Issue #4 February 2009 Published by I.E.S. Diego de Siloé—Albacete http://www.diegodesiloe.com

Everyday teachers tell you to recycle

the papers you have already used

and need no more. Maybe it sounds

to you crazy, or boring, or even

useless. But,

have you thought

about the amount

of paper we use

at school? Have

you thought

about the amount

of paper you

waste because you only write a line and then tear it

off your notebooks and throw it away? Remember

that every time you use paper a tree was cut down,

and a factory used chemical products like bleach and

chlorides which are dangerous for the environment.

So, please help trees

and save our unique

planet. Here you can

see a picture taken

from a satellite. This is

the Amazon Rainforest.

All the picture should

be green but now we

can only see a few

areas with trees.

On December 7th 1972, the crew of the spacecraft

Apollo 17 took a photo of

Earth; “the Blue Marble”.

A world we think is

gigantic is diminished to

a child’s marble in outer

space. A beautiful marble

with deep blue oceans,

green and brown earth

and brushstrokes of

swirling, white clouds.

But this marble is in

danger because of us, its inhabitants.

We are slowly destroying our homeland by sending out

poison gases to the atmosphere, cutting down the

forests or killing thousands of animals. It seems we are

not aware that we aren’t the only living beings on

Earth, and that this planet is probably the only one we

can live on. That is why the United Nations General

Assembly declared 2008 the International Year of

Planet Earth.

The International Year of Planet Earth was made to

make politicians and scientists think of ways of

sustainable development, lesser the effects of natural

catastrophes and improve the understanding of the

evolution of life, among other aims. Also, everyone can

take part in this year by helping the planet, starting at

home: walk to nearby places instead of going by car,

having a shower instead of a bath, turning the lights off

in a room when there is no-one in it or recycling the

rubbish. Understanding and getting to know Earth helps

too, for then you know what species are protected or

near extinction, what is the state of the rain forests or

the use of different plants.

But above all, respect every living thing

on Earth and treat them as you would

like to be treated.

Written by Liam Jackson 1B ESO

PAGE 1:

Planet Earth

PAGE 2:

Lazarillo de Tormes

The world

PAGE 4:

Music, more than

sound

Pirates of the Carib-

bean

PAGE 5:

Photograph Corner

PAGE 3:

Teatro Circo

Types of music

Leading Article

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This book is a Spanish novel published

anonymously in 1554. It tells about the life of Lázaro of Tormes, since when he was a

child his mother gave him to the blind until

Lázaro got married. He had 6 masters: -The blind, -The clergy, -The squire, -The

friar, -The Pardoner, -The chaplain

The Blind: The blind taught Lázaro that in

this life is very important to be crafty. With

this master Lázaro was always very

hungry; finally Lázaro made the blind crash against a pillar.

The Clergy: The clergy also made Lázaro to be very hungry. One day, somebody who used to make and sell pans and copper and iron boilers came to the house where Lázaro was living and Lázaro got the key of a cabinet where the clergy

kept the bread; when the clergy was in the church Lázaro ate bread but when the clergy learnt about this, he threw Lázaro

away from his house. The Squire: This master was very poor and Lázaro fed him; every time Lázaro was eating in the house the squire said that

this food was the better food and things like that.

The Friar: With this master Lázaro had his first shoes but they only lasted for one week and for this and other reasons

Lázaro left this master. The Pardoner: This master was a preacher who cheated the parishioners selling bulls (bulas)

The Chaplain: With this master he worked selling water and when he saved money to buy decent clothes, after that he left

the chaplain. After that, Lázaro got a real profession: town crier. He was very good at this job; he finally got married.

Besides its importance in the Spanish literature of the Golden Age, Lazarillo de Tormes is credited with

founding a literary genre, the picaresque novel, so called from Spanish pícaro meaning "rogue" or "rascal".

There are different continents in the world: Asia, Europe,

Africa, America, Australia and Antarctica. I live in Europe

and in this continent there are some many countries: Albania,

Andorra, Austria, Lithuania, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria,

Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, France, Great Britain, Greece,

Hungary… Spain. I live in Spain and in Spain there

are some many autonomous communities:

Andalusia, Madrid, Aragon, Castilla y Leon, Castilla

La Mancha...I live in Castilla La Mancha and in this

autonomous community there are five cities:

Albacete, Cuenca, Ciudad Real,

Guadalajara and Toledo. I live in

Albacete and it is a beautiful city !!!!!

The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities

Written by Pablo Oliver 2B ESO READ IT ! IT’S VERY FUNNY!

The World

Written by Rafa García 1B ESO

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The “Teatro Circo” is in Albacete. This is

one of the oldest theatres in Spain. It started

working in 1887. The “Teatro Circo is one

hundred twenty years old. It was closed in

1985. Before 1999, when it was in ruins,

there weren’t any performances in the

“Teatro Circo”. Then one group called

“Friends of the Theatre” helped

the “Teatro Circo”. This group

gave all the necessary money to renew the theatre. Now you can go to “Teatro Circo”

and see a lot of performances. In Albacete all the people are very happy with the “Teatro

Circo”.

DISCO MUSIC: This style of music arose in the middle of the seventies. In these years disco music was fashionable. Like for example Bee Bees, Boney M, Abba or singers like Donna summer, Gloria Gaynor, etc.

BEE GEES: It’s is a legendary group that was formed by the Gibb brothers.

They had great hits like Stayin ´alive or Night Fever.

SOUL: the Afro-American musicians have produced the popular music but of the planet. It’s a mix of hip-hop, funk

or soul. The soul was born in the decade of the sixties in the USA.

Ray Charles: Ray Charles is blind since he was seven years old. He was the

first Afro-American musician in the establishing who owns its own record

company along with James Brown.

REGGAE: Reggae is the name that receives the Afro-Caribbean musical style It was born in a charity fair in Europe. I have listened to it for the first time. Reggae comes from a subject of the sixties, of toots and the metals called to do the reggae. The most famous singer of that style is Bob Marley.

Teatro Circo

Types of Music

Written by Angela Zamorano 1B ESO

Written by Irene Lorenzo 1B ESO

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A study that was carried out in Toronto´s University (Canada) showed that children who assisted to music classes improved their intelligence 3 points

more than others who did not go to any extracurricular activity.

This study was carried out with 144 children chosen at random from those who went to 3 different activities: piano classes, singing classes, drama classes

and those who did not to any classes.

At the beginning of the year, scientists passed them an intelligence test, that was repeated again at the end of the year. The results were that children that went to piano classes or singing classes improved 7 points in intelligence, while

those that went to drama classes or did not go to any classes, obtained 4,5

points more.

This difference comes because music implies practices, rehearsal, memorization and learning new songs. Thanks to that we can increase our

capability of learning other subjects, specially Maths.

This is one of my favourite films, it is about a pirate called Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), the captain of the Black Pearl

and he only loves two things in the world: his boat and himself. He has some friends as Will Turner and Elizabeth

Swam and many enemies as Davy Jones, the damned captain of the

Flying Dutchman, who wants Jack Sparrow´s soul to be in hell. His pet

is the terrible

kraken that it can

sink very big

boats. But a

person wants to

kill Davy Jones to

rescue his father.

He is Will

Turner.

Innocence - Children in Namhsan,

Myanmar by Kimberley Coole. Equip-

ment: Canon EOS 5d

This photograph transmits the life

of the children. It really

represents innocence.

I think that the child suffers

because he appears to be poor, but

still he is smiling. When you see

the picture you think that he has

to live in a very hard world.

I like a lot the brightness of his

eyes. His eyes make me feel more sensitive. When I see the photograph I feel

calm. I hope he will be smiling for all his life.

MUSIC MORE THAN SOUND

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

Written by Ana Isabel Soria 2B ESO

Written by Jose Antonio Martinez 2B ESO

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Palouse Falls Sunset by Kevin McNeal. Equipment: Canon 5D Palouse Falls are in Washington State– USA.

This photo is so wonderful that it even seems an

unreal landscape. It seems impossible that so much

water as we can see in that waterfall can be in a desert

land. On the other hand, the sky looks like a painting

with a great mixture of colors such as orange and blue,

which are very strange to see in the sky. This picture

transmits me a sensation of fear because if you look at

the center of the eddy, it seems that the water is

waiting to catch someone. It also transmits me fury,

the fury of the water that is falling in the waterfall. A

very amazing and strange picture that the

photographer could have only taken in that precise

moment and place having waited for a very long time till getting all the mixture we can see here.

Innocence - Children in Namhsan,

Myanmar by Kimberley Coole. Equip-

ment: Canon EOS 5d

This photograph transmits the life

of the children. It really

represents innocence.

I think that the child suffers

because he appears to be poor, but

still he is smiling. When you see

the picture you think that he has

to live in a very hard world.

I like a lot the brightness of his

eyes. His eyes make me feel more sensitive. When I see the photograph I feel

calm. I hope he will be smiling for all his life.

Written by Cristina Mendieta 2B ESO

Written by Ana Isabel Soria

2B ESO

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