Welcome to School!

Welcome everyboday!

After a great summer (I hope so), it is time to go back to work. We have been talking about the use of technology these days. As I promised, here you have the short film I mentioned this morning. Enjoy it!

Exam revision

I will be at school at 11 o'clock (I have half an hour free) for those of you who want to take a look at the grammar final exam.
See you there

The Ivy League

Watch the video if you want to know more about some of the most popular and renowned universities in the United States.

Interesting blog

Click on here to read the blog "Ayuda al Estudiante". Here you will find tips to help you prepare your exams and plan your study time. I strongly recommend you to read "Tormenta de exámenes" and "La primera pregunta del examen es...".

The Big Challenge

Some of you are taking part on The Big Challenge Contest. It will be held on May 14th after the first break.

The test will include some questions regarding sociocultural aspects of English speaking countries. From now on, I will publish some entries to help you with these cultural topics.

To begin with, there is a very interesting video by C. G. P. Grey, explaining the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England. As you will see, he speaks very quickly but, if you pay attention to the pictures, I'm sure you will understand the main ideas. Don't panic and don't try to understand every single word. 

Hope you enjoy it!

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

This term we are reading The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. We will divide the book into three parts and you will have to do an exam on each of these three parts:

• Chapters 1-4: April 24th. 
• Chapters 5-8: May 8th.
• Final exam: May 22nd.

The first two exams will focus on vocabulary and short questions. In the final exam you will have to complete a short test and answer two of the following questions:

• Have you ever felt very different from other people in your family or in your group of friends? 
• In your opinion, is Roger Button a good father to Benjamin? Explain your answer. 
• Would you like to live your life like Benjamin Button, moving in age from old to young? Give some advantages and some disadvantages to this situation. 
• Describe Benjamin's actions after he read the letter from the army to Brigadier-General Benjamin Button. 
• Think of a different ending for the story.

April Fools' Day

What is April Fools? When is it celebrated? Is there a similar celebration in Spain? Look at this list and decide what is the best April Fools' Day joke ever!

Hi everybody!

Are you ready to go back to school? Did you enjoy your holidays? Tomorrow is our last day off, so make the most of it and have a nice day. See you on Tuesday.

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The Passive Voice

I know some of you don't feel confident about the Passive Voice so click on this link if you want to do some online exercises. This link is very interesting because it allows you to generate tests to practice the Passive Voice.

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Brain teaser

Do you remember the first entries of this blog? We started with a brain teaser. Some months have passed and I don't want your brain to fall asleep, so let's awaken it with a new problem to solve. (Let's see who is the first one to find the solution. You can post it in comments.) Here we go: A bottle and a cork cost together $25 and the bottle costs $20 more then the cork. How much does each cost?

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Interesting newspaper article

I know this blog is about English, but I read an article (in El País) that may be of your interest. It is about spelling in the Spanish language and how lack of correction has become a big problem for students at university. If you have 10 minutes, read the article and leave a comment with your opinion.

Revision

Click on the following links if you want to revise modal verbs (must / have to) for the exam. Exercises, Choose the correct option, Choose the correct answer. The answers for the photocopy (4º C) are: a) must b) have to c) must d) have to e) must f) have to g) must h) have to If you want to practice the Present Perfect and the Past Simple click on the following links: Test on the Present Perfect, Simple Past and Present Perfect: explanation and exercises, Complete the text with the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

A Christmas Carol

The best singers from the 4th year of ESO wished us a Merry Christmas in December. I know Christmas is over but the video could not be viewed on time due to technical problems!