THE HEALTHY GUIDE

THIS IS A HEALTHY GUIDE TO EXAM SUCCESS. READ ON TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET GREAT RESULTS ALL AROUND.

• EAT WELL: fish, walnuts and eggs are good examples of food that improves your memory.
• DRINK PLENTY OF WATER: if you don't, you may find it more difficult to concentrate.
• GET ENOUGH SLEEP: if you're tired when you do the exam, all your hard work will be wasted.
• TAKE REGULAR BREAKS: do some stretching or work out between study sessions. You could even sing or dance for ten minutes!
• STRESS IS NORMAL: sometimes it can even help you feel more motivated.

                                                                GOOD LUCK!!!

APOLOGIZING

FUNCTIONAL PHRASES FOR APOLOGIZING, PROMISING AND RESPONDING TO AN APOLOGY.

• I apologize for ... + ---ING
• I'm so sorry.
• I'm really sorry about ... 
• Sorry, it was all my fault.
• I'll do better next time.
• It won't happen again.
• Next time I'll remember to ...+ INFINITIVE
• That's all right.
• Never mind.
• Don't worry about it.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

- FIRST CONDITIONAL EXERCISES
- SECOND CONDITIONAL EXERCISES
- FIRST AND SECOND CONDITIONAL GAME

PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

THE CHINESE ZODIAC

In Chinese tradition, a different animal represents each new year. 2018 is the year of the DOG. The Chinese believe that people's personalities are influenced by the animal year in which they were born.

Here are some of the positive and negative characteristics of each animal:

• RAT: intelligent and charming and can be selfish. 
• OX: patient and sensible and can be stubborn. 
• TIGER: adventurous and strong and can be competitive. 
• RABBIT: ambitious and sensitive and can be shy. 
• DRAGON: powerful and energetic and can be unpredictable. 
• SNAKE: calm and clever and can be vain. 
• HORSE: talkative and sociable and can be impatient. 
• SHEEP: artistic and thoughtful and can be moody. 
• MONKEY: funny and confident and can be jealous. 
• ROOSTER: hard-working and organized and can be proud. 
• DOG: honest and loyal and can be nervous. 
• PIG: generous and kind and can be lazy.

VOICETHREAD

WATCH THIS VIDEO CAREFULLY AND LEARN HOW TO UPLOAD A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WITH VOICETHREAD:

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.

THIRD TERM

THE PASSIVE VOICE

Watch these videos to understand "The passive voice".

PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES  

   

  

GEOGRAPHY AND ENGLISH PROJECTS

MOST OF YOU HAVE MADE AN EFFORT AND HAVE WORKED WELL. CONGRATULATIONS!!! HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR PROJECTS:

PREZI PRESENTATIONS:

• NEWCASTLE:Beatriz and Isabel
• SYDNEY: Jesús and Adrián
• MIAMI: Esther and Pablo R.
• SAN FRANCISCO: Cristina and Pablo M.
• AUSTIN: Manuel and Antonio
• DUBLIN: Mario L. and Juan
• LIVERPOOL: Iker and Rafa
• TORONTO: Alex and Héctor.
• OTTAWA: Marina and Elia

POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS:

• LONDON: Rodrigo and Toni.
• LAS VEGAS: Miguel and José Manuel.
• BRIGHTON: Adrián and Carlos.
• MANCHESTER: Nacho and Alex.
• LOS ANGELES: Mario and David.

SECOND TERM TASKS

BLOG / PORTFOLIO

THERE ARE SOME TASKS YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE SECOND TERM:

• Glossaries of Units 3/4/5
• Glossary of the book "Madame Doubtfire.
• Functional Language and dialogue of Unit 3.
• Gif
• The project about a city (Geography and English project).
• Your self-assessment.

SOME QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR SELF-ASSESSMENT:

1. Which skill/s do you need to improve?
2. How can you improve it / them?
3. What can you do better now?
4. What did you do in English outside class?

As your teacher told you in the English lesson the DEADLINE is : FRIDAY, 23rd. MARCH

21st. MARCH: WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY

A KARAOKE LIP SYN VIDEO IN SUPPORT OF WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY FEATURES 50 MUMS AND THEIR CHILDREN  SINGING ALONG TO CHRISTINA PERRI'S SONG "A THOUSAND YEARS".