WELCOME TO OUR ENGLISH BLOG!

You may find here:

(1) information on
- the English curriculum at the liceo,
- dates, contents and helpful links to get ready for tests,
- current school links.


(2) our students' productions and presentations,

(3) links to
- improve your English skills,
- listen to the the songs we use in the classroom,
- read online newspapers,
- some other blogs related to our school community.




sábado, 21 de febrero de 2009

CARNIVAL OF CINEMA Funny Translations Competition


The winner is .................
........
...........

FRANCESCO N. (S 2 student)

Congratulations, Francesco!


miércoles, 11 de febrero de 2009

PRESENT SIMPLE and ADVERBS of FREQUENCY

If you are interested in further practice, here there are some links:
http://www.miguelmllop.com/practice/beginners/tenserevision/simplepresent.htm

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/myschedule01.html

http://www.speakspeak.com/html/d3a20_english_grammar_present%20simple_tense.htm

http://www.inglesmundial.com/B4/grammar.htm

http://www.english-room.com/4_01.htm

http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/presimfreq.htm

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/elem/a_grammar/unit04/ne_elem_grammar04_1/

http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/Interactive/advfreq1.html

CARNIVAL OF CINEMA



Do you want to take part in our

FUNNY TRANSLATIONS

competition?

It’s easy!
(1) GET A COPY OF THE PAPER FROM ANY OF THE ENGLISH TEACHERS.
(2) LOOK FOR THE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE TITLES. You can ask teachers, friends, parents OR search the internet. FILL THE CHART and LEAVE IT IN THE BOX AT THE ENTRANCE HALL BEFORE FEBRUARY, 19th.
(3) Please, don´t forget to write YOUR NAME AND CLASS GROUP.
(4) The prize will be a film on DVD.


You need to get Spanish titles for the following films:

DIE HARD
HIGH NOON
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
CLOCKWORK ORANGE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
SOME LIKE IT HOT
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
STAR WARS
THE FLINTSTONES
GONE WITH THE WIND
A ROOM WITH A VIEW




Good luck, everybody!

martes, 10 de febrero de 2009

Links to revise the PAST SIMPLE

Do you need further revision of the PAST SIMPLE ?

Here you have some useful links:

http://www.madridteacher.com/Activities/Files1/past-simple-activities-pictures-list.htm

http://blog.educastur.es/virtualenglish/category/tenses/past-simple/

http://esosvp.blogspot.com/search/label/past%20simple

http://www.inglestotal.com/simple-past-verb-to-be-el-pasado-de-serestar/

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg2_simplepast2.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=past+simple#thetop

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past_quiz.htm

COLONIAS de VERANO de INGLÉS

Estimadas familias:

Como en años anteriores os comunicamos que se ha convocado el

Programa de inmersión lingüística

del ministerio.
Se convocan 1600 ayudas para


alumnado de 5º, 6º de Educación Primaria y 1º de ESO.

CONVOCATORIA:
http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2009/02/06/pdfs/BOE-A-2009-2069.pdf

INFORMACIÓN, CONVOCATORIA Y SOLICITUD:
http://www.mepsyd.es/mecd/jsp/plantilla.jsp?area=becas&id=455

FECHA LÍMITE: 2 de marzo

Si necesitáis copia impresa de la convocatoria, en portería hay ejemplares a vuestra disposición.

Para cualquier consulta no dudéis en poneros en contacto conmigo.

Saludos,

Laly Alonso
Maestra de Inglés de 5º y 6º de Ed. primaria y 1º de ESO.



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martes, 3 de febrero de 2009

Yankee Doodle in the Music lessons



S 1 students are working with the "Yankee Doodle" tune in their Music lessons.


Here you have some links in case you need to revise pronunciation or just feel like listening to the tune again....


http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ifQuotPMzGE&feature=related

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=FNkcydLzuKk&feature=related



Some additional information in:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle

Primary 5 - Jack and his computer

P 5
4/02/2009
Jack and his computer


Look in “Jack and his computer” booklet for the following 11 words, get them into a sentence and tell me if it is a TRUE sentence or a FALSE sentence.


First, LOOK FOR THE WORDS:

1st word: Page No 2, 1st line, 1st word: ____________
4th word: Page No 5, 1st line, 1st word: ____________
9th word: Page No 10, 1st line, 1st word: ____________
10th word: Page No 11, 2nd line, last word: ____________
5th word: Page No 6, 5th line, 1st word: ____________
6th word: Page No 7, 1st line, 4th word: ____________
7th word: Page No 8, 2nd line, 1st word: ____________
8th word: Page No 9, 4th line, 2nd word: ____________
2nd word: Page No 3, 3rd line, 3rd word : ____________
3rd word: Page No 4, 2nd line, 3rd word: ____________
11nd word: Page No 13, 2nd line, 1st word: ____________

THEN, ORDER THE WORDS AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCE.

NOW, WRITE IT ON YOUR NOTEBOOK AND TELL IF IT’S TRUE OR FALSE.

Test 4 - 2º ESO

S 2

Test 4

February 2009
Part I: Listening Comprehension - Friday, 13th February &
Part II: Exercises. Grammar and Vocabulary - Wednesday, 11th February

Part I: Listening Comprehension
Part II: Grammar and [can/could, interrogatives, possessives, be, have got, some/any, present simple, present continuous, past simple, adverbs and expressions of frequency, countable & uncountable nouns, how about?, comparatives & superlatives, (un)countable nouns, there is/are]
Vocabulary [hobbies, classroom language, personal possessions, everyday activities, transport, geographical features, routines, likes & dislikes, food and drink, places in cities, description of personality & appearance, occupations, nationalities, space]


REVISION
· Book:
- units 1-20
- grammar reference: pages: 89 - 97
· Workbook:
- activity 2 – page 19
- activity 2 – page 23
- activity 1a/1b – page 25

- activity 1c – page 26
- activity 1 – page 29

- activity 1 – page 32
- activity 2b – page 34

- activity 3 – page 37
· CD-ROM:
- units 1 - 20
· VOCABULARY:
A-Z , hobbies, classroom language, personal possessions, everyday
activities, transport, geographical features, routines, likes & dislikes, animals, character & appearance, food & drink, places in cities, occupations, nationalities, space.

Test 4 - 1º ESO

S 1

Test 4

February, 2009

Part I: Listening Comprehension- Thursday, 12th February
Part II: Exercises. Grammar and Vocabulary – Wednesday, 18th February

Part I: Listening Comprehension.
Part II: Exercises: Grammar & Vocabulary
· can, interrogatives, possessives, there is/are, imperative, present tense, possessive “´s”, this/these, have got, present simple, adverbs of frequency
· vocabulary: professions, sports, personality adjectives, places in town, ordinal numbers, classroom language, personal possessions, prepositions of place, common objects, family, furniture, transport, free time activities.

REVISION
· Book:
- units 1-20
- grammar reference pages: 89-94
· Workbook:
- activity 3 - page 33
- activity 1 - page 34
- activity 3 - page 37
- activity 3 - page 38
· CD-ROM:
units 1-20
· VOCABULARY: professions, sports, personality adjectives, places in town, ordinal numbers, classroom language, personal possessions, prepositions of place, common objects, family, furniture, transport, free time activities, A-Z

Test 4 - 6º Ed. Primaria

P 6

Test 4

February 2009
Part I: [0. 1. 2.] Monday, 9th &
Part II: [3.4.] Tuesday, 10th

0. Day, date & Weather
1. Writing: Write about what your hobbies: the activities that you like (or don´t like) doing or the places you like (or don´t like) going to. You can also tell about your friends or family members.

2. Activities: Unit 4, 3, 2 & 1 (exercises)
3. Reading Comprehension
4. Listening Comprehension


Revision
- Book
Unit 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Syllabus (back inside page): Unit 1, 2, 3 & 4
- Workbook
Unit 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4. Particularly: pages 36 & 37
-Worksheets
Unit 1, 2, 3 & 4: Reinforcement, Extension, Grammar, MY LEARNING DIARY

- CD
Unit 1, 2, 3 & 4

Test 4 - 5º Ed. Primaria

P 5

Test 4

February 2009
Part I: [0. 1. 2.] Thursday 12th &
Part II: [3. 4.] Wednesday, 11th

0. Day, date & Weather
1. Writing. Write about an amazing animal: you can describe it, tell where it lives, what kind of food it eats and any amazing fact that you know about it.
2. Activities: Unit 4, 3, 2 and 1.
3. Reading Comprehension
4. Listening Comprehension


Revision
- Book
Unit 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- Workbook
Unit 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4. Particularly: pages 36 & 37

- Worksheets
Unit 4, 3, 2 and 1: Reinforcement, Extension, Grammar.
-CD
Unit 4, 3, 2 and 1