29.11.10

12.10.10

ANSWER KEY TO GRAMMAR TEST + GRAMMAR REVIEW

Here you have the answers for the grammar test that I gave you at the beginning of the course.

I also include the "grammar review" I recommended to prepare for the grammar exam.

11.5.10

THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE THE EARTH

Simple things to save the earth




Yes, WE CAN!!

Yes, you can stop CLIMATE CHANGE

Quizz:Search the Internet and write down measures and simple things you can do in your daily life to stop climate change.
Remember that they have to be SIMPLE things YOU CAN DO!



Click on the "time to act" webpage





- How energy efficient are you?

- Recycling WebquestEnlace
- Link 1


Work in groups:
1. Read the list
2. Clasify them according to these sections: Turn down, Reduce, Reusing, Recycle, Switch off
3. Each member of the group will choose one things and put in on a big piece of paper with some text and pictures.
4. In groups, list all the things that you found.
5. Prepare a powerpoint presentation with the things that you find more important.


Resources:

- Bloom webpage
- Link 5

19.4.10

WRITING TIPS FOR COMPOSITIONS

Material in the copy shop:

- Aclaraciones léxicas

- Errores más comunes

- Recommendations for writing (use of connectors, expressions, etc): 1, 2

- Differences between MAKE and DO

- Use of DEFINITE/INDEFINITE ARTICLES> 1, 2, 3

IDIOMS

Idioms> Text and pixtures

Idioms dictionary
Idioms Guide, Pictorial Idioms

VOCABULARY FOR SELECTIVIDAD

TEXT 1: Sports
Sports

TEXT 2
Climate change , Kioto protocol, Environment, Words in context, Environment, Weather

NEWSPAPERS (To work on vocabulary on current events)

NEWSPAPERS:
Check out the headlines and main news in these newspapers in order to review the vocabulary related to recent events and issues.

THE TIMES (UK)
THE INDEPENDENT (UK)
THE GUARDIAN (UK)

THE DAILY MIRROR (UK)
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH (UK)
USA TODAY (USA)
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA)

14.4.10

2nd Term- Revision

Click on the links below to revise the contents from this term:

8.3.10

March 8, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Please follow this link to work on the webquest on "Important Women" for ESO.


INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

March 8 is an important celebration at school. Everybody should be fighting for gender equality in all parcels of life.

Women have always been relegated to a second place in history, science, politics, business, religion, etc. It is time to recover these women's lives and their role in the evolution of women's fights for equality. Here you have some tasks related to this celebration. Go to the next webquest to learn about important women in history, science and arts.


a) Online exercise to create a text about the celebration of the International Women's Day

b) Woksheet for 1º ESO

c) Woksheet for 4º ESO


The world is full of hard-working people (doctors, scientists, computer programmers, writers, sportsmen, artists, teachers, etc.) With their work our lives are easier and more interesting and we are happier.
These are five important people for us: Toni Morrison, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Ada Augusta Byron, Marjorie Jackson Nelson, and Edmonia Lewis. Do you know them? What do they have in common?
With this WebQuest you will learn about their lives, works, and places of residence, and you will be able to show your findings to the rest of your school. You will work in pairs and groups and you will have different roles: biographers, work researchers and travel agents. Are you ready to begin?

Task : The final project will be a poster on an important woman. The poster will give information about her life, work, and an important city in her life. You will stick texts and pictures on a poster board. You will explain the poster to your classmates. Finally, the project will be hang on your school walls. Be neat and tidy . . . everybody will see your work!
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26.1.10

January 30: Peace and Non-violence Day


This week we are celebrating Peace Day.
Watch this presentation about Peace Heroes


Peace Heroes
1. Why do we celebrate Peace Day the 31st of January? Look for the answers on the web:





Think about a symbol and a motto. For instance, the dove is a symbol for peace. A motto is a sentence which has a message. For instance: "Peace is where to people understand each other"

Don't forget to crate your symbol and motto before January 29.

Let´s sing! Can you remember the missing words?



Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you ……….
No hell below us
Above us only ………..
Imagine all the ………
Living for today.
Imagine there’s no …………..I
t isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the ………….
Living life in …………..…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only ………..
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as …….

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world.
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only …….
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as …….

The “School Day of Non-violence and Peace” was founded in 1964.It is also known as World or International Day of Non-violence and Peace.
It is a non-official, free and voluntary initiative of Non-violent Education, which is now practised in schools all over the world.
Teachers and students of all levels and from all countries are invited to take part.
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21.1.10

UNIT 3


Review the present simple affirmative, negative and interrogative.
Present simple

Present simple questions

Click on the links to do the following exercises about questions and word order:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4

Question Words and Word Order

Do the following exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

SOME AND ANY

Practice 1

Practice 2

THERE IS/ARE

Exercise 1

Exercise2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5