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IES Sabinar | Roquetas de Mar | January 2015 | Year 2 | Issue 4

Sabinar SpeaksD i g i t a l M a g a z i n e

A Day in the Life of...

MAR POZAp. 4

An Interview with...

ESTHER FINNIEpp. 5-6

Student Life

DRAMA LESSONS

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Creative Writing

ELEMENTAL WARp. 15

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Contents

A Day In the Life of...MAR POZA, THE ART TEACHER .................................................. 4

An Interview with...ESTHER FINNIE, OUR LANGUAGE ASSISTANT ......................... 6

Student LIfeDRAMA LESSONS .......................................................................... 7

PeopleA CARTOONIST AT I.E.S. SABINAR .............................................. 8

PlacesMOGON, MY HOMETOWN .............................................................. 9

MusicED SHEERAN .................................................................. …............ 10ONE DIRECTION ............................................................. …............ 11

ExperiencesLADY GAGA's CONCERT .............................................................. 12MY COUSIN's WEDDING ............................................................... 13A TRIP TO LONDON ....................................................................... 14

Creative WritingELEMENTAL WAR .......................................................................... 15

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A Day in the Life of...

MAR POZA, THE ART TEACHERBy Omar Mohamed & Ana Denisa Ciotlaus

The other day we had atalk with Mar Poza, ourArt teacher. She has beenworking as a SecondarySchool teacher for 14years, and 10 of themhave been here at IESSabinar.

She told us that herrelationship with thestudents, from her pointof view, is very good.She believes that thething that most annoysher is when the studentsaren't interested in whatshe explains.

She also told us one funny anecdote: a student was playing with agreen spray; he thought that the spray was empty, but it wasn't, sothe spray started to come out and it got all the students dirty. Marwent to the director's office and she discovered that the student wasthe director's son.

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A Day in the Life of...

She never thought that she would be an Art teacher. One thing thatshe loves about her job is to do new projects and see the studentsenjoying them.

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An Interview with...

ESTHERFINNIE, OURLANGUAGEASSISTANT By Miriam Aitaoui & Ainara López Aguado

SS: Where are you from?EF: I’m from Aberdeen, Scotland. We have a lot of castles, hills, sheep and lakes.

SS: Why did you come to Spain?EF: I came here because it’s part of my degree at university and to learn Spanish. I think it’s very hard, but I will try to learn it.

SS: Did you come here alone or with a friend? Is it very hard for you?EF: I came alone. It’s a little bit hard because I don’t know the language and I miss my family and friends.

SS: What TV series do you like? Do you watch Spanish TV?EF: I like The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family and Pretty Little Liars. A little bit because I don’t understand it, hahahaha!

SS: What type of music do you like?EF: I like rock. My favourite bands are Young Guns; You, Me at Six and The Maine.

SS: Do you like sports? Which sports do you prefer?EF: Yes, my favourite one is surfing.

SS: What do you like about Spain?EF: The people are very friendly. The weather and the food are nice, too; I really like the potatoes omelette.

SS: Do you see any differences between Spanish and British?EF: Yes, in British schools we wear uniforms and here you can wear whatever you want. In British schools we finish at 3:15 pm and here you finish at 2:45 pm.

SS: What do you think about the Scottish independence?EF: I voted NO because I think that everything will go better if we stay together.

SS: Where was your last travel? Did you enjoy it?EF: Thailand and Japan. Yes, it was amazing.

SS: What do you do in your free time?EF: I go surfing, study Spanish and hang out with my friends.

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Student Life

DRAMA LESSONSBy Miriam Aitaoui & Ainara López Aguado

Sabinar Speaks talkedwith Amanda and Maríadel Mar, from the dramalessons. Most of the timethey do acting exercises,spelling; they try to not beshy with their partners andcontrol the stage panicwhen they are on theshow.

This term they have performed the Day of the Spanish Constitution,representing different types of societies. They like this project abouttheatre, because it caught their attention, and they say that theywould repeat it again.

Carmen Castillo, theteacher of this subject,is a very good expert intheatre and drama, andshe is fulfilling all theexpectations from thestudents at the sametime as they areenjoying it!

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People

A CARTOONIST AT I.E.S. SABINARBy Ana Mª Iepure & Judit Martín Cervantes

His name is José Pereira, he is 19years old and lives in Roquetas deMar, but he was born in anothercountry. He is doing 2nd ofBachillerato at I.E.S Sabinar. Hehas a talent that many want butfew have: drawing.

His interest began in 6th grade,thanks to a teacher named Diego,who led him to win a prize with acomic titled The Super Drunk, in acontest of comics. Although hedoes not have a preferred genre, heusually draws Manga.

He currently draws for fun, as hedoes not want to dedicate his lifeto drawing, but to basketball.

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Places

MOGON, MY HOMETOWNBy Nuria Robles [1º ESO C]

I was born in a beautiful village calledMogón. It is located at the bottom ofCazorla (Jaén). Around there are greenolive trees which give the best olive oil inthe world.

The Guadalquivir river and a tributaryriver called Aguascebas pass by my hometown. In the summer weswim in it.

Although it is a small town, it is charming and everybody knows oneanother. I recommend you to visit my hometown, you will neverforget it.

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Music

ED SHEERANBy Ana Fernández Cañadas & Marisol Martínez Suero

Edward Christopher ("Ed") Sheeran was born on 17 February1991. He is an English singer-songwriter. Born in HebdenBridge and raised in Framlinghan, Suffolk, he moved toLondon in 2008 to pursue a musical career.

Sheeran began tobecome known abroad in2012, in the UnitedStates he made a guestappearance on TaylorSwift's fourth studioalbum, Red, and wrotesongs for One Direction.The A Team wasnominated for Song ofthe Year at the 2013Grammy Awards and heperformed the song induet with Elton Johnduring the ceremony.

He spent much of 2013 touring North America as the opening actfor Swift's The Red Tour. His second studio album titled X (read as"multiply") was released worldwide on 23 June 2014, charting atnumber one in the UK and US. He was nominated for Best NewArtist at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

He has been nominated to 55 awards and won 14 of them.

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Music

ONE DIRECTIONBy Ana Fernández Cañadas & Marisol Martínez Suero

One Direction (commonlyinitialised as “1D”) are a Britishpop boy band based in London,comprising Niall Horan, ZaynMalik, Liam Payne, Harry Stylesand Louis Tomlinson.

They signed with Simon Cowell'srecord label Syco Recorder afterforming and finishing third in theseventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in2010. Propelled to international success by social media, One Direction's fouralbums, Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories(2013) and Four (2014) broke records, topped charts in most major markets,and generated hit singles including What Makes You Beautiful, Live WhileWe're Young, Story of my Life and Steal my Girl.

Their achievements include four Brit Awards and four MTV Video MusicAwards, among many others. According to Nick Gatfield, the chairman andchief executive of Sony Music Enterntainment Music Awards, One Directionrepresented a $50 million business empire by June 2012. They wereproclaimed 2012's "Top New Artist" by Billboard. According to the SundayTimes Rich List, by April 2013, they had an estimated personal combinedwealth of £25 million ($41.2m) making them the second-wealthiest musiciansin the UK under 30 years of age. In 2014, Forbes listed them the second-highest earning celebrities under 30, with the group earning an estimated $75million from June 2013 to June 2014.

After the release of Four, One Direction became the first band in the U.S.Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one.Their third album Midnight Memories was the biggest-selling album worldwideof 2013 despite being released in later November.

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Experiences

LADY GAGA's CONCERTBy Marcelino Fernández (2º Bachillerato B)

Last week I travelled to Barcelona to make one of my dreams cometrue. I saw Lady Gaga in concert! I went with three friends, they loveGaga, too. The concert was really amazing.

First, we took a plane to fly to Barcelona. My friends were scaredbecause it was the first time they were flying. When we arrived at thehotel, we were very tired. At the hotel hall there were a lot of foreignpeople. There was an Irish man who was wearing a skirt. It was sofunny. Maybe he was drunk, I suppose.

The next day, early in themorning, we were ready to seethe city centre. We visited theSagrada Familia, the Güell Parkand a lot of landmarks. Later,we returned to the hotel to getready for the concert. It was atthe Palau San Jordi stadium.

We were so excited in the queue of the concert! When we wereinside, we could see the stage and the colourful lights. Suddenly, themusic started to play and the lights turned off. Everybody started toscream and Gaga started to sing. The atmosphere was lively.

All in all, Barcelona was amazing and it was the best concert I haveever been to.

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Experiences

MY COUSIN's WEDDINGBy Clara Moreno (2º Bachillerato B)

Two months ago, I went to my cousin'swedding. The wedding was in Málaga, in awonderful church next to the beach, in theopen air. I hadn't seen my cousin for manymonths and I had never met his girlfriendwho, in a short time, would become his wife.All in all I had a great time.

My family and I arrived in Málaga the day before, and we visited thecity and some monuments. It was the wedding day and we began toget ready for the celebration. When we arrived, the church wasalready crowded. People were sitting, talking excitedly, and there wasareal buzz in the air. It was a sunny and warm day, it was the perfectday to get married.

Suddenly, the musicians began to play and all the bridesmaids cameinto the garden church singing and dancing. Then, when the groomand the bridesmaids were at the altar, the musicians began to play thenuptial song and the bride, in a wonderful white dress, began to walktowards the altar. All the people were silent and, while everybody waslooking at the bride, I looked at my cousin, and I saw him with thebiggest eyes that I had seen in all my life. He was very happy, and hewas starting another life with the woman he was in love with.

Finally, we went to a restaurant and had a nice family meal, and afterthat we danced for a while. It was a wonderful, beautiful wedding.

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Experiences

A TRIP TO LONDONBy Cintya Molina (2º Bachillerato B)

Five years ago I went on a trip to London with my friends and my Englishteacher. We wanted to visit the city and discover a new culture. For me, itwasthe first time that I travelled abroad, so I felt extremely happy and excited.

When we arrived at the city centre, we saw a lot of people and cars in thestreets. It was great! The next morning we decided to go to the London Eyeand enjoy the view of the city. It was a cold and stormy day, but in spite ofthe bad weather, the trains were crowded and I was scared of getting lost.Unfortunately, that was what happened later.

After our group had got off the train, everybody started walking very quicklyand I couldn't follow them. To my surprise, I found myself alone at thestation. The terrible thing was that I didn't speak any English and I didn'thave my mobile phone with me. I didn't know what to do and where to go tofind my friends. Moreover, I had an impression that it wasthe worstnightmare of my life.

Suddenly, I heard my name by the loudspeakers, it was my teacher. I couldn'tbelieve my ears but it was true. They were waiting for me at the exit of thetrain station, so I went there immediately and I felt really happy to see them.Although I will never forget this terrible experience, I learnt at that momentthat you shouldn't panic and feel helpless.

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Creative Writing

ELEMENTAL WARBy José Antonio Martínez Pérez (2º Bachillerato B)

This is a made-up story which explains the formation of PlanetEarth.

Long ago, before the human race appeared, Planet Earth wasnothing but an isolated valley. It was then when godly, immortalbeings called Elementals existed. They were divided in two tribes: theWater Tribe and the Earth Tribe. They all shared a common desire:the expansion of their own element.

However, expanding one of these elements would lead to thedisappearance of its counterpart. Since this was a problem talkingcould not solve, the Earth Tribe leader Nildrun declared war to theWater Tribe leader, Blannir. The confrontation began. Highmountains and vast oceans were created. The war shattered theplanet. It seemed like the Earth was condemned to disappear.

However, a light of hope appeared. A third Elemental came downfrom the sky. It was the one who represented the Sky Tribe, Arnel. Itstopped the two armies and organized the expansion of those twoelements: first, wide landscapes were formed, and water surroundedthem. These were the continents and the oceans. Both Nildrum andBlannir found satisfied and fell asleep within the core of the planetas its protectors. Arnel raised above the sky and disappeared.

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Sabinar Speaks es una revista digital en inglés elaborada por los alumnos de Proyecto Integrado de 4º ESO, con la colaboración de otros alumnos y profesores del I.E.S. Sabinar.

Equipo de diseño Nahuel Martín Moya

Juan José Sánchez GómezBeniamin Somesan

Equipo de redacciónMiriam Aitaoui Márquez

IAna Denisa CiotlausAna Fernández Cañadas

Ana Mª IepureAinara López Aguado

Judit Martín CervantesMª del Mar Martínez Soriano

Marisol Martínez SueroOmar Mohamed Rodríquez

Julia Santos Cantillo

Equipo de reporteras intrépidasIsamar Jurado HernándezPaula Márquez Berenguer

CoordinadorDaniel Prados