2º ESO: Sharing our favourite music with our epals

Hello folks!
This time I have told you to write about your favourite music and share it with your respective epals. Don't forget to attach a video! These are the links of your walls:

http://wallwisher.com/wall/myfavouritemusic-2A

http://wallwisher.com/wall/myfavouritemusic-2B

http://wallwisher.com/wall/myfavourtiemusic-2C

http://wallwisher.com/wall/myfavouritemusic-2D

Remember you have to add the link of the wall where you posted your composition in the message that you will send your epal.

On the other hand, I also told you to write in that email message a composition about your Christmas customs. Go to the following website to get some tips for that composition:

Christmas customs writing plan

The deadline to add the post in the wall and to send your email is Friday 21st. Thank you so much for the effort you are making. You are great students!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Dickens bicentenary webtask

In 2012 celebrations all over the world, especially in Great Britain, have been held to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. This is the webtask I have prepared:

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=164918

Write your answers on a separate blank sheet, you have to add at least two famous quotations by Dickens. The deadline to hand it in is the last lesson we will have before Christmas. Come on, give it a try!

Christmas: Treasure hunt

This is the 'treasure hunt' that I dare you do. Go to the following website:
http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm

Find the answers to these questions:

1. What do men in Bangladesh plant outside their homes at Christmas time?
2. How many dishes do Bulgarians eat for Christmas dinner?
3. What is carol singing called in Welsh?
4. People in Ethiopia eat Doro wat at Christmas. What is it?
5. Who wears white robes and a golden crown at Christmas in Germany?
6. What do people wear to mass on Christmas Eve in Malta?
7. Norwegians eat sand kagers at Christmas time. What are they?
8. Who reads a story on Christmas Eve in Syria?
9. What does the Ukranian Cristmas carol Boh predvichny mean?
10. What is St Stephen's Day in Ireland?

Write your answers on a separate blank sheet, you have to decorate it with some Christmas drawings. The deadline to hand it in is the first lesson we will have next week (either Monday 17 or Tuesday 18). Come on, have a go!

3º Diversificación: British epals

This term our 3º Diversificación students are going to start up an exchange with British students from a school located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, in the north of England. This is their school webpage:

http://www.ashville.co.uk/

Our students are going to keep up with their respective epals via e-mails under the supervision of the teacher. This exchange is kept thanks to the following organization:

http://www.epals.com/

This is the first time we are going to establish such an activity with a British school. It is challenging and our students are going to learn a lot, that's for sure!

Thanksgiving

On Thursday 22nd November Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. This is the presentation I have shown you in class:

Thanksgiving from jagsombrero
I dare you do the following quiz after reading the history of this festivity clicking on this link:

http://wilstar.com/holidays/thankstr.htm

The Thanksgiving Quiz » Make Your Own Quiz

2º ESO: present perfect

This is a brief summary of the present perfect:

Present perfect
The present perfect is a verb form which links the past and present. We use it when we talk about an action or state which started in the past and which continues up to the present time. 

For example:

I've lived in Dublin since 1994. 

I started living in Dublin in 1994 and I still live in Dublin now. 

Affirmative

Subject	have / has	past participle
I You We They	have 've	studied a lot this term. passed passed the exam with flying colours. lived here for six years.
He She It	has 's

Negative

Subject	have not / has not	past participle
I You We They	have not haven't 've not	bought anything yet. passed the exam. studied a lot this term.
She	has not hasn't 's not

Question

Has / Have	subject	past participle
Have	I you we they	ridden a horse? read Harry Potter? met anyone famous?

If you want to practice this tense, you can do some quizzes by clicking on the following links:
Present perfect quiz 1
Present perfect quiz 2
Present perfect quiz 3
Present perfect quiz 4

2º ESO sports wall in Wallwisher

These are the links of online walls about unusual sports in English-speaking countries that 2º ESO students are creating. The deadline is Sunday 18th November. They are worth seeing. Click on the link of each class to see their posters:

2ºA
http://wallwisher.com/wall/2AEnglishsports

2ºB
http://wallwisher.com/wall/2BEnglishsports

2ºC
http://wallwisher.com/wall/2CEnglishsports

2ºD
http://wallwisher.com/wall/2DEnglishsports

These students are made of the good stuff

Hurricane Sandy

Aerial photos of New Jersey coastline
in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvids)

Hurricane Sandy
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_roc)

On Wednesday 7th November I received an e-mail from Annie Guard, the Spanish teacher at Park Middle School in New Jersey, the school where our 2ºESO students' epals study. These are some extracts of her message:

 "I don't know if you heard about Hurricane Sandy, but it hit 
New Jersey really hard.  I haven't been at school since last Friday 
(Oct. 26) and I have no idea when we'll be back.  Today the teachers 
went in, but 3 of the schools in my district (including mine) don't 
have power, so school is closed again tomorrow.  The internet has 
been down but hopefully when the power is back on life will return 
to normal.  So many people I know still don't have power in their 
homes and it's getting colder and might even snow tomorrow! It's 
scary seeing the devastation- trees and power lines down 
everywhere, homes destroyed..... I was lucky and only lost power for 
2 days...  Hopefully we will be back soon and I will get my kids started on the pen pal letters 
immediately- it'll be something fun for them to do!! "

Next, I wrote a message sending our kindest wishes and our support from our school. In this case the humanitarian aspect goes beyond our educational purposes. I invite you to add further support in the comments of this post.

2º ESO / 4º Diversificación: Sports in the British Isles

This is a presentation I have made about some typical sports in the British Isles (UK and Ireland). It can help you understand the basic rules of them.

Sports in the British Isles on Prezi

invite you to watch it!!

2º ESO / 4º Diversificación: Flyboard

In this video made by the BBC you can learn about Flyboard (a thrilling new sport) and vocabulary related to sports. I encourage you to watch it and do the exercise that there is with it.

Click on the following link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/aprenda_ingles/2012/10/121003_video_aprenda_ingles_fly_sc.shtml

2º ESO: epals

This year our 2º ESO students are participating in an exchange with some American students who study Spanish at Park Middle School in New Jersey. This is their school webpage:

http://www.spfk12.org/parkms/site/default.asp

Our students are going to keep up with their respective epals via e-mails under the supervision of the teacher. This exchange is kept thanks to the following organization:

http://www.epals.com/

It is a thrilling experience that has just started.

4º Diversificación: Our trip to an English-speaking country

My 4º Diversificación students have taken fictional trips to different English-speaking countries. It is worth taking a look at these trips!

Our favourite music in Wallwisher

This is the wall that our 4º Diversificación students have created to welcome the English students that are coming on March 21st to their class. You can see their favourite music with videos on it. Hope you enjoy it!


http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/ourfavouritemusic4E

These students are really made of the right stuff!!