By Students in Grade 6
CEIP Saco e Arce - 2012
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States. He was born in 1809 in Kentucky . He studied law and he was a lawyer. He was elected president in 1860. He was a strong opponent of slavery in the USA. He defended freedom and equality. A man killed him when he was at the theatre in 1865
MartĂn Ă lvarez
NEIL ARMSTRONG
He was born in 1930 in Ohio. When he was 16 years old, he got a pilot license. He went to University and afterwards, he became an astronaut. He joined the NASA in 1962. He was the first man to walk on the moon. It was in 1969, on July 20th. He went up there in the Apollo 11 with two pilots: Buzz Aldrin and
Collins.
They investigated the moon surface. They returned to Earth on July 24th. RaĂşl Melo
JUAN RAMON JIMENEZ
He was a famous Spanish writer. He was born in Moguer, Huelva in 1881. When he was young, he worked writing for newspapers and magazines. Later , he was a Professor of Spanish language and literature at University. He lived in Sevilla and Madrid . He travelled to France and America. He wrote poetry and prose. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. Alex Cid
MARIE CURIE She was born in Warsow (Poland) in 1867. She had five brothers and sisters. She was the youngest of them. She studied physics, chemistry and maths at the University of Paris. She was a good student. There, she met Pierre Curie and they got married. They had two daughters. In 1903 she received the Nobel Prize in physics for her research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. She discovered two new elements: Polonium and Radium. In 1911 she received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry . She is the only person who won a Nobel Prize in two different sciences. She died in France in 1934.
Alba RodrĂguez
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart He was born in Austria in 1756. He was a musician and a composer. He composed his first opera with twelve years. He played the piano. He gave a lot of concerts in France, Germany, Italy and London. He went to Paris, but he didn’t like the city. His most famous works are “The marriage of Figaro” , “Don Giovanni” and “The magic flute”. He died in 1791. He was 35 years old.
Martin Alvarez
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was born in 1952 in Gary, Indiana. He was a pop singer, a dancer and a composer. When he was a kid, he sang with his brothers. They had a band: “The Jackson Five”. His best albums were “Thriller”, “Off the wall”, “Bad” and “Dangerous”. My favourtite song is “Smooth Criminal” He wrote “We are the world” to help poor children from Africa Michael Jackson had a very big ranch and there was a fun fair, a zoo and a cinema there. He was called “the king of pop” and he received a lot of awards He died in California in 2009.
Miguel Cruz
Cleopatra .She was born in Alexandria (Egypt) in 69 BC. .She was the last queen of Egypt. She was very intelligent. She learnt 8 languages: Greek, Hebrew, Syrian, Egyptian... She liked Music, History, Politics... She was very good at Maths, Literature, Medicine... She was very beautiful, too. She died in 30 C. A snake bit her. She was 39 years old.
MarĂa De Melo
Charles Chaplin Sir Charles Chaplin was born in London in 1889. He was a comic actor, a film director and a music composer. He began to act with five years. He acted in 81 films. He acted in silent films an din movies with sound. His most famous character was a wanderer dressed with a black hat, big shoes and a cane. His first talking film was “The great Dictator”, a film against Nazism and in favour of liberty. He died in Switzerland in 1977. He was 88 years old. His daughter Geraldine is an actress.
Alba Rodríguez