MERRY CHRISTMAS BRETONIANS!

NEXT TERM READING!

BOOKS READY NEXT JANUARY 8th!

UNIT 3: POWER TO THE PEOPLE

4) CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS

3) REFLEXIVE AND RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS

2) HAVE SOMETHING DONE

1) PASSIVE VOICE

FIRST TERM TASKS

Hi guys!

FIRST term is almost over and following are some tasks you should take into account:

Remember that this is part of your assessment during the term

• Update your Blog-portfolios if  you haven't done it yet.
• Update your  glossaries ( UNITS 0/1/2); it is not necessary to post long vocabulary lists!
• Check  projects guidelines
• Post your project links
• LABELS
• Write a SHORT PARAGRAPH in your Blog-Portfolio including your 

                                                            SELF-ASSESSMENT: 

• What can I do that I couldn't do before?
• What did I like most?
• What did I do well?
• What am I confused about?
• What did I do in English outside the class?
• What do I need to improve?
• What did I learn about culture?

Hope these grids  help you to have your self-assessment ready...remember to evaluate your progress in English and think about things you should work more.. B1 AND B2  columns may be your level. 

                                                   

DEADLINE FOR BLOG-PORTFOLIOS:
 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7th

Thanks for your effort Bretonians!!                          

SWAY PRESENTATIONS!!

                                      PRESENTATIONS: 

NEXT THURSDAY 22nd....PLEASE, GET EVERYTHING READY AND POST YOUR PROJECTS IN YOUR BLOGS! 

DO YOUR BEST BRETONIANS!!

UNIT 2: MAKING MONEY

1)THE HISTORY OF ADVERTISING 

2)PAST PERFECT VS SIMPLE PAST

3) QUANTIFIERS AND COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

           

4) EXTREME ADJECTIVES

LOOKING UP CAN CHANGE OUR LIFE!

UNIT 1: MAKING A DIFFERENCE

4) PRESENT PERFECT AND PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

3) USED TO, BE USED TO, GET USED TO

2) STOP CYBERBULLYING

VISIT THIS BLOG POST: SUNDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2017

                   LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY

1) WHAT MAKES A GOOD FRIEND?

PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

1st TERM PROJECT: ENGLISH - ICT

SOCIAL MEDIA SWAY PROJECT

GUIDELINES:

• Students work in pairs (or groups of three people, if necessary).
• The teacher will assign one of the most popular social networks  (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram…) to each group.
• Each group will do research about the assigned social network and prepare a Sway-presentation
• f you do not have an account for the social network, create one (as you know, first you have to ask permission from your parents)

En España el acceso a redes sociales está regulado en el artículo 13 de la Ley Orgánica 1/1982, de 5 de mayo, sobre Protección Civil del Derecho al Honor, a la Intimidad Personal y Familiar y a la Propia Imagen, e indica que hay que tener 14 años o más para poder registrarse en cualquier chat o red social.

• Before you start, make sure to log in the social network of your choice and capture several screens that will serve as material for your presentation. You can use "snipping tool" for this purpose (to take a screenshot in the cell phone you must use a key combination, see the last section for details)
• In case you do not have permission to create the account, make a more general presentation about this topic with the following items;

1.  How to connect 
2. The main features 
3. New features
4. The main uses (keeping in touch with friends, keeping up with celebrities, listening to music, sharing ideas, keeping in touch with work colleagues…) 
5.  How has social media affected society 
6. Look at the document titled SocialNetwork (pdf file) and pick another topic.

Your Sway presentation must contain, at least, the following items:

1. Several cards
2. One video (you can also add videos that you have taken, or you can look for videos that suit your needs in Bing or YouTube by using the Insert Sources drop- down list)
3. One tweet (you can copy an embed link for a Tweet that fits your needs from twitter.com and paste it into an embed card)
4. Different types of groups (grid, slideshow, stack, etc.)
5. Add a Gif Image (you can add animated GIFs to the heading)

Make sure to explore the different options for the display of all the above contents. By varying the way the information is presented, the result will be more compelling to the viewers and will better fit in your purposes.

    A  PRESENTATION WILL BE HELD IN THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM AND YOUR ORAL SKILLS WILL BE ASSESSED.

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31st

SEPTEMBER TASK: UPDATING BLOGS

HI GUYS!

WE'VE BEEN REVISING OUR BLOG-PORTFOLIOS THESE PREVIOUS WEEKS AND IT'S HIGH TIME YOU GOT  THEM READY!

MAKE SURE ABOUT COLOUR, PICTURES, LETTER SIZE AND STYLE, LABELS, BACKGROUNDS, ETC. AND DON'T FORGET TO PUBLISH YOUR WELCOMING YEAR  POST.

I'M SURE YOUR PORTFOLIOS WILL BE AWESOME AND YOU'LL WORK HARD THIS SCHOOL YEAR!

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 5TH

THANK YOU!!

STARTER UNIT

3.MODAL AND SEMI MODAL VERBS REVISION

Hi guys! Hope you can see  this chart I made myself !

In order to see the chart bigger, follow these instructions:

• Click  the right button on your mouse
• Select: "open in a new tab"
• Click to enlarge the image

                                                        HOPE IT WORKS!!

                    

We'll see the slideshare below in the classroom

2. LET'S SEE IN ACTION SOME COMMON PHRASAL VERBS ABOUT COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY

1. AUGMENTED REALITY (AR)

WELCOME TO 4th ESO BRETONIANS!!

                                           NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS! 

MORE PROJECTS, WORK AND FUN TO COME!

GET YOUR PORTFOLIOS READY, MAKE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES YOU THINK AND BRING ALL YOUR ENTHUSIASM TO THE ENGLISH CLASS!

                                                 

FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS BLOG AND ENCOURAGE YOUR CLASSMATES TO DO SO!
THERE WE GO!

 (CLICK HERE) >VIDEO LYRICS

LAST SCHOOL YEAR POST

Dear Bretonians:

It is time for me to say goodbye to you.

Know the true value of time, snatch, seize, and enjoy every minute of it. No idleness, no laziness, never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Use every day to the fullest.

Try to make someone smile, help someone, say a kind word to someone, dream things you'd like to do and work to make them possible. And, at the end of the day, be able to say, "Yes, I used the day, well."

Don’t be afraid to fail. 

Keep reading and writing.

Trust yourself.  Believe you matter …

Above all, don’t forget:  show respect, own it, and be kind.

SO LONG DEAR BRETONIANS!

Remember to come visit me next year!😃

LAST REMINDERS!!

LAST EFFORT BRETONIANS:

• UPDATE YOUR BLOGS...( GLOSSARIES, PROJECT LINKS, LABELS)
• WRITE YOUR END OF YEAR SELF-ASSESSMENT IN YOUR BLOG-PORTFOLIO:

                                           1. WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW? 

                                           2. YOUR BLOG-PORTFOLIO

                                           3. YOUR SKILLS: READING,WRITING,LISTENING, SPEAKING, PROJECTS... 
                                                            

THANKS A LOT GUYS!!!                                                  

DEADLINE: MONDAY 18th JUNE

3rd TERM PROJECTS

TOMÁS BRETÓN MEMORIES

                                                                                 

                         

HERE YOU ARE!

VIDEOS, VOICETHREADS, 

POWERPOINTS ....YOU WERE AWESOME IN THE CLASSROOM TOO!!

CLICK ON YOUR NAMES TO WATCH: 

1CARLOS        2MARTA    3ANDREA    4LUCÍA    5SARA     6GADEA      7ALAN         8IRENE      9ALBA      10LUIS      11ALEJANDRO      12ESTHER           13ELSA    14ELIA     15DANIELA      16PABLO    17PATRICIA      18ÁLVARO    19ADRIÁN     20ÓSCAR      21EVA S.     22UNAI    23EVA L.  24JAVIER      25ANTONIO  26PAULA

DON'T FORGET TO POST YOUR PROJECTS IN YOUR OWN BLOG-PORTFOLIO PLEASE!

UNIT 8: RELATIVE CLAUSES

CLICKGAMES TO PRACTISE RELATIVE CLAUSES

BRETONIANS MEMORIES

3rd TERM PROJECTS COMING SOON!!!!

 AT TOMÁS BRETÓN:

 LION KING/ HAMLET  PROJECT 2016

THAT WAS A GREAT PROJECT BRETONIANS! 

THANKS  ISABEL, ANA AND BEATRIZ, YOUR ENGLISH TEACHERS, WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE.

AND...

CAN'T STOP THE FEELING VIDEOCLIP 2016-17

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS VIDEOCLIP 2016-17

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS VIDEOCLIP 2016-17

HEAL THE WORLD VIDE0CLIP 2017-18

UNIT 7: FUTURE

FUTURE TRANSPORTATION

FUTURE TENSES

UNIT 6: GOOD TIMES!

3rd TERM PROJECT

"TOMÁS BRETÓN MEMORIES"

Dear Bretonians, your school time at Tomás Bretón will be over soon so our third and last project will be about your four years at the school and your best memories.

GUIDELINES:

• CREATE AN INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION; if you make a video, it shouldn't be longer than 4-5 minutes.
• you can talk about your experiences, first day feeling, classmates, teachers, projects,  activities, trips, events, etc; anything that was important for you and made a difference in your life.
• Send me the presentations before showing the projects in the classroom in order to check all the mistakes you might have.
• You can find material in your English teachers' Blogs, as most of your projects have been posted by them.
• Take your time and try to organise your project carefully
• DO YOUR BEST!!

DEADLINE: MAY 31st

UNIT 5: MANNERS

2nd TERM SELF -ASSESSMENT!

Hi Bretonians!

Hope these grids  help you to have your self-assessment ready...remember to evaluate your progress in English and think about things you should work more.. B1 AND B2  columns may be your level.

Post your  self-assessment in your BLOG-PORTFOLIO.

DEADLINE:TUESDAY 20th

               

              

UNIT 5 GRAMMAR

1) SUBJECT AND OBJECT QUESTIONS

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO PRACTISE

2) GERUND AND INFINITIVE 

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO PRACTISE

3) QUESTION TAGS

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO PRACTISE

2nd TERM PROJECTS!

INQUISITION PROJECT  : ALEJANDRO MONTIEL, PABLO RISUEÑO & LUIS SÁNCHEZ- BARBUDO

THE HOLY INQUISITION PROJECT: GADEA RODRÍGUEZ & DANIELA MANZANO

INQUISITION PROJECT: PAULA MERINO & ESTHER CABEZUDO

                                     

GOTHIC LITERATURE PROJECT: MARTA ÁLVAREZ, ANDREA SAN TELESFORO & CARLOS DEL REAL
                                     

GOTHIC LITERATURE PROJECT: SARA ALONSO, LUCÍA CASTRO & IRENE GÓMEZ
                                   
GOTHIC LITERATURE PROJECT: ELIA CALVO & PATRICIA HERNÁNDEZ

GOTHIC LITERATURE PROJECT: ÁLVARO CALVO & ANA SÁNCHEZ
GOTHIC LITERATURE PROJECT : EVA LÓPEZ, ALAN LÓPEZ & ADRIÁN PEÑA
GOTHIC LITERATURE PROJECT : UNAI ARIZKUREN & JAVIER VELASCO
GOTHIC LITERATURE PROJECT: EVA SÁNCHEZ & ALBA NIETO

INQUISITION PROJECT:ELSA MARTÍN, ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ & ÓSCAR LÓPEZ

UNIT 4 CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

                          

REMINDER!!

UPDATE BLOGS BRETONIANS!

UNITS AND POE GLOSSARIES!

CROSS CURRICULAR PROJECT: ICT / ENGLISH

Dear Bretonians!
The following GUIDELINES  are part of our next project; María Vaquero, your ICT 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.

For further information, ask María.

Once created, post your GIF in your BLOG-PORTFOLIO.                                       ENJOY!!!!

   

EDGAR ALLAN POE

TRISTANIA(NORWEGIAN BAND) THE RAVEN
THANKS MARCOS FOR THE INFORMATION!!

NIGHTWISH /(FINNISH BAND) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

2nd TERM PROJECT

This term Bretonians,your project will be related to the author of the book you are reading:

EDGAR ALLAN POE

You' ve got  two topics to work on:

- GOTHIC LITERATURE
- TOLEDO AND THE INQUISITION

GUIDELINES:

• Make groups: 2-3 students. Deadline for groups: JANUARY 22nd
• Post a comment on my English Blog including your team and the topic you chose
• Create a  PRESENTATION
• Browse the Internet to find information about the TOPICS
• Avoid long and boring paragraphs!
• AVOID WIKIPEDIA
• Do not use Spanish websites so as not to use the Translator
• Provide the links visited as  bibliography
• Check spelling before publishing
• Send your projects to your English teacher
• Publish your project on your BLOG/ PORTFOLIO once checked by the teacher
• Your presentation will be held in the English classroom 
• Reading won't be allowed
• Assessment: fluency, creativity, interaction, digital skills, specific vocabulary...

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 26th

UNIT 3 PASSIVE VOICE

OUR BRAIN AND GLUCOSE

Thanks Chuchi, for sharing this great video!!

1) THE PASSIVE VOICE

After studying the explanation taught in the classroom, you can click on the PASSIVE VOICE link on the left-side bar of my BLOG ( GRAMMAR LINKS) so that you can practise the PASSIVE by doing some of the exercises  provided.

2) REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

3) INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

4)  EACH OTHER/ ONE ANOTHER

Traditionally, each other refers to two people and one another refers to more than two people, but this distinction is disappearing in modern English.

5) HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE