chi city, Chi city
I'm coming home again.
Do you think about me now and then? (x2)
Cause I'm ________ home again
I'm in home again.


I met this girl when I was three years old
And what I loved most she had so much ________
She said, excuse me little ‘homie’, I know you don't know me but,
My name is Windy and, I like to blow trees and,
From that _______ I never blow her off,
They can come from outta town I like to show her off,
They like to act tough, she like to tow them off,
And make them straighten up their act, cause she know they soft
And when I grew up she showed me how to go downtown
And at ________ my face lit up so astounding
And I told her in my heart is where she always be
She never mess with ________ cause they always leave
She said it felt like they walked and drove on me
Knew I was gang affiliated got on TV and told on me
I guess it's why last winter she got so cold on me
She said, Ye keep making that, keep making that ________ and gold for me


Do you think about me now and then? (x2)
Cause I'm coming home again
I'm in home again.
Do you think about me now and then? (x2)
Oh, now I'm coming home again
Maybe we can start again


But if you really ________ for her, then you wouldn’t never hit the airport,
To follow your dream, sometimes I still talk to her, but when I talk to her
It always seems like she talking about me,
She said you left your ________ and they just like you
They wanna rap and make show beats just like you,
But they just not you and I just got through
________ about what she can try to do just not new
Now everybody got the game figured out all wrong
I guess you never know what you got till its gone
I guess this is why I'm here and I can’t come back home
And guess when I heard that when I was back home
Every interview I'm ________ you making you proud
Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud
Jump in the crowd, spark you lighters, wave em around,
And if you don't know by now, I'm talking about Chi Town,


Do you think about me now and then? (x2)
Cause I'm coming home again
Maybe, do you remember when ________ at lake Michigan
Oh, now I'm coming home again
I'm in home again
Maybe, do you remember when fireworks at lake Michigan
Oh, now I'm coming home again
Maybe we can start again

Loyee oyeee oh, loyee oyeee oh
Coming home again
Loyee oyeee oh, loyee oyeee oh
Coming home again
Maybe we can start again

Making scary movies

Last week we make a film for an English project, we did it in group and we make a "scary" film.

We didn't have problems editing the film or with the lights, our problem was the shooting, because we laugh a lot and we can't do it fast, we spent a long time doing it, but at the end it was good.

Making the film we learnt some new words and also how to edit films, but the best thing about shooting was that we laugh a lot. We made lots of mistakes while shooting and also we were laughing all the time.

I thing that making films was a very good experience and we learnt and laugh a lot.

Thanksgiving day

Today, is thanksgiving day and I want to say thanks to my parents, my grandparents and also to my friends, because they have thought me lots of things about life.

My parents have thought me lots of things about life, like how to respect other people, how to solve problems and also they have been with me always. They have helped me when I was having a problems and they have also thought me what things I have to do and what things I don't have to do to avoid problems.

My grandparents are also very important people for me, because they have thought me very important things that they have learned on their life.

My friend have also thought me lots of things about life that my parents or my grandparents can't thought me.

I think that all the people can teach you something, because each person is different and they know different things.

Sport profile

The history of table tennis

Table Tennis likely began as a social hobby in England toward the end of the 1800's.

The recreational game lost some of its popularity until various groups around Europe revived it as "table tennis" in the 1920s. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was formed in 1926. The sport soon spread to Japan and other Asian nations. The Japanese dominated the sport for much of the 50s and 60s, however the Chinese soon closed the gap. China alone dominated the sport for much of the 60's and 70's, but after Table Tennis became an Olympic event in the 1980's, other nations such as Sweden and South Korea have joined the top ranks.

The most important international competitions are the World Table Tennis Championships, the Table Tennis World Cup, the Olympics and the ITTF Pro Tour.

Interview

Daniel Carrero (my uncle) that has played basketball in his city


-How old where you when you started to play basketball?
   I started to play basketball in my city when I was 7.
-How did you discovered the basketball?
  When I was young I saw a basketball match and I enjoyed it a lot so, I decided to play basketball.
-Do you like other sports like football or tenis?
  Yes, I prctice tenis, it is another sport that I like.
-When did you stop playing basketball?
  I stoped when I was 18 because I started to study, but sometimes I play with some friends at the weekends.
-How many trophies have you won?
  I have won 2 tropies, one when I was in the team of my city and the other when I was the coach of the team of my city.

Cooking Experience

On February we cooked a kebab for an English project.

We didn't have many problems, we decide very well what we were going to do.
Some people did the power point, others made the film, others did the menu and we all cooked.

It was very fun to cook the kebab, we enjoyed it a lot. A very funny thing was when Blanca forgot to cover the food processor,  we enjoyed it a lot.

I think it was a very interesting and funny work and we enjoyed the experience a lot, I enjoyed it a lot and we learnt a lot about other countries

Jugglig

1000 cranes for peace

Are you shy or you don't have many friends?

Some people have problems making friends, because they are shy or they don't speak so much. These are some problems of some students at school or in other places where there are many children. When they speak to other people they feel very bad and they become nervous. But other people have  many friends because they are very friendly and kind.

-Tips for people who want to make friends:

1-Be kind with people.

2-Speak with people trying not to get nervous.

3-Think that all people are the same.

Sadako Sasaki

A finales de la segunda guerra mundial, Estados unidos lanzó una bomba atómica a Hiroshima. Esta causo la muerte de la mayoría de la población y la completa destrucción de la ciudad.

La historia(que ocurrió realmente) de Sadako Sasaki cuenta la vida de una niña que a los 2 años sobrevivió al ataque de  la bomba atómica, gracias a su localización a las afueras de la ciudad.

Esta chica , una atleta, a los 10 años empieza a tener síntomas de leucemia y poco tiempo después le diagnostican la enfermedad, y también se descubre que es a causa de la radiación producida por la bomba atómica.

Ella, gracias a que no quiere morir, decide construir grullas de origami siguiendo la leyenda que cuenta que si construyes 1000 grullas de origami puedes pedir un deseo.

Tras un largo periodo de tiempo hospitalizada muere el 25 de octubre de 1956 y se descubrió que solo construyó 644 grullas de origami.