TEACHERS WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU

Watch this video and don't forget that we are close to you 😊

I miss you all 💚

LISTENING ACTIVITY FOR ALL MY STUDENTS

Watch this video and answer these questions:

1) Write three things that people used to do before covid19
2) Write two changes in the world after the covid19
3) Write three changes in people's life after the covid19

4) AN OPINION ESSAY. ACTIVITY FOR 4ESO E AND B2B BACHILLERATO:
 Do you think that we are really going to change like that?

CHRISTMAS STORY

This is my favourite Xmas story. It is written by Paul Auster, the great American writer and it appears in the film Smoke, in which Auster wrote the script. I wanted to share it with my 4ESO E students, as I promise you:

http://www.xtec.cat/~dsanz4/materiales/auggie_wren.pdf

And this is the scene in the film. Superb story, magnificent actors (Harvey Keitel and William Hurt), lovely music:

And this is the song Innocent when you dream by Tom Waits:

I hope you liked it.
And, at last HAPPY XMAS, my dear students!!!!!!

LEARNING PRESENT CONTINUOUS THROUGH MOVIES

Activity for 4ºD  ESO
Francesca, our Teaching Assistant found this interesting seletion of movie scenes in Youtube where the Present Continuous Tense is used. Let's watch it again

CINDERELLA: VIDEO

THIS IS FOR LUCÍA AND HER CLASS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKSRbsJVli0

ROOM ON THE BROOM

As you know, I'm taking a teachers training  course about Drama and Storytelling. I'm learning a lot and so are my students and  my children.
Lucy is in love with this story: Room on the Broom
At last we found a good witch!!!!
You'll love her!

There is a poetic version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5rE75FT1bQ&feature=youtu.be

and this is the same story but chapter by chapter and different cartoons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7CUCG6ijdE&list=PLHnIMMDvPyOOuwMv29H6AxCb01YDiJIhy

There is even a webpage with lots of resources related to the story:

http://roomonthebroom.com/

I'd like to thank the tutor and the other participants for sharing such interesting and useful resources.

ST PATRICK'S DAY

St. Patrick's Day is the Saint Patron of Ireland. It's on March 17th. The shamrock is the symbol of Ireland.
Watch this and enjoy the day.
(Happy birthday Laura)

VALIDATION

Have you heard about this excellent SHORT FILM? VALIDATION  has been written & directed by Kurt Kuenne. It has been awarded with several important prizes. It's an allegory about being  positive & expressing our good feelings to other people. We can still make a better world!!!
You can't miss it.  It is a MUST. Take a break and watch it. It is worthwhile.
It's in English with Spanish subtitles. You WILL love it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ar_TSl2mP4

ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW OF THE SPANISH CRISIS

This is a video which is publicity of a Spanish company but the ad is very original and it's in English. It can be a good LISTENING ACTIVITY. You can read the subtitles if you need it. It is also a positive view of our country:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUFMxmIoFRc&feature=youtu.be

CULTURAL WEEK CEPA JOAQUIN SOROLLA

Here is the video of our cultural week at last. Some activities have been omited but it gets the spirit which inspired our Grundtvig Project: "Integration thruogh art and culture". You can see some people you know. Enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qanwP7bN1Jo

BLADE RUNNER ENDING SCENE

I heard the other day that Blade Runner ( by Ridley Scott) was filmed and screened for the first time 30 years ago (in 1982). The end of this film is my favourite end together with that of the film Smoke scripted by Paul Auster. The last scene is a deep thought about life and living experiences, about moments that remain and moments that are forgotten. This is one of my obsessions ever: TO REMEMBER!

Both actors, Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer, are fantastic.

The film presents the city of Los Angeles in 2019. Life is weird there but you learn that humans and replicants have the same worries than ever: LIFE & DEATH and how we face them. It is a magnificent film.

Please: Watch films in English if possible. The real voice of the actors is very important to understand a film deeply.

HENRY VIII AND HIS SIX WIVES

ACTIVITY FOR MY CONVERSATION GROUP
We have read the book; Henry VIII and his Six Wives by Oxford University Press.
I suggest you some activities to do to work more deeply with the text.
This is the link to get more information about the book and resources to exploit the book. You can have a look at it.
http://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/graded_readers/oxford_bookworms_library/stage_2/9780194790628?cc=global&selLanguage=en

Here you have a fantastic link with photos of all the characters, a text about them and a video. It is very intering to get into the context of the story
http://talesofcuriosity.com/v/HenrysWives/

PROYECTO: 6. GLENDALOUGH AND CLONMACNOISE

ACTIVITY FOR MY CONVERSATION GROUP

Describing a place before and now.

You are going to watch and listen to a video about Glendalough and Clonmacnoise, two medieval monasteries in Ireland. It deals with the history of these magnificent monuments. In the past the monks lived there. Now they are beautiful ruins visited by thousands of tourists. The background of both monasteries is impressive: green fields and mountains, waterfalls, lakes, rivers. Nature is all around. Enjoy the video and then answer to the following questions:

1. In which part of Ireland are the two monasteries located?
2. What is the most important element of their architecture?
3. Who was the founder of Glendalough?
4. What did the founder of Clonmacnoise see in a vision?
5. What is the meaning og Glendalough?
6. Did you like the monasteries and the settings? Why?
7. Why do artists usually go to these places?

St. PATRICK'S DAY

This activity is for THE CONVERSATION GROUP

St Patrick is the Saint Patron of Ireland. The celebration takes place on the 17th of March

Watch this video and listen to it as many times as you need and answer to the following questions:





1. Who was St Patrick?
2. Why is this celebration so important in the United States?
3. How do people celebrate it now?
4. Why is this festival celebrated on March 17th?
5. Mention three ingredients of the typical meal on St Patrick's Day.

KEY WORDS (Look up these expressions in a dictionary and ask me in class any questions about the task) :
- Emerald Isle

- Kidnap

- Sheperd slave

- Vows as a priest

- Converting the Irish to Christianity

- Shamrock

- Holy Trinity

- Potato famine

- Parade

- Pints to toast

EXPLOTACIÓN DIDÁCTICA: El video se trabaja con mi grupo de Inglés de Conversación  de adultos para reforzar la comprensión auditiva a través de preguntas sobre el contenido del texto. Al mismo tiempo introducimos elementos de la cultura de un país de habla inglesa, Irlanda, ya que el tema del video es la historia y las costumbres de la fiesta nacional irlandesa. Una vez que los alumnos hayan realizado la tarea, ampliaremos contenidos y describiremos fiestas típicas de nuestro país ya que este grupo está enfocado a desarrollar y mejorar las destrezas orales.

LOOKING FOR INFORMATION: DICKENS 200 ANNIVERSARY

DICKENS 200 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH
Students of the CONVERSATION group, please, have a look to this link and find more information about Charles Dickens's life and works. We can talk about him next week in class.
Thanks
ANA

http://www.dickens2012.org/about-dickens-2012