Cassandra´s dream

Some students do not know how to write a paragraph in English (or Spanish). Watch this video and think upon the topic. Will advice do? I trust you will benefit from it.

3 CONCORD OR AGREEMENT Concord is very important. If you don´t agree the subjects to the verbs you will never get a pass in the text writing. To get a pass= aprobar REMEMBER 1: This=singular //This advantage is … These= plural //These advantages are… In this places   { in those places or in these places) Much = incontables que son singulares siempre. REMEMBER 1.1: Typical uncountable nouns: ü   Substances: water, air, coffee, plastic, iron, paper ü   Abstract ideas: life, fun, freedom, heath, time, progress ü   Activities: work, travel, sleep, football, help, research ü   Human feelings: happiness, anger, honesty, hope, respect, courage ü   Groups of items: furniture (mobiliario, furnitures no existe), luggage (equipaje, conjunto de maletas, luggages no existe) Other super-hyper-mega usual WORDS ( que se usan “mazo” de veces en la comunicación oral o escrita) ACCOMMODATION, ADVICE, BEHAVIOUR, BUSINESS, CASH, EQUIPMENT,HOMEWORK, HOUSEWO

EXERCISE 2 I thought you said it wasn´t expensive. I thought you said Ann wasn´t coming. I thought you said Bill hadn´t passed his examination. I thought you said Ann didn´t like Bill. I thought you said you wouldn´t be there the following week. I thought you said you couln´t afford a holiday that year. This structure is quite useful if you want to check the information you have. QUESTIONS: The  journalist asked what had caused the explosion. Tom asked if Bill had passed his examination. She asked us where we had played the previous Sunday. Jim asked Ann if she would be there the following week. The teacher asked me what I was doing with my mobile. QUESTIONS EXERCISE 1 She asked where her umbrella was. Martin asked us how we were. He asked if he had to do it. The mother asked her daughter where she had been. She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best. She wanted to know what they were doing. He wanted to know if I was going to the c

Katniss's character conflicts are the most immediate, since she is the story's narrator. She narrates in the present tense, an effective choice since that leaves the reader uncertain whether she will survive the Games intact. Were the story narrated in past tense, it would indicate to us that she must have survived since she is telling the tale. The narration is also effective in providing dramatic irony throughout the novel, as we can infer much about Katniss both from what she chooses to tell us and how she chooses to tell it. Katniss is an example of a stoic hero – she is well aware of the unfairness of the world around her, having had to grow up so quickly to provide for her mother and Prim. However, she has quashed both her emotional responses to her totalitarian society as well as her childish identity so that she can maintain the hardness necessary to be an effective hunter and provider. A contemporary definition of a stoic is one who does not show his or her em

            Leaves are loaded with chlorophyll, which makes them green. But all green plants also carry a set of chemicals called carotenoids. On their own, these look yellow or orange—carotenoids give color to corn and carrots, for example—but they’re invisible beneath the chlorophyllic green of a leaf for most of the year. In the fall, when the leaves are nearing the end of their life cycle, the chlorophyll breaks down, and the yellow-orange is revealed. “The color of a leaf is subtractive, like crayons on a piece of paper,” says David Lee, formerly of Florida International University, who has studied leaf color since 1973. Most trees have evolved to produce a different set of chemicals, called anthocyanins, when it’s bright and cold in autumn. These have a reddish tint and are responsible for the color of a blueberry. They’re also sometimes made in newly sprouting leaves, which explains their sometimes reddish tint. Where chlorophyll and anthocyanins coexist, the co

Revision unit 1 Relative clauses RELATIVE CLAUSES Las Oraciones de Relativo RELATIVE CLAUSES RULE EXAMPLE who / that refer to people They caught the man who / that spied for China. which / that refer to objects I lost the map which / that she gave me. whose refers to possession She complained to the man whose dog bit her. when refers to a moment in time Christmas Day is a day when people are happy. where refers to a particular place We visited the house where our father was born. In non-defining sentences, the word that cannot replace who or which . Mata Hari, who was a famous female spy, was born in Holland. Buckingham Palace, which is in London, is a favourite tourist site. Las oraciones de relativo van introducidas por un pronombre o un adverbio relativo: who, which, that, whose, when, where. oración principal oración subordinada de relativo Hay dos tipos de oraciones de relativo: Defining Relative Clauses y Non-defining Relative C

We sometimes make mistakes because of inattention. If the subject doesn´t agree with the verb, you will make  the same mistake time after time. Even English speakers make mistakes once in a while. Not everybody is proud of their own mistakes. Only the most alert-minded students are able to check their mistakes before handing the tests in. Some students were so hard-working that they repeated all the exercises before the term exams so that they could avoid making those mistakes again. "Luckily you all will have corrected some grammar errors, which are silly and easy to solve,  by the end of the semester", the old professor stated. Some explanations are so incredibly complicated that teachers have to post their lessons so that the students can concentrate on the topic completely.

2º BACHILLERATO LISTENING PREDICTION AFTER THE LISTENING UNIT 4 SB, PAGE 40 SB, READING PAGES 46 AND 47. HOMEWORK SET FOR NEXT MONDAY, 27TH JANUARY: REPORTED SPEECH: FINISH STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE PHOTOCOPY. THESE EXERCISES WILL NOT BE COLLECTED BY ME AND HOPEFULLLY  WILL BE CORRECTED DURING  THE NEXT CLASS. REPORTED SPEECH WILL BE USEFUL IF YOU WANT TO PREPARE OUR GRAMMAR TEST. THE FOLLOWING VIDEOS MIGHT ALSO HELP THE STUDENTS WHO DID NOT ATTEND CLASSES TODAY,  24TH JANUARY 2014.

Faith Jegede tells us about her experience with two autistic brothers. It is worth listening (and reading because in Youtube you can get the transcript). In our high school we have autistic students with this very problem. Open up your ears, don´t be prejudiced and narrow-minded and try to understand, because it is EASY. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3 CONCORD OR AGREEMENT Concord is very important. If you don´t agree the subjects to the verbs you will never get a pass in the text writing. To get a pass= aprobar REMEMBER 1: This=singular //This advantage is … These= plural //These advantages are… In this places   { in those places or in these places) Much = incontables que son singulares siempre. REMEMBER 1.1: Typical uncountable nouns: ü   Substances: water, air, coffee, plastic, iron, paper ü   Abstract ideas: life, fun, freedom, heath, time, progress ü   Activities: work, travel, sleep, football, help, research ü   Human feelings: happiness, anger, honesty, hope, respect, courage ü   Groups of items: furniture (mobiliario, furnitures no existe), luggage (equipaje, conjunto de maletas, luggages no existe) Other super-hyper-mega usual WORDS ( que se usan “mazo” de veces en la comunicación oral o escrita) ACCOMMODATION, ADVICE, BEHAVIOUR, BUSINESS, CASH, EQUIPMENT,HOMEWORK, HOUSEW

1 Certain verbs are followed by V+ing or a noun. Si traduces del español y en esta estructura pones un infinitivo, siempre estará mal en inglés . Avoid doing it .= Evita hacerlo. AVOID,   BE WORTH,   DISLIKE,  LIKE,  HATE,  LOVE, ENJOY,  FANCY,  HELP,  KEEP,  MIND, PRACTISE,  RISK,  CAN´T STAND y algunos más. Si quieres ver una lista más completa ve a las páginas 127-128 del SB, Distinction 2, OXFORD. It´ s not worth waiting for a bus at this time of the day. ( no vale la pena esperar…) I dislike having to get up early.( Me desagrada tener que…) Do you like meeting people from other countries? ( ¿Te gusta conocer…?) I don´t fancy going out this evening . ( No me apetece salir…) John can´t help laughing when he sees you! ( John no puede evitar reirse…) I wish you wouldn´t keep interrupting .( Ojalá no me interrumpiérais..) I don´t mind helping you do the washing-up. (No me importa ayudarte a fregar …) Jane misses going for long country walks. ( Jane ech