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ROMEO AND JULIET - William Shakespeare

It is a play first published in 1597. It is a tragedy or sad play. It is one of Shakespeare's more famous and popular plays, and has been performed very often, and have been made into several movies too. The play is about two noble families, the Montagues and the Montescos, in the old city of Verona. Unfortunately, the fathers have had an argument and are enemies. Montague has only one son, Romeo, and Capulet has only a daughter, Juliet. They meet at a party and they fall in love... And if you want to know the rest od the story, you will have to read the book.

This story has been used in a lot of films, with the name "Romeo and Juliet" or with other. Do you know any of them?

GNARLS BARKLEY - Crazy

Gnarls Barkley was a grupo formed by Cee Lo Green and Danger Mouse. They only released two albums. This song was in the first one, "St. Elsewhere" (2006).
According to the American magazine "Rolling Stone", this is the best song from the beginning of the 21st century. Do you agree? If not, which is the best song for you?

TRON LEGACY

"Tron Legacy" is a 2010 American science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Pictures.

Do you know what's the film about?
Do you know the title of the first part of this film?

BLUR - Song 2

This is one of my favourite songs by one of my favourite pop groups: Blur. It was released in 1997 in the album with the same name of the grupo.

Did you know this group? Do you like it?
DO you know in which popular TV series appeared this song?

LEO MESSI

Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team as a forward. Considered one of the best football players of his generation and frequently cited as the world's best contemporary player, Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21 and won both by the age of 22. He has also won the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or at the age of 23. His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi his "successor".

WE USED TO WAIT - Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire is one of the most successful groups now. They published their last album, "The Suburbs", last year. One of the songs of this album is this one, that was released with an amazing film. You can watch it here.
To watch the film you have to use the browser Google Chrome. If you don't have it in your computer, you can download it here. It's only a minute!!

Have you seen the film?? Did you like it?

THE SOCIAL NETWORK

A story about the founders of the social-networking website, Facebook, especially his most famous creator: Mark Zuckerberg. On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. Based on the book "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich.

Here you can watch the official trailer:


How do you translate the title of the film?
Do you use Facebook?

TUENTI

by María Pernía, María Laó, Almudena Muñoz, Reyes Moreno and Alicia Morato (3ºA and 3ºDiver)


Tuenti is a virtual social network for the young people of Spain. You can see photos, meet new friends, chat with the people or upload your photos.
It was created in 2006 by Zaryn Dentzel, he’s an American student but now he lives in Madrid.
First, Tuenti was created for universities. Then more people came into Tuenti but only if they had invitation. Nowadays Tuenti has got around 6 millions users in Spain.
Tuenti is a net with restricted access only for people with an invitation from a member previously registered.

SÉ LO QUE HICISTEIS...

by Samuel Lara Osuna and Manuel Martín Carrasco (4ºA)


“Sé lo que hicísteis...” is a critic programme. It talks about the faults of other channels like Telecinco, Antena Tres, etc. This progamme is presented by Patricia Conde.
The collaborators are:
Ángel Martín- means analyst
Alberto Casado- gossip magazines analyst
Miki Nadal- videos analyst
Berta Collado- reporter
Jose- “Ballman”
This programme is broadcasted on working days in the Sexta Channel at half past three.

THE FAIR OF EL CORONIL

by Vanesa Cañal Márquez, Rosa Lara García and Ángeles Fernández Sigüenza (4ºA)


The fair of the Coronil starts the second week of August. This fair is the most important of the province. Its name is San Roque and in this date, inhabitants of the the village are to celebrate the day of the saint patron called San Roque. Other years, many singers come to this town to sing and the council makes a lot of activities for the habitants.
The first day of the fair, elderly people go to the Caseta Municipal and they have a dinner. The casetas are open for everybody, so many people of the other town came to them. The last day, there is bullfight and the children fight the bulls.
We invite you to visit not only the fair, also the village, because there are a lot of monuments and good people.

REMOTE CONTROL

by Juan Moreno Romera and José Manuel González Camapanario (3ºB)


The radiocontrol is a technique to pilot that consists of operating an object from a long distance and wireless with remote control.
In Spain there is a long tradition of this sport.

Inside this category exist:
The model aircraft.
The model boat.
The model car.
The model helicopter.

HOME ALONE

(by Remedios Romero and Celia Gago, 4ºB)


Home Alone is a comedy film. A boy of eight years, called Kevin McCallister, was left alone in his home by mistake when his family came to travel to Paris, France, in the dates of Christmas. His parents phoned the police and the police found the protagonist. Although he enjoys alone, he is chased by some thieves that threaten him in his home, but they are mislead with traps made by him. He turns the thieves crazy and they leave far from the protagonist.

Here you can watch the trailer of this film:

THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS

(by J. Manuel García González and Elena García López, 4ºDiver)


Pop group formed in 1995 and founded by the choreographer Robin Antin. Originally well-considered and working as a burlesque group, in 2005 PCD it happened to be a musical group and they released a disc with the members that nowadays we know, Ashley Roberts, Nicole Scherzinger, Jessica Sutta, Kimberly Wyatt, Carmit Bachar and Melody Thornton. The album had a great success giving place to big successes like 'Dont Cha', 'Stickwitu' or 'Buttons', and it sold a great number of copies. In 2008, one of the members, Carmit Bachar, decides to leave the group to initiate a solo career.
The Pussycat Dolls has been composed by artists of Carmen Electra's height and has been supported by singers as Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears.

Here you can watch the video clip of their song "When I Grow Up":

F.C. BARCELONA

(by Juan Jesús Alcón, José Navas, José M. Rodrígez and Francisco J. Ocaña, 4ºB)


Barcelona has won three cups in the same year. These are the “Copa del Rey”, “Champions League”, and the Spanish League. The Champions League was won in May 27 2009 versus Manchester United in the Roma’s Olympic Stadium.
Xavi Hernández scored at 55’ and Lionel Andrés Messi scored at 70’.
The “lions” of Celtic were the first, the mithical Cruyff’s Ajax was the second, PSV was the third, and Manchester United was the last one until today.
Barça won the Leage, the champion and the “Copa del Rey”.
They won the Copa del Rey on 13th May, and on 27th they won the “Champions League”.
It’s the first Spanish team to win the three cups. It’s a great team.

LOS REBUJITOS

(by Mercedes Naranjo and Ana Pérez, 4ºB)


The group “Los Rebujitos” is formed by Manuel and Yerai. They are from Tarifa (Cádiz). Their first album was released in the year 2004 with the title “Lo que me gusta de ti”. Their second album was released in the year 2005 with the title “Tú de qué vas”. Two years later, in 2007, an album was released with the title “A nuestra bola”, with new songs ("Recordándote", "Y volverás", "Ayer soñé", "Ya no sé qué hacer"). In 2008 they published their last disc with the title “Más claro, agua”.

Here you can watch the video of their song "Quiero":

THE CASTLE OF LAS AGUZADERAS

(by Yésica Mayorga, Lorena Ocaña, Alexandra Zabela and Jésica Díaz, 4ºA)


The Aguzaderas Castle is a fortress located in the municipality of El Coronil, about 3 kms from the town center, built by the Arabs before building foundations. Its foundation dates from the fifteenth century, having been modified in the XV and XVI centuries. The entrance is free.

HAZE

(by Vanesa Jiménez Laó and M. Carmen Alhaja Murga, 4ºA)



Sergio López is a young sevillian. Haze lives in the neighborhood Los Pajaritos, in Seville. Flamenco in the blood and rap in the street. He is shy, reflexive and sincere. He loves sport and the healthy life. Teller of untold storys, poet of the most despised truths; friend of the wretched, etc. The secret of his music is that he sings real stories. The feeling and the force that he puts in his songs, the purpose with which he does them.

CURSO DEL 63

(by Margarita Barrera and Lorena Moreno, 4ºA)


Neither piercings nor long hair nor shorts… even their tangas are prohibited in San Severo. A modernity that during the 60s didn’t exist. Like the panties of tall neck .These are the rules.
Ten boys and ten girls are put into test. In this school it’s always innocent who pay. If some rule isn’t respected they are punished by cleaning the floor or doing the bed.

MARIO CASAS

(by María Valle López and Rocío Valle Bascón, 3ºA)


Mario was born on the 12th of June in A Coruña. His first steps as an actor were in the world of the adversiting. He wanted to devote to finish the studies in the school of interpretation Cristina Brocken.
His first experience in the small screen was in “Obsesión” a soap opera of proper production of television that would make known his name, and in the teen series “SMS”, issued in La Sexta.
To his time, he had his first experience in the cinema by the hand of Antonio Banderas, that gave him the opportunity to take part in the film “El camino de los ingleses”.
It was in 2007 when Mario arrived to the series that would give him all the fame in this country. “Los hombres de Paco”, an Antena 3´s production gave him the chance of performing the so called beginner police Aitor.
His last production has been “Mentiras y gordas” where he shares starring with many young interpreters that whose path is being opened in the world of the celluloid.
He loves football and is a supporter of Deportivo de la Coruña.When he was a child he wanted to be a policeman or a firefighter.