A NARRATIVE. 1 BAC

We will be reading a few examples of narrative essays from Student's and workbook. Have a look at the one below too. Pay careful attention to the structure, the variety of tenses used to write the story and the linkers in order to be ready to write your own story.

 Tips to help you write your own and another example

Taylor Swift is a good story teller

Looking for songs to introduce the unit. 1 BAC

I have used it many times. The lyrics might be too simple for  you but Jessie J. brings so much energy into any room!!!

In the next video she is in Candem Town market, London.

Can we use it for the unit...? I mean... are we learning new grammar,  vocabulary...? not really.

'Price tag' hahahaa. But I like it! Surely my 1st ESO students will enjoy it too.

Jamie Cullum - Next year baby

amie Cullum – 

Next year baby Listen to the song and match the gaps 

1-10 with the new year's resolutions a-j.

 There is one extra resolution that isn't mentioned in the song

 Lyrics 

Next year Things are gonna change 1

 (I'm) gonna ____________________ And start all over again 

2 Gonna ____________________ 

3 Gonna ____________________

 4 Gonna ____________________ 

5 And ____________________

 6 I'm gonna ____________________ 

File my mail away, every day 

7 Only ____________________ 

8 And ____________________ every Sunday

 Well resolutions 

Well baby they come and go 

Will I do any of these things? 

The answer’s probably no 

But if there’s one thing, I must do 

Despite my greatest fears

 I’m gonna say to you how I’ve felt all of these year

 Next year 

Next year

 9 I’m gonna ____________________ 

10 I’m gonna 

Next year...

Resolutions

 a) call my gran b) drink less beer c) drink the finest wine d) keep up with the news e) learn how to cook f) pay my bills on time g) quit smoking h) read more books i) spend less money on shoes j) tell you how I feel (x2) 10

Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979)^[1] is an English jazz-popsinger, songwriter and radio presenter. Although primarily a vocalist and pianist, he also accompanies himself on other instruments, including guitar and drums. He has recorded nine studio albums, three compilation albums, one live album and twenty-four singles. Since April 2010, he has presented a weekly Tuesday evening jazz show on BBC Radio 2.^[2]

Better with music. Present Perfect. Present Perfect Continuous

OneRepublic - Counting Stars

More on Present Perfect

https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2018/10/2-bach-learning-with-songs.html 

 And on Present Perfect Continuous

https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2014/05/

DANIEL - ELTON JOHN Subtitulos en Español & Ingles

Last week as I heard your names I was singing songs, mentioning singers that (to my surprise) you hadn't heard of. A very young Elton John is singing Daniel. Check the tenses. Revision of present perfect. Maybe new words ( scars, heal, wave...)

Walking on sunshine. WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

There are some songs that make you jump, help you change your mood, bring a smile to your face.  This very old song may be one of them. I have a few, and I do need them from time to time. 

What about you? Have you got any to share?

Can you in pairs guess the missing words?

"Walking On Sunshine"

Ow

Mm, yeah
I …………. …. think maybe you loved me, now, baby, I'm sure
And I just can't wait till the day when you …………… ….. my door
Now every time I go for the mailbox, gotta hold myself down
'Cause I just can't wait till you write me you're …………. around

I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
And don't it feel good
Hey, all right now
And don't it feel good
Hey, yeah

I used to think maybe you loved me, now I know that it's true
And I don't ………… ….. spend my whole life just a-waiting for you
Now, I don't want you back for the weekend, not back for a day, no, no, no
I said, baby, I just want you back, and I want you …… ………….

Oh, yeah, now I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
And don't it feel good
Hey, all right now
And don't it feel good
Yeah, oh, yeah, now
And don't it feel good

Walking on sunshine
Walking on sunshine

I feel alive, I feel the love, I feel the love that's really real
I feel alive, I feel the love, I feel the love that's really real
I'm on sunshine, baby, oh
Oh, yeah, I'm on sunshine, baby

….

Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender (from Born In The U.S.A. Live: London 2...

 Not many official days left. You may think there won't be much to remember from this busy, weird academical year that some may want to forget soon. However, a year that will hopefully take you to the beginning of a great future. Think high and make your dreams come true. And as Bruce sings. No surrender. Never give up!

Gonzalo...Music time? Let's listen to the BOSS! 

Bruce Sprinsteen  On TOUR. 

Barcelona last weekend, Dublin today and concerts every week for months to come.

Ohhhh)  (Ohhhh)   (Ohhhh)   (Ohhhh)

Well we busted …………   ……..   …………..
Had to get away from those ……….
We learned more from a three-minute record
Baby, than we ever learned ….. ……………..
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my ………………. begin to pound
You say you're tired and you just wanna close your eyes
And follow your …………….. down

Well we made a promise we swore we'd always …………………
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Like …………….. in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender

Well now young faces grow sad and old
And hearts of fire grow cold
We swore …………… brothers against the wind
I'm ready to grow young again
And hear your sister's voice calling us …………..
Across the open yards
Well maybe we could cut someplace of our own
With these drums and these guitars

'Cause we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
……………. brothers in the stormy night with a vow to …………….
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Hey! (Lalala...)(Lalala...)(Lalala...)

Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim
The walls of my room are closing in
There's a war outside still raging
you say it ain't ours anymore …… ………….
I wanna sleep beneath peaceful skies in my lover's ………….
With a wide open country in my eyes
And these romantic ………….. in my head

Because we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
…………. brothers in the stormy night with a vow to ……….
No retreat, baby, no surrender
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Ohhhh)  (Ohhhh)   (Ohhhh)   (Ohhhh)

Hungry for more...?

HUNGRY HEART

Hungry heart ( remember /hɑː(r)t/ you may need to remember the pronunciation for ABAU 😬)

with different explanations about the meaning of this catchy song. CAN YOU DISCUSS IN PAIRS THE MEANING OF THE SONG?

Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that don't know where it's flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going

Everybody's got a hungry heart
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody's got a hungry heart

I met her in a Kingstown bar
We fell in love I knew it had to end
We took what we had and we ripped it apart
Now here I am down in Kingstown again

Everybody's got a hungry heart
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody's got a hungry heart

Everybody needs a place to rest
Everybody wants to have a home
Don't make no difference what nobody says
Ain't nobody like to be alone

Everybody's got a hungry heart
Everybody's got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody's got a hungry heart

Count on me lip dub. Conditionals

I just love using this video to start explaining conditionals. My students were in 2nd ESO then ( that was 10 years ago so they are about to finish their degrees, maybe some are already working...) I have only kept track of some of them.  I hope they are all having as much fun as we had with activities like this one organised by the music teacher, Seso Durán.

 

If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea,

I will sail  the world to find you 

If you ever find yourself lost in the dar and you can't see

I will be the light to guide you 

1st type conditional 

If + present tense (If you find), - future tense ( I will sail)

Warm up. "Grow as we go" by BEN PLATT . Fill in the blanks.

 

NOW CHECK IF YOU HAVE GUESSED THEM ALL.

Merry Christmas!!! Irregular verbs for 3rd ESO A & B. And all the students who need to learn them!

You promised you would study the irregular verbs as my Christmas present. Let me help you with the quiz below. You will find those ten irregular verbs in the song. Make sure you know them all!!!

Paula López has prepared the following activity. Can you complete all the blanks?

Song: -Merry Christmas- by Ed Sheeran & Elton John

Adele - Set Fire To The Rain . HOW MANY IRREGULAR VERBS CAN YOU WRITE DOWN?

JAMES CORDEN AND HIS SHOWS

Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga - I've Got You Under My Skin

ABAU TOMORROW. Everything's Gonna Be Alright

You have worked hard, and there is nothing to worry about once we got here.

Listen to my advice and Bob Marley's: Everything is gonna be alright. But in your essay...remember ( is going to, never the informal "gonna").

 GOOD LUCK!!!  Thinking of you!!!

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

'One Day More' of President Trump - Les Misérables parody

How could I possibly miss it? You may know now that I am kind of fan of J. Corden and Les Mis. So great combination.

More on "Les Mis" in the following infographic

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Merry Christmas!!!

So this version has been on youtube for 4 years and I hadn't seen it until Agustina let me know a few days ago. 

 Maybe next year Corden will have to include this new version  by Broken Peach, the band from Vigo I have already talked to you about. 

Powerful, don't you think? Merry weird Christmas!!!

WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME!!! MORE WELCOME THAN EVER!

This is the second time I create this post. I have no clue what happened to the one I uploaded a couple of days ago.

Well, this is a must! A way I love to start my 2nd Bach year: Using music and this song full of energy to encourage you to start working and learning English in what is going to be " an interesting" year".

So we will start singing and hopefully will finish the same way. 

Can you fill in  the blanks?

Do you know the meaning of all the missing words?

At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept _______ I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I _______ strong
And I learned how to get along
And so you're back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face
I should _______ _______  that stupid lock, I should _______ _____   you leave your key

If I'd known for just one second you'd be back to bother me

Go on now, go, walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Do you think I'd  ___________
Did you think I'd lay down and die?

Oh no, not I, I will survive
Oh,______ _____ ______ I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give and I'll survive
I will survive, hey, hey

It took all the strength I had not to _______   __________
Kept trying hard to _______ the pieces of my broken heart     
And I spent oh-so many nights just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I ________my head up high and you see me
Somebody new
I'm not that chained-up little person and still in love with you
And so you _______ _______dropping in and just expect me to be free
Well, now I'm saving all my lovin' for someone who's loving me
Go on now, go, walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye
Do you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die?

What is the song about? 

How did  the protagonist of the song feel after  the breakup?

Has she changed? In what sense?

How many different tenses can you see in this post?

WALKING ON SUNSHINE. KATRINA AND THE WAVES

Today,  last videochats with 2 ESO STUDENTS, NO MORE WORK FOR YOU!!!. I still have a lot of correction waiting in line and paper work but for a moment... I feel like singing and dancing.

Would you sing and dance with me? 

We had our sad moment sharing tears while saying good-bye to Katie but she will be around for nearly another couple of months and we should be happy for her,  she will be a full time primary teacher near her relatives and friends in Kentucky. We love you Katie!

So let's dance and sing once more!!!

 If you are interested in the group: A bit of history Katrina and the waves

If you want to learn the lyrics: Walking on sunshine lyrics

TASKS 7TH WEEK

Tasks 7th week 1 BACH A & B  from 25th April to 2nd May

Tasks 7th & 8th week 2 ESO Bilingual 

Tasks 7th  week 2 ESO A & B

TAREFAS ADAPTACIÓN CURRICULAR 2º ESO

I .......  ...........down 57th Street towards Park  (walk)
With the same old song in my same old heart
Making plans I'm gonna do when I get ............. (old comparative)
Passed a gray-haired man and I ........  his eyes ( past of find)
It's like he ....... my thoughts and he ........my mind  ( past of know/read)
Saying life is gonna find you when it's supposed to
Felt my feet stop short and I turned my head
Tried to lean into every word he ......... then he .......... (past of say)

[Chorus]
When you are ........, you'll wish you're ....... (young/old comparative)
Then when you're ............, you'll wish for time to turn around
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
When you get ......., when you get .........

https://genius.com/Ben-platt-older-lyrics