World Poetry Day

 Bob Dylan is a musician  and songwriter who was awarded  the Noble Prize in Literature in 2016

This is one of his most popular songs

Blowing in the wind

How many roads must a man walk down

Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Yes, and how many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
And how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Yes, and how many times…

It is said he changed his name into Bob Dylan because of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas but it is not 100% clear according to some articles like this one

https://blog.pencils.com/how-dylan-thomas-influenced-bob-dylan/

https://poets.org/poet/dylan-thomas

Euthanasia will soon be a right for citizens in Spain. 2 BAC

One of the problems some students face when writing about a topic is the lack of ideas about it. Nowadays it is easy to find information online in English about current issues  and you should read about them to get familiar with the vocabulary and ideas that you can adopt as your own or simply use them to talk about different sides of a controversial topic.

In the next article the journalist informs about the approval of the euthanasia law.  Read the whole article and write a summary.

 To read the whole article

For and against essay. 2 BAC

Watch a presentation with an example

How to write and essay

Umoja: Kenya’s women-only village. Key to Bacharelato. 2 BAC

In unit 4 we have examples of different models of society organization, like the Maasai. I have included videos with a different point of view from women who belong to to those communities.

 

 Empower a girl, transform a community

International Women's Day

Bautista Ramos  invites us  to play and check how much we know about pioneer women in history. Would you llike to give it a try?

In case you need to boost your confidence.

 

1st and 2nd conditional. 3 ESO

 A bit of practice before the exam. Some more practice for 3 ESO B students.

First and Second Conditionals, una ficha interactiva de creativelanguageschool
liveworksheets.com

Present tenses

If you need to revise present tenses from simple present to present perfect continuous, this activity created by  Paula López  is perfect for you,

Click on the image and start practising.

 

Galician noir an ew TV genre

 Full article 

The violence is out of hand

https://www.catalannews.com/politics/item/the-violence-is-out-of-hand-political-leaders-react-to-renewed-riots