ESO3: Comparisons-Extra practice

Today we are revising for the exam. Can you compare Homer Simpson with Alice in Wonderland? And Spongebob with Garfield? Remember the rules and let's compare!

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2065#a



Who is the strongest? Who is the laziest? Who is the funniest? Who is the most intelligent? And the less?

Try to define them with the personality adjectives of the unit!

ALL: The history of music in 5 minutes.

Look what I found on the internet... and listen! These five youngsters are fantastic with their voices and at beatbox, and they synthesize the history of music in just five minutes! Can you believe it? Just have a look :)

Can you identify any of these songs? And the singers?

ESO3: Euro-scola projects and 9th May-Europe's Day

OK guys, I am very glad of your work. The four teams have been working really hard on their campaigns for the promotion of the European Union. They have focused on aspects that caught their attention and thought of a creative way to reach their goals. The process has been long but fun: reading comics and watching videos about the EU origin, values and services; deciding on a project; brainstorming ideas; being creative; working together; sharing their work... and now seeing the results!
Check all the groups and their different projects through their blogs (click on their names). They are spreading the word of their cause so if you like it, link their project and make others aware of it:

• 1. Swaggers (ESO3-B). Project on the European Health Card. Main output: poster.
• 2. Skinners (ESO3-A). Project on the PEGI symbols for Videogames.Main output: poster.
• 3. Simple People (ESO3-B). Project on the 112 Emergency Service. Main output: video.
• 4. 2gether we R + (ESO3-A). Project on Volunteering. Main output: video.

During Europe's Day, taking into account the values abovementioned, all groups will join forces to celebrate the event and they are already working on three activities:

• a. Common display with posters about the EU, institutions and official campaigns.
• b. Football match as a re-enactment of a European countries mini-league during the break.
• c. Music concert of our 3rd ESO students playing the anthem of the EU with their recorders, xylophones and the keyboard under an exceptional conductor: Sílvia Ríos.

We hope you enjoy this great day with us!

Blogs: 

http://swaggersbdn.blogspot.com.es/

http://skinnersbdn.blogspot.com.es

http://simplepeoplebdn.blogspot.com.es

http://2getherwearemore.blogspot.com.es

ALL: Sant Jordi Competition at SI BADALONA 2013.

Sant Jordi Competition at SI BADALONA 2013.
Get ready for this years's literary competition at SI BADALONA. Get inspired and start writing... and drawing!

Ideas for 1st and 2nd ESO students: calligrams. Do you like animals? Why don't you create a calligram with your favourite animal? You can also describe it!



Ideas for 3rd and 4th ESO students: Love, Friendship, Springtime... there are many different opics you can cover in your poem or composition so, don't be shy and start creating! Remember that songs are a good  source of literary devices, rhythm and rhyme.

ESO4: Chat-up lines...in films

Look at this link for the best chat-up lines in films.
http://shortlist.com/entertainment/films/30-best-movie-chat-up-lines

ESO3: EUROSCOLA 2013 STARTS!

This is the second year we are going to participate in the Euroscola contest, in which you will be competing with students from other schools to learn about the European Union and win fantastic prizes! This year's main topic is Citizenship. Are you up for the challenge? Last year we were finalists so... let's go for it!
http://www.euro-scola.com/index.php

ESO4: External assessment

Here you have some extra links to practise your skills before the test!

LISTENING:
http://free-english-study.com/listening/pre-intermediate.html

READING:
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/reading/2r1-the-party.php

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/reading/2r2-confused-letter.php

WRITING:
1. Follow the example of the last reading exercise and write a letter to a friend explaining your traveling plans for this summer.
2. Introduce yourself to the family that will host you in New Zealand for one month: talk about your likes and dislikes, food matters, hobbies, family and expectations.
3. Advertise your town in a brochure for people of your age: talk about interesting sites, monuments, leisure activities, weather and typical festivities.

ESO4: Being human... and animal!

Here you have a picture with external parts of the body to learn:

http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/body.htm ... and here you'll find other organs:

Try to draw the body and the different body parts and leran vocabulary ths way. Read sources in English to expand your vocabulary!

Here you'll find extra exercises:

• -Illnesses
• -Dialogue at the doctor's
• -Games!

• Crossword

  Dictation and Spelling Test

  Save the Bear! - a cute derivative of hangman

  Odd One Out

  Rumble in the Jumble - The Human Body

  Word Search

   

http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/SeekAWord/wordsearch10.htm
http://www.learnenglish.de/crosswords/humanbody.htm

Have a look and become a surgeon!: http://www.edheads.org/activities/knee/

ESO1: What's the time?

Hello! Here you will find up to FIFTEEN games to tell the time in English...can you spot on the right time?
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm 
If you need to revise how to tell the time try this link: http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/503/clock.swf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/telling_the_time/play/popup.shtml
http://resources.oswego.org/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html

ESO3: Crime vocabulary: Cybercrime!

We start Unit 3 travelling to one of my favoiurite countries: New Zealand! But is is so far away that we need to do a stop-over in San Francisco. After  learning about Al Capone and the Alcatraz prison we will become familiar to some vocabulary related to crime and justice. Do you remember the case of that student accused of hacking? Beware... safety on the Internet is extremely important!

Rosa Saló is an English teacher in Girona who has engaged in an excellent project with interesting materials to work the contents of this unit. Visit for more info: https://sites.google.com/a/xtec.cat/private-detectives/fbi---kids-safety Here you have an example of what "detectives" of your age can do!

LISTENING: Watch this Phineas and Ferb's video and copy the cyberules on your notebook. Then translate them. What do you think about it?

SPEAKING: Let's discuss about cyberbulling... What is it? What types of cyberbulling are there? How can you avoid it or what can you do to fight it? How would you help a friend who is experiencing it? As in Rosa's web we can elaborate a list of DO's and DON'Ts from the following webpage and discuss http://www.fbi.gov/fun-games/kids/kids-safety

READING:  Here you can read about the daily routine of an FBI agent... if there is such a thing for an agent! http://www.fbi.gov/fun-games/kids/kids-day

WRITING: Write a story in groups of two or three with random words from this unit. It has to be a mystery/crime story soi try to keep the guilty person until the end!
It's like playing CLUEDO! You need a scene, a victim, a murderer, and at least two suspects! http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crimescene.html


For high level talents don't miss this out! http://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-a-mystery.html


GAMES: Play different games from the FBI webpage to get familiar to this new vocabulary.
http://www.fbi.gov/fun-games/kids/kids-games

 EXTRA VOCABULARY: http://www.fbi.gov/fun-games/kids/kids-investigate