A BOOK REVIEW

THE NECKLACE

Mathilde was a very beautiful girl, she married with Monsieur Loisel, and he loves her very much. This girl wasn't happy, because she wants a life more ostentatious (luxurious), that wasn't possible with the salary of her husband. Her husband gave his wife the invitation to a party, but she was angry and she didn't want to go because her clothes were old-fashioned. Her husband gave her money for that she bought a new dress and he told to her that she should ask for a jewel to her friend to borrow. Her friend lent her a nice necklace. Mathilde lost the necklace and she was very worried because if she didn’t return the necklace to her friend she didn’t trust her never again.

Inmaculada Ros, 4th B ESO


FOUR SOULS

Something strange is happening in Ellerton School. In one year, four students were killed in strange circumstances: first was John, then Arizona, then it was time for Summer and, finally, it fell to Phoenix, Darina's boyfriend.
Darina, unable to endure the death of so many people fled to a hill outside. On this hill a cabin was found, which was found inside all their dead friends, including Phoenix.
After that episode, terrible nightmares and faces of their dead friends filled the mind of Darina...

Anna Carmona, 4th B ESO


THE GHOST OF THE GREEN LADY BY CAROLINE STEVENS

Billy Harrison is a happy boy about fifteen years old; that all changed when his parents told him they were going to move and he would go to a boarding school.
He had three roommates: Alan, Mark and James.
All started when his roommates told him the story of the Duke Sebastian of Coxley, he died on 1 February, he appeared his beloved dead day of his death anniversary every year.
That story interested Billy very much, and he decided to go to the library to research and he decided to go to the lake on the 1º day of February.
His friends decided to help him for the mission, and they used Billy’s spy equipment.
That mission makes kids have a lot of troubles but they will discover a lot of unsolved mysteries.
But finally, it’s true the legend of the ghost of the green lady?*

Marta Montesinos, 4th B ESO

LAS BIBLIOTECAS EN EL FUTURO

¿Qué serán las bibliotecas el día de mañana?

Las bibliotecas hoy en día sirven para estudiar y para leer. En una biblioteca se encuentra toda clase de libros, de acción, de miedo, comics, etc.
¿Pero alguien ha pensado lo que podría ser mañana? Mi opinión es que las bibliotecas siempre van a estar abiertas para todo, para poder estudiar sobre todo.
Las bibliotecas no solo están las publicas, también hay bibliotecas online, si nos metemos en internet también podemos encontrar libros para leer, mi opinión es que nada va a cambiar, por lo menos en los 15 próximos años.
Aunque en mi opinión también creo que se le van a añadir algunas cosas, como por ejemplo en las mesas abran ordenadores, para que la gente no se tenga que llevar el suyo para estudiar.
Tampoco se puede hablar, solo para consultar alguna duda en voz alta, por que si no molestamos a los demás, eso creo que tampoco cambiará.
Cristina Canovas.

El futuro de las bibliotecas

La biblioteca digital puede entenderse de diferentes formas y abordarse desde diferentes campos temáticos. Esta comunicación resalta el carácter multidisciplinar de las investigaciones que se están llevando a cabo e identifica las principales líneas de trabajo.
Se analizan, además, las repercusiones de este nuevo modelo de biblioteca en el comportamiento y los hábitos del usuario final en la búsqueda y el acceso a la información que precisa. Se examinan, también, los principales cambios que las unidades de información y los distintos sectores de la sociedad deben afrontar para inventar su futuro.
Los libros tradicionales serán sustituidos por los libros electrónicos:
El libro electrónico posee ventajas y desventajas. Es necesario distinguir entre el lector y el libro electrónico. Un lector puede almacenar hasta cientos de libros electrónicos con tarjetas de memoria.
La accesibilidad es el punto fuerte del libro electrónico. Ya que con él se puede leer casi cualquier documento en cualquier lugar, con luz, ya que no tiene retro-iluminación, como es el caso de otros dispositivos de mano; o una computadora. Esto es como leer un libro en papel; sin cansancio alguno para la vista. Otra de las ventajas es que algunos de estos dispositivos tienen lo que se llama “tinta electrónica”. Con tal tecnología el aparato puede ser tan fino que puede llegar a enrollarse como un pergamino, y la sensibilidad del ojo humano es mejor, por lo que puede llegar a estar más horas leyendo sin que la vista se perjudique.
Fran Gómez


Las bibliotecas en un futuro.
Actualmente las bibliotecas se utilizan básicamemente para el estudio y consulta de materiales didácticos, como por ejemplo consultar libros, revistas, prensa, buscar información de todo tipo…etc.
En un futuro no muy lejano las nuevas tecnologías invadirán las bibliotecas de todos los colegios y podremos disfrutar mejor del estudio además de facilitarnos esas consultas que suelen llevar mucho tiempo y que con el soporte informático será mucho más sencillo. Yo creo que se incorporaran libros y pizarras digitales, numerosos equipos informáticos para su uso público en las bibliotecas municipales.
Queda como incógnita saber que pasara con la gran cantidad de libros utilizados hasta el momento.
Bryan Solano.
Las bibliotecas del futuro
Hasta ahora las bibliotecas han sido espacios de estudio. En ellas había libros de lectura etc.… también ordenadores con conexión a Internet. Las bibliotecas del futuro se plantean con bastante tecnologia. Apenas habrá libros, los libros serán casi todos digitales. En ellos se podrán leer los libros, periódicos, etc.
En los libros digitales podrás ver películas, la televisión y cosas de actualidad por internet.
Yo considero que esto esta bastante bien para ir mejorando nuestra capacidad mental a la hora de estudiar.


Jonatan Mercader

MY EXPERIENCE IN ITALY

I have been lucky to have been chosen in the project COMENIUS to travel to Italy as a student, to speak better English, and to have one more experience in my life. Thanks to this trip I have been able to compare the people of my country, with the people of Italy to cultural standard, of way of life, the supply, the ways of acting …; I have learned to coexist with people different from me, with different ways of thinking and of seeing the life, for what this trip has also made me see that the things can be different. I have enjoyed very much, I have laughed very much with other students. Initially I missed my family, my environment, my house … because the change was very big but then you get used to it, because the family that receives you tries that your stay there is excellent and that you do not have lack of anything. The family and the student that received me in their house did not know English very well, but I could practice English with other students of the project (Turks, Germans …). Initially I was very shy and ashamed to approach other students to speak English, in case I was wrong speaking and they laughed at me, but later we did it. Though I have not practiced English with the Italians, I could learn to speak and understand Italian better.
Inmaculada Ros Madrid

My experience in the Comenius project has been incredible, and I miss a lot of my friends I met in Italy. I have learnt a lot about Italian culture and I have seen many things I like such an Pompeii, Naples, Caserta and much more.
I had to speak a lot of English and Italian and I bought many things and I had eaten many things I liked.
Well I had a great time with my classmates and teachers and I have made many friends from the other countries Portugal, Turkey, France, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany and it has been an unforgettable experience in my life.
Francisco Madrid Martínez, 4th B ESO

It all began the morning of 8-11-2010. I had a strange feeling, I was traveling alone without my parents for the first time. It was all nervous emotions. How would my family be in Naples? But I was very excited and looking forward to it.
On the arrival there were turbulences as a result of a storm that awaited us in Naples.
When we arrived at the hotel our Napolitan families were waiting for us and when we arrived at the houses the reception was great. My family was the perfect family for me.
Next morning was the big day to meet all participants of this project. On the bus to Pompei we had a good time meeting and talking to the others.
This project is designed to practice your English but it also enriches you as a person from all the experience lived there.
I cannot thank more the family that hosted me for treating me as their daughter.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING CHOSEN ME FOR THIS PROJECT.
Marina Garre García, 4th A ESO

On 8th November I went to Italy to an exchange with the COMENIUS Project. The flight was very horrible because we had many turbulences and the weather was very bad because there was a storm. When I arrived at my Italian house I was very embarrassed and I didn’t speak any English because they didn’t understand me. The first day was very terrible. The next days were better because we went to Pompei, to Gesualdo, to Mirabella and to Roma. We visited many beautiful places and many important monuments like la Fontana di Trevi, the Vatican and other places. The experience with the Italian children was very great. I meet many friends, Turkish, French, German… My family was very good because they accepted me. The last day was very emotive because no one wanted to go and we were all planning to meet again soon. For me this experience has been unforgettable. Thanks to it I have seen the world, I have met other cultures and a lot of friends.

Beatriz Calín, 4th B ESO

My experience in this Project has been incredible. I’ve been in my Italian friend, Alesiio’s house. He has a very funny mother and brother and we all laughed a lot. During this time at Mirabella, Naples I went to visit Pompeii, Rome, Salerno, the city of Naples and numerous monuments.
I have made a variety of friends from many countries such as Portugal, Italy, Turkey, France, Germany, Poland and I have communicated very well with them in Italian and English
I really liked it and I would like to repeat the experience, but staying much more time.
I like Comenius!!!
Miguel Torrico, 4th B ESO

Últimas actividades realizadas

Spanish team activities[1]

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Presentaciones de los alumnos que viajaron a Italia

Marina's presentation

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Bea's presentation

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Francisco Madrid

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Miguel's presentation

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Inma's powerpoint presentation

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A TERRIFYING NIGHT

It was a dark night and it was raining heavily. The wind was blowing loudly. My friends and I were in a camp in Granada, in a beautiful valley that by night turns into a gloomy and terrifying place. We couldn’t sleep and it was very cold, our group leaders had decided to get into the forest for firewood to set fire to a bonfire and to try to relax a little until we were very tired and we were sleepy. We managed to rise to the high of the trees to be protected from what it could happen. Meanwhile, we were speaking about diverse topics, but we were bored very much, therefore we decided to tell terror stories. My friend Fran started telling a really terrifying story, the environment of the night helped him to increase the fear in all of us, while he was telling the most terrifying part of the story we heard a noise close to our tents, we were very frightened, some of them got into the tents and others climbed to the high of the trees to protect ourselves from what could happen. Suddenly the group leaders appeared, they were the cause of that noise, and they told us that zone was monitored every day and that we didn’t have to worry about anything. Later we lit the bonfire and we played to very entertaining games, ultimately the night was unforgettable for everybody.


Inma Ros Madrid, 4th B ESO

MULTICULTURALISM AND COMENIUS PROJECT

For my the Comenius project that organizes the EU (European Union) along with all member countries, and in which participate students of 2nd cycle of secondary Education, is a great occasion to practice the English language that is its great assignment, but it is also a form that gives us the occasion of knowing other countries’ life, gastronomy, traditions… And we also have the chance to introduce our country, SPAIN. There, we must live with other families to whom we must thank for opening us the doors of their houses and we must also give thanks to the school that receive us in their classrooms for some days. For all this I am delighted for being one of the selected ones for this trip to ITALY ¨THANKS¨


Marina Garre García, 4th A ESO



At present the society of all the countries is very diverse culturally, that is to say that, in the same country there are people of different origins, with different ways of seeing the world, with different religions, different ways of thinking, of speaking, with different customs … This cultural diversity is fantastic for people because this way we know other forms of living the life and it helps us to open our mind to other perspectives, to improve as a person. The students' exchanges are a way of stimulating a more multicultural society because we, the students, see these cultural differences that we differ to people of different areas. Another advantage of the cultural exchanges is that it helps us to speak English better because if we want to communicate we have to use this language because it is the common language of the world. The students' exchanges make us more independent, that we are able of taking decisions assuming the responsibility; therefore this helps us to mature, to be more responsible, independent, self-confident… Besides all the advantages that have the exchanges it is an only and unforgettable experience for the student because I will meet new people, and I will change the daily routine to travel to a country to live for one week in the house of someone unknown to me, and I have to speak to this unknown person in English to be able to communicate with him or her, therefore it is something unusual in anyone’s life.
From this trip to Italy I expect it to be unforgettable; I hope to make many friends. I expect to learn diverse customs and ways of seeing the life different from mine that help me to mature and to enrich my knowledge about people. I expect to enjoy the trip very much, to laugh, to see spectacular things (as the most emblematic monuments of Italy …). I would also like this trip not to finish here but I would like to continue in touch with all the students that I will meet in the trip.
I am very satisfied to have been chosen to form a part of this project and sincerely I am going to try to enjoy it to the maximum so that the memories of my experience as an exchange student are unforgettable in all of my life.



Inma Ros Madrid, 4th B ESO



A new way to exchange customs, hobbies, ways is THE cultural exchanges. These are essential for human beings as they share new experiences such as how to dress and eat. We must learn or know a few languages in our life and these trips that are made to learn how to develop the language, not only written but also oral understanding with others. In this trip we will learn to live with people of other traditions with whom we share their way of living day to day and spend most of the time and for sure we will make a variety of friends. We will go to different places and visit a school. In it we will learn to live with others, i.e. within the same space we will exchange different cultures, such as Spanish, English, Italian...
In summary, we will not only establish a relationship with others, but we will also start a comprehensive tour, which is more than images, stories, signs, information, customs...


By: MIGUEL TORRICO BERNAL, 4th B ESO



In our school there is multiculturalism. In classes students from all countries come together and we exchange many things, they give us many things from their countries to learn. Now I’ve been selected for a project called Comenius; it’s about multiculturalism.

We are going to Italy, Naples, and we are staying at someone’s home with their family and what they do everyday. We will take their habits and we will eat with them too. Their families will teach us new manners, for example: going to the bathroom, sleeping and typical things from their country.

I think that we will learn a lot and the most important thing is that we’ll practice our English.

In my village there are Moroccans, Indians, Ecuadorians, etc. And there is a huge exchange of cultures. There are some that take it bad and say that there are many foreigners, but I like multiculturalism because we learn more about other cultures and other countries.


Francisco Madrid Martínez, 4th B ESO



Comenius is a cultural project in which the 14 -17 year-old pupils do exchanges with other countries of the European Union. This project is done every two years and it is about a topic, this year is about the use of the T.I.C. to promote reading and writing. With this project teachers want to promote the use of the international language, English, because of it to any country where students go away for an exchange they have to communicate by means of this one.
From this exchange, I expect an unforgettable experience, which makes me see world and be able to learn from this experience, to be able to meet people from other countries, coexist with them, with their customs, their families … well, to learn from them and that they could learn from me and of my culture.
Also I want to take advantage of this opportunity that they give me, to be able to practice my English since it is a very important language because with it, you can go everywhere, so much cultural as to work. And I would even like to be able to learn a bit of their mother language since I’m interested in learning other languages.


Beatriz Calín García, 4th B ESO