Hispanic Heritage Month 10E

Hispanic Heritage month is September 15 - October 15. 

Tell us about a famous Hispanic. What is his/her area of expertise (music, film, sports,politics etc.)? What are his/her most notable accomplishments?

Miguel de Cervantes was a famous writer from Spain. He wrote the book called Don Quijote. Don Quijote is a story about a man who went on crazy adventures and it is up to the reader to decide if he has gone mad or if he is just ill. He had a side kick, Sancho Panza, who isn't too bright. The two of them always get into trouble. In one adventure, Don Quijote thought that an inn was a castle and he asked the owner to dub him a knight and Sancho Panza became his squire. Together, they went on adventures to do knightly things like finding a maiden and fighting off giants (which are really windmills!).
  
  • Your comment is due by Friday, September 30th at 7:30AM. 
  • Be sure to read the posts of your classmates. 
  • In order to receive points you must not repeat a famous Hispanic who was mentioned above you! 

16 comments:

  1. George Lopez ,
    He is a Hispanic comedian. he has about 2 TV shows . one is called Lopez tonight. the other one is called The George Lopez show. he is also an actor and he has children.he notable for his acts in the community and being funny.

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  2. George Lopez is a famous actor that was born in the U.S. Though he is American, Lopez still shows his Mexican culture in his shows. Also, not only does he act but Lopez is very helpful to the community. As of right now he has a charity foundation to help anyone in need.

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  3. Jaime Preciado is a FAMOUS Spanish guitarist. He plays in a band called Pierce the Veil. He likes dragons. Hes played all over America. One highlight in his career is there World Wide European tour which is currently happening. December 1 will be the first time for me to meet them when they come back to the states for there coast to coast USA tour!

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  4. Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, simply known as Selena, was an American singer/songwriter. After Selena's Grammy win, she began designing and manufacturing a clothing line in 1994 and opened two boutiques. She later got married to Chris Pérez. In early 1995, Selena got shot on her left shoulder by Saldívar and died of a heart attack an excessive bleeding.

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  5. Carlos Santana is one of the most known Spanish Guitarist who composed his songs of him playing a guitar. Most of his songs developed a new smooth rhythm in music. He was famously known by a style of guitar which was Guitar Heaven. He won a lot of Grammy awards and his album doubled their sales price. He also won a Grammy of all time record which made him super famous as the days past on.

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  6. Oscar de la hoya is a famous hispanic boxer who has one many titles. He was born february fourth 1973. Since then he has won the gold medal at the 1992 olympic games, he was WBO champion in 1994 and 1996. Oscar also was the light welter weight champion, weatherweight champion, light middle weight, and middle weight champion. In my words he that bull for real.

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  7. Mario Molina was a chemist at berkely university when his partner sherwood rowland and himself started researching chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which back in 1973 was a widely used chemical.They discovered that the release of CFCs could destroy the ozone layer in the stratosphere, allowing more ultraviolet light to get through to Earth and possibly increasing the rate of skin cancer. Their efforts led to CFC production being banned in most countries, and they received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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  8. Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a famous singer know as just Selena or "Queen of Tejano." Tejano is a mixture of Mexican music and European polkas and waltzes. She was born on April 16, 1971. She sung since a young child in her family band. There 1992 album Entre a Mi Mundo went gold. Selena became a star in Mexico and Latin America. However, on March 31, 1995 she was shot and killed at a Days Inn hotel in Corpus Christi by Yolanda Saldivar, the founder of the Selena fan club and manager of Selena's clothing boutiques, because she found out she was going to be fired for illegally using money from Selena.

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  9. Enrique Iglesias was born on May 8th, 1975. His father was known as Julio Iglesias, a Spanish singer. Enrique took after his father and became a musician. Though he was born in Madrid, he moved to Miami to live with his famous father. He studied business for about a year, but the path of becoming an artist opened up. Even though he already had a "family-famous name" , he did not use that to rise up to what he is today. Instead, he started off under the name Enrique Martinez. His first album was released in 1996. One major accomplishment for him is that he is one of the biggest sellers of Spanish language albums during the 90's.

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  10. César Chávez was a Mexican American labor leader. he organized the first successful union of farm workers in the entire history of agriculture in California. César was also a migrant worker and a civil rights activist who believed in non violence. He was born March 31, 1927 and died on April 23, 1993 at the age of 66. After his death he became a major historical icon for the Latino community. one of his famous slogans was "Sí, se puede"

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  11. Mario Lopez is an American actor who appeared on several television shows, for example, George Lopez, he's also on Broadway. Born in San Diego, raised in large catholic family. He has been in many movies, Broadway, in Dancing with the Stars, being a host on NBC. He now has a daughter who is one years old.

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  12. Tony Perry is in Pierce the Veil, a band that plays mexicore!!!!!!!!!! He is really good looking and plays the guitar. His gauge size is 1 1/4. It looks good on him. Pierce the Veil has been around since 1998. Selfish Machines was a good album. Tony likes turtles and star wars. He looks good in green. Me and Faith are hopefully going to meet him on December 1st. We're going to point and see if he looks. If he does, we're going to walk up to him later and say, "MADE YOU LOOK!!!!!!!" I'll laugh. Tony Perry's so cute.

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  13. Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball right fielder. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. Clemente played his entire 18-year baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1955–72). He was awarded the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 1966. Clemente was selected to participate in the league's All Star Game on 12 occasions. He won 12 Gold Glove Awards and he led the league in batting average in four different seasons.

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  14. Eva Longoria Parker, born on March 15, 1975, is a Mexican Actress. She was born in the U.S. but her family is Mexican descent and strongly celebrate Mexican customes and traditions. Longoria Parker grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas and attended Texas A&M Kingsville. After winning a talent comptetition she moved to LA and got signed by a theatrical agent. You might recognize her from Beverly Hills, 90210, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless, and Desperate Housewives. She was named Hollywoods highest paid TV Actress next tp Tina Fey by Forbes Magazine.Longoria Parker is married to NBA basetball star Tony Parker and is well known for her beauty as well as her Mexican backround.

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  15. Pablo Picasso was a very famous artist. Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain on October 25, 1881. Picasso is well known for the Cubist movement, which revolutionized painting and sculpting. He is also notable through the paintings Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica. Picasso died at the age of 91 on April 8th, 1973 in Mougins, France.

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  16. Rita Moreno is a puerto rican singer, dancer, and actress. Born as Rosita Alverio on December 11,1931. She began taking dancing lessons when she was five years old. When she was eleven she lent her voice to Spanish films. By the time she was thirteen she was on broadway. She starred in successful films like 'West Side Story', 'Summer and Smoke',and 'The electric Company'. She is the only hispanic and one of the few performers to have earned an Emmy, Grammy, a Oscar and a Tony.

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