IT'S ALL RELATIVE...

You'll find the notes for the relative clauses if you go to "centre d'interés" in the "matèries">"anglès".
The two first exercises are on line and are not marked so you can practice. The third one is a pdf you have to print and bring done next day of class.

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

The Science of Attraction

Watch the video and do the activities of the handed paper related to the video you will watch.

Then you can give your opinion whether you agree or not with what is said in the video.

Have you ever wondered how it is to study at an American School? Do you know anything about American educational system?

Let's take a look to a ppt on American Schools.

Now listen 
Listening Amrican Highschools 1

Now listen to the conversation and answer the questions on your papers.
 Listening 2

FALSE FRIENDS

Never go to a pharmacy in an English speaking country asking for medicines for a "constipation" if your problem is a "constipado", you will get a "laxative" (that is "laxante") since "constipation" doesn't mean "constipado" but "estreñimiento".  You must ask for medicines for a "cold".

Like this word there many others that seem but have not the same meaning in Spanish and English.


Find here a very complete list.

Now try this exercises.

FALSE FRIENDS, by begosantao
Find this and other

STARTER UNIT: ADJECTIVES

In the starter unit you will find a revision of  general descriptive adjectives. As you already know from previous years the basic order order of adjectives with in a sentence, find here a document you might find useful, explaining you the order in which adjectives go when several of them appear at the same time in a sentence.

As you usually use mostly the same adjectives all the time, find here a link to a quite interesting web page in which you find a long list of adjectives. If you click in an adjective a new window will pop up with the translation of the adjective as well as a demonstration of its pronunciation. Cool!

SUMMER READING BOOKS

glitter-graphics.com

Here you have the links to print the worksheets (in PDF format) for the book that you chose. Print it and do the exercises  to hand to your teacher when you're back from summer holidays:

Used in Evidence

Rendezvous with Rama

River God 

L.A. Movie (recommended group A)

A Midsummer Night'sDream  (recommended group C)



HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

FINAL ORAL TEST

In the following link you'll find a List of Functions and their Exponents. Take a look at them so you have a backup when you do your oral test based in the following functions: giving/asking for opinions, suggesting, giving/asking for advice, making/accepting/refussing offers, requesting, asking/giving information-instructions, giving/asking for permission, complaining, apologizing, warning.

The day of the oral test (Thursday 14th/Friday 15th) you will be given a guided dialogue based in one of the above functions, which you will act as a role play with a partner(s). That is why you should take a look at the exponents you can use for each of the above functions.

TALENTED TEENS AT SCENE II

After being delighted with the videos that students in 4th E.S.O recorded and edited for the project "Teen lisieux Bands" last year, you can now enjoy what this year's senior students have done. They all did a great job performing the chosen songs in English and the videos are really original.

Hope you like!

Enjoy your classmates Blanca , Júlia and Belén singing "Accidentally in love", a really  original video nicely performed. Cool!

Let yourself go with this refreshing version of the song "Walking on Sunshine" performed by Marta, Claudia and Yasmine. These three girls really get the sun to shine! Good job! 

Party time! Ana, Laia and Júlia make us wanna dance with this catching song "Mambo n.5". A good way to welcome summer time! 

Vote for the one you liked best of the three in the left side bar!

EXTENSION TO SO,SUCH,TOO, ENOUGH

Find here some exercises to practice a bit more "so-such-too-enough", as well as some grammar notes.

Exercise on so-such-too-enough

Exercise on so-such-too-enough 2

EXTENSION CONDITIONALS

In lesson number 7 and 8 of your students books we're reviewing conditional sentences types 1, 2, 3. Zero type, which we alredy took a look at last year, does not appear in the text book. I have thought it would a good idea giving you this Conditionals Chart where you have the four types with their uses and examples.

If any of you have any trouble with forming any of the conditional types find here some practice:

Zero Conditional

First Conditional

Second Conditional

Third Conditional

Which Type is it?

As an extension to conditionals ,we will be taking a look at how to express wishes and regrets.

Introduction to Wishes and Regrets

Wishes & Regrets Chart

 As well as, Adverb clauses to  express conditions.

Today you will be working some exercises on the conditionals 1,2,3. On the same paper you will find Future time Clauses with "when" and "as soon as". 

Due date for these exercises is Monday 14th/05.

ANALYSING CHARACTERS

As you all know, you have been requested to hand in (June 1st) an analysis on the characters of the books you're now reading. Besides this, you must choose one  character, or more always that you support your arguments, you fell identify with and tell me why it is so.

Find here ten things you can pay attention to when analysing a character in a book. I also found very interesting the tips given in this web page.

You might find quite useful these "Character & Story Graphic Organizers" to handle your notes on characters. Besides, you can take also a look at this helpful "Sample Character Analysis Paragraph Forms"  as well as this other article on "Guidelines for Writing a Character Analysis Essay" to build up the paragraphs in your essay. I think they can be a good guide to your final paper.

CUSTOMIZE YOUR PROFILE IMAGE!

I encourage you to change your profile photos using this cool, fun, easy-to-use tool you'll find in FaceYourManga .

You'll only need an e-mail adress and a password to create a manga version of yourself.

The manga you get is a png format, so sometimes might not be accepted when you try to use it for your profiles or others. If so, use this free online file converter to change it to jpg format, it's quick, easy and it works perfectly.

A different way to appear in your social networks' profiles.


Enjoy, I really did!

END OF TERM TEST

Exams week is here!. Don't panic, organize your time according to your needs and study and review very hard so you can do your best. Following you will find the answer sheet for the exercises on the passive voice.

Answer sheet Passive voice

You might find useful:

A table of tenses (in the active voice) so you can refresh how they are formed.

Two tables of how tenses change in the passive voice. At your choice:

A complete chart where you'll find all tenses as well as modals.
A sumarized one with the present, past and future (simple,progressive,perfect) tenses.


Besides the above , I have done a short exercise on passives with two objects. Read the instructions carefully before doing the exercise, otherwise your final mark can be affected. And "yes", the mark of the exercise will be part of your final mark. It will be counted as an exercise or task.


If you need any help or you have any problem during the weekend while you're studying e-mail me and I'll try to give you a hand.


See you in the test!

TEEN STARS

 

LIP DUB SHOOTING

SCHOOL FILMING VIDEO COMPANY NEEDS A CREW OF:

1 or 2 CAMARA OPERATOR(S)

People with experience in filming with a video camara.

A DIRECTOR

A person able to lead and coordinate a large group of people. He/she will take the leading role among the filming crew and will collaborate in the shooting, editing and production processes.

1 or 2 ART DIRECTOR(S)

An imaginative person in charged of choosing the best sets for the shooting together with script writer.

A SCRIPT WRITER

He/she will be in charged of developing the background story for the music video.

1 or 2 CHOREOGRAPHER(S)

Choreographers will create the choreography and movements hand to hand with the art director and the script writer so they are appropiate for the story in the video. You'll teach the performers the dancing steps and supervise during the shooting .

1 or 2 EDITOR(S)

People with experience on computers and editing programmes. He/she will work together with the director and the art director to edit the film.

REQUIREMENTS:

ALL OF THE ABOVE STAFF MUST BE SENIOR STUDENTS.

APPLICATION: 

If you're interested in taking part of the project write a letter applying for the job, and send it to your English teacher.

Here you'll find some tips for writing your application letter:

Sample 1: Job application letter

Sample 2: How to write an application letter (layout and structure)

To watch examples of lip dubs, go to the link for 2nd ESO blog you'll find in the left-side bar under the title "My Blog List".

And YESSS of course you're teacher will take into account your interest in this 2nd ESO project.

TALENTED TEENS AT SCENE

 

The second edition of  "Teen Lisieux Bands"  is already here. You should start thinking which song you would like to perform this year. Choose one you like  and show us your hidden talent.

Once you've decided which song you'll be performing, fill in the following form. And hand it to me. Due date is Friday, 25th/02.

Besides this, you are requested to write a profile for your band/singer of the song you've choosen. Find here a sheet to collect info before writing the final paper. Due date to hand in the profile is Monday, 27th/02.

Here you can take a look at some video clips from my student's in last year's edition:

It's not unusual, Tom Jones 

The Lazy song, Bruno Mars

The rest of them here

We will shortly inform you  when your video clip should be released.

Hope you enjoy as much as last year's students did !!

THE CINEMA SHOW

The Golden Globes ceremony was celebrated last 16th January. Listen to the video and answer the questions on your papers. Then spot the differences between the pictures.

2012: THE MAYAN ARMAGEDDON

There has long been speculation that on December 21, 2012, the world as we know it will end. Some predict that we'll be wiped out by a natural disaster like a giant tidal wave, an Earth-wide earthquake or a tremendous volcanic eruption. Others believe that on that day in December, the Earth will collide with a mysterious "Planet X," causing magnetic pole shifts, gravitational reversals or a black hole so big that our solar system will simply disappear. 

What's more, believers say that this news is not really news at all; on the contrary, they argue, we have known about the coming apocalypse since the ancient Maya predicted and recorded it on their Long Count calendar more than 2,200 years ago.

But Mayas were not the only ones, the Egyptians, also looked into astronomy to predict future events and saw the year 2012 as the year when   civilizacion will disappear. 

Listen to the documentary on the Mayas' prediction for the end of the world.

Now listen to the documentary on The Egyptian's vision of the date.

GRAMMAR

Stepping fordward the future tenses we've alrady studied, we will now be taking a look :

Future Progressive 

Practise on Future Progressive

Future Perfect

Practise on Future Perfect

You're requested to do the exercises on these tenses you'll find in the photocopies that your classmate Mar is in charged of handing you out in my absence on Friday 20th/01. Due date for two first pages of the set, is Monday 23rd/01. In case of any doubt, e-mail me.

As I told you I would do, you'll find here the Answer key for the set of photocopies on the future you were requested to do.