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 28th 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! 

18 comments:

  1. Carlos Ruiz is a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. Ruiz, nicknamed Chooch, is 33 and has been with The Phillies since 2006. Chooch has won the World Series and the Pride of Philadelphia Award. He also caught Roy Halladay's perfect game in 2010.

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  2. Pau Gasol i Sáez is a Spanish professional basketball player of the NBA. He was born in Barcelona, even though his family originally lived in Cornellà. He is currently a power forward/center for the Los Angeles Lakers. He has a younger brother,Marc Gasol Sáez, who is also in the NBA. He spent most of his childhood in Spain, but then moved to the United States, where he was drafted in the NBA in 2001.

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  3. Selena Quintanilla Perez was a Mexican singer-songwriter who was in a band with her brother and sister called Selena Y Los Dinos. They started singing at parties, fairs and restaurants. They didn't really become famous until the late 1980's. Selena married her guitarist, Chris Perez in 1992. In 1993, Selena found Yolanda Saldivar, who would become her fan club president. Selena and Yolanda quickly became close. But in 1995, Yolanda was accused of stealing money from Selena's fan club. So on March 31, 1995, Yolanda arranged to meet with Selena at the Holiday Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas at 6:00 a.m. Yolanda said she wanted to give all the documents to Selena in private. When Selena got to the motel, Yolanda told her that she was sexually abused in Monterrey, Mexico before she got to Texas. Selena drove her to the doctor to get checked, but the doctor found no evidence of sexual abuse. At around 11:00 a.m. Selena and Yolanda went back to the motel. When they went to the room, Selena asked for the missing documents, and Yolanda said she didn't have them. They argued about the documents until Selena fired Yolanda. Yolanda then took a gun out of her purse, points it at Selena and shoots once hitting the upper right side of her back. Selena runs to the hotel lobby yelling: "Help me, help me! I've been shot!" then asked to call 9-1-1 and laid herself on the floor and told them who shot her. She was then taken to the hospital and was declared dead from loosing so much blood. Yolanda was sentenced to a life in jail for murder and is still serving time.

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  4. Mario Lopez he is an American T.V host, an actor who appeared on several films, Broadway and t.v. shows one famous one was Saved By the Bell. He is also an T.V host. Not only that he is an active/healthy image because of the spots he do and the healthy life style he has. One of his accomplishments is being the best selling author in New York Times,his new baby girl Gia.

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  5. Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born in the Castle Hill section on July 24th, 1969. She is the middle child of three. Jennifer took singing and dancing lessons at the age of 5. Her career took off with the 1997 movie "Selena" Jennifer (JLO) also danced for Janet Jackson. Jennifer married Marc Anthony in 2004 and had twins now they are currently going through a divorce.

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  6. Chritina Aguilera is a very famous hispanic pop singer. Currently she is a judge on a popular singing reality televison show named "The Voice". Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and a name is known all over the world.

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  7. Gloria Estefan is a cuban singer. She was born on September 1, 1957 and was born in Havana, Cuba. She is one of the most famous Spanish people to have found incredible success in the USA. She has a lot of talents mostly singing and also some acting and she wrote poetry. Releasing in 1984 her first English-language album, "Eyes of Innocence,". In September 2007, the Gloria Estefan Cuba connection became very easy to see in the release of "90 Millions," her 29th album. This album has 14 tracks which pay tribute to the music of her native land.



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  8. How you guys doing? I am writing about a famous basketball player for Hispanic Heritage Month. Manu Ginobili is a NBA 7 time all-star shooting guard. He plays on the San Antonio Spurs and plays for Argentina's national basketball team when the Olympics come also. Manu was selected 57th pick in the 1999 draft but stayed faithful to the Spurs in 2002 and only play in the NBA for a while. Ginoboili has a Euro league Championship, NBA Championship and a Gold Medal in the Olympics. He has played 667 games as a NBA veteran in his career.

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  9. Zoe Saldana is a very famous actress. Not very many people know that she is Dominican and Puerto Rician. She grew up in Queens, New York and she moved back to the Dominican Republic around when she was nine years old. Zoe is famous for many movies such as Columbiana,Avatar,and Crossroads

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  10. Jessica Sanchez is a singer from last season of American Idol. She was the top two contestant left, but she didn't win. Her mother is Filipino and her father is Mexican-American. She sang at the National Football League in the year 2008 and this year she sang for team Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention.

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  11. Selena Marie Gomez born on july 22 1992 in Grand Prairie, Texas. She first started her career on barney known as "Gianna" in 2001. After she played a small role in Spy Kids 3D:Game over in 2003. In 2007 she got the role in Wizards of waverly place on disney channel. She stared in Another cinderella story, Princess protection program, and wizards of waverly place movie. Slena is now known as a great and beautiful actress. She sold out 3 albums and is now on tour. She has her own perfume and clothing line out now.

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  12. Shakira is a famous singer. Her real number is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. She is from Columbia and Barranquilla. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker but speaks fluent English. She wins many awards for her great talent. One of her songs was the official song for the 2010 FIFA world cup.

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  13. Demetria Devonne " Demi" Lovato is an actress singer songwriter. She is 20 years old. She plays the piano, guitar and sings. Grew up in Albuqerque New Mexico. She became a spoke person against anti-bullying organizaton called PACER

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  14. Oscar De La Hoya, also known as "The Golden Boy," is a boxer who was born in Los Angeles, California on February 4, 1973. De La Hoya won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics at the age of 17, and went on to win 10 world titles in six different weight classes. De La Hoya was one of the most popular boxers in the history of the sport.

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  15. Demetria Devonne Lovato (Demi Lovato) was born on August 20th, 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is a famous Latina musician, actress, singer-songwriter, and is currently a judge on the X-Factor. She released three albums between 2008 and 2011, and in 2011 has been admitted into a rehabilitation facility to take control of an eating disorder she developed years ago. Since she has been released, Demi has learned that she is also bipolar.

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  16. Oscar De La Hoya is a famous Mexican-American boxer. In 1992 he was an Olympic Gold Medalist. He has held world titles in a number of weight classes. Oscar was undefeated until a fight with Felix Trinidad in 1999 where Trinidad won due to a majority decision. Oscar then went on to fight in the Jr. Middleweight class where he was two belts, WBA and WBC.

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  17. Geoffrey Royce Rojas known as Prince Royce is a famous Latin pop, bachata, and R&B singer. Royce was born in the Bronx, New York on May 11, 1989. He began to be interested in writing music and poetry in his teenage years by when he was 19 he met Andrés Hidalgo, who then later became his manager. Royce later became more popular with his two biggest hits which were Stand by Me and Corazon Sin Cara which reached number one on the Billboard Tropical Songs. (I love him!!)

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  18. Christina Milian was born in September 26,1981. Milian was only four years old when she showed an interest in acting. Christina was is a very popular songwriter and does some modeling to. One of her accomplishments were being in a movie called "Love Don't Coast A Thing" also another accomplishment she had was producing a hit song called Us Against The World. Today Christina has gone on to produce many more albums and she also got more roles to start in many more movies.

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