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4º C & 4º B Check your answers: STUDENT´S BOOK p.98 Derek wants to have a face-to-face conversation with his friends.       2.      1.-He compares it to "a game of ping-pong". 2.-The fax showed 38 pages with the dates and times of his son text messages form 9 am and 2 pm. 3.-They feel irritable and antisocial and even lonelier tan before. 4.-It affects schoolwork, students who become addicted get lower marks ( "If students become addicted, their marks go down.")       3.  Here goes the end of the sentences: 1.-psychological treatment. 2.-started sweating and feeling ill. 3.-exhausted ....wanted to know what he had to say. 4.-schoolwork was affected by this text message addiction. 5.-send text messages, he wants to have a face-to-face conversation instead. p 99       4. 2.- more expensive than // 3.-easier than // 4.-more entertaining than // 5.- better than       5. 1.- English is the easiest subject for me. 2.-

PATIENCE will be REWARDED!!! We have had exams with all the levels and the two picks of exams in front of me are similar. So I consider myself lucky BECAUSE the pick of corrected texts and the to-be-corrected-soon pick are the same height. It takes time to correct but it is part of the job, though the hardest for teachers. Next Monday 16th February, we´ll start to work on our projects on  HEALTHY LIFESTYLES in 4º ESO C. The THEATRE APPOINTMENTS  for  ESO  are getting closer as well. Outings for good plays in English are just here. Emotions running high and expectations growing day after day. In 1º AMPLIACIÓN  we have switched groups and we are going practising our listening and speaking skills. The sooner we realise that practise makes the master, the better. In 2º AMPLIACIÓN we are approaching the  2nd Term Evaluation, so exams are going to be BIG/HARD/AWESOME and studying and revising have become a MUST. 1º Bachillerato 3/4  students are learning to WRITE

1º BACHILLERATO 3/4 Noisy ad nauseam   CORRECTED EXERCISES FROM UNIT 4, THOUGH NOT FINISHED BECAUSE STUDENTS DON´T PAY ATTENTION AND JUST MAKE NOISE DURING THE CLASS. REVISION FOR THE EXAM PROVED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE. FORTUNATELY YOU CAN CATCH UP DURING THE SUMMER OR REMAIN IN THIS LEVEL FOR MORE THAN YEAR.    SB, PAGE 47 AND WB PAGE 32 WILL BE SHOWN ON SCREEN NEXT THURSDAY.      4º B  SB, p 47 , VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION (DONE) p 48, LISTENING, (STARTED) HOMEWORK: SB PAGES 45-46 WE NEED TO MOVE AHEAD FROM UNIT 4.           1º AMPLIACIÓN COMMUNICATE 1 TOMORROW WE ARE HAVING UNIT 6 TEST RECORDINGS IN THE THREE GROUPS. ALL THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE SENT POWERPOINTS HAVE AN EXTRA BONUS FOR THE RECORDING/ORAL PRACTICE. CONGRATULATIONS. GROUPS WILL CHANGE FROM 5TH FEBRUARY: GROUP 3 JENNY GROUP 1 MIGUEL      GROUP 2 ANA 1º PENDIENTES DE INGLÉS FIRST TESTS PARCIALES ARE SHOWN TO THE CLASS. 2ND PART OF THE COURSE IS STA

In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action. [Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action] Examples: Active / Passive Overview Active Passive Simple Present* Once a week, Tom cleans the house. Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom. Present Continuous* Right now, Sarah is writing the letter. Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah. Simple Past* Sam repaired the car. The car was repaired by Sam. Past Continuous* The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store. The customer was being h

1º AMPLIACIÓN  COMMUNICATE 1 page 37 Functional language: exercises 1, 2 and 3. We work with the phrase bank clas sifying the expressions in: asking about plans and options making suggestions making an arrangement being evasive showing enthusiasm suggesting an alternative ++++We have revised and listened  track 55 from page 36 in order to remember the two dialogues. DICTATION RULES IN SPORTS  FOOTBALL When there is a penalty*** , the goalkeeper must have both feet on the goal line and must not move until the player taking the penalty kicks the ball. If the goalkeeper starts to dive before the ball is touched, then the penalty has to be taken again. ***** A penalty is a kick that a player takes from 10 metres in front of the goal after a foul has been committed inside certain area. TENNIS After throwing the ball up in the air while serving , the player´s feet must not come down inside the line of the tennis court until he or s

2º AMPLIACIÓN UNIT 6 VIDEO WATCHING FROM THIS BLOG "TIPS FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE" (We have played twice.) WHAT´S UP HEALTH PROBLEMS: VOCABULARY SB, page 34 1º BACHILLERATO 3/4 After yesterday´s explanation we have done some classwork,  WB, pages 30-31, exercises 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 ( the last ones were done but not corrected, though I am considering to have an exercise similar in the next text) It is a very talkative large class, with them I go very slowly. The lessons are painfully slow because of the constant interruptions and the noise of their chatter and they usually have very little interest  or attention during the explanations and corrections. Bad attitude (like trolls) today as every Friday. Planning of the following week 13th January: Homework, WB: unit 3, pages 20 to 23 ( both included) we are having the exercises  corrected. 15th January  Reader´s test 16th January Listening activities from SB & WB or simila

    2º AMPLIACIÓN       We have devoted the class to comment the book "This Rough Magic". We have covered from the beginning to chapter 6.     4º ESO   KEY WORDS OF THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE           1º BACHILLERATO 3/4       I have written the corrections of pages 21 and 22 of the WB. I have them on Google Drive and will share them with students I have on the group 1º Bachillerato. If you are interested, the only thing you  have to do is sending me an email with your name and saying you want to be in the group.

  Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well.   In the United States, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is commonly, but not universally, traced to a poorly documented 1621 celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. The 1621 Plymouth feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest. Pilgrims and Puritans who began emigrating from England in the 1620s and 1630s carried the tradition of Days of Fasting and Days of Thanksgiving with them to New England. Several days of Thanksgiving were held in early New E

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2º AMPLIACIÓN UNIT 2 TEST PLANNING WITH JENNY THE END OF THE TERM ACTIVITIES FOR 2º AMPLIACIÓN AND 1º AMPLIACIÓN. 4º C SB, p 20 READING COMPREHENSION SHOWN EXAMS ON UNIT 1 HOMEWORK PAGES 16, 17, 18 & 19 FOR NEXT THURSDAY. 1º BACHILLERATO 3/4 MAIN SENTENCES SUBORDINATED ADVERBIAL SENTENCES WHEN /WHILE ASKING QUESTIONS   1º AMPLIACIÓN SPEAKING TIPS FOR THE RECORDING SPEAKING PRACTICE WATCHING VIDEO  ABOUT INTRODUCING YOURSELF INTERVIEW DESCRIBING A PHOTO PRACTICE MAKES THE MASTER. HOW DO YOU SPELL YOUR SURNAME? WHERE DID YOU GO ON HOLIDAY LAST MONTH? WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SCHOOL? HOW IS YOUR SCHOOL? WHAT KIND OF CLOTHES SO YOU LIKE WEARING? ARE YOU LINKING THE WORDS TO  SPEAK NATURAL ENGLISH? WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

4º B WB,  pages  95-96. PAST CONTINUOUS CONCORD V-ING FORMS TIMELINE WITH EXAMPLES CORRECTION OF p 95 (p 96 DONE BUT NOT CORRECTED) 1º  BACHILLERATO 3/4 MONEY FOR THE THEATRE OUTING GROUP 1 ORAL COMPANION SKILLS GROUP 2 VOCABULARY AND READING SOME BOOKS NOT PROPERLY ERASED SO SOME STUDENTS WILL DO BADLY AT EXAMS..IF THEY DO NOT ERASE THE BOOKS I WON´T MARK THEIR LACK OF EFFORT IN CLASSES.     1º AMPLIACIÓN     GROUP 2 : EXAMS SHOWN VIDEO WATCHING SPEAKING PRACTICE ORAL SKILLS IN PAIRS TIPS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE PRONUNCIATION:   INTERCONNECTED SPEECH SHADOWING      

EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE UK Across the UK there are five stages of education: early years, primary, secondary, Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE). Education is compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) and 16. FE is not compulsory and covers non-advanced education which can be taken at further (including tertiary) education colleges and HE institutions (HEIs). The fifth stage, HE, is study beyond GCE A levels and their equivalent which, for most full-time students, takes place in universities and other HEIs and colleges. Early Years Education In England since September 2010, all three and four year olds are entitled to 15 hours of free nursery education for 38 weeks of the year. Early Years education takes place in a variety of settings including state nursery schools, nursery classes and reception classes within primary schools, as well as settings outside the state sector such as voluntary pre-schools, privately run nur

  2º AMPLIACIÓN     1º AMPLIACIÓN     4º B   JENNY´S PRESENTATION            

4º B English File: Past Simple and Past Continuous WB and homework correction (pages 4,5,6 &7+ -Vocab. pages 4-5 and Grammar pages 94-95) Write down 15 verbs From CHOOSE to  FIGHT WB: homework, Vocab. Builder pages 6-7  and page 8 1º BACH. 3/4 Desdoble con Miguel 1º AMPLIACIÓN THREE GROUPS WITHS: Jenny Miguel Ana Ängeles ELUVEITIE - A Rose For Epona (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)S.

Prepositions; Little words that show if you really know English or not. Mistakes with prepositions have to be prevented. Watch the video and learn how to use until/till and by.

Everyone has (had) bad days.  You forget your homework  or leave your lunch at home.  Someone says something rude or uncaring.  The money you thought was in the bank  has been spent.  You wake up feeling sick on the day  of an important job interview. All of these things are  no good .  It sounds like bad grammar…  nd maybe it is… but instead of saying  “not good,” it’s also OK to say  no good .  Your bicycle has a flat tire? That’s  no good .  You can’t find your favorite jeans? That’s  no good .  You fall and break your ankle?  That’s definitely  no good !  To be  no good  is to be unfortunate,  disappointing, sad, or just plain terrible. It isn’t only situations that are described this way.  No good  is also used to talk about something  that has stopped working.  Your broken cell phone,  your computer that won’t start,  the refrigerator that won’t stay cold…  all of these things are  no good . taken from e-b