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 operastems 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.
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:
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!
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:
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:
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.
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!
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.
Se ha publicado en BOPA del 11 de febrero la convocatoria de pruebas de certificación de idiomas para el año 2026. Al igual que el curso pasado se contempla un procedimiento por el cual elalumnado que finaliza la etapa de ESO cursando el programa habLEpuede participar en la prueba en suconvocatoria de septiembre de forma gratuita.
La inscripción se realizará en el IES Selgas una vez los alumnos hayan titulado. En esta infografía tenéis un resumen de los pasos a seguir:
Students in 3rd ESO have been learning English at the same time they learnt about health and healthy habits. All this led to a learning situation in which they had to schedule a healthy weekend and tell us about it. Here you can see the results:
by Daniel Pardo
What about you? Are your weekends healthy? Hope your schoolmates' experience inspires you to get active!
After their trip to Avilés and Niemeyer Centre, students in 2nd year have prepared a set of BRAINBOX cards about the different places, monuments and interesting buildings they discovered during the visit.
We used them in class to play and see what they had learnt and remembered. Would you like to test your knowledge of the town? Click on the image and have a go at it!
Octopuses are widely considered the most intelligent invertebrates. They don't have a shell to protect themselves from hungry lurking predators, but they make up for this weakness in the wittiest of ways. Check it out!
After working with UNIT 3, which was about mysteries of all kinds, students were ready to write their own script for a mystery scene and then recorded it themselves. They could adapt one that already existed or create a new one, which is what most of them did.
Do you want to have some fun at the same time you get a bit spooked? Here you have their brief masterpieces.
The environment (and protecting it) is the main topic of this unit. We all have to take care of our planet and try to leave it in the best condition for future generations. Once again we will learn lots of English at the same time we learn many other useful things not only for us, but for the rest of the world.
Let's start revising some new vocabulary related to PROTECTING THE PLANET. You can use these activities to help you revise it:
In this unit, we learn that we can protect the environment with things we may take for granted, such as the quantity of clothes we buy. Watch this video to learn more about it:
The main grammar point of this unit is THE PASSIVE voice, which is used a lot in English. Here you have some practice:
To master the passive voice it will be essential that you master PAST PARTICIPLES and we all know that irregular verbs can be quite a nightmare. Why don't you try this fun practice? It includes the past simple forms too:
Time to learn some new vocabulary, this time related to MATERIALS. Again you have some activities to practise:
We listened to a radio programme in which a young girl talked about a beach clean-up. Did you know that some former students at IES Selgas carried out a beach clean-up? Watch this video to learn more about their amazing work!
We continued working, this time to learn how to use the verbs BE ALLOWED TO / MAKE / LET. You can watch this video to revise how they work:
Then we studied IMPERSONAL PHRASES, which are very much used when we are not interested in who did the action or we ignore it. Here you have some practice:
We finished the unit learning to write a post for a blog. Since the topic of the unit is the environment, the post was about an environmentally friendly product. This video shows why we should be more concerned about using them:
You can also check this website if you are looking for ideas:
Different regions in the world have their own unique cultures and , of course, people in those regions wear different traditional costumes. Our 1st ESO B habLE students have created their own mini-books on a country of their choice.
What makes a good invention? What is the best way to present it to people? Difficult to say, isn't it? Well, after working with all the activities in this unit, it will be much easier!
To be ready to deal with this topic, it is necessary to revise/learn some vocabulary related to SCIENCE. These verb and noun collocations you can find on this QUIZLET will be very useful.
We studied the PAST PERFECT tense. This video explains it in a very clear way:
The practice in the book includes a reference to the real inventor of crisps (yummy!). Yes, inventions are not only technological 😉! Why don't you take a break and watch this video about this delicious invention?
Once an invention is made, it is necessary to describe it to others. That's why we have studied some vocabulary for DESCRIBING PRODUCTS. You can use these flashcards to study it:
And this crossword will help you revise it:
Continuing this fascinating trip on inventions, we learned about Oohos. Watch this video to know more about this innovative and environmentally friendly product:
Among all these inventions, language has also created its own, like DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES, very useful to give essential information about a noun. Here you have some extra practice:
If you ever become an inventor and come up with a brilliant idea, you will certainly need to write A FORMAL LETTER to the company or people who can help you make your invention a reality. Check this video to make sure you write it in the best way possible:
After all you have seen in this unit, any inventors out there??? Who knows...
Then we studied ADVERBS of MANNER and how to form and use them. This game may help you learn them quickly 😉:
This unit also revises something you may remember studying: COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE adjectives and how to use them in a sentence. Don't forget to practise them:
With this game, you can test your knowledge of comparatives/superlatives and your aim 🏹!
Money can often be a source of problems. What do you do when you have a problem? Who do you talk to? Do you ask for advice? Watch this video to see how you can ask for and give advice:
We are almost finished! The WRITING of the unit is related to NOTES and MESSAGES. Try this EXERCISE.
Remember we studied TOO and (NOT) ENOUGH? Lucky you, these words can also be used with ADJECTIVES 😉. Don't worry, here you have some further practice: test yourself with this KAHOOT.
Now we are finished! Hope you are ready to carry out the unit project 💸💰🤑!
