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MODAL VERBS

2012-01-11T08:37:00.001+01:00

A presentation on Modal verbs you could find on this blog time ago. Hopefully, it would be very useful for you.

Modal Verbs

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THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS

2011-12-07T10:43:00.000+01:00

During the following two weeks you're going to discover a lot of things about New York. You're going to do a powerpoint presentation following the instructions given to you BY YOUR TEACHER, based in the webquest called "A Trip to New York". To start the webquest click here

DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE - WRITING 1st BATXILLERAT

2011-11-10T12:20:00.001+01:00

Writing describing places

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THIS IS HALLOWEEN...at Torre del Palau

2011-11-04T12:08:00.002+01:00

Soon some videos of our trick and treating will come to this site! Don't miss it!

THIS IS HALLOWEEN!

2011-10-26T18:00:00.003+02:00

Come and celebrate Halloween with the English department! You only have to follow the instructions on Thursday, 27th and get your treats!!!

On Friday, our Halloween wall appeared!

On Monday, the instructions were revealed

Come and check the riddles in our wall, learn one of them and tell it to your English teacher! Sweets are wating for you in the English department!

NOTTING HILL

2011-10-25T21:48:00.001+02:00

The first week of November, we have the exam on Notting Hill, a wonderful book about love and other issues. Make sure you read it before the exam. We are sure you will read better by listening to the soundtrack of the film with the same title starred by Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. Enjoy the songs!

AFTER WATCHING `THE KING'S SPEECH´

2011-10-25T21:37:00.001+02:00

After watching the movie, why don't your write a moving speech and record it? Think about an interesting situation and some audience to address to:

...a Prime Minister addressing his/her country in times of crisis.

...an actor/actress making and Oscar acceptance speech.

... a civil rights leader asking people to react against injustice.

...a charity manager asking people to donate money for the Third world children.

... a doctor warning about the dangers of smoking cigarrettes.

... a best man on his friend's wedding day.

FOLLOW THE IDEAS ON THIS SPEECHWRITING PAGE

Agree on a deadline with your teacher and send it to him or to her

THAT'S LIFE!

2011-10-25T21:12:00.003+02:00

We have to assume it. Our worst enemy when we want our students to study nowadays is Facebook. I found this pic in a group from facebook -yeah, I felt into disgrace as well!!

V FOR VENDETTA

2011-10-20T21:19:00.000+02:00

Talking about a speech... not only kings, politicians or actors are the ones who can deliver a moving speech.
In this case it's an anarchist revolutionary, dressed in black and wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, trying to convice people to rule themselves and bring down the government.

You should listen carefully to what he says, maybe there are some similarities with the world wide revolution we're witnessing these days.

There are certain things, though, that you should know about. Read these questions and answer them before you watch the videoclip.

1- Who was Guy Fawkes?
2- "Remember, remember, the fifth of November..." What happened on 5th November 1605 ?
3- How do people celebrate that day in the UK?
4- Who says "a penny for the guy"?

Now, click here

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, by BRUNO MARS

2011-10-20T21:10:00.001+02:00

Another nice song by Bruno Mars. The activities will be handed by the teacher

THE KING'S SPEECH

2011-10-14T21:21:00.001+02:00

On Friday 28th, We are going to watch a nice film, The King's Speech, with one of my favourite actors, Colin Firth. If you go to the nice and brand new site for Cinema per a estudiants, you can do several interactive activites and learn more about the King, his therapist and how he influenced his people with his first war speech.

MY BLACKBERRY IS NOT WORKING!

2011-10-12T21:02:00.001+02:00

Blackberry has been failing and life's stopped for you, my dearest students. This would mean peace and no chats in the classroom. Have a look at this video, from a comedy programme in BBC. We'll work with it in class, but meanwhile, let's relax with all these silent blackberries.

Click here if you want to read in another blog what a nice person, Eduardo Mosqueira, has written in order to understand better the jokes in English.

ACT NOW!

2011-10-03T20:57:00.000+02:00

We have listened to our students several times about their parents. An inspirational picture I found surfing the net -sorry I didn't write down where-. I'm sure they will think about how good life is inside the nest.

FORGES, A GENIUS

2011-09-16T20:54:00.000+02:00

I know it's in Spanish, but I think it's worthy. Sad, but in some cases, the truth. We dedicate some minutes to steal chairs from the class next door. Nice students, but a bit crowded.

THE LAZY SONG by Bruno Mars

2011-09-15T13:42:00.001+02:00

We're starting a new year, but we still think about our holidays. Bruno Mars as well. Listen to the song and try to answer the questions on the video. What activities do you do in a lazy day?

Jamie's a fantastic cook!

2011-09-13T20:17:00.000+02:00

I'm not sure if you know, but the English department loves cooking and food. One of the most famous cooks in the English-speaking world is Jamie Oliver. He's made different programmes for TV and he alone raised awareness about healthy food. You can learn a lot of new recipes by looking at his videos.

CLEAR ENOUGH?

2011-09-01T11:17:00.004+02:00

Pic taken from http://loonyface.deviantart.com

HACHIKO

2011-04-28T11:09:00.001+02:00

On Monday, we are going to watch the story of Hachiko, a faithful dog. The story is based on real facts, as anyone can check in your blogs. If you want to learn more about the film, click here and do the activities on the dossier prepared for you. Remember to submit your answers to your teacher...and enjoy the film!

CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY

2011-03-16T17:28:00.000+01:00

Come and celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the Foreign Languages Department!
Thursday March 17th is St. Patrick's Day, the saint patron of Ireland. This holiday is getting more and more popular and more people are celebrating it worldwide.
If you want to get a gold coin from the Leprechaun's treasure follow these steps:
1) Wear something green.
2) Come to the foreign languages department and ask a teacher about the treasure in English.
3) Get your gold coin!
It would be nice if you could take a picture of yourself in green with the gold coin and then send it to the department email idiomesiestorredelpalau@gmail.com
We'll make a nice collection of St.Patrick holiday goers!!!

AT THE ZOO

2011-03-10T11:16:00.001+01:00

After a break and the end of the term, we are going to work on animals. Remember we have a trip to the zoo and that in your blogs it should appear a description of your favourite animal.

If you want to get familiar with our Zoo in Barcelona, click on this link and travel thanks to the interactive map.

A classic song by Simon and Garfunkel says that everything happens at the zoo. Discover it while listening. Enjoy it!

MY DAILY ROUTINES

2011-02-13T20:14:00.001+01:00

This is my presentation about 'Daily Routines'. Leave a comment with the link to watch yours.

REPORTED SPEECH

2011-01-19T08:07:00.002+01:00

If you want to improve your knowledge about reported speech, click here to check a presentation, in a previous post. The information of the ppt has been taken from Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan, published by OUP.

PRESENT SIMPLE MAIN VERBS

2011-01-17T16:50:00.001+01:00

Here you have some of the main verbs you have to know:

Present simple verbs

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PRESENT SIMPLE STRUCTURE

2011-01-17T15:56:00.000+01:00

Present simple

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FREE TIME

2010-12-28T21:05:00.001+01:00

Watch this presentation to work on the vocabulary from Unit 2: Free Time

Free time

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2nd Batxillerat WRITING: A DIALOGUE

2010-11-01T20:14:00.000+01:00

Here you have a presentation you can use as a guideline to write your dialogue. You can also find it on page 114, in the Writing Reference, from your Student's Book.

A dialogue

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HAVE YOU GOT?

2010-10-24T23:18:00.002+02:00

Have you got questions

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Look at the presentation above and answer the questions. Do a powerpoint with your information and the information for someone in your family. Sign in in slideshare and upload your presentation. Then, do an entry in your blog with it.
Check the following presentation to know the steps you have to follow.

Tutorial de Slideshare

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TASKS FOR 1st ESO

2010-10-03T21:55:00.003+02:00

These are the tasks you have to complete:

1. Create a gmail account. Write it with your name and surnames. Do not write weird names.
2. Create a blog account in blogger. The Title is: Name Surname's Portfolio (e.g. Anabel Ponce's Portfolio) and the url is: namesurnameportfolio (http://anabelponceportfolio.blogspot.com).
3. Design your blog
4. Create your first entry. The title is INTRODUCTION.
5. Look for a picture of Homer Simpson, showing the whole body.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

2010-09-15T17:49:00.004+02:00

Click on the word LINK to check the presentation for the Relative Clauses, as seen in class.

SEPTEMBER IS HERE, SO ...

2010-09-01T18:21:00.006+02:00

We have just opened after these wonderful holidays, so be online to new things, new students, new gadgets, widgets and, above all, more English. School is back!

SUMMERTIME

2010-07-04T17:28:00.001+02:00

It's been a while since I have updated the blog. My proposal for the new course is to do it more often than this year. I promise. But meanwhile it's time for summer, holidays and my own courses -I'm studying French again after many years without doing it. I'll try to update the blog during the summer if I find something remarkable for you, but for the moment being, some music to refresh this hot. Have your best holidays ever!!

SUPERSTITION, by Stevie Wonder

2010-05-17T14:32:00.005+02:00

How many superstitions can you identify in the song? Click here to read the lyrics and try to explain in a comment as many superstitions as you can.

TECHNICAL PROBLEMS

2010-04-20T21:10:00.002+02:00

Due to an unknown problem, my blog has not been working properly lately. I think I have solved it, but with that, I have erased a lot of entries and modified some of them. I feel strange now and a bit sad, because with them, some of the work from these last two years have disappeared. Hopefully, this will allow me to have more room for new ideas and new posts.

Sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused you. New entries very soon...wait for them!

221B BAKER STREET, SHERLOCK HOLMES' HOME

2010-01-10T17:10:00.001+01:00

THE BEST GLOGS OF 3rd D & 3rd A ARE

2010-01-05T19:52:00.005+01:00

After the poll made in class, the best glogs are the ones done by Javi Cumplido and Quima Ventura. Click on the names to have a look at them!

SOME FUNNY VIDEOS FOR THESE HARD DAYS

2009-12-01T21:26:00.001+01:00

If you want to have some fun, click here. A glogster will be opened and there you can watch different funny videos. Enjoy it!

WHO YOU ARE

2009-11-23T18:16:00.004+01:00

A nice story that I have found in a new discovery, storybird, a collaborative storytelling site: it's called Who You Are. Click on the title to read it.

"SWING VOTE" FORUM

2009-11-20T10:53:00.003+01:00

Following the links you can have access to the Swing Vote Forum. Remember you have to participate in two of the three posts.

Opinion

Topics

Characters

"NOTTING HILL" FORUM

2009-11-20T10:49:00.003+01:00

Following the links you can have access to the Notting Hill Forum. Remember you have to participate in two of the three posts.

Characters

Topics

Opinion

A NEW BLOG

2009-11-15T20:38:00.004+01:00

Terrassa, viewed from the High School, at 8 o'clock.

Due to some problems with the Intranet, the Foreign Languages Department has decided to open a blog to post everything which is necessary to work in class. You are welcomed to participate and visit it any time you feel like doing it. To visit the blog, click here

COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

2009-11-01T20:23:00.003+01:00

To practice a bit more, click on the following links:

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8

THIS IS HALLOWEEN!

2009-10-30T11:19:00.004+01:00

Have a spooky and terrific Halloween

VOCABULARY 1st TERM

2009-10-18T11:28:00.009+02:00

photo taken by J. Dalmau

Click here to open a document with the vocabulary for the 1st term. Leave a comment if you have any doubt.

Click here to open vocabulary related to a description of a place.

Click here to open the vocabulary from Unit 3

Click here to open the vocabulary from Notting Hill

photo taken by E.Deitg

WEEKEND ACTIVITIES

2009-10-05T11:31:00.006+02:00

Click here to open the vocabulary and the listening page.

Do activities 1 and 3 from the Vocabulary Section.
Do exercise 4, 5, 6 and 7 from the Listening and Reading Section.

Here you have the listening from the page to do it. Make sure you write the answers in your notebook before we correct.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

2009-09-28T14:40:00.000+02:00

A good site to practise school vocabulary

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-topics-school.htm

PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS

2009-09-28T14:39:00.000+02:00

SOME, ANY, MUCH, MANY...

2009-09-28T14:36:00.002+02:00

Some exercises on these quantifiers

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/mengen.htm
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/much_many01.html

WELCOME BACK!

2009-09-15T19:34:00.003+02:00

It's not as if I had left the blog alone, because I looked for things to bring you during the summer, but for those who know the blog and for those who arrive for the very first time: Welcome!!

A new course has started and new challenges will appear during the year. For me, a new school -though I worked there before- and new students, new levels. Time to work quite hard!
Hope you have a nice year, too!!

WORDMAP

2009-08-19T10:52:00.003+02:00

A new tool for creating vocabulary wordmaps, as suggested by Ken Beare. Its name is Wordle and you can create things like these:

WALTZING MATILDA

2009-07-31T19:56:00.004+02:00

One mobile phone company in our country is using a choir of children singing the song "Waltzing Matilda". Asked by my mother about the song, I looked for it on the google. As a good freak, I discovered a different story from what I'd expected. Because of the title, I thought about a dance and a girl. But the truth is that the song talks about carrying your goods in a bag while travelling on food. This song is considered as one of the unofficial Australian anthems and is used in many sporting events, especially those related to rugby. I found the following video on youtube, which talks about the plot and mentions vocabulary which is specifically Australian, and some of these wordsa are old-fashioned, too. There are some typical symbols from Australia as well.

Some of the vocabulary you can find:
swagman: Swag is a bed roll which bundle the belongings of a man, the swagman, who travelled the country looking for a job
Waltzing means to travel while working as a craftsman
Matilda is the swag, in a metaphoric way, giving it the name of a woman, since it was the only companion of the swagman.
billabong: a pool of deep water
billy: a little tin for boiling water.
Jumbuck: a sheep
tucker bag: a bag for carrying tucker, which means food.
squatter: big land owner
troopers: policemen

Can you tell me what's the plot of the song?

FIRST MOON LANDING

2009-07-22T13:27:00.003+02:00

In 1969, the NASA achieved a dream: the first human beings arrived to the Moon. A competition against Russian government that was fulfilled with Armstrong's famous sentence: "One small step...". Can you complete it by listening to the video?? be honest and do not look for it on google!

GIVING UP MY IPOD FOR A WALKMAN

2009-07-16T16:56:00.004+02:00

The gap between my students' generation and mine is present in this article I found from the BBC. I couldn't live without my walkman and my tape (and a bic pen), and they can't imagine life without the Ipod or an mp4. Read and enjoy it!

When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.
My dad had told me it was the iPod of its day.
He had told me it was big, but I hadn't realised he meant THAT big. It was the size of a small book.
When I saw it for the first time, its colour also struck me. Nowadays gadgets come in a rainbow of colours but this was only one shade - a bland grey.

LISTEN UP TEENAGERS... THE CLASSIC WALKMAN EXPLAINED
1: Clunky buttons
2: Switch to metal (that's a type of cassette, not heavy rock music)
3: Battery light - usually found flickering in its death throes
4: Double headphone jack (not to be found on an iPod)
5: Door ejects - watch out for flying tapes and eye injuries

So it's not exactly the most aesthetically pleasing choice of music player. If I was browsing in a shop maybe I would have chosen something else.

From a practical point of view, the Walkman is rather cumbersome, and it is certainly not pocket-sized, unless you have large pockets. It comes with a handy belt clip screwed on to the back, yet the weight of the unit is enough to haul down a low-slung pair of combats.
When I wore it walking down the street or going into shops, I got strange looks, a mixture of surprise and curiosity, that made me a little embarrassed.
As I boarded the school bus, where I live in Aberdeenshire, I was greeted with laughter. One boy said: "No-one uses them any more." Another said: "Groovy." Yet another one quipped: "That would be hard to lose."
My friends couldn't imagine their parents using this monstrous box, but there was interest in what the thing was and how it worked.
In some classes in school they let me listen to music and one teacher recognised it and got nostalgic.
It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.
“ I managed to create an impromptu shuffle feature simply by holding down 'rewind' and releasing it randomly ”
Another notable feature that the iPod has and the Walkman doesn't is "shuffle", where the player selects random tracks to play. Its a function that, on the face of it, the Walkman lacks. But I managed to create an impromptu shuffle feature simply by holding down "rewind" and releasing it randomly - effective, if a little laboured.
I told my dad about my clever idea. His words of warning brought home the difference between the portable music players of today, which don't have moving parts, and the mechanical playback of old. In his words, "Walkmans eat tapes". So my clumsy clicking could have ended up ruining my favourite tape, leaving me music-less for the rest of the day.

Digital relief
Throughout my week using the Walkman, I came to realise that I have very little knowledge of technology from the past. I made a number of naive mistakes, but I also learned a lot about the grandfather of the MP3 Player.
You can almost imagine the excitement about the Walkman coming out 30 years ago, as it was the newest piece of technology at the time.
Perhaps that kind of anticipation and excitement has been somewhat lost in the flood of new products which now hit our shelves on a regular basis.
Personally, I'm relieved I live in the digital age, with bigger choice, more functions and smaller devices. I'm relieved that the majority of technological advancement happened before I was born, as I can't imagine having to use such basic equipment every day.
Having said all that, portable music is better than no music.
Now, for technically curious readers, I've directly compared the portable cassette player with its latter-day successor. Here are the main cons, and even a pro, I found with this piece of antique technology.

SOUND
This is the function that matters most. To make the music play, you push the large play button. It engages with a satisfying clunk, unlike the finger tip tap for the iPod.
When playing, it is clearly evident that the music sounds significantly different than when played on an MP3 player, mainly because of the hissy backtrack and odd warbly noises on the Walkman.
The warbling is probably because of the horrifically short battery life; it is nearly completely dead within three hours of firing it up. Not long after the music warbled into life, it abruptly ended.
CONVENIENCE
With the plethora of MP3 players available on the market nowadays, each boasting bigger and better features than its predecessor, it is hard to imagine the prospect of purchasing and using a bulky cassette player instead of a digital device.
Furthermore, there were a number of buttons protruding from the top and sides of this device to provide functions such as "rewinding" and "fast-forwarding" (remember those?), which added even more bulk.
As well as this, the need for changing tapes is bothersome in itself. The tapes which I had could only hold around 12 tracks each, a fraction of the capacity of the smallest iPod.
Did my dad, Alan, really ever think this was a credible piece of technology?
"I remembered it fondly as a way to enjoy what music I liked, where I liked," he said. "But when I see it now, I wonder how I carried it!"

WALKMAN 1, MP3 PLAYER 0
But it's not all a one-way street when you line up a Walkman against an iPod. The Walkman actually has two headphone sockets, labelled A and B, meaning the little music that I have, I can share with friends. To plug two pairs of headphones in to an iPod, you have to buy a special adapter.
Another useful feature is the power socket on the side, so that you can plug the Walkman into the wall when you're not on the move. But given the dreadful battery life, I guess this was an outright necessity rather than an extra function.

Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stmPublished: 2009/06/29 10:10:27 GMT© BBC MMIX

A CIVIL SERVANT

2009-07-16T16:17:00.004+02:00

As some of you know, I've been taking the exams to be a civil servant, particularly a teacher of La Generalitat de Catalunya. Today I've got my results and I'm in! I'm quite excited, though I don't know yet where I'm going to work next year. I hope to achieve the second step and work in any of the two high schools I have as first options. New students, some old and new workmates, new levels, new challenges, but knowing that I can start and end the course. That kind of stress at the end of the month has finished, though stress is a word, believe it or not, that is part of us. I wanted to share this piece of news with you, the ones that know me and have support and suffer me throughout the year!
Yuhuu!!!

IMAGINE A CLASS LIKE THIS!

2009-06-02T09:03:00.002+02:00

I have to confess it: I was looking for an easy way to study The Canterbury Tales, by Chaucer, for my exam. I was looking for a kind of project where I could find everything I have on my mind better organized. But what I found was this teacher, making a rap of a part of the tales in middle English. I'm a freak, you may think, but I love it! And now, back to the papers to study!

ANY TIP FOR SELECTIVITY EXAM?

2009-05-28T08:42:00.004+02:00

The end has come and we are all getting quite nervous. In a few days, we are going to take a very important exam. For you, selectivity; some of the teachers, to obtain our place in a high school. In a way, we are all going to be doing the exams together. It's a year work what we have to show in few hours, where we have fought together for some common goals. I know that pieces of advise here can sound a bit funny: you have to do it on your own and calm is something people tell you to experiment when you don't feel in the mood. So the only thing I'm going to say to all my students is to do their best. I'm sure you are going to do it.

If you want to practice for the exams, hear the listenings from previous years, click here

Good luck, guys!

JUST IN CASE

2009-05-14T08:34:00.002+02:00

For those of you who are not going to do selectivity, but you want to do a GS, it's time to enroll. Enrollment is from 25th May till 11th June. Do not leave it till last minute. Remember you can do a registration form in case your exams are not as good as you thought. If you need more information, check the Education department site.

NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA

2009-05-01T18:21:00.002+02:00

As some of you know, one of my best friends, Sandra, is living now in Melbourne. She's got a blog where you can find some of her experiences living upside down. You may find some videos as well where you can listen to real Australian accent. It is not Strine, but can you spot some differences with British or American English? click on the links to discover it!

A Tea advertisement

Kevin Rudd's apology to the Stolen Generation

ALBA & LAURA PRESENTATION

2009-04-29T18:54:00.003+02:00

The artistic meets English

E4E PRESENTATIONS

2009-04-29T18:13:00.000+02:00

Raquel, Francisco & Yoselin presentation

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Sandra, Lara and Marta Cazorla presentation

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Elisabet & Marta Toribio presentation

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Presentacion Marc,Carlos Solsona,Alex

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HAPPY ST. GEORGE'S DAY!

2009-04-23T07:05:00.001+02:00

A rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.

William Shakespeare

CONDITIONALS

2009-04-15T13:25:00.001+02:00

This is the last grammar presentation of the year: Conditionals. A bit of fresh air after the reported speech and the passive. Have a look.

Conditionals

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THE SONG OF THE DAY

2009-04-01T18:37:00.004+02:00

I think the sentences which are most used by our students are
1. Are we going to watch a movie?
2. Are we going to listen to a song?

And our answer, most of the days, is a simple no, with that funny face after the third same question. Today, my "Bohemian" students-with all my love- asked me that. And my answer was again no, knowing that I only needed time to look for the right song on the youtube site. Boston's Rock 'n' Roll Band.

SLIDESHARE

2009-03-29T13:19:00.003+02:00

The website SlideShare, which I use to upload my powerpoint presentations, has shown my passive voice presentacion on the education community section as an outstanding work during this weekend. Little nice piece of news for today!

PASSIVE VOICE

2009-03-27T22:56:00.000+01:00

Passive Voice

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ENGLISH IS ALL AROUND US

2009-03-27T22:41:00.002+01:00

English all around us

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This is the English project for Easter holidays: Bring the camera with you and take all the pics related to all the things that surround us in English. Enjoy and click!!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT LISTENING

2009-03-06T09:36:00.004+01:00

This is the listening you have to do for the Unit. Answer the questions in your book and submit the correct options as a comment with your name included or an e-mail . Your deadline is Friday, 13th for 2nd D and Tuesday, 17th for 2nd C.

REPORTED SPEECH

2009-03-01T19:54:00.002+01:00

The information of this ppt has been taken from Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan, published by OUP, just in case you need to expand your knowledge about Reported Speech. Leave a comment if you have any question.

Reported Speech

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BAGPIPE MUSIC, by Louis MacNeice

2009-02-26T22:34:00.002+01:00

A poem I read when I studied at uni. Today I've found it again by chance and I thought on sharing it with you. From one of the poets of the thirties poets - W. H. Auden, Sander, and C.D. Lewis, among others-, Louis MacNiece, Irish and playwright, and a very quite interesting character. I hope you get and grasp the meaning, even if it looks like a light poem, it's not, and includes sharp criticism. What do you think about it?

It's no go the merrygoround, it's no go the rickshaw,
All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow.
Their knickers are made of crepe-de-chine, their shoes are made of python,
Their halls are lined with tiger rugs and their walls with head of bison.

John MacDonald found a corpse, put it under the sofa,
Waited till it came to life and hit it with a poker,
Sold its eyes for souvenirs, sold its blood for whiskey,
Kept its bones for dumbbells to use when he was fifty.

It's no go the Yogi-man, it's no go Blavatsky,
All we want is a bank balance and a bit of skirt in a taxi.

Annie MacDougall went to milk, caught her foot in the heather,
Woke to hear a dance record playing of Old Vienna.
It's no go your maidenheads, it's no go your culture,
All we want is a Dunlop tire and the devil mend the puncture.

The Laird o' Phelps spent Hogmanay declaring he was sober,
Counted his feet to prove the fact and found he had one foot over.
Mrs. Carmichael had her fifth, looked at the job with repulsion,
Said to the midwife "Take it away; I'm through with overproduction."

It's no go the gossip column, it's no go the Ceilidh,
All we want is a mother's help and a sugar-stick for the baby.

Willie Murray cut his thumb, couldn't count the damage,
Took the hide of an Ayrshire cow and used it for a bandage.
His brother caught three hundred cran when the seas were lavish,
Threw the bleeders back in the sea and went upon the parish.

It's no go the Herring Board, it's no go the Bible,
All we want is a packet of fags when our hands are idle.

It's no go the picture palace, it's no go the stadium,
It's no go the country cot with a pot of pink geraniums,
It's no go the Government grants, it's no go the elections,
Sit on your arse for fifty years and hang your hat on a pension.

It's no go my honey love, it's no go my poppet;
Work your hands from day to day, the winds will blow the profit.
The glass is falling hour by hour, the glass will fall forever,
But if you break the bloody glass you won't hold up the weather.

NADAL vs. FEDERER

2009-02-03T21:32:00.004+01:00

Not being a great fan of sports, and not understanding a ball from tennis, I saw a bit of the Australia Open Final, as I suppose most of you did. Yesterday, someone made me thought on Nadal speaking in English. Maybe his pronunciation is not the best in the world, but he does quite well. Federer as well -remember he's Swiss-. So, why not to improve our English by listening to them?

This entry is dedicated to my upside-down friend, san.

TO PRACTICE YOUR LISTENING SKILLS

2009-01-19T22:16:00.000+01:00

It is important to practice your listening skills, especially those students who have to pass the exam in the Selectivity . Carla asked me about few links to practice, so I'll let you some of them in order for you to start

1. Agenda Web: Listenings with different levels

2. Different Links: Different places where you can go and practice

3. Isabel Pérez: a classical site to check everything you need

4. Yappr: A good site to learn and to listen to real English

5. English as a Second Language Podcast: lots and lots of podcasts

6. English Language Listening Laboratory Online: Several tests

7. Anna Morales' Blog: There are some very interesting links.

8. Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab: another classical site.

If you know any other interesting link, just let me know!!

MODAL VERBS

2009-01-18T22:09:00.002+01:00

Modal Verbs

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This is the presentation for the grammar on this unit: Modal Verbs. Do not hesitate to leave a message if you have any doubt. I answer you as soon as I can!

AMERICAN vs. BRITISH ENGLISH

2009-01-13T19:12:00.004+01:00

If you click here, you'll visit a treasure hunt about British vs. American English. Please answer the questions and leave a comment with your answers. Make sure you understand all the questions and that your answers have no grammatical mistakes. Please, leave the comments with your names (or your initials and your classroom) , so I can mark them after you finish the activity.

A BIT OF HUMOUR TO START THE YEAR

2009-01-08T10:49:00.002+01:00

These are some of the problems of communication between Mr. Fawlty and his waiter Manuel -from Barcelona-. One of my favourite bits from this 70s series. A good way to start the classes again.

SHAKESPEARE'S ROUTE

2008-12-28T18:28:00.005+01:00

During this term, we are going to read Two Shakespearian Comedies. Let's find about Shakespeare's life by discovering where he lived. Look at the following map and find information about the different cities in the Shakespeare's route. Pay attention to: Stratford-upon-Avon, Rollright Stones, Chipping Norton, Woodstock, Oxford, Marlow,Cookham, Kew and London.

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Shakespeare's Route

XMAS TIME!

2008-12-17T10:27:00.000+01:00

Get a Voki now!

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

2008-12-11T23:06:00.002+01:00

This presentation has been done by Laura Garcinuño, my lovely workmate from 2nd Evening Batxillerat. Check it out if you need it.

Gerunds And Infinitives

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A NARRATIVE ESSAY

2008-12-10T10:51:00.001+01:00

This is the presentation we saw in class related to the narrative essay. Check it out at any time you need it.

A Narrative Essay

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VICTORIAN PERIOD

2008-12-08T20:33:00.005+01:00

Last week, we talked about Victoria, Queen of England from 1819 to 1901. If you click here, you can read about her in the BBC History page. If you have a look at the links, you will discover many interesting facts and people from this period. Is there something you want to share with us?

-ING OR INFINITIVE?

2008-11-28T12:13:00.003+01:00

Here there is a good link to practise -ing or infinitive, if you don't get it right at first. Remember it's a question of good memory and practise!! Leave a comment if you have any doubt and I'll answer as soon as possible.

PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES

2008-11-16T19:10:00.003+01:00

This is the grammar we have to study for Unit 2: Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous. If you have any doubt, please leave a comment.

Perfect Continuous

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TO 4th A CLASS

2008-11-14T12:14:00.004+01:00

Here I include two links to practise the grammar for Monday exam. Study hard!!

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs4.htm

And enjoy the weekend!!

Picture taken from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulin-a/1694670592/

2nd Batxillerat C Activity

2008-11-14T10:55:00.003+01:00

Here you have the trailer from The Day After Tomorrow. Comment on aspects from the film that have shocked you. You have to include the new words you have learn from the movie. Your comments must be done before Friday.

YOUR CITY

2008-11-11T17:43:00.004+01:00

1. Post a comment with the most important words you have learnt from the unit about your city.

2. Have a look at the video some students from the high school in St. Quirze have done.

3. Listen to the podcast

A TREASURE HUNT - THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL

2008-11-10T17:50:00.001+01:00

Some months ago, I prepared a treasure hunt called The Other Boleyn Girl. It is thought to work with 2nd cycle of ESO. I read with my students of 3rd ESO Henry VIII and HIs Six Wives. To introduce the story, we had previously watched The Other Boleyn Girl, about the life of Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary, lover from the king before her sister. It is a good warm-up to explain a bit of culture and history, and work the topics we can work later in the book in a pleasant way. I have structured the treasure hunt in the following way: First, I have asked about the sisters; secondly, asking about the king's wives and their heirs and finally, they have to look for information about the life in King Henry VIII's reign. This is the big question: to imagine themselves living there just for one day.

A sonnet by William Shakespeare

2008-11-04T18:13:00.002+01:00

SONNET 33

Let me confess that we two must be twain,
Although our undivided loves are one:
So shall those blots that do with me remain,
Without thy help, me be borne alone.

In our two loves there is but one respect, 5
Though in our lives a separable spite,
Which though it alter noy love's sole effect,
Yet doth it steal sweet hours from love's delight.

I may not evermore acknowledge thee,
Lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shame, 10
Nor thou with public kindness honour me,
Unless thou take that honour from thy name:

But do not so, I love thee in such sort,
As thou being mine, mine is thy good report.

A poem by one of the greatest playwrights in English language. He also wrote superb sonnets. There are a few old English words. If you want to, you can read a Spanish translation in the Cervantes Library.

A FUNNY PIC

2008-10-26T22:47:00.003+01:00

This weekend, I've been correcting exams. At some point, I thought I was going bananas.

AN OPINION ESSAY

2008-10-16T11:01:00.000+02:00

An Opinion Essay

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Presentation of the opinion essay, as seen in the Desdoblament classes

FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY

2008-10-16T10:57:00.001+02:00

For And Against Essay

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Presentation of For and Against Essay, as seen in the Desdoblament classes.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

2008-10-16T10:32:00.000+02:00

RELATIVE CLAUSES

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This is the presentation we saw in class to explain relative clauses. Leave a comment if you have any doubt.

DISCUSSION 4: SEX, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, ENVIRONMENT, IMMIGRANTS, EATING DISORDERS AND POVERTY

2008-10-16T10:26:00.003+02:00

The group of 2nd A has worked on this topic. Here you find some of the ideas that have come out in class. Please, write a comment with your opinion. Remember that we are working for and against points of view, so give arguments supporting one of the sides.

- It is difficult to relate these topics among them, but they were our
worries.
- Nowadays poverty is growing up. Due to famine in third world. Since in
their countries they haven’t got anything, they have to migrate to our
country.
- In the first world, we have another kind of problems: drugs and alcohol.
This leads to sex without protection.
- People don’t worry too much about environment since they only think about
partying and having fun.
- The consumption of drugs have raised among young people. Every day we can
achieve it more and more easily.
- Poverty sometimes leads to drugs and alcohol business. And the other way
round. That would lead to stealing as well.
- Drugs can be sometimes related to eating disorders. There are drugs that
make you eat a lot or nothing. Depression
- People are not very conscious. They think they control what they take, and
then they become dependant.
- They are highly addictive and people don’t realise till it is too late.
- Drugs affect differently to people. They change personality, they become
violent; others take it to become more outgoing.
- Drugs and alcohol make people to split up from their family.
- People start younger to have relationships. You have a lot of information,
but in the moment, you don’t think about it. You sometimes do not know who
you are having sex with. There are more undesired pregnancies, venereal
diseases and aids.
- When you are under age, it is very difficult to keep your life.
- It is not bad if they come, they work in the jobs we don’t want to, but they
have a lot of help from the government that we don’t have. They have to
respect our culture.
- They will have to learn our language.

DISCUSSION 3: USA ELECTIONS

2008-10-16T10:22:00.003+02:00

The group of 2nd B has worked on this topic. Here you find some of the ideas that have come out in class. Please, write a comment with your opinion. Remember that we are working for and against points of view, so give arguments supporting one of the sides.

- McCain is republican and Obama, democrat.
- Who will win the elections?
- We think that it will be Obama.
- Vice-presidents: Sarah Palin and Joe Biden.
- Hillary Clinton should have been elected as vicepresident.
- They may be equal in the elections though Obama will win.
- Obama’s race can make a difference in electors. It depends on society, in
the sense that people can see it as an advantage or a disadvantage.
- A president with cancer can be a problem if his health is not good. But this
risk is true for Obama as well (terrorist attacks, for instance)
- All the people that have tried to change the point of view have been killed
– john f. kennedy, martin Luther King- .
- We think that someone will try to kill Obama.
- People have criticised the fact that Palin’s seventeen-year-old daughter is
pregnant.
- Attacks are very personal throughout the campaign.
- Candidates are apart from the current politics, and people vote the person,
not the political party.
- Obama hasn’t talked about death penalty, because it will make him to lose
votes, but it would be nice to hear it.
- He has promised to follow the Kyoto treat and to retire Irak troops, and
have conversations with Cuban government. Support to Israel will not be so
high against Palestine (theory)
- Immigrants’ issue: Obama will not be so hard on them.
- Crisis: intervention of government is good, at least for the moment being.
- Crisis will damage McCain because his party supports Bush decisions.
- Obama will include Zapatero in his visits to other prime ministers, so that
would help to improve US-Spain relationships.
- Obama should implement national health, as we have and regulate guns in
a better way.

DISCUSSION 2: PARTYING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

2008-10-10T12:28:00.001+02:00

The group of 2nd C has worked on this topic. Here you find some of the ideas that have come out in class. Please, write a comment with your opinion. Remember that we are working for and against points of view, so give arguments supporting one of the sides.

- Driving when partying: ad: if you drink, do not drive.

- Young people drink and smoke and take drugs

- People don’t think about drugs effect. Irresponsibility.

- Some people have sex without taking protection

- Young people go out at night and arrive home early in the morning.
o Sometimes not
oBreakfast and go to sleep

-There are other duties that keep people away from partying

-Most young people never drink water or fizzy drinks, only spirits.
oTickets are too expensive just to buy non-alcohol drinks
oDiscos use bad quality drinks (garrafon)

- Under age people are allowed to clubs and they are sold alcohol.

- Attitude of young people: they pretend to be older than they really are

- The age to start going out is going down; from 12 onwards

- Girls have the advantage to go in for free in clubs

- Going out is expensive (at night it is more expensive, it depends on the place). Between 20 and 100 euros (very extraordinary weekend: birthdays, new year’s eve…)

- You find the same everywhere you go
o Disagree…depending on the place
o Everything is packed, music quite similar,
o People may be different, types, clothes

DISCUSSION 1: YOUNG PEOPLE LIFESTYLE

2008-10-10T12:18:00.000+02:00

The group of 2nd D has worked on this topic. Here you find some of the ideas that have come out in class. Please, write a comment with your opinion. Remember that we are working for and against points of view, so give arguments supporting one of the sides.

- There are different styles in young people: clothes, music, what they do at the weekends, hair styles, vocabulary. Relationships, Thoughts, hobbies

- Different kind of people: Emo, snobs, heavies, posh, skaters, rappers, nerds, punks, grunge, freakies, hippies, rocker, squatters, skins
Looking for a translation of ‘garrulo’, ‘quillo’, ‘rechulón’ (different

concepts?)

- Leisure: snowboarding, sleeping, practice sports, chat mssnger, going out with friends, drawing, studying, travel, playing console games, go clubbing, “botellón”, concerts, watch tv, go shopping, dancing, working, play instrument, go to the gym, listen to music, reading book

- Criticism to their lifestyle: no money, waste of time, no time enough, drugs, alcohol, vulnerable to consume, depressive people, pessimistic, we complain about everything, do not study enough, fights and a lot of violence, possessive, envy, selfish, nonconformist, changeable, capricious, waste of money, sometimes we are not conscious at all of what we are doing., we punish our body through diet.

- Positive Aspects: more variety, a lot of teenagers go away from their parents’nest with a lot of effort, we look for money working, , we want to be free, without worries

- Some people have hobbies like sports, playiing music...healthy hobbies, we have a lot of information, young people are highly informed.

HERE COMES THE SUN

2008-10-09T22:45:00.002+02:00

Why have I chosen this title for my blog? There are two main reasons. It is one of my favourite Beatles' song, from one of the greatest albums ever, Abbey Road. Simple and nice, that's what I think every time I listen to it again. The second reason is that sometimes learning a language can be like looking for a light. At the end of the path, even if it has been quite difficult, you can find the sun. In this blog, I want to present some activities and resources to show my students and other people that English can also be fun. The first one will be listening to the song. What do you think about it?