HABITS

This is the infographics we will use to learn about how to express habits in English.Have a look at it before our lesson, this way maybe you find it easier when the time comes, It's interactive, if you click on the icons a pop-up window will show up.

SPEAKING AND ORAL MEDIATION

Don't forget you have speaking for homework! Since we can't practice speaking as we usually do in class, it's very important you do the exercises for general speaking and oral mediation you can find in our online lesson planning.

Come on! Don't be shy! I know it can be a bit weird at first but you know you can record yourself as many times as you consider till you are satisfied with the result. Then, send the final file to your teacher.

Remember, the more you try, the more you will learn! 

We can do it, let's go for it! 

WRITING: A NIGHTMARE JOURNEY

Remember you have to write a story.
Go to 'Writing' to get the explanation below as a document. You can also get some samples of nightmare journeys to give you ideas.

When writing a short story, LANGUAGE is very important:

• Use past continuous for background information. For example – It was raining heavily as we left the house….
• Use past perfect before the main events of the story. but Anne had kindly lent me her umbrella.
• Use simple past for the main events. There wasn’t a single person on the street.

Include some of the following phrases to highlight the different parts of your plot and to help your reader follow the storyline:

Time phrases:  It all began… Shortly afterwards, Meanwhile, Some time later, Finally, In the end, Eventually,	Phrases for dramatic effect:  Suddenly, Without warning, Out of the blue, Just at that moment, Quite unexpectedly, As if from nowhere,
Concluding stories:  When it was all over, Looking back now, In the end,	Direct speech:  “…..”, said Fred “..…”, shouted Fred ”…..”, thought Fred

Now, it’s your turn… think of/invent a nightmare journey and include the following information:

- When was the journey?

- Where were you going? Who with? Why?

- What went wrong? What happened?

- What happened in the end?

KIND REMINDER

This is just a kind reminder, don't forget to often visit our HOME LEARNING page above for updates to go on improving your learning.

Together we can!! 

NEW PLANNING DUE TO COVID-19

As you well know due to the spread of COVID-19 our school is temporarily closed. However, does it mean we must stop our learning process during this period? Absolutely NOT!

What's the plan?Easy, I'll upload our lessons (plans, explanations, exercises with key...) and you will work from home.

Where can I find the lesson plans? You are already used to this blog, let's go on using it. Notice there is a new page above called 'HOME LEARNING', it's there where you will find the lesson plans and any extra materials needed. You will need a password, use the password you already have. If you have forgotten it, don't worry, just tell me and I will email the password to you.

What about the blog entries? Don't worry, I will go on writing posts as usual.

What happens if there's something I don't understand? Just email me with any question you have, no worries!

Present circumstances have forced us towards a new kind of teaching/learning process. You have my word I will do my best, do I have your word as well?

Together we can! Let's go for it!

CAMPANYA DE DONACIÓ DE SANG

 

La jornada de donación de sangre sigue adelante pero, debido a la suspensión de las clases presenciales dentro de las actuaciones de contención del COV-19, cambia de lugar. Ahora será en: 

ANTIGUO HOSPITAL DE CAN MISSES

Antigua àrea de urgencias

Martes 17 de marzo de 2020

de 17:00 a 21:00 h.

La donación de sangre es necesaria

La sangre es absolutamente necesaria para el organismo, es la encargada de transportar, a través de los vasos sanguíneos, todos los elementos necesarios para realizar las funciones vitales.

La sangre es necesaria para realizar intervenciones quirúrgicas, para atender accidentes de tráfico, para tratamientos contra el cáncer, para realizar transplantes y para curar otras muchas enfermedades.

La sangre no se puede fabricar y solo puede obtenerse de otras personas.

Cualquier persona sana, entre 18 y 65 años y que pese más de 50 kilos puede donar sangre.

Actualmente en las Islas Baleares cada día se necesitan más de 200 donaciones de sangre.

Es un placer informarte de la próxima campaña de donación de sangre:

ANTIC HOSPITAL DE CAN MISSES

Antiga àrea d'urgències

Dimarts 17 de març de 2020

de 17:00 a 21:00 h.

Ajudan’s a difondre aquest missatge. Una donació, 3 vides.

Si aquest  día no pots venir, també pots realitzar la teva donació cada dijous en el punt  fixe  de la Fundació Banc de Sang i Teixits de les Illes Balears, Hospital Can Misses Vell (antigues Urgències) de 10 a 14 i de 17 a 21 hores.

Contacta:  www.donasang.org ,  infodonant@fbstib.org  o   971302468

 

CHEATERS vs INSPIRING PEOPLE

Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat ... unless you are one of these athletes. Who are some of the biggest cheaters in sport history? Have a look at this video and you will discover! You will also find the stories you read in class, and probably, a surprise at the end of the video!

 

Fortunately, there are some inspiring people, like Rick Hyot and his father, Dick. What makes them especial is the fact that Rick suffers from cerebral palsy since birth. They have competed together in several events, including marathons and triathlons. During competition Dick pulls Rick in a special boat as they swim, carries him in a special seat in the front of a bicycle, and pushes him in a special wheelchair as they ran. The Hyots did not finish the 2013 Boston Marathon, the last marathon they have run together. They had about a mile to go when two bombs exploded near the finish line, and were stopped by officials along with thousands of other runners still running the race. They were not injured.

This is their official page 

 Watch the video to know more about them, even though it's in original it has subtitles, remember that this is good listening practice!

SPORTS

Let's learn some vocabulary about sports. Watch this video and practice pronunciation at the same time that you learn how to name different sports. You can also go to 'Our Bits and Bobs' to see, download and/or print a document with sports vocabulary and exercises.There is listening too!




And now you can practise some listening on sports.

Listening 1 - You can read the transcript below the exercise, don't cheat!!!!

Listening 2 - You can read the transcript below the exercise, don't cheat!!!

MORE PAST TENSES PRACTICE

You seem to need more practice with the past, no worries, here you have more exercises!

Exercise 1 - past simple or past continous? A story

Exercise 2 - Past simple or past continuous? A story

Exercise 3 - Past simple or continuous? - sentences

Exercise 4- Past simple or past perfect? - sentences

Exercise 5 - Past simple, past continuous or past perfect? Sentences

Exercise 6- Past simple, past continuous or past perfect? Sentences

Exercise 7 - Past tenses - sentences

Exercise 8 - Narrative sentences - A story

ALEX RAWLINGS

Do you remember the video we saw in class? Here you will find more information about Alex Rawlings and some tips he gives for you to be more motivated and sound more fluent. If he can do it, you can do it, Go for it!!!

Alex is a citizen of the world. He was born and grew up in London, UK. As a child, he spend long summers in Greece, visiting family and wondering why he couldn’t understand anyone. He quickly realised that if he could learn to speak other people’s languages, rather than waiting for them to speak English, life would be much more interesting.

After misspending his adolescence learning languages like Dutch, Catalan and Hebrew, in 2012 he was named Britain’s most multilingual student after being tested for fluency in 11 different languages. His studies of German and Russian at Oxford University led him to study in provincial Russia and work in the Press Office of the Greek Embassy in Berlin. After graduating, he packed his bags and took a one-way flight to Budapest, where he studied Hungarian for a year before living in Spain, returning to London in June 2016.

He moved to Barcelona in November 2018.

Now having studied more than 15 languages, Alex spends his time writing about languages, intercultural dialogue and multilingualism. He lives in Barcelona, but you’ll also find him passing through Johannesburg, London, Athens, Budapest and Berlin, and other parts of the world.

IRREGULAR VERBS - PRONUNCIATION

One of your classmates asked me for some audio to improve the pronunciation of irregular verbs. I've tought this might be interesting for most of you, so here you have a video. I hope this helps!

MODALS OF DEDUCTION

We use modal verbs to say how sure we are about something.

1 must

We use must when we feel sure that something is true because there’s very strong evidence.

• He must live near here because he comes to work on foot. We don’t know where he lives but we’re sure it’s not far away.
• Come inside and get warm – you must be freezing out there.
• You’re a zookeeper? That must be very interesting.

Notice that must is followed by an infinitive without ‘to’.

2 might, may, could

We use might, may or could to say that we think something is possible but we’re not sure.

• Did you hear that? I think there might be a burglar downstairs. She’s not sure there’s a burglar but she thinks it’s possible.
• We’ll try to get there early but we may arrive late if there’s a lot of traffic.
• Don’t put it up there. It could fall off and hit someone.

Might, may and could are also followed by an infinitive without ‘to’.

3 can’t

We use can’t when we feel sure something is not true.

• It can’t be a burglar. All the doors and windows are locked. He doesn’t know it’s not a burglar but he feels sure it’s not.
• It can’t be far away now. We’ve been driving for hours. Where’s the map?
• Really? He has to work on Christmas Day? He can’t feel very happy about that.

Like the other verbs, can’t is followed by an infinitive without ‘to’.

Remember that all of these modal verbs – must, might, may, could and can’t have other uses.

LET'S PRACTISE PAST TENSES!

Don't forget that 'practice makes perfect'!  and you seem to have some problems using the different past tenses together in the proper way so, why don't you try these exercises? Remember that the best way to learn is practice, practice, practice ;)

In case you are stuck or just want to have a look at how to use them before trying, just go to 'Grammar' to see, download and/or print the theory.

Good luck!

Exercise 1 - Past simple or past continuous? A story

Exercise 2 - Past simple or past continuous? A dialogue

Exercise 3 - Past simple or past continuous? A story

Exercise 4 -  Past perfect or Past simple? Sentences

Exercise 5 - Past perfect or Past continuous or Past simple? Sentences

Exercise 6 - Past simple or Past Perfect? Matching exercise

PAST TENSES

Next lessons we will deal with past tenses. This is the presentation we will use to go through them, why don't you have a look at it before your lesson starts?

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

Go to "Grammar" to see, download and/or print a document with an explanation on reflexive pronouns. You can also do these exercises.

Exercise 1 

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

Exercise 6

Additionaly, you can go to this BBC page to learn more about reflexive pronouns

ADJECTIVES -ED/-ING

Remember that we use -ed adjectives to talk about how a person feels and we use -ing adjectives to talk about the cause of that feeling. Go to 'Grammar' for a more accurate explanation. There you'll also find a list with the most common ones.

Watch this video to compare


And now try these exercises

- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5