Xochimilco Glossary

Here is the Glossary about this theme.

\ Chinampa:  Mehtod of Ancient Mesoamerican Agriculture which used small, rectangle-shaped areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico.

\ Axolotl: The best known of the Mexican neotenic mole salamanders belonging to the Tiger Salamander Complex.

\ Endangered: In imminent danger of extinction; “an endangered extintion”.

\ Crowded:  over filled or compacted or concentrated

\ Trajinera: mexican canoe.

\ Sightseer: A tourist who is visiting sights of interest.

\ Wetter: One that wets.

Tryptich Xochimilco

Hi, this is my tryptich about Xochimilco. It contains: Introduction, Climate, Wildlife, Xochimilco Canals, Chinampas and Glossary. =)

5 Sources about my topic

XochimilcO

Wikipedia: The Free Enccyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xochimilco

Planeta.com

http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/df/xochimilco.html

Wikitravel

http://wikitravel.org/en/Mexico_City/Xochimilco

UNESCO

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/412

BBC Learning English Blog

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/learningenglish/2010/05/xochimilco-trajineras-mariachi.shtml

XOCHIMILCO

Hi I chose this topic because is part of our mexican identity and of course part of our school because it is located in this part of our Mexico City. Nowadays Xochimilco has many history, wildlife, traditions and other things that are important for Mexico and the world. It was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1987. Here I give you a little summary about my topic.



Xochimilco is one of the sixteen “delegaciones” of the Mexican Federal District. It is located within Mexico City, 28 kilometres south of the city center. To the north it has borders with Coyoacán, Tlalpan and Iztapalapa; to the west with Tláhuac; and to the southeast with Milpa Alta. It covers an area of 122 km²; it is the third biggest “delegación”. Xochimilco is better known for its extended series of canals, all that remain of the ancient Lake Xochimilco. Xochimilco has kept its ancient traditions, even though its proximity to Mexico City influences that area to urbanize. Movies such as María Candelaria (1940) have given that area a romantic reputation where all inhabitants travel in colorful trajineras, between chinampas covered with flowers. Today, agriculture is an important but minor activity; the canals represent only a small fraction of their former extent, Chinampería. The name Xochimilco comes from Nahuatl, and means "some place with flowers". It is pronounced [ʃoːtʃiˈmiːɬko] in Nahuatl and [sotʃiˈmilko] in Spanish.

I have changed my topic

Hi, I have changed my topic because I didn't found any information about the praying mantis in the case of dates for example. So I can't make my timeline about that topic. Now I elected: Xochimilco for my new topic. I hope you like it and I will continue adding here more information about my investigation and upload my triptych and the timeline. Well, see you =) good bye.

Glosarry

Here you have my glossary about my topic: The Praying Mantis. In wich I give you some important words and their meanings.

Glossary:

Ambush: surprise attack from a concealed psition.

Prey: animal hunted or killed by another for food.|victim.

Misspelled: or misspelt, spelled incorrectly.

Cannibalism: person who eats human flesh (in this case, animals).

Resemble: be like, similar to, correspond to.

Forelegs: animal’s front legs.

Pest:  troublesome person or thing.|Insect or animal harmful to plants, store food, etc.

Sticky:  adhesive, gummed, gluey, glutinous.

Nymph: Young insect.

Twig: realize, grasp the meaning of.|small shoot issuing from a branch or stem.

This words are repited many times in my topic. =D

Hi! here is my leaflet about the Praying Mantis. I hope ypu like it. =) Is a document from Microsoft Office Publisher but I can't upload the document, so here you have the two images of it.