MERRY CHRISTMAS  BRETONIANS!!

FIRST TERM BLOG ACTIVITIES

HI BRETONIANS!!
YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH YOUR BLOGS!
REMEMBER TO LABEL YOUR POSTS AND CHECK THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT ONE,OK?

1) YOUR FIRST TERM ACTIVITIES WITH YOUR BLOGS HAVE BEEN :

• UPDATING YOUR  BLOG PORTFOLIO
• INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND POSTING A PICTURE RELATED TO ENGLISH
• ADDING SOME GADGETS: DICTIONARY, PICTURES, USEFUL LINKS...
• POSTING YOUR ENGLISH GLOSSARIES. UNITS 0/1/2
• ADDING YOUR  BILINGUAL TEACHERS' BLOGS AT THE TOP
• ADDING LABELS: ENGLISH, P.E. ON THE RIGHT-SIDE BAR IN ORDER TO HAVE YOUR POSTS  ORGANISED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORT AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM!

2) HAVE A LOOK AT THESE QUESTIONS AND  WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH IN YOUR BLOG PORTFOLIO AFTER THINKING ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL PROGRESS IN ENGLISH SINCE SEPTEMBER.

SELF-ASSESSMENT

• What can I do that I couldn't do before?
• What did I like most?
• What are my greatest strengths and weaknesses?
• What did I do well?
• What am I confused about?
• What do I need help with?
• What did I do in English outside the class?
• What do I need to improve?
• What did I learn about culture?

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 16th

UNIT 2: GRAMMAR

  PAST PERFECT /SIMPLE PAST

QUANTIFIERS

UNIT 2: ADVERTISING

UNIT 2 AND THE ART OF ADVERTISING!

SLOGAN...IMAGES...PRODUCT...MEDIA....SPOTS....

IS MUSIC IMPORTANT IN ADVERTISING?

Click here: ADVERTISING STORY(Power point presentation shown in class today)

LIP DUB PROJECT!!

YOUR AWESOME PROJECT IS READY DEAR BRETONIANS.....YOU REALLY ENJOYED!

WELL DONE!!

The students and  I are specially grateful to Jorge López for his excellent job with the video editing.
Thanks lot!!!

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

BE USED TO, GET USED TO,USED TO......

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE  vs PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

    

                                     
                                        

1. Used to + verb infinitive = habit or state in the past

2. Be used to + noun phrase or verb (-ing form) = you have often  done or experienced it.

3. Get used to + something / someone = you become accustomed  to.
    Get used to + verb (-ing form)

•   She’s been writing emails for 3 hours.
•  She’s written 10 messages.

1.The Present Perfect Continuous (has been writing) talks about how long something has been happening.

2. The Present Perfect Simple (has written) talks about how much/how many have been completed.

UNIT 1: MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Hi guys!

We've read this morning a text dealing with cyber bullies. You gave me your opinions about this and talked about the different ways teenagers are suffering bullying these days, specially with social networking sites. We started watching an interesting video .....

LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY

Have a look at this motivating and emotional  video and write a short comment.

COMPUTING & ENGLISH PROJECT

Dear Bretonians!
The following GUIDELINES  are part of our next project; María Vaquero, your computing teacher will explain the process in the classroom.

Create an animated GIF related to an aspect of the English culture to post on your blog

An animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) file is a graphic image on a Web page that moves - for example, a twirling icon or a banner with a hand that waves or letters that magically get larger. In particular, an animated GIF is a file in the Graphics Interchange Format specified as GIF89a that contains within the single file a set of images that are presented in a specified order. An animated GIF can loop endlessly (and it appears as though your document never finishes arriving) or it can present one or a few sequences and then stop the animation. Animated GIFs are frequently used in Web ad banners.

It has been one of the most popular formats of images on the Internet for the past few years. These files are shared on social media and on instant messaging applications (or apps). As emoticons or emojis, gifs are used to transmit a feeling or emotion.

How to create an animated gif

• There are many options:  The GIMP , Unfreez or gifmaker (http://gifmaker.me)

• You must choose same sized images to obtain a uniform result. 

• Once you have selected the images, just select the order of appearance and the animation speed.

• Insert a text related to Tomás Bretón to your image. 

• Finally, save the file as gif format.

• Share  the image with Informatica.villamayor@gmail.com through Google drive.

How to create an animation from a video

There are many options: Format Factory or QGifer. 

To create a gif from a video, insert the video URL and set the beginning and the end of the scene, and finally adjust the options: size, color and loop.  

It is more advantageous to use a GIF than a small video.

Although we have the option to convey the same idea with a small video, GIF has technical and educational advantages to consider:

• Touch Play: The animated image is so small that it plays immediately even when viewed from the mobile phone. A video often requires action to start playing with a slight delay depending on the speed of our WIFI connection or the cellular network. 

• Playing in the same email: Animated GIFs can be uploaded and displayed within an email in the same way you do with a normal image. In case you want to show a video in an email, given the size of the file, you have to enter a link for playback outside of the email, either on YouTube or another external platform. If the recipient of the email does not click on the link, you will lose your explanation.

Please, don't forget to send me the file!                                         ENJOY!!!!

   

DEADLINE:  OCTOBER 26TH

OUR FIRST PROJECT!

As we talked today in the classroom, yo'll create a group videoclip with this awesome song; you'll need English symbols and objects in your shootings cause...YOU'VE GOT THE ENGLISH FEELING!!!

Send Jorge your individual recordings and join together to make the last one.

DON'T FORGET TO ENJOY!

Two weeks will be enough, so DEADLINE: OCTOBER 21ST

WELCOME BACK BRETONIANS!

HARD WORK IS A MUST BUT SCHOOL AND LEARNING CAN CERTAINLY BE FUN!

SO LONG DEAR BRETONIANS!

ENGLISH and COMPUTING PROJECT

GIMP POSTER
400TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHAKESPEARE'S DEATH

These are your GUIDELINES:

• Make two-student groups ( already done by your teacher María Vaquero) Five groups will have three students as some of these students don't attend Computing.
• Make a large sized poster about the English culture by means of different representative objects.
•  Make use of one element as a symbol of the fourth centenary of the death of Shakespeare.
•  Take advantage of as many tools as possible and employ different layers.
• Add a text including the name of our school.
• You can use cc images (creative commons).
• You can add famous Shakespeare quotes. 
• You will have a short presentation in the English classroom in order to have your oral skills assessed.
• DEADLINE: END OF FEBRUARY

HERE WE ARE!

ADRIÁN DIARTE, DAVID GÓMEZ, NACHO VICENTE

PABLO CALVO, MARCOS INGELMO

IÑAKI CORONILLA, TAMARA PICADO, JORGE POLO

MARINA CASTAÑO, IVÁN GONZÁLEZ, ESTHER PÉREZ

IGNACIO LEDESMA,  NAIARA RODRÍGUEZ

LUCÍA MARTÍN, PABLO LORENZO 

 ALICIA ALONSO, ANA CAMPOS, ANDREA RODRIGO

ELENA LÓPEZ, DIEGO PÉREZ

MARÍA GARCÍA, ROCÍO HERNÁNDEZ, ENRIQUE MURIEL

SARA CORRAL, ÓSCAR PÉREZ

JUAN A. ANTUÑA, SARA LABRADOR

PRACTISING CONDITIONAL SENTENCES !

SECOND CONDITIONAL