EARTH DAY

Dear students of 1º ESO-Sección Europea,

It was Earth Day last Wednesday, April 22nd, and to celebrate it I proposed to wear something green to school that day. Many of you accepted my proposal and wore one item of green clothing. I am happy to know that I have a lot of "green" students.

Thank you very much.

Connor (left) and me (right) with the class.

From left to right: David Pacheco, Jesús Arias and Lidia Mata.

From left to right

Front Row: Paula Molina and Irene Talavera.

Middle row: Cynthia Clemente and Sara Gómez.

Back row: Ismael Torres and David Vélez.

From left to right

Front Row: mª Ángeles García and J.Javier Pacheco.

Middle row: Mª Paz Montalvo and Verónica Romero.

Back row: Bárbara Lorenzo.

From left to right

Front Row: María Chocano and Sara Pérez.

Second row: Rafael Serrano and Inés Fernández-Yáñez.

Third row: Guillermo Jiménez and Alberto Villar.

Fourth row: Sergio Segundo.

Fifth row: Pablo Marco

Back row: Celia Navarro and Carmen Valverde.

Part of the class.

From left to right

Front Row: Sara Gómez and Cynthis Clemente.

Back row: Irene Talavera and Paula Molina.

Back: Verónica, Mª Paz, J.Javier Pacheco and Mª Ángeles.

David Pacheco (left) and Jesús Arias (right).

Celia Navarro (left) and Carmen Valverde (right).

Back to front: Celia, Carmen, Pablo and Sergio.

From left to right

María Pozo, Gonzalo Martínez and Juan Fermín Zopeque.

David Vélez.

1º ESO - Sección Europea.

ACTIVITY: 
Make a list of the possible ways in which we and our school might celebrate "Earth Day" next year. What things might we do?. What events might we organise?. Write your ideas here.

BOOK DAY

April 23 is a symbolic date for world literature because on this day in 1616 two very important writers died: Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare. This date was established by UNESCO as the "World Book and Copyright Day" to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property.

It´s also St.George´s Day, England´s National Day.

EARTH DAY

Wednesday April 22nd is Earth Day. To celebrate this day and to make it different from other school days wear something green to school tomorrow. It can be anything: a green sock, a green sweater, a green t-shirt, a green scarf, a green hat, a pair of green shoes…

Have a nice and green day!

JOBS

Hi, again!

I hope you had a wonderful "Easter" vacation.

Now it´s time to work!. Today we have studied a new topic in class: "Jobs". To revise the vocabulary we have learnt go to "Our Vocabulary Blog" , and to learn some extra words you can visit a very interesting website where you can do many different activities related to "jobs".

Click here to visit the site.

www.britishcouncil.org

SPRING BREAK

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA & TOMATO TOAST

I recently have discovered a breakfast that has changed my life and although it took twenty five years to find it since its encounter my life has been anything but just “plain toast.” I’ve come to Spain as an assistant teacher in a bilingual program in Villanueva de los Infantes which is in the province of Ciudad Real, in the autonomous region of Castilla-La Mancha. For those who don’t have the geographical map of Spain under their control this tiny town is basically right smack in the center of the country and can only be referenced to me to be like Nebraska in the United States. The land here at first glance is absolutely as plain, boring and manicured as any other agricultural area, and for those who don’t stop to smell the proverbial roses or to appreciate its beauty it can look quite ugly, repugnant, unsightly, flavorless and simple. But beneath the raked fields of monotonous corduroy and the endless rows of olive and wine vineyards lays an untold and complex beatitude that accompanies the simplicity of this flat Mediterranean land

scape that can only be understood with time and open senses. This is perhaps why this wonderfully modest breakfast has become not only an enjoyment in my day but is also, to me, a representation of this tasteful region.

I’m not going to sugar coat the ingredients because they are what they are and I’m not going to detour away from this: Baguette bread toasted, with grinded up tomato spread on top. Grinded tomato and bread for breakfast perhaps to some isn’t exactly the most appetizing item on the menu nor is it perhaps the most alluring when compared to eggs, onion and potatoes with a slice of ham on the side but it’s not about what you see or what it looks like, it’s how you view it and what you do with it to make something norm

al it into a delightful experience.

The grinded up tomato and toast comes with: a fork, a napkin olive oil and salt. The process has been slow and tedious but I think I now know what these “Manchegos” (people from Castilla La Mancha) have been experiencing for generations upon generations. The fork is the key for opening the door to deliciousness. Like the farmer uses a plow to scrape the land so must the fork be used in a similar way to allow the seeds to penetrate the surface, but in this case the seed is salt. A slow light sprinkle of salt over the bread and tomato ensures a healthy flavor. With a monsoon like downpour of fresh olive oil the salt accompanies the flow into the punctured exterior and is soaked up by the porous earth below. The end result is far from unappealing to the taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell and you’ll know as the aroma that accompanies the rising steam of the toast in the morning air and the b

rilliant light reflects upon the olive oil covering the reddish level landscape and leaves your fingers smooth and soft with its remnants while the crunching, crackling, snapping and rolling ruffle of the bread vibrates through your ears delivering to your mouth an honest natural flavor leaving you crying out for more and more, that what you’ve experienced is not just grinded up tomato and bread, it’s “Una tostada con tomate", and it’s something special.

Connor Stava

Language Assistant

"Francisco de Quevedo" High School

MY RECIPE FOR: 

TOAST AND TOMATO (TOSTADA CON TOMATE)

Ingredients needed: 

1. Bread

2. 1 Tomato

3. Olive oil

4. Salt

Utensils needed:

1. Toaster

2. Knife

3. Fork

4. Plate

Instructions: 

Step 1: Cut bread in half and place into toaster

Step 2: While bread is in toaster slice the tomato thinly

Step 3: Take Toast out of toaster

Step 4: Place tomato onto warm toast

Step 5: Poke holes into the toast and tomatoes with fork

Step 6: Spread olive oil over toast graciously

Step 7: (optional) Spread olive oil around with knife

Step 8: Lightly salt the bread and tomato and if you like, put a little on the plate 

Step 9: Enjoy!!