16 de diciembre: Día de la lectura en Andalucía

El 16 de diciembre de 2012 Se realizó un concurso de marcapáginas y se llevaron a cabo actividades relacionadas con la lectura y en particular la obra de Rafael Alberti: lectura de Marinero en tierra, realización de poesías y dibujos para la posterior confección de un libro recordatorio.

Bicentenario de Charles Dickens 1812-1870

Durante el año 2012 debido a la celebración del bicentenario de Ch. Dickens se ha estado trabajando en el taller de lectura sobre sus obras y más concretamente sobre Un cuento de Navidad en el mes de diciembre, los alumnos estuvieron trabajando sobre el autor, el entorno , la época, la situación histórica, los personajes de esa obra tanto en castellano como en inglés. La exposición de estos trabajos se ubicó en el pasillo central del instituto.

A continuación incluimos una selección de fotos:

"Oportunidad en la crisis".

El alumnado debería decir su opinión sobre el texto y averiguar el verdadero autor, creo que aunque parece que lo firma Einstein, no es de él. Gracias.

Certamen de relatos breves de suspense y terror

Con motivo del aniversario del nacimiento de Agatha Christie y de Robert L. Stevenson se convoca desde el plan de Fomento de la Lectura y desde el Departamento de Lengua un concurso de relatos cortos. Las bases del concurso están expuestas en cada aula y os animamos a participar. Los relatos premiados serán leídos en la radio del I.E.S. Gaviota.

Autores de la exposición:

Ivette López Galdeano
Ma Mar Crespo Jiménez
2º E.S.O.

María Sánchez Vargas
Mercedes Pomares Sabio
2º Bach

Sergio Rivera Fernández
Emilio Galdeano López
2º Bach

Agatha Christie

Agatha was born on September 15, 1890 in Torquay (Devon, England). Her father died when she was eleven years old and her mother gave him lessons at home, encouraging her to write from a very young. At the age of 16 years, she went to the school of the lady Dryden, in Paris, to study singing, dance and piano.
Her first marriage was in 1914 with colonel Archibald Christie. They had a daughter, Rosalind. They divorced in 1928 because of an infidelity of her husband.
During the First World war, Agatha worked in a hospital, and this influenced her work: many of the murders she writes about are carried out by poisons.
In 1930 she married the archeologist Max Mallowan, 14 years younger than her.
In 1961 she was made a member of the Royal Company of Literature and an honorary doctor in Letters of the University of Exeter.
In 1971 she was granted the title of Lady of the British Empire.
Agatha Christie died of natural causes on January 12, 1976, at the age of 85, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire. She is buried in the cemetery of St. Mary’s church, in Cholsey.
LITERARY PRODUCTION
Christie published more than eighty novels and theatre plays. The majority of her novels and plays have made into films, some on more than one occasion, such as ‘Asesinato en el Orient Express’ and ‘Muerte en el Nilo’.
Agatha Christie wrote from the end of the First World war, when she created her character Hercules Poirot, and since then one of the most popular detectives since Sherlock Holmes. Poirot and his other detectives such, as Miss Marple, have also appeared also in numerous movies radio, programs radio and theatrical representations based on Agatha Christie's books.
Also being a writer of novels of detectives, Agatha Christie wrote 6 romantic some theatrical works and a book of poems, under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott.



OTHERS WORKS
 1937 Murder in the Mews (cuatro relatos con Hércules Poirot)
 1971 The Golden Ball and Other Stories (quince relatos)
 1973 Akhnaton - A play in three acts
 1979 Últimos casos de la señorita Marple
 1997 While the Light Lasts and Other Stories


WORKS LIKE MARY WESTMACOTT
 1930 Giant's Bread
 1934 Unfinished Portrait
 1944 Absent in the Spring
 1948 The Rose and the Yew Tree
 1952 A Daughter's a Daughter
 1956 The Burden


HER WORK IN THE CINEMA
Various productions have been made based literally or of a freer form on her stories in which she was the direct figure and tried to explain the real event related to her mysterious disappearance for several days in the decade of the 50s.
‘Sugestión mortal’ (1937, Rowland V. Lee) and ‘Diez Negritos’ (1944, René Clair) are the first important adaptations by Christie, the first one being a good drama of mystery and the second one, a small masterpiece of the cinema of suspense with unforgettable actors. Then ‘El Tren de las 4.50’ whose success initiated a series of films centred on the cases of Miss Marple, interpreted masterfully by Margaret Rutherford; then other famous stars continued ‘Asesinato en el Orient Express’ (1974, Sidney Lumet), with an Oscar for Ingrid Bergman, ‘Muerte en el Nilo’ (1979, John Guillermin) with the Peter Ustinov's first appearance personifying the detective Hercules Poirot.
Also on the small screen one must mention an English series: ‘Matrimonio de sabuesos’ (Partners in crime), of 1982.



MORE ABOUT AGATHA CHRISTIE
The queen of crime, the lady of the mystery, the writer most translated in the whole world. Agatha Christie is possibly the most famous writer of novels on detectives.
From a child, she already had a great imagination. She had always developed a great creativity, and she often played with the characters that she invented. Nevertheless, not all her infancy was happy. When she was small, her father died and the family had a small crisis.
As a young woman she also travelled to Egypt, where she was fascinated by the whole oriental culture, an interest that later would show in her novels ( ‘Cita con la muerte ‘ or ‘Asesinato en Mesopotamia’ ).
But, one of the major influences that she had in her infancy was her work as a nurse. In this work she learned all the secrets of toxicology, learned the doses necessary for poisoning, knew thoroughly all the poisons, was in constant contact with their symptoms and consequences... In the end, Agatha Christie ended up for being an expert in the world of poisons. And, certainly, she applied this knowledge many times in her novels, in numerous murders.
Can you guess what she did when she started obtaining her first income? Nothing more and nothing less than to buy a car. And it is that, so it is said, that Agatha Christie was carried away by cars, she loved driving her.
But between these crazy adventures and small progresses she also had misfortunes and depressions. For example, her dear mother died, plunging her in a serious depression. And for if it was not sufficient, in this epoch her husband told her that he was in love with another woman and that he was leaving her. Big blows in the life of this writer, but she didn’t allow her work to deteriorate. Agatha, with renewed forces, published a bit later one of her more acclaimed, novels ‘Roger Ackroyd's murder ‘.



‘Sadness is the cradle of inspiration of every writer’ - Agatha Christie.

Entrevista a nuestra lectora miss Melanie Murray

Interviewers : Beatriz Guillén Crespo y Encarni López Toledano
Interview Answers: Melanie Murray

1. Where do you live in the United States?
I live in Hamden, Connecticut.

2. What are the most important monuments in your city?
I live in a town, and it doesn’t have many very important monuments, however the most important one would be the Veteran’s memorial. Which is a monument listing all of the veterans who have died fighting in wars in the U.S.

3. What is the name of the capital of your state where you live?
The capital of Connecticut is Hartford

4. Who is the governor in your state now?
The Governor of Connecticut is M. Jodi Rell.

5. Which is the name of the residence of the official president? And where is it?
The official residence of the president is The White House, which is located in the capital of the United States; Washington D.C.

6. How old must a person be to vote in the U.S.A.?
You must be 18 years old to vote in the U.S.A.

7. Who was the first president of U.S.A.?
The first president of U.S.A. was George Washington.

8. What do you celebrate on 4th of July?
On the 4th of July we celebrate our independence as a nation from Great Britain, it is called ‘’Independence Day’’.

9. What is the national anthem of U.S.A.?Who wrote it?
The national Anthem of the U.S.A. is ‘’The Star Spangled Banner’’. It was written in 1814 by Francis Scottkey.

10. How many colors does your flag have?
The American Flag has three colors : Red, White and Blue.

11. How many stars are there on your flag?
There are fifty stars on the American Flag.

12. What do the stars on your Flag mean?
Each star on the Flag represents one of the fifty states in the U.S.A. The Thirteen stripes on the flag represent the first thirteen colonies when America was founded by the British(I live in one of the 13 original colonies)

13. What career did you study?
I studied Psychology in my University.

14. Why are you interested in studying that?
I was interested in Psychology because I love learning how the mind works, what causes people to act as they do and the causes and drives of human interactions.

15. Why have you come here?
I came to Spain to become fluent in Spanish and live in a different culture from my own. I have done a lot of traveling around the world and have studied in Denmark and Ecuador. I love learning about new cultures and believe that cross-cultural relations is a very important part of the new global society.

16. What was your first impression about the high school? Do you like it?
My first impression about the high school was that it was small community that cares about each other and works together. I went to a very large high school and like the community and togetherness aspect of Gaviota.

17. Do you practice any sports? Which?
Yes, I practice a lot of sports, that include: swimming, la crosse, basketball and tennis. I was a member of my swim team at my University.

18. Do you like Spanish food?
Yes, I like Spanish food. I like all the cheeses and meats. However the different times of eating is hard to get use to. For example, in the U.S., I eat a medium size lunch around 1 o’clock or 2 o’clock, and a big dinner around 6 or 7 o’clock.

19. What is your opinion about the town?
I really like, Adra. I think the small community is really nice and everyone knows each other. I come from a much bigger town. I am enjoying living in Adra. Everyone has been welcoming and accepting of me.

20. Is the weather in your city like the weather in Adra?
The weather in Adra is very different from the weather in Hamden during 75% of the year. In Hamden, it is hot, sunny and beautiful during the summer. During fall, the Maple and Oak trees’ leaves turn the colors of orange, yellow and red and fall to the ground. It is very beautiful, its called foliage. Then, in the winter, the weather is very cold (around 0 degrees
Celsius). It snows a lot and I get to go skiing in the mountains. In the spring, the snow melts and it is very rainy and muddy, but flowers start to bloom and the grass turns green again in the time for summer. New England (the northeastern part of the U.S. where I live) has this unique and beautiful four season year.

21. What are some differences between American teenagers and Spanish teenagers?
There are a lot of differences between American teenagers and Spanish teenagers. I think the main difference would be that the drinking age in the U.S. is 21 , not 18. Therefore you would never see a teenager in a bar. Therefore teenage drinking is illegal but is still done and is very common. However it is done in secret and many teenagers get in trouble for it by the police and their parents. The style of clothes also is different and also varies greatly within the U.S.

Thank you very much for answering our questions and we hope you enjoy your stay in Adra!

El deporte en el I.E.S. Gaviota

Entrevista realizada por José Gabriel Aguilera y Simón Iruela

Desde hace varios años, en los recreos del IES Gaviota se llevan a cabo ligas de distintos deportes, entre ellos fútbol-sala, baloncesto, voleibol...

En estas ligas pueden participar alumnos de todas las edades y todos los cursos, incluyendo los módulos de Formación Profesional. Las ligas se realizan una en cada trimestre, pudiendo cambiar de equipo al comienzo de estos si se desea.

Cuestionario al profesor de Ed. Física D. José

1.- ¿Qué le parecen las instalaciones deportivas del IES Gaviota?

En general, las instalaciones deportivas de este centro son buenas, a excepción del gimnasio cubierto, que podría mejorar mucho con un poco más de espacio que permitiera realizar actividades físicas.

Por otro lado, las instalaciones exteriores están bastante bien, ya que en ellas es posible realizar todo tipo de deportes.

2.- ¿Qué actividades deportivas tiene planeadas para este curso?

Para este curso, se tienen planeadas las ligas que se vienen haciendo cada año en los recreos: de fútbol, de voleibol y de baloncesto. Puede que más adelante se organice alguna actividad más.

3.- ¿Tiene planeada alguna actividad fuera de lo común para el día de Andalucía?

En el día de Andalucía normalmente solemos hacer alguna actividad deportiva fuera de lo común, para este año estamos pensando en organizar un "Día del Juego Andaluz" en el que se organizaran una gran variedad de juegos populares típicos en Andalucía para todos los alumnos y alumnas que quieran participar.

4.- ¿Qué le ha parecido su compañera de Educación Física?

Mi compañera de Educación Física de este año me ha parecido una persona muy buena, agradable, simpática y sobre todo muy participativa.

5.- ¿Cree que sus alumnos tienen un buen nivel deportivo?

No, mis alumnos en general tienen un nivel deportivo pésimo, deberían dejar de comer donuts y hacer un poco de ejercicio, salvo pocas excepciones de alumnos que practican algún deporte federado, los demás no tienen ningún nivel.

Foto con el profesor de educación física ”José” en el gimnasio del IES Gaviota

Cuestionario a la profesora de Ed. Física Dª. Raquel

1.- ¿Qué le parecen las instalaciones deportivas del IES Gaviota?

Este centro cuenta con la gran ventaja de tener acceso directo al paseo marítimo, lo que a este departamento ofrece unas enormes posibilidades. Es cierto que necesitaríamos algunas mejoras en cuanto a equipamientos, como es un almacén específico para guardar todo el material y clasificarlo. El gimnasio, para los grupos tan numerosos no cubre todas las necesidades que debería pero es cierto que en otros centros no cuentan con un espacio cubierto para realizar actividad física.

2.- ¿Qué actividades deportivas tiene planeadas para este curso?

Buscaremos que todas las actividades sean divertidas y buscando aprender lo máximo posible unos de otros.

3.- ¿Tiene planeada alguna actividad fuera de lo común para el día de Andalucía?

Para el día de Andalucía me gustaría que todos fuésemos capaces de aprender a interaccionar a través de un baile popular, las Sevillanas.

4.- ¿Qué le parecen sus compañeros/as de Educación Física?

D. José (Ed. Física) y D. José(Plástica) son en dos palabras ”im-presionantes” en todos los sentidos. Solo los podría cambiar por un buen bocadillo de jamón Ibérico.

5.- ¿Cree que sus alumnos tienen un buen nivel deportivo?

Todo en la vida es mejorable aunque después de la labor de mis compañeros de Ed. física a lo largo de todos los años anteriores, tengo que admitir que alguno tienen un buen nivel.

El botellón: un fenómeno social

El botellón entre los jóvenes

REALIZADO POR:
JUAN ANTONIO CORREA PÉREZ
JOSÉ DÍAZ PÉREZ

En primer lugar hay que destacar que nosotros somos jóvenes que, junto con la mayoría de los adolescentes del mundo, disfrutamos del botellón. El botellón es una actividad con la que las personas, tanto adulta como joven, se relacionan entre sí, conocen gente nueva, y sobre todo se lo pasan muy bien.

En nuestra opinión, el botellón se realiza por un motivo económico ya que el precio de las bebidas, tanto alcohólicas como simples refrescos, en las discotecas, pubs o bares, es sumamente excesivo. Esto hace que las personas se planteen el hacer botellón como una forma de ahorro, ya que beben mas por menos precio incluso que una copa en un pub.

Pero hacer botellón no solo son ventajas, también presenta algún inconveniente. Algunos de estos inconvenientes y los que con mayor frecuencia se suelen producir es que algunas personas no disfrutan del botellón de forma responsable, bebiendo más de la cuenta, incluso hasta puntos de llegar a perder el conocimiento, ensuciar la zona urbana con los restos de basura que sobran, como las botellas, qué, en algunos casos suelen romperlas, lo que puede provocar que se corten las personas, numerosos conflictos entre jóvenes debido normalmente a cosas sin sentido, el exceso ruido generado lo que perjudica a los vecinos, etc.

En Adra, normalmente, los botellones se hacían en el puerto, pero debido a su actual puesta en reforma se ha trasladado la actividad del botellón a un amplio espacio situado detrás de la lonja de Adra o, como ocurre en verano, se hacen en la playa, debido a que allí se sitúan los chiringuitos donde suele ir la gente después del botellón. Este traslado hace que los vecinos abderitanos se quejen menos del ruido que producen las personas a altas horas de la madrugada.

En nuestra opinión, el botellón, utilizado “con cabeza “y de una forma responsable, es una actividad que no debería dejar de hacerse ya que no hace daño a nadie y es una diversión entre las personas de hoy en día.