what are we celebrating this long weekend?

Read these pages and write three entries in your blog about the celebrations of 1st May(International). 2nd May (Madrid) and 3rd May (Moralzarzal).

http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/newspaper/vol-6-no-7/history-may-day.html



http://www.gomadrid.com/fiestas/madrid-fiestas.html   




http://www.moralzarzal.es/index.php?id=269&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1268&tx_ttnews[backPid]=85&cHash=d2e67ec41f

let's visit the moma and the Tate gallery. 4th eso. 25th April

1. Visit the web pages of the two museums and answer these questions.
1. What time can you visit them?
2. How much does the ticket cost? (don't forget to check if you have a discount.
3. how can you get to both museums? (public transport.)
4. What can you see at the moment in them (exhibitions)
5. In the Moma, explain what you can see in each floor.

http://www.tate.org.uk/

http://www.moma.org/


send your answers to my mail floriiesdive@hotmail.com

LET'S CREATE A STORY. 1ST ESO . COMPUTER ROOM 25TH APRIL

 Now that we have read  some fragments of famous stories in English, talked and worked about your favourite stories, we are going to write one. Follow these steps. Send it to me floriiesdive@hotmail.com. The best one gets a prize.......

unit 3. Launch into litercy. 1st eso

Test. Wednesday 24th



1. a text with gaps about the hobbit. read in class
2. a text of the hobbit not read in class with comprehension questions.
3. feminin, masculine
4. similes and comparisons.
5. description of people.
6. characterisitics of novels, stories.
7. biographies of Doyle, lewis, tolkien.
8. Dictionaries entries.
9. revision of tenses (present, past, future.......

more about a great traveller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM-igYjn6E4

charades

http://www.macmillanelt.es/teachers-corner/clips/secondary/mm/show/TeachersCornerVideos/?tx_macmillan%5Bnews%5D=303&cHash=e8aee7f65f5a068c66842cb65b777146





http://www.macmillanelt.es/teachers-corner/clips/secondary/mm/show/TeachersCornerVideos/?tx_macmillan%5Bnews%5D=303&cHash=e8aee7f65f5a068c66842cb65b777146

great travellers. 3rd ESO. COMPUTER ROOM 15TH APRIL

THERE ARE GREAT TRAVELLERS IN HISTORY.

 YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE OF THEM AND WRITE A TEXT ABOUT HIM

 FIRST INTRODUCE HIM.EX: CRISTOPHER COLOMBUS WAS AN ITALIAN TRAVELLER. (LI

THEN SAY WHAT HE DID. EX. HE ORGANISED A JOURNEY TO THE INDIA.

THEN EXPLAIN HIS JOURNEYS. HE VISITED.... HE TRAVELLED....HE DISCOVERED HE SAW..... THEN CLOSE THE TEXT.EX. HEWAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAVELLERS.......

DON'T FORGET TO INTRODUCE PICTURES, MAPS OF HIS JOURNEYS, ETC.

PROJECT A BOOK OF MYSELF. 1STeso

we are going to create/write a book called a book of myself, to celebrate book day 23rd of April.

hand in by Friday 26th April. Follow these instructions.

1. COVER: title, your name and a very nice lay out,presentation. The title is A BOOK OF MYSELF as a tribute to A song of myself by the american poet Walt Whitman.

2. INDEX: the first page of the book is the index, with the chapters and titles and number of the page.

3.CHAPTER 1:  Myself. you have to introduce yourself. write a short autobiography, describe yourself physically and personality and write about what you like and you don't like.

4. CHAPTER 2:  My family and friends. Write about your family and your best friends.

5. CHAPTER 3: my town and my school. you have to describe the place where you live and the secondary school.

6. CHAPTER 4: my dreams. You have to write about the things you want to do in the future, where you will like to live, to work, the family you will like to ohave....

make sure you present each chapter separately, include pictures, write the number of the pages and give it the shape of a book.

fantastic mrfox audiobook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqyv1sYcH-c

great travellers. 3rdeso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JBgOCszBLY




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xFgSlydYrM



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zeINPovI4Q


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xXCo-H4-LFCo



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TW2LcNFUG4

THOSE STORIES BECAME FILMS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOGsB9dORBg




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fYn8-NTQSg

what do dictionaries tell us?

WAIST     waist /weɪst/
n

1. the constricted part of the trunk between the ribs and hips
2. the part of a garment covering the waist
3. the middle part of an object that resembles the waist in narrowness or position
4. the middle part of a ship
5. Also called: centre section the middle section of an aircraft fuselage
6. the constriction between the thorax and abdomen in wasps and similar insects

GLOSSYglossy /ˈɡlɒsɪ/

adj (glossier, glossiest)

1. smooth and shiny; lustrous
2. superficially attractive; plausible
3. (of a magazine) lavishly produced on shiny paper and usually with many colour photographs

n ( pl glossies)

1. Also called (US): slick an expensively produced magazine, typically a sophisticated fashion or glamour magazine, printed on shiny paper and containing high quality colour photography
2. a photograph printed on paper that has a smooth shiny surface

ˈglossilyadvˈglossinessn

HOOFS    hoof /huːf/

n ( pl hooves /huːvz/, hoofs)

1. the horny covering of the end of the foot in the horse, deer, and all other ungulate mammals
2. (in combination): a hoofbeat
   Related adjective(s): ungular
3. the foot of an ungulate mammal
4. a hoofed animal
5. facetious a person's foot
6. on the hoof ⇒ (of livestock) alive
7. in an impromptu manner: he did his thinking on the hoof

vb

1. hoof it ⇒ slang to walk
2. to dance

Etymology: Old English hōf; related to Old Norse hōfr, Old High Germanhuof (German Huf), Sanskrit saphás

Principal Translations
principal adj	(foremost, in front)	principal adj
	The principal idea is good, but we need to change some details.
	La idea principal es buena, pero tenemos que hacer algunos cambios.

MUFFLER  

muffler /ˈmʌflə/n

1. a thick scarf, collar, etc
2. us canadian any device designed to reduce noise, esp the tubular device containing baffle plates in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle
   Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): silencer

STUCK     stuck /stʌk/

vb

1. the past tense and past participle of stick²

adj

1. informal baffled or nonplussed
2. (followed by on) slang keen (on) or infatuated (with)
3. get stuck in, get stuck into ⇒ informal to perform (a task) with determination
4. to attack (a person) verbally or physically

http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=stuck

graffiti: art or vandalism? 4th ESO

noun (singular graffito /-təʊ/)

[treated as singular or plural]

• writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place:the station was covered in graffiti

v

DESCRIBING A PLACE. 3rdeso computer room Monday 8th April

1. read carefully the description of this place (from your book).
2. follow instructionin the writing plan and write a description of a place you like,

A TEXT, NOT A COLLECTION OF SENTENCES (THANK YOU ASIER)

César Mallorquí was born in Barcelona on the 10 of june in 1953, when he was very young, he traveled to Madrid and his family.In this city he studied journalism in the Complutense university. He started to write in 1970 but in 1981 he stopped writing because he was working in marketing. In 1991 he began to write again when he was also married and with two children. In 2000 he published the book of ''The Cathedral'' and this novel became very succesful and one of his latest book is ''The Sand Man'' now César is still living.

César Mallorquí was born in Barcelona on the 10 of june in 1953, he was so young, he traveled to Madrid and his family.He studied journalism in the Complutense university, in Madrid. He started to write in 1970. In 1981 he stopped writing becouse he work in marketing. In 1991 he started when he was also married and with two childrens. In 2000 he published the book of ''La Catedral''and now César is still living.

JOURNEY INTO SPACE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTBIr65cL_E



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZa7pc3NKIc    (station)




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g_DGbnoeWw  (challenger)




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhoAisKO6ZM  (columbia)

the hobbit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FLSFUdn1FE

I LIKE THIS STORY. 1STESO. THURSDAY 4TH APRIL

1. THINK OF A STORY (NOVEL, SHORT STORY, FAIRY TALE) YOU LIKE/LIKED.
2. WRITE TITLE AND AUTHOR.
3. WRITE A BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR.
4. WRITE A SUMMARY OF THE STORY(STORY MAP)
5. SAY WHY YOU LIKE IT.
6. INCLUDE PICTURES/VISUALS.