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Batxillerat grant for immersion courses in English
El BOE del sábado día 17 de febrero publica el Extracto de la Resolución de 1 de febrero de 2018, de la Secretaría de Estado de Educación, Formación Profesional y Universidades, por la que se convocan becas para la participación en un programa intensivo de inmersión lingüística en inglés en España, para el año 2018.
Benficiarios:
-Bachillerato
-Enseñanzas profesionales de música y danza
-Grado medio de Formación Profesional
-Grado medio de artes plásticas y diseño
-Grado medio de enseñanzas deportivas y
-Enseñanzas de idiomas de nivel intermedio o avanzado
Requisitos:
– Haber obtenido en el curso 2017-2018 la condición de becario del Ministerio de Educación,
Cultura y Deporte
-Tener totalmente aprobado el curso inmediato anterior, con una nota final mínima de 7,50
puntos en la asignatura de inglés
Plazo:
-El plazo para la presentación de solicitudes finalizará el día 22 de marzo de 2018
Para acceder a la Resolución: Extracto Resolución Inmersión Lingüística en Inglés
The history of a product
In groups of three, you are going to do a presentation about the history of a product. It can be any general product you like or you find interesting or it can be a specific brand.
You can use Power Point, Google Slides, Prezi … to do you presentation. Remember to include bibliography, webgraphy and to use images labeled for reuse. If the images are not labeled for reuse, don’t forget to attribute them! You can also include a video or anything you find interesting and is significant.
You can write your names and the products or brands in these lists: STUDENTS’LIST
You need to add the following information:
1- How did this product get its name?
2- Why did people use it?
3- What was it made from?
4- How did it become popular?
5- Who used them?
6- What has happened to this product/brand recently?
7- Is this product popular today?
Remember that your Power Point is a kind of guide that you follow to present the information. Do not copy paste from the Internet, use facts and figures and key words in the slides and use your own words to explain them. You can use index cards to remember what you want to explain.
The presentation must be sent to me by email by Monday 12th March as the latest.
Ethical & unethical fashion
I. Where do you normally buy your clothes? Do you know where they are made? What are the conditions of the workers in those countries?
II. We are going to listen to Livia Firth, executive producer of a documentary film about the fashion industry. Listen to her and answer the questions.
- Why did she go to Bangladesh?
- What were the conditions of the women working in the factory?
- How did she feel?
- What did she decide to do and why?
III. Now watch the trailer of the movie and answer the following questions:
- What was the promise of globalisation?
- What is the meaning of “rapacious”? Explain it.
- Why is the current system unsustainable?
- How do you think the system can be changed and what can you do as an individual ? Write your opinion in the comments of this post. (50 words aprox.)
- Go to Google and find three brands which make ethical clothing. We’re going to comment on them in class on Tuesday 27th.
Unconditionally – Katy Perry
Listen to the song and do these activities
Connectors
Source: https://www.aprendeinglessila.com/2016/02/conectores-ingles-pdf/
To see examples of how to use these connectors you can go to: aprendeinglessila
Online practice:
Exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3.
Nov 25th-Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
I. Watch this video with no voice. What do you think is happening?
Now listen to the video. What was happening?
Halloween & scary stories
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I. Go to this SITE and read the text about Halloween. Then do the exercises below the text.
II. Discuss the following questions in groups of 4:
– After reading the text, can you say what the origin of Halloween is?
– Which of the things mentioned in the text do people in your country do?
– Do you celebrate Halloween?
– Do you like this festivity? Is there a similar festivity here in your country?
– Do you like scary films or stories? Do you remember any?
III. Vocabulary. Match the words to their definitions:
| 1. eerie (adj) | a. to hurry or move quickly somewhere |
| 2. to rush (vb) | b. easily annoyed and often complaining |
| 3. to sigh (vb) | c. a sudden frightened feeling |
| 4. grumpy (adj) | d. unusual and slightly frightening |
| 5 duvet (noun) | e. to pay attention to some advice or a warning |
| 6. chill (noun) | f. to breathe out slowly and noisily, often because you are annoyed or unhappy |
| 7. doom (noun) | g. the parts of a building that are made from wood |
| 8. to take heed (vb) | h. a cover filled with feathers or warm material that you sleep under |
| 9. to fuss (vb) | k. to complain about something |
| 10. woodwork (noun) | j. death, destruction, and other unpleasant events that cannot be avoided |
IV. Watch the story of “The house on a lake”, written by Mark Newton and answer the following questions.
1. Who was living in the house?
2. Why was Arthur scared?
3. Did his father pay attention to him? Why/why not?
4. What is the Saurus?
5. What happened to Arthur in the end?
6. How does the story finish?
HERE you can read the full story.
V. Now it’s time for you to write a scary story. The best one will be published here.
Source Writing : Oxford University Press
Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”
I. Click on this link and watch the video about “Romeo & Juliet”‘s plot. Then do the comprehension exercises.
II. Watch the 1996 film and discuss the following questions:
Are Romeo and Juliet’s deaths just a tragic accident? If not, who is responsible?
Do you think the story of Romeo and Juliet is relevant to life today?
(Questions taken from the previous British Council link)
III. Soundtrack. Did you like the soundtrack? What song did you like most? If you feel like listening to it again here you are the YouTube link.
