4TH ESO: SURVIVAL VOCABULARY!

Here you have some flashcards and games to revise the vocabulary from unit 2. Click on the image below to start working...I hope you will survive😉

THE WINNERS GET THEIR PRIZES (AT LAST!!)

No, the English Deparmtent did not forget to get some presents for the winners of the III Halloween Memes/Gifs Competition, but you know that the current circumstances are making everything a bit more difficult, even going shopping!!

As they say, better late than never, so last Firday the winners got their prizes in their classes:

Estela Boto, Best Meme

Mateo Cano, Best Gif

Patricia Fernández and Lucía Arias, 2nd Best Meme

Congratulations!!

NOVEMBER, 25TH: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

November, 25th, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. But do you know why the United Nations chose that day to raise global awareness against this terrible problem? Click on the image below to hear the story of the Mirabal sisters and find out their relationship with this day.

 

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE: A presentation by 3rd ESO B students

Last 16th November we celebrated the International Day for Tolerance: The students in 3rd ESO B have prepared a presentation in which each one briefly describes themselves with three simple sentences.

 This is just an example of how different we are, but, even so, we must respect each other. Click on the image below to see the presentation.

USEFUL PRACTICE OF IRREGULAR VERBS (ALL COURSES)

STUDYING IRREGULAR VERBS is probably one of the issues that causes more trouble. However, you shouldn't complain, verbal tenses in Spanish or French are much more difficult!

Here you have a game that allows you to practise the main verbal forms. You can use it to compete against your classmates and see who gets better results 😉!!

To be able to play, you must know all the verbal forms the game asks you to know:

INFINITIVE: the verb in the first column, for example EAT

SIMPLE PAST FORM: the verb in the second column = ATE

PAST PARTICIPLE: the verb in the third column = EATEN

PRESENT PARTICIPLE: the verb + ING = EATING

PRESENT HE/SHE/IT FORM:

the verb plus the famous third person "-s"  in the present simple tense  = EATS                                                                      

Ready? Steady? Go!! 

IRREGULAR VERBS WHEEL GAME

UNIT 2: LIVING DIGITALLY (2nd BACH)

Unit 2 will allow you to learn about the digital world, which is such an important part of our lives nowadays. 

In this post, you will find activities that will help you practise all the things seen in the unit.

Let's start with a CROSSWORD that includes most of the vocabulary studied on page 15.

You know that verbal tenses are an essential part of any language, so we in this unit we keep working with those related to the PAST. Apart from revising PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS, we learnt a new verbal tense: PAST PERFECT. We also had a look at the conrast between the PRESENT PERFECT and the PAST SIMPLE tense. Here you can find explanations and practice for all these tenses:

PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS

EXERCISES

PAST PERFECT - SIMPLE PAST

EXERCISES

PRESENT PERFECT - SIMPLE PAST

EXERCISES

SPEAKING FIRST TERM 3RD ESO A

 

For the first term, you will have to record a VIDEO about 2 minutes long. You have to tell me a story (it can be real or fiction) on the topic “The most exciting/frightening/embarrassing event in my life”. It has to include these items:

Ø  INTRODUCTION: Where? When? Who? What?	1,5 p.
Ø  MAIN EVENTS IN THE STORY	3p
Ø  ENDING/CONCLUSION	1,5 p.
Ø  GRAMMAR: use the Past Simple and the Past Continuous, Present Perfect and suitable time expressions.	1,5 p.
Ø  VOCABULARY: phrasal verbs, technology, extreme sports, adverbs of degree.	1,5 p.
Ø  PRONUNCIATION AND INTONATION	1p.

 Remember:

• Be natural, don't read
• Upload it to TEAMS (I will create a task for you there).
• Include all the items in the table, each one has a punctuation.
• Deadline: 6th December

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En esta primera evaluación debéis grabar un VIDEO de unos 2 minutos de duración. El título es “The most exciting/frightening/embarrassing event in my life” y debes incluir los siguientes puntos:

    

R      INTRODUCCIÓN:Dónde? Cuándo? Quién? Qué?	1,5 p.
Ø  PRINCIPALES ACONTECIMIENTOS EN LA HISTORIA	3p
Ø  FINAL O CONCLUSIÓN	1,5 p.
Ø GRAMÁTICA: usa  Past Simple y  Past Continuous, Present Perfect y expresiones de tiempo adecuadas.	1,5 p.
Ø VOCABULARIO: phrasal verbs, tecnología, deportes extremos, adverbs of degree.	1,5 p.
Ø  PRONUNCIACIÓN Y ENTONACIÓN	1p.

   

Recuerda:

• No leas, habla con naturalidad.
• Sube tu video a TEAMS (crearé una tarea para que podáis subirlo).
• Incluye todos los puntos de la tabla (cada uno tiene su propia puntuación).
• Último día para entregar: 6 de diciembre

SPEAKING FIRST TERM 3RD ESO B

 

For the first term, you will have to record a VIDEO about 2 minutes long. You have to tell me a story (it can be real or fiction) on the topic “The most exciting/frightening/embarrassing event in my life”. It has to include these items:

Ø  INTRODUCTION: Where? When? Who? What?	1,5 p.
Ø  MAIN EVENTS IN THE STORY	3p
Ø  ENDING/CONCLUSION	1,5 p.
Ø  GRAMMAR: use the Past Simple and the Past Continuous, Present Perfect and suitable time expressions.	1,5 p.
Ø  VOCABULARY: phrasal verbs, technology, extreme sports, adverbs of degree.	1,5 p.
Ø  PRONUNCIATION AND INTONATION	1p.

 

Remember:

• Be natural, don't read
• Upload it to TEAMS (I will create a task for you there).
• Include all the items in the table, each one has a punctuation.
• Deadline: 6th December

SPEAKING FIRST TERM 2ºA NON BILINGUAL

For the first term , you will have to record a VIDEO 1/2 minutes long. The title is “Routines and now” and you have to include these ítems in your video:

Ø  INTRODUCTION: some personal information about you.	1p.
Ø  DAILY ROUTINE: explain what you do on a normal day; talk about the morning , afternoon and evening.	2p
Ø  What are you doing today? What is your family doing?	2p.
Ø  GRAMMAR: use the Present Simple and the Present Continuous and suitable time expressions.	2p.
Ø  VOCABULARY: free time, skills and abilities, parts of the day.	2p.
Ø  PRONUNCIATION AND INTONATION	1p.

 Remember: 

• Don't read, be natural.
• Upload it to TEAMS (I will create a task for you there).
• Include all the items in the table, each one has a punctuation.
• Deadline:6th December

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En esta primera evaluación debéis grabar un VIDEO de entre 1 y 2 minutos de duración. El título es “Mi rutina y lo que estoy haciendo ahora” y debes incluir los siguientes puntos:

Ø  INTRODUCCIÓN: incluye información personal sobre ti, una presentación.	1p.
Ø  RUTINA DIARIA: explica lo que haces en un día normal; habla de lo que haces por la mañana , tarde y noche.	2p
Ø  ¿Qué estás haciendo ahora? ¿Qué está haciendo tu familia?	2p.
Ø  GRAMÁTICA: usa  Present Simple y   Present Continuous y expresiones de tiempo adecuadas para cada tiempo verbal.	2p.
Ø  VOCABULARIO: tiempo libre. habilidades, partes del día.	2p.
Ø  PRONUNCIACIÓN  Y ENTONACIÓN	1p.

Recuerda:

• No leas, habla con naturalidad.
• Sube tu video a TEAMS (crearé una tarea para que podáis subirlo).
• Incluye todos los puntos de la tabla (cada uno tiene su propia puntuación).
• Últimos día para entregar: 6 de Diciembre

3RD YEAR ESO- UNIT 2: TO THE LIMIT

Here you can find lots of activities to practise and revise the contents of unit 2. Many  of them will be used in class, but you can also find some extra practice , in case you need it.

1. PRESENT PERFECT 1

2. PRESENT PERFECT 2

3. ALREADY/YET

4. YET /JUST/ ALREADY

5. FOR/SINCE

6. ED/ING ADJECTIVES

7. PRESENT PERFECT/PAST SIMPLE

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

Right now, 31st October midnight, it is already Halloween, so we can officially announce the winners of the III Halloween Memes/Gifs Competition. Here it goes:

BEST MEME: by ESTELA BOTO (2nd Bach)

We have chosen it because it clearly shows the new changes in the students' (and teachers') daily life due to corona, which, apart from many awful things, has brought TEAMS to our lives. And it seems that TEAMS is here to stay... Besides, Estela managed to associate it to some well-known images of very scary movies. By the way, don't forget that when you get a notification in TEAMS, there is a teacher working too 😉!

BEST GIF: by MATEO CANO (4th ESO)

Because it shows that, as students, you may have to face many scary things every day and they don't have to be the typical monsters...  a difficult listening may be one of them. 

We must say that all the memes and gifs received were amazing. They were so good that the English Department decided to give a third prize....

2ND BEST MEME: by Patricia Fernández and Lucía Arias (2nd Bach)

Because it combines all the things we asked for: Halloween, our school, lots of (very good) English and, as an extra bonus, a reference to Ceda el Paso, our magazine, which is such an important part of our school.

To sum up, an excellent competition thanks to you all: CONGRATS!!

Looking forward to the IV HALLOWEEN MEMES/GIFS COMPETITION and see what you surprise us with!!

III HALLOWEEN MEMES/GIFS COMPETITION: THE STUDENTS' TERRIFIC WORKS

Now that the deadline for taking part in the competition is over, you can have a look at the fantastic work done by some of your school mates. We won't announce the winners yet, you will have to wait for that until Halloween 😈... We want to thank all the students who joined the competition, it is thanks to you that these activities the English Department suggests can get ahead. 

Although Halloween is not celebrated in our country, it is one of the most important festivities in The USA and The UK and: Apart from learning the grammar and vocabulary of the language and how to speak, read, understand and write it, an essential part of the subject is to get to know more about the culture of the English speaking countries and that is why there is always a special place for Halloween in our school and there will always be 😉!! 

The memes and gifs are published in the order we received them, so do not jump to any conclusions 😈:

                                            Luis Martín del Peso (1st Bach)

Aitor Zarauza Pardo (2º ESO)

Irene Fernández (2nd Bach)

María Álvarez Pola (2nd Bach)

Pablo Vázquez Damonte (2nd ESO)

Estela Boto (2nd Bach)

Rubén Rebordinos (2nd Bach)

Saray Álvarez (1st Bach)

Mateo Cano (4th ESO)

Iván Fernández del Valle (4th ESO)

Patricia Fernández y Lucía Arias (2nd Bach)

Alex Arrojo (1st ESO)

Raquel García Fernández (1st Bach)

Olaya López Álvarez (1st Bach)

Miguel Cano and Lian Martínez (1st Bach)

Enia Gancedo (1st Bach)

Iris López (4th ESO)

Thanks a mil!!

You are the best!!!