valentinaa

 Last month, I went to Madrid with my classmates.

Sincerely, the travel by bus was so hard but it is useful for learn more about our classmates and teachers.

I'm going to explain the last day when we went to Atapuerca.

When we arrived there, we were so tired and during the travel, Dolors Salvador tried to motivate us.

Burgos it's so cold and these morning too. The excursion began and there was a girl whose name I forget and she made the explanation. And she tells us the history of Atapuerca.

A few years ago, in Atapuerca were discovered an ancient jaw of homo antecessor.

This discovery means the change of all the history of the humans.

In the second part of the trip we have gone to another place. We watched how these humans can make fire, how they catch animals, etc.

They also made art; they painted with different materials, for example using rocks or blood.

Finally, we took the bus and we went to a restaurant with friends.

We returned so late but the travel was interesting and it was worth it.

I must say that I liked the museum of Guggenheim that is in Bilbao, we have seen modern art and we enjoyed a lot.

I think that Madrid, Bilbao and Burgos are lovely cities, and that they are so different.

On summer I will try to travel to Bilbao because I like it so much.

Valentina:)

In 1775, Jane Austen was born at the village of Steventon, England.

Ten years later, Austen attended the Abbey school in Reading, in England, with her sister Cassandra.

A few years later, she wrote her juvenilia.

In only three years, she wrote original versions of Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice.

Her "First Impressions" was rejected by a London publisher in 1797.

Then, her father retired and moved to Bath, with his wife and daughters.

The original version of Northanger Abbey, Susan, was bought by a publisher but it was never issued.

In 1804, Austen began "The Watsons" but she quickly abandoned it.

One year later, her father George died and she decided to move to Southampton with her mother and her sister.

For the next eight years, she lived with her mother and her sister in a small house provided by her wealthy brother Edward, in Chauton, England. She began to revising original versions of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. It was in 1811 when Sense and Sensibility was published and two years later, she published Pride and Prejudice.

In the same time that Austen began to work on Emma was published, in 1816, and it was dedicated to Prince Regent at his request, while Austen was completing Persuasion.

In eighteen-seventeen, Austen composed the "Sandition" but she fell ill and she abandoned to write it.

Austen was moved to Winchester Cathedral on 24 of July.

Finally, one year later, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published jointly in a four-volume edition. Her brother Henry made a biographical preface of his sister.

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1.Look at the front cover and observe it. How do you relate the title to the picture?

We talk about an ancient picture. In the picture there are two people, Megan and Huw.

Two lives, two persons, two boyfriends and a really sadness story that talks about love. They are classmates and all days, they went to the river and talked for hours.

2.Most of the story takes place in Tredonald, Wales. Find information about this coal mining village.
With the Industrial Revolution ( 17th and 18th c ) , coal mining, a tiny industry in the 15th century, became a national and international industry. Thus, the 19th century was a century of massive expansion for the coal industry in Wales. But the end of the 20th century brought almost universe closure. Find information about 1984 miners' strike

The 1984 miners ‘ strike was the major industrial action. The strike became a symbolic struggle, since the miners' union was one of the strongest in the country. The major of the habitants worked at the mine.

3.Chapter 1: Two young lives

-" Life was not easy for the Thomas family." Why ? ( 3 lines )

Life wasn’t easy for the Thomas family because Huw’s father doesn’t work. He has problems with the alcohol and he is always drunk. Huw must ask for money to other people like Megan’s father and Huw and her brother must work every day eat and to earn money.

- Richard Thomas had been killed while fighting in North Africa in 1943. Which war was it ?

I think that it was the Second World War.

- In chapter 1 we know that Megan and Huw are good friends. Describe the moment

Megan and Huw usually meet together and we know this because they explain that they sit down together at the school and after, they meet near the river. They spend a lot of time talking about their things.

Chapter 2 : The friendship continues

-In this chapter Megan and Huw take a decision about their relationship. Explain it. Why do they take it?

When Huw asked Megan if she loved him, she said yes. But Megan’s father doesn’t agree with this relationship and they decide that it will be better if Megan’s father doesn’t know about their relationship. Huw promises to Megan that in two years he will ask her father to marry Megan.

5. Chapter 3: Romance grows

-"This Saturday was going to be a night to remember." ( page 15 ) Why?

Huw and Megan went to the cinema, and they’re really in love: all the time, Huw kisses Megan and Megan kisses him. They also rode bikes and Huw gave her a present.

6. Chapter 4: Death at the mine / Leaving Tredonald

-After the first four chapters, how would you define the relationship between Huw and his brother?

Their relationship was difficult because the brothers have to work very hard, they don’t talk and Huw doesn’t talk very much about him, but he loves his brother and together they take care of their father.

7. Chapter 6: A surprise find

-Megan finds the letters Huw had sent her 50 years before, in 1946 and 1947. Imagine Meg's father was still alive and that you are Meg. What would you tell him?

I supose that it would be so hard and so sad. I would ask him for the letters. I would feel so bad. After fifty years I would like to hate him for the rest of my life. If my father took this decision for me, I think that I should not talk to him for ever in my life.

In the first letter Meg asks Huw: " Do you think he wanted me to find them when it was to late?". What do you think?

I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION

8. Chapter 7: Time to decide

-Before leaving Tredonald, Huw told Megan : "in a year ...I'll come back here and we'll get married..." ( pag.23 ); but things turned out to be completely different. Why ?

He thought that when he went to Canada, he would earn a lot of money and then, Megan’s father would accept him. But Huw didn’t return to Tredonald because he thought that Megan didn’t love him.

9. Chapter 8: Telling Beth

-Find some information about Cardiff ( 3 lines ) and post a picture

Cardiff is the capital and one of the important cities in Wales. The people worked at the mine. The ports were important in this city too.

10. Chapter 10: Writing back

-Meg is about to get married. In spite of that, she lets Huw visit her and her daughter. Why does she act that way? Do you think she does it for Beth or for herself?

I think that she wants to know about her first love. She still love him and she wants to meet with him and her daughter. She does it for herself and for Beth too.

11. Chapter 11 : A new star

-What's Meg's present job?

She makes tours in the mine.

-Why does Huw tell her " you always were a fighter, weren't you?" ? ( pag.48 )

Because Megan always fights against all the bad things and she is really strong.

-Do you think two people can still be in love after 50 years without seeing each other?

I don’t think so. I think that it’s impossible.

Yes, you can remember one person, and you can still be in love with he, but it’s so impossible that after fifty years, after other relatinoships, and after two daughters... you can still love Megan or Huw. If it is possible, it would be so hard and so amazing too.

12. Chapter 17 : Time to go

-Imagie the conversation between Paul and Megan the moment she tells him that she is still in love with Huw. Write it down

Megan: For few days, I have been trying to say one thing to you...

Paul: Oh, Megan, tell me it please, I can’t wait it anymore...

Megan: I think it a lot aobut this, and I’m sorry but... I still loving Huw.

Paul: Oh no...but Megan, I love you! You have to marry me!

Megan: Sorry Paul. I can’t. I can’t lose another chance, I love Huw and I think that it’s better for us that...

Paul: I respect your opinion, but I think that you’re wrong!

Megan: I’m sorry.

13. Did you like the book? Why ? What did you learn by reading it?

Yes, I enjoyed the book but I think that the end is so quick! I think that love histories are this, histories. I don’t care that you can still love one person after fifty years, in your life you can meet a lot of people and you can fall in love for a few times! It’s an inusual and imaginary story but it is interesting. I learn vocabulary and differents verbs that I didn’t know before. I hope that Megan and Huw stay together for a long time!

I have chosen this subject because I think that it's important and so interesting, I'm going to talk about the animals that live in zoos. We are used to watching animals into cages but in fact, this is an unusual human invention.

I thing that people who work in zoos are not cruel with animals, but I think that they are living in an envirentment that isn't their natural environtment.

I don't deny that it's nice so going on zoos or watching these animals that you can't see in your city or in your country but... We only think with us. What about them?

Yes, we know that these animals can eat easier than the others in the jungle, we know that these animals can have a family... but we don't know that these animals have an environment and that this environtment is not here, it is in a jungle.

For example, they can't hunt other animals, or they can't make the routine like a free animal.

We are humans and as always, we have to change all the things that we think that are wrong but sometimes are these changes that are wrong.

In short, it's difficult to change the zoos or tho close this kind of places. It's no impossible, but it will be so hard and nowadays, the judgements exists. It's a difficult in a difficult word.

a.Who was Serrallonga?

Joan Sala i Ferrer, born in 1594 in Viladrau, and later he would be Serrallonga. He was orpahaned at the age of four years. He helped the Catalan population to escape to the soldiers of Felipe IV, and later he was captured and executen in 1634 in Barcelona.

b. Who was Robin Hood?

Robin Hood stole to rich people, and he gave money to the poor people. He fights against the injustice and tyranny. He had one band called "Merry Men".

c.What things did they have in common?

They were "literary inventions" and it's difficult to say where historical fact ends and legend begins.
They really were FIGHTERS.

My best friend is a boy. His name is Albert and I'm proud of our friendship.
When i was twelve, i met him in my school, he was stayed in my class for three years.
Albert is really good at Maths, and last year he helped me, he plays basketball and he loves watching TV when FCB plays.
He enjoys listening to music, singing and dancing.
Albert is patient, gentle and he knows all about me, I think he thinks the same as me.
We usually meet in the afternoons, but sometimes it's so difficult because we have a lot of homework and Albert many activities!
I trust him all my feelings, my secrets and my worries, and he can trust me.
He has been near me in the best moments, we have fun, we can laugh, but we can also talk, and cry.
This is, for me, the perfect friendship.
When you can talk to him without words, when you can talk with feelings.
I hope that Albert will stay with me in the future and that he will be happy.
I love him so much!

1.Read the newspaper article. What is it about?

The newspaper article, talks about Sant Narcís.
Sant Narcís is the party of Girona, and this article tells what activities you can see in Girona during a few days.
It tells about the history and the tradicional activities during two weeks.

2.Which events / activities did you take part in ? ( October 2008 )

I went to Barraques on Saturday, but i didn't went to the other activities.
I really enjoy the music, and this year I think the groups were better than last year!
I went to Barraques with my friends, but befor we went to dinner in a restaurant.

Hi mum!

Last monday, Julia and me arrived in Vancouver. We are really tired but we are really happy to stay here too.

It's sunny but the weather is colder than Catalonia, of course!

In only three days we have visited many things!
On Monday we went to Grouse Mountain, we saw snow! it's a mountain in front of Vancouver, we took the skytrain, and we went with some friends that met in our house!
On Tuesday, we stayed in Whistler, a little village near Seatle, it's so nice!
We will try to visit Seatle next weekend.

Yesterday, we had lunch in Italian restaurant, with other people that are from other countries.

Now, we are writing to you by e-mail and we only can connect when we are in the school. Is for this, that we will try to phone you by phone-cards but here, are very expensive!

We miss you a lot, it's so hard to stay without you!

We love you.
Write soon!

(L)