MY BIRTHDAY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE... CURSO DE VERANO 2014

Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I learn

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1.Find the meaning of your parents and your name___________________________ 1

2.Find five happenings on the date of your birthday.

Choose one of them and describe it in summary of 5 lines _____________________ 2

3.Find five important people with whom you share your birthday.

Choose one and describe the most important fatcs of his/her biography _________ 2

4.Describe the most important event that happened

in Spain the year you were born ___________________________________________ 3

5.Find 5 sports events in your birth year.

Choose one and describe it in 5 lines _______________________________________ 3

6.Find the titles of five films or TV series,

five songs, five books that were very popular in your birth year ________________ 4

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FOR OUR LECTORS

1. FIND THE MEANING OF YOUR PARENTS AND YOUR NAME

Me

(Andrés) My father (Andrés)

My mother (María Paz)

Meaning Brave and manly. Of Greek origin

Brave and manly. Of Greek origin

Mary, full of grace. Peace, having peace, tranquility

Features

He is honest, outgoing and attracts

People by his special way of being.

He is very human and always.

He is honest, outgoing and attracts

People by his special way of being.

He s very human and is always there.

When someone needs him.

Feel great enthusiasm for everything noble,

Big and beautiful. Has a high aspiration in her life.

Loyal to her friends.

Love He likes to have a stable relationship.

He likes to have a stable relationship. As has great confidence.

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2. FIND FIVE HAPPENINGS ON THE DATE OF YOUR BIRTHDAY

CHOOSE ONE OF THEM AND DESCRIBE IT IN SUMMARY OF 5 LINES

- “BARCELONA WANTS THE 2000 TENNIS MASTERS”

- “THE COMMUNITY RECORDED IN 1998, 978 NEW CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS”

- “WORKING WITH SOLVENTS IS HARMFUL TO FETUSES OF PREGNANT”

- “BOXES LAW CLEARS FIRST BEFORE PARLIAMENT TO MERGERS AS A BACKDROP”

- “BARCELONA PLANS 98 MILES OF METRO AND TRAMWAY TO BE BUILT BEFORE 2010”

I chose the news “Barcelona plans 98 km of metro and tramway to be built before 2010” that is about of the

construction of 98 km throughout the community to improve transport by train and tramway.

3. FIND FIVE IMPORTANT PEOPLE WITH WHOM YOU SHARE YOUR BIRTHDAY.

CHOOSE ONE AND DESCRIBE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS OF HIS/HER

BIOGRAPHY.

THE PRINCE ANDRÉS (OF ENGLAND)

ANDRÉ AGASSI (TENNIS PLAYER)

ANDY GARCÍA (ACTOR)

ANDRÉS CALAMARO (SINGER AND MUSICIAN)

ANDRÉS LONGTON (LAWYER)

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Andrés Calamaro is a singer, songwriter and record producer argentine. Throughout his career he

has been in bands like “Los abuelos de la nada” and “Los Rodríguez”, also taking a remarkable solo

career. He has lived along his life alternating between Buenos Aires and Madrid.

4. DESCRIBE THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN SPAIN THE YEAR

YOU WERE BORN.

“INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS BY THE UNITED NATIONS”

LAWS WERE PASSED THAT IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OLDER PEOPLE.

5. FIND 5 SPORTS EVENTS IN YOUR BIRTH YEAR. CHOOSE ONE AND DESCRIBE IT IN

FIVE LINES.

20 - 28 March 1999 Curling - Women's Junior World Championship

20 - 28 March 1999 Curling - Men's Junior World Championship

24 - 27 March 1999 Figure Skating - World Championships

25 - 28 March 1999 Golf - The Players Championship

5 - 7 March 1999 Athletics - World Indoor Championships

Golf - The Players Championship was held in the United States from 25 to 28 March 1999 with David Duval (USA) as a winner.

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6. FIND THE TITLES OF FIVE FILMS OR TV SERIES, FIVE SONGS AND FIVE BOOKS

THAT WERE VERY POPULAR IN YOUR BIRTH YEAR.

5 SONGS

1. “MY OWN WORST ENEMY” BY LIT

2. “JUMPER” BY THIRD EYE BLIND

3. “SCAR TISSUE” BY RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

4. “THE CHEMICALS BETWEEN US” BY BUSH

5. “HEAVY” BY COLLECTIVE SOUL

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5 BOOKS

LOS AÑOS CON LAURA DÍAZ CARLOS FUENTES (MÉXICO, 1999) It is based on his two conversations with sustained grandmothers from 1868 to 1968.

LADRÓN DE LUNAS ISAAC MONTERO (ESPAÑA, 1999) Tells the story of a bigamist after the civil war.

LA CUADRATURA DEL CÍRCULO ÁLVARO POMBO (ESPAÑA, 1999) This book tells the tragedy of a misguided man, who acknowledges his error when it cannot be undone.

ROSARIO TIJERAS JORGE FRANCO (COLOMBIA, 1999) A bout the terrifying violence in the streets.

LA ORILLA AFRICANA RODRIGO REY ROSA (GUATEMALA, 1999) It tells the story of a young Moroccan and a young Colombian in the city of tangier

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5 FILMS

Original title: Instinct Country: USA Director: Jon Turteltaub Synopsis: Ethan Powell is a veteran anthropologist and primatologist who after living for years with the gorillas accused of a series of crimes in the jungles of Rwanda. The young psychiatrist Theo Claude to discover the secret hidden in the mind of the anthropologist Original title: SleepyHollow Country: EEUU / Alemania Director: Tim Burton Synopsis: In 1799 the young detective Ichabod Crane is sent from the city of New York to the town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of baffling crimes. The in habitants of Sleepy Hollow will then tell the legend of a mercenary whose love of blood went beyond the battles, and whose favorite hobby was cutting heads galloping astride his steed. Years ago he was captured and executed cutting off his head with his own sword in the woods of Sleepy Hollow. Fact or fiction, Ichabod will doubt that story until the day that he witnesses the appearance of the ghost rider.

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Original title: The Astronaut's Wife Country: USA Director: Rand Ravich Synopsis: Spencer is an astronaut. With his wife Jillian they are the perfect couple until he suffered a freak accident in space. Communications are cut for a few minutes and everyone seems to want to hide what happened there. While celebrating the safe return of the mission, Spencer companion suffers an inexplicable attack and dies. Jillian, who has become pregnant, begins to perceive changes in the behavior of her husband.

Original title: A Bug’s Life Country: USA Director: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton Synopsis: A group of grasshoppers assaults every summer the ant colony where flick lives, so that they deliver the food they have collected during the winter. One day, flick leaves the anthill in search of warrior bugs to help them fend off the fearsome grasshoppers, by recruiting a circus troupe. Original title: Stuart Little Country: USA Director: Rob Minkoff Synopsis: One day the little family adopts a little mouse named Stuart, soon considered his son. Mr. And Mrs. Little are delighted with the way of life of Stuart, but his oldest son, George, does not know what to do with his "new brother" and the family cat, snowbell, improvises a plan to oust Stuart home ... Forever.

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Summary

When I was presented this work to do I found it a bit difficult because of the amount of points I had, but after starting I found it easier.

Each time I performed it, I felt more than curious to see what would happen the day I was born, so I started researching on every page for the information with some other work and put it in the most complex way

Finally this work has helped me to better handle a WebQuest and the presentation of texts in Microsoft Word.

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SOURCES

1. FIND THE MEANING OF YOUR PARENTS AND YOUR NAME.

http://www.tuparada.com/nombres/

2. FIND FIVE HAPPENINGS ON THE DATE OF YOUR BIRTHDAY. CHOOSE ONE OF THEM AND DESCRIBE IT IN A SUMMARY OF 5 LINES.

http://elpais.com/tag/fecha/19990325/

3. FIND FIVE IMPORTANT PEOPLE WITH WHOM YOU SHARE YOUR BIRTHDAY. CHOOSE ONE AND DESCRIBE THE MOST IMPORTANT FATS OF HIS/HER BIOGRAPHY.

http://www.tuparada.com/nombres/

4. DESCRIBE THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN SPAIN THE YEAR YOU WERE BORN.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portada

5. FIND 5 SPORTS EVENTS IN YOUR BIRTH YEAR. CHOOSE ONE AND DESCRIBE IT IN 5 LINES.

http://www.los-deportes.info/calendario-deporte-1999-p0-61999.html

6.FIND THE TITLES OF FIVE FILMS OR TV SERIES, 5 SONGS, 5 BOOKS THAT WERE VERY

POPULAR IN YOUR BIRTH YEAR.

http://www.filmaffinity.com/es/main.html

http://www.casadellibro.com/?gclid=cj0keqjwlv6dbrdc7rgfrvidmjgbeiqajd3hmp-gkvp-zf0wgoxpqydrn1uh6msiaub_c36uyodjmmcaaov68p8haq

http://mibrujula.com/canciones-sonaban-ano-1999/

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Notes

While conducting work on some pages I did not find the desired information or could not access to it, so I had to research on other websites. For example, when I searched the 5 books.

Conclusions

This task has helped me to learn how to surf the net and to explain my ideas in the best possible way.

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AUTHOR

ANDRÉS 3ºESO

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