BINGE-WATCHING!

Suppose you are fond of watching TV series on streaming platforms. In that case, you may have noticed that the next episode automatically plays even without pressing the playback button on your TV remote control or your streaming device screen. The episodes usually end with one or more cliffhangers which leave you anxious to see the next one. Everything is planned to keep you watching one episode after the other, all you have to do is sit down and wait without moving a muscle. When you do that, you are binge-watching!!! Just as Homer Simpson in the image below!

binge-watching: the practice of watching multiple episodes of a television programme in rapid succession, typically by means of DVDs or digital streaming.

If you don't want to end up like Homer Simpson but you need and extra-help to stop watching your favourite TV series,  remember that you can disable the 'autoplay next' feature in your streaming platform!!!

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

 

We already know who the winners of the I LANGUAGE PILLS COMPETITION are!! In the photo you can see most of the students who took part in the competition. They all received some sweets and a no homework pass, which is something very useful 😉!

You all did very well but two students got outstanding results 👏!

The winner in the First Level (1st-2nd-3rd ESO) was:

CLEO LE SAOS (1st ESO A)

                       

                    Paula with her English teacher, Rosa Valdés

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The winner in the Second Level (4th ESO-1st-2nd Bach) was:

PAULA VIOR (1st Bach A)

Paula with her English teacher, Nuria García

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The winners recieved a portable loudspeaker and some colourful pens:

Congratulations to the winners, but also to all the participants! 

Thank you for being always ready to accept the English Department challenges!!!

A CLASS MAGAZINE BY THE BILINGUAL GROUPS

 

For some weeks in May the bilingual students in 1st, 2nd and 4th year have been working in a class magazine in which they have included articles about different topics that they are interested in or which were close or important for them. All the work has been carried out with the help of our language assistant, Hannah, and in her weekly lesson.

Each group has a copy of the magazine in their classrooms for all the students to read and enjoy! CLICK ON THE MAGAZINE COVERS TO HAVE A LOOK.

 Students from the 3rd year have been involved in a different project, making a video to share with students of Spanish from an American school. 

So we have been working quite a lot in the Bilingual Programme to celebrate the Month of Communication.

1st ESO- UNIT 7: FUN AND GAMES

 

The topic of this unit is one I am sure you will be interested in: computer games and TV programmes!!

Have a look at some activities that will help you learn and practise the contents of Unit 7:

1. COMPUTER GAMES: A WORD SEARCH

2. COMPUTER GAMES: A MATCHING GAME

3. PAST SIMPLE "TO BE": GAME

4. PAST SIMPLE "TO BE": EXPLANATION AND GAMES

5. TV PROGRAMMES: PASAPALABRA

6. PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE (REGULAR VERBS) PRESENTATION

7. PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE (REGULAR VERBS)PRACTICE

8. MORE PRACTICE ON PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE (REGULAR VERBS)

9. READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE

10. A GAME

Kung Fu Mantis: All bluff!

Slang is vocabulary of an informal register, common in spoken conversation but avoided in formal writing. "Bluff" belongs to such register and it can be used both as a verb or a noun. 

Click on the picture below and  find out what it means.

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"To bluff" means to deceive someone by making them think either that you are going to do something when you really have no intention of doing it, or that you have knowledge that you do not really have, or that you are someone else, or like the mantis, that you're more formidable than you look. Here you have some examples:

Is he going to jump or is he only bluffing?

Tony seems to know a lot about music, but sometimes I think he's only bluffing.

She bluffed the doorman into thinking that she was a reporter.

Eurovision and second conditionals

Now, here you have a grammar pill today! As you already know, second conditionals are used in English to talk about imaginary or hypothetical situations. Listen to Space Man, Sam Ryder's song representing United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. 

1. How many second conditionals can you find? Take the very first sentence of the song as an example. 

2. Can you explain the structure?

3. Let's talk about it... What is the meaning of the conditionals, of the whole song? What would it happen if YOU were an astronaut? And, could you imagine another paragraph for the song?

This song makes me think of Elton John's Your Song... do you guess why? Again, second conditionals as main structure... a classic.

LANGUAGE PILLS COMPETITION

The competition will take place next Wednesday 18th May in classroom 106, during the third period (from 10:20 till 11:30). Once you finish it, you can go back to your class. 

Thanks for joining it! We wish you the best of luck!! 

MEMORIES

It is quite frequent to use this word in a wrong sense  since it is very similar to the Spanish word "memoria", but its meaning is different: it is a false friend!

If you look at the picture, I think you can guess its real meaning: in this context, it refers to a mental picture kept in the mind , a recollection.

Have you got any memories you want to share? What is your best one?

Now, you can relax and listen to the beautiful song "Memories" by Maroon 5:

 

"A LANGUAGE PILL A WEEK KEEPS YOUR ENGLISH FIT" FIRST COMPETITION

So, after a whole school year working with language pills, time to have the COMPETITION. You should take into account the following:

a. It will take place the third week in May.

b. There will be two levels and one winner in each: 

       LEVEL 1: 1st-2nd-3rd ESO 

       LEVEL 2: 4th ESO - 1st-2n BACH

c. If you want to take part in it, you must send a message to your teacher (use Teams to do so). Deadline Friday 6th May (included)

d. Remember you have all the language pills on the blog, so you have plenty of time to revise them. You also have examples of most pills on the Instagram account. 

e. Apart from that, we have created some other activities that can help you revise them, which are also on the blog.

                          RULES FOR THE COMPETITION

• You must try to answer as many questions as possible. You must have at least 15 correct answers to be eligible to get the prize.

• Although there may be other possible correct answers, yours must all be related to the language pills studied this year.

• There will be some extra bonus questions (always related to the language pills studied and you may also try to answer. In case of a tie,  those will be used to find out the winner.

• If, after that, there is still a tie, the winner will be chosen by raffle among all the students with the same results.

Hope lots of you decide to join the competition. There is a very nice prize 🏆 awaiting the winner in each level... 😉!!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!

FUN ACTIVITIES TO REVISE AND PRACTISE THE LANGUAGE PILLS

The final competition is closer, so you may well do with some extra practice. We have designed different activities to revise and practise them. Hope they help you be one of the two winners 🏆!!

A CROSSWORD

A MATCHING ACTIVITY

FROGGY JUMPS

 

 ANOTHER MATCHING GAME