COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES (UNIT 8) for Tuesday, 26th May

1) Don't forget to revise these notes about COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVES. 

2) Then do the activities on the photocopies attached to the notes and check them. Click here to get the answers.

3) If you want some more practice, try these REWRITING activites using comparatives and superlatives. Get the answers here.


4) For further practise, you can have a look at these notes.

5) You can find some more practice in these links.
    Activity 1.   Activity 2  Activity 3  Activity 4  Activity 5
 

Checking homework: Page 74 of your book. THE 'YES' MAN, for Monday, 25th May

Hi!

As you know we are devoting our lessons this week  to your oral presentation and videos. However, you need to do some homework and check them on your own.

Here you can find the answers to the questions on page 74 of your book. Work seriously and check your answers. We will comment on any problems, doubts you might have in class.

THE TIME CAPSULE COMPETITION

Click on this link and have a look at this competition. Would you like to take part?

We will talk about it in class tomorrow.

IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING

Find some activities here to improve your listening skills:

1) Some exercises to practise with phonetics
2) Listen to the different English sounds in the phonemic chart
3) Good listening activities from the BBC at different levels. You can download the script.
4) Grammar videos. Quite useful to revise grammar and improve your listening at the same time
5) Loads of listening activities at differ
ent level. They are in American English.

An education

Hi,

After watching the film "An Education" in class, here you have the script of the film. You might like to read it at your own pace. I do hope you enjoy it.

THE SCRIPT

PROYECTO INTEGRADO

These are the topics you can choose from for your ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

A) FIRST TERM

B) SECOND TERM

C) THIRD TERM

Thursday's lesson (5th March)

Hi all of you!!!

Today in class we did some activities to revise the passive voice  and  we also practised with questions for answers. Here is the worksheet we used just in case you want to have a look at it. It might be useful for your exam-
Here is also the key answer sheet so that you can check your work.

Thursday's lesson (26th February)

SO/ SUCH.  TOO/ ENOUGH

Here you have some grammar rules about  "so/such (a) and too/enough"

So such-too-enough from pilarmd

We did the activities on this worksheet in class. Here is the answer key. 

ROMEO AND JULIET (by William Shakespeare)

ROMEO & JULIET

Hi everybody!!

Here is the summary of the play Romeo and Juliet that we read in class. Read it again at home and pay attention to the new vocabulary.

We also learned about Shakespeare and his time. Here are the questions you had to answer in class and the transcript of the listening activity we did to answer the questions. 

CONTENTS FOR EXAMS

Now, it is time to revise for your exams!!!

- Click here to get the contents for your FIRST TERM EXAM.

- Here you can find the contents for your HALF TERM EXAM ( 2nd TERM)

Good luck!!! Go for it!!

The School Day of Non-violence and Peace

On January 30th, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was murdered, and since 1964 the Day of Non-violence and Peace has been celebrated at schools from all over the world.

Here are some nice songs to celebrate this day: PLAYING FOR A CHANGE FOUNDATION

MACBETH VIDEO

Now that you have read the play and have done the exam, you are ready to watch Macbeth:

 PART 1:

BBC Shakespeare Animated Tales Macbeth Part 1 from Johnny Rocket on Vimeo.

PART II;


BBC Shakespeare Animated Tales Macbeth Part 2 from Johnny Rocket on Vimeo.

PART III:


BBC Shakespeare Animated Tales - Macbeth - Part 3 from Derek Dayton on Vimeo.

GRANTS AND CONTESTS (Becas y Concursos)

Here are some links to grants you can apply for and contests you can take part in:

1) Becas "Fundación Amancio Ortega" dirigidas a alumnos de 4º ESO,  para estudiar 1º de Bachillerato en Canada o Estados Unidos. Plazo del inscripción y envío de solicitudes: del 7 de Enero al 9 de Febrero de 2015.

    Bases 

    Página Web

2) Está abierta la convocatoria de becas para participar en el Instituto de Verano Benjamin Franklin en los Estados Unidos de América. Dichas becas están destinadas a jóvenes entre 16 y 18 años y pretenden promover las relaciones entre las jóvenes generaciones de europeos, asiáticos y norteamericanos. La fecha de solicitud finaliza el 27 de febrero. Os facilito el enlace para acceder a la convocatoria:

Instituto de verano Benjamin Franklin

3) Concurso de Fotografía - organizado por "Cambridge University Press-  dirigido a alumnos y profesores de inglés de secundaria. El tema del concurso es la curiosidad. Plazo de presentación: del 14 de  Noviembre de 2014 al 15 de Mayo de 2015. El fallo del jurado será durante la semana del 2 de Junio de 2015. 

Practise and Improve your listening skills

Hi again,
Here is the link to the listening activity we did yesterday (Friday, 23rd January) in class. You can do the listening activities again and read the transcript, which you will find below the listening. 

MACBETH by William Shakespeare

Hi guys!!

Click here for the answer keys to the questions about Macbeth.

I have also found this funny summary of Macbeth in 96 seconds.
You might like to have a look at it.




Here is the script.

Why not listening to the story while you read your book, AGAIN?

1- Act 1:  Scene 1

THE DISCOVERY OF PENICILLIN (GCSE): UNIT 3

Watch this video attentively and be ready to answer some questions about it!!!

1- Where did the story of penicillin start?

2- What was Alexander Fleming trying to find in the early 1900?

3- What did a lot of soldiers in World War I die from?

4- What day did Alexander Fleming make his big discovery?

5- What did Alexander notice while cleaning his lab?

6- What was Fleming’s conclusion?

7- What did he call that killer substance?

8- What is a substance produced by microbes which kills bacteria called?

9- How was WWII different from WWI?

10- Have we found the cure for the common cold?

HALLOWEEN

Hi!!!

Watch this video about the “History of Halloween” by the National Geographic and be ready to answer the questions below: 

From communion with the dead to pumpkins and pranks, Halloween is a patchwork Holiday stitched together with cultural, religious and recalled traditions that spans centuries.

Watch the video and answer these questions:

1- Who were the first people who celebrated Halloween?

 

2- What did they celebrate on October the 31^st?

3- What did the villagers do on Samhain?

4- When did Halloween begin to merge with catholic festivals?

5- What was All Saints Day originally called? What was the previous day called?

6- How did the holiday come to America?

7- What two holiday customs are named in the video.

8- Why did the young pranksters wear masks?

9- Why was Halloween a dangerous holiday in the 1930?

10- What did people do to stop trouble makers?

Click here to get the TAPESCRIPT.  It might help you understand the video. 

A Christmas Pub Quiz

Hi everybody,

Just before our Xmas holidays we did a pub quiz in class. Now, you can have a look at this power point presentation  and check the answers.