Cassandra´s dream

Secondary In England, public provision of secondary education in an area may consist of a combination of different types of school, the pattern reflecting historical circumstance and the policy adopted by the local authority. Comprehensive schools largely admit pupils without reference to ability or aptitude and cater for all the children in a neighbourhood, but in some areas they co-exist with other types of schools, for example grammar schools. Academies , operating in England, are publicly funded independent schools . Academies benefit from greater freedom to help innovate and raise standards. These include freedom from local authority control, the ability to set their own pay and conditions for staff, freedom around the delivery of the curriculum and the ability to change the lengths of terms and school days. The Academies Programme was first introduced in March 2000 with the objective of replacing poorly performing schools. Academies were established and driven by ext

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.

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?

THIS SONG WITHOUT IRREGULAR VERBS, WHICH ARE UNDERLINED WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. Mama she has taught me well Told me when i was young "son your life's an open book Don' t close it 'fore its done" "the brightest flame burns quickest" That's what i heard her say A son's heart sowed to mother But i must find my way Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama let my heart go Let this heart be still Yeah still Rebel mind your last name Wild blood in my veins They bring strings around my neck The mark that still remains Left home at an early age Of what i heard was wrong I never asked forgiveness But what is said is done Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama, let my heart go Let this heart be still Never i ask of you But never i gave But you gave me your emptiness that i'll tak e to my grave Never i ask of you But never i gave But you gave me your emptiness that i'll take to my grave So let this heart b

2º AMPLIACIÓN WE SWITCH SESSION AS WE DID ON MONDAY, 13TH 1º AMPLIACIÓN SUM TEST UNIT 1 4º B GROUP 1:  JENNY GROUP 2:  SMALL CLASS SB p 11 EX: 4, 5, 6 & 7 REVISION OF USED TO WE COMMENT HOW IMPORTANT  IT IS TO REALLY KNOW THE IRREGULAR VERBS BECAUSE 80% OF THE CONTENTS OF BUILD UP 4º ESO, OUR  BOOK ARE RELATED TO THEM: PERFECT TENSES PASSIVE CONDITIONAL SENTENCES PAST SIMPLE REPORTED SPEECH SUBORDINATED CLAUSE

4ºB               SB p 9 LISTENING EXERCISES 4 &5   PRONUNCIATION CLASSIFY USEFUL SENTENCES EX. 6 HOMEWORK WB p 9  & 10 WRITE & STUDY15 VERBS FROM HURT TO MEAN             1º  BACHILLERATO 3/4                   1º BACH. 3 WB CORRECTION pps 5,6,7 & 8 p9  PHRASAL VERBS (I´ll post the answers on Thursday 16th, I forgot bringing the book)   1º BACH. 4 ORAL SKILLS WITH MIGUEL   1º AMPLIACIÓN                         G1  COMMUNICATE 1- LISTENING REVISION p 6 exercises 4 and 5 RISKS AND BENEFITS OF USING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES         WHAT IS A HIKITOMORI? WE WATCH A 5-MINUTE YOUTUBE VIDEO ABOUT THIS TOPIC SOCIAL INTERACTION INTERNET ADDICTION ISOLATION HERMITS   G2 and G3 SAME AS ACTIVITIES AS THE OTHER 2 DAYS.      1º BACH. PENDIENTES DE INGLÉS                     WE ARE MEETING EVERY TUESDAY, SEVENTH

Sometimes I teach people with a promising future sometimes I teach people doomed with no future because they have chosen not to learn anything or not behave properly. They have chosen the road to hell. Parents don´t care and our community doesn´t worry about them while they are at school. When they are over 18 then there are schools for adults. Spain is a strange country where students take a course/ grade and repeat and repeat without a good reason. Some of those students blame  the teachers  and accused them of being bad teachers or bad entertainers because they get bored during lessons but in their same classes the hard-working students thrive and get "top marks" and distinctions so teachers cannot be that "bad". Being at school longer than necessary by "repeating" for those who don´t study, don´t do homework, don´t respect their classmates, don´t respect their teachers´work because they are not working hard enough though they

Play Video Share Submit Corrections Cancel Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry You don't know how lovely you are I had to find you, tell you I need you Tell you I set you apart Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions Oh, let's go back to the start Running in circles, coming up tails Heads on a science apart Nobody said it was easy It's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh, take me back to the start I was just guessing at numbers and figures Pulling the puzzles apart Questions of science, science and progress Do not speak as loud as my heart And tell me you love me, come back and haunt me Oh when I rush to the start Running in circles, chasing up tails Coming back as we are Nobody said it was easy Oh, it's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be so hard I'm going back to the start Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh Ah

"Through The Fire And The Flames" On a cold winter morning, in the time before the light In flames of death's eternal reign we ride towards the fight When the darkness has fallen down, and the times are tough all right The sound of evil laughter falls around the world tonight Fighting hard, fighting on for the steel, through the wastelands evermore The scattered souls will feel the hell bodies wasted on the shores On the blackest plains in hell's domain, we watch them as we go In fire and pain, and once again we know So now we fly ever free We're free before the thunderstorm On towards the wilderness our quest carries on Far beyond the sundown, far beyond the moonlight Deep inside our hearts and all our souls [Chorus:] So far away we wait for the day For the lives all so wasted and gone We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days Through the fire and the flames we carry on As the red day is dawning And the lightning cracks t

1º Bachillerato     1º Ampliación    Negative prefixes fair  unfair real unreal dependent independent legal ilegal` posible imposible correct incorrect verb structures  verb + V-ing verb + to infinitives When I was young,   it seemed that life was so wonderful, A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical . And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily, Joyfully, playfully watching me. But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible, Logical, responsible, practical . And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable , Clinical, intellectual, cynical. chorus There are times when all the world's asleep , The questions run too deep For such a simple man. Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned I know it sounds absurd But please tell me who I am. Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical, Liberal, fanatical, criminal. Wo

    Undivided Attention by Taylor Mali  A grand piano wrapped in quilted pads by movers, tied up with canvas straps - like classical music's birthday gift to the insane - is gently nudged without its legs out an eighth-floor window on 62nd street. It dangles in April air from the neck of the movers' crane, Chopin-shiny black lacquer squares and dirty white crisscross patterns hanging like the second-to-last note of a concerto played on the edge of the seat, the edge of tears, the edge of eight stories up going over, and I'm trying to teach math in the building across the street.

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FIRST THINGS FIRST Your teacher looks like this inside, I promise!!! 4º C First class and presen tation. Students did listen to me carefully although nobody has sent any email addresses.  I wonder if they were just pretending to be alert Ana, please don´t despair there are more groups... there are more possibilities.   Are you a Digital Native or Digital Immigrant by choice? Has technology changed our lives? Hasn´t technology changed your life yet? Yes, it has. No, it hasn´t Why hasn´t it happened yet? Are you not worried about being left behind? If you are interested, remember to subscribe. If you are not interested and you lack curiosity, then you are much older than your parents and teachers. Don´t worry, you may be a bit boring, dull and basic.  But I won´t tell anyone ( they might know it) CURIOSITY   My favourite words are possibilities , opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious,

1º AMPLIACIÓN TIPS FOR SPEAKING ONCE A DAY NOT ONCE A MONTH. PRACTICE MAKES THE MASTER.   DON´T BE AUDIENCE BE THE ACTOR.   THIS FILM WILL HAVE YOU IN IF YOU AREN´T SILENT.   LISTENING ENGLISH  AS MUCH ENGLISH AS POSSIBLE IN YOUR DAILY LIFE WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.   TRY INTEGRATING ALL THE GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY IN OUR OUTPUT (That is : usemos la gramática, las estructuras sintácticas y el vocabulario en nuestras conversaciones, diálogos, etc.)   DON´T START THINKING IN SPANISH, TRY THINKING IN ENGLISH EVEN IF YOU REPEAT VERY SIMPLE SENTENCES!   MAKE THE MOST OF IT, THOUGH CLASSES ONLY PROVIDE ARTIFICIAL SITUATIONS, , JUST PRETEND IT IS REAL AND BE SPORT.   NOBODY SHOULD BE ONLY A PASSIVE LISTENER IN THIS CLASS.     WATCHING FOOTBALL MATCHES IS NOT PLAYING FOOTBALL. YOU WON´T KEEP FIT BEING A COACH POTATO.   MAKING SOME MISTAKES IS THE FIRST STEP TO GET BETTER, IF YOU LEARN HOW TO CORRECT THEM AND TRY TO IMPROVE, THEN YOU ARE IMPROVING