Friday, 9 July 2010

2010 FESTIVAL OF SKETCHES SLIDESHOW

I would like to congratulate and thank once again everybody taking part in this edition of the English Festival of Sketches. It was a big success thanks to everybody's efforts: students', teachers' and technical support teachers'.

I hope you enjoy the performance of the actors in this edtion in the following slideshow:


Monday, 14 June 2010

ENGLISH FESTIVAL OF SKETCHES

Time has come again for The English Festival of Sketches. This year we will be holding the THIRD EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL.
This year sixty-three students will be performing different sketches on stage and more voluntereed but we couldn't cope with so many students. I hope next year you have your opportunity, too. 
The show will take place in Margarita Buron Theatre on the 21st June and it will be divided into two halves with different sketches in each half. Please consult the leaflets below to know about the different sketches in each half.
Join us and I'm sure you'll have a very good time watching your mates on stage performing such funny sketches. We would love to have the same enthusiastic audience we had in the previous editions.
LEALFLETS:   1st HALF              2nd HALF

Thursday, 27 May 2010

ORAL EXAM FOR APLE: AN INTERVIEW

Create your own AnimationAs 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, you will have the chance to have a say in the questions you may be asked. Just go to the document I have already started and write down any other questions or topics you would feel like talking about in the oral exam. Keep the same format and try to avoid mistakes when you type in the questions.
Check the exam dates in the calendar. 
In class today you have drawn lots for your turns in the exam and below you can read the names and dates for each one of you:
4th June (1st day): Rocío, Fran G., Diana, Guilherme, Alvaro, Ivo, Victor D.
10th June (2nd day): Fran A., Víctor S., Mario, Marta, Javier, Laura, Eduardo.
You may continue editing the questionnaire. 

Monday, 24 May 2010

4º ESO FINAL SPEAKING EXAM

In the VoiceThread below you have to answer 10 questions orally. The questions are related to the topics studied in the student's book along the year. They are divided into three different sections and you must answer at least two questions in each section to complete a total of 10 questions.
Try to anwer the questions in correct English. Try to speak as much as possible using the structures and the vocabulary studied this year. Speak slowly and clearly. Be careful with your pronunciation and don't get nervous!!! It will be me just listening to you...!

3º ESO FINAL SPEAKING EXAM

In the VoiceThread below you have to answer 10 questions orally. The questions are related to the topics studied in the student's book along the year.
Try to anwer the questions correctly by making short simple sentences. Speak slowly and clearly. Be careful with your pronunciation and don't get nervous!!! It will be me just listening to you...!

GRAMMAR REVISION FOR FINAL WRITTEN EXAMS

Wow!! Where did the school year go? We are about to end another school year and this always means EXAMS!!!
Time has come to revise and prepare for your finals. I know this is quite a stressful situation but don't panic: you still have time to train for them. This time I I would like to help you with the revision for the grammar exams at all levels.
In the following link you will find a page with a lot of grammar practice organized into different grammar items. All the exercises contain immediate feedback. Please go to that item of grammar you think you need to revise for your final exam and try the exercises. If you make too many mistakes in one particular item of grammar, you might need to do some extra revision. You can go to the grammar reference and clear up your doubts.
Hope you find this useful and thanks to the teacher who made this site possible.

Saturday, 22 May 2010

CONDITIONS




Conditional Clauses are all around us, they are part of our lives. They are widely used in advertising or awareness campaigns, for example.





















Let's revise how to express condition in English.
Watch the following presentation and pay attention to the uses and the verb patterns used in each type of condition.


Let's do some practice.

CONDITIONALS TYPE 1: Exercise 1, Exercise 2

CONDITIONALS TYPE 2: Listen to the song, Exercise 1 

TYPES 1 + 2: Exercise

CONDITIONALS TYPE 3: Exercise 1,  Exercise 2

ALL TYPES: Type I, II & III + Exceptions


REPHRASINGS

Now try the Fling the Teacher Game

Check your understanding on Conditionals with the following quiz 

Now let's listen to some examples of conditionals used in different songs:




Now go to If it were my home , a site which compares living conditions in your country with those of another and imagine what your life would be like if a different country were your home.


You can compare countries in the following infographic by Newsweek

Expressing Wishes and Regrets

Uses Of `I Wish´ And if only


Make sure you've understood by making the following exercises on Wish