THE PASSIVE VOICE

We often use the passive to describe things, especially when we don’t know -- or aren’t interested in -- who is doing the action. In order to sound natural in English you will need to use the passive sometimes, so let’s practise it!

Passive voice-

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Make sure you do some of the activities below:

Passive 1                                                     -Have something done 1

Passive 2                                                     -Have something done 2



Passive 3

Passive 4

For those of you who are still struggling with Passive Voice, try these exercises to revise the basics.


Now complete the passage with the correct active or passive form of the verbs in brackets.

Finally try playing this game. You can play alone or in pairs.

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Passive (advanced.1)
Passive (advanced.2)

ENGLISH CENTRAL 2012

Happy 2012! Welcome back after the Christmas break to practise your listening and speaking skills. This term we are going to use English Central for this purpose.

English Central offers a unique speech recognition platform which allows you to practice SPEAKING with any video you choose and then get INSTANT FEEDBACK on how well you are doing. This year it comes with new features which include phonetics and vocabulary study.


First of all, enroll my class (http://class.englishcentral.com/amef) by clicking here.
You need to register with your full name, email address and password. Now you are part of my group of students.


If you are already familiar with English Central, you just need to login using the nickname and password you registered with last year and go straight into videos to start adding points to your account.

I will set different goals for you to reach along the term. The goals are based on videos, words and points. Each new goal will be set weekly. 

English Central will be part of your final marks this term.

GOALS


WEEK 1: from Saturday 14th January to Friday 20th January.


3rd ESO: 2,000 POINTS

4th ESO: 3,000 POINTS


WEEK 2: from Saturday 21st to Friday 27th January.

3rd ESO: 4,000 POINTS + 5 VIDEOS MINIMUM 

4th ESO: 5,000 POINTS + 6 VIDEOS MINIMUM

WEEK 3: from Saturday 28th to Friday 3th February.


 3rd ESO: 5,000 POINTS + 6 VIDEOS MINIMUM

4th ESO: 6,000 POINTS + 7 VIDEOS MINIMUM

WEEK 4: from Saturday 4th to Friday 10th February.


 3rd ESO: 6,000 POINTS + 6 VIDEOS MINIMUM

4th ESO: 7,000 POINTS + 7 VIDEOS MINIMUM

WEEK 5 and LAST: from Saturday 11th to Friday 17th February.


 3rd ESO: 7,000 POINTS + 6 VIDEOS MINIMUM

4th ESO:  8,000 POINTS + 7 VIDEOS MINIMUM

DIVERGENT

I hope you enjoy the book assigned to you this year. The simple fact of reading an unabridged book in English will be quite a feat for most of you and surely I will know how to acknowledge it.
In class we will comment on the book every week and you are going to think of some questions for each of the chapters of  "Divergent" which we will discuss in class on Fridays. You must read a minimum of 5 Chapters every week.
In order to help you collaborate and make this task more interesting, I have created a document where you will type out your questions and you will share them. In this way, all of you will know the questions your classmates have asked. Don't forget to include your name when you make your contribution. The final test will be based on some of these questions. So take good notice!
You can also contribute to the document by answering some of the questions or by writing down a glossary of new words in their context.
If you click on the image below you will be taken straight to the document with the questions. I have typed a couple of them as an example. 

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READING BOOKS 2011-12

These are the titles of the books you will be reading along this school year. Look at your course and level to know a little more about it.  Have fun!


1º ESO 

"Girl on a Motorbike" Ed. Oxford (Starter Level) 1ºESO. LOWER LEVELS

'Give me the money,' says the robber to the Los Angeles security guard. The guard looks at the gun and hands over the money. The robber has long blond hair and rides a motorcycle - and a girl with long blond hair arrives at Kenny's motel - on a motorcycle. Is she the robber?




 
3º ESO

"K's First Case" Ed. Longman. 3ºESO. UPPER LEVEL

 Sir Michael Gray is the victim of a murder and he was very rich. Katrina Kirby - or K as she is called - is a detective and she wants to find out who the murderer is. But there are lots of suspects.This is K’s first case. Can you help her find the murderer?










"A Sherlock Holmes Collection" Ed. Burlington Books. 3ºESO. MEDIUM LEVEL

A masked man seeks protection from a political scandal; a nephew wants to find the truth behind his uncle's dark past; and a young woman fears for her life. All three como to the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes for help. Will he solve the three mysteries before it is too late? 







  
4º ESO

"A Kiss Before Dying" Ed. Burlington Books. 4ºESO. UPPER LEVELS

A powerful, hard-hitting adult story of murder and suspense by one of America's foremost novelists, which since its publication in 1954, has been made into several very successful feature films.










"The Short Cut" Ed. Stanley. (Level 1) 4º ESO DIVERSIFICACIÓN

 
In this thrilling story set in an African country devastated by war, a youn girl fights for her father's life taking a [shortcut = atajo] to maturity. Topics for reflection and discussion: family arguments, generational gap, therealization of what really matters in life.









2º BTO

 One choice can transform you. Pass initiation. Do not fail! Thrilling urban dystopian fiction debut from exciting young author. In sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior's world, society is divided into five factions -- Abnegation (the selfless), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent) -- each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue, in the attempt to form a "perfect society." At the age of sixteen, teens must choose the faction to which they will devote their lives.



 

MODAL VERBS

Last week you didn't have enough time to work on modal verbs, so today I hope you will.

1.- If you didn't become a millinaire last week, start by taking the Millionaire Quiz Challenge 

2.-Then do the two activities below the image.

3.- Now watch the following movie segment from Premonition and guess what might have happened to the characters. Check the options you believe are possible explanations for the characters’ current situation.








4.- Now try the following 4 rephrasing exercises.

5.- Finally, if you've finished all the above, you can listen to the following song by Abba, The Day Before You Came, where there are lots of examples of modals for deduction.

Lyrics | Abba lyrics - The Day Before You Came lyrics

DESCRIBING PICTURES

As you know, next week we will start with the oral tests where you will have to describe a photo. Let's hear some examples and do some practise to help you with the task a bit more.

1.- Watch the following video which teaches you how to describe a photo together with some useful vocabulary and expressions.

Now write a comment with the words you remember for each picture. Do not worry if you can't remember all the words, just write down those words you remember.

2.- Go the site below and listen to the sample descriptions and the key words.

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3.- Fill in the gaps with the expressions studied. You can click on ? for clues.

4.- The words studied so far may be useful to describe your photo. Revise the vocabulary in units 1 & 2 by doing the activities in the site below:

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HOW DID YOUR CAMP EXPERIENCE GO?

Now that the week at Pueyo de Jaca's camp is about to finish, we would like to know your opinion about the experience you have lived through the following questionnaire: