2ºA TUESDAY 17th. MARCH PRACTICE- DEADLINE

Good morning everybody!

How are you today? Here is today's practice for my 2ºA seniors.  This practice won't be included in the current marking period. This is a task for the " TERCERA EVALUACIÓN";last marking period.

Today's task will consist in taking a 90-minute Pevau test. Please follow the instructions below:

PEVAU TEST TO DOWNLOAD

• Download the two exams ( options A and B)
• Set your watch /stopwatch/chronometer for 90 minutes. Start the watch.
• Decide which test you are going to take. CHOOSE ONE of them. ( The 90 minutes should be running)
• Be sure you do not get interrupted while taking the test.
• DO NOT USE A DICTIONARY WHILE TAKING THE TEST. LEAVE THE VOCABULARY CHECKING UNTIL YOU CORRECT YOUR ANSWERS.
• Write your answers in a notebook. That notebook will be required after the quarantine period.
• Once you finish, check the answers on the sections: "Comprehension" and "Use of English".
• Send an e-mail to arantxaealo@gmail.com by Friday 20th with your composition, do not send it handwritten, use a word processor ( Word, Open Office , Docs) of any kind, so that I can add some feedback on it.

PEVAU TESTS CORRECTIONS. 

Make the most of your day!! You can do it!! Be safe and #stayathome.

JUNIOR STUDENTS 1ºA AND B. UNIT 4 ( GRAMMAR PRACTICE)

Hello everybody!

Here is your task for today. In case you belong to 1st. "bachillerato" Group A, you should start with this grammar practice right away. On the other hand, if you belong to Group B, you can start tomorrow March 17th.

WORKSHEET + ANSWER KEY

• Complete the worksheet about the different uses of future forms. You can have a look at your book first (Grammar section in UNIT 4, if you prefer you can also see the rules and uses at the back of the book in the blue grammar section). 
• Use your dictionary in case you need to look up unknown words, and use your notebook to note the new vocabulary.

I'll post the answers to this worksheet this afternoon. Remember I'll ask for all the worksheets once the quarantine will be over and we'll get back to school.

No cheating!! Be honest and make the most of your learning!

You can post your questions to this blog in case you need any further explanation.

EXTRA PRACTICE 

Do you feel like keeping on practising? 

Just click on this self-correcting exercises  and continue working ( watch the video first)

MATERIALS:
 Let me send you the Grammar Reference from the back of the text book, in case you don't have it.

SENIOR STUDENTS (2ºA) READING PRACTICE - ASSESSABLE

Hello again!

This is your first task of the week. Please read the article published on The Guardian , and answer the True/ False exercise below. 

2ºA STUDENTS :Post your answers and /or comments on this blog. Please, be sensible and do not copy somebody else's response, it could be wrong. This is assessable work and I will note the grade on my teachers' observation sheet. Total marks (10 points). 

DEADLINES:

2ºA will submit their answers before Wednesday 18th.

Historic, high-value paintings stolen from Oxford college gallery

COMPREHENSION EXERCISE:

Read the article and write TRUE/FALSE for every statement. Give evidence with precise words from the text to justify your answer. 

1. Thieves found the gallery door open. 

2. All the paintings have already been recovered.

3. Visitors are asked to contribute to the investigation.

4. A different newspaper reported another theft that occurred simultaneously.

5. Oxford college considers the police reaction too slow.

VOCABULARY EXERCISE.

Find in the text a word with the following definition: 

a) an organized attempt by thieves to steal something (n)

b) film of a particular subject or event (n)

c) a hard hit from someone’s hand or an object (n)

d) people who do something harmful, illegal or dishonest. (n)

e) including everything possible or necessary (adj)

MATERIALS:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/15/historic-high-value-paintings-stolen-from-oxford-college-gallery

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/

QUARANTINE CLASS SCHEDULE AND INSTRUCTIONS

Good morning my dearest students,

How are you coping with the new situation? As I told you on Friday March 13th, I will be posting exercises for all of my groups through this blog. You'll get a new exercise to do/ a new material for learning every school day in which, according to your schedule, you would have your English class.

Follow the indications in every exercise. Pay attention to the "label" ("etiqueta"), to know if it is something to hand in afterwards, to email or just for practice. Notice that some messages will be addressed to Junior Students, Senior Students or Seniors re-taking English I.

Sometimes you'll just have to post a comment, some others email a composition, or complete some self-correcting exercises. 

My advice is that you follow your class schedule to keep with your school tasks, as if it were face-to-face tuition; e.g. 1 hour of English, two hours of History... and so on every day. Keep yourself busy and take advantage of the extra time to do some catching up.

Let me remind you of some suitable tools to look up vocabulary, check to spell...

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/

https://diccionario.reverso.net/

I hope to see your faces and hear your voices very soon 😉. Be safe, follow the rules, keep calm and help your family. 

See you in the follow up post. 

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!!

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.

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!!!🌅🏊🌴🍹🐟🏄🎵⛱🌊

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

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

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?