IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS DIY COSTUMES AND SOME CHRISTMAS CAROLS (ACTIVITIES FOR ESO 3)

Some ideas for the carols:

 

                                          

                                          

And some ideas you might find interesting for the diy Christmas costumes competition:

Can a war be stopped?

Sainsbury’s Christmas advert. Made in partnership with The Royal British Legion. Inspired by real events from 100 years ago. 

And this is the real story behind the advert. In this short documentary they talk to the experts who advised them, interview the grandson of a soldier who was there, and hear first-hand accounts from both sides.

But you can wonder why the war started again.  f you are interested read the following article which shows a different opinion about the advert or have a look at this website.

Hope you enjoy!

The United Nations

Here you are the video to complete the task about The United Nations. Cick on the flag

Dossier on your country II - THE STATE

Here you are the second part of your dossier. This time we will know more about what kind of state it is.
You can follow these ideas and the links at the bottom.

·         Political map

o       capital

o       division into regions

o       provinces

o       any other

·         Flag (anthem)

·         Borders: geographical, cultural or/and artificial

·         Territories out of the borders:

o       Embassy in Spain

o       Embassy of Spain in this country

o       In another country or continent

o       (Conflicts about borders)  in unit 3

·         Government:

o       Democracy or dictatorship/oligarchy

o       Republic or monarchy

§       President’s name

§       King/Queen’s name

o       Parliament (if they have one)

§       Description

§       Main political parties

·         Elections

o       How often

o       Process

·         Separation of powers

·         Constitution

·         Centralised or decentralised

·         Religion

o       Secular, confessional or theocracy

o       Main religion

·         Currency

·         Welfare state

LINKS
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/index.html
http://www.indexmundi.com/site_map.html
http://www.embassyworld.com/Embassy_Search_Engine/

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST FOR ESO 3

Hi, class! Here's the link to an older post with an audio file for the scary list:


http://seccionzobel.blogspot.com.es/2014/03/irregular-verbs-list-audio-file-for-eso.html

Mount ETNA comes to life again

Can you answer the following questions after watching the video (50 sec) and reading the article (121 words)?

USEFUL VOCABULARY

 

Spark: a small burning piece

Plume: cloud

Rise: go up

Hazard: risk

Below: under

Ditch: a long channel for water or something liquid

Dam: a barrier, a small wall, to stop the water 

Divert: to make something change direction

QUESTIONS

1.      Where is Etna?

2.      Which kind of volcano is Etna?

3.      Do you know more examples of this type of volcano?

4.      Which plates are moving to cause the eruption of this volcano?

5.      Can you describe the process of this eruption?

1)      

2)      

3)      

6.      When did the last big eruption occur?

7.      The BBC says that the airport had to close temporarily. Can you guess the reason?

8.      Can you guess the hazards for towns and villages around the volcano?

        9.      How were they protected in the past?

And, as a reward after having done your homework, you can enjoy some videos about Pompeii
   

How to upload the dossier on your country to google drive

HI  EVERYONE !!!

As I told you this morning, we can use google drive to share the dossiers on your countries. That way I can check them without any risk of viruses.
The steps you have to follow are:

1. Open the gmail account I gave to you
2. On the right hand side corner, near the name, there's a square divided into nine smaller squares. Click on it.
3. You will see several icons, click on Drive (a triangle with three colours: blue, green and yellow)
4. A:  Then, you can drag your ppt with the mouse into the folder or ...

             B:  You can click on the folder to open it and click on New. Then, upload documents (you can find the document on your computer and select it)

And that's all !!!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2014

Next Friday it's Halloween! But before that, it's time to enjoy a spooky time in class.
Click on the bat if you are in year 1 or on the pumkin if you are in year 3.

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (HE'S SO ADORABLE!)

               

                                                                             


                                                                             


I simply love Marcel and I wanted to share these short films with you. Isn't he cute? Do you like Marcel as much as I do? Write your comments below

WORD DOCUMENT FOR OUR CLASS ON EBOLA ESO 3

EBOLA

How to create a DOSSIER on your COUNTRY

This is the worksheet to start your dossier.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.       Decide if you prefer a digital dossier or on paper.

2.       Just complete the worksheet with the information required.

3.       Be clean and neat.

4.       You can add some pictures.

 STEP ONE

1.       Which country have you chosen?

2.       Why?

3.       Look for a map of this country in its continent

 STEP TWO: THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

4.       Look for a physical map of your country 

 http://go.hrw.com/atlas   //  http://www.freeworldmaps.net/  //  http://www.mapsofworld.com/physical-map/

http://www.maps.com/maps.aspx?nav=RM&cid=694

5.       Write the geographical coordinates of  the capital and another important city.

6.       Caculate the distance between them using the scale

7.      Relief

a.      Mountain ranges and peaks (Indicate the highest one)

b.      Plains and plateaus

c.      Basins

d.      Deserts

e.      Volcanoes

f.       Earthquakes

g.      Coastal features:  capes, gulfs and peninsulas

h.      Islands

8.       Water

a.      Oceans and seas

b.      Main rivers and their features (flow regime, uses)

c.      Lakes

d.      Underwater

e.      Dams, reservoirs

9.       Climate and landscape

a.       Have a look at these websites: http://www.educaplus.org/climatic/  //  http://www.weatherbase.com/

b.      Find the temperature and precipitation figures of the capital of your country

c.      Make the climogram of the capital and comment it

d.      Which kind of climate/s  is/are there in this country? 

e.      Landscape / vegetation

f.        Protected areas, natural parks

Working with map scales

Here you are the video we watched in class. Now you can watch it again to review how map scales work.
This is also good for students in the third level who don't remember very well how to deal with it.
Hope you enjoy !!!

howjsay

Howjsay is a free online dictionary of English pronunciation. 

Any word you can imagine is there. You only need to write it in the box, submit and put the mouse over the word to listen how it is pronounced.

Hope it helps you with your lessons in English ;)

Back To School

Hey everyone :)

I just want to say good luck to you all starting back at school this year. I wish I was there again with you all. I miss you so much!!!!

I hope you've all had an amazing summer, but now it's time for you to start working hard and studying again. I will be doing the same when I go back to university next week.

So work hard, study hard, but also have a bit of fun.

I wish you all the very best in classes and exams and I know you'll all do your very best.

Besos!!

Steffi xxxxxxx

How can I learn English and have fun during the summer?

1. Wonderopolis 

Discover a new wonder each day. Wonders are amazing facts and intriguing questions such as: Why are they called Lava Lamps? What Badger has a sweet tooth?

2. National Geographic Kids 

Games, videos, information, cool photos, and more.

3. Fun Brain

Math and reading video-like games like math baseball and Mad Libs Junior. 

4. Whyville

Tweens hang out in Whyville to play learning games and socialize.

5. Pottermore 

J.K. Rowling created this site so kids could read the books and do interactive features and games.  

6. Spatulatta

Get into cooking on this kid-friendly cooking website with lots of videos and recipes.

7. NGA Kids

This website gives users art adventures and activities from the National Gallery of Art.

8. NBA HOOP TROOP

NBA website for kids.

9. TOP TEN TEEN MAGAZINES

10 LEARN ENGLISH TEENS

British Council web for teenagers.

Adios Fernando Zobel

Hey everyone :)

It's now my last day in Cuenca, and I just want to say thank you all for welcoming me to Fernando Zobel this year. I've enjoyed meeting you all, and making lovely memories together. Thank you for my surprise party last week, it was lovely to see you all together and the cake was amazing :)

I want to wish you all Good Luck in all your exams this year and every other year at school. I know you'll all work hard and do well :) Good Luck after school with whatever you decide to do. in your life.

I'm going to miss you all very much, but you will always be in my heart. I love you lots!! <3




Hasta la vista baby! :P

Steffi xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

TEA TIME FOR ESO 1C. Fancy a cuppa?

                              

Next Friday 23th May we'll have our tea party!

Download the document with all the details here.