Monday 25 November 2019

FINAL TASK JUNIOR STUDENTS

✈🗽🚍TRAVEL BLOG🏮⛺🚟




Get ready for travelling! Here is the description of the FINAL TASK for 1st. Bachillerato. You have already been making important group decisions to prepare the task and now it is time to get to work!!

Remember you need to CREATE A TRAVEL BLOG. In case you have not created a blogger, wordpress, emaze ...account, you need to sign up ASAP. Check this LINK to get the template that you'll have to fill and follow in order to organise your task. DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENT first , do not write on the template directly. Otherwise your classmated won't be able to use it.

 Let me remind you the essentials of the 4 Sub-tasks:

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY/PLACE/ REASONS FOR TRAVELLING THERE
(remember it has to be an English Speaking travelling destination)
2. TRIP BUDGET
3. LETTER 120 words. ( FORMAL OR INFORMAL)
4. VIDEO ( travel tips, dramatization of moments while travelling, trip preparation...)

 Pack your ideas and set off !  Have fun and learn a lot!!



Monday 24 June 2019

PLAN RECUPERACIÓN SEPTIEMBRE- 1ºBACH

Hello everyone!


So, School time is finally over for my Junior students of  " Bachillerato" so, here is the "Study Plan" for this summer. Just click HERE to download it. Remember you have the opportunity to hand in an English Journal as an additional assignment that could add up to 1 point of your final grade. Check the "Recuperación de Septiembre" Section for further details.

Remember to read in English, watch films and /or series in English, sing in English and above all enjoy your summer.

See you in September.



Monday 17 June 2019

SELF EVALUATION SHEET - FINAL TASKS JUNIORS

Hi There!


Let me show you your last document to be handed in. Yes, the last one!. It's just the self-evaluation sheet for your Performance based-task, "the FINAL TASK".  Just click HERE to download it . Remember every member of the team must complete the self-evaluation form and hand it in Due date thursday 20th.

Good job guys! Just a little extra effort, summer is round the corner!!!🌅🏊🌴🍹🐟🏄🎵⛱🌊


Wednesday 5 June 2019

PLAN RECUPERACIÓN VERANO 2019 - SENIORS

Hello, dear senior students!!

Here is the "Study Plan" for this summer. It's pretty easy to follow. Just review the pages from your grammar book, practice the "Pevau-type" tests and follow a TV Serie in English. You have three months ahead of you to improve your English and succeed in Sempember. Seize the opportunity and make the most of it!!



PLAN DE RECUPERACION 2º


Wednesday 15 May 2019

FINAL TASK SENIOR STUDENTS EVALUATION SHEET




Hello everybody!

Since you will be uploading your final task in two days , I think you are ready to start completing the self-evaluation sheet.

CLICK HERE to access the document. Do not forget to download it first into your computer and then complete it.

REMEMBER YOU ARE ABLE TO CREATE GREAT PROJECTS, YOU DESERVE IT!

PDF COPY



Sunday 7 April 2019

DO YOU SPEAK BREXIT?

LET'S SPEAK "BREXIT"


So sooner or later I had to include a post on this subject. Everybody is talking about it, newspaper FrontPages are filled with reletively new terms " brexiteers", "leavers", "hard brexit", "soft brexit"... Prime Minister Theresa May's interventions on Parliament are shown almost every day on TV and I was wondering if you really knew what they are talking about. Do you?

So, here you are a nice and concise explanation. Watch the video, pay attention to the 13 terms they use and post the answers to the questions below on the comment section. You can also check @loveyourenglish_ related feed on Instagram. Have a wonderful week!!



QUESTIONS FOR JUNIOR STUDENTS

1 What does "Brexit" mean?
2. What's the difference between the UK and Britain?
3. What was the result of the 2016 referendum?
4. How many types os brexit does the video identify?

QUESTIONS FOR SENIOR STUDENTS

1. What is a portmanteau Word? Why is Brexit an example of it?
2. Why is article 50 in the Lisbon Treaty important in this matter?
3. What phrase did Theresa May coin? What did she mean?
4.What British border represents a particulary controversial issue? Why?





Thursday 21 February 2019

FINAL TASK SENIOR STUDENTS

Hello again!

Here are the specifications for your Final Task ( resources included). I'll leave you this CHICAGO trailer  to inspire you a little bit. Click HERE to download the document.
Parts of news report



and remember...


Wednesday 20 February 2019

Final task on MACBETH

Hello dear Juniors!!

Now that you have finished reading the book, it's time to get our hands on the FINAL TASK project.

CHECK OUT this presentation and follow the instructions. I hope you do your best!!!

Have fun and GO GET THEM!!



PRESENTATION

Tuesday 29 January 2019

" The Prohibition" a bit of American History.


Hello Everyone!!!

Do you recognize this word ? Since I know you are doing some research on the setting of the film "Chicago" for your Final Task, I picked this short documentary on " The Prohibition", which not only you can use foryour project but also will count as a classwork grade. Watch it using subtitles as many times as you need and answer the questions below. Post the answers as a comment by Friday February 1st. Enjoy the film 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿






1. What was exactly the law known as " The Prohibition?

2. Pay attention to the sign behind the group of women at the beginning of the documentary, What does it say? or what does it mean?

3. Who weere the "wets" and the "Dries"?

4. How many different words have you spotted to refer to alcoholic drinks?

5. What was  Valentine's Day massacre?

6. Think of a newspaper headline to report any of the different pieces of information given on this documentary.




Sunday 13 January 2019

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME "MACBETH"?

Hello everybody and welcome back!!

As you already know we are preparing something really exciting regarding the FINAL TASK for junior students. Check out this introduction of Shakespeare's MACBETH and post the answers for the following questions before Monday 21st. Enjoy the Tragedy!!!






SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS.

1) What two names do they use to refer to the play?
2) Where  and when was it first performed?
3) Was Queen Elisabeth I alive by the time the play was performed? If not, who was ruling England at that time?
5) What historal source did Shakespeare use to get inspired before writing Macbeth?
6) What two sections of the theatre are mentioned? What kind of audience used these sections?
7) What are four themes that ,according to the video, appear in the play?


FINAL QUESTIONS.

These are the questions that require a recond viewing and and more reflected answer.

8) The video mentions "AMBITION POWER AND VIOLENCE that spoke directly to the politics of Shakesperean time and continue to echo in our own". Try to explain briefly what that sentence means using your own words.

9) "In the early 17ths. England was politically precarious". Please, give a brief explanation. You can use terms from the text if needed.