CINEMA, CINEMA, CINEMA...AND ONLY 2.90

REMEMBER YOU CAN GO TO THE CINEMA FOR JUST 2.90 (27/28/29 OCTOBER) TO WATCH THE MOVIES IN ENGLISH.

HERE IN VIGO  AT CINES NORTE
http://www.multicinesnorte.es/cartelera/

               A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK  (V.O.S) AT 10.20 pm

               THE KING  (V.O.S) AT 5.30 AND 10.30 pm

YOU CAN ALSO PRACTISE YOUR FRENCH 

I have just been told it is a really slow movie but you may enjoy it  if you are into art.

YELMO IN TRAVESÍA ALSO SHOWS FILMS IN V.O.S ON TUESDAYS!!!

In Spanish IT IS WORTH SEEING  "MIENTRES DURE LA GUERRA" BY ALEJANDRO AMENABAR. 

GO TO THE CINEMA! SUPPORT SPANISH INDUSTRY!!!

WRITE A SHORT STORY IN ENGLISH AND WIN A TWO-WEEK COURSE IN ENGLAND

Los 3 ganadores, uno por cada categoría, podrán ganar un curso de 2 semanas en Inglaterra ¡con todo incluido!
ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING LINK
https://concurso.newlink.es/

ECOSIA. Have you tried the search engine that plants trees?

You search the web, we plant trees.

Ecosia is like any other search engine, with one major difference: we use our profits to plant trees.

We were very lucky to discover this search engine thanks to Xela, one of my students in 2 ESO B. Thank you so much!!! 
Helping to get a better world.

https://www.ecosia.org/

BECAS FUNDACIÓN AMANCIO ORTEGA 2019

600 PRAZAS PARA ESTUDAR 1 CURSO EN USA OU CANADÁ CURSO 2020-21

 TODA A INFORMACIÓN 

www.becas.faortega.org

El plazo de inscripción de la actual edición 2020-2021 es del 23 de septiembre al 30 de octubre de 2019. (apertura y cierre, 13:00 horas, horario peninsular)

Para realizar la inscripción, los participantes deben registrarse y cumplimentar un formulario de inscripción online disponible en la página web del Programa, adjuntando la documentación requerida. El Manual de Inscripción que te ayudará a completar correctamente el formulario y adjuntar la documentación solicitada.

Seven Worlds, One Planet

Do you like documentaries? Do you ever watch them? They are a great source of information about environment. If they are produced by the BBC and have David Attenborough as a narrator, then  they are worth watching.

Seven continents, all unique. Seven Worlds, One Planet is the latest natural history landmark from BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The series will showcase the rich diversity of Earth’s seven continents and what makes each one unique.

  Seven Worlds, One Planet draws from 2,000 hours of footage shot
 on every continent. Photograph: Alex Board/PA from The Guardian

'Just don't waste': David Attenborough's heartfelt message to next generation

At launch of BBC nature series Seven Worlds, One Planet, Attenborough says message is finally getting through

David Attenborough has delivered a heartfelt message to children around the world on how they can help save the planet: “Live the way you want to live but just don’t waste.”

“You can do more and more and more the longer you live, but the best motto to think about is not waste things,” Attenborough replied. “Don’t waste electricity, don’t waste paper, don’t waste food. Live the way you want to live but just don’t waste. Look after the natural world, and the animals in it, and the plants in it too. This is their planet as well as ours. Don’t waste them.”

To read the whole article from  The Guardian, click in the link below.

just-dont-waste-david-attenborough

News . Have you heard or read the news over the weekend?

Have a look at the first paragraphs of the articles from e EL País. (English Edition)  about the riots in Barcelona.

There are so many words coming from Latin that the text can be understood  even if you don't know much English. ( To encourage those of my students whose English is not that good)

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/10/19/inenglish/1571466269_352119.html


Very interesting weekend in Great Britain regarding BREXIT. BUT we won't have time for that  this week. Let's wait to see what happens in Westminster on Tuesday.

Translate into English. 1 BACH. UNIT 1

1. Malinterpretou o que lle dixen. De feito, creo que ainda non o entendeu.
2. Algunha vez te preguntache por que pasamos tanto tempo estudando?
3. Acaba de darse conta que perdeu as chaves. Estou segura que  non poderá entrar no piso.
4. Leva esperando por  ese correo dende onte. Pensei que xa chegara (había llegado).
5. Ceamos cos veciños mañá. Creo que vou mercar unha bolleta de viño.
6. Choveu durante horas! Era emocionante sentir a choiva de novo.
7. Despois de ter revisado as fotos, escollín a máis colorida.
8. Mentres comía recibiu unha chamada para informarlle que tiña que voltar ó traballo.

If you need to go on practising, go to page 88 workbook.

You can also translate into Spanish ( exercise 7 page 7 workbook).

Women Writers Day

Did you know there was a day in Spain to celebrate Women writers? 
Did you know it is today?
Well, I didn't. I learnt it this afternoon  while I was listening to  "relatos en cadena",  a programme on the radio (Cadena Ser) where you  can send  your micro-stories and the best of the week are read and one is chosen out of three.

The Women Writers Day is a commemoration which began in 2016 in Spain to make the work of women in literature visible and combat the discrimination they have suffered throughout history. 
https://diadelasescritoras.bne.es/

This reminded me  one of the projects I would like you to develop this academical year: 
Find out about women who have used  a pseudonym to see their pieces of work published.
And I can't avoid thinking of the Brontë sisters. But there are so many examples!!!
Can you think of any?
How do you feel about doing some research about it? 


Branwell Brontë’s ‘pillar portrait’ of the sisters (from left, Anne, Emily and Charlotte)
 Photograph: National Portrait Gallery

In case you are interested in the radio programme I have mentioned and maybe  even send your micro-story to enter the competition:

Relatos en cadena

Supreme Court finds jailed Catalan secession leaders guilty of sedition

And in SPAIN? What are people talking about here today?

The Spanish Supreme Court has sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison after finding them guilty of sedition in connection with the unilateral breakaway attempt of October 2017.

Go on reading clicking on the following link

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/10/04/inenglish/1570178504_315132.html

Ireland After Brexit . News in levels. 1 BACH

Do you ever listen to the news?
Have you been following what is going on with Brexit?
Do you think it may affect you or someone you know?
I have chosen this short piece of news from "news in levels", a link you can find in the label on the right.  A video was also available So I have included it below.
https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/ireland-after-brexit-level-1/

Ann Cook, the woman who released 39 New York public institutes from exams

Ann Cook (Chicago, 1940) has changed the rules of the educational system game in the State of NY. This history teacher got 10 years ago that students from 39 public institutes in that region do not have to face exams. In the rest of the state centers, students must take five tests at the end of high school - Mathematics, Global History, American History, Science and English Language - to get the degree and to access the University. Cook's fight is against the call teaching to the test, an increasingly widespread trend in the United States that consists in measuring the success of schools and the effectiveness of teachers based on student grades. Now, the results of his experiment begin to be visible: 90% of the students in his network of institutes - 28 are in New York City and 11 spread throughout the state - access the University, compared to 58% on average from the rest of public centers in the region.
“The obsession to measure knowledge with external state exams - which are developed by the authorities and not by teachers - is diverting us from the purpose of educating citizens; we are teaching the kids tricks to pass an exam and that does not motivate them at all, ”laments Cook, promoter of the network of centers known as New York Performance Standards Consortium, which this week gave a seminar on alternative evaluation methods organized by the Unesco Center of Catalonia and the Jaume Bofill Foundation in Barcelona, ​​to which this newspaper was invited.
Go on reading the  article in the following link from where I took it
https://spainsnews.com/ann-cook-the-woman-who-released-39-new-york-public-institutes-from-exams-society/

Revising starter Unit 2 Eso

TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH. REVISION. STARTER UNIT 2 ESO

1. A que hora ceas? Ceo cos meus pais ás 9.30 na cociña.

2.  Marga sempre escoita música polas noites.

3.  Con que frecuencia quedas cos teus amigos?

4. Os nenos están vendo a tele porque está chovendo.

5. Tes cortinas na túa habitación?

6. Os nosos amigos nunca se deitan cedo.

7. A miña nai colle o autobús con frecuencia, pero hoxe vai camiñando.

8. Que fas aquí? O autobús sae en 5 minutos!

9. Por que non che gusta cociñar?

10. A bicicleta de Alicia está no xardín

11. Tes unha mochila verde? Si, Esá é a miña.

12. Onde están? Chámaos!!!

KATIE ON TV

KATIE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU

C

4th october WORLD SMILE DAY

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/smile-day/

BACH. THE HISTORY OF THE CINEMA IN TEN MOVIES

If you are into classic films, as I mentioned in class, you can watch some of them for free, a debate will follow each screening. 

2 ESO BILINGUAL AND NON BILINGUAL.PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND A LOT MORE

I think I have found the perfect song to practise the structures we are studying. It is an old song that I sometimes sing when I want to explain the meaning of  the verb wonder. Despite being old it is sometimes on the radio or commercials.  It is great for the present continuous.
What other tenses do you find in the lyrics?

I........ ...... ...here in the boring room It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon I........... .......... my time, I got nothing to do I ........... .......... around, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder I........... .......... around in my car I'm driving too fast, I'm driving too far I'd like to change my point of view I feel so lonely, I........... .......... for you But nothing ever happens and I wonder I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree I........... ..........my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
.....
The song goes on but we are going to leave it here. You can of course listen to it at home😍😍😍
                                                👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

For my 2 ESO Non bilingual. 
I really love the  SHOOP SHOOP SONG to make sure my students
learn how to ask questions in the present simple.
Can you understand the first question?
Write it down!
But there is a lot more in the lyrics!

 I am more than happy for the following discovery: BROKEN PEACH. A band from VIGO!!!! They are singing the same song. Which version do you like the best?

.............      .......     ..............  ...........?

 want to know
How can I tell if he .............. me so..
Is it in his eyes?
Oh no! You'll be deceived
Is it in his sighs?
Oh no! He'll make believe
If you want to know if he ............ you so
It's in his kiss
That's where it is

Oh yeah
Or is it in his ..........?   (part of the body)
Oh no! That's just his charms
In ............ warm embrace?   (possessive adjective)
Oh no! That's just his ..........?   (part of the body)
If you want to know if he loves you so
It's in his kiss
That's where it is
Whoa oh it's in his kiss
That's where it is

Whoa hug him and squeeze him tight
Find out what you want to know
If it's love, if it really is
It's there in his kiss

How about the way he acts
Oh no! That's not the way
And you'........    .......   ........... to all I say
If you wanna know if he .......... you so
It's in his kiss
That's where it is

Oh it's in his kiss
That's where…

1 BACH Present Perfect Continuous 1 BACH

Just after the future (we won't spend too much time revising that) we will be paying attention to the Perfect forms. The firstt lines of Counting stars by ONE REPUBLIC are great to introduce the Present Perfect Contiuous. Sorry we are not going to listen to the rest of the song this time.

Can you understand what has been going on lately?


Lately I..............., I .............. ................ sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby I ..........., I ............. ..............' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We......... ................ stars
Yeah, we............. ................ stars


There are great songs to practise the Present Perfect and I have used them all these past years and created posts for my students, so let's have a look!

https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2018/11/queen-we-are-champions-lyrics.html
https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2018/10/2-bach-learning-with-songs.html

Future tenses (will-going to-pesent continuous) 1 BACH

I am going to explain the rules for the tenses we use in the future briefly in class but in case you fall asleep, get lost, or need to revise it at home, Have a look at the video.

Form: Will + Verb

Jane will be 16 next month.

She will not ( = won´t) be 16

Will you write to me?

  Use

 1 Certainty.

He will be 16 next week. 

Citroen will produce more cars next year.

 2. Prediction.

I´ll see him tomorrow.  ( Very commonly with  “ I´m not sure, I think, probably). 

3. Promises. 

I´ll write to you. 

 4. Offers

    I’ll get the bread for dinner.

Shall I ....?: Remember just 1st person

 Shall I carry that? 

 5.  Sudden decision

It´s raining. I´ll take a taxi. 

GOING TO + Infinitivo

1.         Plans or intentions

They are going to get married in May. en Mayo.  

2.  Prediction with evidence.

Look at the sky. It´s going torain. 

Present Continuous

1.         Arrangements in the near future (agenda plans)

 We are meeting Nadal next Saturday.

We will be practising that in both your student and workbook but there tons of exercises online  for you to go on practising like the one below.
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-mix/exercises

You will find other posts in the blog about the future, have a look at the following if you still have doutbts;
https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2018/12/future-forms-and-uses.html
https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2018/12/future-tense-3-eso.html
https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2016/04/future-tenses.html