Soap opera parody

    A soap opera is a long-running television serial, featuring tons of melodrama and sentimentality. The plots typically rely on emotional turmoil, romance, family feuds, betrayals, and secret identities. The term soap opera stems from the 1930s when daytime radio serials were sponsored by soap and detergent manufacturers.

  The 1st Bachillerato students have parodied this genre by creating their own versions. Click on the pictures below to watch a couple of them:

Who's the father? 

Alberto Cándano, Jorge Macías, Nuria Montoya, Avril Ruano and Daniela Vázquez.

The Three Wishes

Alfonso Fernández, Enol García, Lucía Palomares, Sara Prada and Juan Suárez.

UNIT 5: SMILE! (3rd ESO)

 

Who took the first selfie? This is the WDYT? question in unit 5. I am sure you'll love this topic. The unit will not only be about selfies, it will also help you learn a lot about art too. In fact, the first vocabulary to study is related to DESCRIBING ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY. This activity may help you revise it:

Did you enjoy the story of the macaque's selfie in the reading "Smile please!"? It really went viral all over the world, as you can see in this clip from the CNN News:

Time to study some grammar... Let's talk about THE PASSIVE VOICE, which is used a lot in English. You can click to see how it works (explained in Spanish 😉). Now, you only need to practise it a lot, so here we go:

Try this liveworksheet and then you can continue with this quiz:

Let's revise some new vocabulary, about TYPES OF ART:

Now that you already know how the PASSIVE works, you may do with some extra practice on how to use it in QUESTIONS:

LIVEWORKSHEET

We finished the unit learning to write AN ONLINE POST. You learnt to use BOTH and NEITHER. This video may help you revise it, although it includes a third expression, EITHER! The more, the better!

UNIT 6: CRIMES and CONSEQUENCES (4th ESO)

What do you think of the topic of the unit? Interesting, isn't it? Let's hope it allows you to reflect on this serious issue at the same time you learn English.

To start with, it is necessary to know some vocabulary related to CRIMES and CRIMINALS. Here you have two activities to practise it:

FLASHCARDS

MATCHING ACTIVITY

Did you enjoy the reading about "Criminal Creatures"? Then you will love this video!!!

Time to start studying some language structures: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES. Here you have the explanation for each and some extra practice:

ZERO CONDITIONAL

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2 

FIRST CONDITIONAL

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2 

EXERCISE 3

SECOND CONDITIONAL

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2 

EXERCISE 3

THIRD CONDITIONAL

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2 

EXERCISE 3

We are sure that you need a rest by now!! Take some time to enjoy these beautiful songs that include conditional sentences:

You can also test yourself playing this KAHOOT:

Back to the criminal world to learn some new vocabulary related to CYBER-CRIME. Try this activity to practise it:

Did you think that we had finished with conditionals? No way, there are more things to learn about them, like the expressions IF ONLY / I WISH. Watch these videos to learn how they work:

Here you have some extra practice:

You can also test yourself with this game:

We finished the unit learning to write A FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY. Here you have some extra practice for the linkers of contrast and addition you have to include in your essays:

And that would be all, folks! 

LET'S FIGHT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!

Students in 4th ESO have been learning about issues related to the environment at the same time they learnt English. Once really prepared, in pairs they designed a leaflet to raise awareness about an issue that affects the environment.  The goal was clear: explain the  problem first and then say what we can all do.

Here you have their leaflets. Hope you use some of your time to read them, and, what is more important, once you do, you put in practice all the advice they give us. Just click on ecah photo to open the leaflets.

by Leo and Miguel E.

by Mencía and Alexia

by Laia and Helena

by Miguel A. and Luis

by Adamina and Claudia

by Curro and Letizia

by  Rada

by Lucía and Lía

by Pablo M. y Pablo P.

Remember, every single step matters!!!

1ST ESO UNIT 5: MUST TRY

 

What makes a town a good place to live in? Places like museums, parks, cinemas, sports centres... and restaurants, of course!! Are you already hungry? Let's start the unit talking about FOOD!

1. FOOD AND DRINK MATCHING GAME

2. FOOD AND DRINK WHEEL

3. HOW TO EAT HEALTHILY

4. QUANTITY PRESENTATION

5. QUANTITY PRACTICE

6. QUANTITY QUIZ

7. PLACES IN TOWN CROSSWORDS

8. PLACES IN TOWN WHEEL

9. PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE: GAME 1

10. PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE: GAME 2

 

Use these flashcards to learn food vocabulary.

Get some practice!

2ND ESO UNIT 5: A BETTER PLACE

 

In this unit we are going to talk about our environment, starting from our homes, but also our towns, cities and, in the end, our planet, the Earth.

Let's begin by brushin up on some vocabulary related to FURNITURE and PARTS OF THE HOUSE:

You can play this ESCAPE ROOM to practise al the vocabulary you have learnt:

We are also studying FIRST CONDITIONAL CLAUSES, so here you have some games and activities that wil help you with that:

And here you have some games to practise ZERO CONDITIONALS and the differences with the FIRST CONDITIONAL :

Prehistory mystery

Click on the picture to watch a fun video on prehistory:

Photo by  Reinhard Bruckner

As you already know,  prehistory is the time before the invention of written language, which is one of the reasons why it is so fascinating and intriguing. When we talk about prehistory, we tend to use a range of words. Let's find out how many of them you know.