eTwinning session

TODAY:

1. We'll write our replies to the messages in the forum.
2. We'll prepare the logos: you can use the pictures in the Images folder or your own or others with no copyright limitations.
1. You can use editing software or other applications (PhotoFunia...)
2. Send the resulting image to your teacher.
3. We might make a short introduction video. Decide what you would say (about you, the project, your expectations, etc.)

Rosalía de Castro

This is Javier Otero's history report:

Rosalía de Castro from Ana Arias Castro

Mother Teresa

This is Aroa Varela's history report:

Mother Teresa from Ana Arias Castro

Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma

This is Xacob Yáñez's report about Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma:

Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma from Ana Arias Castro

Napoleon Bonaparte

This is Segio Luaces' report about Napoleon Bonaparte:

Napoleon Bonaparte from Ana Arias Castro

J. F. Kennedy

This is Miguel Ares' report about J.F. Kennedy:

J. F. Kennedy from Ana Arias Castro

Jane Goodall

This is Adrián López Besteiro's report about Jane Goodall:

Jane goodall from Ana Arias Castro

James Watt

This school report was written by Noelia Abel:

2 james watt from Ana Arias Castro

Marie Antoinette

Report written by José Ángel López Hermida:

2 marie antoinette from Ana Arias Castro

Montesquieu

2 montesquieu carlos_lodeiro from Ana Arias Castro

This is Carlos Lodeiro's report about Montesquieu:

Mahatma Gandhi

History report by Marcos Arias

Gandhi from Ana Arias Castro

Rosa Parks

Rosa parks from Ana Arias Castro

This report about Rosa Parks was written by Alba Vázquez

Rousseau

This is Jonathan Díaz's report about Rousseau:

2 rousseau from Ana Arias Castro

Award for Call Me Maybe

Our 2015-2016 project, Call Me Maybe has been considered the Best Project of 2016 in Ukraine, one of the participating countries.

 

Learn one word a day

Are you interested in learning some new vocabulary in English every day? 

If so, Wordreference will send you a new word to your post every morning. If you are interested, click here to go The Word of the Day section of Wordreference, which is on the right side of the screen. You will be able to subscribe to one of the two different levels they have (or to both if you prefer): 

• Basic +
• Intermediate +

How to define a word

First write:

• It is...

Second: Define the object/person/place using a more general word:

• (Hammer): It is a tool that..
• (School): It is a building that...
• (Blue): It is a colour that...
• (Park): It is a place where...
• (President): It is someone who...
• (Cat): It is an animal which...

Third: If it is an adjective you can say:

• (Empty): It is the opposite of "full".
• (Near): It is the opposite of "distant".

Fourth: Then you can add some more features:

• It consists of...
• It is made of...
• It can be bought in...
• They grow in (Europe).
• People eat it with...
• It is often used for...

EXAMPLES

• (Hammer): It is a tool that Iis made of wood and metal and it is used for striking.
• (Table):  It is a piece of furniture usually supported by one or more legs and that has a flat top surface on which objects can be placed. It is often used for eating or studying. 
• (Doctor): It is a person who is licensed to practise medicine and often works in hospitals or clinics.

Gossip in Spain

Today we are going to speak about different Spanish celebrities. Here is a list but you can choose any other you feel like speaking about:

1. David Bisbal
2. Sara Carbonero
3. Belén Esteban
4. Letizia Ortiz
5. Íker Casillas
6. Cristiano Ronaldo
7. Kiko Rivera
8. Isabel Pantoja
9. Chabelita Pantoja
10. David Bustamante
11. Mario Casas
12. Queen Letizia

in - on - at

European eTwinning Quality Label for Call Me Maybe

Revision for 3º ESO Exam

3º ESO

1. Revision of tenses
1. presentation
2. Dialogue asking for directions
3. some/any/how much/how many/a/an/a lot of
1. exercise
4. Essays

Revision tests

• unit 0
• unit 1
• unit 2

3ºSB-ESO

1. Revision of tenses
2. Definitions of words
3. Complete with some/any/no/a lot of/how much/how many
4. Essays

Neiu3 0-summary of tenses from Tino Grandio

Scott's presentation for Thanksgiving Day

First thanksgiving de Tino Grandio

Revision for the 4º ESO exam

1. Revision of tenses
• Presentation with exercise
• Summary of tenses
2. Comparatives and superlatives

• Revison of comparatives and exercises

1. Relative pronouns
• Revision of relative clauses
2. Essays (2 texts)

• Connectors

Thanksgiving Day

Revision of tenses for 4ºESO

Revision of tenses_4_eso from Ana Arias Castro

Past simple and past continuous

Past simple is often used for past events in a past time. Most stories are told using this tense and it is often used together with past continuous.

Past continuous or past progressive is one of the tenses we are going to study this year.

The following chart summarises the most important aspects you'll have to learn about both of them:

USES:

• Past simple is used to tell about past event or stories:
• We went to Ireland and there we met your sister.
• My parents spent a weekend in Coruña but they didn't go to the port.
• When did they release the film? Last Friday?
• Past continuous is often used to talk about what was happening at a specific time in the past (talking about memories...)
• We were watching the film at lunch time.
• Two past continuous tenses can be used to talk about long, simultaneous actions in the past:
• We were studying while the dogs were barking in the yard.
• Both tenses are used to talk about something that happened at one point (in the past simple) while a longer action was taking place (in the past continuous). In this use, the clause referring to the longer action, is often introduced by while or as; or, alternatively, the shorter action clauses is introduced by when:
• We weren't watching the film when my sister rang.
• They found the lost key as they were having a walk along the river.
• Myrtle broke here leg while she was exercising in the park.

VIDEOS AND PRESENTATIONS

WHEN/WHILE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE & PAST SIMPLE from Münevver Çelebi

EXERCISES:

• Past continuous 1
• Past contunuous 2 - statements
• Past continuous 3 - statements
• Past continuous 4 - negative
• Past continuous 5 - questions
• Past continuous 6 questions
• Past continuous use
• Past simple versus past continuous 1
• Past simple versus past continuous 2
• Past simple versus past continuous 3
• Past simple versus past continuous 4
• Past simple versus past continuous 5
• Past simple boy (from www.isabelperez.com)
• Lady past continuous (from www.isabelperez.com)
• Choose the right tense exercise (perfect-english-grammar.com)
• Revision exercise for unit 2 (past simple / past continuous / jobs / questions)
• Shakira's life (past simple exercise)

Present simple vs. present continuous

PRESENT SIMPLE

GRAMMAR:

• Isabel Pérez
• Englisch Hilfen

EXERCISES

• Isabel Pérez-affirmative1
• Isabel Pérez-affirmative2-word order
• Englisch Hilfen-affirmatives1
• Englisxh Hilfen-affirmatives2
• Ego4you affirmatives
• Really Learn English-affirmatives
• Really Learn English-affirmatives2
• Really Learn English-affirmatives3
• Really Learn English-affirmatives4
• Really LEarn English-affirmatives5

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

• Tim's day text & questions
• My name is Ben
• Simple present stories from The ESL Times

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXERCISES

• affirmative sentences (Englisch Hilfen)
• affirmative sentences2 (Englisch HIlfen)
• negatives (Englisch Hilfen)
• questions (Englisch Hilfen)
• affirmatives-negatives-questions (Englisch Hilfen)

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

Eso 3-present simple and present continuous (1) from Ana Arias Castro

EXERCISES

• exercise 1

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

Past simple is often used for past events in a past time. Most stories are told using this tense and it is often used together with past continuous.

Past continuous or past progressive is one of the tenses we are going to study this year.

The following chart summarises the most important aspects you'll have to learn about both of them:


USES:

• Past simple is used to tell about past event or stories:
• We went to Ireland and there we met your sister.
• My parents spent a weekend in Coruña but they didn't go to the port.
• When did they release the film? Last Friday?
• Past continuous is often used to talk about what was happening at a specific time in the past (talking about memories...)
• We were watching the film at lunch time.
• Two past continuous tenses can be used to talk about long, simultaneous actions in the past:
• We were studying while the dogs were barking in the yard.
• Both tenses are used to talk about something that happened at one point (in the past simple) while a longer action was taking place (in the past continuous). In this use, the clause referring to the longer action, is often introduced by while or as; or, alternatively, the shorter action clauses is introduced by when:
• We weren't watching the film when my sister rang.
• They found the lost key as they were having a walk along the river.
• Myrtle broke here leg while she was exercising in the park.

EXERCISES:

past simple

• Revision of regular verbs -englisch-hilfen.de
• Revision of irregular verbs1 -englisch-hilfen.de
• Revision of irregular verbs2 -englisch-hilfen.de
• Revision of irregular verbs3 -englisch-hilfen.de
• Revision of irregular verbs4 -englisch-hilfen.de
• Past simple Boy -www.isabelperez.es 
• Questions in the past simple
• Past continuous and past simple exercise -British Council
• Complete with the right affirmative form of past tense-My English Pages
• Write affirmative sentences in past simple (Don't forget punctuation)
• Write these sentences in the negative
• Fill the gaps with past simple forms- Learn English Today
• Fill the gaps with past simple forms - To Learn English
• Present simple or past simple - To Learn English
• Sentences and questions in the past simple1-Englisch Hilfen
• Sentences and questions in the past simple2-Englisch Hilfen

past continuous

• Past continuous 1
• Past contunuous 2 - statements
• Past continuous 3 - statements
• Past continuous 4 - negative
• Past continuous 5 - questions
• Past continuous 6 questions
• Past continuous use

contrast:

• Past simple versus past continuous 1
• Past simple versus past continuous 2
• Past simple versus past continuous 3
• Past simple versus past continuous 4
• Past simple versus past continuous 5
• Past simple boy (from www.isabelperez.com)
• Lady past continuous (from www.isabelperez.com)
• Choose the right tense exercise (perfect-english-grammar.com)
• Revision exercise for unit 2 (past simple)

Revision of tenses

Revision of tenses_3_eso from Ana Arias Castro

The British Royal family

Queen Wlizabeth II -  Wikipedia

Members-BBC website
How much do you know about the British Royal Family
Interesting fact about the British Royal Family

Connectors

Connectors 4 eso from Ana Arias Castro

Some & any compounds

FORMS OF THE SOME & ANY COMPOUNDS:

USES:

EXERCISES:

• Englisch Hilfen - choose the right compound
• Ego4you
• Ego4you-2
• Ego4you-3
• English4you
• Better English
• ELS Blues Apps

Today's eTwinning session

1. First, log in at the eTwinning site using your username and password.
2. Read all the messages from the other students in the Padlet and complete your profile. You can use video and audio files or just add some more text.
3. Then, go to the Forum and write your first impressions and questions about the other students' profiles and introductions. Remember to be respectful.
4. The next activity is optional, but we recommend that you participate. Try and design a logo that represents what the project is about:

• It might have the title of the project: East or West, Home is Best
• It might have images representing all four countries: Lithuania, Poland, Spain and Ukraine, or our schools or villages
• It might be anything different that can be used as a logo.
• At the end of the month all the members in this project will vote and choose their favourite logo.
• There are some images in the folders with the names of our countries in the Images folder in the project. You can choose other images but remember to be careful with copyright. Choose images without copyright restrictions, your own pictures or images from Wikimedia (Wikipedia)
• On the right you can see last year's project's logo:
5. Remember that these activities are part of your English language curriculum.

How to write a biography

A biography is simply the story of a life. Biographies can be just a few sentences long, or they can fill an entire book, or two.

• Very short biographies tell the basic facts of someone's life and importance. 
• Longer biographies include that basic information of course, with a lot more detail, but they also tell a good story.

Biographies analyze and interpret the events in a person's life. They try to find connections, explain the meaning of unexpected actions or mysteries, and make arguments about the significance of the person's accomplishments or life activities. Biographies are usually about famous, or infamous people, but a biograpy of an ordinary person can tell us a lot about a particular time and place. They are often about historical figures, but they can also be about people still living.

Many biographies are written in chronological order. Some group time periods around a major themeencyclopedia entry on biography (such as "early adversity" or "ambition and achievement" ). Still others focus on specific topics or accomplishments.

To write a biography you should:

• Select a person you are interested in
• Find out the basic facts of the person's life. 
• Start with the encyclopedia and almanac.
• Think about what else you would like to know about the person, and what parts of the life you want to write most about. 
• Some questions you might want to think about include: 
• What makes this person special or interesting? 
• What kind of effect did he or she have on the world? other people? 
• What are the adjectives you would most use to describe the person?  What examples from their life illustrate those qualities? 
• What events shaped or changed this person's life? 
• Did he or she overcome obstacles? Take risks? Get lucky? 
• Would the world be better or worse if this person hadn't lived? How and why? 
• Do additional research at your library or on the Internet to find information that helps you answer these questions and tell an interesting story

From http://www.factmonster.com/homework/wsbiography.html

USA elections

Next Tuesday, the 8th of November is election day in the USA. This is the basic information to understand the whole process:

Introduction

In the USA there are two main parties. Every president since 1852 has been either a Republican or a Democrat.

This is a "single-member district" system. The candidate who is elected is the one who gets the highest number of votes in their respective state. Then presidents are elected indirectly. The voters are really voting for electors in each state.

In all states, the candidate who wins a plurality, receives all of that state's electoral votes. All together there are 538 electors (in the "Electoral College"). It is very important to win in populous states and certain states are known to be the key to presidency. To win the presidential election, a candidate must earn an absolute majority at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes cast nationwide.

Candidates

Donald Trump
image from Wikipedia

HIllary Clinton
image from Wikipedia

He/she must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.

Candidates in each party are usually chosen in primary elections within the year before the election. These can be closed and semiclosed (as in Arizona), open (as in Missouri) or blanket primaries (as in Louisiana).
The two candidates for this year's election are Hillary Clinton (Democrat) and Donald Trump (Republican).

Length of term

The president is in office for 4 years and can be reelected only once so he/she can be in office for 8 years.

Voters

Anyone who is 18 years of age can vote. There is no national list of eligible voters, so a citizen must first qualify by becoming registered. Citizens register to vote in conjunction with the place they live so if they move to a new location, they typically have to register again.

How is the president elected?

Voters don't choose the president directly. They vote for electors who are members of a party.

Dates

The election day is on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.  In December the 538 electors meet in each states’s capitol to formally elect the President.
The congress meets in joint session to count the electoral votes January 6 and the elected candidate will become president on the 20th of January.

Interesting links if you need more information:

• Elections in the USA
• List of USA presidents
• Declaration of Independence

Clinton vs. Trump

Usa elections 2016 from Ana Arias Castro

#TeamClinton vs. #TeamTrump #Election2016 from Empowered Presentations

Homophones in English

Do & Make

These are some of the differences in use between do and make:

If you want to check if you have already masterred these two verbs, you might try these exercises:

• Woodward English Game
• a4esl
• ESL about
• Using English
• English Hilfen 1
• English Hilfen 2

New Revision Tests for 4º ESO

NEW ENGLISH IN USE - REVISION TESTS

• Unit 1
• Unit 2
• Unit 3

More at the English Language 4 page in this blog.

Relative clauses

RELATIVE PRONOUNS:

• who → when we talk about people
• which → when we talk about things
• whose → instead of his/her or their
• We also use that for who/which.

OMISSION OF THE RELATIVE PRONOUN

We leave out the relative pronoun (who/which/that) if it is not the subject in the sentence.

• That is the book I like.

If there is a verb after the relative pronoun who/which/that, do not leave out the relative pronoun.

• He is the teacher who spoke to us yesterday morning.

Examples with the relative pronoun who

1st part of the sentence			2nd part of the sentence
This	is	the boy	who	was	at the party yesterday.
Subject	Verb	Rest	Subject	Verb	Rest

who is subject in the sentence, do not leave it out.

1st part of the sentence			Pronoun	2nd part of the sentence
This	is	the boy	who	I	met	at the party yesterday.
This	is	the boy	can be left out	I	met	at the party yesterday.
Subject	Verb	Rest		Subject	Verb	Rest

who is not subject in the sentence, it can be left out.

Examples with the relative pronoun which/that

1stpart of the sentence			2nd part of the sentence
This	is	the bike	which	was	in the shop window.
Subject	Verb	Rest	Subject	Verb	Rest

which is subject in the sentence, do not leave it out.

1st part of the sentence			Pronoun	2nd part of the sentence
This	is	the bike	which	I	bought	yesterday.
This	is	the bike	can be left out	I	bought	yesterday.
Subject	Verb	Rest		Subject	Verb	Rest

which is not subject in the sentence, it can be left out.

TYPES OF RELATIVE CLAUSES

To understand the distinctions between that and which it is necessary to understand defining (restrictive) and non-defining (non-restrictive) clauses.

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Learning these distinctions is one technical aspect of grammar that every user of English should understand, because it is at the root of an assortment of grammatical errors.

NON DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

A non-defining, or non-restrictive, clause is one that can be regarded as parenthetical:

My house, which has a blue door, needs painting.

The italicized words are effectively an aside and could be deleted. The real point of the sentence is that the house needs painting; the blue door is incidental.

Use commas to set off non-defining elements, which contribute to, but do not determine, the meaning of the sentence. These elements may be clauses (groups of words that contain a subject and a verb) or phrases (groups of words that do not contain both a subject and a verb).

DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

A defining, restrictive, clause is one that is essential to the sense of the sentence.

My house that has a blue door needs painting.

Here the blue door is a defining characteristic, it helps to distinguish that house from my other houses.

Defining clauses or phrases are not separated off with commas. A restrictive clause or phrase is essential to the meaning of the sentence; it defines the word it modifies by ›restricting‹ its meaning. Eliminating a restrictive element from a sentence changes its meaning dramatically.

EXERCISES

• who / which / whose 1 (Englisch Hilfen)
• who / which / whose 2 (Englisch Hilfen)
• who / whose / which 3 (English for You)
• Link sentences with that / who (Perfect English Grammar)
• who / which / that / where / when (Montse Morales)

New Revision Tests for 3ºESO Students

Here are some revision tests for 3º ESO students to check their units:

• Unit 0
• Unit 1
• Unit 2
• Unit 3
• Unit 4
• Unit 5

Directions

Directions 3-4 de Ana Arias Castro