Felices vacaciones de Navidad / Happy Christmas Break

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #66 and 2ºESO #91

What is Christmas like in Britain? We've Watch Sally and Jack in the video and now we know almost all there is to it!

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Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 3º ESO #11 and 4º ESO #91

With Christmas right around the corner, Jordy Baby share with us 25 Things You Probably Didn't know about Christmas.

And 25 More Things you probablly didn't know about Christmas.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º BACH #87

Weekly essay: "What is the best city in the world, in your opinion? Give your reasons."

This argumentative essay or opinion essay involves stating your own point of view immediately, and trying to convince the reader by reasoned argument that you are right with facts, definitions and details.
In the introduction Introduce the topic briefly in general terms, and then state your own opinion.
In the body of the essay, give a couple of arguments to support your opinion.
In the conclusion do not repeat your point of view again: end your essay with something memorable, for example a quotation or a direct question.

Do not write about advantages or disadvantages or points for or against.
Do not use emotive vocabulary and do not give personal examples.

This video 10 Best Places to Live and Work in The World in 2015, may bring you some ideas.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 1º ESO #65

A song with English and Spanish subtitles to revise the present simple tense, and practise reading and listening: "Boulevard of broken Dreams" by Green Day.

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Weekly Links 2º ESO #90

A song by Coldplay, Paradise, to revise the simple past tense ...and enjoy a good song with lyrics on screen to practise listening and reading.

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Weekly Links 3º ESO #10

If you want to play the Kahoot made with the facts of the different presentations of the class, go to  UK Facts and if you want to learn how to make some British dishes, here are the three short videos created by your classmates, Andrea L., Andrea M., Marta M., Lorena M. Paula S. and Sara L.,  for their presentation on UK food. Great work. Congratulations.

How to make a ham sandwich,

How to make fish and chips,

How to make marshmallows cookies,

and last, a short revision on how to say email adresses.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 4º ESO #90

As we are going to start with conditional clauses, here is a great song by a great singer, Cher: "If I Could Turn Back Time"

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Weekly Links 2º BACH #86

Weekly essay: "What kind of music do you like? Describe it and explain why you like it."

The descriptive essay describes a person, place, or thing in such vivid detail that the reader can easily form a precise mental picture of what is being written about. It uses formal language (no contractions, no informal expressions), it is consistent with tenses (only use present or past) and it also uses precise adjectives, avoid general words (such as good, nice, bad, or beautiful.)

This video podcast can be useful.

Have a nice weekend.

Exams Period

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As we are in exam period let's relax watching and listening to this old hit of Guns N' Roses, "Sweet Child O' Mine" with one of the best guitar players: Slash.

Good luck to everyone.

Weekly Links 3º ESO #9

Watch and learn how one of the best public speakers gave his presentations: Steve Jobs.

And for Alejandro who complained I don't upload music videos for this group, here is one.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 4º ESO #89

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José Andrés, born in Mieres (Asturias) in 1969, emigrated to the United States in 1990, a US citizen since 2013, still keeps two important things: his Spanish friends and family and his Spanish accent.
Watch and listen how someone can speak good English with a strong accent in this episode of his series "Made in Spain".

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º BACH #85

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Weekly essay: "More time should be given to Art in Secondary Education. Discuss."

Essentially this is a written debate where you are using your skill at reasoning, backed up by carefully selected evidence to make a case for and against an argument, or point out the advantages and disadvantages of a given context. Remember to arrive at a conclusion.  (University of Leicester)

This video may be helpful: What is art for?

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 1º ESO #63

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To review the difference between possessive adjective and possessive pronouns, this song by Taylor Swift: "Ours" with subtitles in English and Spanish.

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Weekly Links 2º ESO #88

To review subject and object pronouns here's a song by R.E.M.: "Shinny Happy People" full of object pronouns. It is subtitled both in English and Spanish so that you can compare both languages.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 3º ESO #8

As next week you have to show your projects on British culture, here are some tips for your presentations.
The first video is about "How to Create Profesional Powerpoint Presentation slides".

The second one is about the "Dos and Donts" giving a presentation.

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Weekly Links 4º ESO #88

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As we are working on relative clauses here is a song by Shania Twain called “You’re Still The One” which has several Relative Clauses in the chorus. English and Spanish subtitles

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Weekly Links 2º BACH #84

Weekly essay: "the story of someone (real or fictional) who suffered cyberbullying at school and how it all ended."

This is a narrative essay so: it tells a story that happened to you or you have read about so use the 1st person, include feelings and dialogues, use connectors of sequence (First, then...) and past tense.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #62

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Let's revise Personal Pronouns in English while you play this game.
A Pirate will tell you all about pronouns, if you do it right the treasure is yours.

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Weekly Links 2º ESO #87

Dizkis

A cute way of revising pronouns, with a quiz on pronouns from Dizkis, a family site for British children to help them do their homework.

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Weekly Links 3º ESO #7

Let's revise with this video how you can give directions to somebody who wants to go to a certain place.

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Weekly Links 4º ESO #87

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Finn, Callum and Catherine are the presenters who will guide you in this 6 Minute Grammar video on "Using defining and non-defining relative clauses".

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Weekly Links 2º BACH #83

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Weekly essay: "'The importance of music for adults’. Discuss."
This is an argumentative essay, where you are using your skill at reasoning, backed up by carefully selected evidence to point out the advantages and disadvantages of a given context. Remember to arrive at a conclusion. It is a formal piece of writing, so use formal language: no contractions, no informal expressions. Use facts, evidence and reasons.  
Do not give your personal opinion in your arguments. So do not use I believe, I think... If you want to state your opinion, do this in the conclusion.

This video may be helpful: it gives us some reasons why music is important.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 1º ESO #61

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Halloween time, so here is the song "This is Halloween" with English subtitles from the movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Enjoy!

Happy Halloween.
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Weekly Links 2º ESO #86

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As we are at Halloween, here is one of the top 10 Halloween songs in the story of music. Released on December 2, 1983, Michael Jackson's Thriller is a 13 minutes video directed by John Landis who co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Jackson.

Happy Halloween.
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Weekly Links 3º ESO #6

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This weekend we will celebrate Halloween, but in fact, how much do you know about this celebration?

Happy Halloween.
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Weekly Links 4º ESO #86

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Halloween is pumpkin carving time, so meet one of the most talented artist, Ray Villafane, a Michigan sculptor who spends every October attempting to reinvent the art of pumpkin carving.

Happy Halloween.
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Weekly Links 2º BACH #82

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Weekly essay: "Are Spanish eating habits healthy? Give your opinion."
An opinion essay, obviously, so remember that it is a formal essay -no contractions- and you have to give a clear view of your personal point of view with facts, definitions and details.
Be careful of not writing about advantages or disadvantages or points for or against. In addition, bear in mind that you can't use emotive vocabulary nor give personal examples.
By the way, what do we mean by "healthy eating habits"? Let's watch this video to find it out.

Happy Halloween.
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Weekly Links 1º ESO #60

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Let's practise Yes or No questions, once again.
Pay attention to the structure of the question and the answer.

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Weekly Links 2º ESO #85

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Let's practise the Present Continuous with scenes from TV shows.
Pay attention to the structure of the tense (be + -ing)

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Weekly Links 3º ESO #5

Your project for this quarter is about the United Kingdom, so let's watch an Introduction to the topic.

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Weekly Links 4º ESO #85

To complete our topic of the week here is a video with 30 surprising facts about Google.

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Weekly Links 2º BACH #81

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Weekly essay: "Making museums more attractive to young people."
In this video a New York City group called Museum Hack aims to attract millennials by offering unconventional tours.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #59

Let's sing along with Rapunzael and friends  to revise "have got".

You can watch the Spanish version here.

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Have a nice long El Pilar weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #84

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We have been talking about the origin of the name of the days of the week, so here's a short summing up to practise your listening and reading.
Enjoy.

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Have a nice long El Pilar weekend.

Weekly Links 3º ESO #4

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We are revising adverbs of frequency, so here are some songs with them.

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Have a nice long El Pilar weekend.

Weekly Links 4º ESO #84

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We have revised "still, already, yet, anymore, no more", so here is a fantastic song by legend singer-songwriter-pianist Ray Charles with The Raelettes vocalist Margie Hendricks: "Hit the Road, Jack".

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Have a nice long El Pilar weekend.

Weekly Links 2º BACH #80

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Our weekly essay: "Apart from getting enough sleep, what else can you do to improve your health?"
This is a narrative essay where you develop a strong point and prove it in the end.
The thesis statement needs to be in the introduction as it will give a special meaning to the examples you are going to give in the body.
Finally, in the conclusion you express your opinion supporting the thesis.

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Have a nice long El Pilar weekend.

Weekly Links 1º ESO #58

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We are revising family vocabulary so here is this video to practise talking about your family in English.
You will learn the vocabulary to talk about your aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces. You will also learn to use "have" to describe your family relationships. Enjoy!

By the way, if you feel like creating your own family tree, this is a funny site where you can create one: Mi árbol genealógico, and you can even play a game to test your vocabulary in English. 

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #83

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The full English breakfast became popular in the British Isles during the Victorian era. It  is often contrasted with the lighter alternative of a Continental breakfast, traditionally consisting of tea, milk or coffee and fruit juices with bread, croissants, or pastries.
Do you want to learn how to cook a real full English breakfast? Watch this video and learn/revise some vocabulary too.

Have a nice weekend.