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!).

Download the text here and listen to it by clicking on the mp3 here:

Next day we’ve got our first exam. The content of the exam is:

· Cartoon language (definition of panel, speech bubble, etc.)

· Cartoon jobs (writer, colourist, letterer, etc.)

More information about the smurfs on the wikipedia and if you prefer to read it in Catalan, follow this link.

Today there was an oral exam for three groups of 4th ESO grade: 4 A, 4 C and 4 D. Some students asked me yesterday about postponing this test as they were going on strike. Unfortunately for them, the school has not accepted this strike and classes will go on as normal. This means that all the students who are not here and have not justified their absence will have a ‘0’ in this test. As stated in the school’s regulations, tests will be postponed only when the strike has been officially announced by the school, something which does not apply here.

XTEC: what do students have to do to go on strike? (Catalan text)

Avui hi havia examen oral per tres grups de 4t d’ ESO: 4t A, 4t C i 4t D. Alguns alumnes van demanar-me ahir que postposés aquesta prova ja que volien fer vaga. Malauradament per ells, l’ escola no ha acceptat la proposta de vaga i les classes procediran de manera normal. Això implica que tots els alumnes que no hagin vingut a classe i no justifiquin l’ absència tindran un ‘0’ en aquest examen. Tal i com diu la normativa, els exàmens s’ han de postoposar només quan la vaga ha estat anunciada oficialment, cosa que no es compleix en el nostre cas.

XTEC: què han de fer els alumnes per organitzar una jornada de vaga?

Today’s session is dedicated to the study of the Catalan education system. After a short overview, we will have some thought about different job families.

• Education system.
• Education system II
• What are the different job families?

Today is also the deadline for handing the teacher your edu365 registration form.

We’re doing speaking and listening activities this week. If you really want to prepare your dialogue (activity 1 speaking, p. 25), I strongly suggest you visit your No Problem website, click on Unit 2 and try the listening exercise. There are two versions, one is the complete text and the other is onlyMike’s (you have to play Sanjay’s part).

And next day… stand up and speak!!

35, and the days of the exams are in the calendar section.

4th ESO B, D : 6th November

4th ESO C, A : 7th November

Today we begin a new part of the course. We will learn what the parts of a comic, what their names are and what they are used for.

Link to Wikipedia’s comic language article.

In this session we are going to manipulate room objects and draw them from different points of view. We will discuss the visual effects they may convey.