WRITING-UNIT 6

Environmental affects of bicycles

Today, I'm gonna talk about the positive and negative facts that use a bicycle has.

According with "UK government statistics", cycling is 25% more popular than 10 years ago so, there is a quite less pollution. Also, 6% fewer cars on road thanks of cycling. It's better because there is less noise,pollution...shorter journeys.

But, there are more negative facts: only for make an adult's bike we need 15kg of aluminium. It's difficult to recycle some parts of them, for example, the rubber tyres. Also, lots of bikes are buried in landfill sities.

As my opinion, it's better to use bicycles, you do some sport while you are moving to another place! 

WRITING-UNIT 5

Mugged at the supermarket

All happened one Friday afternoon. I was shopping food at the supermarket, it was the 8:45 p.m and the supermarket was going to close when suddendly... a car crushed into the glass door and all busrt in small pieces. There were few people (me and the shops assistants) but enough to start a bustle. 

I started to run at the back of the shop to call the police but someone catch me and I couldn't do nothing. The robber tied myself with a string while her partner was pointing the shops assistants with a gun for gave them all the money. After a few minutes, the police arrived at the supermarket and the robbers were surrounded. 

I don't know how the police knew that they were mugging the supermarket, I think that someone saw it from outside and called the police. Luckily nobody were hurt but I was very frightened!

SELF-ASSESMENT

2nd Term

What can I do now that I couldn't do before?

Now, I can watch series in English much better than before.

What do I like most?

The activities that I enjoy most are the oral ones.

What do I do well?

Well, I've got a good pronunciation.

What am I confused about?

I'm confused with some listenings.

What do I need help with?

I need help with the listenings.

What do I do in English outside the class?

I don't go to any classes, but I watch some series in English with subtittles.

What do I need to improve?

I need to improve the writing part, because I fail in stupid things

What did I learn about culture?

This term, I know more about differents authors.

VOCABULARY UNIT 4

Upsetting: causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry
Annoying: causing irritation or annoyance
Misunderstanding: a failure to understand something correctly
Nod/Shake your head: a movement to indicate confirm or negation
Browse: an act of casual looking or reading
Stream: transmit or receive
Scroll: move displayed text or graphics in a particular direction on a computer screen in order to view different parts of them
Squeeze: an act of squeezing something

VOCABULARY UNIT 3

Bargain: an agreement between two or more people or groups as to what each will do for the other
Waste: use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
Brand: a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name
Afford: have enough money to pay for

Phrasal verbs:
Save up: collect money by spending less than you get, usually in order to buy something that you want
Join in: to do an activity with people who are already doing it
Fill up: an instance of filling something, especially the fuel tank of a car
Turn up: be found, especially by chance, after being lost

SHAKESPEARE

William Shakespeare, also called the England's national poet is considerated the greatest dramatist that appear in the Renaissance. His works are loved of all around the world.

BORN

The birth of Shakespeare isn't clear because it doesn't exist birth records. It's know that he was baptized on April,26 1564, so we think that he was born near on April,23 1564.

EDUCATION

In his childhood, William Shakespeare studied reading, writing and the classics.

FAMILY

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 18. He had 3 children: one girl and twins.

KING'S MEN 

In the 1590, documents confirm that Shakespeare was a partner of King's Men (the most important acting company in London). He stayed there for most of his carrer.

THE LOST YEARS

After the twins birth, Shakespeare disappear for 7 years (in 1585), there are lots of teories about his disappearance.

PLAYS

• Comedies: - The Two Knights of Verona (1591)

                            - The comedy of mistakes (1591)

• Tragedies: - Romeo and Juliet (1596)

                            - Hamlet (1600)

                            

                            - Macbeth (1606)

• Dramas:    -Henry VI (1592)

                           - Richard II (1597)

DEAD

He died on April,23 1616 in England with 52 years old, cause of a brief illness.

READING BOOK: THE CANTERVILLE GHOST

CHAPTERS 1-2

- Ambassador: representative sent by a country to a foreing country.
- Appeared: when someone/something comes inmediatly.
- Carriage: type of transport.
- Pray: religious act for God.
- Stain: a dirty mark in a place that is difficult to clear.

CHAPTERS 3-4

- Remove: quit something
- Chains: a continuation of metal rings
- Footsteps: each movement of your foot when you are walking
- Cupboard: a furniture for keep clothes
- Wild: salvaje

CHAPTERS 5-6

- Lubricator: oily substance that is applied to the parts of a gear so that the friction is less or softer.
- Career: a preparation for a profession 
- Recovered: when you get something again
- Peashooter: an instrumment to throw small pieces

CHAPTERS 7-8

-Weak: not strong
-Dagger: a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.
-Stab: push a knife into a person
-Corridor: a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms
-Sheet: piece of cloth used on the bed
-Speeches: formal talks given to an audience
-Humiliation: an act that leaves you in an embarrassing situation.

CHAPTERS 9-10

-Meadow: field
-Take care of...: attend to
-Disturb: interrupt
-Gate: doors in a fence or a wall
-Sins: inmortal acts
-Hell: terrible place where bad people go after death (according to some religions)

CHAPTERS 11-12

-Hope: expectation
-Tapestry: a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving coloured 
-Coffin: wooden box for putting a dead body in strings
-Shone: was reflected
-Torches: burning pieces of wood used to give light

SELF-ASSESMENT

1st Term

• What can I do now that I couldn't do before?

Now, I do writings much better and have a conversation without any problems.

• What do I like most?

Of all the activities that we do in class, what I like most is when the whole class participates in oral activities.

• What do I do well?

I've got a very good pronunciation.

• What am I confused about?

I'm confused the phrasel verbs.

• What do I need help with?

Maybe, in class we should practise the apparments which is more difficult for us.

• What do I do in English outside the class?

Outside the school, I don't go to any particular classes but some series I wach them in English with subtittles.

• What do I need to improve?

I need to improve the listenings tests.

• What did I learn about culture?

This term I lernt a lot of things about differents cultures,for example: Australian and Ireland's cultures.

VOCABULARY UNIT 2

Disappointing: something has failed to fulfil one's expectations.

Dull: something that is very bored.

Hilarious: extremely funny.

Income: when you recived money.

Award: a prize or other mark of recognition given in honour of an achievement.

Gift: a natural ability or talent.

Joke: a thing that someone says to cause  laughter.

IRELAND

• The first inhabitants of Ireland landed between 8,000 a.C. and 7000 a.C
• The Celts arrived in Ireland and their arrival has had an impact on today's culture.
• St. Patrick (the shamrock saint) was kidnapped and taken to Ireland as a slave when he was 16 years old. He built several churches around Ireland, showing them a 3-leaf shamrock (three divine persons in God: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit). Therefore, giving Ireland its national symbol. St. Patrick left a lasting impact on Ireland, with St. Patrick's Day celebrated worldwide on March 17.
• The Viking people arrived on the island in 975 AD but in 1014, Clontarf defeated him, becoming the greatest king of Ireland.
  
  
  
  

VOCABULARY UNIT 0-1

Sunbathe: take the sun.

Go abroad on holidays: person who travel out of her country, to foreign.

Compulsory: something that is obligatory.

Well/badly behaved: person who has a good/bad behavior.

Settle into: addapt to a new place, people...

Career: a study in the university.

Confident: person who is very sure of himself.

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA PROYECT  :click into the link

HISTORY

The history of Australia is the history of indiginous and colonial societies. They reached Australian continent by sea from South Asia 40.000 and 70.000 years ago.

The oldest tradidtions were in Australia (artistic, musical and siritual).

The first European arrived to Australia was William Janszoon (Dutch navigator) in 1606.

TRADITIONS

• Boxing Day Test Cricket:

It's like America's Black Friday. Australians go shopping and then, they spend the day after Christmas in the sofa, watching at the T.V the Cricket match.

• Muck Up Day: 

It's a rite of passage for all students while they wearing a ridiculous costume. From parades and water guns to harmless pranks. Is a celebration that all senior year students deserve.

•  Australian's Day:

When the calendar reaches January 26, all people celebrate "Australia Day" commemorating a new anniversary of Australia's declaration as an English colony, almost 225 years ago. Many families and children take advantage of the holiday to have fun with music, picnics and fireworks.

• Anzac Day:

But the most important holiday for Australians is April 25. Anzac Day is celebrated, a tribute to those killed in wars that includes the singing of the National Anthem, a prayer, recitation and moments of silence.

ANIMALS 

• The fauna of Australia consists of a huge variety of animals:

                       - 83% mammals 
                       - 89% reptiles 
                       - 90% fish and insects 
                       - 93% amphibians

• Australia is home of monotremes and has numerous venomous species(platypus,spiders,scorpions,octopus...). Australia has more venemous than non-venemous species of snakes.
• Best Australian animals:

                       - Kangaroo: are oficially Australia's national animal.

                       - Wallaby: like a kangaroo but more small.

                       - Joey: are the kangaroo pups.

                       - Platypus: is an egg-laying mammal semiaquatic. This are combination of                                     duck. It's  one of the know venemous mammal in the world.

                       - Koala: is a tree herbivorous animal. You can found in Queensland and                                          Victoria. Are the symbol of Australia.

                       - Macrotis: one of the endangered animal species in Australia. One of the                                        shortest  mammal in the world.

                       - Thorny dragon: is the only species of devil lizard in Australia. It know how to                              defend against predators.

                       - Tasmanian tiger: one of most spectacular animal in Australia. It hasn't seen                                very well because it hide very frecuently.

                                                                                                                                                 CRICKET

KANGAROO

                                                                        AUSTRALIA'S DAY

PLATYPUS

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL 19/20

VOCABULARY UNITS 5-6-7

Unit 5

Elderly:anciano

Retire:jubilarse

Toddler:bebé que comienza a andar👶

Eventually:finalmente

Have a lie-in:descansar

Share a room:compartir una habitación

Unit 6

Journalist:periodista

Go abroad:ir al extranjero

Hire a car:alquilar un coche🚗

Cabin crew:tripulación de cabina

Unit 7

Chase:perseguir

Sting:picar

Mean:malvado/ruin

Polite:educado

SUMMER IS HERE ❗🌊🌞

ENDANGERED ANIMALS

SEA TURTLES

BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT

Karate kid Jesse

FINAL OF THE SUPER BOWL 1993

Super Bowl XXVII was the 27th edition of the game for the American Football Championship. It was played on January 31, 1993 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills.
This league had a visual television decline of 22% of the population, from there they took the initiative to hire great stars.
The singer Michael Jackson was presented with several of his greatest hits such as "Billie Jean" and "Black or White." His show was a success, being the first time in the history of the Super Bowl that the half time was more seen than the game.

SELF-ASESSMENT MUSIC

2nd Term

• What can I do that I couldn't do before?

I couldn't do before play "Santa Maria Strela Do Dia" with flute.

• What do I like most?

I like most play different types of instruments to make rithyms.

• What do I do well?

I do better expose proyects to my class and rithyms

• What am I confused about?

I think I do not get confused about anything.

• What do I need help with?

I need help with some words in translation.

• What do I do in English and/or music outside the class?

Outside classes I watch and listening some films and songs with lirycs.

• What do I need to improve?

I need to improve do much better Marcos' exams.

• What did I learn about culture?

I learnt how make different rithyms with hands and feet.

MUSIC VOCABULARY III

Genre: género.                 
Folk music: música folclórica.
World music: músicas del mundo.         
Popular music: música popular. 
Vinyl record: disco de vinilo.
Sacred music: música sacra.
Dance music: música de danza.
Soundtrack: banda sonora.
Choreography: coreografía.
Ballet: ballet.
Stage: escenario.
Improvisation: improvisación.
Flamenco: flamenco.
Synthesizer: sintetizador.
Middle Ages: Edad Media.
Renaissance: Renacimiento.
Baroque: Barroco.
Classicism: Clasicismo.
Romanticism: Romanticismo.
Impressionism:Impresionismo.
Twentieth Century Music: Música del Siglo XX.
Triplet: tresillo.
Anacrusis note: nota anacrúsica.
Fret: traste.
Gregorian chant: canto gregoriano.
Opera: ópera.
Program music: música programática.
Gothic Rock: Rock Gótico.
New Wave: "nueva ola".
Symphony: sinfonía.
Mass: misa.
Consonance: consonancia.
Dissonance: disonancia.
Theme: tema musical (principal).
Stress: acento. 
Reed: lengüeta.
Polyphony: polifonía.

ASTON VILLA⚽

• The football club started in 1888.
• The club is in Birmingham,in the centre of England.
• The football club has played for over 100 years .
• Aston Villa has won the Football Association Cup 7 times.
• Aton Villa's stadium has got 43.000 seats.
• The club won the European cup in 1982.
• Gordon Cowens played for Aston Villa 14 years.
• Gordon Cowens has been the coach since 1999.
• Scott Bridges is one of Aston Villa's best young players.

Gordon Cowens

                                          Stadium