introduction

Hi, I'm Ana Maria, I'm in English class and we have 3 projects: 1. "my school" is a very interesting project because we have to create our own school with our imagination, but in turn have to be realistic. 2. “Nicholas Nickleby presentation” we have to do a presentation about that interesting book, but first we have to know more about the author that is charles Dickens. 3.investigate about international and national festivals.

I I invite you to see my blog!!!

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, His paterns were John and Elizabeth Dickens, He was the second of their eight children. John Dickens was a clerk in the Naval Pay Office. He was a poor man, began to work at a very young age because his father was imprisoned because of his debtin, then the economy eventually improved and Charles was able to go back to school. After leaving school, he started to work in a solicitor's office. He learned shorthand and started as a reporter working for the Morning Chronicle in courts of law and the House of Commons. In 1836 his first novel was published, "The Pickwick Papers". It was a success and was followed by more novels like His last novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", was never completed and was later published posthumously.

Then charles Dickens mirried with Catherine. He and his wife, Catherine Hogarth, had ten children: Charles Culliford Boz Dickens, born 1837; Mary Dickens, born 1838; Kate Macready Dickens, born 1839; Walter Savage Landor Dickens, born 1841; Francis Jeffrey "Frank" Dickens, born 1844; Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens, born 1845; Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens, born 1847; Henry Fielding Dickens, born 1849; Dora Annie Dickens, born 1850; and Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, born 1852.

Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870 in his house.

My school

My school is called lesa school (learn in Saturn school), it is located in Saturn. The subjects are: English, German, French, Italian, Physical edu, arts, tegnology, math, and science. The grades are from 1 grade to 12 (12 grade is for get preparated for the university). We transport the students by rocket. In the school we invent a special platform for constructing the school, we also covert the school with a special mantel of oxygen for wreathing.

The Mission is: students learning and Enjoying School, The Vision is: students more preparated for the life, and the slogan is:

Slogan:
you will be better,

It will be fun,

It will be helpful for all your life,

Lesa School!!!

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My presentation

Nacional (Medellín festival)

The celebration of this festival was on may 1 and finished on may 5, in that time they only dance and have fun, but one boy call Arturo Uribe wanted to include other things in this celebration, so he proposed to show many variety of flowers that were tipical in Medellin, and to create a transportation for the flowers. That was call “silleteros”, it consist in transporting many flowers that people carry in they back. Now at days we celebrated this festival the last 10 days of august, we show in this festival the clasic cars, the horses, the tipical dancing of medellin and the beautiful flowers.

As a conclusion this festival was créate for show the beautiful flowers of Medellin, the tipical music and the tipical dancings.

Internacional (Brasil carnaval)

Brazil's carnival is the most important festival, popular and profane is commemorated on the streets of the country, is held during the three days preceding Ash Wednesday. Brazilian Carnival is born as an adaptation of Portuguese heritage, the festival where the whole family participated, took place in the street and was thrown flour and water, candy and streamers, all in time to music with features military march. These celebrations were banned because they became very violent.

The celebration is transformed and takes on the character we know today with the emergence of the samba schools. Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the main event is the parade of the different samba schools competing to be chosen for that year.

Laura’s presentation

National-barranquilla carnaval

Barranquilla carnaval is Colombia’s most important folklore celebration, one of the biggest carnivals in the world. Barranquilla carnival is during 4 days. During the carnival, normal activities are paralyzed because the city is busy with street dances, music and masque rade parades. This carnival includes dances like Spanish paloteo and African congo. Many stiles of Colombian music are performed, the most is cumbia.

International-new year

All over the world people welcome the year for its one of the oldest of all holidays. Most New Year celebrations focus on family and friends. It is time to reflect on the past and envision the first day of January but not in all the countries, in china an Israel they keep a lunar calendar so they celebrate in the spring when new cops begin to grow or in a tumn when cops are harvested.

Thanksgiving Day

The Thanksgiving day is a traditional celebration of The United States and Canada. In the United States it is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, though originally it was done last Thursday. In Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday of October. Generally in this festivity relatives and friends meet concerning a table to share a banquet and to thanks.

Do you celebrate Thanksgiving day? yes/not? explains your answer.

yes, my family celebrates Thanksgiving day, but as a different form, we go to the house of my grandmother and share a snack with her and thank for everything that we have.

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MY PROYECT (BOGOTA RIVER)

BOGOTA RIVER:

The Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca department of Colombia, crossing the region from the northeast to the southwest and passing along the western limits of Bogotá. The large population and major industrial base in its watershed have resulted in extremely severe contamination problems for the river.

Course:

The headwaters of the Bogotá River are in the municipality of Villapinzón, in the northeastern part of Cundinamarca near the limits with Boyacá. It has a course of about 150 km as it crosses the Bogotá Savannah, passing through eleven small municipalities, before reaching the city of Bogotá. As it runs along the western border of the city, the river forms the outlet for othe heavily polluted Salitre, Funza and Tunjuelito Rivers. After passing through the municipality of Soacha, the Bogotá River plunges off the Savannah at the Tequendama Falls. It then follows a steep course, falling about 2,000 meters in 50 km, to join the Magdalena River at Girardot.

Temputre:

The Temputre avearge starts from 24°C to 27°C

MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOGOTAS RIVER:

1. What happen if you drink the wáter of bogotas river?

2. Who is affected by pollution of Bogotas river?

3. What is the length of Bogotas river?

4. why Bogotas river is contaminated?

5. How we can solve the contamination problem of Bogotas river?

ANSWERS:

1. If you drink the wáter of bogotas river you probably get sick

2. All Bogota is afected, because Bogotas river is the one that “transport” the wáter to our houses, if it is contaminated, the wáter of our houses can have somes Little particles of contaminations and we can get sick also the people that live neard the river can have difficults with the smell.

3. the length of Bogotas river is 380 km.

4. Bogotas river is contaminated because of the garbage that we throw, the chemical sustances of the fabrics and the bad care that we have with the river

5. we can contribute with the no throwing garbage in the river, also we can promote a campane for cleaning the river and to do a commitment with the factoris about no throwing chemical sustances to the river.

HIPOTESIS:

The problem of Bogotas river afect to the enviroment because of the bigest contamination, but if we dont throw out garbage to the river, if we do a campane for recolecting money and with that money we do the proces of cleaning the river, and if we do a commitment with the factoris about no throwing chemical sustances to the river, mybe we can solve the problema of bogotas river.

MY TIPS:

1..Do not throw garbage into the wáter

2. Reuses the rainwater

3. Use water-saving in the tank and in the syllable hands

4. Do not spend a lot of water when you bathe, wash your hands, washing dishes, brushing teeth, etc.

5. Waste oil must not be placed in the dishwasher or drains, you can placed in disposable bottles

6. Choose detergents and cleaning agents, since many products are very toxic,

MY REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE:

MY SLOGAN IS : Stop the drip to save the drop.