LAST PROJECT: TEEN TROUBLES SOLVED!!!

Hi everyone!!!

I would like to introduce teen troubles topic with the results of a survey about Teens. A survey done by American Psychological Association revealed that parents don´t really understand just how worried their children are. Nearly half of the teens in the survey said they were worried more than previous years, but only 28% of the parents think their teens are more worried. Twenty-six per cent of children aged 8-12 said they were more worried than in previous years, but only 17% of their parents thought their children were more stressed. Another survey showed that 75% of pre-teens are satisfied with their academic achievements and their social life but more than half are troubled by their appearance. Pre-teens also revealed that their relationships with their parents made them feel good about themselves.

Now, I wonder if you have more problems in your life and how you feel these problems have changed; that is why we are going to deal with our last project of this academic year. It is going to be made in our 7th hour lessons.

Follow these instructions:

1) Teamwork: 5 groups of five people each group.

2) According to the video I am going to display below, choose several teen troubles or focus on one

3) Design a script similar to an "old brother" programme.

4) Show to the class in a video or performance or any tool you consider appropiate for the project.

Remember: It is an oral project. You will be recorded when you show the project and no guides and sheets are allowed because you should sound as much natural and fluent as you can. GOOD LUCK!!!

EQUIPPED FOR SPORT????

Hi guys!!!

There is an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence on the positive effects of sports and physical activity as a part of a healthy lifestyle. I know most of you are fond of sports aren´t you? I want to know how sport influences your life and if you consider it positive or negative. Before making your comment about this issue, watch this video and take into consideration the information displayed in it to explain your sport habits. I will be more than happy to take into account your comments and the things that impressed you most about it.

I´ll be waiting for your opinions and comments.

GOOD LUCK!!

NEW PROJECT: INTERACTIVE BOOK

Hi!!!

We start a new topic, a cultural one: THIS IS BRITAIN!!! We are going to know U.K throughout its history, monuments, geography...however, we are going to do it in a creative and original way, designing an interactive book.

How to do it?? Easily, just follow the instructions I am going to tell you below. This project has to be done during my stay in England and your Easter holidays. Deadline will be 22nd April.

1. First, you have to make up a story located in real places of United Kingdom, in which you must introduce real monuments and celebrities from those places. In order to invent this story with real characters and contexts you are obliged to make a research on the Internet about Wales, Scotland, England, North Ireland etc...to know the most relevant places and people to make them participate in your story. Your plot should be creative and original.
2. Write a draft in your computer or in some sheets to correct and change as much as you want. Once you have written and thought your story, you should give it a title, then you are going to be the author of your own interactive book.
3. Your interactive book is going to be made using "didapages" which is a useful tool to create your interactive book. You have to download it on your computer, then you can design your book and finally you can upload it into google sites and get an "URL" to insert in your blog.
4. Your book must be at least 6 pages long and you can include only three images. At the end of your book you must create some questions to verify if the person who reads your story, understands what you mean

If you have any doubts, let me know. Anyway, we will check it at the classroom next Thursday!!!

Good luck guys and take it easy!!!

TEXT MESSAGE ABBREVIATIONS!!!

Hi guys!!!

Here you are this useful link for you to practise with text message abbreviations as you did in your last class with Kristie.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/chill-out/curiosities/sms-english

And an illustrative video for you to watch what happens if you are texting while walking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLA1UelcDrE

ENJOY IT!!!

MAD ABOUT MOBILES!!!

Hi everyone!

I know you will like this new unit whose topic is MOBILES. In our current society, life does not exist without mobiles, at least in your lives, dear teens, although I know, this also happens in adults lives. As any tool, if you use it properly, it is great but if not it can hurt you in many senses...Anyway, we will take advantage of this topic to deal with specific language and signs when using our mobiles.

Let´s start with two new activities in order to break the ice with this unit.

1. Make a comment on the blog sharing with your classmates how important mobiles are in your life, how you use them and if you consider your way of using them is the appropiate one.

2. Create a comic about real and funny situations with mobiles. To create this comic you will click in the following link:

 www.bitstripsforschools.com

In that web page I have created our bilingual class to design comics about different topics and you directly should go on your left to the student login where you should introduce our password that is: ACTIVE25

When you are in, you should click in the whole class exactly in the student with your name, that way you will be in your own account introducing your own password where you will see a simple comic made by myself and below another one empty. Then, it is your turn to draw with several tools your comic. Pay attention to the vocabulary used, spelling of words and be as much creative and original as you can.

If you have doubts, don´t worry a brief introduction will be done in class on Monday.

Good luck and do your best!!!

Take care and see you tomorrow guys!!!

NEW PROJECT: FUTURE CITIES

Dear students, 

Here you are a new project for you to develop your creativity and imagination. You must create your ideal future city. To manage that, you should follow these instructions:

1.Design a powerpoint presentation of your future city.

2.Only images are allowed so, written messages are forbidden.

3.Your future city should be provided of social, educational, health services, so try to define these services on your presentation as well as all the infrastructures.

4.Mainly, you should use future tenses talking about the city you have created.

5.Deadline for your presentation will be on 18th February.

Good luck guys!!! 

FUTURE CITIES!!!!

Dear students!!!

Sometimes I wonder how the future will be....I imagine so many things....

Here you are a video about future buildings used as modern farms to save energy and be ecological...you will see...

Watch the video, perhaps it can help you for our forthcoming project!!! ENJOY!!!

NEW TOPIC: CITY LIFE

Hi all!!!

We start a new unit, quite interesting one. We are going to talk about "city life" and future cities. To break the ice, I want you to think about advantages and disadvantages of living in a city or in a village.

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If you had to decide where to live, you would prefer a village or a city?? Write your thoughts on the blog and share your opinion with your classmates.

BFN!!!

TALKING FASHION: OUR NEW PROJECT

Hi again!!!

We are on unit 4, coping with the perspectives of REAL FASHION, learning fashion vocabulary, using comparison, discussing dress codes and talking about fashion in general.

We take into account what we have learnt and we are going to desing a COVER of a fashion magazine.

To design this cover we will use publisher stuff and you will add pictures, adverts, scoops what you consider appropiate to sell your product in our Spanish market. From now on, pay attention to different styles and how fashion develops in our society.

More instructions will be given about this project in the classroom. It must be finished in two weeks.

DON´T FORGET:

• January, 17th: Reading book, The Lost World, Exam
• Vocabulary exams will be forthcoming.

In your opinion, is this way of dressing fashionable???

CHALLENGES FOR THIS TERM!!!

Dear students,

Here you are some new taks for this term that are not compulsory however, they can give you extra marks.

They are directly related to the topics we are dealing with in each unit and, are also related to our cultural section. It is a kind of research work for you to learn and to improve your writing.

Here you are the list of matters to work with and the way to do it:

To face these topics, first of all, you should read the cultural section in your book related to the issue you are dealing with and later work with the question I give you here on the blog. You will upload it on your blog-portfolio adding any video or picture you consider necessary.


The topics are:

1-CHILD LABOUR: Find out about child labour laws in your area. Are there laws concerning age, hours and types of work children can do?

2-SHOPPING AROUND THE WORLD: Write a paragraph about interesting shopping malls or outdoor markets to shop in your area.

3-CAPITAL CITIES: What foreign city would you like to visit? Find information and write a paragraph about it

4-THE HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION: Write an opinion article about the use of mobile phone for teenagers and according to the chart of mobile use phone in different countries, establish your own conclusions.

Try and do your best. Remember you can get extra punctuation on your final mark. Good luck guys!!!

AN AMAZING NEW YEAR 2014 IS COMING!!!!

Hi everyone!!!

We start a new year and I hope you had a happy Chistmas with your family and friends. To begin our second term at school, I invite you all to share your wishes and resolutions for the New Year in a video. Someone will record you telling your expectations for the new year and you will upload it on your blog-portfolio. 10th January will be your deadline.

New challenges are coming so, be ready to keep on working hard ok??

I want you to be brave during this year in our English projects. COURAGE will be an important word in our improvement of English

To start with our term I give you a quotation as a present for you to think and a song to listen and enjoy the lyrics:

"COURAGE IS RESISTANCE TO FEAR, MASTERY OF FEAR, NOT ABSENCE OF FEAR" Mark Twain.

LUCKY AND HAPPY TO SHARE ANOTHER YEAR WITH YOU, WE WISH YOU A JOYFUL YEAR AND ALL THE BEST IN YOUR LIVES AND IN OUR ENGLISH GOALS!!! LOVE UUUU!!!! KRISTIE AND ASCEN.