3ºESO AB SPEAKING TEST

The school year is getting to its end and it's time to prove how much you've learnt.

As part of your speaking marks for this final term you must have a conversation with your teacher. I know!! Oral exams are always irritating and stressful for you. So to make things easier, I am sharing with you some of the questions in the exam in the following document. Remember that they refer to contents studied this year, so you are expected to produce the language learnt orally.

The oral exams will take place on June 4th and June 11th.

4º ESO: A DISCUSSION ESSAY

Notice that Discussion Essays follow a fixed structure. The following example can help you organize your essay.

Discussion Essays 

Try the wheel game to practise connectors to improve your writing skills.

Choose one of the following topics and write a discussion essay about it (100-120 words) here.
DO NOT COPY FROM THE INTERNET OR USE A TRANSLATOR.

Deadline: Friday 18th


1. Are we too dependent on computers?
2. Are actors and professional athletes paid too much?
3. Are there benefits to attending a single-sex school?
4. Is the Internet a better invention than books?

INSURGENT RELEASE

   

For all of you who enjoyed reading Divergent and are eager to read the second book in the trilogy, I've got good news!!!  It's already been realeased!  You can order it now and read it during the summer.  You can check Veronica Roth's site for updates and details.   

              Anyway if you want a preview you can listen to the first five minutes of it.

SENIOR'S VALEDICTORIAN SPEECHES

Here is the collection of the valedictorian speeches written by students who are graduating this year. I would like to thank all those who took part in reading their speeches in front of other students and teachers. I'm sure everyone benefited from the experience. 
I published them because they are really worth reading and sharing experiences and feelings is always rewarding. Good luck to you all!

Open publication - Free publishing - More esl

This is the collection of speeches by former students.

Open publication - Free publishing

3ºESO WRITING PROMPTS: WHAT IF...?

Let's practise what you've learnt about conditional clauses by writing an 80-100 word essay about one of the following prompts. Do it here and don't forget to include your names. Do not copy from the Internet.

Deadline: Friday 11th

VALEDICTORIAN OR GRADUATION SPEECHES

The end of the school year is getting closer for you and hopefully your time as secondary students is also coming to an end. From now on you will be starting a much more exciting period in your lives. You will step into the world to forge your own paths in life, which I am sure you will find, however difficult you might find it now.

However, before that, I would like to set one final assignment, which definitely will have an important weight in your final grades.


You have to write and give your Valedictorian or Graduation Speeches! 

The term Valedictorian is an anglicized derivation of the Latin vale dicere ("to say farewell"), which is basically what you will be doing.


Let me give you a few hints to make the task easier.


A Valedictorian or Graduation Speech is a closing or farewell statement or address delivered at a graduation ceremony. Its aim is to thank, exalt, stimulate to action, motivate, to affect and touch, even to raise to a higher emotional level, and finally to say farewell. You do most of these by reflecting on the past years and putting special emphasis on some events, especially meaningful for you.


You could think of how you felt when you were the new freshmen at the school and how you feel now that you are about to leave. You could write about any anecdotes or memories you have of all these years and give advice to the newcomers who will read your letters.


As you see, writing your speech is not difficult. I am sure ideas will start flowing in easily. Be sharp and short: no more than 3-6 minutes is enough for delivering your valedictorian speech topics.


Anyway, here is a skeleton and structure to use.


DEADLINES

• You will upload your first drafts in the wiki by April 16th.

• Redrafting will be possible until April 20th.

• Speeches will be given on April 27th and May 4th.

Remember to use rich language and structures, be yourselves and most of all, do not use a translator or copy from the Internet.

Surprise everyone by dressing up for the occassion. It will add up to your marks. "Suit up!"

You can watch and listen to some speeches delivered by some well-known people.

Here is the speech given by Shakira at Oxford University.

Here you have Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey at Harvard University.



And last Bill Gates also at Harvard.



I hope these examples come in useful for your assignment.

WRITING PROMPT FOR 2º BTO

You are in the third term now and it's time to try and do your best in the school year. Being the writing the most difficult part in the university entrance exam and the heaviest weighed, you need to do some more practice to improve your written skills. 

This time I want you to choose one of the following prompts and write 100-120 words about it. Do not use translators, do not copy your writing from the Internet; by now you should have enough vocabulary and no grammar obstacles to make your writing flow. Try to impress the reader, that is, me, by making a good job out of it.

You'll be doing this assignment during Easter holidays, so you need to type your essays in this pad

Deadline: Sunday 8th April