My trip to Madrid

OUR TRIP TO MADRID

Hi, we are Elisabet, Clàudia Vallmajó, Claudia Guilana and Oleg Mumbrú, and last april we went on a trip to Madrid with our ESO 2 classmates.

FIRST DAY:

At 7 o'clock, we went to the school and we took a bus to Girona. There, we waited for the train (AVE) and we recorded some videos. At 11:45 we arrived to Madrid. Another bus took us to a hostel called Motion and we left our luggage there. After that we visited the “Congreso de los Diputados” and some friends like Clàudia Vallmajó, did an oral presentation about it to the class like Clàudia Vallmajó.

At 14:30 we had lunch and at 15:45 we visited the Museo del Prado. Some of our classmates like Claudia G, explained some paintings to the class. When we finished, we went to Parque del Retiro and there we had one hour for free time.

In the afternoon, we visited la Puerta de Alcalá where we sang a song about it. Finally we took an underground to go to la Opera square.

At 20:30 we had dinner at Fresco and we went to the hostel to sleep.

SECOND DAY:

At 09:00 we had breakfast and we went on foot to Puerta del Sol, Palacio Real's gardens and to the Almudena's cathedral. Then we had lunch at Fresco, the same restaurant that we went on the first day. In the afternoon, we went to a presentation about the Xi'an warriors, which was really good. After that, we walked around Plaza Neptuno, Cibeles and the Council of Madrid. When we fiinished, we ate the famous “Bocata de Calamares” in Plaza Mayor. Then we had free time and we went to the hostel to sleep and watch the football match on the TV.

THIRD DAY:

Like the second day we had breakfast and then, we made the luggage. When we finished, we walked along la Gran Via until la Plaza de España. After that, we had free time and we went to the Templo de Debot and the Senado.

At 13:30 we had lunch at the same restaurant called Fresco. After that we came back to the Motion hostel and we took the bags to leave Madrid. We arrived at Atocha Station where we had one hour for free time and bought some sweets. At 16:00, we caught the AVE which took us to Girona. At 20:02, we arrived to Girona and a bus took us to Banyoles. At 20:45 we arrived at school where our parents were waiting for us.

It was a really great trip! We had a lot of fun there!

E-mail to an internet forum

E-mail to an internet forum

Hi, my name is Elisabet V. Pagès and i live in South London, England. I want to make it a better place cause I love it.

I think there isn't anywhere for young people to go, there aren't any facilities for them.

As a result young people spend all their time hanging around on the street. There are sometimes problems with vandalism and graffiti. In my opinion the council should do something.

ELISABET V. PAGÈS

A dialogue for a story

Dialogue for a story

Me                    Friend, friend! Can you hear me? I need some help!

Friend              Elisabet ? Where are you? What’s happened?

Me                    I’m in the middle of the sea!

Friend              Can you see something?

Me                    I can see an island but it’s so far away and the water is entring in

  the boat!

Friend              Don’t panic! Let’s phone the coastguard.

Me                   OK, but hurry up! I don’t know how long I can stand here.

Friend             OK, OK, hang on! I’m sure that someone will come soon.

Me                   Friend!

Friend             Now what’s happenin’?

Me                   I’m fallin’ into the water. Help!

Elisabet V. Pagès

A formal letter

Formal letter

Dear Sir or Madam

I am a professional cyclist. I am writing to you because I need a new sponsor.

The cycling competition will be in May in London. It is going to be a big event, there will become about 20,000 spectators. The teams are going to be from twenty-three different countries.

Contact me if you are interested in sponsoring me or if you want to look for more information. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours fithfully

Elisabet Vallejo Pagès

Cyclist

A survey about the future

A survey about the future

The topic of the survey was 'The next millenium'. Twenty people did the survey and they were very negative. These are the results:

Nobody thinks that humans will exist in a thousand years' time, and one or two people think that the world will be a better place in the future. They think that we will be more intelligent in the future.

Everybody thinks that space travel will be normal in the next century, and most of the class think that humans will live on other planets in the future. A lot of people say that they will travel into space if they have the chance.

Elisabet V. Pagès

A biography about Joaquín Cortés

Joaquín Cortés

Joaquín Cortés is a Spanish dancer. He was born in Córdoba in 1969 and a part of his childhood there. He moved to Madrid in 1981 with twelve years old. In 1999 he moved to New York.

Joaquín Cortés started to study dance when he was twelve years old and when he was fifteen he entred into the Spanish National Ballet.

Three of his most famous works are Pasión Gitana, Soul and Live. He is explosive, original and athletic.

ELISABET V. PAGÈS

A brave rescue

A BRAVE RESCUE

Since I was little I like swimming so I went to the beach four months ago.

The beach was calmed but suddenly the Creu Roja came with an unconscious man. Then they started a cardiac massage. After that, the man rose up and went to his home. Some minutes later the people of the Creu Roja said that it was a simulation.

I felt so relieved because the man was ok.

ELISABET V. PAGÈS

A memorable day

A MEMORABLE DAY

I remember my birthday three months ago. It was very funny.

It was in Llançà and in the morning came my uncles, aunts and cousins came home. At three o'clock we ate all together. Then we went to swim to the beach for a long time. It was very cool cause it was a sunny day and the water was clear.

There were about 16 people at home. I remember my uncle cause he gave me a cute dress. I felt very proud to have this great family

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My ideal home

MY IDEAL HOME

Here we are in my ideal home. It's an old house in the country. It's very big and it's got a garden too. It's got four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a big kitchen and two living rooms. It also has an atic where you can see the stars.

In an ideal day in my ideal home we're all my cousins here. We're playing all together in our big garden. My mum is preparing her special food.

My favourite room is mine. It's got a TV and a PC. I love it cause I can relax in my sofa there.

An internet profile

INTERNET PROFILE

• ELISABET00
• 13 YEARS OLD
• CATALUNYA

About me:

I'm Elisabet and i'm from Banyoles in Catalunya. I've got blue eyes and brown hair.

Likes and dislikes:

I love singing and music. My fauvorite American signer is Taylor Swift. I love the country songs too.

My time and money:

I spend my time at school and with my friends. I don't spent much money.

Requests:

I want to meet girls from 12 to 13 years old. I like to meet someone English or American and I'm intesested in German and Chinese too.

Last summer (2n)

LAST SUMMER

Hi, my name is Elisabet, I'm 13 years old and I'm going to show you my presentation about my summer.

First, I'm going to talk about the two weeks in my cousin's house and then my stay in Llançà.

So come on!

The second and third weeks of July I went to my cousins home. There we went to the swimming pool, I helped my aunt on her shop, we went to the beach... I really had fun there, it was very exciting.

I was in Llançà all August. Every day I did a lot different things like snorkelling, swimming,

doing homework, playing with my cousins... I met my best friend of the other school. Somedays I went to El Port de la Selva to walk or have a drink. Was very especial when we went to a creek with my uncle's boat. My summer was great.

Thanks for yous attention.

Elisabet V. Pagès