Hello my dear students, the final version of the list of exercises for Unit 3 has already been uploaded. It no longer contains the vocabulary of Unit 2, but the new words in the last unit of this term.

Thanks for waiting and see you on Monday (4 A,C,D) and Tuesday (4B).

Oh, and before you ask. No, I will probably not give you the marked exams, except for 4t C. If I have time, I will try to finish 4D first. Sorry, but I’m having a very busy weekend with birthdays and lots of shopping to do.

Unit 3, 2nd version

Good news! I have just marked your unit 2 exams and I have to say that the results have been spectacular. The average is 6.9, which is miles away from Unit 1’s 5.2!!!

Congratulations, though I have to say that perhaps, only perhaps, this exam was much easier. See you on Monday!

If you click on the dossier of Unit 3 you will see that the vocabulary list is identical to unit 2. I will change that as soon as I can. Sorry about the inconvenience!

As you probably know, Obama has just become the new president of the United States. Watch the video from the BBC.

and if you want to read Diari d’ Escola’s article in Catalan, click on the picutre below.

“The Forbidden City in Beijing is one of the greatest cultural and architectural treasures in China. Today, this enormous complex of palaces is home to the Palace Museum. Now, where several centuries ago this great masterpiece was inaccessible to ordinary people, today the general public is able to visit every nook and cranny of it thanks to a digitisation initiative that has been launched this October.”

From Vilaweb’s Diari d’ Escola.

This week is music week, so here goes a song that will take you to the coldest days of the year. As I write this the temperature has dropped to only 6 degrees. Last week, it was 14 degrees at exactly the same time (check meteo.cat‘s website data for Cunit).

Enjoy the song, and if you want to read the lyrics, here they go.

“You’ve got the two of hearts

And try to bluff

I’ve got enough motives

To write this song to you

I’m no longer afraid today

I can bite today

I’ve touched the sky today

‘cause I saw you again

in paradise, alone, unaware.”

This is a translation from a text. But … who is the author? Is he a professional singer? Is she a woman? Or is the author a student in 4th of ESO?

Probably you’ve seen that I have added an mp3 player on the blog. Yes, this week is dedicated to music.

• • • • 4th ESO D: special music reading session, Monday 27th.
  • • • 4th ESO A: special musical reading session, Wednesday 29th.
  • • • 4th ESO C and B: optional listening activity (included in the dossier results, 30%). Complete this activity at home and the teacher will ask you some questions next day in class. The transcript is here.

4th of ESO groups are now passing the equator of the 1st term. We’ve already done three exams:

• The irregular verbs exam, which showed excellent results for some groups.
• Unit 1 test, with three difficulty levels.
• The oral test, which was on the day of the student’s strike and did not affect 4th ESO B, which was taking the exam a day later.

We have also finished the first 40 activities (39 for some!) in the dossier of Unit 1. Presently, we are almost finishing the 35 activities for Unit 2, dedicated to the present perfect.

Unit 3 is very similar to Unit 2, as it also deals with the present perfect so… for most of the students in 4th ESO we might as well say that the contents for the first term are over (except for some vocabulary, of course!).