AMPLIACIÓN. ORAL TEST. 20TH JANUARY.

Hi guys Merry Xmas to all of you. I guess I have some bad news for you because here are the questions for the upcoming oral test from units 3, 4 and 5. This is what you have to prepare for the 20th January:
1. Where you would you prefer to stay if you were studying abroad? And why? Pg.17 Ex.5.
2. Dialogue Pg. 19 Ex.  4:
    Student 1: You are a receptionist in a language school. Think about the services and facilities your school       offers. Answer student 2 answers.
    Student 2: You are a student. You want to call a language school to enquire about the cost of general English courses; things to do in the area; types of course available.
3. Where can I find "items" on the shopping list? Tell me the department and floor. Pg. 22 Ex. 4.
4. Dialogue: Make a conversation between a customer and a shop assistant about an item or an appliance. Pg.  23 Ex. 4.
5. Dialogue: Make up a dialogue about a faulty product between a customer and a shop assistant. Pg. 25 Ex. 4.
6. Describe a photograph using the expressions in "Useful Language" in Pg. 29.
7. Speech: Talk about reasons for living in a city. Pg. 30 Ex. 1.
8. Speech: Talk about reasons for living in a village. Pg. 30 Ex. 1.

1º ESO I.

WRITE ABOUT YOUR PERFECT DAY.
Hello, you have to talk about the things you do and don´t do on your perfect day: morning, afternoon, evening. You should use the connectors: first, then, next, after that, finally. The last day to upload the composition is the 8th January 2011. Happy Christmas.

1ºESO C.

WRITE ABOUT YOUR PERFECT DAY.
Hi boys and girls. Remember that in this composition you have to talk about the things you do and don´t do on your perfect day: morning, afternoon and evening. You need to use the connectors: first, then, next, after that, finally.

4º ESO A.

Well, I´m not very sure if the following definitions are going to throw more light to the explanation we did in class but here I go:
1. Travel: It is the action or process of travelling.
2. Trip: It means to go on a journey or excursion especially for  pleasure.
3. Journey: It is the act of travelling from one place to another. It is the distance to be travelled.
Do you understand it better now?? I hope so.
Bye-bye.

The best film ever ...

Hi there,
A new Jane Eyre version has been released this weekend and I fervently recommend it to you but, needless to say, in English.

1ºESO C.

Write about your family.
Hello again; this is time for your second composition. Remember you have to talk about mum, dad, brother, sister. Each of them has an animal and you should write an adjective for each animal.
Bye bye.

1ºESO I.

Write about your family.
Remember you have to talk about mum, dad, brother, sister. All of them has an animal and you should write an adjective for each animal.
Bye bye.

4ºESO A.

What´s the greatest invention of the 20th century for you?
Write about this topic and try to use the new adverbs: personally, nearly, undoubtedly, especially, particularly, etc.,
Bye for now.

2º A/C.

Hi there,
Thanks for your e-mail and I´m very sorry for not replying sooner. How are things in your school? I´m working a lot because there are a lot of exams now at school. Have you got any exams this week? Ah, but I´m reading a fantastic book right now; it is called "Twilight". Are you reading any book now? But my favourite hobby is cinema; I love going to the cinema. Last Saturday I watched "The Black Swan". Have you seen any film recently?
Hope to hear from you soon,
Bye for now,
Paloma.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS.

http://youtu.be/pAd3B2x7MbM

1º ESO I.

Welcome to this new site. Here you are going to learn lots of things about English but you can also enjoy learning. Write your composition here: My profile, as we explained in class. Remember, in ENGLISH. Have fun. Bye bye.

4ºESO A

Hi guys, welcome to this new site. You´re going to use the blog to study and learn lots of things, I guess. LOL.
Here you have to introduce your first composition: talk about your hobby, following the rules in page. 14 from your student´s book. HAVE FUN.

2ºESO A/ C.

Uff, we nearly finished unit 1. Now, you are going to write about you and your friends: talk about your name and where are you from, your hobbies and your friends similar to the text in page 14.
Have fun.....

1ºESO C.

Welcome to this new site. I hope you enjoy it a lot.
Write your personal profiles here as we explained in the book.
Bye-bye.

AMPLIACIÓN INGLÉS.

Research project.

Let´s see how well you research on the web. Try to find the answer to these literary and culture questions:

1. Which is the name of the British flag?
2. Who was the writer of "Much Ado About Nothing"?
3. What´s the name of England´s Prime Minister?
4. Which are the most important political parties in England?
5. Who rules England?
6. Who is getting married on the 5th October in Spain?
7. Write the name of at least three English women novelists in the 19th century.

AMPLIACIÓN INGLÉS.

How r u? Welcome 2 this site. Kud u send a shrt tst mssg? See u l8r. KIT.

2ºESO A/C.

Welcome to this new academic year. Hope you learn a lot. And here you have the first exercise.
DESCRIBE A FRIEND. USE THREE ADJECTIVES. Bye bye.

2ºESO B.

No, I didn´t forget about you. Here you can write your experiences and comments about your summer. Enjoy your holidays and I´ll see you soon. Bye bye.

1ºESO C.

Write your comments about summer here; you can write whatever: things you are doing, places you have visited or you will visit. Enjoy the summer.

4ºESO C. PASSIVE VOICE REVIEW.

I send you some sentences to revise the passive voice.

Rewrite the given sentences in Passive voice. Example: Frank builds a house. _____________________ Answer: A house is built. or A house is built by Frank.

1) Mr Jones watches the film. . 2) The people speak English. . 3) He reads comics. . 4) We play volleyball. . 5) They sing the song. . 6) I take photos. . 7) She does the housework. . 8) The policemen help the children. . 9) He writes text messages. . 10) Mother waters the flowers.

4ºESO C. PROBLEMS SITE.

Could you give me some advice to these problems? Remember the expressions you need to use; either "If I were you, ....." or "You should .........." or "You shouldn´t".
Here are the problems:
1. My penfriend is English but I don´t speak English.
2. I would like to go to Kate Perry´s concert but I don´t have any money.
What should I do?

2ºESO B. PREDICTIONS WITH "WILL".

Remember the predictions we did in class about one of your classmates and about schools? Now it´s your turn to upload predictions about:
- Lady Gaga.
- Fernando Alonso.
Choose one of the two possibilities and write predictions with "will" or "won´t". Enjoy it.

4º ESO C. INFORMAL LETTER.

Cheers,
I hope you are enjoying the local festivities in Valdemoro. Write a short informal letter here; don´t use swear words please. Bye bye.

1º ESO C. MY ROOM.

Good morning students. Desribe your rooms here. Remember, the first sentence is: I´m going to describe my room. Write affirmative and negative sentences with 'have got', and finally use prepositions in your sentences. Bye bye. Have a nice weekend.

2º ESO B. INVENT A STORY.

Hello boys and girls. Include here your imaginative stories. Remember to use short sentences and the verbs should be in simple past tense. Take your time and do it well. Bye bye.

1º ESO C. WRITE A LETTER.

Things are now becoming more difficult. You have to upload here your letters but now you have to include a photograph of the place you are going to describe. PRETTY FUNNY THIS TIME!!!!

AMPLIACION. ORAL TEST UNIT 4.

I understand you all have lots of exams and so this time you only have to perform an oral task which is the following, but SURPRISE SURPRISE, you will represent it in the class.
It is an individual work but you´ll perform it in pairs. Here is the task:

You would like to travel to Manchester on the 14th April. You´re in a travel agency and you´re booking a flight. Include the following in your dialogues:

• Airline preference.
• Destination.
• Date and time.
• Seat location.
• Number of passengers flying, age of them.
• Direct or non direct flight.
• Check-in-time.
• Business or economy class.
• Price.
• Reason of destination.
• Luggage to check.
  

LIDIA. AMPLIACIÓN.

I didn´t forget what you said about British people, did you? Here you have the video I promised and then you´ll have another opinion, I´m sure. Hope you like it. Mind you it´s a bit old.

What are the Americans like - Long Version with closed Captions (English subtitles) from Real English on Vimeo.

4ºESO C. THINGS ALREADY DONE.

What´s up? Write your sentences about the things done and the things you haven´t done. Remember you have to use the particles: EVER, NEVER, ALREADY, YET, JUST, FOR, SINCE.
Have fun with it. Bye bye.

1º ESO C. MY TYPICAL SCHOOL DAY.

Hi everyone. You have to upload your compositions about your typical school day HERE. Be careful with the spelling mistakes when you write.

AMPLIACION. ORAL TEST UNIT 3.

Morning. You have to perform two activities. For the phone calls you have to choose one possibility from the four given and try to use the useful language provided in the file.
For the food stuff, follow the rules and answer at least three of the questions trying to use as much vocabulary learnt in the unit.

4ºESO C. MY FAVOURITE PLACE.

Hi students, sorry for the delay. Please do write your compositions here. You´ve got three days to upload it, until Wednesday at 9.00. Do it well please.

2º ESO B.

As we´re reading 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, I will provide you with some links in case you want to know more about this writer. Remember that on the 7th February we celebrate the anniversary of his birth. Enjoy the links.

http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Dickens.html

MUSIC COMPETITION.

This music competition is dedicated mostly to my students in 2ºESO B. Here you have two videos and what you have to do is to vote which group or singer do you prefer. Funny, isn´t it?

2º ESO B. QUIZ QUESTION.

Afternoon. Include here your quiz questions about food or drinks. Remember you should include the possible answers in the question. Bye and have fun with the trivial.

2ºESO B. MESSAGES.

Good afternoon. Send me your messages for the party we´re going to celebrate here, please. Bye.

1º ESO C. MY PERFECT DAY.

Hello boys and girls. Write your compositions of your PERFECT DAY here. Remember: you have to use: FIRST, THEN, NEXT, AFTER THAT, FINALLY. Goodbye.

1º ESO C.

Happy New Year.
BRING THE BOOK: A HALLOWEEN TALE ON MONDAY.

2º ESO B.

Happy New Year. Tomorrow at 21.00 is the last day to upload your Christmas tests. I won´t accept any excuses on Tuesday. REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO BRING THE BOOK: A CHRISTMAS CAROL ON TUESDAY.

4ºESO C.

Happy New Year. Tomorrow at 21.00 is the deadline for your compositions comparing what you like. I won´t accept any excuses on MOnday.

AMPLIACION.

Happy New Year to all of you. Remember that tomorrow at 21.00 is the deadline for your slang messages. I won´t accept any excuses on Monday.