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Issue #8

A bulletin written by 1-2 E.S.O. students in Diego de Siloé

Secondary School in Albacete

Issue #8 November 2010 Published by I.E.S. Diego de Siloé—Albacete http://www.diegodesiloe.com

At the beginning of a new

school year, I see a lot of new

people. In the class there are

new partners, who you can meet

and they can become your

friend.

Many subjects that we study are

different to the subjects that we studied in other

courses. The subjects can be more difficult, but

they are more interesting and there are many things

to learn. The not very good thing for me, is that we

have to get up early and this is sometimes difficult

for me. We have many new and different teachers,

and each one explains different

subjects. Another thing that you can do

is getting to know new people, in other

classrooms and groups, and they can

help you any day.

The economic crisis effects

get a lot of people fired.

People are worried because

they are losing their jobs and

they can’t pay their bills. So,

they don’t spend as much

money as, for example, two years ago.

People don’t spend money, because their

wages have decreased or because they are

unemployed. Firms don’t sell products, so they

don’t have to produce goods and, so for that, a

lot of people go on losing their jobs.

Some people that

have ideas to create a

new company and so

create more jobs, retire

the idea because they

can’t borrow money

from banks.

Since people aren’t

happy with this

situation, September 23rd, 2010 they went out to

the streets on strike to protest. But it didn’t have

too much repercussion because many workers

are afraid of been fired or that the government

or their chief get down their wages because,

according to the news many businessmen said

“if you don’t come tomorrow, don’t come the

day after tomorrow.

In this situation we only can

think in: What can we do to solve this

important problem? How can we go

away from this situation?

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School again

Why are we in crisis?

PAGE 2:

A new teacher

Autumn

PAGE 4:

Spanish food

Homemade food vs.

Takeaway food

PAGE 5:

Comenius Project

Birthday Celebra-

tion

PAGE 3:

Discussion about

Europe

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Written by Daniel Gómez 2B ESO

Written by Laura Rodenas 2B ESO

Why are we in crisis?

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Today, I came to my class after my Science class in

the laboratory.

My friends were in my class with a native assistant

teacher from St. Andrews. Scotland Then, we started the class

with my English teacher, Mr. Cascales. The

native teacher’s name is Mary.

We played a question game and we talked about

our hobbies with a hat with two horns and red

hair. She distributed some postcards and we had

to describe them.

She also told us some things about her: Mary’s favourite music band is Queen. Her

favourite colour is blue.

Scotland has a population of around 5.500.000

people.

Scottish Parliament is seeking to increase the use of Gaelic.

The university of St. Andrews is the first university of Scotland.

I liked the class because I felt I learnt

more.

A new teacher

Written by Juan Francisco Barberá 2ºB ESO

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The autumn is when summer ends and leaves fall down of the

trees. I don’t like the autumn a lot because I can’t stay in the

street very long because the night comes early and it is very

cold. Besides, I have to go to sleep very early to go to high

school next day. And I spend the evening doing

my homework instead of going to the ``Pulgosa´´ park to ride my

bicycle.

Written by Manuel García 1DB ESO

Discussion about Europe Last Friday Mr Cascales organized a group

discussion in my English class to talk about “Europe”.

Some of the students thought that Europe is

the greatest continent, because our

monuments, and is richer than others. Other

g r o u p

discussed about why Europe is so European (in my

opinion this is an uncommon but very interesting

question). The answer was: Europe is so European because is different and perfect.

Another very interesting question was “What does it

mean to be European?”. The answer was given by

Daniel and it was:

“I think that it means to live in Europe and follow its

costumes and laws”

Another important question was:

“What are your favourite European companies and why do you like them?”

(I love this question because in my opinion it shows

two important things: 1 We prefer the Northern-

American companies, probably because their

marketing is better. 2 We are the consumerism-without-sense generation)

The answer was: “The sports companies: Adidas, Reebok and Nike, because they are

comfortable”

These are only a few questions, but ... What do you think about them?

Written by Victor Sanchez 2B ESO

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Written by Pablo Alfaro 1º CD ESO

Spanish food is very healthy.

It is based on the Mediterranean diet. This diet

consists mostly of fish, olive oil, fruits,

vegetables and pulses such as lentils,

chickpeas or beans.

In Spain there are a lot of different food. We

have typical meals like gazpacho, paella, our ham and cheese, typical

foods of each region, that are very

varied.

The Spanish omelette is a special

delicacy, either with potatoes,

peppers, onions or vegetables.

The pork is the most widely used

meat. We have sausages, black

sausages (morcillas), ham, bacon,

chops…The Spanish cuisine is

known worldwide.

I know that Spanish food is one of the healthiest in the world. I like it very much, the paella,

cassoulet, the Serrano ham or good sausages. The good cheese sandwiches are the best or the

bread with tomatoes and olive oil.

I recommend everyone to visit Spain and try our delicacies.

Spanish Food

Written by Miguel Juan del Val 1º CD

There are different types of food as homemade, which is

what we cook at home. For example soups, stews and

traditional dishes.

Sometimes people that work and don´t have time for

cooking take home cooked food from a shop. It´s called

takeaway food.

When young people go out with friends they usually go to

fast food restaurants because they are cheaper and they

like those flavours for example: McDonald, Burger King …

But when the family go out to a restaurant for lunch or dinner, there are different types of

restaurants: international food (Italian, Chinese,…) vegetarian, homemade food…

When celebrating something important like a wedding, a baptism… we choose a special menu,

cooked by a great chef in a hotel or a good restaurant. You can also order food and bring it

to the place you want. That is called catering.

I prefer my grandmother’s homemade food. My favourite is pizza and quiche.

HOMEMADE FOOD vs. TAKE AWAY FOOD

Last October 4th, 2010 a group of students from IES Diego de Siloé travelled to

Germany along with two teachers and

visited the town of Kranichfeld,

participating in Comenius Project “My

city + Your city= Our Europe”.

They stayed for three days with

German families and they practiced

English and learnt some German.

They also joined all activities organized by school Staatlichee

Regelschule "Anna Sophia".

They learned how classes in

a German school work, they

visited the nearby

interesting sites and they also visited the city of Weimar, where they

visited Göethe and Schiller Museum, and the city of Erfurt, where Martin

Luther was a priest and professor.

Students from six different European countries enjoyed a lot and now they

have made new friends beyond frontiers.

And now our next destination will be Klaipeda in Lithuania!

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Comenius Project

Last time I went to a birthday party was an incredible and

special day with my friends. The birthday party was in the

afternoon.

I went with my English academy friends. It was Paula’s

birthday. She is my best friend of the English academy.

She is very funny, optimistic, energetic, nice and nervous.

We celebrated in Imaginalia’s cinemas. I can’t remember the title of the movie we saw but I know

that it was a scary movie. That night I could not sleep very well.

After the cinema we went to McDonalds. All of us ordered a happy meal but we were eating Pop

Corn before. And of course we played with the toys, as if we were younger girls. Next, we gave our

presents to her. The best present was Nuria’s present. It was a MP4. I thought that Nuria

was very rich.

In my opinion it was the best birthday party I’ve ever had.

Written by Rocío Lucini 2B ESO