I Love Shopping

Becky is a young adult, who loves her life, and most of all, she LOVES shopping! She buys everything she sees. Problems start when she begins to have some money problems. She spends all she earns, and she surely doesn't take her job seriously. She is a financial journalist and she doesn't work at all, she always tries to take the short way out. She has problems with her bank because she never gives the money the bank asks and doesn't even respond to the letters. She loses control and goes to her parent's house. There she writes a strong article about two old people that were tricked by their bank. It so good, that they call her to participate to a TV program. She earns a lot of money and gets a contract in the TV set, there she meet also David. He is the owner of the bank that she criticized in her article, but he admits that he was wrong. Becky and David go out together, and find out they love each other. Becky now has changed, and works seriously. I loved to read this book; it’s exhilarating and also realistic

Synopsis 10-Historical Novel

All Quiet on the Western Front is narrated by Paul Bäumer, a young man of nineteen who fights in the German army on the French front in World War I. Paul and several of his friends from school joined the army voluntarily after listening to the stirring patriotic speeches of their teacher, Kantorek. But after experiencing ten weeks of brutal training at the hands of the petty, cruel Corporal Himmelstoss and the unimaginable brutality of life on the front, Paul and his friends have realized that the ideals of nationalism and patriotism for which they enlisted are simply empty clichés. When Paul’s company receives a short reprieve after two weeks of fighting, only eighty men of the original 150-man company return from the front. The cook doesn’t want to give the survivors the rations that were meant for the dead men but eventually agrees to do so; the men thus enjoy a large meal They no longer believe that war is glorious or honorable, and they live in constant physical terror.

Energy Sources and Waste

In these days there are a lot of environmental problems. There is pollution, too much waste that has been accumulated in millions of years, and now serious problems are coming out. There is the hole in the Ozone, there is the Global Warming Issue, the Nuclear Wastes. I now want to talk about our resources and about wasting. Everyday we use almost the double of what we really need. We certainly use far too much water every day. We use an average of 200 liters of water per day, it seems absurd, but just think. To cook, wash , drink, and for simple entertainment. When I thought of it I said , but so? We use the water which then goes again in the ocean and so can be reused. I wasn't really right. The water we use comes from lakes, glaciers and from icebergs. Lakes are being used all up while because of the Global Warming, glaciers and icebergs are all melting down and won't freeze back again. There still is the water of the ocean yes, but it costs thousands of money to desalize it, and it is very difficult. And we know that obviously we can't live without water! One person wont' make the different, but if everyone would do shorter showers, close the water while you brush your teeth, and play a little less with it, it would surely make the difference.I now want to talk about energy. Now the biggest power resource is petroleum, but petroleum is not a renewable resource, and it is starting to finish. Petroleum is every day less, and it wont be in a lot of time that it will finish. There are alternative resources. There is nuclear energy, wind power, solar power, hydro power and fossil fuels. Nuclear Energy is very strong, and produces a lot of energy, but there is a problem. Where should we put the nuclear scores (wastes)? They are highly radioactive and cause death. Then there is the solar power, the sun is considered a renewable resource because it will be in a very far future that it will explode, but still the solar power is very expensive and not very efficient. . The Wind Power is infinite and doesn't pollute, we should use it more. The hydro power is also perfectly clean and works perfectly.I would like to incentive the use of this clean resources. We are still on time to save our world. If you can move with your bicycle do so and don't use your car. Don't waste paper, also the trees will run out. Don’t' waste water. Shut the lights, the computer and TV when you aren't using them!!!Help us Save the World for the Future Generations.

The Duino Castle- Geographical Entry

The Duino Castle is one of the most beautiful and famous castles of hole europe . It is teh historical private dwelling of the Princess Thurm und Taxis, in Italian Principe Torre Tasso. It is located on a piece od outcoming Carso, under it is the beautiful Atlantic sea and also it-s private beach. Still now Prince Carlo Torre Tasso, his wife and his 3 children live there, but from 2003 the castle is open to the public. You can go to visit the marvellous park, full of ancient statues and colorful flowers, there is also the fountain with their symbol on it. The Duino Castle hosted thousands of famous people, Johann Strauss, Franz Litzt, Mark Twain and also Franz Ferdinand. The origins of the castle begin in the roman times , it was restructered after World War Two because the Germans destroyed part of it. The Castle of Duino didn-t become a cold museum, it is still a lived home and it tells it-s history, from the statues, paintings and ancient furniture. I personally think that this castle is simply fantastic, with the blue sky, beautiful park and sea, what could you want more???

Piazza Unità- Historical Entry

Piazza Unità not only is the biggest piazza in Trieste and Italy, it is the biggest European piazza facing the sea. Every citizen of trieste is very attached to this plaec, and it is a very popular meeting place. It was called Piazza Unità d'Italia the 25 of April 1955, it took this name because in 1918 Trieste finally joined Italy. In Piazza Unità there have always been all the most important political and social buildings. Since its first years, circa 1400, it had the magistrat building and people always used it as a physical reference point. In the middle of the piazza there is a fountain, it has four statues at the sides, each one has an animal on it. The four animals reppresent the four continets: Europe is reppresented with a horse, America a crocodile, Africa a lion and Asia with a camel. There is no Australia because it hadn't been discovered yet. In Piazza Unità there is the municipal building from the 1800, and also the very famous Caffè degli Specchi. It was build in 1839 and its a beautiful place to eat and drink tea. I love Piazza Unità and I'm very proud of it!

Synopsis 9- Kiss and Kill by Sam Hutton

Maddie, Alex and Danny have another crazy adventure. Mickey Stone, boss of criminality in UK, escapes from prison, with PIC (secret police agents) knowing and wanting to follow him to discover the 'Snake Pit'. Found it, literally a National Congress of all Illegal Businessman. Mickey's son, Eddie is present. Maddie enters undercover. Mickey's henchmen almost kills Eddie, putting him in a fridge-cell, but Maddie saves him. He and Maddie go to Paris, Eddie wants to destroy Stonecor empire since he can't take control. Maddie begins to trust him on the train, Eddie is very sweet with her, until he sees his father on the train following him. Eddie pulls out a gun but Danny, another PIC trainee takes him over but he isn't a good fighter. A gun shot. The bullet hits Mickey's arm, Eddie throws himself out the train' s window. Maddie feels almost sad for the man that ordered his mother's murder.

Drama Entry-Midsummer Night's Dream

In Drama we are performing " A Mid-summer Night Dream" of William Shakespeare. The play is about a fairy and a human world, of love messes and disasters. I play the role of Oberon, the fairy king and husband of Titania. He and Titania fight over a boy that Oberon wanted as his henchmen. To make Titania madly love him again he sends Puck to take a flower who's liquor would make "man or woman madly in love with the next living creature it lays its eyes upon." They make peace. He helps also the four human protagonists: Hermia, Demetrius, Helena, and Lysander, to put things in order. But Puck mixes up the two man. Instead of making Demetrius in love with Helena and Lysander with Hermia, he makes both of the boys madly in love with Helena, which before wasn't liked by anyone. Puck repeats the magic and things go the right way. Lysander with Hermia marry, and Demetrius with Helena also do.

History- The Blitzkrieg

The Blitzkrieg, "the lightening war" was a new style of warfare used by the Germans to start and during World War Two. The Blitzkrieg transformed battle tactics and began new period in military history, it was in direct contrast with the large scale battles during World War One. Germans first tried their new tacit against Poland. In the Blitzkrieg they used loads of new weapons including Panzers. Panzers were strong, highly mobile, armored units that advanced rapidly through the frontier lines and spitted the opposing armies so that they would be easier to be dealt with later, by the occupiers. The Blitzkrieg worked astonishingly well. The Polish lasted two weeks, but the Germans won. Then they took over Norway and Denmark in April 1940. In may they began to advance into Holland, Belgium and France. Already after a month, in June, they won Paris and so also France. The Blitzkrieg was very successful also because the Germans attacked by surprise, the German troops moved quickly, and they were the best armed soldiers.

Italian Entry-Romantic Age

In Italian we are studying Romanticism. Romanticism is a cultural movement during the end 1700s and the mid-1800s. It started in Germany with the movement "Sturm und Drang" , that means "Impeto e Assalto". It was introduced in Europe by the magazine 'Ateneum' .It arrived in Italy with the poet Giovanni Berchet, he promoted the modern writing and criticized the old classic culture. The people who followed Romanticism where said to be Romantics, in opposition to them where the Illuminates (Illuminism-cultural movement in the 1700. In 1818 the Italian Romantics put up a magazine called " The Conciliator". It showed the difference between " The old poetry, or of the dead" and " The new poetry, or of the living". The Romantics Era wast characterized by: Pessimism, Victimism, Heroism, Rebellion, wanting of Liberty, patriotism and naturalism. The Romantics also loved history, especially the Middle Ages. They were very patriotic mostly in those times, because Italy was ruled by a foreign country: Austria.

Science Entry- Static Electricity

Francesca Alessandra and me are doing a project on static electricity. Static Electricity is the build-up of charges on an object. The electric charges build up but do not flow. Charges must be transfered from an object to another to build up. There are three methods: Friction, Conduction and Induction. Friction is by rubbing . Conducition is the transfer of electrons by direct contact. Induction is the movement of electrons to one part of an object by the electric files of another object. But an object that gains a static charge doesn't hold it forever. When a negatively charged object and a positively charged object are brought together, electrons move until both objects have the same charge and so thet are neutralized. The loss of static energy charges off an object is called Electric Discharge. Electric discharge an also happen in yourself.If you walk on a carpet and then touch a metal door knob, you may get a very small electric shock. The shock is a form of electric discharge.

Synopsis 8-Deep End by Sam Hutton

Deep end is a spies book, which sees as protagonists Maddie, Alex and Danny, three teenagers and Maddie is the youngest,beeing only 16. They are all PIC trainees and have a big and dangerous adventure. While alle the othere empolyees ere at a speciale event the needed a lot of security measures, Madie and Alex are checking flying lists of incoming planes, they wouldn't want suspicious peolpe arriving on this important date! A red dot appeared next to Grace O' Connors name . Something bad was occuring. Maddie and Alex fake to be Grace and Henry, they are took on an helicopter to a mansion. They now need to escape from that evil man. With Danny's help they escape help they get out. They tracked down that illegal business man and found more info on the Stonecor Society. Stonecor hided all the illegal stuff they did, they also killed Maddie's mother.

Synopsis 7-Number The Stars by Lowis Lowry

This historical book, Number the Stars by Lowis Lowry, is a great book on Jews during World War Two, the book opens our eyes on how those times were terrible for Jews. . Hannah is ten years old and she lives in Copenhagen with her Mom, Dad and a sister. Hannah once had two sister but one was killed by the Nazis because she was in the resistance group against them. Hannah's best friend Ellen is Jew, and one night a terrible news arrives. The Jews would be relocated that night. Hannah's family bring Ellend at their's Uncle's country house. Everyone is organizing for the Jews to fleed. Ellen and her parents are helped across the sea to Sweden together with other Jews, there they will be free from the Nazis. Hannah and her family really didn't exist, but how fishermans tricked the german dogs that controlled their boats searching for people is all but fantasy.