3º ESO
IF YOU WANT TO PRACTISE FOR YOUR EXAM DO/MAKE GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK

http://www.engames.eu/make-and-do-when-should-you-use-make-and-do/

YOU GOTTA BE BY DES'REE
1. LISTEN AND IDENTIFY THE WRONG WORD IN EACH LINE

Listen as your life unfolds,
challenge what your future holds
Try and keep your head up to the stars
Lovers, they may bring you tears
Look ahead release your fears,
stand still and be counted
Don't be ashamed to speak

2. LOOK AT THE WORDS, LISTEN TO THE SONG AND NUMBER THEM IN THE ORDER YOU HEAR THEM.

                                   TOUGH                                   CALM
BOLD                                           STAY TOGETHER                                 COOL

                WISER                                    BAD                              HARD                 STRONGER


3. MATCH THE TWO HALVES OF THE LINES

1.HERALD WHAT                                         a) IN YOUR OWN SWEET TIME

2.READING THE BOOKS                             b)MORES CASH THAN YOU 

3.TRY TO SOLVE THE PUZZELS               c) A DIFFERENT VIEW

4.SOME MAY HAVE                                     d) YOUR MOTHER SAID

5.OTHERS TAKE                                           e) YOUR FATHER READ

MY OH MY HEY, HEY, HEY

Read the lyrics and look for adjectives is the comparative

 

Listen as your day unfolds, challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears, stand up and be counted
Don't be ashamed to cry

You gotta be
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day

Herald what your mother said
Reading the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time
Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view, my oh my, heh, hey

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day

Don't ask no questions, it goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning
You can't stop it, if you try to
This time it's danger staring you in the face

Remember, listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears, my oh my heh, hey, hey

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day

LOOK FOR THE RELATIVE SENTENCES IN THE SONG
http://youtu.be/gy75PugGeHQ
IT IS 2.17 am,  March 7th. How can I fix the time on the blog?

2º BACH B
RELATIVE SENTENCES

WATCH THE MOVIE SEGMENT AND JOIN THE SENTENCES IN THE NEXT POST.
 TELL YOUR PARTNER ABOUT THE CHARACTERS IN THE FILM. WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP?


http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com.es/search/label/restrictive%20relative%20clauses

AFTER WATCHING THE SEGMENT
JOIN THE SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE
1. A man was shot
2. A couple was hugging each other on their bed
3. A beautiful blonde girl was putting on make up in the bathroom
4. Carolyn was carrying a gun in the rain
5. A man had blood stains on his white shirt
6. Jenny was his beloved daughterShe heard a gunshot
They were surprised by the loud sound of a gunshot
She hid the gun inside her closet
He took off his wet shirt as soon as he got home
His whole life flashed in front of his eyes
She used to wear fairy clothes when she was a child

2º BACH FRIDAY 28TH FEBRUARY. 9.00 LESSON

I am really, really sorry I can't come today. I didn't know in advance, otherwise I would have let you know.
Since you are here I am leaving the explanation how to use remember,  forget, regret + gerund or infinitive.
It is rather long ( it wouldn't take me more than 5 minutes to explain that). If you think you understood it before the end you can stop it.
1. After that you can practise with some exercises (6,7 page 57 of  your book)
2. Read the text on page 52 and write a summary. Answer the questions on ex. 5 at home.
Remember  most of you haven't written the formal letter (  María the only exception).

English Grammar - REMEMBER & FORGET - gerunds & infinitives

ALBERT CASALS

Round the world in a wheelchair By: thinkSPAIN , Sunday, March 29, 2009

A TEENAGER left crippled by childhood Leukaemia intends to tour the world in a wheelchair. Albert Casals, 18, has no money with him and is making the journey in his chair – and by hitch-hiking. The Barcelona-born student has already spent four years travelling the globe in this way. Albert says the purpose of his life is ‘the search for happiness’ and that he likes nothing better than travelling and meeting different people. He spends several months of each year on his journey and has already seen most of Europe, South-East Asia, Latin America and Japan. In fact, he has already written a book about his adventures, in catalán, titled El món sobre rodes (‘The world on wheels’), which is soon to be published again in Castilian Spanish. Albert initially made his journeys with his parents in tow – on a budget of just three euros a day – to avoid problems with customs because of being underage. His mum and dad are now happy for him to go off on his own “because they know it makes me happy.” He has dedicated his book to them, and keeps in touch with them by email when he is away. Albert’s first trip was to Brussels. He says he has never been scared because “everyone you meet has something good about them.” “I’ve lived with thieves and drug-dealers, and nothing bad has ever happened to me,” he reveals. “If I’m staying with a fisherman, I’ll go sea-fishing with him, and so on.” He has travelled Perú and Colombia by hitch-hiking, and the Greek islands by convincing ferry crew to let him on for free. He has even crossed the Latin American rainforests in a raft, and was rescued by the drug-dealers he travelled with when he fell in the river. Meeting so many people means he has around 900 emails a day to read and answer. But Albert has done less sight-seeing close to home. “I’ve seen the Sagrada Familia cathedral in my home city for the first time today,” he reveals. Albert speaks English as well as his two native languages, and can also get by in French, Italian and Japanese. His next hitch-hiking trip will be around Africa this May, as far as the island of Madagascar. Albert reveals that although he has just finished his bachillerato (Spain’s answer to A-levels) he does not yet know what he wants to do as a career.   Món petit film, my little world, is the story of Albert Casals, a 22 year old guy that travels alone with no money or as little as 20 euros with his wheelchair around the world. He has been travelling since he was 15 years old, he leaves the house with his wheelchair and a little bag with some clothes and hits the road. He goes hitch hiking from one place to another. When Albert was a child with five years of age, he ended up in a wheelchair as a consequence of the medication that cured him of an illness but inevitably left him with no mobility in his legs. He is an example for everyone, not only for being brave on his situation but also to do what he wants no matter what. The wheelchair is not something that prevents him from doing anything at all. As he says in the film ” you wear glasses, I have a wheelchair, what is the difference?”. He says, I am happy when I travel so why I shouldn’t do that, life is very simple, travelling makes me happy so this is what I do. The film is about his last travel a route from Barcelona to the opposite place on earth from his home, East Cape in New Zealand, where there is a lighthouse. He will do that hitch hiking, by road, by boat, who knows all the adventures he will live…But this time he is not going alone, he is going with his girlfirend Anna. They will live loads of adventures that deserve to be told. Totally recommended!! I enjoyed a lot in the cinema. I loved the film, he wrote two books already about his anecdotes all over the globe, he has been travelling alone with his wheelchair since he was 15. On his first travel alone, he had money with him but at some point he run out of money. He explains in the film that at that time, he had to make a choice, keep on travelling or stop because of the lack of money. So he decided to keep on travelling, and the fact that he had no money helped him discover the world with a new pair of eyes. He says that travelling with no money is an opportunity for people to invite you and know the local people of a place, eating with them, travelling with them and mingle with the society of a place. Albert is no tourist, he is a traveller, he loves travelling for the sake of travelling and if he has to sleep on a couch, on a park, in the beach or in a train station, this is what it takes to fullfil his dreams. This film received these Awards - Doc U & 3r audience awards at IDFA (Amsterdam), Youth Award at Zagreb international fest (Croatia), Best Documentary BIFF at Colorado, and oficial selection at Palm Springs, Los Ángeles (EEUU). A story of love, travel, adventures but also about values that are very hidden in our society: goodness, respect, share and help others on the way. Keep in eye as very soon will be in European cinemas and worldwide distributed by PBS International. You can’t miss it! tourismwithme.com/‎

3º ESO DIVER

HUGO

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3º ESO C
MORE PAIR WORK ACTIVITIES + MOVIE SEGMENTS TO PRACTISE

• COMPARATIVE-SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES (UNIT 4)
•  PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (UNIT 5)

IN YOUR SECTION

 3º ESO
 IN PAIRS 

1. Have you ever seen/been in a car accident? Describe it.
2. Have you ever felt that your life was at risk? Talk about it.
3. What would you do if you were alone and stuck inside your car in the middle of a snow storm?

NOW WATCH THE SEGMENT FROM MOVIE SEGMENTS "NEW IN TOWN"

NEW IN TOWN (TOO AND ENOUGH)

Practise too and enough

1. The weather was snowy.

Ex: The weather was too snowy.

2. The car tracks weren’t visible.

3. She packed clothes for the trip.

4. There weren’t any flights because of the storm.

5. She was driving fast .

6. She was not concentrating on her driving.

7. She was clever to hang her red pantyhose on the antenna.

8. She drank liquor to keep her warm and resist the cold.

9. She got drunk to walk by herself.

10. She was lucky to be located.

C. Talk to a partner.


1. What’s your opinion about the main character’s decisions?

2. What were the wrong things she did?

3. What were the right things she did?

I am short of time to prepare a set of activities for the following video in memory of Nelson Mandela but post it anyway, since it is worth watching it.
If you would like to know more about Nelson Mandela you may also go to

http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017

or Maya Angelou

http://www.biography.com/people/maya-angelou-9185388

 

 

[ENGLISH SUBTITLES] His Day is Done: A Tribute Poem for Nelson Mandela