Christmas Adverts

What is your favourite Christmas video and why? Write your answer on the comments section!

Class Project. Billboard Chart

Objective

The purpose of this project is to make a blog comment about your favourite songs on the UK Billboard List

Procedure

1. Go to the UK Billboard List

2. Listen to Extracts of the Top Ten

3. Write a comment in this post. Your comment must include the following information

- Your favourite top 3 songs

- Why do you prefer these songs

- Copy and transate the chorus of your favourite song

Deadline

Friday the 23th of December

Listening into Speaking: Overwatch

INTRO

1. Do you like online games?
2. Do you know what a shooter game, or FPS is?

VIDEO 1. RECALL

Task 1. Summarize the video plot in a few words

Task 2. Can you describe Winston?

Task 3. Why is Winston afraid of calling The Overwatch?

Task 4. What is Athena?

Task 5. "Look at the world as it could be" What's the meaning of that sentence?

VIDEO 2. THE MUSEUM


Task 1. Describe the place where the action takes place

Task 2. What is the history of Overwatch?

Task 3. What are the bad guys looking for?

VIDEO 3. A HERO


Task 1. What happened to the little girl?

Task 2. Who is the man at the end?

Task 3. What does the mother think?

VIDEO 4. A TALE OF TWO DRAGONS



Task 1. What was the power of the dragons?
Task 2. What happened to the dragon of the South Wind?
Task 3. Why is the main character sad?
Task 4. Why is the main character surprised at the end?

Note Taking: history of Backgammon

Listen to the following video about the history of this popular tabletop game.

TASK
a) Watch the Video
b) Take notes of all the information you can get
c) Answer the following questions

1. How old is Backgammon?

2. When was it created?

3.  Who played the game?

4. Is backgammon an easy or a difficult game?

5. Is it relevant on the Internet?

Fun and Games vocabulary

Check this little matching pairs game to review the  new vocabulary

Eurovision Listening Jam 2016

Here I post some of the most relevant songs from the Eurovision contest. They are from 2016. What is your favourite one? Click on the titles to perform the listening tasks

Enjoy!

Jamala- 1944

Sergei Lazarev -You are the Only One

Michat Spzak - Colour of your Life

Present perfect Review

Here I post some exercises to help you understand present perfect better

-Here, we review the differences between present perfect and past simple (click on the image)

-Here you have a game to review Have you ever..? (click on the image)

Asking For Directions

In this interesting activity you will review the prepositions of place for the second dialogue. Remember to note down on your notebook those that you don't know

Tell a Tale

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this project is to create a tale and present it both in written and orally using a digital tool.

The task shall be handed before tuesday the 31st of May

CONTENTS

A story told in grous of four. You can use Shakespeare's material or create your own story. The story must include a written narration, a video and a image sequence. You create the video using tellagami and mix it using Viva Video

PROCEDURE

- Team up with your partners
- Create a story with a proper beginning, body, and end.
- Illustrate your story.
- Each member of the group must record his or her part using a tellagami cut and a illustration.
- Mix the four video excerpts to create a single long video
-Upload the video to youtube
-Paste the link in the following padlet board
-Handle the written version of the tale to your teacher
-Complete the self assessment

RESOURCES

- Download the tellagami app. You can find it here for android systems or just search for it on the Apple Store
- You can also use Vivavideo to mix your video parts


ASSESSMENT

Your work shall be assessed using the following rubric

  

CLIL Project. Shakespeare and Chemistry

Objectives

The purpose of this task is to create an oral presentation and poster about Chemistry in Shakespeare. Analyzing some strange curiosities and myths about it

The task will have two final products, an oral presentation and a poster, both of them will be delivered the same day.

Development

Work in groups of 4

Pick one of the topics proposed by the teacher

Look for the information requested and create a poster to expose your idea.

Create an oral presentation (around 5 minutes) Use your poster for it. You can also add some videos or audiovisual content if you want (just in English)

Fill in the Self Assessment form

Contents

Topic 1. Love Potions

• Context: Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Fiction: what are love potions? What importance does it have in the Play?
• Fact: It’s possible a love potion? Definitions and properties of the Viola Tricola.

Topic 2. Poison

• Context: Hamlet
• Fiction: What type of poison is used? What importance does it have in the play?
• Fact: The Henbane. Definitions and properties.

Topic 3. Sleeping Draught

• Context: Romeo and Juliet
• Fiction: What kind of draught is used? What importance does it have in the play?
• Fact: The Nightshade and the Monkshood. Definitions and properties

Topic 4. Snakes!

• Context: Antony and Cleopatra
• Fiction: What is the function of the snake? What importance does it have in the play?
• Fact: Snakes. Definition and properties. What are the most dangerous snakes in the world?

Topic 5. Magic

• Context: Macbeth
• Fiction: The three witches and the Magic Cauldron. What importance does it have in the play?
• Fact: Effects of Boiling on matter. Hemlock and Yew. Definition and properties

Assessment

Descriptor	1	2	3
Use of English	Mistakes make comprehension impossible	Proper use of vocabulary and grammar, with minor mistakes	Excellent use of grammar and vocabulary
Oral Presentation	Students read all the information from the text, or there are severe pronunciation mistakes that make comprehension impossible	There are some pronunciation mistakes or the student reads long passages	proper pronunciation of structures
Visual Presentation	Just text and some minor pictures are used	Text, pictures, drawings, videos and basic handcraft	Specially elaborate handcraft, videos, or activities for the partners are presented

Peer Assessment Sheet

Complete the assessment sheet to get the final point

Mark of Distinction

The Teacher of Natural Sciences will award a Mark of Distinction (Extra Points) to the best presentations in the class.

Basic Resources

Shakespeare lives website

Deadline

Wednesday, the 20th of April

Shakespeare's Plot Summaries

Here you will find a series of videos that wil help you with the final project of this unit. They are summaries of some of the best Shakespeare's plays

Othello




Romeo and Juliet



Hamlet

Videos of the Week: Pursuit your Dreams

Musical Instruments

Can  you find the names of the musical instruments?

Scrambled Sentences (Will/Won't)

Use the following cards to make sentences in the future

Life Events

Match the pictures with the right life events below

Vocabulary Extra Practice: Jobs

Expand our knwoledge about jobs and workplaces with this interesting activity

What about your memory for pictures? Try to match as match as you can with this puzzle.

CLIL Project. Food Memories from Al Andalus

OBJECTIVES

• The purpose of this task is to create a presentation for the Subjects of Social Sciences and a instructional video for the subject of English
• In this video, students prepare a dish of Andalusian origin, and explain, in English, the elaboration process
• The students will be able to bring their products as part of the celebration for the day of the Autonomous Community

DEVELOPMENT

• Students will work in groups. These groups could be as small as 2 or as big as 4.
• Students will have to choose ONE of the recipes presented by the teachers. Both the oral presentation and the instructional video will have the chosen recipe as main theme. You can download the recipes HERE
• The Oral presentation will be performed in the subject of Social Sciences. The video will be uploaded to youtube and embedded into the padlet board created by the teacher
• Granted permission by the School Administration, students will be allowed to share their preparations.

ASSESSMENT

• Assessment is divided into English (40%), Social Sciences (40%) and Self Assessment (20%)
• Asessment criteria and grading scheme for the subject of English will be as follows:

You will also handle this peer assessment sheet the day of the presentation. This will be used to grade yourself and your partners

DEADLINE

First Week of March (from 29/2 to 4/3).

Listening Task: Pocket Money

Listen to these students talking about pocket money and answer the questions that pop up in the video

CROSS PROJECT. ONSCREEN LOVE

Objectives

In this project we celebrate St. Valentine's day with the help of our students, and their favourite movies

Development

To celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day this year we will look for your favourite love declaration on screen.

Go to this board, add an image of the film, insert the quote, but don’t say the title of the film. Let’s see how much we know about love films!!! In the chat participate using your name and surname and include the title of the film and why you have chosen your quote. You can also recommend the film.

You can also vote for three of your favourite declarations, including yours if you want. In class we will watch the videos of the most voted scenes

Assessment

Students that participate in the project and comply with the instructions will be awarded 4 "Extra Work" points"

Listening task: The Tale of Raven and Coyote

This video tells the story of a famous Native American myth; the creation of the world by the Great Spirits of Coyote and Raven. Watch the video and answers the questions about the story.

After you finish watching the video, reflect on the difference between this story and other world creation myths you know