OPINION ESSAY. EXAMPLES AND USEFUL CONNECTORS

You can read more examples of opinion essays (apart from the ones in your student's and workbook ) before trying to write your own.
You will also find appropriate connectors of cause and effect  below.



USE THE FOLLOWING LINKERS TO COMPLETE THE ESSAY.

THEREFORE, AS A RESULT, SINCE, AS, BECAUSE, CONSEQUENTLY

You will be given a worksheet with a summary of the most common connectors of cause and effect an you can also have a look at the next chart.




When you think you are ready, sit down for a while. Choose one of the topics from the ones given below 

MORE TOPICS ON OPINION ESSAYS FOR THIS ACADEMICAL YEAR 2020-2021

SHOULD FAST FOOD BE A PART OF THE MENU IN SCHOOL CANTEENS?

SHOULD EXERCISE BE OBLIGATORY AT SCHOOL?

SHOULD FASHION DESIGNERS BAN USING MODELS WHO ARE UNDERWEIGHT?

THE BEST WAY  TO LEARN A LANGUAGE IS BY VISITING COUNTRIES WHERE IT IS SPOKEN. DO YOU AGREE?

or you can use one of the proposals from last year ( in case you haven't already written about it)

• SHOULD CITY CENTRES BE TURNED INTO A CAR-FREE ZONE?
• WHERE IS IT BETTER TO LIVE, IN  THE CITY OR IN THE COUNTRY?
• A GAP YEAR BEFORE UNIVERSITY IS THE BEST OPTION
• YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN POLITICS
• TEENAGE YEARS ARE THE BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE

OR THE PROPOSAL FROM YOUR BOOK

         AND NOW,

• Brainstorm your ideas about the topic  you have chosen.
• Organise them into paragraphs
• Look for the suitable connectors to link your ideas
• Write a draft. Make sure grammar and spelling are correct (use an online dictionary, you should have previous writings around in order to avoid mistakes you have made before and have been corrected). 
• Write it again avoiding mistakes, check word order, clear paraghraphs and when you are sure that is the best you can do, hand it in.

      

Axudas para ACTIVIDADES EN LINGUAS ESTRANXEIRAS VERÁN 2020

AXUDAS PARA A REALIZACIÓN DE ACTIVIDADES DE FORMACIÓN EN LINGUAS ESTRANXEIRAS NO ANO 2020

NOTA INFORMATIVA DO 2 DE MARZO

Información sobre o calendario e destinos de celebración das actividades convocadas

CURSO	MODALIDADE	DURACIÓN	RÉXIME ALOXAMENTO	Nº PRAZAS	Información lugar  celebración/datas
2º B	Inglés en Canadá	3 semanas	Familia	80	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
	Inglés no Reino Unido	3 semanas	Familia	90	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
	Francés en Francia	3 semanas	Familia ou residencia	15	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
	Portugués en Portugal	3 semanas	Familia ou residencia	5	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
1º BACH.	Inglés no Reino Unido	3 semanas	Familia	150	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
	Inglés en Canadá	3 semanas	Familia	135	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
	Inglés en Canadá- Integración	4 semanas	Familia	30	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
	Inglés en Galicia	1 semana	Residencia	50	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
	Francés en Francia	3 semanas	Familia ou residencia	15	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
	Portugués en Portugal	3 semanas	Familia ou residencia	5	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
4º ESO	Inglés en Galicia	1 semana	Residencia	50	Publicaranse coa listaxe definitiva do alumnado seleccionado
4º ESO	Inglés en Galicia	2 semanas	Residencia	90	Centro Residencial Docente de Vigo, do 2 de agosto ao 15 de agosto
3º ESO	Inglés en Galicia	2 semanas	Residencia	180	Centro Residencial Docente de A Coruña, do 2 de agosto ao 15 de agosto
2º ESO	Inglés en Galicia	2 semanas	Residencia	325	Lugar: Centro Residencial Docente de A Coruña Quendas: - do 5 de xullo ao 18 de xullo - do 19 de xullo ao 1 de agosto
1º ESO	Inglés en Galicia	2 semanas	Residencia	380	Lugar: Centro Residencial Docente de Vigo Quendas: - do 5 de xullo ao 18 de xullo - do 19 de xullo ao 1 de agosto

NOTA INFORMATIVA DO 28 DE FEBREIRO

Lémbrase que o Anexo II, ademáis dos datos e sinatura do pai/nai, titor/a, etc., deberá contar coa información seguinte:

• -      Atoparse cuberto e asinado polo/as irmáns/ás do/a solicitante maiores de 18 anos e menores de 25 anos.
• -      No caso dos/as irmáns/ás do/a solicitante, maiores de 16 anos e menores de 18 anos, cubrirase o Anexo II, indicando o seu parentesco, o seu nome e apelidos e o seu NIF, facendo constar na mesma fila (nas columnas correspondentes) o nome e apelidos, o NIF así como a data de nacemento e a sinatura do titor/a ou representante legal.
• -      Os solicitantes maiores de 16 anos e menores de 18 anos, así mesmo, deberán facerse constar no Anexo II. Neste caso, cubrirase o Anexo II, indicando o parentesco (como “irmá/n"), o seu nome e apelidos e o seu NIF así como a data de nacemento, facendo constar na mesma fila (nas columnas correspondentes) o nome e apelidos, o NIF e a sinatura do titor/a ou representante legal.

 O inicio do procedemento de solicitude realizarase a partir da aplicación dispoñible na páxina web do programa (http://www.edu.xunta.es/axudasle), non sendo válidas as solicitudes que non procedan deste xeito.

https://www.edu.xunta.es/axudasle/

Reading club. Monday 17th February at lunchtime

Remember We will have our first meeting tomorrow to talk about the first part of ...




 We will also be doing a quiz
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time/quiz/

Bring your copies!!!

Translation. Modals on Valentine''s day

Old post for a quick revision before the exam.
http://englishasbarxas.blogspot.com/2017/02/translation-modal-verbs-1-bach.html
http://englishasbarxas.blogspot.com/2017/10/3-eso-bilingual-section.html
https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2018/09/2-bach-translation.html


may/might/can/could/should help

If you have time and want to know about Valentine's day, listen to the freaky story told by this funny lady
https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-strange-freaky-history-of.html

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement (graduation ceremony)

There are lots of amazing speeches online. Despite being from 2008. I only came across this one a few weeks ago.  J.K Rowling  talks about failure, the benefits of it and how you can  learn from it.
About the importance of true friends, how working for Amnesty International was an incredible and inspiring experience and dedicates the last part of her speech to encourage the graduates to... 

Can anyone finish the sentence?
Subtitles are not always correct but may help.

Hair Love | Oscar-Winning Short Film . 2 ESO ADAPTATION

How many parts of the house  can you see? Can you name them?
Can you write  5 objects in each room?
Can you write 4 sentences using the verb TO BE (is/are) and 4 using HAVE GOT (have/has got) about the short film?

Parts of the house. 2 ESO Adaptation

We have been studying the parts of the house and common objects in rooms.

Para practicar co vocabulario aprendido.

Click on the following

Parts of the house

Parts of the house 2

2 ESO. Miming actions with adverbs

MORE Activities

Waiting for a bus	Having a shower	Cooking an omelette
Watching TV	Fishing in the rain	Sewing a button onto a shirt
Playing cards	Waiting for a friend	Telephoning someone
Playing tennis	Studying English	Reading a big newspaper
Finding a radio station	Typing a letter	Getting dressed

MORE Activities

Waiting for a bus	Having a shower	Cooking an omelette
Watching TV	Fishing in the rain	Sewing a button onto a shirt
Playing cards	Waiting for a friend	Telephoning someone
Playing tennis	Studying English	Reading a big newspaper
Finding a radio station	Typing a letter	Getting dressed

I should have bought you flowers

From the "I should have  known better" by the Beatles  to    You should see me in a crown by Billie Eilish there are hundreds of songs where modal verbs are used and a great way for you to remember them.
Let's go romantic, oooooh a bit and listen to Bruno Mars

What does he regret?

Hold on a second! Is his English correct?  Can you find any mistake in the following lines?

Hmmm too young, too dumb to realize
That I should have bought you flowers and held your hand
Should have gave you all my hours when I had the chance
Take you to every party cause all you wanted to do was dance
Now my baby is dancing, but she's dancing with another man.

And others like Roxette sang "It must have been love"
Gloria Gaynor told herself she should have changed that stupid lock and she should have made him leave his key...
 More recently the fantastic Jamie Cullum  Kept repeating  Even though I might, even though I tried I can't  in the "Well you needen't"
and lots of examples could  be added if I had the time...

MORE ON MODALS
https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/search?q=modals
https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/search?q=MODAL+VERBS
https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2019/05/translation-modals-3-eso-bilingual.html

Oscars. Modal verbs

This is the beginning of an article about the Oscars ceremony and the lack of a host for the second time.

Several modal verbs have been used. Can you mention and translate them?

Sunday’s Oscars ceremony will be hostless for the second year in a row. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced via Twitter in January that no host would be forthcoming. Instead, it named a long lineup of quality presenters, from fan favorites like (2020 Oscar nominee) Taika Waititi and Lin-Manuel Miranda to industry legends like Steve Martin and Sigourney Weaver. 

That roster of A-listers should hopefully ensure that the ceremony can still provide something for everyone — or at least the roughly 30 million people who’ll bother to tune in. In fact, it seems likely this hostless streak is the start of a new normal.

It’s been a long time since January 2019, so you might not remember that last year was the first time in two decades that the Oscars had gone without a host. The Academy went host-free when its first choice, Kevin Hart, flounced from the job after coming under social media fire.

forthcoming:dispoñible
lineup: reparto
roster: lista
streak: cualidade
flounced

To go on reading:

https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/2/9/21126627/oscars-host-2020-why-no-one-is-hosting

Bye-bye

Education. Parental Veto. Unit 3 1 Bach

Reading and speaking activity

Spain’s political parties lock horns over far-right Vox’s ‘parental veto’

The controversial policy from the group would give parents the right to stop their children from attending workshops on issues such as homophobia and sex education.

lock horns : fight 

https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/01/20/inenglish/1579513966_679777.html

What is your opinion on the matter?

Video: HOSTING STUDENTS FROM UCKFIELD COLLEGE

As you probably know, our school hosted students from Uckfield College (United kingdom) last December.
Some of the A level students came to our 1st Bach class to talk about their academical system. That was very interesting and our students where surprised at the number of subjects they had to prepare each year ( only 3 or 4!!!)
During the week they were hosted by students from 3 ESO and 1st BACH.                                      
    
                                                  VIGO 2019                                      
  
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Designed and painted by 3rd ESO students and art teacher

In the video you can see photos of the group in the different activities that week. Despite the terrible weather, they seem happy and said to have had a great week. 

Galicia: Your travel destination. 2 ESO

In pairs you are going to write a report about different towns and places to visit in Galicia: Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Pontevedra, Baiona, Vigo...Choose a place, find and inviting title and start creating a text where you can mention:

Photo: Palmira Calvar
Nerga beach

• location
• how to get there
• weather
• why  it is worth to visit ( history, architecture, museums, food, landscape, beaches, food...)
• Best time of the year to visit it
• Activities to do there
• and any other idea you may like to include as well as photos.

Format: Oral presentation

Power point, google, prezi... presentation

Video

The oral presentation should be balanced 

between the two participants 

CAMBRIDGE EXAMS. 1 Bach

This may be the appropriate academical year to test your level of English. You will need to certify a B1 or B2 in some universities to get a degree and you will have to certify your level of English if you want to apply for a stay of  Erasmus mobility.
CAMBRIDGE EXAMS can be taken in Vigo,  have a look at the different dates in case you are interested.
The activities we are doing this year (Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing) are very similar to the ones you will find in those exams