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

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


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



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