1. Year 2013-2014
A Virtual Multi-
cultural
Magazine
Collège Marie Curie, Troyes, France
With the collaboration of
İSTEK KAŞGARLI MAHMUT PRIMARY SCHOOL
2. WHO IS WHO?PAGE 2
My name is Evliya Çelebi. I was
born in 1611. I Live in Kütahya. I
am a writer and I love travelling.
I am from Turkey.
My name is Louis XIV. I
was born in 1638
and I live in Versailles. I am a
French king
and I love dancing.
I am from Vinci. I have white hair, mous-
taches and a beard. I am a painter, engi-
neer, scientist and an inventot. I am a
genius. My favourite picture is La Gio-
conda. I am Leonardo Di Vinci.
3. PAGE 38
AcknowledgementsPAGE 38
TO
Mrs Kyriaki Tzioti and her class in Greece
Mrs Ildikó Tóth and her pupils in Hungary
Mrs Joanna Czapla and her class in Poland
Mrs Didem Şahin and her class in Turkey
Mrs Antonella Folisi and her pupils in Italy
Mrs Mangni Llaty and her class in France
Thank you so much for your wonder-
ful collaboration and participation in
this fun project! We hope you enjoyed
it as much as we did.
FAMOUS PEOPLE IN EUROPE PAGE 3
I live in Athens. I have got brown hair, a beard and
a moustache. I’m a playwright.
I write comedies. Some of my comedies are :
“Peace”, “Clouds” and “Frogs”.
Pope John Paul II , sometimes called
Blessed John Paul Or John Paul the
Great is the first polish Pope. He is one
of the most influential leaders of the
20th century. He visits 129 countries
during his pontificate. He likes talking
with teenagers.
My name is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. I
was born in 1881. I’m the founder of
Turkish Republic. I am a leader.I ha-
ve blue eyes and blonde hair.
My name is Victor Hugo. and I
am French. I am a writer. I have grey
hair and brown eyes. My favourite
book is « The miserables ».
I’m a French emperor and I am from Corsi-
ca. I am in the army and I like wars. I fight
against England. I am short and I have
brown hair and brown eyes.
I am Napoleon Bonaparte.
4. WHO IS WHO?PAGE 4
Hi!My name is Hidayet Türkoğlu . I
am a basketball player. My teams
are Efse Pilsen, Sacramento Kings,
San Antonio and Orlando Magic. I
love basketball.
I live in Athens and I am 67 years old. I have
got brown hair and I wear glasses. I am a
writer. I write books for kids. Some of my
books: “The three baby wolves”,“The 33
pink rubies” and “Little Hermes”.
My name is Jean Dujardin. I’m a
French actor. I play In the film « The
Artist » and I get an oscar. I have
brown eyes and black hair. I’m 41.
My name is Marion Cotillard. I’m 38
and I’m an actress. I live in France but
I work in the USA. I play in the film
« Piaf ». I have blue eyes and brown
hair.
Storytelling and
Comic Strips
PAGE 37
Saving Christmas Presents by Joanna (Greece)
Once upon a time, in the Christmas world, Santa was about to
share presents. The elves by mistake, gave Santa a magic po-
tion which made him … a miser.
Elves:
Oh, but who is going to give the presents to the kids?
The elves went to the wise man and told him:
Elves:
We gave a magic potion to Santa, by mistake, and he be-
came a miser. What can we do now? Who is going to give the
presents to the kids?
The wise man:
Santa!!! I will give you a potion that will do Santa well, again!!!
Elves: (shouting) Yippee!!!
The wise man:
But I’ll come with you to make sure that you’ll do everything
right!
Elves: OK.
The elves and the wise man went to Santa and gave him a
magic potion. Santa was well again!!!
And they lived happily ever after!!!
The End
5. PAGE 36
Storytelling and
Comic Strips
PAGE 36
A Detective Story by Cleopatra (Greece)
011: Hello, sir
Chief: Hi detective 011. Today you’ll catch a thief who stole
2 million dollars from a bank. Go!!!
…… but the two thieves.
Hello, brother!
Hi! What have you got in your bag?
I’ve got my clothes. Go to sleep and I’ll watch some TV.
OK.
011 : …! I’ll get into the thief’s house and catch him.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
011: The thief is sleeping. I’ll catch him now!!!
At the police station…
I’m not the thief! I didn’t steal anything!!!
I’m the thief. I stole the money but I’m sorry. I’ll take the
money back and I’ll stay in prison but not my brother.
Chief: OK! You’re free. And your brother, too. But you must
clean all the police station!
-???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
011, chief and thieves: Ha, ha, ha!!!
PAGE 5
Hello! My name is Kenan
Doğulu. I am Turkish. I am a
singer. I love pop music. I was
born in 1974.
I'm 28. I'm French. I'm a
singer.
I can dance and sing. My real
name is Tamara but nick-
name is Shy’m. I took
part in “Dance with the Stars”
I am Greek but I live in New York and Paris. I
have got dark eyes and dark hair. I am an
opera singer, a soprano! I sing operas such
as: Ave Maria, Carmen, Aida etc. I am Calllas.
I’m from Florence. I have got brown hair
and brown eyes. I’m an actor and I won
the Oscar Prize with the film « La Vita è
Bella ». I interpreted Pinocchio, a famous
Italian tale. I’m Roberto Benigni.
6. WHO IS WHO?PAGE 6
My name’s Adam Małysz. I’m
a ski jumper. My successes : 4
individual Olympic Games
medals, 4 individual World
Championships gold medals ,
4 individual World Cup titles.
I’m from Rome. I have got brown eyes and
dark hair. I’m a singer. My favourite songs
are « Se bastasse una sola canzone » and I
belong to you. I am Eros Ramazzotti.
Lech Wałęsa is a Polish politician, trade-union
organizer and human-rights activist. In 1990 he
became the president of Poland. He presided
over Poland’s transformation from a communist
to a post-communist state. His wife’s name is
Danuta. They’ve got eight children.
Storytelling and
Comic Strips
PAGE 35
Bella 007 by Manon (France)
Hello, my name is Bella 007. I’m a secret agent. My boss
gave me a secret mission: capture public enemy n#1,
Jane.
First, I followed Jane. Last night, I worked hard to have
some information about her. Finally, this morning, I de-
cided to wait past her house. Wgen she came out, I
captured her and I called the police to put her in prison.
My mission was a real success!
Re-order the illustrations according to my story:
The answer is: 2/3/1/5/4/6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7. PAGE 34
Storytelling and
Comic Strips
PAGE 34
A Day in a Frog’s Life
by Anaelle (France)
Once upon a time, a little green
frog got lost in a kitchen.
She wanted to go home.
So she jumped from the kitchen window. Then, she wal-
ked across a bridge
and jumped over a leaf.
There were big stones on her. So she went around
them.
Finally, she arrived at home. It was such a long journey!
She took three hours to get back home.
CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE PAGE 7
IN GREECE
Some days before Christmas house wives make sweets
(kourabiedes : something like shortbread melomakarona: small
cakes with honey syrup) and all the houses smell wonderful . We
offer them to our guests!!! The traditional dish used to be pork
or lamb but nowadays we
cook turkey!
On Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve all families have lunch
or dinner together because it’s a family celebration. Families
enjoy a delicious meal and everyone is happy.
8. PAGE 8
IN HUNGARY
After Christmas Mass, Hungarian families
meet and eat a Christmas meal. They can
have jellied pig’s feet, and poppyseed bis-
cuits with honey called kocsonya. Some
families have fish soup, fried fish with po-
tato salad and yeast raised cakes with pop-
pyseed and walnuts. They drink Palinka.
In Hungary, they have many traditions befo-
re Christmas. They do advent calendar
like in France. But Santa Claus comes on
December 6th. Children put their boots
into the windows and santa fills them with
candies.They have Luca Day on December
13th.: Men must build a stool and finish it
for Christmas. They sing carols and they
build a crib too.
They decorate their houses and streets.
They buy a christmas tree a day or a week
before Christmas and they decorate it with
lights, and wrapped holiday candies.
Storytelling and
Comic Strips
PAGE 33
Molly’s Summer Holidays
by Benjamin (France)
« Hello, My name is Molly. My master is
Benjamin and I am the Watchdog at ho-
me. My job during the holidays in 2013
was to watch the children. It’s a very
difficult job for a dog!
Sometimes, I had to wash the dishes. They really
took advantage of me but it was so good! I also had
to keep an eye on them when they watched TV, a ve-
ry hard job. You’re right, it’s true that sometimes I
fell asleep. That’s because there were some sun-
beds for the family near the swimming-pool. I wore
my sunglasses to see them but I was too tired! For
my birthday, benjamin and his brothers forced me to
wear a hat: I really looked prettier, didn’t I?
Well, the most difficult element in this family is Os-
Put the picture in the right order:
9. PAGE 32
European Favourite
Superheoroes
PAGE 32
On 8th ofOn 8th of
December eachDecember each
Italian family uses decorate a tree.Italian family uses decorate a tree.
Some people prepare a Nativity SceneSome people prepare a Nativity Scene
tootoo..
DURINGDURING THETHE NIGHTNIGHT FATHER CHRISTMASFATHER CHRISTMAS COMESCOMES TOTO PUTPUT
PRESENTSPRESENTS UNDERUNDER THETHE
CHRISTMASCHRISTMAS TREETREE..
CHILDRENCHILDREN WRITEWRITE LETTERSLETTERS
ASKINGASKING FORFOR THEIRTHEIR
FAVOURITEFAVOURITE GIFTSGIFTS..
IN ITALY
PAGE 9
10. PAGE 10
IN FRANCE
We put a crib ( Crèche in French)at the foot of the christmas tree.
We do a Christmas tree that we decorate. We decorate the house
and the Christmas tree with baubles, subjects, tinsel (Guirlande in
French) and lights
At midnight, we go to church.
We eat some duck liver, turkey with vegetables , chestnuts (chataignes
in French) and potatoes .
For dessert, it is a yule log.
In the morning, we discover the presents under the Christmas
tree and we open them.
cadeaux
papillotes
Buche de noel
SAPIN
DINDE
European Favourite
Superheoroes
PAGE 31
IN EUROPE
He is a boy. He is tall. He has got blond hair
and blue eyes.
He is Homer Simpson.
He is Bart’s dad. He is
bald and he has got big brown eyes. He lo-
ves cookies.
His son is Bart. He is short and he has got blond
hair too. He can be clever. He loves skateboar-
ding.
His name is Peter Parker. He is strong, thin
and agile as a spider. He wears a red and
blue suit. He can fly thanks to his cob-
webs.
He is very handsome.He is tall and thin. He
has got balck hair. He has got big blue eyes, a
small nose, a mouth and perfect teeth.
He wears a cloak , a blue and red uniform,
and red boots.
He can fight bad men. He is so strong that he
can lift a whole building with his hands...only.
12. Fun StuffPAGE 12
CHRISTMAS IN FRENCH
Down:
1 It is a decoration.
2 It is a traditional dish in France
3 Children love these candies.
4 We decorate it with baubles.
6 It is a Christian decoration.
10 Christmas in French.
Across:
5 Chestnuts
6 They are under the Christmas tree.
7 It is the French Christmas cake
8 Merry Christmas in French.
9 He brings presents.
European Favourite
Superheoroes
PAGE 29
In Greece
ARHELAOS
He is a cabbage.
He is thin and short.
He hasn’t got hair.
He has got big and blue eyes.
He wears T-shirt and shorts.
He can runs for 200m but he can’t run for
1km.
LITTLE HERO
Little Hero is a Greek comic he-
ro. His real name is George Tha-
lassis.
Geroge is tall; he has got dark
hair, big eyes, a normal nose, a
big mouth, and big teeth. He is
thin.
He wears a blue t-shirt, trousers,
and brown shoes. He can climb and do karate moves. He
can’t go to war. He is a kid.
13. PAGE 28 Back to school
A Typical Wednesday In Turkey
The first lesson is maths. We learn fractions. Second
lesson is social information. We repeat Atatürk’s life.
Third lesson is art. We draw clean environment pictures.
Fourth lesson is ICT. We write a paragraph. In lunch
breaktime we play basketball. Fifth and sixth lessons are
P.E. We play football. We pull hard shots but the
goalkeeper catches the ball. In corner we shoot the ball
with our head and goalkeeper can’t catch the ball.
Seventh and eighth lessons are Turkish. Teacher gives us
homework and we go home.
Let’s cook !PAGE 13
A very easy and healthy salad :
Traditional Greek Salad -Horiatiki
Ingredients and equipment :
tomato cucumber onion green pepper feta cheese
olives
olive oil salt oregano spoon knife small bowl
salad bowl
Procedure:
Cut the tomato into pieces ¯ Mix the olive oil with the salt
Slice the cucumber and the oregano
Peel and chop the onion ¯Put a piece of feta cheese
on the top
Slice the green pepper of the vegetables
Put the vegetables in a salad bowl ¯ Pour the dressing onto the
salad
Cooking Instructions
14. Let’s Cook !PAGE 14
A Cherry Clafoutis: a healthy cake
You need:
750g of ripe cherries
100g of flour
Half a bag of baking powder
4 eggs
125g of sugar
Half a teaspoon of salt
25g of melted butter
25cl of milk
1 bag of vanilla sented sugar
1. Wash and remove the stones in
the cherries
2. In a bowl, break the eggs.
3. Add the sugar, the vanilla sen-
ted sugar, the salt and whip for 5
minutes.
4. Pour the flour and the baking
powder
5. Mix delicately with a wooden
spatula.
6. Add the melted butter and the
milk
7. Butter the pan, arrange the
cherries in the pan and pour the
mixture on the cherries
8. Put it in the oven and bake for
45 mniutes at 180 C°.
PROCEDURE:
Back to schoolPAGE 27
But can you find the school
subjects in the following
wordsearch?
LANGUAGE MATHS
HISTORY GEOGRA-
PHY
ENGLISH SCIENCE
CIVIL EDUCATION MUSIC
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
ART FRENCH GERMAN
15. PAGE 26 Back to school
A Typical Timetable
Hi! I’m Yiannis from Greece. I go to
the fifth class of Primary School.
Here’s my school timetable for this
school year!!!
Let’s Play !PAGE 15
Put the pictures in the correct order.
1 2
3
4
5 6
7
8
Answer: 5/8/7/6/1/3/2/4
16. Ingredients:
Let’s Cook !PAGE 16
Hungarian Goulash Soup
60 dkg beef
30 dkg onion
2 big carrots 1 smaller
celeriac
40 dkg peeled
potatoes
1 spoonful
red paprika
½ spoonful
hot red
paprika
1 spoonful
salt
1 teaspoon
grounded
cumin
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon
freshly
grounded
black pepper
1 smaller
tomato
3 cloves of
garlic
2 spoonful
grease
½ bunch of
celery leaves
1 green
pepper
½ bunch of
parsley
1 big white
carrot
csipetke
(see recipe)
Back to schoolPAGE 25
School Life in Greece
Now Emily and Nick, our class-
mates are writing about school.
Hi! My name is Emily. I’m ten years old and I go to the 4th Pri-
mary School of Daphni.
My favourite subjects are Maths, History and English. But I
also like Music and P.E.
I hate German and Science. I don’t like Religious and Geogra-
phy! But my favourite subject is…BREAK!!!
I’m Nick. I get up at 7:30. I have breakfast and I go to school
at 8:00 o’clock. We have Language, Maths, History etc. After
school, I go home, I have lunch and I do my homework.
17. PAGE 24 Back to school
Istituto ComprensivoIstituto Comprensivo
OctaviaOctavia
III AIII A
ItalyItaly
A typical Italian Timetable
Our Free Time
Let’s Cook!PAGE 17
Instructions:
1 Chop the beef into 2cm pieces then chop the onions.
2 Fry the onion, mix it with the paprika then add 1,5 dl water.
Boil it until the water disappears.
3 Add the beef, stir and fry it and when it is white add all the
spices, the chopped garlic and tomato and the whole green
pepper. Cover the dish and cook all these for 90 minutes
without adding water. While it is boiling you can prepare the
’csipetke’.
4 Slice the carrots, the white carrot, chop the potatoes, the
celeriac, the parsley and the celery leaves and add them with 2
-2,5 l water. Cook it for 50 minutes.
5 Add ’csipetke’, let it boil for 10 minutes until it is ready.
The best goulash soup is made on open fire.
Csipetke:
1 egg, 8 dkg flour, 1 teaspoon salt
Mix all these to make dough then leave it rest for 20 minutes.
Roll the dough and make small balls with your fingers.
Leave them on floured board until using them.
18. Ingredients for 2:
Let’s Cook !PAGE 18
SPAGHETTIALLACARBONARA
Directions:
Back to schoolPAGE 23
There are 3 services. One at 11.30 ano-
ther at 12o'clock and the last one at
12.30 pm. The pupils are called by clas-
ses, paying attention to the time they be-
gin. The pupils have 45 minutes to eat.
The canteen in comprehensive school is
called the self.
The food is well balanced. Several dishes
can be chosen.
Today I had:
salad
chicken nuggets
pasta
cheese
banana
Our Canteen
19. PAGE 22
A Typical Year 6 Timetable:
Each pupil in Marie-Curie has a timetable to organize his
time.
It tells him what he must do. Every hour corresponds to
a subject: German, English, Biology and Physical Educa-
tion...
At 9:55am and 2:55 pm pupils have break time to eat so-
mething, or to play with friends , or to discuss with their
classmates.
It's my timetable!
Back to school Let’s Cook!PAGE 19
Pierogi with meat
INGREDIENTS
3 glasses of flour
1 egg
¾ glass of warm water
an onion
salt
pepper
cabbage
meat
Preparation:
1. Flour, egg, water you mix and crease.
Then you have to roll it and cut out
small circles.
2. Then you have to prepare a filling with
cooked cabbage, onion and meat,salt and
pepper.
After that you put the filling into the cir-
cles.
3. You cook pierogi for about 20 min-
utes.
20. Let’s Cook !PAGE 20
YAPRAK SARMAYAPRAK SARMA
2 cups rice
1 tomato, diced
1 tbsp tomato paste
2 onions, shredded
200 gr (1/2 lb) grape leaves, fresh/
preserved
2/3 cup olive oil
3 cups water
½ lemon, sliced
2 tbsp dried mint
¼ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp allspice
1 ½ tsp salt
½ tsp sugar
INGREDIENTS
Ou r School LifePAGE 21
Marie Curie
School In France
A Typical French Pupil’s description
In France, pupils don’t wear uniforms. They wear fas-
hionable clothes: jeans, sports shoes, t-shirts and
jackets. They have got a schoolbag too.
A Typical School Day:
School starts at 8 o’clock and finishes at
5pm. We have got two breaks : at 9.50
am and at 2.50 pm. Pupils walk to school
or take the bus. They eat at the canteen or
they can eat at home. Pupils can do their
homework in a study room or can read
books at the school library.
At lunch time, pupils can play games ( ta-
ble tennis , babyfoot or board games) or
they can use their phones. In class, you
can’t use your phone. In our school there
are 650 pupils. Pupils learn French and
English. German and Italian are optional.