Strange Disappearances

The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle is an area of the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Florida. This area is famous for the disappearance of hundreds of ships and planes.

- On 5th December 1945 five military planes were flying near the coast of Florida. Suddenly, the pilots did not know where they were. One of the pilots phoned with these words " We seem to be lost ... Everything is wrong ... We can't be sure of anything ... Our equipment has stopped working ... " Then, the phone went dead. The planes were never seen again.

- On 11th June 1986 Martin Caidin was flying in good weather. Suddenly, the sky became very cloudy. Then, it changed to bright yellow and the plane's equipment stopped working. Above the plane there was a hole and below the plane there was another hole. Caidin could see the ocean at the end of it. He stayed calm and flew the plane for a few hours. When he finally got into blue sky, the plane's equipment started working again.

Are these disappearances ordinary? Why haven't searchers ever found any pieces of the planes and ships?

People have tried to explain the mystery but they have different opinions. Here are some of them:

* The weather is unusual there.

* These disappearances are ordinary accidents.

* The lost city of Atlantis pulls these ships and planes down under the sea.

( Information taken from the book  Mysteries of the Unexplained by Kathy Burke - Penguin Active Reading)

 Aggelika Karystinou - Anthony Drougas

A Dream Come True

MY OPINION

It’s a great book!!! The plot is very interesting and the characters are amazing!

THE PLOT

Sam Sinclair, the manager of Lara Lane, Girl Power and  Solo is looking for talented singers and musicians to form THE band of the 21st century. Tanya and Dan want to join the new band, she as the lead singer and he as a guitarist. They both go to the audition for the band but unfortunately Tanya is chosen to be an understudy singer. Another girl, Bianca, is selected to be the lead singer. Tanya and Dan explore the factory where the audition takes place and find a pair of ancient Egyptian gold earrings which Tanya decides to keep. Jack and Damien, the two evil men who want the earrings, look for Tanya and Dan. When Tanya and Dan go to Edinburgh for their first concert, the two men follow them.

After the concert the two men take Tanya to the hotel in order to take back the earrings. Dan calls the police and they catch the two men. After that, Bianca finds out that her mother is the famous singer Lara Lane and she decides to leave the group so Tanya becomes the lead singer.

CHARACTERS

Tanya has short blond hair and she is talented and optimistic.

Dan is tall with short black hair and he is very friendly with Tanya.

Bianca has long blond hair and a good voice, not as good as Tanya’s though.

Konstantina Souroufi

How to protect our environment

Our planet is changing. We all need to help it change for the better!


Read an interesting article by clicking on http://www.ypte.org.uk/environmental/environment-how-can-you-help-protect-it-/81

You can also watch two videos.. One of them shows a solar- powered helicopter and the other one shows an eco house. They are both made by Angel Tsitsiridakis. Bravo Angel!!!

                                                   A solar- powered helicopter

An eco house

Happy Spring!!!

Watch the video on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuhwwnDEDO8&feature=player_detailpage
   

Happy Spring to all of you!

With love,

your teacher

Pictures of extraordinary plants

Click on  http://www.liveoutside.co.uk/32-extraordinary-plants.html and enjoy some absolutely amazing extraordinary plants.

Reported speech ( questions )

You can have more practice on reported speech by clicking on:

http://english.specialist.hu/a3/xgg/preprt.htm

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

THE PLOT

A very long time ago, in the Italian city of Verona, there were two families: the Montagues and the Capulets. Both families were famous, rich and popular but they hated each other. Verona also had a very wise Prince who had relatives in both of the feuding families so he didn’t want them to fight.

Romeo was Signore Montague’s only son. He was so much in love with Rosaline that he could hardly think of anything else.  However, she didn’t love him back and that made him feel unhappy. One day when Romeo and a friend of his were walking, they met one of the Capulets’ servants who could not read the guest list for a costume party that his lord was having that night. Going to that party was a great opportunity for Romeo to see Rosaline.

 

The Capulets’ party was truly magnificent.  The best thing about it, though, was that everyone wore masks so that it was a kind of game to figure out who each person was. When Romeo saw Juliet, he fell in love with her and forgot all about Rosaline. It was love at first sight! That night Romeo crept over to Juliet’s balcony and gave her a rose. Juliet told him that if he was serious about loving her, he should arrange for them to get married.

Romeo and Juliet secretly got married. Friar Lawrence agreed to marry them hoping that their marriage might bring peace between their families. After the wedding, Romeo had to use force to break up a fight between Mercutio, a relative of the Prince of Verona and Tybalt, one of Capulet’s nephews. Mercutio was killed during the fight and Romeo felt guilty about what had happened. He killed Tybalt but when the Prince was informed about that, he banished Romeo from Verona. Both Romeo and Juliet were desperate as they did not have much time to enjoy their marriage.

Juliet went to Friar Lawrence for advice. He gave her a drug that was supposed to make her sleep very deeply. According to the Friar’s plan, her parents would think that she was dead. Meanwhile, the Friar would send a letter to tell Romeo who was in Mantua about the plan. Unfortunately, the letter never reached Romeo, who, like everyone else, believed Juliet had really died. He travelled to Verona, opened the door to the mausoleum where Juliet lay, he kissed her and drank the poison he had bought. When Juliet woke up, she saw that Romeo was dead. She was so sad that she took Romeo’s sword and stabbed herself. “At least we’ll be together in death,” she whispered as she fell.

                                      

THE MAIN CHARACTERS

Romeo had dark hair and brown eyes. He was a very handsome and brave young man.

Juliet was a very beautiful woman with long blond hair. She had a lot of common sense since she realized that boys would sometimes say things without meaning them.

THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT

The most important event is when Juliet drinks the drug so as to avoid getting married to Paris. She decides to do it despite all the doubts that she has about the Friar’s plan.

MY OPINION

I recommend this book to my classmates, as it is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

If you want to find information about Shakespeare, click on '
 http://absoluteshakespeare.com/william_shakespeare.htm

Stella Vouskoudaki

 

Funny comic strips

Dangerous Game

THE PLOT

Some time after his wife’s death, William Harris, a forty-year-old writer, realizes that his bedroom is haunted. William names the ghost ‘Poldy’ from the word ‘poltergeist’. You know that a poltergeist is a playful ghost. Poldy is always in the room and he only appears when they play a game. He never appears when William Harris uses the light switch. He appears only when he pulls the plug out. When William puts the plug back in, Poldy disappears and he does not come back.

Every day William works in his usual way but his life is different now because he enjoys Poldy’s company. In the beginning they play happy games that they invent but as time goes by, the games become more and more dangerous. William is terrified and he does not want to play games any more, at least not with this evil ghost which is the ghost of his dear wife, Julie whom William murdered. ..

MAIN CHARACTERS

William Harris isn’t easy going. He is a bit boring but he is smart.

Poldy is  my favourite character. He seems to be evil, funny, kind and playful at the same time.

THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT

The most important event is when William Harris plays a strange game with the ghost Poldy. One night when the ghost appears, William pulls the plug of his lamp out of the socket and the ghost disappears. It is the most important event because the readers believe that in this way William can get rid of the ghost’s presence.

 MY OPINION

I believe that this book is amazing! I recommend it to those classmates of mine that like mysteries.

  Jim Trevizakis

                                         

Natural disasters

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Imaginary plants

Amansweet

This strange-looking plant is found in Sweetland. It is named after Anna-Mariscova and Mariova, the two girls that discovered it. The plant eats sweets in order to grow, it can be up to 2 metres tall and it can live for 100 years. It is colourful ( you can see it in the picture ), it looks like a sweet and if you notice it, you will be surprised since  it has lollipops instead of leaves!!!

Anna-Maria Sorotou and Mary Diakona

The Aggrose

Our imaginary plant is called Aggrose because it gets very aggressive. It looks like a regular rose but it can be very dangerous. It has a pink flower and a green stem on which thorns appear if a human or an animal approaches  it. So be careful! If you touch it, you  may get hurt. 

Stella Vouskoudaki, Konstantina Souroufi and Aggeliki Karystinou

Trappcinno

 

Don’t get deceived by the name of the plant. It is not some kind of trap; our imagination has created it. It is a very extraordinary plant. It looks like a common cup of coffee but it can become very evil, especially when an insect goes near it. It is short and colourful and it has flowers in the middle to attract insects. 

                                    Angel Tsitsiridakis, Dimitris Trevizakis, Anthony Drougas

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