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               MY FAVORITE PLACE.





Stage 1:
Name of the place: The port of Málaga ( El puerto de Málaga )
Where it is: In the centre of Málaga.
What is it: It is a port where there are ships and the tourists pay for giving him a return
Adjectives to describe the place: We can describe it in aims that is an entertained, tourist, nice, wide site ... etc
Activities to do there: You can make mount in bicycle, mount in ship, to buy clothes, to take ice creams, to have dinner with the friends and to walk with the family.
Stage 2:
My favorite place is the port of Malaga wine because it is a site in which you can happen a perfect day in family. We can walk calmly whereas we do photos and to take an ice cream. Also there are many shops and we can buy clothes. 
In the night the port becomes precious because very good temperature and environment is illuminated. 

 Stage 3:

Nota de Audio






     
THE LEGEND OF EL DORADO


Soon after the discovery of the New World, stories began circulating throughout Europe about the existence of a legendary city of gold in the Andes.
Incredible riches awaited whoever was bold enough and lucky enough to find the fabled city called El Dorado.
The search for El Dorado became a quest for many bored young conquistadors in search of glory and adventure. Most perished in the jungles or mountains without ever realizing that El Dorado was not a city, but a man.
The legend of El Dorado first reached the Old World through the Spanish who followed Christopher Columbus to Central America. Wherever they went, soldiers under Balboa and other explorers heard fascinating tales about the legendary city of gold.
As they plundered their way into South America, Spaniards and other Europeans were thrilled by the promise of great riches. Exaggerated accounts of El Dorado handed down by the sun-worshipping Chibcha Indians who lived in the 8,600-foot high plateaus near present-day Bogota fired their imagination. The Chibcha tribe, it was said, venerated gold as the sun god's metal. They wore golden ornaments and for centuries had covered their buildings with sheets of the precious metal.
Some Indians spoke of a holy lake full of gold. Others told of meeting a golden chieftain in a city called Omagua.
As the tales spread, El Dorado came to be thought of as a city of gold; it was even shown on ancient maps of Brazil and the Guianas, though its location was vague.
In the 1530s the Germans and Spaniards sent several expeditions into what is now Colombia to seek El Dorado. But the mountains were nearly impassable, and they were forced to turn back when they ran out of food.
More than half the men were killed in skirmishes with Indians, and all the expeditions came to grief.
But the legend of the fabulous city still tantalized fortune hunters, and the very words constantly on their lips, "El Dorado," became synonymous with "The Golden Place" and its true meaning -- "The Gilded One" -- was ignored.
The Chibchas worshiped not only the sun but also a being who was said to live in the lake. Some said it was the wife of a chief who had thrown herself into its waters centuries ago to escape a dreadful punishment and had survived there as a goddess.
Indians made pilgrimages to present offerings to the goddess of the lake, and at least once a year the lake became the center of an elaborate ceremony.
The tribesmen would smear their chief with sticky resin and blow gold dust over him until he glistened from head to foot, literally an El Dorado. Then he was conducted in a magnificent procession to a raft on the edge of the lake. The raft was towed to the middle of the sacred Lake Guatavita. Plunging into the icy water, the chief rinsed the gold off his body while the others cast priceless offerings of gold and emeralds.
The story of El Dorado did not end with the conquistadors. Explorers in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, including the great Prussian natural scientist and traveler Alexander von Humboldt, also sought the fabled treasure.
No trace of El Dorado was found until 1969 when two farm workers dug up an exquisite model raft made of solid gold in a small cave near Bogota. On board the raft were eight tiny oarsmen-rowing with their backs to the regal golden figure of their chief.
Yet Lake Guatavita still refuses to yield its golden treasures.
Although some gold and emeralds were found in the muddy banks, the icy depths of the lake were never plumbed. So far as is known, the offerings to El Dorado -- the Gilded One -- are still at the bottom of the sacred lake.

1. READ the story below and ANSWER the questions in English:

     QUESTIONS :
   

  1. When did the legend of El Dorado start circulating?
  2. What people were the first to spread the legend of El Dorado in Europe?
  3. What do Chibcha indians have to do with the legend of El Dorado?
  4. Where did they live?
  5. Where was El Dorado supposed to be?
  6. Who or what did the Chibcha indians worship?
  7. What ceremony did the indians do in the lake?
  8. Who was Alexander Von Humboldt?
  9. Has some gold or jewels ever been found in the lake?
  10. What treasure was found in a cave near Bogotá?
      
    ANSWERS:
     
    1. It started circulantig after the discovery of the New World.
    2. The first people to spread the legend were the followers of Chistopher Colombus.
    3. They fired the Spaniards' imaginations  with stories about El Dorado.
    4. They lived in the in the 8,600-foot high plateaus near present-day Bogota.
    5. El Dorado was in  Colombia.
    6. The Chibchas worshiped not only the sun but also a being who was said to live in   the lake. Some said it was the wife of a chief who had thrown herself into its waters centuries ago to escape a dreadful punishment and had survived there as a goddess.
    7. Indians ade pilgrimages to present offerings to the goddess of the lake, and at least once a year the lake became the center of an elaborate ceremony.
    8. Alexander Von Humboldt was explorers in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, including the great Prussian natural scientist and traveler.
    9. Yes in the lake was gold.
    10. No trace of El Dorado was found until 1969 when two farm workers dug up an exquisite model raft made of solid gold in a small cave near Bogota

 2. WRITE s summary of the story in Spanish (Minimum 100 words)

La búsqueda de El Dorado se convirtió en una búsqueda de muchos conquistadores jóvenes aburridos. La leyenda llegó al viejo mundo a través de los españoles que seguían a Cristobal Colón en sus viajes. Cuentas exageradas de El Dorado dictadas por los indios chibchas adoradores del sol que vivían en el 8600 pies, cerca de la actual Bogotá disparó su imaginación. La tribu chibcha, se decía, el oro venerado como el metal del dios sol. Llevaban los ornamentos de oro y durante siglos habían cubierto sus edificios con láminas de metal precioso. En la década de 1530, los alemanes y los españoles enviaron varias expediciones a lo que hoy es Colombia a buscar El Dorado. Pero las montañas eran casi intransitables, y se vieron obligados a dar marcha atrás cuando se quedaron sin comida. La leyenda de la fabulosa ciudad todavía atormentaba cazadores de fortuna, y las palabras mismas constantemente en sus labios, "El Dorado", se convirtió en sinónimo de "El Lugar de Oro" y su verdadero significado - "El Hombre Dorado" - fue ignorado.





A love story, short film:
















Leonardo Da Vinci.

 Was born on the April 15, 1452 in Vinci, has got five had five bridesmaids groomsmen. Was a painter (while anatomist, architect, artist, botanist, scientist, writer, sculptor, philosopher, engineer, inventor, musician, poet and urbanist)
Leonardo  learned to read and write, and acquired knowledge of arithmetic. However, virtually did not learn Latin, based on the traditional teaching. The fact that I had a chaotic spelling shows that his statement was not without its shortcomings, in any case was not that of a college. In the twentieth century biographers made ​​more explicit reference Leonardo's homosexuality, but others concluded that much of his life he was celibate.
 It is also the time when he starts working in La Gioconda  work usually considered a portrait of Lisa Gherardini or, married name, Monna Lisa del Giocondo.
Leonardo was the illegitimate son: his father knocked up a young humble peasant family called Caterina. His father, Messer Piero di Antonio Fruosino was notary, chancellor and ambassador of the Republic of Florence. Leonardo himself was, therefore, scion of a wealthy family of Italian nobles.
Died in Amboise on May 2, 1519, at age 67, accompanied by his faithful Francesco Melzi, who bequeathed his drafts, drawings and paintings.


 

Grabación: Leonardo Da Vinci











Mi grabación :



  LD HOUR  INSTRUCTIONS FOR 17/10/13

Upload the video you'll see below on your blog.
Watch it and asnwer the questions:

1. What are the skills mentioned in the video that every learner should have in the XXI century?

- We have collaboration, communication, critical thinking, information literacy, medialiteracy and creativity.

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  2. Find another video on learning and teaching in the 21st century. Listen to it. If you think your classmates can understand  it.






3. Read the stories.

You Can't Have Everything You Want

This is a story from India. Gopal lived with his wife, Nataki, in a small house near a river. They were very poor. Every day Gopal went to the river to get fish. He had a net. Sometimes there were two or three fish in the net. Then he went home to Nataki and said, "We can eat today." Sometimes there were no fish in the net. Then Gopal didn't eat.
Gopal was always happy, because he liked the river. But Nataki was not happy. One day Gopal saw a very big fish in his net. "Good," he said. "We're going to eat today, and tomorrow too." But the fish opened its mouth and said, "Don't kill me. Put me back in the water. I want to live."
"But...." said Gopal.
"Please," said the fish.
"My wife isn't going to be happy about this," said Gopal.
"Then tell her about me," said the fish, "but please, put me back in the water." So Gopal put it back. He went home without any fish.
"No fish today?" said Nataki. "Oh Gopal."
"There was one very big fish," said Gopal, "but I put it back in the water."
"You what?"
"I put it back in the river."
"You had a big fish and you put it back in the water? But we have no food."
"The fish talked," said Gopal.
"What?"
"It talked. It said, 'Tell your wife
"Oh," said Nataki.
Then she said, "Tomorrow morning, Gopal, go to the river. Get the big fish in your net
again. Then ask for something."
"Ask for what?"
"Some food," said Nataki. "And a new red dress for me."
So Gopal went to the river in the morning and the big fish jumped into his net.
"Yes?" it said.
"Nataki wants some food for us, and a new red dress."
"Then put me in the water, and go home, Gopal."
Gopal went home. There was food on the table, and Nataki had a new red dress.
"Beautiful," said Gopal. "Are you happy now?"
"No, I want a good dinner and a new dress every day. Ask the fish tomorrow."
So in the morning Gopal went to the river. The big fish jumped into his net.
"Yes?" it said.
"Nataki wants a good dinner and a new dress every day."
"She can't have everything she wants," said the fish.
"I know," said Gopal.
"Then put me in the water, and go home."
Gopal went home. There was a good dinner on the table, and Nataki had a new blue dress.
"Beautiful," said Gopal. "Are you happy now?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I want a big house," said Nataki, "and some new tables and chairs. Ask the fish."
So in the morning Gopal went to the river, and the big fish jumped into his net.
"Yes?" it said.
"Nataki wants a big house and some new tables and chairs."
"She can't have everything she wants."
"I know," said Gopal.
"Put me in the water and go home," said the fish. Gopal went home. Nataki, in a new white dress, was in a new armchair.
"Happy now?" said Gopal.
"No."
"You can't have everything you want."
"Can't I? This is a big house now. I want two girls and a man—three servants for the work in the house. I can't do it all."
Gopal went back to the river in the morning and the big fish jumped into his net.
"Yes?" it said.
"She wants servants."
"How many?"
"Two girls and a man," said Gopal.
"Put me in the water and go home."
Gopal went home. Nataki had three servants.
"Aren't you happy now?" said Gopal.
"No."
"Why not?"
"I want some money," said Nataki. "I want money for the servants. And I want some rings for my ears."
In the morning Gopal went to the river, and the big fish jumped into his net.
"Yes?" it said.
"She wants money for the servants, and some earrings. "
"She can't have all the things she wants."
"I know," said Gopal.
"Put me in the water and go home."
Gopal went home. There was a lot of money on the table, and Nataki had some new earrings.
"Beautiful," said Gopal. "Now you must be happy. You have all the things you want."
"No," said Nataki.
"What?"
"I want this country. It must all be mine. I want to be Queen of this country."
"You're my Queen."
"I want to be Queen of this country. Tell the fish tomorrow."
In the morning Gopal went to the river and the big fish jumped into his net.
"Yes?" it said
"She wants to be Queen of this country."
The fish said nothing.
"I know," said Gopal. "She can't have everything she wants."
"That's right," said the fish. "Put me back in the water and go home. Oh, and Gopal...."
"Yes?"
"Goodbye" said the fish.
Gopal went home. Nataki was in the old house. She had no food, no new dresses, no new tables and chairs, no servants, no earrings, nothing.
She looked at Gopal. "Go back to the river now!" she said.
Gopal went to the river. But the big fish wasn't there. It never jumped into his net again.

1) Write a 60 word sumary of every one of them in Spanish.

 

 La historia va de una pareja India que era pobre .El hombre todos los dias tenía que ir apescarpara conseguir comida.Un día cuando fué al rio un pez le dijo que lo volviera asoltar,cuando se lo contó a su mujer, ella ledij que volviera y le pidiera mas cosas, la mujer estuvo mucho tiempo teniendo lo que queria hasta que un día, el pez desapareció y las cosas con él,no volvio ha desaparer en la red del hombre.


2) Write a 10 items quiz about the context of the story.

1)Where did the story come from?
2)They were rich
    ·TRUE ·FALSE
3)Who was nataki?
4)What did the man fish in the river?
5)The fish could talk 
  ·TRUE · FALSE
6)The woman wanted drees every day
  ·TRUE · FALSE 
7)Did the woman have a new dress?
8)The woman wanted lot of things
  ·TRUE · FALSE  
9)The fish dissapear
  ·TRUE · FALSE 
10)At the end, did the woman have everything she wonts?

 






                                                                   
The Monkey's Foot

Mr and Mrs White lived in a nice small house. Their son Herbert lived with them. Herbert worked in a factory He worked at a big machine. Mr White worked in an office. Mrs White was a housewife.
There were not many houses near them. "I want a house near the town," said Mr White.
"But it's £400 for a house near the town, and we're not rich." "No,"said Mrs White,"but we're happy here, aren't we, Herbert?" "Yes, but Dad's right," said Herbert. "We're a long way from the shops and the train and the bus."
One day, an old friend came to dinner. His name was Mr Morris. The Whites liked to hear his stories. He talked about many countries. When Mr Morris knocked at the door, Mr White opened it.
"Come in, come in," he said. "Good to see you. How are you? Come and sit by the fire,
Whisky?"
"Thank you," said Mr Morris. "How are you, Mrs White, Herbert?"
"Very well, thank you," they said.
"Dinner isn't ready," said Mrs White. "Tell us a story, Mr Morris." "A story about India," said Herbert. "I'm going to India, some day."
Mr Morris said nothing. He had something in his hand.
"What's that, Mr Morris?" said Mrs White.
"This?" said Mr Morris. "It's a monkey's foot "
"A monkey's foot?" said the Whites.
"Yes. Don't touch it."
"Why not?" said Herbert.
Mr Morris looked at the fire.
"Mr Morris, aren't you well?" asked Mrs White.
"Oh yes, thank you," said Mr Morris. "I'm not ill."
"Tell us about the monkey's foot," said Herbert.
"Yes," said Mr Morris. "I had this foot from a man in India. He said...."
"Yes?" said the Whites.
"With this foot you can ask for three things. You can have three wishes."
"How?" said Herbert.
"Take the foot in your hand and say, 'I wish for....'. Then say what you want."
"And you asked for three things?" said Mrs White.
"No." Mr Morris looked at the fire again. "I only asked for one thing," he said. "I had
one wish. I got it."
"A good thing?" asked Herbert.
"No, it was not," said Mr Morns. "No more questions, please. You always have a good big fire here. I'm going to put the monkey's foot on your fire."
"Don't," said Herbert. "Give it to us."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because you are my friends."
"Dinner's ready," said Mrs White.
Mr Morris put the foot on the fire. He went to the table with Mr White. Herbert jumped up and got the foot from the fire. He put it on a little table. Mr Morris did not see it.
After dinner he went home. "Here's the foot," said Herbert. "I'm going to ask for something."
"Don't, Herbert," said Mrs White.
Herbert did not listen to her. "Dad," he said, "you want £400. Wish for £400. Here's the
foot. "
"I want £400," said Mr White. Then he said, "The foot jumped in my hand!"
"Where's the money?" said Herbert. "There's no money here. I'm going to bed."
"Put that thing on the fire," said Mrs White. "I don't like it."
But Mr White put the foot on the table. In the morning, at breakfast, Herbert said,
"No letters today. No £400 for you, Dad."
"I'm happy here without the money," said Mrs White.
Herbert went to his factory. "Back to my machine," he said. Mr White went to his office. Mrs White worked in the house.
When Mr White came home in the evening, he said, "Any money?"
"No," said Mrs White.
"Where's Herbert?" said Mr White.
"He isn't back from the factory," said Mrs White .
Seven o'clock came. Eight o'clock. Herbert wasn't back. "Where is he?" said Mrs White.
Then there was a knock at the door. "Open it," said Mrs White. Mr White opened the door. A man was there. He said, "Mr White? The father of Herbert White?"
"Yes."
"I'm from the factory," said the man.
"Come in."
"Thank you," said the man. He had something in his hand. "This is a letter for you," he said. "A letter from the factory."
"Where's Herbert?" said Mrs White. "Where's my son?"
The man said nothing.
"Is Herbert ill?" said Mr White.
"No," said the man. "Not ill."
"Is he....?"
"He is dead," said the man. "Your son is dead."
"Dead?"
"The machine," said the man. "The big machine.... "
"I want to see my son," said Mrs White.
"No," said the man again. "The machine...."
Mrs White said nothing.
"This letter," said the man. "It's from the factory. We want to give you some money."
"Money?"
"£400," said the man.
Mr and Mrs White were in bed. They were not asleep.
"Are you cold, my love?" said Mr White.
"No," she said. "But my boy Herbert is cold tonight. "
Then she said, "Where is it?"
"What?
"The foot. The monkey's foot. We have two wishes. I'm going to get the foot."
"No, no,my love."
But she went to the sitting room. "Here it is," she said. "On the little table."
"Please, please, my love, don't," said Mr White.
She said nothing. The monkey's foot was in her hand.
"I want my son back again," she said. The foot jumped in her hand.
"Come back to bed, my love. You're ill," said Mr White. But she listened. Something walked up the road to the house. Something knocked at the door. Again and again, something knocked at the door.
"Open the door!" she said.
"No," said Mr White.
"I'm going to open it," she said. "I'm coming, my boy, I'm coming!"
Mr White looked for the monkey's foot. "Here it is," he said. "I wish my son back in the cemetery”
The foot jumped in his hand. Mrs White opened the door. There was nothing there.
 

1) Write a 60 word sumary of every one of them in Spanish.


Una familia tiene poco dinero y su hijo unico trabaja en una fabrica.Un día, un viejo amigo de la familia va a comer a su casa, este hombre siempre cuenta historias de sus viajes, pero esta vez, tiene un pie de mono con el, ellos quieren que le cuente la historia pero el dice que no que ese pie es  maligno. El pie fue cogido por el niño y al final el que acababa desapareciendo es el y no el pie de mono.




2) Write a 10 items quiz about the context of the story.

 

1) How many soon or daughter did the family have?
2) A family´s friend come to the house
     *TRUE        *FALSE
3) The man had a monkey is hand
     *TRUE        *FALSE
4) Which was the wish that asked for the child?
5) Did the family get the monkey?
6) Did the boy dissapear?
7) The monkey´s foot lived
     *TRUE        *FALSE
8) The monther asked for another wish?
     *TRUE        *FALSE
9) Did someone knock on the door?
10) There was someone outside
     *TRUE        *FALSE










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