CLASS PROJECT: FAMOUS CELEBRITIES IN HISTORY

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this project is to create the biography of a relevant personality or  personalities; this person should be important in the areas of Language, Literature, Music, Science or Arts.

CONTENTS AND PROCEDURE

1. Choose a relevant personality. You can either choose your own (please talk to your teacher) or choose one for the following list

 A. Language and Literature:
      Willian Shakespeare, William Defoe, The Brönte Sisters, Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,  John Tolkien, CS Lewis, JK Rowling, Beatrix Potter, Herman Melville, Edgard Allan Poe, Raymond Chandler.


B. Science
     Archimedes of Syracuse, Pithagoras, Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace, Jane Goodall, Florence Nightingale, the Wright Brothers, Nikola Tesla

C. Music
    The Supremes, The Beatles, Queen, Elvis Presley, Johny Cash, Billie Holliday, Michael Jackson, Amy Whinehouse, Madonna

2. Create a written biography of the character. Your biography must include the following elements
  a. Birth Information?
  b. Why is this person important?
  c. What are his accomplishments?
  d. Personal Information
  e. Important events in his/her life
  f. A quote

3. Presentation
 Make a brief presentation of your character. You should include any audiovisual element or props to make your presentation more interesting.

4. The Great personality Quizz Game
Make your contribution to the great quiz in learning apps. Please ask your teacher to get your access code

ASSESSMENT
The assessment chart is individual for each student. You must comply with the following elements

DUE DATE
All the information must be handed to your teacher the next 30th of November.

Topic 3. Feelings Intro

Dear Students,

In this topic we are going to learn about senses and feelings. here you have a small slide presentation to comment in class.
Have fun!


Feelings Topic Introduction by Slidely Slideshow

Topic 3 Introduction

Dear Students,

Topic 3 deals about History. Do you know any of the following characters? They surely made history...





Topic 3 Introduction by Slidely Slideshow

Mixed Conditional Resource compilation

here you can find a list of resources to review the conditional types on your own:

- The four types of conditional sentences


- Four conditionals additional reference


- I wish drill exercises


- I wish /If only clauses

Project 2. Then And Now

Dear Students,

Here I post a very easy example of the text I requested you to do; a simple description comparing two pictures, then and now.

Your text must be a minimum of 80 words long, and you shall use the past simple and the used to structure.

You can download the text here

Thanks!

GRADED READERS: THE LITTLE MATCH SELLER

Objectives

Read the text and watch the video "The little match seller", by Hans Christian Andersen

Resources
Audio Narration

Tale Text

Task
Create an exam question using the following padlet board

Enjoy!

HALLOWEEN ASSIGNMENT 2015

Creating monsters for Halloween

BY CARMEN MELLADO ON OCTOBER 15, 2015

We are going to create and describe a monster for Halloween week.
We will decorate the classroom with all your monsters. Next Monday 26th you will give your teacher a description and a monster created using pencils, crayons, paper, cardboard or any other materials. Don’t write your name on the monster. Keep it secret! Be creative!
You will write sentences describing the physical characteristics of a monster.
Include all this information in this order: 
NAME: His/Her name is …
COUNTRY: He/She is from …
AGE: He/ She is ten years old.
COLOUR: He/ She is blue, grey, white, purple, etc.
PARTS OF THE BODY: He/ She has two big ears, four arms, six fingers in each hand, two small horns on his/her head, etc.
ADJECTIVES: He/She is funny, clean, scary, ugly, tall, short, big, huge, small, tiny, enormous, strange, unusual, similar to …, different from …, etc.
Activity 1: First create your own monster on-line.

Activity 2: Draw yourself wild and write the description in your notebook.

1. I have got long black hair.
2. My eyes are big/small. 
3. I am wearing a skirt / jeans / trousers / a t-shirt / trainers.

Infinitive in English

Let's go now with a small collection about the infinitive and the gerund

-HERE is a very clear definition of Infinitives

-HERE you have the same explanation for gerunds

-HERE is an interesting game to review present simple tenses

-HERE is an exercise to distinguish the use of infinitives and gerunds in English

Adverbs of frequency

Here you can find a simple description of the adverbs of frequency for your students

Have fun

Question Words

This unit we study question words. HERE you have a quick game to review them.

Enjoy!

Present simple or Continuous?

You can check it by practising with THIS exercise

Have fun!

Somewhere over the Raimbow

- Today we start talking about child Stars. How many of them do you know? Here are some of the most famous child stars in history:
   Judy Garland

Miley Cirus

Michael Jackson

Oral Presentation Task 1. Traditions

Objectives

- To create a presentation in groups about customs and traditions all over the world

- To expose an argumentative test in favour or against a given tradition

- To train oral exposition techniques, using connectors and discoursive devices

Procedure

1. Work in groups. You can work in groups from 3 to 5 students

2. Create a Slide Presentation. You can use Prezi, Power Point, or another tool that you see fit. Each presentation must include, at least, five different parts
- Presentation of the tradition
- Historical Background
- Description and Development
- Points in favour of this tradition
- Points against
- At least two questions for debate

3. Every student must present at least one part of the work.

Assessment

The Presentation will be assessed using the following scheme

 
Resources

Here are some examples of traditions you can talk about:
-Toro de la Vega

--Gloucester Cheese Rolling

-palio di Siena Horse Race

 

Unit 1 Project: Perfect Selfie

Objectives
Use the following example and templates to make your own selfie. Remember to include the following information

-Your name and age
- Your clothing Style
- 3 Things you like
- 3 Things you don't like

Assessment

This writing project will be assessed using the following scheme:

Resources

You will need the following resource to make this project

-HERE you will find the example text

-HERE you will find the blank sheet to make your own project

THANKS!

Listening in Context. Meet the new Client

Watch this meeting scene and answer the following questions in the comments

- What is special about the new costumer?
- How would you describe the reaction of the staff?
- What happens at the end?

Take a Seat and Make a Friend

Have you ever met somebody by chance? In this video you can see how perfect strangers can meet each other in a funny but embarrassing situation

Passive voice exercises

Here are more extra activities for the passive voice

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Unit 8 General Review

lets check the following exercises to review unit 8



Now complete this crossword with the words from unit 8 and 9



Now lets check the following grammar exercises

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Music Words

Use the following hangman game to review the vocabulary related to Music. Read the definitions and make a guess.

Formal letter Writing guide

Here is a link to help our students in developing formal correspondence on a very basic level

Thanks!

PDC Basics Unit 8

Here is activity package for Unit 8. Make sure you deliver it on time

Have to / Must / Don't have to

An interesting publication about the uses of modal verbs

Must, have to, should, ought to from Raul Cabezalí

Listening: Super Cars

What is Special about the Lamborghini Aventator?

The Pagani Zonda Cinque is made of...

Why is the Bugatti Veyron called "A Force of Nature?"

Reported Speech Resources

Here are a grou of interesting resources to review the reported speech

Another Presentation

A bit more of theory...

And now, exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

Culture Quest: Famous friendships in history

Objectives
In this activity we learn about famous friendships that have changed the world in bussiness, entertainment, or popular culture.

Process
Work in pairs, you must look for information about the following characters

• Rolls - Royce
• Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield
• William Hannah & Joseph Barbera
• Mark Zuckenberg & Eduardo Saverin
• Chad Hurley & Steven Chen

Resources

You can look for the information you need in the following pages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Royce

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rolls

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna-Barbera

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry%27s

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube

Task

Answer the following questions on your notebook?

- Who was a rich man in the Rolls-Royce Partnership?

- Who was a successful engineer?

- Name one special thing about Ben& Jerry

- What famous cartoons did William & Joseph create? Have you ever watched any of them?

- What is Mark's job nowadays?

- Why did Chad & Steven decide to create a video-sharing page?

Assessment

The Questions will be assessed as a solo project the day of our next exam. You must answer all questions properly to pass

My life timeline

Objective
In this project, students learn to use the Simple past by analyzing important events from their life. For this, they use the learning apps website

Task
Create a timeline with significant elements of your life. Choose your favourite memories and order them in the line. Then make sentences about them in your notebook. Use the past simple

I was born in 2000

I learnt to walk in 2002

My first day of school was in 2004

I played football for the first time in 2006

I went to the beach for the first time in 2008

I entered High School in 2012

I started Third Year of ESO in 2015

You can add up to 10 events



Assessment
Add at least 5 elements
Make correct sentences in the past simple
Watch out presentation and pronunciation

Due Date: 1st of June

Teacher Contract Activity

Dear Students,

Here you have the activity sheet to study the Student Contract activity

Have fun!

English for Easy Writing Project Assignment

English For Easy Writing Final Task

Objective

The purpose of this task is to help the student to develop skills that will help him or her in the preparation of a Trinity / B1 preparation exam.

Content

Every student will have to handle a portolio of a series of tasks, each one of them from one of the ISE I task assignment sheet. 

The student must also handle a Topic form developed by him or herself, using the model provided by the ISE I Examination board

The task will be handled through electronic using a Word processor. Your work must be original, with plagiarism severly punished.

Assessment

Assessment will take into account the criteria in the ISE Feedback Form. Just for your information remember to pay attention to the following points

-          Correct presentation and completion  of the task

-          Writing using the models provided

-          Proper grammar and vocabulary use

-           

Tasks

Note: all the task must be handed to the teacher

Section 1. Correspondence.

1.       You have recently become very fit. Write an email to a friend saying what you have done to reach your new level of fitness and explaining what you were doing wrong beore you became fit. Invite your friend toe xercise with you. Write 70-80 words

2.       Your English friend is planning to hire a car while on Holiday in your country. Write an email to your friend saying what the most important driving rules are. Explain what will happen if he doesn’t follow the rules. Write 110-130 words

Section 2. Factual Writing

1.       A fast food restaurant has just opened in your área. Write a report for a healthy eating organisation explaining what food the restaurant serves and why its unhealthy. Say what health problems the people might have if they eat a lot of fast food. Write 110-130 words

2.       Write an article for a family magazine about rules teenagers have to follow in your country. Describe two of these rules and give your opinion of them. Say what happens if someone breaks the rules. Write 110-130 words

Section 3. Creative and Descriptive Writing

1.       Write a story for a writing competition beginning with the words “There is one school rule I ‘ll never break again…” describe this rule, say how your broke it and explain why this had serious consequences. Write 110-130 words

2.       Write the diary of a famous sportsperson on a day when she/he is training hard to get fit. Give details about exercise and food. Write 110-130 words

       Here you can find a handout with the required text models

Unit 7 Super Review

First Conditional Sentences:

Film Vocabulary:

Will / Going To:

Preffixes and Suffixes:

And here is also a Sample movie review for advanced students

Good luck!

Listening exercise: FAIL Inventions

Hey guys,
here is an interesting and funny videos about FAIL inventions. Let's check it in class together and discuss the inventions. Would you like to try some of them?

And now some food flops:

Relative Clauses Presentation

I found this interesting presentation about rellative clauses. It' clear and simple, just to make an idea!

RELATIVE CLAUSES from Anabel Ponce

Here there are also some warm up exercises to practice

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Passive Voice Reminder

Hi guys!

There is an interesting presentation about the use of the passive voice in different tenses

Passive voice powerpoint from Joan Cartanya

BILINGUAL PROJECT ASSIGNMENT: CINEMA DUBBING

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this activity is to dub a scene (or a group of scenes) of a Spanish film in English. For this purpose, you will use Edpuzzle

TASK
1st. Create Groups (up to 4 people)
2nd. Choose a movie from the list provided, and watch it if possible,
3rd. Pick a scene that you considered representative of the ideas presented in the film or interesting.
4th Dub the scene in English. Try to stick to the original text

ASSESSMENT

 This Task will be assessed using the following rubric:

Remember to use Audiodescription to describe the scenes where the characters are, as in the following examples.

English:

Spanish:

First Conditional Mix and Match

Hi guys!

Here is an interesting exercise to remember first conditional sentences

Connectors

Here I post some interesting ideas to work on textual coherence.
Enjoy!

English Connectors from KatieEnglishTutoring

PDC Basics Unit 7

Dear PDC students, here is your Use of English activity bank for Unit 7. Please make any questions you don't know. Remember to review this for the exam!

Will vs Going To

Dear students, here are some resources that we are going to use to study the future tenses. Make sure that you go through them

- Going to vs Will

Be going to and will future from yolyordam yolyordam

Future Tenses from IES Rosario de Acuña

Now let's go together through the following exercises
 Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4

READING PLAN: GREEK MYTHS AND LEGENDS

Do you know about Greek Myths and Legends? Pick up three stories about Greek Myths and answer the following questions in your notebook. Use your own words

TALE 1. THE WOODEN HORSE

What did the people found in front of the city?

What did the people from Troy do?

What happened at the end?

TALE 2. THE WOMAN RUNNER

What is special about Atalanta?

What are the apples for?

Did Atalanta and the prince marry?

TALE 3. MIDAS TOUCH

What happened to Midas' daughter?

Could the king eat gold?

Whas Midas happy with his wish?

TALE 4. Pegasus

What did the boy use to control Pegasus?

What did the bug and why?

Where is Pegasus now

TALE 5. The Wings

Why did Icarus wanted to fly?

What said the father to Icarus?

Does Icarus survive?

TALE 6. The Maze

What is the name of the Hero?

Who helped the hero?

What was inside the maze?

The Passive Voice

Dear Students, this week we are going to start with the passive voice, so here is a small sample summary that will help you with this interesting topic.

Passive Voice from marperez

Stupid Cats

Once upon a time, there were two stupid cats!

Listen to this story in the past simple and have fun!

The Awesome Verb Wheel

Hi guys!

Check out the awesome verb wheel to know the meaning of all different verbs!

Bye!

GRADED READER PROJECT: THE PURLOINED LETTER

Objectives

The purpose of this task is to read a short tale by the Master of Horror Edgar Allan Poe

Task

Read the short detective story "the purloined letter". Here is the story.

Assessment

A short written exam will be held. Read the tale and create questions for the exam (one per student) using this padlet board

GRADED READER PROJECT: THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO

Objectives

The purpose of this activity is to read a classic horror tale: "The Cask Of Amontillado", by Edgar Allan Poe

Task

Read the adapted version of the tale. You can find it the link to the web HERE

Assessment

Read the text and create a question for your partners, then share your question on padlet.

With your questions, we will create a exam that will be held very soon.

Now Let's get to work!

Shadowing & Notetaking

Here I found some interesting videos to improve on study and note taking. Specially suited for my students in the 3rd year.

Enjoy!

Shadowing video link

Fun House

Hi students!

In this unit we study the house. Let's take a quick look on the basic vocabulary you have to know

General Review Unit 6

Here I post some exercises that will be useful for the general review of Unit 6. The exam, as you know, is very soon.

Some, any, much, many

A few, a little

Extreme Adjectives

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

The Basic Handbook of Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises

In this link I send a small compilation of activities that I prepared for Special Needs Students. I hope it helps!

Have fun!

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

This is a brief and clear presentation about the differences between the present perfect and the past simple

Present Perfect Vs. Simple Past from lupitath09

Weird Sports Compilation

Here is our video compilation for the Strange Sports Listening Test

Chessboxing

Ostrich Racing

Underwater Hockey

PDC Unit 6 Grammar and Vocabulary Work

Here in this LINK you can find the compillation of exercises that we will work with in this Unit 6. Here you also have plenty of work for Easter Week.

Have fun!

madmagz game jam

OBJECTIVE
Create a game to review the contents of unit 1  using classtools.net

CONTENTS
The contents of the game will be based on the grammar and vocabulary of the unit, but you can also use examples from movies

ASSESSMENT
In the following rubric you can see the assessment criteria for this task

Writing Review Units 3-5

Hi Guys!

Here in this LINK are the three model texts for the Writing exam that we are having in a couple of weeks. Make sure you study it well.

Thanks!

An interview to Albert Casals

Did you know that there is a film about the life of Albert Casals? Check the trailer

Future tenses presentation

In this brief presentation you can see some interesting theory and practise of the future tenses in English

verb review

In this nice presentation you can see all the different forms of present tense, past and future verbs

The Present Continuous Class Overview

In Unit 6 we start talking about the present continuous. Let's start by having a quick overview about the topic

Now let's go to the following activity

Now listen to the following song. How many Present Continuous forms can you see?

Sports for all vocabulary review

Hi everyone!

We come back with the last topic of the term, and we start hard with our Sport Vocabulary review. How many words can you remember?

Global Problems

What are, in your opinion the most important global problems we must face today? Check the following videos and discuss

Unit 5 Self Study Sheet

Hi dear students. Here is the Blank Self Study Sheet ofr the Unit 5 of our topic. We have the Progress Test ina  couple of days and I want to make sure that you go through all the important contents in the Unit please Fill in the sheet with examples of the different topics as well as the writing text and study them.

Thanks. Here is your downoad link!

Daily Routines Comic

Now we review about daily routines. Can you guess each one of them?

Jobseeking Advice

Here are some interesting links about applying for a job in a foreign country. Be sure to check them!

- How to write a CV without work experience

- The EURES portal 

- European Youth Portal

How to write a cover letter

In this interesting presentation, we learn a lot of useful tips to write a cover letter. Check it out!

How to write a cover letter from Bayarmaa GBayarmaa

Word order in Questions reinforcement exercises

Good Morning again!

Here you have a nice and clean exercise about word order in questions

Have fun!

Comparative Reinforcement Activities

Good morning again guys!

Here are some interesting activitities to reinforce those tricky comparatives and superlatives

Have fun!

Unit Project: The Most Dangerous Job Community Pool

Purpose

The purpose of this task is to create a group pool about dangerous jobs using Tricider

tricider.com

Task

-Get the invitation to participate that you will receive in your email account

-Add your idea of a dangerous job. This Idea must include a description, pros and cons

-Vote to the idea of one of your partners

Assessment
Assessment of this task is composed of the following descriptors:
-You include all the information (job, description, pros, cons and your vote)
-The information is linguistically accurate (no grammar or spelling mistakes) and properly justified.
-Creativity of your proposal

Sample

CLIL Project Assignment Newspaper Article

Purpose

The objective of this project is to create a newspaper article in groups for our Madmagz online magazine


Procedure

- Make groups of three
- Choose a specific topic (it must be interesting for your partners)
- Each of the members of the group must choose one of the following body parts

      Introduction
      Body
      Conclusion

- Each part should have the extension of around 80 - 150 words

-You can include your own images

-You must use a consistent design and page numeration for the article

Assessment 

We shall use the following rubic system

Listening exercise. Seven Awesome Charities

Listen to the following video about 7 specific US charities and answer the questions

Why do premature babies need help?

What is the purpose of generosity.org?

The Asian Girl in the video mentions a relative affected with Leukemia. Who?

How many people survived Breast Cancer in the US?

What is the purpose of Rise Center?

What's the problem with musical instruments?

What is the purpose of Make a Wish?

Present Perfect or past simple?

With this small exercise we can reflect between the differences present perfect / past simple

Comparatives Exercises

Here is a small exercise to review more comparative forms