DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE FEDERICO'S BODY REMAINS ARE?

     Federico García Lorca is one of the most important Spanish poets and dramatists of the twentieth century. His father owned a farm in the fertile vega surrounding Granada and a comfortable mansion in the heart of the city. His mother was a gifted pianist. He wrote El Maleficio de la mariposa (1920), a play which caused a great scandal when it was produced. He also wrote Libro de poemas (1921), a compilation of poems based on Spanish folklore.
In 1922, he organized the first “Cante Jondo” festival in which Spain’s most famous “deep song” singers and guitarists participated. 


     In 1936, he was arrested by Franquist soldiers. When they arrived at the cemetery, the soldiers forced García Lorca from the car and finally, they killed him. 
His books were burned in Granada’s Plaza del Carmen. Nobody knows where his body rests.

where Federico's body remains are.

PERSONAL MEMORIES

     Do some smells remind you of your childhood? What associations do they have?

     Nenuco's perfume reminds me of my childhoold. When I am with babies as when I am with children, they smell of Nenuco. I feel very happy when I smell them. I also like the smell of some pieces of burnt toasts, because it makes me think of the day I burnt my breakfast at home.

     I love going to restaurants and eating there with my family. So, I like the smell of fish because this reminds me when my family arrived at Molvízar and we go to pass some days together.

     Among other things, when I hear Romeo Santos' songs I think of my friend Ana, who likes bachata, and I also think of Andrea, because sehe loves this singer.

MY FRIEND RITA AND ME.

          Hello! I am María Béjar and I'm from Molvízar. I am going to write about my friend Rita Lamego and me, she is from Portugal, but the has lived in Spain since 2006. She and I first met at Camilo Jose Cela Street, in Molvízar, and we became great friends. Both of us are in the same class.

To begin with, I am going to write about our physical appearance. She has light brown hair with red streaks, her eyes are brown and she wears glasses too. She almost always wears a T-shirt, trousers and a pair of trainers, the same as what I almost always wear. About me, I have black hair, my eyes are green. As I have just said before, I almost always wear a T-shirt, trousers and a pair of trainers. The colour of my skin is too paw, different from Rita's colour skin, which is too dark.

Rita helps me a lot. She is much similar to me in many aspects. She is an open-minded girl. She is funny and makes me laugh with her jokes. She is good at sports. Rita is very friendly to everyone. Many things of us like hobbies, likes, dislikes... are similar. We love listening to music, watching cartoons and playing together. I think I help Rita and she helps me too. She is very confident. I am not. I am very shy. 

She isn´t always studying, this makes me angry with her. In fact, she has promised me to do better in the classroom and exams. She is helpful. We can always have a funny time together. Our likes and dislikes never match. However, we are best friends. I am lucky to have and such a good friend from my childhood.

THIS IS ME!

          First of all, I am going to introduce myself to you! I am María Béjar, I am 15 years old and I am from Molvízar. I haven´t been in a foreign country yet.

To begin with, I am going to write about my image, I don't know what I can tell you about it. I wear casual clothes. I almost always wear denim trousers, T-shirts and a pair of trainers. Nevertheless, in other ocassions like weddings, first communions, or other special days, I wear smart clothes. Moreover, I wear jewellery too.

Secondly, I am going to explain three things that I lovee. I like spending Saturday evenings with my friends, although I lose much time. On the other hand, I love playing my clarinet (if I spent much time playing it, I would play it better). After that, the third thing that I love is watching "Águila Roja", but I can hardly ever watch it.

Finally, the three things that I hate are: hate false people who look your friend, but actually they stab you on your back. Other thing that I hate is people who tease you, and people that are in your interest. I don't like wearing clothes that don't match.

From now on, I am going to try distance myself from these people.

MY VILLAGE THEN, AND NOW.

          I live in Molvízar, a small village in the south of Granada, I like my village, but I reckon that it needs some reforms and new things. I have asked my parents to learn more about my village, and to do this composition.

There was the same population as there is now. There are 3, ooo inhabitants approximately. In Molvízar, there used to be a lot of small shops, now there are fewer than have used to be. Also, there used to be old houses, now, there are some blocks of flats. There was a church built in the XVIII Century, and it is the same as we have now. Its appearance is similar to it before the reform. There are other important buildings, such as "La Compañía", which is now a museum, and the Town Hall.

Fifty years ago, not many people had cars, people used to ride on animals like mules, donkeys, etc to move and transport things (specially goods). And they went to all the places on food. What atrocity it was! Now, most people have got a car or a motocycle (although there are people who have two or more means of transport.) We can also move by bus or taxi. 50 years ago, there was also a bus.

In the past, many people used to emigrate to other countries to look for a job in another place.

People used to enjoy playing in the street (playing football or playing with cloth dolls) or going to the cinema, because there used to be one then. Now, there isn't a cinema, but there are some bars. Children enjoy playing with mobile phones and other technological things. Children used to be by 8 o'clock in the street, now we are in the street much longer.

In the past, there was a state school, and now, there is the same, but it has been reformed.

In my opinion, Molvízar was better in the past. Then, social life was healthier than now although now there are more technological advances.

My project: Rabbit-Proof Fence

EUROPE'S MIGRANT CRISIS

The immigration crisis that Europe is experiencing today is the largest migration crisis since the 2nd World War. It is inhuman to see thousands of people trying to leave the country to avoid war and suffering so much. Actually, some of them even die when they try to escape and no solution is found to solve this problem.

While governments think and argue about the "fair share"  refugees, only some citizens help these people, who are suffering the terrible consequences of war. 

One of the most shocking images was that of the small Syrian boy found dead on the shore of the beach, because of the wreck of the boat their family was travelling in. However, this is was just part of the tragedy as his 5-year-old brother, her mother and three other members of the family were also killed in this shipwreck.
In my opinion, the war that is now taking place Syria is  just nonsense, since its citizens are getting hurt,  and that war will not go anywhere, they are just destroying everything. Therefore, the end of the war is the only solution to solve this problem.