LEARNING SITUATION 2ND ESO: A STORYBOARD

What makes a good story? That’s the question students have tried to answer and to do so, they have prepared their own storyboards: nice pictures, engaging text  and a good title! These are some of the ingredients they have used and you can see the results here:

Oliver and Jesús 

Marina, Llara Arne and Ariadna

Lola Lo and Llara Valle

Nerea and Ainhoa

Violeta and Lara

Rodrigo and Jovi

Esteban and Sara

 

Nora and Antonio

Carlos and Hugo

Osmara, Sara and Jimena

Hugo and Javier L. M.

Néstor y Diego

UNIT 2: LOVE TO LEARN! (3rd ESO)

Do you? We all probably love to learn new things, which doesn't imply we love taking exams, does it? 

This unit is all about learning, so we'll try to help you with some extra practice here. 

Skills and abilities: with this activity you can practise the vocabulary studied.

Then we studied the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE. Here you have loads of practice:

PRESENT PERFECT

WITH EVER and NEVER 

WITH FOR and SINCE

WITH JUST, ALREADY, and YET

Using adequate LEARNING TECHNIQUES will certainly help you in the process. Here you have some FLASHCARDS to revise the ones studied. 

Time to contrast the PAST SIMPLE and the PRESENT PERFECT tenses. Need further practice? 

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3 

EXERCISE 4

Need a break? Why don't you try this game?

Hope all these activities help you learn lots of English!

UNIT 2: THEN AND NOW (2nd ESO)

Do you like history and learning about the past? Then you will be a fan of museums. Before you start working, take some time to explore the fascinating British Museum:

This unit is about contrasting the past with the present. As always, we start studying some new vocabulary: EVERYDAY OBJECTS. Try this matching activity to revise it:

In the reading, we learn about how The Aztecs, one of the most ancient civilizations in the world, changed the world. If you are curious and want to learn more about them, we have the perfect video for you:

Now, you should take some time to revise the PAST of the verb TO BE and THERE WAS/THERE WERE. Here you have some practice:

EXERCISE 1

WORKSHEET

You can also test yourselves with this 

KAHOOT

You need to revise or study the modal verb COULD, to talk about past abilities. Just click on the word to see how it works and do some practice.

When talking about the past, PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS are essential, try this EXERCISE to practise them.

The next step is to learn about LIFE EVENTS. If you can answer this QUIZ, it means you have no problems with this vocabulary 😉!

Time to learn the PAST SIMPLE and practise it:

EXERCISES

Want to practise it in a more fun way? Try this game, it's an escape room activity and in a museum!! Just click on the picture to start the adventure...

Finally, we studied how to talk about past habits and states, with USED TO. Again a game can help you practise it but in a fun way:

USED TO GAME

The writing of the unit is AN EMAIL TO AN E-PAL. You can find some more tips here:

AN EMAIL TO A NEW FRIEND

That was a lot of work, wasn't it? Here you have another game (and related to the past) to keep practising your English and to have fun at the same time 😉:

 

1ST ESO: UNIT 2: ME TIME

 Let's talk about FREE TIME and SPORTS!

1. FREE TIME FLIPCARDS: use these flashcards to study and revise the vocabulary in this unit; test yourself to see how much you remember!

2. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY HANGMAN: play the game to brush up frequency adverbs

3. LIKES AND DISLIKES CARDS: look at the pictures and write a sentence about your likes/dislikes. Then, flip the card to check.

4. WHACK-A-MOLE GAME: DO, GO, PLAY COLLOCATIONS: have some fun and revise the use of these verbs with sports.

5. WHEEL: QUESS THE QUESTION: spin the wheel and try to write a correct question about the words in bold.

MUSIC AND MATH

In UNIT 1 we have been working with all the benefits that music can bring to people. Did you know that it can help you improve your maths skills? Watch this short video (good practice for your listening test next Friday!) and try to answer the questions in the questionnaire below. 

MUSIC IN THE STONE AGE

Click on the picture and watch this short video about the origins of music and the first musical instruments and answer the questions in the link below:

MUSIC IN PREHISTORIC TIMES: Rellenar formulario 

2025 HALLOWEN COMPETITIONS WINNERS

Last year's winning short clip suggested "Procrastination kills", but even if we have had lots of procrastinators, it has been really hard to decide on 2025 winners amongst so many high-quality, spooky, hair-raising memes, gifs and clips.

However, after giving it some thought, we can announce the winners this year:

BEST MEME/GIF: Adriana García (2nd Bachillerato)

Her meme shows how scary English vocabulary can be when it comes to pronunciation!

BEST SHORT CLIP: Jaime Alonso (1st ESO)

It is amazing how students (even the youngest ones!) master film-making, managing to create a horror story which will help students at IES Selgas to always remember their homework!

Here you have a group photo of most of the participants with the treats they got: 

There was also a surprise for the rest of the students in the courtyard...

Thank you so much for joining the competitions. See you next year!!

Have a terrific Halloween!!!