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This document contains an English homework assignment for Diana Patricia Poveda Rodriguez. It includes a role play dialogue between Diane and Steve where they discuss and analyze various pieces of art. They describe artworks such as the Mona Lisa, Egyptian sculptures, dinosaur fossils, Goya's painting titled "The Nightmare", the Discobolus statue, and others. It also includes a folding activity with descriptions of artworks including Dalí's "Persistence of Memory", Frida Kahlo's self-portrait, a Minoan fresco titled "The Bull Leap", and more.
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English Homework on Art and History

This document contains an English homework assignment for Diana Patricia Poveda Rodriguez. It includes a role play dialogue between Diane and Steve where they discuss and analyze various pieces of art. They describe artworks such as the Mona Lisa, Egyptian sculptures, dinosaur fossils, Goya's painting titled "The Nightmare", the Discobolus statue, and others. It also includes a folding activity with descriptions of artworks including Dalí's "Persistence of Memory", Frida Kahlo's self-portrait, a Minoan fresco titled "The Bull Leap", and more.
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English

Homework

Name: Diana Patricia Poveda Rodriguez.

Teacher: Tilcia Neuta.


English

Homework
Name: Diana Patricia Poveda Rodriguez.

Class Name: Education Basic and Humanity

Date: ____________ ____ on 2008.


 UNIT #3. ENJOYING THE ARTS!

 ROLE - PLAY.
Diane: Hi Steven! What are doing here?

Steven: Hi Diane! I am analyzing some pieces of art, for example La Mona

Lisa.

Diane: Oh! That picture has a big importance in the history.

Steve: Yes off course, This print`s sort of interesting. It says it was painted in

1503 on a fine canvas. I kind of like it.

Diane: Was it a picture of Da Vinci?

Steve: Yes, it was, La Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1503.

Diane: Where is it kept originally?

Steve: La Giaconda is kept at the Louvre in Paris.


Diane: Hey, what about this big Egyptian stone? What do you think?

Steve: It was a adoration with many presents, because the king was a

supreme god for the slaves.

Diane: Who fixed that stone?

Steve: I don’t know, but probably was a big Egyptian sculptor.

Diane: It is important for us humanity, because so the architects famous was

born.

Steve: That excellent contribute.


Diane: Steve about the history. Look that great symbol fossil.

Steve: Dinosaurs was died because a volcanic eruption.

Diane: What kind specie were they?


Steve: These animals were reptiles of a big size and strong skeleton.

Diane: and their blood had been of a great price because actually it is the

petroleum.

Steve: The next picture is represented for the age of the romanticism as a big

work.

Diane: What was her name?

Steve: The nightmare.


Diane: Did who paint it?

Steve: An great legend called Goya, also he was exploring since the 18`s

century end, the shadow of the lights century it was painted in oleo on canvas

of 76 for 63 centimetres.

Diane: Why is it title?

Steve: Because, the dream was with his features of sensuality and it

anguishes, and with images represent by the horse head and the diabolical

monster, it reflect some things can`t leave sleep.

Diane: This statue of natural high was an important representation of the

Greek Olympiads, an event very significant by sport.


Steve: If clear, The Discòbolo also it belongs to the classic age of the Greek

art. Originally it was had in brass, but actually it is kept thanks to a Roman

copy in marble.

Diane: It is interesting. Who invented it?

Steve: It was realized by Miròn of Eleutera to 450 b. C, her composition

incorporate two crusaders arches creating it a sensation of tension and

movement.

Diane: Oh! It is good known.

 FOLDING.
 This picture was made by
 Persistence of the memory. Us$ 820
Salvador Dalì

 This drawing was one of those

but famous of the XX century.

 “Colored pictures of dreams by

hand” are described in this work

 The first plan is taken of the

garden of the delights

 The original of the Persistence

of the memory is kept at

Museum of Modern Art, MOMA,

New York
 Self – portrait. Us$ 1.000

 Frida Kahlo is celebrated for her

self-portraits.

 She was a painter Mexican.

 Her look is observed as

dauntless allusions of her life

 In this picture is fatigued a

homage her Mexican identity.

 It is incorporated animals and

before Columbus pieces.

 The jump of the bull. Us$ 800  In Creta is flourished the Minoica

culture

 It was born in 3000 – 1100 year

before Christ.

 Excellent examples are let in this

picture

 Also in this is emphasized lines

and firms and graceful

 A youth grabs the bull for the

horns to jump for above is

showed in this mural.


 Glass Northampton. Us$1.500
 This glass is constituted ones

examples of the style of the

decoration ceramic of black pieces.

 It was made and popular in Greek

 That glass was created with oriental

reasons.

 It was made in the end VII and

begins VI centuries, before Christ.

 The touches of light white and brown


 Venus of Milo is discovered in
are reflected in all the structure.
Melos in 1820.
 Venus of Milo. Us$2.000 .
 It is considered the classic

sculpture more known of the

old world

 Here is represented Venus the

love`s goddess.

 This
 Shestatue wascalled
is also created by artist
Aphrodite.
Italian
 She– was
Flamenco, Giambolonga.
made in 150 - 100
 Giambolonga
year beforeisChrist.
represented as a

great sculptor.

 It was made in marble and brass

 The Mannerism is represented by

this piece

 Mercury original is kept at

Margello’s museum in Florence,

Italy.
 Mercury. Us$2.500

 This drawing was made by

Masaccio.

 It was an of the first ones

samples Renaissance painting

 It was painted in the XV century.


 Gold was allowing bloom gold work
 It is kept at the Brancanci`s
in Mochica’s culture.
church
 This culture was located in the
 Here is observed an interest
 Expulsion of the paradise. Before Columbus Peruvian.
scientific perspective.
Us$1.300  That is made as a tribute with

beautiful animals for their women

 Mochican Earring  It is dated among 200 and 700 years

Us $1.700 b. C.

 That piece is kept in Gold`s museum

of Peru.
 Mochican glass- portrait Us$1.750
 This glasses was an important

characteristic of Mochica`s culture.

 These works was accustomed to

represent warriors and priests

 This culture was born in the V and the

VI centuries.

 Their works were decorated with

glass enamelled with two colours.

 They were of a Mexican culture called

Tolteca.
 A little statue ceramic. Us$3.000  The corn was a product important in

the Maya economic.

 This statue is kept in `the Bellas arts

museum

 This piece originally was in

polychrome

 The corn`s God was represented with

his jewels and his touched was

original.

 It was made in the XIX century.

 MAP OF IDEAS.

GREAT ARTISTS
They stand up

PABLO
DIEGO
PICASSO
RIVERA

FERNANDO
He is inspired by:

Bullfighting, the painted a beautiful work BOTERO He was inspired by: the society, he

carried murals with social topics

where it mixes the little - Taurus and

the bullfight
He is inspired by: the monumental, the

comic, the irony and the ingenuousness


He was influenced by: Pablo Picasso's

combine with an admirable domain of the innovators cubist forms, the

He was influenced by: the topics of the impressionism of Renoir, the composition
talent.

work of Edgar Degas and Henri Marie of Cézanne and other artists of the time.

He was influenced by: The surrealism


Raymond of Toulouse-Lautrec.
with fat pieces in a good canvas part

(Partida, 1554 and Prelado, 1559), the

pictures of those years denote the

influence of the surrealism He was interested in: the history and the

He was interested in: the world of the social problems of his country.

circus that visited with great assiduity,

creating works like acrobats' Family.


He has been interested in: the

bourgeois life, the Colombian culture and

the historical people. Showing a loose


Be fascinated by: the history of his
He was fascinated by: the bohemian
brushstroke and it sums up. country, from the before Columbus times

atmosphere of the streets Parisians. until the present time

He is fascinated by: the bulls since 80`s,

he has dedicated great part from his

pictures to this art.

He was really moved by: Tetitla,

He was moved by:

The poet Max Jacob, the writer Guillaume Tepantitla and Atetelco, in Mexico,

among the prehispanish cultures of


Apollinaire, mercantile Ambroise Vollard
Mesoamerica, the Mayan and the

and Daniel Henry Kahnweiler and the He was moved by: the big teachers of Teotihuacan.

American rich residents in France the universal painting as Mona Lisa to the

Gertrude Stein and his brother Leo. They twelve years (1959), Rubens with their

wife (1965) or Self-portrait according to


were transformed in his first Maecenas.
Velázquez (1986).

They were depicted by the painter .

 UNIT 4. LIVING WITH COMPUTERS!


 EXPLAIN BOARD.

COMPARATIVES EXAMPLES EXERCISES


Equality: It is formed with o I'm as young o I am as strong
as you
the adjective inserted among as Lex

the construction "as... as" for


o
(so... as) affirmative and Am I as o Are you as
interrogative sentences and intelligent as
young as
"not as... as" or "not so... as" you? your Dad?

for the negative sentences

o I'm not so o A cat is as


young as
you black as the

night.

o Sara is as

beautiful as

Lisa

o We are as

happy as

Romeo and

Juliet.
Superiority: It is formed o Intelligent o I am a big

in two ways: woman

Adding to the adjective o

the suffix - er for the more o You

comparative of intelligent motorcycle is

superiority and - est bigger that it

for the superlative. o the most

intelligent o Microsoft and

Preferring the word Linux are the


more for the biggest
comparative of
superiority and "the operative

most" for the systems.

superlative

o Is the dog is

more speed

that a rabbit?

o The laziness

is the worst

enemy.
Inferiority: It is formed with o He's less o Harold is less

the adjective inserted among young than famous that

the construction "less... than", you Oscar

(minus... that) although it is Golden.

more usual to find the o

comparison of equality in He's not as o You aren’t as

form negative (that it has the young as old as Albert.

same meaning). you

o Is a tiger is

less fast that

a rabbit?

o Kent isn’t

less nice that


Alex.

o Miriam isn’t

as young as

me.

 VIDEO GAMES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS.

 HALO WARS.

*It was as developed by bungie, but Microsoft bought the

rights of the game.

it was one of the games that took advantage of the

control of Xbox, the almost forced use of the triggers to

shoot grenades and weapons added to the graphics,

missions and sound band returned it very popular, it also

had a great arsenal: rocket launchers, throw-grenades,

guns, rifles, ships, tanks, patrol car vehicles and a great

variety of enemies.

CHARACTERISTICS:

o Sound quality: Clear

o Visual quality: Third dimension


o Interest Level: The finder`s key

o Fun Level: Armament load

o Violence Level: Use almost forced of the triggers to

shoot

o Easy to play: A little

o Speed: Moderate

o Price: Us$ 100

 THE KING OF FIGTHERS 2002

*It is a video game fight arcade rushed by SNK in it is the

ninth game of the saga The King of Fighters and it is the

second and I finish King of Fighters developed by Eolith.

The same as King of Fighters '98, this game is a dream"

"Combat with characters of all the King of previous,

included Fighters those that died during the history.

Canonical continuous history in King of Fighters 2003. It

is also murmured that it is the fourth and last part of the

saga of Rugal Bernstein who the same as in their

predecessors The King Of Fighters '95 and The King Of

Fighters '98 Rugal remains in its state of Omega.

CHARACTERISTICS:

o Sound quality: Clear


o Visual quality: Animated

o Interest Level: Power`s button

o Fun Level: Challenge`s button

o Violence Level: Buttons A,B,C“Play of the desperation”

o Easy to play: A little

o Speed: Fast.

o Price: Us$ 950

 DIFFERENCS

The King of Fighters has fewer bonuses that Halo

Halo is a game more advance that King Of fighters

The King of Fighters has more players that Halo

 SIMILARITIES

Halo has as a clear of sound quality as King of Fighters

Those Video Games are violent

King of Fighters is as PC`s game as Halo.

 RECOMMEND A BETTER DEAL.

Diana: I’m thinking about getting a new monitor.

Oscar: Oh yeah? What kind?

Diana: Everyone says I should get a LCD.


Oscar: Well, I’ve heard that Plasma is as good the LCD, but it is

more cost.

Diana: Really? I`ll check it out.

Oscar: Have you thought to change the mouse?

Diana: What do you think about it?

Oscar: A laser`s mouse could damage it less that a normal?

Diana: All right, I am going to change it.

Oscar: Does it have a DVD driver?

Diana: No it doesn’t, only CD driver. Can I adapt it? Why?

Oscar: Yes, you can. Because a DVD driver can copy many file

in more formats that a CD driver.

Diana: I find fantastic.

Oscar: Also you’d install a diadem audio speaker while you are

in the Messenger.

Diana: Yes of course, it is more easy use it that the

microphones and headsets separately.

Oscar: Yes, it is.

Diana: I am going to have the best computer.

 INTERNET.

BENIFITS PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS


It is economic In worst Only the user

climate has to turn-

It is fast and the net off the

economic falls. computer so


the damage

Some web is less

It is better sites could dangerous.

communication be harmful

form. for The partners

children. or a

It is a service responsible

public It could be adult have to

use for give their

criminal more

It facilitates an acts. orientation

integral about it.

approach to Some web

any topic sites have The user

viruses shouldn’t to

and give his

harmful personal

files dates.

The user has

to project his

Pc`s with an

or many

antivirus and

upgrade
their.

CONCLUSIONS:

Internet is faster

A boy should be careful as an adult while they are

visited a Web Site

The user can do more things while he is using that

service

It is less expensive that a cellular call.

The user is as saving time as money.


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