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Riga is the capital city of Latvia. Some key facts about Latvia are that it has a population of around 1.9 million people, its capital and largest city is Riga, and its official language is Latvian. Some important sites to visit in Latvia include the Dome Cathedral, built in the 13th century in Riga, and the historic center of Riga which has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is known for its art nouveau architecture from the late 19th/early 20th century. Traditional Latvian foods include potato-based dishes like potato pancakes with sour cream, brown peas with bacon, and rye bread pudding. Famous Latvians include conductor Mariss Andersons, violinist
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Sexto martes 14_listening_reading
Este documento presenta una nueva unidad sobre la antigua Roma. Instruye a los estudiantes a escribir el título de la unidad, fecha y vocabulario nuevo en su cuaderno, y completar lecturas, actividades y preguntas sobre la cultura romana usando recursos en línea.
Sexto 1
El documento presenta una clase de educación física para alumnos de sexto de primaria que se llevará a cabo desde casa debido a la cuarentena. La clase incluye calentamiento con movilidad articular y estiramientos, seguido de ejercicios con rutinas sencillas y vídeos de zumba, un concurso de triples con papel higiénico, un reto de baile en parejas y una sesión de yoga final para relajarse.
Sexto martes31_reading
Las instrucciones indican que el estudiante debe: 1) Escribir la fecha del día en rojo, 2) Copiar el título "Reading comprehension" y las nuevas palabras en su cuaderno en rojo, buscando su significado en un diccionario en línea, y 3) Copiar y completar oraciones en su cuaderno mientras repasa las nuevas palabras aprendidas.
Answers
1) The document summarizes activities for March 16th, including a consolidation exercise reviewing the past simple and infinitive forms of verbs, answering questions about a story, and an exercise identifying terms related to the history of film.
2) The consolidation exercise contains pairs of verbs in the infinitive and past simple forms.
3) The film history section lists terms like science fiction, 3D glasses, and computer animation and asks students to match them with definitions.
English worksheets
1. The document describes Alan and his friends attending a medieval fantasy musical play about a magical land and an ancient green dragon named Ygris who had the power to give and grow life.
2. During the play, Ygris started feeling weak so the dancers made a healing potion for him. When Ygris drank the potion, he felt strong again.
3. Alan and his friends took some photos of the dragon in the play but didn't record a video because they wanted to enjoy the live show. They had an amazing time.
Grecia elena y nuria
La vestimenta tradicional griega consistía en túnicas rectangulares sujetas con alfileres. El Partenón, construido en el siglo V a.C. en Atenas, era un templo dedicado a Atenea. Los monasterios de Meteora se construyeron en riscos de más de 600 metros sobre el suelo. Cnosos fue la principal ciudad de la civilización minoica en Creta y fue descubierta en 1878.
Curiosidades sobre egipto
El documento describe algunas deidades de la mitología egipcia como Apofis, un dios serpiente representante de las fuerzas del mal; Bastet, originalmente una diosa leona del sol y luego una diosa gato bajo la influencia griega; e Isis, una diosa guardiana egipcia conocida como Ast y como la "gran diosa madre".
Egipt . rocio partida
El documento describe varios dioses importantes de la mitología egipcia como Ra, el dios del sol; Anubis, el dios de la muerte; Amón, el dios de la creación; y Tot, el dios de la sabiduría. También incluye curiosidades sobre la vida cotidiana de los antiguos egipcios como sus juegos de mesa favoritos, el uso de maquillaje y mascotas comunes como perros y gatos.
Hallazgos egipcios nuria y elena
Se han realizado varios descubrimientos arqueológicos en Egipto, incluyendo más de 40 momias, restos de una mujer vestida de seda junto a un espejo, evidencia del consumo de tabaco hace 2,400 años, los casos más antiguos registrados de cáncer, 17 momias en una cámara funeraria, y un edificio subterráneo decorado con imágenes de barcos para enterrar una embarcación funeraria. También se informó sobre el descubrimiento de un supuesto extraterrestre momificado.
Egipt olucia
Este documento resume varios aspectos clave de la antigua cultura egipcia, incluyendo sus dioses más importantes como Ra, Amon y Osiris; monumentos como las Pirámides de Giza y el Valle de los Reyes; faraones como Tutankamón, Akenatón y Ramsés II; y figuras históricas como Cleopatra. También describe brevemente la leyenda de Osiris y la cultura egipcia en general.
Marina
Los egipcios creían en la vida después de la muerte y por eso era importante preservar el cuerpo del difunto. El proceso de momificación involucraba extraer los órganos internos excepto el corazón, lavar el cuerpo con natrón para desecarlo, y luego vendarlo con cientos de metros de tela empapada en resina durante varias semanas para protegerlo de la descomposición. Finalmente, se colocaba una máscara y el cuerpo momificado en un ataúd decorado antes de enterrarlo en la tumb
Egiptodesergio
El documento contiene información sobre varios aspectos de la antigua cultura egipcia. Menciona que Tutankamón fue un faraón que murió joven cuya tumba intacta se encuentra en el Museo de El Cairo. Explica que los dioses más importantes eran Ra, Amón, Ptah y Hathor. Además, señala que los obreros que construyeron las pirámides no eran esclavos sino hombres libres, y que los esclavos se utilizaban principalmente para tareas domésticas.
Egiptomarta
Los egipcios se alimentaban principalmente de verduras como la col, el pepino y la lechuga, legumbres como habas, guisantes y lentejas, y plantas del Nilo como el loto y los papiros. Bebían agua, cerveza y vino hecho de uvas. Conseguían los alimentos cultivando verduras y legumbres cerca del río Nilo, y producían la cerveza y el vino ellos mismos.
Egipto de juan y gabriel
Tefnut era la diosa egipcia asociada con la humedad, el ojo solar de Ra, y el huraeus. Era hija de Ra, madre de Geb y Nut, y hermana y esposa de Shu. Simbolizaba el calor del sol, la llama del fuego, y más tarde el ojo de Ra. Representaba la fertilidad del suelo y las aguas, y protegía el Bajo Egipto.
Egipto candela
Los antiguos egipcios creían en la vida después de la muerte y practicaban la momificación para preservar los cuerpos y permitir que el alma continuara existiendo después de la muerte. Solo los faraones y personas ricas podían permitirse la momificación y el entierro en tumbas, mientras que el resto de la población era enterrada en tumbas poco profundas. Las pirámides, el Nilo y los faraones son algunos de los elementos más conocidos de la antigua cultura egipcia, que dejó muchas tradic
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- 1. LATVIA HECHO POR: ROCÍO Y CLAUDIA
- 2. INFORMATION CAPITAL : Riga SURFACE AREA: 64.689 km LANGUAGE : Latvina NATIONAL DAY : 18 November Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia ( 1918)
- 3. THE DOME CATHEDRAL Built in the 13 century, this is thought to be the largest church in the Baltic states.One of its key attractions is its magnificient organ which dates back to 1884
- 4. THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF RIGA Riga´s centre has been declared a Unesco World Heritage site and is renowend for its art nouveau architecture . This style of architecture is defined by flowing , curved desing often with flowers and birds
- 5. FOOD AND FAMOUS PERSON FOOD:Latvians enjoy henrry with cottage cheese and potatoes, brown peas with bacon , and rye bread pudding with jam and whipped cream FAMOUS LATVIANS : Mariss Andersons (conductor ) , Gidons Kremers ( violinist) Arvid von Blumenthal ( who is said to have been the real life inspiration behind Crocodile Dundee! )
- 6. EXAMPLES OF FOOD AND FAMOUS PERSONS