MYP 3 "A" Project: Argentina

My Project Report A.           Investigating: First of all my group is conformed by me Geily Luna, Valentina Chavez, Denisse Tenorio, Adrià Fontrodona and Marieth Valbuena. Let’s continue: - Why?: Because in this unit we are learning about the economy of Latin America and general data of the following countries: Brazil, Chile, Panama, Argentina and Mexico, we choose to develop the blog with information of Argentina. -How?: Well we use the most outstanding information of this country, in this case Argentina. The topics that we consider the main and necessary to describe what is the current situation in Argentina, these issues are: - Economy - Geography - Traditions and Festivities - Famous people - Landmarks - Gastronomy Each of this theme have sub-themes that will be the ones of describing the principle idea. - What we want to achieve?: We want to make a blog with a very specific information, with the given topics, be able to express or describe with

My Project Report A.          INVESTIGATING In this project l must investigate a country that in my case was Argentina, for this we must create a blog. I investigate about some landmarks that we can found in Argentina, I do this in the classes of geography since the 7 of March until 26 of March. Me and my group first make our blog whit the name " Argentina at SEK " and then during the days we continue adding more entries to our blog. We continue making research in each class and having everything ready. Our blog I think that is very well done. B.         PLANNING In the project was very good planed because my group and I have everything done in the day was planning to do it. Later our teacher gives us the country and the teams we must search we plan first to make all the investigation and resume all the information, then we start looking if our information was correct, next we star adding all the information like entries to our blog, finally we make ch

My Project Report Section 1, Criterion A: Investigating First of all, I started by making my group which was conformed by: Geily Luna, Marieth Valbuena, Denisse Tenorio, Adrià Fontrodona and I. What I wanted to achieve was a blog about my country assigned Argentina, as detailed as possible, and with the greatest number of entries we could achieve. The time my group and I were given to finish was from March 7 to 26 th March. We really hoped that We can achieve our goal in class, but when we needed time, we will take it home. In order to make this blog we decided who was going to be leader, she will be the one who is in charge of the blog, we sent her our information, and she added this to our entry. As this was my summative assessment I did this because I wanted to get a good grade. In my case in this section of investigating, I used internet media, and I also asked a friend of mine that lived in Argentina. Section 2. Criterion B. Planning So, we started plann

My Project Report A.        Investigating We started this project on 07-03-2018 and we finished it on 03/26/2018, we did this project because we were learning about Brazil, Chile, Panama, Argentina, Mexico, we wanted to learn more about these countries so we distributed ourselves in groups, then Each one of the members of the group chose the topic that I wanted to investigate, I chose the topic of Argentine economy, first I research about the industry of the Argentine economy, the next topic that I investigated was foreign trade, the next topic that I investigated was foreign investment direct, the next thing I researched were the sectors of the economy and to finish what I investigated was the services of the economy. B.         Planning first plan to investigate the economy of Argentina and then be sure that all the information you were going to publish on the blog was good and correct, then plan to investigate the Argentine economy industry, then the next topic

I Learned That… Personally, I admire what this people do; they make proud their country, their families, and their people. They make the name of Argentina sound louder. This people we’ve showed are little examples of this great Argentinians. The most important fact about Famous people of Argentina: 1. Maradona is the best soccer player and won a lot of recognition prizes. 2. Manu Ginobilli is one of the legends of basket in the NBA 3. Messi it’s, at present, one of the best players, has many prizes and trophies. 4. This Argentinians are examples that can teach us that we must make proud our country. 5. Pope Francisco, is the actual greatest authority, after god in the catholic and Christian church.

“Maradona” Maradona was a soccer player, his complete name is Diego Armando Maradona, received the tittle to the best player, with the 53,8 percent of the votes taken from the official FIFA site.  He was born the 30 October 1960 in Lanus, Argentina. And he has gained the best tittles in Argentina.  

Osvaldo Soriano Osvaldo Soriano was born in Mar del Plata, January 6, 1943 and died in Buenos Aires, January 29, 1997. He was an Argentine writer and journalist. It was one of the best-selling Argentine authors in his country in the 1980s and 1990s. Some of his novels were published in several countries. Several of his works have been taken to the cinema.

  Lionel Messi Lionel Messi: Lionel Messi, most known as “Lio” “La Pulga” “Messias” or “d10s”, complete name is Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini. He was born the 24 June 1987, now he is 30 years old in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.   He won the Olympic Gold Medal. Actual, he plays in a Spanish team, called Barcelona. He went to Spain in 2004, in his debut, and from that second on he has not stop success. With this team he has won 30 titles.

  Pope Francis Pope Francis is the first Latin catholic pope. His real name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was born the 17 December of 1936, today Pope Francis is 81 years old, he was born in Buenos Aires Argentina. Prior to entering the seminary as a novice of the Society of Jesus, he worked for a season as a chemical technician. In 1969 he was ordained a priest and between 1973 and 1979 he was the provincial superior of the Jesuits in Argentina. Later, the 20 may Juan Pablo II named him one of the principal bishop. Well in many occasions Juan Pablo II, gave his support. And finally, the 13 May 2013 in Bergoglio assumed the greatest possession in the catholic church, of course after God.  

Julio Cortázar He was an Argentine writer, translator and intellectual, considered one of the most innovative and original authors of his time. Master of the short story, the poetic prose, Cortázar was the creator of important novels that revolutionized Hispanic literature. His work broke classic molds through narrations far removed from temporal linearity, and its contents move on the border between the real and the fantastic. His work is cataloged between magical realism and some place it in the line of surrealism. He lived most of his life in Argentina and then in Europe, where he lived in countries such as Italy, Spain, Switzerland and France, where he settled in 1951 and where he set some of his works. Cortazar rejected the Argentine nationality in 1981 in protest with the government of that country. He died on February 12, 1984 in Paris, France, because of leukemia.

  Famous People! Ask anyone to round up the best things that Argentina has to offer, and he/she will rattle away things like wine, beef, gauchos, Andes, tango, and football. While there is no denying that these are indeed some of the greatest USPs of the country, there is more than just its dance, food, and mountains. The real treasure of Argentina is its wealth of talents, its long list of eminent men and women who have contributed immensely to earn Argentina a coveted status in the world. 

I Learned That… 1.     The people of Argentina love all things with beef, such as “Empanadas”, “Asado”, etc… 2.     The most popular pasta in Argentina is “Sorrentinos”. 3.    The most popular desserts in Argentina are “Alfajor” and “Dulce de Leche”. 4.   Potatoes and corn are everywhere, such as in the “Locro”, “Pastel de Papa”, etc… 5.     A traditional  drink  of Argentina is an  infusion  called  “Mate”.

“Sorrentinos” It is a pasta that accepts all kinds of fillings. The most typical are ricotta or ham, but you can find all kinds of cheeses, spinach, various meat, chicken, prawns, mushrooms, etc. Ingredients: -       500g spinach -       50g walnuts -       50g grated parmesan -       400g farina -       8 eggs -       Salt -       300g ricotta

“Locro” The Locro is a quite particular recipe and it accepts variants according to the area of ​​ Argentina where you are. Halfway between a stew and a soup. Ingredients: -      Onion -      Potatoes -      Meat -      Corn -      Spices­: cumin and bay leaf.

Beef & Chorizo The chorizo ​​ steak is the most typical noble meat cut in Argentina, occupying a role similar to sirloin steak in Spain. It is usually cut into fat tacos and it is a very tender meat that is pleasant to the palate. Ingredients: -       Chimichurri -       Beef  Chorizo