Wednesday, 20 June 2012

JUNE 20TH - FLAG'S DAY

Argentina's flag was created by Manuel Belgrano and hoisted for the first time February 27, 1812, in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, where today lies the huge monument to the flag. In the midst of the struggle for Independence of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata Belgrano decided to take the colors of blue and white cockade, which was already in use since the revolution patriotic May 1810. The origin of the choice of these colors is not alone and it is still a subject of controversy, but the most secure version that is white and blue identified Bourbons dynastic house of French origin, in favor of the principles of constitutional monarchy, with which also coincided Belgrano.

The first time the flag was raised in Buenos Aires was the August 23, 1812, in the church tower of St. Nicholas of Bari, current place of the Obelisk. The Constituent Assembly of 1813 promoted their use in secret, but no written rules in this regard. The Government did not wish to stress that point with symbols of independence.

Following the declaration of independence on July 9, 1816, the sky blue and white flag was a symbol adopted by Congress on July 20, 1816. Congress added the sun on February 25 1818.

On June 8, 1938, with the approval of Congress, the President of the Nation, Robert M. Ortiz, promulgated the Law 12361, which states the June 20 as Flag Day and national holiday in honor of Manuel Belgrano, who died on June 20, 1820.

Manuel Belgrano
He was an intellectual, military, lawyer, journalist and political distinction. Participated in the struggles for independence and was an unwavering advocate of free education, the monarchical system and an advance in the promotion of women's rights and indigenous peoples, to the point of having proposed the creation of an Inca monarchy to protect the Americans.

Born in Buenos Aires on June 3 1770, studied at the Colegio de San Carlos and then at the universities of Salamanca and Valladolid in Spain. In 1793, there was a lawyer and in 1794, in Buenos Aires, was appointed first secretary of the Consulate, with 23 years. From here, encouraged education through skills training. In addition, he founded schools of drawing, mathematics and seamanship. During the British invasions of 1806, joined the militia to defend the city folk. Since then, he shared his passion for politics and the economy with a military career that led him to participate in liberating struggles throughout Latin America. In the May Revolution, Belgrano played a leading role and was appointed Member of the Revolutionary and sent an expedition to Paraguay. In its established course, the February 27, 1812, the national flag.
Between 1812 and 1813, in the north, he led the heroic exodus of the people jujeño and achieved major victories in September 1812-Tucumán - Salta y-February 1813 -. Participate actively in 1816 in the Congress of Tucuman, which declared the independence of Argentina.

Saturday, 16 June 2012

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS - JUNE 15TH

  • WE CHECKED THE HOMEWORK (HANDOUT PAGES 15 / 16 / 17)
  • WHITEBOARD: STUDENT'S BOOK PAGE 45 EX 3 (ORDER OF ADJECTIVES)
RE WRITE THE COMPOSITION

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS - JUNE 13TH

REVISION
  1. TOO / ENOUGH 






















    HOMEWORK:

    • HANDOUT 15/16 /17
    • RE WRITE THE COMPOSITION 

                         












    Tuesday, 12 June 2012

    PAST AND PARTICIPLE OF THE VERBS

    Irregular verbs
    •  Verbs that change one letter

    1.   Become – became become
    2.   Come – came – come

    •   Verbs that are equal in the three columns

    1.   Burst- burst – burst
    2.   Cost – cost - cost
    3.   Cut – cut – cut
    4.   Hit – hit – hit
    5.   Hurt – hurt – hurt
    6.   Let – let – let
    7.   Shut – shut – shut


    •   Verbs with the same past and participle form
    a) Buy – bought – bought
    b) Bring – brought – brought
    c)  Catch – caught – caught
    d) Fight – fought - fought
    e) Teach – taught – taught
    f)   Think – thought – thought

    Build – built – built
    Deal – dealt – dealt
    Feed – fed –fed
    Feel – felt – felt
    Find – found – found
    Get – got – got
    Have – had – had
    Hear – heard – heard
    Hold – held – held
    Keep – kept – kept
    Lead – led - led
    Lear – learnt – learnt
    Leave – left – left
    Lend – lent – lent
    Light – lit – lit
    Lose – lost – lost
    Make – made – made
    Mean – meant – meant
    Meet – met – met
    Pay – paid – paid
    Read – read – read
    Say – said – said
    Sell – sold – sold
    Send – sent – sent
    Shine – shone – shone
    Sit – sat – sat
    Sleep – slept – slept
    Smell – smelt – smelt
    Spend – spent – spent
    Stand – stood – stood
    Tell - told – told
    Win – won – won

    •   Three different columns
    Begin – began – begun
    Drink – drank - drunk
    Ring – rang – rung
    Swim – swam – swum
    Blow – blew – blown
    Break – broke – broken
    Choose – chose - chosen
    Drive – drove – driven
    Do – did - done
    Fall – fell – fallen
    Fly – flew – flown
    Freeze – froze – frozen
    Give – gave – given
    Go – went - gone
    Grow – grew – grown
    Know – knew - known
    Ride – rode – ridden
    See – saw – seen
    Speak – spoke – spoken
    Steal – stole – stolen
    Take – took – taken
    Throw – threw – thrown
    Wake – woke - woken
    Wear – wore – worn
    Write – wrote – written