LAST PROJECT: Talking about inventions

   

                             

GUIDELINES:
- Create an individual presentation of about 3-4 minutes.

- Choose an important invention, describe it and explain the evolution from the time it was invented until nowadays.

- You must create a recording of the presentation so you can use voicethread. You have to open an account at this site: www.voicethread.com. We'll see how it works in the English lesson.

- The follwing questions can help you to describe the invention:

• What is it?
• Who was it invented by?
• When and where was it invented?
• What is it made from?
• What can it do?
• How has it changed over the years? 

- Use connectors such as: first of all, then, before, eventually, at last, finally...
- Before recording, send the written information to your English teacher in order to check the mistakes you might have made. (Deadline: 17th. May).

- DEADLINE OF THE PROJECT: 25th. May.

HOW TO CREATE A GIF

These are the guidelines to create an animated gif related to an aspect of the English culture to post on your blog:

• There are many options: The GIMP,  Unfreez or Gifmaker (http://gifmaker.me)

• You must choose same sized images to obtain a uniform result. 

• Once you have selected the images, just select the order of appearance and the animation speed.

• Finally, save the file as gif format.

ENGLISH AND GEOGRAPHY PROJECT

GUIDELINES:

• Make pairs.
• Choose one city of an English-speaking country and write a comment on your      teacher´s blog saying the city you have chosen and the student's name you are going to work with.
• Title the project.
• Create a PREZI or a POWER POINT presentation (a video about some aspects of the city can be included) with the following sections:

1. A short historical introduction of the city and the historical transformation: monuments, highlights...
2. Country and continent where the city is located.
3. Hemisphere and relation to the equator, prime meridian and tropic lines.
4. Distance from your home town.
5. Time zone.
6. Population (social groups, important people, main features, problems, main activities...) and area city (habitats, types of cities...)
7. Current season and what seasons are like.
8. Ecosystem and climate.
9. Environmental issues.
10. Bibliography.    

REMEMBER:

• AVOID LONG AND BORING PARAGRAPHS.
• ADD HELPFUL WEBSITES AT THE END OF THE PROJECT.
• POST YOUR PROJECT ON YOUR OWN BLOG/PORTFOLIO.
• SEND THE PROJECT TO YOUR GEOGRAPHY AND ENGLISH TEACHERS.
• YOUR PRESENTATION WILL BE HELD IN THE GEOGRAPHY AND ENGLISH CLASSES.
• WE WILL ASSESS YOUR ORAL SKILLS, INTERACTION, FLUENCY, ORIGINALITY, CREATIVITY, THE USE OF SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY, WRITING SKILLS, DIGITAL COMPETENCE, YOUR MANNER OF PRESENTATION AND OF COURSE,THE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY CONTENTS.

DEADLINE: 23rd. FEBRUARY.

PROJECT: Storytelling

In our English lesson we have talked about the importance of intonation when we speak a foreign language. Reading aloud short stories may help you a lot to improve your oral skills.

These are the steps you have to follow for this project:

• CLICK HERE and choose a story.
• Listen to the story as many times as you want.
• Try to repeat and record your voice with the sound recorder in your computer.
• Compare your pronunciation and intonation with the story you have chosen and make all the changes you consider in order to improve and get confidence.
• Send your recordings to your teacher's email.
• Write a new entry in your blog with the title of "Storytelling", then write the name of the story you have chosen and upload an image related to the story.
• Finally, write a comment about this project in your teacher's blog.

DEADLINE: 22nd. November.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BEST RECORDINGS :
- Montse Cruz Izquierdo.(3º A)
- Marina Román  Hernández.(3º A)
- Jesús Gómez Blanco.(3º B)
- Beatriz Sánchez García. (3º B)
- Esther García Calderón. (3º C)
- Pablo Moreno Barrios. (3º C)