ROTAMAG - May 2020

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MAY19 THECOMMEMORATIONOFATATÜRK YOUTHANDSPORTSDAY TheCommemoratonofAtatürk,YouthandSportsDaysanannual Turksh natonalholday celebrated on the 19th of May to commemorateAtatürk’sarrvalnSamsunonMay19,1919.Our studentNazennDlaYıldızform7/Fwrotethsartcletopontoutthe mportance of the day for allof us,especally the youth. MustafaKemalAtatürkarrved nSamsunonMay19,1919tostartanuprsngaganstthedecsonofthe WorldWarIallestodvdetheterrtoresofthedefeatedOttomanEmpre.Turkeypresentlyacceptsthedate ofAtatürk’sarrvalnSamsunasthestartngdateoftheTurkshWarofIndependence.FollowngAtatürk’s wsh,theTurkshgovernmentdeclaredMay19tobe“YouthandSportsDay”andmadetanoffcalholday n1938.Thedayrecevedtspresentname,“theCommemoratonofAtatürk,YouthandSportsDay”n1981, whch was the year that marked the 100th annversary of Mustafa KemalAtatürk’s brth. W thntheMay19celebratons,youngTurkshathletescarrythenatonalflagfromSamsun,BlackSeaport fromwhereMustafaKemalAtatürkstartedTurkey’sWarofIndependencen1919toAnkara.Themarathon usuallytakesabout10days.TheTurkshPresdentacceptstheflagataceremonyonMay19.Varoussports eventstakeplaceonMay19throughoutTurkey.Manypeoplecelebratethsdaybywatchngathletesperform attherlocalstadumsorbypartcpatngnsportseventsthatareopentopublc.Studentsndfferentschools usually prepare specal programmes to celebrate ths mportant day gfted to them. Atatürkalwayscaredabouttheyouth.Healsocaredalotaboutsports.Here’saquotefrom Atatürk:“A healthymndexstsnahealthybody.”Durnghslfetme,hebultnumeroussportsfacltes.Healways supportedchldrenandteenstodosports.Foryears,wehavebeencelebratngthsdaytogetherwthjoyand exctement. But sadly, ths year, events are cancelled because of the coronavrus pandemc. Thsdaysverymportantforus,especallyfortheyouth,becauseAtatürkgftedusthsday.Nomatterwhat happens,wewllcelebratethsdayandcommemorateAtatürktogether,maybenotoutsde,butfromtheheart. NazennDlaYıldız,7/F,Gazemr

MUSIC Weaskedourstudentswhotherfavortesngersorbandsare.Here aresomeofthemostnfluentalmuscansamongtoday’steenagers. TRAVIS SCOTT TravsScottsasuccessfulAmercanrapper,songwrterandrecord producer.Hewasborn n1992.Hsrealname sJacquesBerman Webster.HesfromHoustan,Texas,USA.Hes1,77meterstall.He hasgotlongblackbladedharandblackeyes.Hefnshedhgh schoolnSanAntonoandgraduatedfrom theUnverstyofTexas. TravsScotthasadaughterandhernamesStorm Webster.Shes twoyearsoldnow.Hehasthreenumber-onehtschartedntheUSA. TravsScott’smuscstyle samxtureoftradtonalhphop, lo-fandambent.HewasnomnatedforGrammyAwards6tmes andwonaBllboardMuscAward.Hehascollaboratonswthother hp-hopartsts.Hehassoldover45mlloncertfedrecordsnthe USAalone.Ithnkhesagreatperformerandhsvocesncredble. SarpBlgç,6/D,Gazemr TravsScott, TravsScott performng wthhsdaughter PhotographbyPaolaKudackforGQ,2018

Oneofourstudents,Türküm EylülKalpakfrom6/F,wantedtogvesomenformatonaboutherfavorte muscband,Blackpnk.Ifyouwanttotellusaboutyourfavortesngerorband,youcanwrteanartcleand sendttoyourmancourseteachervae-malandyourartclecanbecoverednthenextssueofRotamag! Blackpnk saSouthKoreangrlgroupfoundedbyYGEntertanmentn2016.Thegroupconsstsoffour members:Jsoo,Jenne,LsaandRose.Itsamultnatonalbandasmemberscomefrom thecountresof SouthKorea,Australa,ThalandandNewZealand.Thebanddebutedon8August2016wththemn-album “SquareOne,”whch ncludestwosngles“Boombayah”(therfrstnumber-oneht)and“Whstle.” Blackpnk saverysuccessfulmuscgroup.Theyarethehghest-chartngfemaleK-popgroup ntheUSA. TheyarethefrstfemaleK-popgrouptohavefournumber-onesnglesonBllboard'sWorldDgtalSong Saleschart.AsofSeptember2019,Blackpnk sthemuscgroupwththemostsubscrbersonYouTube. Blackpnk s also the frstfemale K-pop group to perform atthe famous Coachella Festval. Thsmonth,theAmercanpopsngerLadyGaga sreleasnganewalbum whchhasasongttled“Sour Candy”featurng Blackpnk.Besdes,theband sexpected to releaseanew album thssummer. GROUPMEMBERS 1.RoseannePark ncknamed“Rose” 2.KmJ-soo ncknamed“Jsoo” 3.JenneKm ncknamed“Jenne” 4.LalsaManoban ncknamed“Lsa”

ARE SERVICES SAFE? Technology sgrowngfastandchangngourlves.StreamngservcesarechangngtheTV ndustry.As streamngservcesaretakngoverthetradtonaltelevson,peoplearen’twatchngasmuchTVanymore, especallytheyoungones.StudesshowthatteensandyoungadultspreferwatchngwebserestoTVseres. TherearemultplestreamngservcesavalablenmanycountresaswellasnTurkey.Themostpopularone sdefntely“Netflx,”whchbecameavalablenTurkeyn2016.ThesubscrbersofNetflxhaveaccessto thousandsofseresandflms.Netflxnotonlystreamscontentproducedbyothercompanes,theyalso producetherownorgnalcontent.TherearealreadythreeTurkshseresorgnallyproducedbyNetflx. CANCHILDRENHAVEACCESSTO INAPPROPRIATECONTENT? In2019,Netflxannouncedthattheyhavemorethan1.5mlonsubscrbersnTurkey.Itmeansthatfromkds toadults,somanypeoplehaveaccesstoNetflx’scontent.But,stasafeplaceforkdsatall?Netflxoffers alotofseresandflmsforpeopleofallages.Arechldrenabletohaveaccesstonapproprateseresandflms then?Aswetoldbefore,NetflxhasalreadyproducedthreeorgnalTurkshseres:Hakan:Muhafız/The Protector(18+),Atye/TheGft(16+)andlastlyAşk101/Love101(18+).Asyoucanseethecontentratng sgns,none ofthem s actually kd-frendly.But,kds can watch these shows,orcan’tthey? ThereareseveralwaystomakeNetflxasaferplace.Frst ofall,Netflxhasaseparate“Kds”accountservngseres andflmsforthoseunder12.Itsapartofthenormal monthlysubscrpton,soyoudon’thavetopayextra.The contentherehasallbeencheckedtoensuret’sapproprate forunder12s,whch sveryhelpfulforkdsandparents. StrangerThngs,whchsascence-fcton,drama-horrorseres producedbyNetflx,soneofthemostvewedandpopularseres amongteenagers,althoughtsrated16+onNetflx. Credts:StrangerThngscastforRollngStone,photographbyZoeyGrossman,2019

Can’takdswtchbetweenthe“Kds”accountandthemanadultaccountthough?Actuallytheycan. Fortunately,thereareotherwaystopreventkdsandteensfromwatchngnapproprateshows.Netflxgves parentstheopportuntytocustomsewhatcontenttheywanttherchldrentohaveaccessto.Eachshowonthe TurkshversonofNetflxhasbeenratedforthevewersusngsmartsgns(13+,16+,18+etc.)Aparentcan customsewhchofthoseratngstheywanteachndvdualusertohaveaccessto.Ageratngsasde,“profle lock”sanotheropton.Ifaparentprotectstheraccountwthapassword,therkdcan’tentert.Aparentcan alsopreventspecfcshowsfrom appearng ntherchld’saccountusngNetflx’s“ttlerestrcton”tool. Inconcluson,wecansaythatNetflxsactuallyasafeplaceforeachvewer,butkdsshouldknowwhatthey aresupposedtowatchandparentsmustknowhowtousetheapptostoptherchldrenwatchnapproprate shows.OurstudentÖyküElkayafrom 7/A lstedtheadvantagesanddsadvantagesofNetflx.Shealso recommended someapproprateseresand flmsthatyou can currently fnd and watch on Netflx. ADVANTAGES WHATTOWATCH ONNETFLIX? • Youcanfndthousandsofflmsandseres. FILMS • Youcanfndthetrendsoftheweekorthemonth. KarateKid • YoucanwacthNetflxonyourcomputer,TVoryourphone. HarryPotter • Therearemovesandseresforpeopleofallages. TheExtra-Terrestrial • Itoffersyou1-monthfreetral. • Youcanhavemultpleaccounts. SERIES • Youcanlockyouraccountwthapassword. AlexaandKatie • Youcanfndsubttlesnseverallanguages. FamilyReunion • Youcanlogntooneaccountfromtwodffrentdevces. GreenhouseAcademy • Theresnoadvertsementwhleyouarewatchng. • Whenyouwatchsomethngandlket,twllshowyouthe smlarflmsandseresthatyoumaylke. DISADVANTAGES • It’snotfree.Youhavetopayfort. • Youcan’talwaysfndTurkshsubttles. • Youmayseenappropratecontent. • Itdoesn’tworkwthoutnternet.Youcandownloadonly somecontenttowatchofflne. • Eachcountryhasdfferentcontent,soyoumaynotfnd whatyouarelookngfor. • Netflxdoesn’talwaysaddrecently-releasedseresand flmstotscatalogmmedately. • Youmayhavetowatalongtme(moreorlessayear) forthe newseasonofyourfavorteNetflxseres. ÖyküElkaya,7/A,Gazemr Photocredts:AlexaandKate,Netflx

FILM S TOWATCHINQUARANTINE Borednquarantne?Well,everyones!So,herearesomeflmstowatchwhle n quarantnerecommended by ourstudentElfÖzüm Balfrom 5/A. 1.THREEIDIOTS 3Idotssa2009Indancomedy-dramaflmdrectedbyRajkumarHran.The flm crtczestheeducatonsystem astdescrbesthefrendshpandlfeof threefrendsnthebestengneerngschoolnInda.Itwasthehghestgrossng Indanflm atthetme.Youcanfndsomanywttyjokes nthsflm. 2.AKEELAHANDTHEBEE AkeelahandtheBeesa2006AmercandramaflmdrectedbyDougAtchson.Akeelah,wholostherfather attheageofsx,begnstospendtmewthwordsandlettersnordertoforgetthspan,tokeephermndbusy, andshetrestocodethesewords.Afterallthepractce,shecompetesntheNatonalSpellngBeeContest. 3.UP Upsa2009anmatedflmaboutamanwholosthswfe.Heddn’tlosehswfecompletely,herdreamswere stllwthhm,sohedecdestomakethemreal.Heblowsuphshousewthballoonstomakeherwfe’sdream come true wth an unexpected guest.You wlllearn notto gve UP wth ths amazng flm! 4.INSIDEOUT InsdeOutsa2015anmatedflm byPxarStudosaboutagrl’semotons.Thsgrl,Rley,movestoSan Francsco.So,heremotons(Joy,Fear,Anger,DsgustandSadness)trytofndthebestwaytocontrolthenew cty,house and school.But,somethng goes wrong!Take a look atths emotonaladventure! 5.BİZİM İÇİNŞAMPİYON BzmİçnŞampyonsaflmaboutHalsKarataşandBegümAtmanwhofellnlovewtheachotherthanks toaracehorse,BoldPlot,whchstllholdstherecordof1996GazRace.Thsflm sbasedonthereallfe storyofthesuccessfulTurkshjockeyHalsKarataş.Ithnkyoushoulddefntelywatchthsdramaflm. ElfÖzümBal,5/A,Gazemr

Books toRead OurstudentBurcuAcarfrom7/Cmadealstofherfavortebooksto helpyousortoutwhattoread.Let’stakealookatherrecommendatons. 1.TheBoyattheTopoftheMountanbyJohnBoyne TheBoyattheTopoftheMountansanovelbyJohnBoyne.Itwasfrstpublshedn2015. Perrotsahalf-Germanandhalf-FrenchboywholveswthherauntnGermany,nthehouseof AdolfHtler.PerrotbecomesafanofAdolfHtlerwhlehesgrowngupuntltheWorldWarII. ThsbooktellsabouthschangewhenhestartsmodellngAdolfHtler.Itsaverydfferentbook. 2.OutofMyM ndbySharonM.Draper OutofMyM ndsanovelthatwon48awards!Itwasfrst publshedn2010.An-eleven-year-oldgrlnamedMelodysnot lkeotherpeople.Shecan'tdowhatpeopledonormally.Shes juststtngonhercharandwatchngpeoplenfrontofher,but shesactuallyverysmart.Shecanbascallyunderstandwhats gongonaroundher.Sadlymostpeoplethnkshesjustadsabled grl.Youshoulddefntelyreadthsbook! 3.GoodnghtM sterTombyM chelleMagoran GoodnghtM sterTom sanoldbookthatwasfrstpublshedn 1981.AlonelyoldmannamedTomlvesnavllageoflttle WerwoldwthhsdoguntlW llamBeechcomesandrunshs lfewthhappness.Tomhasbeenasadmandurnghswholelfe. Whywouldheneedsomehappnessandachldnow?Helater fndsoutthatW llamhasbeenavctmofchldabuseandhe understandsW llamneedssomeloveandcare.Thssabeautful andlovngstory.Ithnktsworthreadng! 4.MySweetOrangeTree byJoseMaurodeVasconcelos MySweetOrangeTreesaveryoldbookpublshedn1968.Ithas beentranslatedntomanylanguages,butts’orgnallanguages Portuguese.ThenoveldepctsthechldhoodofaboynamedZeze, whosafve-year-oldsonofapoorfamlylvngntheM nasGeras regonofBrazlandhasagreatmagnaton.Theauthorsad:\"Ikept thsbooknmyheartfortwentyyears,butIwrotetntwelvedays.\"There aretwomorebookswrttenassequelstothsbook.It'sabookthatIlove andIthnktappealstoeveryone. BurcuAcar,7/C,Gazemr





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SERIES OFTHE MONTH Therearealotofserestowatchwhleweareall self-quarantnngathome.Ifyouwanttosparetme foryourselfandmproveyourEnglshatthesametme, youcanstartwatchngtheseseresrecommendedbytwo ofourstudents:NazennDlaYıldızandİpekDernYücer. ASeresofUnfortunateEventssa2004AmercangothcdarkcomedyflmdrectedbyBradSlberlng.Ths onestheNetflxadaptatonofthechldren’snovelseresofthesamename.Fourteen-year-oldVoletandher brotherKlausandtherbabyssterSunnyareorphanedafteramysterousfrethatdestroystherhomeand kllstherparents.Itsadrama-comedywebseresthatyoucanwatchwthyourfamlyorfrends.It’sagreat show tobnge-watchwhlesocaldstancng.Therearecurrently3seasons(25epsodes)onNetflx. NazennDlaYıldız,7-F,Gazemr JessearedonTV between2011-2015.DebbyRyan starredntheshow.Theshowattractedalotofaudence, soDsneydecdedtoartagan5yearsaftertended. JessemovestoNewYorktofndanewjobandshegets hredunexpectedly.Herjobstotakecareof4kdsfrom dfferentcultures,butshesnotsogoodatbabysttng.I lovetheshow andIthnkeveryoneshouldwatch t. İpekDernYücer,7-A,Gazemr

Didknow? Someofour8thgraderspreparedthssectontoletyouknowaboutsomefactsthatyoumaynotknow.Let’s throwlghtonsomeoftheunknownandmndblowngfactsalltogether.Ifyouknowsomenterestngfactsto tellpeople,you can prepare an artcle and send tto yourman course teacherva e-mal. THEUK,GREATBRITAIN,ENGLAND? WHATARETHEsESERIOUSLY?ISTHEREANYDIFFERENCE? PeoplehavealwaysbeenconfusedaboutwhchtermtousewhentalkngaboutEngland,theUKorGreat Brtan.Wewshthatyouwon’tbeconfusedanymore.So,heresthemaptoshowyouthedfference. cheeseROlling? istheresuchthing? In Gloucestershre, England, “cheese rollng”hasbeenapopularsportforat least500years!Early ntheevenng,the eventleaderrollsthecheese(nowadays peopleuselargewoodendscs)downthe hll.Peoplechaseafterthemandt’squte trcky,becausethedescentdownthehll sverysteep.So,peopleoftenendup tumblngdownthehllqucklerthanthe dscs.“TheCooper'sHllCheeseRollng” sanannualeventheldatCooper’sHln Gloucestershre, England. Once a tradtonal festval, t s now a worldwde-famous event wth people partcpatng from dfferentcountres! BedrYğtErkul,8/E,Gazemr

BRITISHROYALFAMILY ●TheRoyalFam ly sn’tallowed toplay“Monopoly.”Because,they become too compettve whle playngthegame!Whenyouare royal,whywouldyouplayboard gamesanyway?That’sanactvty of ordnary people lke us. ● QueenElzabethIIprefersto wearverybrghtcolors,because sheneedstoberecognzedvery easlyandquckly nthecrowd. ● The Queen celebrates 2 brthdays.She has an offcal brthday that s celebrated on dfferentdatesnthecountresof the Commonwealth ofNatons. Thesecond sheractualbrthday: Aprl21,1926,thedayshewas born.Yes,she s94yearsold! ●Non-royalsaren’tallowedtotouchthem.Well,t makessensenowadaysbecauseofthepandemc. ● Membersoftheroyalfamly haveto accept absolutelyallthegftstheyreceve,nomatterwhat. ● TheQueendoesn’tneedapassporttotravel! ●PrncessDanawasonceateacher.How cute! ●PrnceCharlesdoesn'tsqueezehsowntoothpaste. ●Royalboysdon’twearpantsuntltheyturneght. ● TheQueen onceworked asamechancand mltary truck drver when she was younger. ●Therearesomewordsthatroyalscannotusesuch as tolet,tea,dnner,pardon,mum and dad. AhsenNehrAvcı,8/E,Gazemr

ENGLISHpractice IDIOMS PROVERBs Keepyourchinup! Ajourneyofthousandmiles beginswithasinglestep. Don’tbesad,staystrong Youcanstartabgtaskwthasmallstep. Crossyourfingers! Actionsspeaklouderthanwords. W shforgoodluck Whatyoudosmoremportantthanwhatyousay. sayingofthemonth Don’tjudgeabookbyitscover. RIDDLES 1.What’sbrightorangewithgreen TONGUETWISTERS ontopandsoundslikeaparrot? Betty bought a bit of 2.Wheredoestodaycomebefore butter,but the butter yesterday? Bettyboughtwasbitter. So, Betty bought a (Theanswersareupsdedownbelow.) betterbutteranditwas betterthan the butter Betty bought before. Howmuchwoodwoulda woodchuckchuckifa woodchuckcouldchuck wood? ANSWERSOFTHERIDDLES:1.Carrot2.Inadctonary

Weaskedforourstudentstocreatetherownavatarsand descrbe whattheravatarslook lke usng physcal appearanceadjectves.Herearetwooftheavatarscreated byourtalentedstudentsAsyaÇapkınandToprakErgüven. “Hello!MynamesAlex.TodayIwllntroducemyselfto you.Ihavegotabgbody.Ihavegotasmallnose.Ihave gotfrecklesonmyface.Ihavegotonebggreeneyewth apurpleglass.Ihavegotlongwavybrownharwtha buckle.MylegsareshorterthanmyarmsandIamwearng bluepantstoday.Thankyouforgettngtoknow me!” AsyaÇapkın,5/A,Gazemr MyavatarsaCatman!Hehasn’tgothar,buthehasgotblue fur.Hsearsarelghtpurple.Hehasgotgreeneyesandhernose sred.Hehasgotcutewhskersand healwayssmles. Heswearngayellowpolkadotshrtandtheresagreensmle pnbadgedonhsshrt.Hehasgotablueteandabluebelt.He salsowearngorangepantsandbluetranerswthblackstrpes. Hesanormalcatdurngtheday,butheturnsntoacat-manat nght!Helkesplaynghsblackgutarwhen tgetsdark. H.ToprakErgüven,5/B,Bornova

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