Bilingualism in the USA

Bilingual sections: information for parents

Seccións bilingües from Ana Arias Castro

Bilinguals are smarter than you think

Interesting infographic from the Khaleej Times:

ESO-3 Political organisation resources

picture from Wikimedia Commons

These are the main resources we have for unit 3 about Political organisation:

- European Union Constitution

- The European Union timeline 

- Glossary

- Revision test

- Match these definitions

- Crosswords

- Gap-fill exercise

- audio1

- audio2

- audio3

- audio4

- audio5

- audio6

ESO-4 CLIL: The 18th century in Spain

UNIT 1 - The 18th Century in Spain

- unit 1

- presentation 1

- glossary 1 

- additional text from Wikipedia
- revision test (Hot Potatoes)

- audio1  

- audio2  

- audio3    

- audio4

- audio5

- audio6

ESO-3 CLIL: Geography tools

These are the links to the resources created by your bilingual section teachers:

UNIT 1 - Geography tools

- Google Earth

- Google Maps

- Glossary

- Revision test

- Match these definitions

- Crosswords

- Gap-fill exercise

- audio 1

- audio 2

- audio 3

- audio 4

Interesting CLIL websites for ESO

This is a selection of interesting websites for Spanish CLIL students of social studies (ciencias sociais) in English.

General
http://www.isabelperez.com/clil/clicl_m_6.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

ESO-3: Geography
www.europa.eu.int/abc/12lessons/index _en.htm
http://www.ieslamadraza.com/elena/websociales/geography3eso/indexgeography3.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
http://clilmodulegeography.blogspot.com.es/
http://countries.mrdonn.org/index.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

ESO-4: History
http://www.khanacademy.org/#history
http://www.historylastra.blogspot.com.es/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
www.SchoolHistory.co.uk
www.artyclopedia.com
http://worldhistory.mrdonn.org/index.html
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/World_History

Interview with Sarah Adams

Our "auxiliar de conversa", Sarah E. Adams, was interviewed by the students in the ESO-3 bilingual group:

WHAT JOBS DID YOU HAVE IN THE USA?
I've had a lot of jobs and my first one was at a grocery store, I worked there over two years and then, when I got to school I started working in a day care and when I came home for the summers I worked at a store called Bath and Body Works which sells cosmetic products and lotions and perfume and things like that. And I also worked in a movie theater selling concession and then I got a job teaching English as a second language part time at a language institute and then I was a full-time pre-school teacher before I came here and I think that's all.
ARE HOUSES IN THE USA AND SPAIN DIFFERENT?
Yes, very different. I know that houses are different in different parts of each country but at least between Galicia and Florida they're extremely different, All the houses you have made of stone and slate here, we don't have any houses like that, nobody makes houses of stone in Florida because it's so hot. They are all made out of very light materials... I don't know about the size because I actually haven't been in a house here, I have only been in apartments, but they're usually very open in Florida, they have outdoor patios in the back, which I haven't seen here. Yeah.

IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE?
In my opinion, I have always wanted to live somewhere near the beach, somewhere near the coast. Preferable where it is not too cold, where it doesn't rain too much, so probably I will try to live somewhere like Florida or California when I get older and buy a house and stuff like that.

WHAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN SPAIN IN YOUR OPINION?
Well, unfortunately I haven't been lucky enough to see all of Spain yet and I don't know if I'll have time to, but of the places that I've been to I really like a Coruña as a city and I love the coast, and the lighthouse and the rocks and just the coastline was gorgeous and the color of the water is absolutely beautiful, so that's my favorite place so far.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PEOPLE IN GALICIA?
I think everybody here is really nice. Everyone I've met I feel like could be my neighbor or something. I think it's because Lugo at least is a small town, but in general when I've travelled in Galicia everyone has sort of that same vibe from being from a small town or a familiar area so I find people to be very sweet and kind and caring, familiar. Very nice.

WHAT PLACE WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT IN THE FUTURE?
I basically would like to see the whole world if I could, oh, it's hard to make a short list. But I would really like to travel in Central and South America. I would like to see more of the US because I've only been to a few parts of it. I'd like to go to Australia, now that I've made friends from Austrailia. I want to see more of Italy, I'd like to see Germany, I wanna go to Portugal, around England. Lots of places in Europe. Yeah. I would go almost anywhere but I think I am least interested in travelling in Asia and Africa.

Henry VIII and his six wives

picture from Wikipedia

Today we have read about Henry VIII in class. As some of you asked about his marriages I have prepared this text with some information about this English monarch. If you want to know more you can either have a look at Wikipedia.

You might also watch the TV series The Tudors, which depicts this historical period very well.

CLIL ESO-3 The economy (unit 4)

Here you are the latest materials to help you revise unit 4. There is a crosswords with the key vocabulary, an exercise in which you have to match some words and definitions and an exercise in which you have to select the write answer or answers:

• crosswords
• matching exercise
• gap-fill exercise
• revision test

CLIL geography test - countries of the world

www.jetpunk.com/quizzes

How good are you at geography? If you want to know just go to this website where you will find lots of interesting tests to improve your geography.  Just check the spelling is correct.

• Countries of the world-in English (12 minutes to write all the countries you can remember)
• Países del mundo-en español
• Europe map quizz-in English
• World capitals-in English (12 minutes)
• European capitals-in English

And there are many other quizzes that you might try for fun: Justin Bieber facts, famous villains, general knowledge...

Europe Day 2012

Europe Day 2012

On the 9th of May we are going to celebrate Europe Day. We will celebrate the anniversary of the Schumman Declaration in 1950.

If you want to learn a bit more you may have a look at these websites:

• Wikipedia - Europe Day
• The symbols of Europe
• the Schuman Declaration
• the poster gallery 

CLIL ESO-4 The French Revolution

Are you studying the French Revolution? Can't you remember all the details? Watch this video to revise the unit and... sing along if you want.

Department of history and geography

Welcome back

Hi everyone,

We are back! This year we will enjoy some new resources and activities:

• This new blog for the "ciencias sociais" sections.
• The new units and resources for ESO-4 history classes (at the "Social Studies ESO-4" page in this blog).
• Our eTwinning project.

So we hope you will benefit from all these resources.

Have a good school year and welcome back!!

New Hot Potatoes revision units for ESO-4 history

Those of you who are going to study histoy as part of your Social Studies syllabus, will have the opportunity of testing your knowledge using the Hot Potatoes tests that have been uploaded at the Social Studies ESO-4 page in this blog.
Each test has been designed to cover the most important points in each of the units you will be studying this year. We hope they are useful and if you notice any mistakes or have any suggestions about them we'll be delighted to take them into account.
These are the tests:
- Unit 1 - The 18th century in Spain
- Unit 2 - The American Revolution
- Unit 3 - The French Revolution
- Unit 4 - The Directory
- Unit 5 - The Industrial Revolution
- Unit 6 - Imperialism and Nationalism
- Unit 7 - The Unification of Italy and Germany
- Unit 8 - Spain in the 19th century
- Unit 9 - The First World War
- Unit 10 - The Russian Revolution
- Unit 11 - The Booming Twenties

Department of history and geography-bilingual section

ESO-4 new unit for social studies-Fascism and nazism

There is a new version of the unit about fascism and nazism. New sections have been introduced and improved. 

However, bear in mind that there are no audio files about nazism in Italy. The audio files cover the part about fascism in Germany. We hope you like this new version.
Here you are:

• the unit for the student
• the presentation
• and the glossary

Certificates

Students after receiving their certificates

Those students in our school who have been in the bilingual classes studying Music (ESO-2) or Social Studies (ESO-3 and ESO-4) have received their certificates at the end of the school year. 

Their work has been excelent and their teachers are proud of their results.

Congratulations!

ETwinning quality label

We have just been awarded the quality label for our project this year, International Calendar. Congratulations to all the students involved in the project for their great work. We also wish good luck to our partners as they have also applied for the label.

If you haven't had a look at our project yet, these are the links:

- Twinspace

- Project Diary

Map competition

These are the maps that were given in for the Bilingual Sections map competition. You can vote for the best map taking into account the following criteria:

• layout
• texts in English
• geographical and historial accuracy

If you are studying at CPI Tino Grandío tell Maite or Ana which is your favourite. If you are not studying in our school, write a comment at the bottom stating which map is your favourite.These are the maps:

MAP 1 by Elena Fernández (ESO-3)

MAP 2 by Edgar Ares (ESO-3)

MAP 3 by Alba Martínez (ESO-3)

MAP 4 (Second Carlist War) by Victoria González (ESO-4)

MAP 5 (Second Carlist War) by Laura López (ESO-4)

MAP 6 by Aine Rodríguez (ESO-3)

MAP 7 (Independence of American Countries) by Alba García (ESO-4)

MAP 8 (Unification of Italy) by Alba Rodríguez (ESO-4)

MAP 9 (Europe under Nappoleon) by Ángel Pérez

MAP 10 Out of the competition

MAP 11(Africa in 1914) by Lucas Lombardía

MAP 12 (Europe in 1830) by Adrián Balsa

MAP 13 (Independence of American States) by Sofía Díaz

MAP 14 -Out of the competition

Sam's last week in Guntín

This will be Sam's last week in Guntín with us. His stay will finish on the 31st of May so we are already having our last classes with him. We have been asking him about his stay in CPI Tino Grandío, Guntín, Lugo and Spain in general. He will still come to school next Monday and Friday and he's also invited to our summer fetival on the 22nd of June. ESO-3 and ESO-4 students have interviewed him this week and this interview (or at least some extracts)  will soon be published in this blog so that you can all read it whenever you want to.