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!!

Introducing myself

This is a sample of the several introductions that my 3º Diversificación had to prepare in Blabberize.com. It is good fun for sure!

2º ESO music in English wall in Wallwisher

These are the walls I have created for my 2º ESO students. Write some words about your favourite English-speaking band or singer and show us a video clip by them. That's music to my ears!

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/English-music-2a

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/English-music-2b

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/English-music-2c

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/English-music-2d


The due date will be the first lesson we will have next week. Give it a try!

2º ESO & Diversificación 'Christmas traditions' webtask

This is a webtask that I have created for all my 2ºESO and Diversificación students:


http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=159473


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 last lesson we will have next week (either Thursday 15 or Friday 16). Come on, have a go!


MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Diversificación: English Central

Currently both courses of Diversificación (3º and 4º) are doing an interesting course to improve their speaking and listening skills. These are the webpages:


http://es.englishcentral.com/class/3diversificacion

http://es.englishcentral.com/class/4diversificacion

It is amazing to see how hard they are working!


Practice makes perfect!