AMAZON RAINFOREST

STUDENT´S WRITING

I´m going to talk about the Amazon rainforest because I like it, I love nature and I´m worried about it. 

The Amazon rainforest is the biggest jungle in the world, it´s 5.5 million square kilometres. It is in South America, in the Amazon river valley. 

There are nine countries with part of the Amazon: the biggest part is in Brazil 60%, in Peru 13%, then Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. 

In the middle of the Amazon valley there is a river, the Amazon, the largest and widest river in the planet Earth with 6,992 km. and it is navigable.

The Amazon rainforest is the largest and the most biodiverse in the world with 2.5 million insect species and thousands of animals: 2,200 fishes, 1,294 birds, 427 mammals, 428 amphibians, 278 reptiles, all these species are classified but many more aren´t known. There are 438,000 species of plants discovered or catalogued: the total number of tree species is 16,000. 

We can see the most poisonous animal, the Poison Dart Frog, in the Amazon. The Pygmy Marmoset is the smallest monkey and lives in the Amazon too. 

The Amazon is the 50% of the rainforest  in the planet.

SAVE THE AMAZON!

By David Marco Navarro

POLAR BEAR vs BROWN BEAR

STUDENT´S WRITING

I´m going to talk about polar bears and brown bears because I like them. Both bears are similar but they are very different. 

Let´s see!!

The polar bear is fatter and taller than the brown bear. The brown bear´s eyes are brighter than polar bear´s. The skull of a polar bear is longer than a brown´s bear´s one. The teeth of a brown bear are longer than a polar bear´s but the canines are bigger and sharper. The claws of a polar bear are shorter than a brown bear´s claws because the brown bear uses them for digging.

Both bears live 25 years but sometimes the brown bear can live 30 years. The polar cubs are born blind between November and February and they are two or three of them each time. Brown cubs can be one, two or three and sometimes four. The polar bear does't hibernate but the brown bear does for five or eight months a year in winter. The polar bear lives in the Arctic Circle and the brown bear lives in the woods of Europe, North America and Asia. They eat different things: the polar bear is carnivore so it eats seals and other animals, and the brown bear is omnivore so it eats plants, honey, insects and fish.

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Their scientific names are similar because the first name is Ursus for both but the second name is different: the polar bear is Ursus Maritimes and the brown bear is Ursus Arctos.

Other interesting difference between these bear is their conservation status. The brown bear is in the group of Last Concern and the polar bear is in the group of Vulnerable. I am angry because we are destroying their habitat by helping the Global Warming to melt the ice where they live. 

Both bears have names in other languages: the Inuit people in the Arctic call the polar bear "Nanook" in their language and the Sioux people in North America call the brown bear "Mato" in their language.

I hope you like it!!

By David Marco Navarro

IBERIAN LYNX: an endangered specie

STUDENT´S WRITING

           The scientific name for the Iberian Lynx is Lynx Pardinus. It´s a carnivorous mammal animal and lives in the South of Spain. It looks like a cat because they are from the same family: The Feline Family.

           It´s a small animal: males are 13 kg but they can weight 26kg, females are smaller, 9 kg. The Lynx has long legs and a short tail with a black ball of fur in the tip. Its ears are pointed with kinds of black brushes at the end. Its face is rounded and it´s got long, white and black sideburns.

           It lives in the woods, in preserved places in Spain, where it catches rabbits. You can see it in Doñana. It is a very good hunter.

         It is an endangered specie and a very beautiful animal.

By David Marco Navarro

TED: The future of news? Virtual reality.

TED talks: Ideas worth spreading

TED talk: The future of news? Virtual reality. 
NONNY DE LA PEÑA

     What if you could experience a story with your entire body, not just with your mind? Nonny de la Peña has developed a new form of journalism using an immersive media to tell stories and inspire people to care. She combines traditional reporting following journalism tenets with virtual reality technology to put the audience in scene. This evocative experience has an impact in people who feel involved with the story and have a direct reaction.

Communicate does not mean just bringing plane information to people but to transmit the whole elements of an event, including elements which could awake feelings and empathy in readers.

Main words used for descriptions: ADJECTIVES

Adjectives Nonny used in her speech: 

INTENSE

AUTHENTIC

PHYSICAL

OVERWHELMED

EVOCATIVE

REAL

ABSOLUTE

BELIEVABLE

POWERFUL

...

Can you tell me more adjectives you´ve heard?