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4ESO: CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN TASKS (until 19th April 2020)

Dear 4th ESO students,

Here is my proposal for these days. Organize your time and do your best! These are the tasks to revise Unit 4, continue with Unit 5 and start Unit 6.  As we still don't know how long we'll be out of school, if it takes longer, pay attention to your mail/blog. Spread the word among your classmates. 

GOOGLE CLASSROOM: set your google classroom in your Drive of your educand.ad account as we, teachers, are asked to use this rescource to follow your academic evolution during this period.  I will send you the PASSWORD to join the class. Just in case, I'll ask you to upload your work both on Google Classroom and your shared Drive folder we were using so far (which for most of you is using your own personal gmail account).


Thanks. 

PS. CHALLENGE: play and learn with this free app on your hone or laptop to keep up with your level of English! You can comment on your progress ;) https://es.duolingo.com/

So, here we go with your tasks. 

Deadline for them all: 20th April.

NOTE: When you send your work (and screenshots of results in the activities) to your Drive, name it accordingly (e.g. 2.READING BOOK).

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Activity 2 (reading Henry VIII and his SIx Wives) to be done during these days and Easter. Read at your own pace! Same for DuoLingo: just 15 minutes every day!
16 Reading	17	18 Activity 1	19 Activity 3.1+2	20 Activity 3.3+4
23 Activity 4	24	25 Activity 5	26 Act. 6.1+2+3	27 Activity 7.1
30 Activity 7.2	31	1 Activity 7.3	2 Activity 8	3 Activity 9

1-READING BULLY. https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/bully-level-1

Do the activities: Do the preparation exercise first. Then read the text and do the exercises to check your understanding. (True or False + Fill in gaps)
Format of your choice: screenshot of results (paste on a Word document).
Uploading and deadline: upload it in your shared folder in your Drive and on Google Classroom.

2-READING BOOK. Henry VIII and his Six Wives.

Your mission: read the book.

Format - Word document with:

·         For each chapter: 10 vocabulary words + a summary.

·         Describe Henry VIII and each of his 6 wives.

·         Your opinion about the book (min. 40 words)

·         An alterative ending for the narrator (min. 40 words)

3-LISTENING. Here you have some Listening activities, with exercises to do before and alter  listening to the audio.  Send a screenshot for each activity with the title provided and share it in your Drive Folder (and eventually in Google Classroom). Optional: answer the discussion question.

3.1. LISTENING 1:  Difficult situations.
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/intermediate-b1-listening/difficult-situations

3.2. LISTENING 2:  Organising your time.
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/intermediate-b1-listening/organising-your-time

3.3. SPEAKING 1: Giving your opinion.
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/speaking/elementary-a2-speaking/giving-your-opinion

3.4. SPEAKING 2: TV recommendation.

I’m sure you will match severeal film and series on platforms like Netflix. Get ready to recommend any film or series to your classmates recording a podcast in your Voice Recorder (Grabadora de Sonidos): your mobile phone should have an app for that. NO SPOILERS, please! Include:
Name of film/series; main actors; setting (where and when it happens); a summary to call the attention (no spoilers), why you like it and who would you recommend it to. You can add music or effects to make it more interesting.

Podcast	2.5	2	1.5	1	0.5
Pronunciation Level of diction and intonation are...	Excellent	Very good	Average	Improvable	Poor
Fluency Pauses, rhythm, are...	Excellent	Very good	Average	Improvable	Poor
Accuracy Grammar and agreement are...	Excellent	Very good	Average	Improvable	Poor
Content Ideas, info, music provided are...	Excellent	Very good	Average	Improvable	Poor

Tool:  You can use: https://www.soundtrap.com/edu/?lang=es

Audacity is anotherone of the multiple tools you can use to edit your podcast (even with your phone!). To add music and FX have a look to step 9 here (the rest of steps can help you use this free software): https://podcasts.ceu.edu/how-edit-your-podcast-audacity-step-step-guide

4. WRITING 1: INNOVATION.  You are a famous inventor invited to the Jornada de les Ciències in 2050.  You are presenting your 3 best inventions ever for the future. Describe its function, material, price, name and instructions to make it work. Try to add a picture or drawing!  Min. 30 words per invention (30 x 3= 90 words). 
Format: Word, powerpoint, prezi, canvas, genial.ly…as you prefer

5. WRITING 2: MODALS. Create an inforgraphy (design a poster) with 10 rules to be followed in class. Example:
1. YOU MUSTN’T  CHEW GUM IN CLASS.
2. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO YOUR CLASSMATES.
…
Use different modals and find images for each or some of the rules. Make it attractive. Genial.ly is a great tool for that.
Format: Word, powerpoint, prezi, canvas, genial.ly…as you prefer

Student's and workbook. GRAMMAR + VOCABULARY. Have a look to the students book and complete the exercises on your Workbook of Unit 5 and 6. Many might have the books at school, in your lockers. Don't panic.... keep reading!

6. VOCABULARY:

• 6.1. UNIT 4: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/beginner-vocabulary/actions
• 6.2. UNIT 5: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/beginner-vocabulary/technology
• 6.3. UNIT 6: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/beginner-vocabulary/everyday-objects

7. GRAMMAR: Screenshot of results.

7.1. Revise the conditionals. (Unit 4)

Theory: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional.htm
Practise: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_quiz.htm

7.2. The passive (Unit 5)
Copy on your notebook.


FLIPPED CLASSROOM (online): Here you have the theory and some exercises to drill.
Theory: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/passive.htm
Exercises:
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/word_order.htm
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/word_order2.htm
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/word_order3.htm
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/word_order4.htm
EXTRA: Exercises: choose your level! https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm

7.3. Modals. (Unit 6)
Copy on your notebook



Exercises 1-6: https://agendaweb.org/verbs/modals-mixed-2-exercises.html

Activities 8, 9 & 10 are EXTRA/OPTIONAL: Send a screenshot with your results.

8. DICTATION. Try if you dare!
https://www.listen-and-write.com/audio/show/19314
9. EXTRA (Opional): Driving license online test. Road signs.
https://www.safedrivingforlife.info/road-signs-quiz
10. Use apps such as DuoLingo: CHALLLENGE: 15 minutes a day of English. Keep your marks high!

And if you want to relax, why don't you try a meditation session? Plenty to choose from here to deal with anxiety or streess: https://insighttimer.com/

Good luck. May the force be with you!
Your favourite teacher,

Humberto

3ESO: CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN TASKS (until 19th April 2020)

Dear 3rd of ESO students,
Here is my proposal for these days. Organize your time and do your best!

GOOGLE CLASSROOM: set your google classroom in your Drive of your educand.ad account as we, teachers, are asked to use this rescource to follow your academic evolution during this period.  I will send you an email inviting you or the PASSWORD to join the class. Just in case, I'll ask you to upload your work both on Google Classroom and your shared Drive folder we were using so far (which for most of you is using your own personal gmail account).

PS. CHALLENGE: play and learn with this free app on your hone or laptop to keep up with your level of English! You can comment on your progress ;) https://es.duolingo.com/

Thanks. So, here we go with your tasks. 

Deadline for all these activities: 20th April.

NOTE: When you send your work (and screenshots of results in the activities) to your Drive, name it accordingly (e.g. 2.READING BOOK).

Suggested calendar (flexible):

 MARCH / APRIL

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Activity 1 (interview) and 2 +3 (reading The Elephant Man + Bullying) to be done during these days and Easter. Read at your own pace!
16 Reading book	17 Activity 4	18 Activity 5	19	20 Activity 6.1
23 Activity 6.2a	24 Activity 6.2b	25 Activity 6.2c	26	27 Activity 8
30 Activity 7.1	31 Activity 7.2	1 Activity 7.3	2	3 Activity 7.4

1-PROJECT Unit 4. Family interview. 

Format: Word document (questions + composition + picture + map) + Audio of the interview
Suggested deadline: Monday 23. Final deadline: 19th April. Answer the questions.

Format: Word document.
Title: 1.Project. Family Homage.
Drive shared folder.
Date:  19th April

HOMAGE TO OUR GROWN-UP / HOMENAJE A NUESTROS MAYORES

Take your phone and look for the Voice Recorder (GRABADORA DE SONIDOS). Record the intervew (in Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese… the language you prefer; prepare the questions in advance!). Take a Picture of the interviewee holding an old picture. Complete the chart. You can make the questions in your language. Then, write the biography in English.
Language of the original interview: _________________________________.

Question	Answer
1. Where were you born? When? Where did you live when you were a child?
2. Describe your family.
3. Who were your best friends? What did you play to with your friends?
4. What did you study? How was the school? Do you remember any particular teacher or anecdote?
5. Which was your first job? How old were you? How much did you earn?
6. When did you leave home? Was it easy or difficult? Where did you go?
7. Did you get married? When and where? Who with?
8. How did you meet your partner?
9. Where have you lived in your life?
10. Where have you worked?
11. Where do you live now?
12. What’s your job now?
13. When did you have your first mobile phone?
14. What were your hobbies in the past? And now?
15. What are your plans for the future?

• If you can, add a picture as a child, teenager and adulto f the interviewee (if you are with him/her, better!).
• Add a map COLOURING IN the places he/she has lived in and add the date: https://www.amcharts.com/visited_countries/
• Attach the audio (or video) of your interview if you wish.

WRITING. Write the composition.

·         Introduction: your name and the people you live with at home.

·         Biography: choose a member of your family and make an interview (the older, the better!)

·         Present: Name, age, profession, date of birth, place of birth.

·         Past: jobs he/she has had, marriage, births, places where he/she has lived, when did he/she arrived in Andorra (if you interview a member of your family that lives aborad, it’s ok).

·         Future: plans he/she has for the future.

·         OPTIONAL: you can ask them about the Coronavirus situation: have they ever lived such a situation?

·         Conclusion: your opinion and what you learnt from your research

Uploading and deadline: upload it in your shared folder in your Drive and on Google Classroom. Monday 29.

Assessment: rubric

Project: homage	2.5	2	1.5	1.5	0.5
Written material (in English) Spelling, grammar, connectors are…	Excellent	Very good	Average	Improvable	Poor
Audio material (in your language) Rhythm, pauses, intonation are…	Excellent	Very good	Average	Improvable	Poor
Content all questions included, answered and in in the composition are	Excellent	Very good	Average	Improvable	Poor
Final product Visuals like photos and map and other supporting material are…	Excellent	Very good	Average	Improvable	Poor

2-READING. The Elephant Man. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxb_1457gGs

Answer the questions.
Format: Word document.
Title: 2. Reading. Elephant Man.
Drive shared folder.
Date:  19th April

Your mission: read the book.
Word document with:

·         For each chapter: 10 vocabulary words + a very short summary.

·         Describe the Elephant Man physically and psychologically (min. 30 words)

·         An alterative ending (min. 30 words)

·         Do you think the Elephant Man suffered from bullying? 

3-BULLYING. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qANaSAQcIgw

LOOK UP: Look up the Word dwarfism / dwarf in the dictionary.

Answer the questions.
Format: Word document.
Title: 3. Listening: Bullying.
Drive shared folder.
Date:  2nd April

LISTENING: Watch this video and answer the questions.

1. What’s the boy’s name?  a) Quaden  b) Alan c) Billy
2. How old is he? a) 8  b) 9  c) 10
3. Where is he from? a) USA  b) New Zealand  c) Australia
4. What’s his mum’s name? a) Karen b) Yarraka  c) Yurena
5. She is an activist for dwarfism and whose rights?  a) Indigenous people b) women c) LGTB
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6. Hugh Jackman says he is ___ than he thinks: a) stronger  b) happier  c) smarter
7. The following man talks about: a) anger  b) empathy  c) sandez
8. The first boy says he wants to be his: a) classmate  b) neighour  c) friend
9. And also “don’t ________ to tose boys”: a) talk  b) listen  c) look
10. And “stick ___ for yourself” (=assert): a) up b) down c) still

He received lots of messages of support, because he was feeling really sad, and andry and powerless (his mum too).

TAKE ACTION! SPEAKING: send him a support message! (15-60 seconds).
Format: Audio, video, image with voice... Tools: https://l-www.voki.com/

4. RECYCLING : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OasbYWF4_S8

Answer the questions.
Format: Word document.
Title: 4. Listening: Recycling.
Drive shared folder.
Date:  17th March
 

1. Who is speaking?
2. Which is the first R?
3. Which carrier bag should we use: plastic or canvas?
4. What is the colour of the container for plastic?
5. And for paper?
6. And for glass?
7. In the video, what are they NOT reusing? Underline.
Skateboard,  paper,   cardboard box,  wooden box, a bottle of plastic, a T-shirt, jeans.
8. What did they use as a pencil pot? a) Toilet roll cylinder b) glass bottle  c) Cola can
9. Using the 3Rs the planet will be… a) cleaner  b) more clean c) cleanest
10. With less contamination we can enjoy a ____ life: a) good  b) better c) best

EXTRA: TAKE ACTION!: find something at home and reuse it in a different way! Post a picture and explain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQxJ1yyTl5Q

5. CORONAVIRUS. LISTEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-JbDMYmAQM
Answer the questions.
Format: Word document.
Title: 5. Listening: Coronavirus
Drive shared folder.
Date:  18th March

True or false? GLOSSARY: outbreak of disease= brote de enfermedad

Question	True	False
1. The virus originated in China 2. The first corona virus of the family was found in the 1980s
3. The symptoms are like a common cold
4. A zoonotic disease originates in plants
5. They sold live animals in the Wuhan market
6. The actual source is already confirmed
7. Dry cough, fever and breathing issues are the symtoms
8. Antibiotics can work against the virus
9. You should wash your hands with soap regularly
10. It is called coronavirus because of its colour

TIC-TOC: Gloria Gaynor recorded a Tic-Toc washing her hands for 20 seconds dancing and singing her song I will survive. We must wash our hands throughly. What song would you choose to wash your hands? Try recording a Tic-Toc! Choose a song in English and sing!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBDeTzFCKME

Duration: 15-20 seconds

6-GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY. Have a look to the students book and complete the exercises on your Workbook of Unit 5 and 6. Many might have the books at school, in your lockers. Don't panic.... keep reading!

6.1. Keep practising the Future: Suggested activities 1, 2 ,3 4 & 5.
Send a screenshot with your results.
https://agendaweb.org/verbs/future-simple-exercises.html

Answer the questions. Send screenshot.
Format: Word document
Title: 6.1. Future
Drive shared folder.
Date:  20th March

6.2. Learn about the Conditionals:

Answer the questions. Send screenshot.
Format: Word document
Title: 6.2a. 1st Conditional. Drive shared folder. Date:  23rd March

Title: 6.2b. 2nd Conditional. Drive shared folder. Date:  24th March

Title: 6.2c. Mixed. Drive shared folder. Date:  25th March

Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB8cDdvj5uc

Copy on your notebook;

Practice: 
a) 1st Condicional: https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/first-conditional-future-time-clauses/
b) 2nd condicional: https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/second-conditional-unreal-situations/
c) Mixed: https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/first-and-second-conditionals/
Send a screenshot with your results.

7. VOCABULARY:

Answer the questions. Send screenshot.
Format: Word document
Title: 7.1 Voc3. Drive shared folder. Date:  30th March

Title: 7.2. Voc4. Drive shared folder. Date:  31st March

Title: 7.3. Voc. 5 Drive shared folder. Date:  1st April
Title: 7.4. Easter. Drive shared folder. Date:  3rd April

7.1. UNIT 3: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/beginner-vocabulary/patterns-materials
7.2. UNIT 4: https://quizlet.com/217992826/match?funnelUUID=0f1fde9f-8762-4605-832a-34bd15c9d4c4
7.3. UNIT 5:  https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/environment
7.4. EASTER: https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/easter

EXTRA: Game: https://matchthememory.com/engrev
More games: https://matchthememory.com/tags/recycling

8. DICTATION. Just if you dare...
https://www.listen-and-write.com/audio/show/2889

Send a screenshot with your results.

Format: Word document
Title: 8. Dictation. Drive shared folder. Date: 27th March

9. RELAX & COPE WITH ANXIETY: if you want to relax, why don't you try a meditation session? Plenty to choose from here to deal with anxiety or stress: https://insighttimer.com/