Coco, the Movie

1st CSE students, we are starting to watch Coco and we will reflect on intercultural awareness. Enjoy!

Coco Worksheet found in https://www.enzasbargains.com/ Thanks!

Writing Calligrams for Saint George's Festivity

   

Winners of the Saint George's Contest: Write your Calligram.
Good class work and congrats to the winners!

1st Prize: Autumn

2nd Prize: Bodies

3rd Prize: The Dragon of Saint George

Cooperative Work in Australia's Project

Here are some of the results of Australia's Mini-Project. Students work cooperatively in groups improving their personal and social competence as well as developing the learning objectives. 

These posters are turning awesome!

Australia's Posters

Working on Australia's Mini-Project

Students are working on the design of the new Mini-Project, Australia. The objectives are to get to know the history, geography, landscapes, animals and celebrities of this English speaking country which belongs to the Commonwealth.
Through the use of two dossiers of information and ICT, students did a research that later they summarized in 10 questions that they had to include in a poster.
In the meanwhile, students learnt about Australian cultural related terms, such as the Outback and the Aborigines through the movie Australia by Baz Luhrmann.

Here you have an ouline of the Mini-Project:

WARM UP

Introduce Australia with a True or False Quiz.

QUESTIONS

Look up for the information in the URLSs and in the dossiers that you will find in the classroom. 

Complete the questions: 

1. Where is it situated?
2. Is it a continent or an island?
3. What bodies of water wash the continent?
4. Look for a map and the flag
5. What is the capital?
6. The Aborigines. Who are they?
7. The Outback. What is it?
8. Main sights of Australia
9. Animals of Australia
10. Who discovered the island? In what year?

        Fun facts: Choose two fun facts about Australia that you want to share 

POSTER

Using the information you will create a poster including the answers to the questionnaire, photos, the flag, and the currency of the country.

PRESENTATION

You will present the poster to the class and evaluate your group and your peers.

In next entrance...photos of the students' work!!

Rubrics for Martin Luther King's Mini-Project

As promised, here I update the Rubrics from Martin Luther King's Mini-Project done at the elective subject in 3rd CSE. Students presented their posters and voted for the best presentation having to account the following rubric in order to evaluate their peers and as a guideline to know what were the expectations of the teacher. For me, it was also really useful as a tool to evaluate my students. Do you like using rubrics?

CATEGORY	A	B-C	F
POSTER 10 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS	Student mostly used correct capitalisation. Mostly used correct punctuation. Only I or less capitalization errors. Answers to the questions were all correct.	Student sometimes used correct capitalization and punctuation. Only 2 spelling errors. 2 answers were incomplete or unaccurate.	Spelling errors. Do not use punctuation or more tan 4 errors. 2 or more than 2 answers incomplete or unaccurate.
POSTER PICTURES AND PHOTOS	Students draw and added pictures, photos or graphs	Students at least used 1 picture, photos or graphs	Students did not use or draw any photos.
POSTER PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION COLLABORATION WITH PEERS	Almost always listens, shares or supports the efforts of the others in the group. Tries keep group members working well together.	Often listens, shares or supports the efforts of the others in the group. Sometimes is not a good member.	Rarely listens, shares or supports the efforts of the others in the group. Often is not a good member.
PRESENTATION TIME LIMIT	Presentation is 5- 6 minutes  long.	Presentation is 4 minutes  long.	Presentation is 3 minutes  long.
PRESENTATION SPEAKS CLEARLY, POSTURE AND EYE CONTACT	All the time, stands up straight , Looks relaxed and confident. Establishes eye contact with everyone during the presentation.	Speaks clearly, can be understood. Sometimes stands up straight and establishes eye contact with everyone during the presentation.	Often mumbles, can not be understood or does not look to the audience during the presentation.

Mini-Project: Martin Luther King, Getting to Know Him

In the elective English subject of 3rd CSE, we are starting to read about Martin Luther King. We did a warm up, brainstorming what makes a person a hero, and students came up with several adjectives and descriptions: someone who is a hero is someone brave, courageous, defensor of human rights, hard-worker and inspirer of good actions for humanity. 

After reading a brief biography about our hero and filling in some blanks with new vocabulary, students were presented with the Mini-Project. Here is the slide that explains the Mini-Project and the woksheet, so that you can use it. 

Timing: 3 sessions (1h per session) to complete the four tasks in the worksheet (first draft) and to do the poster.

Groupings: 2-3 students 

Presentation: Peer evaluation. Rubrics will be presented in the next entrance of the blog... Enjoy!

Elige tu mandala favorito

Hoy hemos elegido el mandala favorito de la clase de español. Los alumnos han pintado con esmero y cariño cada uno de ellos. Los más rápidos en acabar las tareas de español lo han hecho en esos ratos libres durante la clase. Otros han preferido prepararlo en sus casas buscando los colores perfectos para describir lo que ese mandala les sugería. 

Llegó el momento de realizar las votaciones. Han esperado con ilusión este día para poder votar y elegir su mandala favorito. En las votaciones, que han sido anónimas, han escrito el número del mandala elegido como el mejor y la razón por la que se ha elejido, de forma individual. Christian, de 7º grado eligió el número 12 "por el contraste de colores y la alegría que transmite". Una vez escrito el número de mandala y la razón se ha introducido en la caja de votos.

Finalmente, hemos hecho el recuento de votos en todos los periodos y han salido elejidos los dos mejores. Los ganadores han recibido su diploma al mejor mandala y un premio sorpresa de la clase de español. Walter quedó sorprendido porque el suyo quedó en primer lugar y no se lo esperaba. Santos, que cuida con mimo cada trazada, se ilusionó al ver que el suyo había sido segundo. 

Ya estamos debatiendo la fecha del próximo concurso y sus caras vuelven a recuperar la ilusión de volver a colorear y a dar vida a sus mandalas en esos minutos que a veces tienen libres al final de la clase, cuando han terminado su trabajo. 

Linking Words: Adding, Organizing, and Summarizing

Linking Words: Adding, Organizing, and Summarizing

10 Conversational English Expressions with the Word WHAT

10 Conversational English Expressions with the Word WHAT

Activity "Biographies" in the Subject "Any Questions?", 2nd ESO

Hi students! Here you have your presentations. Good work!!

• Albert, Enric and Victor's Presentation on the footballer Leo Messi

        

• Noelia and Inés Presentation on the music band One Direction

        

• Karo and Eric's Presentation on the artist Skrillex

  
        

• Paula and Marc's Presentation on the singer Juan Magan

        

News for ESO Students!!

Have a look to Time for Kids and know about what is happening in the world.

What's the Weather Like?

1. Have a look to this page on spoken English about the weather. 

2. Refresh your idioms knowledge about the weather.

3. What's the weather like in the photo?

4. Have a look to the weather forecast in your city. What's the forecast like for tomorrow? 

It is going to rain cats and dogs in Barcelona...

5 English Idioms from the 5 Senses

5 English Idioms from the 5 Senses

Legends On Board: Professions and Biographies

PART 1. Describe the Picture of this Advertisement.

1. How many people are there? Do any of these faces sound to you? 

2. What are their professions? 

3. Where are they?

Can you guess what is this advertisement about? Have a look to the TV commercial and you will discover it!

PART 2. Write a Biography.

Choose Kobe Bryant, Lionel Messi or any other person you want to write about and try to include the following details.

• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Family background
• Childhood events
• Hobbies and interests
• Academic record
• Achievements in the person's chosen field
• A funny or striking fact that you know

Don't forget to:

• Use the connectors of sequence (First, next, after that, as soon as, in the end, etc.) 
• Where / which / when pronouns 

Top 10 English Pronunciation Problems

Practise your English pronunciation with words that have similar spellings. Thanks again espressoenglish!

Create Your Own "Keep Calm and ..." Motivational Slogan

Do you feel like creating your own motivational slogan? Do you want to decorate your agenda, folder or room with a British "Keep Calm" Poster? Try the Keep Calm-O-Matic site. It's cool!

Spring Has Come to Town

A Tulip in the City

The new season has arrived to town and the weather seems to be really mad. Some days, there are showers in the morning, sun at midday and clouds in the afternoon. Nevertheless,  in spite of these sudden changes, I love spring because for me it means renewal and rebirth.

Now, let's describe the above picture and discuss about it:

1. Name the objects that you can see at the foreground and at the background of the picture. Describe their colours, materials and patterns.

2. What will you highlight about the picture?

3. Do you think spring is noticeable in the city? In which ways? (Think about parks but also about shop windows, etc.)

4. What does spring mean to you? Which is the season that you prefer and why?

Have a Happy Spring!!

Prepositions of Movement

Visual aid to better understand the Prepositions of Movement  in English.

Idioms and Phrases: "Keep Clear" on Signs

Although all cultures tend to have similar signs to warn or give advice about dangers in public spaces, we can always observe slight and surprising differences between countries. 

Let's have a look to a common signal in UK which is placed on doors: Fire escape / Keep clear. 

1. Look for an equivalent sign in your country and take a picture of it. 

2. Compare the sign in your country with the above signs. 

    -What is the equivalent for the phrase "Keep clear" in your country? 

    -Are the colours used in the UK and in your country the same?  

                           

Looking forward to see your pictures and hear your comments! :) 

Do You Need to Practise or Learn New Vocabulary?

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If you want to keep up to date your vocabulary using reading, writing and listening skills here you have a good option that will undoubtly help you.