3rd ESO exam practice review

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4wa6em0d7hbq3ho/Bnv95ZgtNO

Ahí encontraréis dos páginas para repasar junto con una hoja de soluciones.
Good luck on Monday!!!

Passive voice 3rd ESO

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9qg62v7n02fqxf6/Passive%20voice.ppt

Past simple Power Point Presentation 1st ESO

https://www.dropbox.com/s/myh900d04kx4q9u/Past%20simple.ppt

ESO 1 Extra practice

http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/tests/superlativecomparative.HTML

http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/comp5.htm

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/english-comparative-superlative1.HTML

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives/exercises

Degas!!!! Clase de Danza

EXPRESSIONS TO DESCRIBE PHOTOS!

AT THE TOP

IN THE TOP LEFT                                                               IN THE TOP RIGHT

HAND CORNER                                                                  HAND CORNER

                                   IN THE BACKGROUND

                                   

ON THE LEFT           IN THE MIDDLE CENTRE               ON THE RIGHT

IN THE FOREGROUND

                       

IN THE BOTTON LEFT                                           IN THE BOTTON RIGHT

HAND CORNER                                                      HAND CORNER

AT THE BOTTON

Testing time starts

This week students will assessed. Good luck to everybody! Please show  all your hard work over the term!!!

Listening practice

In the following link you will find loads of listening exersises you can improve your listening skills. The activities are graded by level.

http://www.esl-lab.com/

4th ESO- Passive voice

For those of you who want to practise some online passive voice exercises....

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm

The exercises are similar to the ones we´ve done in class.

Have an awesome weekend!!!

¡¡¡¡¡Enhorabuena Laura!!!

Laura Holgado,  profesora de Lengua Castellana y Literatura, ha sido la ganadora del concurso "Celebramos el día de las letras cántabras", convocado por la Consejería de Educación, en la modalidad de docente.

Congratulations!!!!!

4th ESO Useful connectors to write

ESSAY WRITING

         PARA PRESENTAR EL TEMA

It is often said / It is often claimed that ... (Se suele decir)

It is a well known fact that... ( es un hecho conocido que…)

It is sometimes forgotten that... (A veces se olvida que…)

A useful starting point for this composition is... Un buen punto de partida para la redacción es…)

To begin with the subject we must refer to ... (Para empezar con el tema, tenemos que hacer referencia primero a …)

Nowadays everybody agrees that ... However, it is open to question whether… ( Hoy en día todo el mundo está de acuerdo en que … Sin embargo, cabe preguntarse si…)

There is a wide variety of opinions about... ( Hay una amplia variedad de opiniones…)

PARA COMENZAR EL DESARROLLO DE LOS TEMAS

The first thing that needs to be said is that... (Lo primero que hace falta decir…)

First of all, let us consider... (En primer lugar consideremos)

Let us begin with ... ( Comencemos por…)

It is interesting to consider… ( Es interesante considerar…)

When we speak about..., we have in mind… (Cuando hablamos sobre…, pensamos en…)

It is worth stating that... ( Vale la pena afirmar …)

By way of introduction, we can say that... ( Como introducción podemos decir que…)

Nowadays there is much concern over whether ... (Hoy en día hay mucha preocupación sobre si..)

PARA PRESENTAR  UN PUNTO DE VISTA DIFERENTE

On the other hand, we have to consider that... ( Por otra parte, debemos considerar…)

The other side of the coin is, however, that... ( Sin embargo, la otra cara de la moneda es que…)

All this may be true enough, but... ( Es posible que todo esto  sea cierto, pero...)

Another way of looking at the question is to consider ... (otra manera de enfocar este tema es considerar…)

LA CONCLUSIÓN

To sum (everything) up, / in short, / in summary,… (En resumen…)

The best way of summing up the arguments I have put forward for… is that…(La mejor manera de resumir los argumentos que he presentado para… es que…)

All in all,... (En conjunto…)

Más conectores

INTRODUCTION                                

     In my opinion (en mi opinión)

I (personally) think / believe / feel / reckon / consider… Personalmente considero…)

My own view of this is that … Mi punto de vista sobre esto es que…)

From my point of view ... desde mi punto de vista)

As far as I am concerned... As far as I know,.. (Por lo que a mí respecta / por lo que yo sé)

According to the author / the text/ the passage... (según el autor / el texto)

The text says states that ... (El texto dice que…)

The text refers to ... (El texto se refiere a …)

The text mentions / deals with... ( el texto menciona/ trata de)

In the first place / To begin with... ( En primer lugar,…)

BODY

     Firstly,... secondly,...thirdly,...and finally...(en primer lugar…en segundo lugar, en tercer lugar, ….y finalmente)

     On one hand,... on the other,… (por una parte,… por otra…)

On the contrary= in contrast... (por el contrario, en contraste)

The former,... the latter,... (el primero,… el último…)

In fact= indeed= as a matter of fact,... (De hecho…)

Also= in addition (to) = moreover= furthermore= besides = what’s more (además)

Therefore =as a result = consequently= thus = then… (como consecuencia…)

However = nevertheless (sin embargo)

Instead of… (en lugar de)

Meanwhile...( mientras tanto)

While=whereas... (Mientras que)

Although + sentence / in spite of + noun,V-ing, pronoum, the fact that + S + V (aunque)      / (a pesar de)

There is no doubt that... / undoubtedly,.. (no hay duda de que / indudablemente)

Also = too= As well= también

But = pero, sino, except

Not only,... but also... ( no solo … sino también)

Exemplification; for example= for instance/ such as (por ejemplo,... / tales como…)

In other words,… that is (to say),… to put in other words,… (es decir,…)

ADVANTAGES / DISADVANTAGES

            The main (dis) advantage of… is … (la principal (des) ventaja de … es …)

There are other (dis) advantages in connection with...( hay otras (des)ventajas en relación con…)

I’d say there are more advantages than drawbacks in … (OR viceversa) (diría que hay más ventajas que inconvenientes en …)

I agree with... / I don’t agree with- I disagree… ( estoy de acuerdo con…/ no estoy de acuerdo con…)

I’m for (in favour) / against... (estoy a favor de …/ estoy en contra de …)

CONCLUSIÓN

     To sum (everything) up… (en resumen)

     To conclude / end / finish (para terminar)

     In conclusion= in short= on the whole= in summary ( en conclusión)

Exam Review for ESO 2

Extra practice
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1fip0y5yobbpt25/Respuestas%20ejercicios%20repaso%20unit%204.pdf


https://www.dropbox.com/s/m6ikvqzjw7f2g9y/Repaso%20Unit%204.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cblw0z83j2yenrw/Repaso%20Unt%204.pdf

Sport and keeping fit

This is the pps we saw in class today, remember you can do the listening exercise.
http://www.slideshare.net/lidiaruizllanos/sport-and-keeping-fit#

The Finland Phenomenon: El mejor Sistema Educativo del mundo

Review 1st term

Esta es la clase de sus hijos

http://www.slideshare.net/lidiaruizllanos/presentacin-clase-de-ingls

Cupcake contest winners

Congratulations to our winners:

     

       1st place: Belen Alonso (2nd ESO)

       2nd place: Ángela Barros and Pilar Cifirián (4th ESO)

       3rd place: Cecilia Díaz, Claudia Galiano and Rocío Díaz (4th ESO)

The winners will receice tomorrow a ticket to watch a movie of their choice.

The rest of participants remember that for taking part in the contest you will be given etra credit (0.25 will added to your final grade).

This is the oficial ranking:

Contest number	Points received
1	70 points
2	91
3	70
4	76
5	101
6	62
7	64
8	77
9	72
10	75
11	51
12	68
13	62
14	56
15	107
16	64
17	55
18	66

Thank you very much for participating!!!! We have great bakers in this school.

And this time with lyrics so you can practice!!!!

MFMN - "Annie Get Your Gun" (5/5) - "Anything You Can Do"

Cupcake contest on Monday

If you google Cupcakes you will get lots of ideas.

This is an example of a cupcake recipe, but the Internet is full of them.

Chocolate Cream Filled Vanilla Bean Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Frosting

Prep time:  30 mins

Cook time:  22 mins

Total time:  52 mins

Serves: 12

 

Ingredients

• For the Cupcakes:
• 1¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg white
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
• ⅓ cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
• For the Filling:
• 1 teaspoon water, hot
• 3½ ounces marshmallow fluff
• ¼ cup vegetable shortening
• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• For the Frosting:
• 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• ¼ cup milk or cream

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350 F and line a 12 cup muffin pan with paper liners.
   
2. In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk until well blended.
   
3. In a small bowl cream together the butter and sugar until well combined and lighter in color. Add the eggs and whisk until completely incorporated into the butter mixture. Whisk in the buttermilk.
   
4. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry and whisk until just combined and no large lumps remain. Scoop the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 18 to 22 minutes, or until the cakes spring back when pressed gently in the center.
   
5. Allow the cakes to cool in the pan for five minutes then carefully transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
   
6. In a small bowl combine all of the ingredients for the filling and whisk until completely mixed. Place the filling into a pastry bag fitted with a medium sized star tip.
   
7. Once the cakes are cooled completely take a small paring knife and poke it into the center of the cupcake in a cross pattern about 1 inch deep. Take the pastry bag and place the tip into the cross and pipe in about one tablespoon of filling, or until the filling just starts to come out of the hole. Clean off the tops of the cupcakes before frosting.
   
8. In a medium bowl combine the butter and vanilla bean paste. Add the powdered sugar and ¾ of the milk. Whisk to combine. If the frosting seems stiff add the remaining milk. Frost the cupcakes as desired.
    

Enjoy!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas break! Have a good night sleep for tomorrow. Seniors, this is your last year at this school. Make it count! :D

Christmas homework for ESO 1,ESO 2, ESO 3

Remember that you have to read the books over this Christmas break. Once classes resume you will be given the assignments since I can't upload then in the blog due to some difficulties. Sorry for the incovenience and you will be given extra time.

 

ESO 1- The Mummy's Secret

ESO 2- A Christmas Carol

ESO 3-Myths and Legends