What is this blog?

This blog has been created to give extra activities to Sonia's bilingual students from San Martin High School in Talayuela (Cáceres, Spain).
The book we use in our English class is Voices, published by Macmillan. This is the reason why we follow its topics although the activities that appear on our blog are extra material created by us or taken by different sources.

viernes, 22 de mayo de 2015

Researching on Town Hall sport planning (Erasmus +)

Researching on Town Hall sport planning (Erasmus +)


We are  students in San Martin high school (Talayuela,Spain). We are going to  interview the person in charge of sports in our Town Halls to learn what we can do, how much they spend on sports and how they manage the sport area.

Now our classmates are prepering questions to ask in the interview and we are writing this entry.

 All the countries will exchange a presentation with the results of their research on the web and at our meeting in Turkey in October 2015.

After the interview we would like to go to the primary schools in our village to get improvement proposals from the students to present them in Town Hall meeting.



domingo, 3 de mayo de 2015

Modal verbs in songs

Listen to these songs and relate them to the modal verbs we have been working today:

Lyrics: Blue - 'I can'

Now we are going to watch this 'My classroom rules' video.


 Can you express the previous ideas with must / mustn't / have to / dont' have to?

After having listened to these samples, here you have some general rules on modal verbs.

  • Los modal verbs van seguidos de infinitivo sin to.
I must be a good boy.
I think you should drive more carefully.
  • Las 3ªs personas del singular no llevan -S
She can run really fast.
  • Las negativas e interrogativas no se forman con auxiliares (don´t, didn´t…)
She can´t play the violin.
Hay un verbo modal que rompe todas estas reglas: HAVE TO
  • Va seguido de un verbo en infinitivo con to: I have to be quiet at my English lessons.
  • La 3ª persona cambia:: She has to wear a uniform at work
  • Porque las negativas y preguntas se hacen con auxiliar: Do you have to study hard? Yes, I do.
MODAL VERBS


Meaning
Form
Translation
Obligation (present)
Must / have to
‘Tener que’
Obligation (past)
Had to
‘Tuve que...’
No obligation
Don’t have to
‘No tienes que’ (porque no es necesario)
No obligation (past)
Didn’t have to
‘No tuve que’
Prohibition
Mustn’t
‘No debes’ (porque está prohibido)
Ability (Present)
Can
‘puede’
Ability (past)
Could
‘pude...’

miércoles, 22 de abril de 2015

Unit 6 Listening Test

First of all, listen to this description and answer the following questions:

Balto

Who is speaking?
What kind of work of art is it?
Who likes to look at this work of art?
Where is it situated?
Who was Balto?
What is it made of?
What colour is it?
Can you climb up and sit on it?
Why is the dog famous for?
How is he commemorated each year in Alaska?

domingo, 12 de abril de 2015

A description of a work of art

Today we are going to write a description of a work art, after reading a model on page 78.

First of all, listen to this description and answer the following questions:

Listening

What kind of work art is it?
Where is it situated?
Who was it made by?
What is it made of?
Who does it show?
Does the speaker like it?
When did the speaker see it first?
What's the tradition related to this work of art?


These are the art samples you can choose to write your descriptions. They are taken from this great art website:

Art Beyond Sight (Museum Education Institute)


1. Coronation of the Virgin painting.

Gentile da Fabriano
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California. 
Gentile da Fabriano. Painted about 1420. Tempera and gold leaf on panel.


2. View of the Grand Canal.
Bernardo Bellotto.
 J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California.

About 1740. Oil on canvas, 53 1/4 inches high by 91 1/4 inches wide.
A panoramic view of activity on Venice 's Grand Canal.


3. Still Life with Parrots
Jan Davidzon de Heem.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota.
Baroque Art of the 17th Century


4. Joseph Nollekens 1776
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, Producer, Antenna Audio, Inc. & Joel Snyder
A set of life-size freestanding marble sculptures of three mythological goddesses created as a group by one sculptor.
JUNO (on the far left)
MINERVA (on the far right)
VENUS (in the centre)
5. Block Statue of Senwosret-Senebefny
Egypt, between 1878 and 1814 b.c. Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.




6. The Bather
Paul Cezanne
.
Museum of Art of New York

The Bather. Painted around 1885 by the French artist Paul Cézanne, 1839-1906. Oil on canvas, 50 inches high by 38 inches wide. 127 x 97 cm.




7. Girl With a Mandolin
Pablo Picasso
Museum of Modern Art, New York.



He painted it in 1910.
It’s an oil painting on canvas.



jueves, 9 de abril de 2015

Dear Future Husband



Dear Future Husband

How daring are you?

starter
Intermediate
Advanced
Expert


On this website you can try how good you are at getting the lyrics of your favourite songs. Let's start.

http://es.lyricstraining.com/




domingo, 22 de marzo de 2015

Erasmus + week

Hi, guys,

As you know we have guests in Talayuela. If you want to gossip, click on this link:

School partners

You are going to meet students from Latvia, Italy and Turkey. You will learn things from them and you will show things about you.

Now do a friendship worksheet Ana will give you. What do you think about friends?

Enjoy your week! Enjoy your life!


domingo, 8 de marzo de 2015

Save the planet!

Today we are going to watch this video:

Saving Planet Earth & Stop Climate Change - Full Documentary - National geographic Documentary