News

Go to BBC Words in the News

Watch the videos and read the stories of four pieces of news and send a summary of them to the blog,

This is the advert you had to describe and analyse for the exam

Publicité française

PRESENTACIONES

Tal y como quedamos, aquí os dejo las presentaciones que hemos utilizado en clase.

Your adverts

PET- Reading exams

PET tests

Reading exams

Part 2- Matching
Part 3- Text + True/False
Part 4 - Long text
Part 5 - Text with gaps


Send a summary of each text to the blog

Analysis of another advert: a PHOTO

Look for an advert (in this case,a PICTURE, a photograph, an image, NOT A VIDEO).

Describe the picture. What are the people doing? What are they wearing? What do they look like? Describe the clothes, the background, the landscape...

Then analyse the advert following the same outline of the previous week

La publicidad al descubierto

Los dos primeros son los vídeos que empezamos a ver en clase. El último no lo pude poner por problemas técnicos. ¿Es realmente un spot? ¿Qué opináis?

Send your advert analysis to this entry

Analysing adverts

In pairs, you have to choose an advert from the link "Adverts, adverts, adverts!" and analyse it following the next outline:
1) WHO is the ad aimed at?

2) WHAT is being advertising and WHAT is specifically highlighted about the product (the benefits) in this ad?

3) Technical effects (see the link "Analysing adverts 2")

4) Lines of appeal (see the link "Analysing adverts") or "Attention-getting hooks" (see "Analysing adverts 2")

5) Language (see the link "Analysing adverts") and Slogan

6) Stereotypes (see the link "Analysing adverts") Tell me the advert you have chosen!

Sopa de monemas

Estos son vuestros neologismos. Ahora que cada uno nos defina los suyos según los monemas que eligió.
 

Adverts, adverts, adverts!

Watch this advert: THE HIGHEST JUMP EVER What is it about? Tell me the words and expressions you understand. Watch this advert and many others at the link Adverts,adverts, adverts!

PET tests

Click on this webpage:

PET tests

and do all the tests on the right column.


Tell your teacher every time you finish a test.

At the end of the session, send a comment to the blog telling me about something interesting you have learnt while doing the tests.

Quizzes

Do all the quizzes you can and send a comment about your favourite one.
Why did you like it?
What did you learn doing it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/

BBC Learning English

This is an excellent webpage that we are going to use a lot this year.

We are starting with a section called Express English .
In this section they ask you a different question every week and you can send your answer.
For example,

What do you dream about?
When do you feel free?
What's your personality?


There is an archive with hundreds of questions and answers.
Choose your favourite question, watch the video ans read the answers.
Write a brief summary with the most interesting answers and send it to the blog.

Welcome to 4º ESO!

Hello dear students!
Here we are, one more year, your last year in Compulsory Secondary Education.
I wanted to welcome you with some of the photos of our Recipe Day with Stephanie.
We had a great time.
You did a great job!

Recipes

Write Your Own Recipe!
For this assignment you are asked to write a recipe in English of a dish you know how to prepare. It can be the anything you like (tortilla, a cake, etc) and something that you are able to make without the help of your parents. You can work with a partner on this activity, but only one partner. You can take a recipe you have in Spanish and translate it into English, but make sure you translate it properly (with correct grammar). This project is due on Thursday, May 24 in class and you will receive an extra point if you bring in the prepared dish to class. If every group brings in a prepared dish, then we can have a small party where we taste food and talk about how we cooked the food!

Recipe Vocabulary
Bake Microwave Combine Steam Boil
Fry Mix Peel Measure Mixture
Grill Chop Refridgerate Flatten Roll out
Halved Minced Heat Saute Serve


Examples:

Butter Pie Crust Recipe (without lard)
Makes 2 single crusts


Ingredients:
2 3/4 (650 ml) cups all-purpose flour 

1 teaspoon salt 

1 cup (236 ml)(2 sticks) plus 2 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

1/2 (118 ml) cup ice water


Directions:
1. Combine flour and salt in medium bowl, cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.

2. Sprinkle water, 1 Tablespoon at a time, over flour mixture, tossing lightly with a fork until mixture forms an even dough.

3. Divide dough in half; flatten and shape into disks, and wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate, wrapped in plastic, for 1 hour.

4. Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface into circle about 12 to 14 inches round.

5. Carefully fold in quarters, lift gently and unfold into 9-inch pie pan.

6. Gently press pastry against bottom and sides of pan. Trim overhang to 1/2 inch, then fold the edge under. Pinch edges.

Tomato Rosemary Veggie Soup

– serves 2 as a main course

Ingredients

• 1 can cherry tomatoes in puree or other small tomatoes packed in puree – squished with a fork or left whole if you choose
• 1 1/2 cup water
• 1 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 2 sprigs rosemary – leaves removed from stems and chopped
• 1 large clove garlic – minced
• 1/2 medium zucchini – halved and then cut in half again
• 1/2 of one 14 oz. can of brown lentils
• 1/2 small bunch of kale – tough stems and ribs removed and then roughly chopped

Directions:
- In a medium stockpot, heat the olive oil on medium heat. Add garlic and rosemary and saute until cooked and tender but not brown – about 2-3 minutes. Add water and tomatoes in puree. Cook for about 15 minutes to let the flavors percolate. Add lentils, kale and zucchini and cook until fork tender – I tend to like my veggies al dente so this took about 8 minutes. Cook more if you feel they need it. If you have it handy, top with a quick grate of fresh Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.

Tell me about the last book you have read

Write three paragraphs about the last book you have read

1- Title / Genre / Author

2- Setting / Theme / Plot / Characters

3- Personal opinion

Reading Interests Questionnaire

1.What type of books do you like?

2.Who is your favorite author? Why?

3.What was the last book you read? Did you like it? Why, or why not?

4.What other types of reading materials do you read? (magazines, newspapers, comic
books, etc)

5.Mention the genres you prefer.

Mystery
Informational Text: Non/Fiction
Informational Text: How to
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Riddles/Jokes
Classics
Poetry
Plays
Fantasy
Epics
Fables
Fairy Tales
Biographies
Autobiographies
Science Fiction


Send your answers to the blog!

Oliver Twist Trailer

IDK my BFF Jill.

Here is a funny advertisement for an American phone company that shows how children/young adults talk on mobile phones/the internet.

English is a Crazy Language

Here's a funny picture I found on Facebook this morning. You all know that sometimes English doesn't make sense (I know this too!) so here is a picture explaining some of the things that we say in English that are very silly!

Oliver Twist (by Charles Dickens)

Oliver Twist is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who lives a miserable existence in a workhouse. He escapes and travels to London where he meets Artful Dodger (leader of a gang of pickpockets) and the criminal trainer Fagin.

Oliver Twist is well known for Dickens' unromantic description of criminals and their sordid lives. The book calls the public's attention to various contemporary evils, including the Poor Law, child labour and the recruitment of children as criminals. It is likely that Dickens's own early youth as a child labourer contributed to the story's development.

Oliver Twist has been the subject of numerous film and television adaptations.
We are going to read some chapters of the book and watch a film based on the novel.

In pairs, do this treasure hunt and write the answers in your diary for the following week.


Oliver Twist's treasure hunt

Poetry

Smart
By Shel Silverstein

My dad gave me one dollar bill
'Cause I'm his smartest son,
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters
'Cause two is more than one!
And then I took the quarters
And traded them to Lou
For three dimes -- I guess he didn't know
That three is more than two!
Just then, along came old blind Bates
And just 'cause he can't see
He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,
And four is more than three!
And then I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs
Down at the seed-feed store,
And the fool gave me five pennies for them,
And five is more than four!
And then I went and showed my dad,
And he got red in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head --
Too proud of me to speak!







My Mistress’ Eyes/Sonnet 130
By William Shakespeare
1 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
2 Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
3 If snow be white, why then her chest is dun;
4 If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
5 I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
6 But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
7 And in some perfumes is there more delight
8 Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
9 I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
10 That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
11 I grant I never saw a goddess go;
12 My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
13 And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
14 As any she belied with false compare.





Haikus

Haiku poetry has a simple format. There are 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables. The second line has 7 syllables, and the last line has 5 syllables. They are typically about seasons or nature. They also traditionally portray two contrasting ideas (dark/light, winter/summer, noise/silence, good/evil). It is possible for one complete sentence to be in 2 lines of a Haiku. It is also possible for there to be 2 sentences in one line of Haiku.
Examples:

An old silent pond…
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.

A cricket disturbed
the sleeping child; on the porch.
A man smoked and smiled.

Etwinning new task

OTHER REGIONS OF SPAIN

Once you have written and posted your projects about Andalucia, you have to choose another region of Spain.
Write a powerpoint presentation or a Word document including information about that region:
-provinces
-climate
-monuments
-flora and fauna
-landscape
-natural landmarks
-industry
-...

Super Bowl Ads

What is happening in this ad? What do they mean when they say "you're not you, when you're hungry"? What is the joke?



This video pays tribute to classic and modern American television series and their episodes about the Super Bowl. Do you recognize any of these shows?



This is an ad for the Chevy Camaro car. The men are talking about designing an ad for the car as it is happening. What strange things to they propose?



What is happening in this ad? Do you recognize the music?

A typical New Jersey sandwich

This is a TV program in the US called "Man v. Food". In this show a man named Adam Richman, travels across the US doing different food challenges. In this episode he goes to Rutgers University in New Jersey and tries to eat 5 fat sandwiches in 45 minutes. Only 16 people have ever done this and the sandwiches are filled with hamburgers, steaks, cheese, french fries, mozzarella sticks, marinara sauce, and chicken. Do you think you could eat 5 fat sandwiches in 45 minutes?

Someone like you

What is this song about?

After all, no regrets

Use the Spanish subtitles to find out the English text of this advert, and send it to me!

(thanks to Amara for suggesting this advert!)

X-Men Fill-in-the-Blanks Activity

Here is the presentation we discussed in class last week. The 7th slide contains an activity where you can fill in the blanks to complete a summary of the first X-Men movie. If you want extra practice this is a good activity!

Ok Go - This Too Shall Pass

An inspiring song from an American band called Ok Go. The message of the song is to never let one bad thing ruin your day. Life always moves on so stay positive! The video is really fun and I have posted a link to the lyrics in English also! I hope you enjoy!




http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858813248/

ETWINNING: my region

The next activity for our etwinning project is called "My region".
In pairs, you have to write a document about:

* Andalusia and its division in provinces
◦ Topics such as flora and fauna, gastronomy, architecture,monuments,economy and so on.
◦ Climate and weather
* Photos
The deadline is Friday, January 27th.
You also have to vote for the best presentation of the other countries.

HAPPY 2012!!

Let your imagination fly with this advert.



What does it sell?