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Starter Unit Prospects 1

Here you've got some grammar and vocabulary revision exercises from the Starter Unit: 

Grammar exercises

Vocabulary exercises

I'm also including a general Wordlist in Spanish and a specific Wordlist from Prospects 1

PEvAU texts 18-19

The end of our school year 2018-19 is quite close but we still have to do some exercises related to grammar and vocabulary most frequently found in PEvAU English tests. You are asked to do these activities which will be corrected in class:

Grammar PEvAU exercises

Vocabulary PEvAU exercises 

Finally, these are the five PEvAU English tests which will be corrected in class:

PEvAU English text I

PEvAU English text II

PEvAU English text III

PEvAU English text IV

PEvAU English text V

1st Bachillerato Reported Speech

This is a summary of the three different aspects that shoul be taken into account when doing Reported Speech in English:

Regarding the changes in pronouns, this is what you should remember:

Finally, when you've got a time expression or a modal verb this is what you have to do:

Unit 7: Keeping fit

Being fit and healthy might be everybody’s goal sooner or later in life. What about if we start now? 

This is our planning for unit 7:

Physical activity quiz

Quiz related to “Barriers to Being active”

Students will be working in 3-students-groups and they will decide who is going to be in charge of creating an interactive vocabulary, reading comprehension and listening comprehension activity on the website LearningApps with the information included in the links below. Then, the teacher will take note of who is doing each activity and students will start presenting them to the rest of the class between 11th April-3rd May.

I. Why exercise is Wise

I.a.Listening activity (Andrea Guiard)

I.b.Vocabulary activity (Marta Escudero)

I.c.Reading activity (Enrique García)

II. Sports and Exercise Safety

II.a.Listening activity (Iván Bisán)

II.b.Vocabulary activity (Alba Plaza)

II.c.Reading activity  (Erika Hernández)

III. Strength Training

III.a.Listening activity (Alfonso)

III.b.Vocabulary activity (Joaquín García)

III.c.Reading activity (Andrea Cárdenas)

IV. Stretching 

IV.a.Listening activity (Esmeralda Coto)

IV.b.Vocabulary activity (Álvaro Avaro)

IV.c.Reading activity

V. Motivation and the Power of not Giving Up

V.a.Listening activity (Andrea Ramos)

V.b.Vocabulary activity (Carla Vázquez)

V.c.Reading activity (Sara Latorre)

VI. Exercise Log

VI.a.Listening activity (Joaquín Cruz)

VII.b.Vocabulary activity

VI.c.Reading activity

VII. 5 Reasons for Girls to Play Sports

VII.a.Listening activity

VII.b.Vocabulary activity (Samuel Zafra)

VII.c.Reading activity (Cristina)

VIII. Easy Exercises for Teens

VIII.a.Listening activity (Paula Esther)

VIII.b.Vocabulary activity

VIII.c.Reading activity (Ana Galisteo)

This is the RUBRIC which will be used to evaluate your activity on Learning Apps. Besides the activity above, there is a second activity which must be handed in next Friday 12th April related to your physical activity for five days: Get Off the Coach . You should write five short entries explaining which physical activity you've done every day. Here you've got some websites where you can find some helpful recommendations to set your weekly goals:

MOVE YOUR WAY

PLAN YOUR WEEK

After Easter, you will be tested with a short reading quiz on the 7th May related to the information given by your classmates in the different activities which will be presented to you from the 11th April to the 3rd May.

Finally, Reported Speech structures will be presented and practiced in class before asking you to watch a video from a famous Spanish sportman and doing an online questionnaire to test your learning on Reported Speech.

HOPE YOU ENJOY UNIT 7!

1st Bachillerato PEvAU texts 18-19

These are the PEvAU English texts 1Bachillerato students should do during the school year 2018-19:

Selectividad text I

Selectividad text II

Selectividad text III

Selectividad text IV

Selectividad text V

1 BAP GIFs

1 BCC Toontastics

1BACH project for students who do not attend classes regularly

1st Bachillerato 18-19 students who do not usually attend my English lessons are expected to do a Stop Motion instead of doing a unit 5 test. You are expected to email me your Stop Motions together with a description of your working process before the 15th February 2019. You can find the rubric which will be used to grade your final project. Here you've got some links which can be useful:

La técnica del Stop Motion

Encuadres y ángulos de visión

Rúbrica de evaluación

1BAE unit 5 project

This is the full list of 2019 Oscar nominations with the student assigned to work on it: 

Best Picture: MARTA ESCUDERO

“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody” X
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”

Lead Actor: ANDREA GUIARD

Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate”
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book” X

Lead Actress: ALFONSO

Yalitza Aparicio, “Roma”
Glenn Close, “The Wife” X
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Supporting Actor: ÁLVARO AVARO

Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” X
Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman”
Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born”
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Sam Rockwell, “Vice”

Supporting Actress: JOAQUIN CRUZ
Amy Adams, “Vice”
Marina de Tavira, “Roma” X
Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Emma Stone, “The Favourite”
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”

Director: ERIKA

Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” X
Adam McKay, “Vice”

Animated Feature: ENRIQUE

“Incredibles 2,” Brad Bird X
“Isle of Dogs,” Wes Anderson
“Mirai,” Mamoru Hosoda
“Ralph Breaks the Internet,” Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman

Animated Short: SARA LATORRE

“Animal Behaviour,” Alison Snowden, David Fine
“Bao,” Domee Shi X
“Late Afternoon,” Louise Bagnall
“One Small Step,” Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas
“Weekends,” Trevor Jimenez

Adapted Screenplay: MARTA ROMÁN (not answered)

“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
“BlacKkKlansman,” Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” Barry Jenkins
“A Star Is Born,” Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters

Original Screenplay: CARLA

“The Favourite,” Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
“First Reformed,” Paul Schrader
“Green Book,” Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
“Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón X
“Vice,” Adam McKay

Cinematography: SAMUEL

“Cold War,” Lukasz Zal
“The Favourite,” Robbie Ryan
“Never Look Away,” Caleb Deschanel 
“Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón X
“A Star Is Born,” Matthew Libatique

Best Documentary Feature: PAULA GARCÍA

“Free Solo,” Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross
“Minding the Gap,” Bing Liu
“Of Fathers and Sons,” Talal Derki
“RBG,” Betsy West, Julie Cohen

Best Documentary Short Subject: RAÚL

“Black Sheep,” Ed Perkins X
“End Game,” Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
“Lifeboat,” Skye Fitzgerald
“A Night at the Garden,” Marshall Curry
“Period. End of Sentence.,” Rayka Zehtabchi

Best Live Action Short Film: JOAQUIN GARCÍA
“Detainment,” Vincent Lambe
“Fauve,” Jeremy Comte
“Marguerite,” Marianne Farley
“Mother,” Rodrigo Sorogoyen X
“Skin,” Guy Nattiv

Best Foreign Language Film: ALBA PLAZA

“Capernaum” (Lebanon)
“Cold War” (Poland)
“Never Look Away” (Germany)
“Roma” (Mexico) X
“Shoplifters” (Japan)

Film Editing: ESMERALDA COTO

“BlacKkKlansman,” Barry Alexander Brown
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” John Ottman X
“Green Book,” Patrick J. Don Vito
“The Favourite,” Yorgos Mavropsaridis
“Vice,” Hank Corwin

Sound Editing: VALENTÍN

“Black Panther,” Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” John Warhurst X
“First Man,” Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan
“A Quiet Place,” Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
“Roma,” Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay

Sound Mixing: ANA GALISTEO

“Black Panther”
“Bohemian Rhapsody” X
“First Man”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”

Production Design: CRISTINA

“Black Panther,” Hannah Beachler X
“First Man,” Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
“The Favourite,” Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
“Mary Poppins Returns,” John Myhre, Gordon Sim
"Roma", Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enrique

Original Score: PAULA ESTHER

“BlacKkKlansman,” Terence Blanchard
“Black Panther,” Ludwig Goransson
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” Nicholas Britell
“Isle of Dogs,” Alexandre Desplat X
“Mary Poppins Returns,” Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman

Original Song: ANDREA RAMOS

“All The Stars” from “Black Panther” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA
“I’ll Fight” from “RBG” by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns” by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
“Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice X
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch

Makeup and Hair: PAULA ESCOBAR

“Border”
“Mary Queen of Scots” X
“Vice”

Costume Design: IVÁN BISÁN

“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Mary Zophres
“Black Panther,” Ruth E. Carter
“The Favourite,” Sandy Powell
“Mary Poppins Returns,” Sandy Powell
“Mary Queen of Scots,” Alexandra Byrne

Visual Effects: ANDREA CÁRDENAS

“Avengers: Infinity War” X
“Christopher Robin”
“First Man”
“Ready Player One”
“Solo: A Star Wars Story”

Finally, this is the rubric which will be used to evaluate your final work of unit 5:

Rubric for 1BAE unit 5 project

1BAP unit 5 project

Steps to Follow: Creating Images

1) Open Google Drawings: In this step, you open Google Drawings and create your first image or “slide” in your animated GIF sequence. Encourage students to map out their images. They can use a paper storyboard or an outline. This will eliminate the need for revisions.

2) Create your first image: In this step, you are going to create your first image. Here’s my first image in my example:

Make any adjustments to this image, which we will consider to be “Slide One” or the first in a sequence of images in our animated GIF. Be sure to export this image. Adjust the filename to be “slide1.png.” This naming scheme helps you keep track of which image is first in your animation sequence.

3) Give that image its own name in revision history:

We’re going to name this image. As you can see from the screenshot below, I have made several slides, naming each along the way.

Once you have created the image as you want it, File–>Export the image as you like. Assign the latest version a name in Revision History. The main benefit of this step is to make it possible for you to jump to your desired image version. You are able to adjust each version to your satisfaction.

4) Save each image version: Be sure to save each version of the image. Do that with the File->Download as… [PNG] command:

6) Repeat steps 2-4. You can repeat these steps as needed. Be sure to save each image and assign it a name in revision history (e.g. Slide 1, Slide 2, Slide 3).

Steps to Follow: Making the Animated GIF

7) Drop images into Gifmaker.me to animate them.

You can make adjustments to the speed of your animated GIF. If you scroll down on the Gifmaker.me website, you will see additional options, as shown below. One of these options lets you get the GIF and save it to your computer (“Download the GIF”).

Finally, upload your GIFs on the padlet above together with a description of your working process. This is the rubric which will be used to assess your final work: 

Rubric for 1BAP unit 5 poject 

1BCC unit 5 project

Let's start by downloading the app TOONTASTIC 3D and getting used to it. Then, pick a story organizer. These will be your three choices but, remember, you have been asked to select between "Classic Story" or "Science Report". 

The app provides a step-by-step guide for organizing your cartoon. Then, select and customize your characters. You can even use an in-app tool to add your face to a character. Next, you’re guided through the design of each scene. You move your characters in the scene by tapping on the screen and adding your voice tracks for each. You can also activate their special actions. Many of the background objects are interactive and can be activated with a tap. Finally, you can add mood music from the app library with some simple controls to customize the soundtrack. Scenes can be reorganized before saving your final project.

Your finished cartoons can be saved in the app or your device. You can export them to your device’s photos app or library. The finished high-resolution video is saved as an mp4 and it's easy to share.

I'm looking forward to your TOONTASTIC projects and remember to upload them in the Padlet above. This is the rubric which will be used to evaluate your unit 5 final work:
Rubric for 1BCC unt 5 project

English Verb Tenses

Are you sure you know English Verb Tenses? Click here and check! 

Modals and Modal Perfects

1st Bachillerato unit 4

Here you've got two useful handouts to improve your physical descriptions. Make the best of them!

2nd Term Speaking Tests 2018-19

Welcome back! We are starting a new year and semester with more energy than ever, aren't we? One of the aspects I'll be testing you this semester is your Speaking Skill. Depending on whether you are in 1st or 2nd Bachillerato you'll be asked to have a look at one of these links to prepare your Speaking Skill Test:

1st Bachillerato Speaking Skill Test, 2nd semester 18-19

2nd Bachillerato Speaking Skill Test, 2nd semester 18-19

Reading Book 1st Bachillerato 18-19

This is the book 1st Bachillerato students will be reading this year 18-19. You can find the story here:

The Minister's Black Veil

and the audio of this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne:

Audio of The Minister's Black Veil

Writing News

Ten news to choose for your Writing Class Skill:

1.  InSight: The jeopardy of landing on Mars

2. 'The food supplement that ruined my liver'

3. Toy Story 4 first trailer reveals new character - meet Forky

4. Mourning dog waits for 80 days in road where owner died

5. Santiago Solari: Real Madrid appoint Argentine as permanent manager

6. Xiaomi criticised for UK smartphone £1 flash sale

7. 'I get to go home, but they don't'

8. New £50 note will feature a British scientist

Bachillerato Writing Rubric

In this post, you can find the rubric which will be used to assess your writings in Bachillerato:

Rubric for Bachillerato Writings