lunes, 28 de octubre de 2024

HALLOWEEN COMPETITIONS: AND THE WINNERS ARE...

We must admit that we are thrilled: this year many students decided to take up the challenge and participated in the Halloween competitions, using all their wit and artistic skills to produce the works we showed in the previous post. Thank you!!!

Unfortunately, there can only be two winners and they are...

BEST MEME/GIF: Ariadna Feito (1st ESO) 

Her meme shows all we asked for: our school in a ghostly way, a wicked witch and a creepy image that we can all identify with if such a terrible thing happened to our school...



BEST SHORT CLIP: Matthew Harvey (2nd Bach)

You will all agree that we have a genuine film-maker among us 馃摻馃憦!The sound effects, the editing, the script... are just mind-blowing. And what about the learning? Even better! Don't forget: procrastination kills!!



All participants got a special marshmallow lollipop and a no-homework pass. Besides there were balloons for everyone who attended the ceremony.





Here you have the winners with their presents (30 euros each to spend as they like!!!) and the proud English teachers. 





            Have a spooktacular Halloween!!!


domingo, 20 de octubre de 2024

VII HALLOWEEN MEMES/GIFS COMPETITION and I SHORT CLIPS COMPETITION: PARTICIPANTS

Now that the deadline has passed, we can all enjoy the terrific memes, gifs, and short clips sent by students. Well done everyone!!!

You can choose your favourite. The English Department will do so too. Remember that the winners will be announced during the break next Monday 28th. There may be surprises for everyone...

MEMES


Hugo Feito - 3rd ESO


Manuel Antonio Valle - 1st ESO B


David Su谩rez Veiga - 4th ESO




Llara Valle - 1st ESO


Aitor Zarauza - 2nd Bach


脫scar Vald茅s Novas - 2nd Bach


Ariadna Feito 


Leo Durrer - 3rd ESO 


Lola Lo Campo - 1st ESO


Martina 脕lvarez Guardamuro - 1st ESO




GIF


Ainhoa Fern谩ndez - 



SHORT CLIPS 


Diego P茅rez Prieto - 1st ESO


Enrique L贸pez



Sara Couso - 1st ESO 


Matthew Harvey - 2nd BACHILLERATO












































s谩bado, 19 de octubre de 2024

UNIT 1: MAKING MUSIC (4th ESO)

We are sure all students will like the topic of this unit: who doesn't like music? It brings so many positive things...

The WDYT? question is an interesting one: How can music bring people together? There are many answers and you will find out some while working with this unit. Let's see an example: in the following video you will see lots of famous artists who got together to sing the song "We Are the World"  written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie in 1985 to raise funds to help with the famine that was devastating Ethiopia at the time. 

To talk about music, we need to refresh some vocabulary. Here you have a matching activity to practise it:

Time to learn a new verbal tense: the PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS. Here you have some practice:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

Need a break? Try this GAME, especially if you like pizza 馃槈!

Now, you should get back to work and make sure you know when to use the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE or the CONTINUOUS FORM. Need more practice?

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS


What about learning vocabulary related to FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS?
These FLASHCARDS will help you. 

Time to study something that may be new for many: QUESTION TAGS. Here you have some extra practice:

Tired? Try this memory game:


Questions are quite tricky in English, aren't they? Well, imagine including prepositions in them, it becomes a nightmare! Don't worry, here you have some extra practice;

The writing of the unit is  A REVIEW (of a concert or music festival). If you need extra help, you can try this PRACTICE.

That was a lot of work, wasn't it? Let's finish with some music, the same way we started, to liven up,  things a bit 馃槈! Here you have a more recent version of the song we started this post with. This time the purpose was to help people in Haiti, who suffered a terrible earthquake in 2010. 




lunes, 14 de octubre de 2024

2ND ESO, UNIT 1: STORIES

 

Do you like stories? What's your favourite type? Do you prefer films or books? We are going to talk about all that in Unit 1. Let's start practising some useful vocabulary:

1. TV, films and games MEMORY GAME:


3. PRESENT SIMPLE QUIZ:


1ST ESO - UNIT 1: SCHOOL LIFE





Here you have a bunch of activities to practise and revise the contents of Unit 1:

1. DAILY ROUTINES: A MATCHING ACTIVITY





 

When do you do these activities?
Get some practice!

 
Activity to practice Present Simple affirmative and negative:

Third person singular-Spelling rules


Learn the school subjects:
 

Yes-no questions:

lunes, 30 de septiembre de 2024

HALLOWEEN 2024




Halloween is coming again!!!
  And we have good news and new competitions for you:

Once more we invite you to take part in the VII HALLOWEEN MEME/GIF COMPETITION; click on the picture and find all the information about it:


And, since we know that there must some great movie makers and film lovers amongst you we have decided to organize the I SHORT CLIPS HALLOWEEN COMPETITION.Again, you can find information about it in the clip below:

jueves, 26 de septiembre de 2024

4th ESO STARTER UNIT: WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

STARTER UNITS are always about revising what you learnt during the past school year. Don't worry if you feel a bit rusty after the summer, we all tend to disconnect 馃槈!

We will start revising some vocabulary related to HEALTH and WELL-BEING. Click on the words to get to a Quizlet to practise it. If that one is too easy for you, here you have a more demanding version of it: HEALTH and WELL-BEING 2.

Time to revise some grammar. Verbal tenses are essential, so you must make sure you know everything about them.

PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS 

EXERCISES

MODAL VERBS are used all the time. They all share some common characteristics and are a bit tricky, because they can have different meanings:

ABILITY (CAN/COULD)

OBLIGATION (MUST/HAVE TO/MUSTN'T/DON'T HAVE TO)

ADVICE 

Let's have a look at some more vocabulary, this time ADJECTIVES to describe PERSONAL QUALITIES. Here you have a matching game:


We also learnt about some tricky words: JOURNEY - TRIP - TOUR - TRAVEL. This video will help you understand these words:


Back to verbal tenses

You can also try this activity:


Then we revised USED TO (to talk about past habits and states).

Need a break? Here you have a GAME to keep practising USED TO.

More verbal tenses, this time PRESENT PERFECT and PAST SIMPLE

Again a GAME can help you learn and have fun at the same time 馃槈.

Thought you had finished? Unfortunately not! We also have to revise the main FUTURE TENSES. This chart can help you understand how to use them better:

You will need lots of practice, so here you have:

Now you will certainly need some fun:



If you work with all these activities,  you will be ready to start learning new things! Let's do it!