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CR7

hi guys,

I have good news for you guys and for all Portuguese!
Our CR7 was elected the best player in the world for the third time and second time in a row,.He is the most remarkable player, really fantastic. He works every day, always does his best to help his team, the first to go to training and last to leave, that is: he trains hard to be the best ..
He is my favorite player. I love CR7.
For me he deserved the Golden Ball as he beat the record in the league of champions, was top scorer in the Spanish League, in the champions league, clubs league...and has won many awards this year because he deserves them.
My dream is to be like him, a great player ...and I am reading his book: all those who want to fulfill their dreams has to work real hard.
He has achieved everything because of his constant effort.

For me he truly deserved the Golden Ball.
And you? What do you think?

Game: League Of Legends, by Rafael

League of Legends is a MOBA (Massive Online Battleground Arena) developed and published by Riot Games. It was developed with the participation of Gabriel Sanchez, a former developer of Dota (Defense of the Ancients) and Steve "Pendragon" Mescon, former administrator of Dota map. The game was very well received with its format, free to play, a system that allows anyone to play without the need to pay, but with items that can be purchased with real money. It became the most played game in the world with about 1.3 billion hours logged by players in N.America and Europe, between July 2011 and June 2012.

The game was first announced on October 7, 2008, and released on October 27, 2009, remained in beta from April 10, 2009 until October 22, 2009, and was officially launched in Brazil on August 9 2012.

It is a very interesting game, I think.
Try it and tell me how it went ;)

The Maze Runner, Book Recommendation by RAQUEL

Another stunning book review by our charming Raquel!
Follow her example in what concerns the educational use of new technologies and her voracious reading habits. What an amazing Prezi presentation, the second one this school year. Here's the process: Raquel starts a presentation (owner) and then she send me the link and gives me permission to edit which means I can correct / add / change, whatever necessary - quite useful and practical, right?
Now just watch and you will be speechless...don't forget to leave your compliment and tips below :=)
View it fullscreen to take the most of it.

My mother

Hi guys,
today is my mother's birthday, and she's pregnant! I will have a little brother ... I have two sisters, but it's not the same. I've always wanted a brother so badly, to do many things with him: play football, playstation, go to the pool with him, everything!
He will be different from me, but I am not interested - we are all different.
I am very happy and my whole family, too.

Congratulations mother, love you so muchhhhhhhhhh <3 <3 <3

Happy New Year everyone!

My (Christmas) Readings

Hi, guys!!! Here are the books I've been reading this Christmas break.

As Crónicas de Avantia: O Primeiro Herói 
The Chronicles of Avantia: First Hero

Sinopse em Português: Avantia está à beira do colapso, inimigos tenebrosos são liderados por um malévolo guerreiro, e reúnem-se na fronteira para acabar com Avantia de uma vez por todas. Mas um improvável herói foi escolhido pelo destino, para enfrentar tal ameaça... Com apenas quinze anos, Tanner não é um rapaz vulgar depois de lhe atacarem a aldeia, de lhe matar o seu pai e raptar a sua mãe, Tanner , ficou marcado pela tragédia .... Sendo companheiro eleito de Firepos, um jovem e feroz pássaro de fogo, cabe--lhe a ele inverter a maré de guerra que ameaça submergir Avantia. 

Synopsis in English: Avantia is on the edge of collapse, tenebrous armies are led by an evil warrior and they gather to meet on the border to finish of Avantia once and for all. An unlikely hero was chosen by fate to face such threat ... Only fifteen years old, Tanner, is no ordinary boy, surrounded by tragedy once his father was killed and his mother kidnapped... Being chosen by Firepos, a young and fierce phoenix, it's up to him to reverse the tide of war that threatens to destroy Avantia. 





CHERUB: Um Dia Negro 
CHERUB: Black Friday

Sinopse em Português: Com este novo livro de Robert Muchamore temos um novo herói, Ryan Sharma, e uma nova missão: Salvar os EUA do maior ataque terrorista da história do país. Ryan trabalha para a CHERUB, uma organização secreta com uma grande vantagem...os seus membros são todos crianças e com isto nem os criminosos mais experientes suspeitam que meras crianças os possam vigiar. 

Synopsis in English: With this new book by Robert Muchamore we have a new hero, Ryan Sharma, and a new mission: To save the USA from the biggest terrorist attack in the history of that country. Ryan works for CHERUB, a secret organization, with a big advantage: All of their members are kids and with this not even the most experienced criminals suspect that mere kids can be watching them.

Caramulo Museum

                                               AUTOMOBILE  MUSEUM IN CARAMULO

  These Christmas holidays, I visited the Automobile Museum in Caramulo with my family.

  The museum was founded in 1953 by Abel Lacerda who was passionate about art. He died in a tragic accident in 1957, but his brother, João Lacerda, more passionate about cars, continued the work that his brother could not conclude.     

  And that´s how the foundation Abel and João Lacerda was created.

It is not far or difficult to get there. Here are some links:
http://www.automuseums.info/portugal/caramulo-museum
http://www.museu-caramulo.net/ 

Museu Marítimo de Ílhavo

Maritime Museum of Ílhavo

This school break I visited the Maritime Museum of Aveiro with my family. This museum - founded in 1937 and renovated in 2001 - aims to preserve the memory of hard sea work and disseminate the Portuguese culture and maritime identity.
The cod fishery in Newfoundland and Greenland and the chores at the "Ria de Aveiro" are the main attractions of the museum.
Since 2013,  it also includes a huge codfish aquarium.

This museum also includes a ship-museum called Santo André, a former trawler and part of the Portuguese cod-fleet, which is anchored in the maritime port of Aveiro.

Nativity Scene in Fátima

Nativity Scene in Óbidos

Your Teacher's 2014 Reading Challenge

Joining Goodreads in Jan 2012 was one of the best things I have ever done to improve my reading standards. As you may know, this website was founded in 2006 and "allows individuals to freely search Goodreads' extensive user-populated database of books, annotations, and reviews. Users can sign up and register books to generate library catalogs and reading lists" (Wikipedia)
It's now the world's largest-site for readers and book recommendations and by allowing readers to set goals, I (certainly like so many others) do my best to achieve them!
For 2012 I had set my goal in reading 24 books and tough as it was juggling reading, schoolwork, housework, kids... I promised myself I would do it. And I did!!!For 2013, I was more modest and my Reading Challenge was 20 books - and so was the goal for the current year of 2014.

Besides the easiness with which all readers can keep track of their readings (or lack of them!), the visual reminders (or rather, the gadgets with the shelf and counting the books we can embed in our blogs / websites) have also worked for me either telling me I am one / two books ahead or behind and I become aware that I have to allocate more time to my reading (even if that means sleeping fewer hours ;) )
In the beginning of December, even before I had completed this year's reading goal, the nice folks at Goodreads sent me this:

- the list of books I have read throughout 2014

- the stats of those books

How pleased I was!!! This is another reason why I'm definitely joining their 2015 Reading Challenge!!!

What about you? Why don't you try it for 2015??? Challenge yourself and let me/us know!

One last thing...
Here's my top book recommendation from the ones I read in 2014 using a web 2.0 free tool we've tried before Vine (remember, João Carecho and Diogo Ricardo?)

Happy Reading(s) :)

Merry Christmas

I wish you all a Merry Christmas <3

Merry Christmas, by Carolina

Merry Christmas y'all!

In class I shared with you a Christmas song whose aim was to raise awareness and money for a world problem; this time I'm sharing a famous (and viral!) Christmas advertisement which also includes music and depicts real / historical events. But that's enough as far as I am concerned... as for you:
1. Where and When did the events take place?
2. What can be heard? How do you explain it?
3. What's the sequence of events in the advertisement?
4. If it's an advertisement, what's being advertised? ´
5. Why now? What is so special about Christmas 2014 in this context?
6. How would you describe Jim's act by coming out from the trenches?
7. Research a bit and share here what you find on "Sainsbury's", "No Man's Land", "Christmas Truce".
8. What's fictional? What's real?

If you are into Reading and / or wish to know more about this, do check

- a very short book / longer poem by Carol Ann Duffy called The Christmas Truce;

- a beautiful book with an even more beautiful message by Dr Seuss How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

- the classic tale by Charles Dickens with his famous Scrooge A Chrismas Carol; 

- another amazing book but on WW I, War Horse;

I'm sure you've already come across other books and movies on these events, so why don't you leave your suggestions here, too?

In the meantime,

Happy Reading and Happy Christmas!

Merry Christmas

Christmas is a celebration, which marks the birth of Jesus Christ.
People exchange gifts to remember the Three Wise Men (in Portuguese: Melchior, Gaspar and Baltazar) who offered gifts to the child after his birth.
The Santa character was inspired by a Roman bishop from the fifth century, "St. Nicholas", which offered, on 6 December, donations in secret, to the daughters of a very poor man. Gradually this day merged with the Christmas period and was immortalised by a Coca Cola advertisement some decades ago featuring an iconic Santa Claus.

Merry Christmas to all and many gifts in your (little) shoe!!!!