Algúns artigos publicados no 1º trimestre de 2011 na Árbore vermella
- Carteis anunciadores do comezo do club de lectura dos alumnos de Deseño Gráfico de Víctor.
- "Adiviña quen é" comeza de novo.
- "Abelcebú", as nosas definicións.
- Concerto chelo (David Rguez. Rivada) - piano (Rubén López López).
- Día Internacional da Eliminación da Violencia cara as Mulleres.
- Día Internacional da Eliminación da Violencia cara as Mulleres - 2.
- Día Internacional da Eliminación da Violencia cara as Mulleres - 3.
"Speaking" Exams (Intermediate Level) - Valencia EEOOII
On top my intermediate II That’s English! students have some speaking exams published by the schools of languages from Valencia. Have a good time practising your speaking skills!!! :-)
Here: Speaking Exam (Monologues) - Intermediate Level - Valencia 2008
Here: Speaking Exam (Interaction) - Intermediate Level - Valencia 2008
SONGS IN ENGLISH
My students are going to listen to three songs:
a) "When I’m Sixty-four", by The Beatles. (HERE a fill-in the gaps exercise)
b) "Feel", by Robbie Williams. (HERE another exercise for them to fill in the blank spaces with the missing words and to correct mistakes)
and
c) "Rehab", by Amy Winehouse.(Fill in the gaps exercise HERE)
THE PROBLEM OF WATER
EL AGUA
More PowerPoint presentations from Isabel Cota
Belén, Javier and Lorena are three first year Baccalaureate students who have been selected to take part in the Comenius project our school (IES Xesús Taboada Chivite - Verín - Spain) has just embarked on (the three schools that are going to participate in this project are located in Lyngby(Denmark), Portogruaro (Italy) and Verín (Spain)). Next 20th November our students are going to travel to Portogruaro. The topic all the schools are going to work on is "Water". Belén, Javier and Lorena have designed a ppt entitled "The Problem of Water". On top you have the presentation and below you can listen to what they are going to say:
Audio File 1 (slides 1 to 9 )
Audio File 2 (slides 10 to 12)
Audio File 3 (slides 13 to 29 )
Audio File 4 (slides 30 to 32 )
Audio File 5 (slides 33 to 39)
Audio File 6 (slides 40 to 44)
Audio File 7 (slides 45 to 47 )
Audio File 8 (slides 48 to 57 )
Audio File 9 (slides 57 - last one)
Click here to read what Lorena, Javier and Belén are going to say.
THE WATER CYCLE
IES Xesús Taboada Chivite (Verín - Spain) has just embarked on a Comenius project (the three schools that are going to participate in this project are located in Lyngby(Denmark), Portogruaro (Italy) and Verín (Spain)). Next 20th November our 1st year Baccalaureate students are going to travel to Portogruaro. The topic all the schools are going to work on is "Water". Belén, Javier and Lorena are three first year Baccalaureate students who have been selected to take part in this Comenius project and they have designed a ppt entitled "The Problem of Water", which you will see in this blog very soon.
As you know if you are regular followers of this blog (click HERE) , Xesús Taboada Chivite School also takes part in the European Language Portfolio Project. This year one of my groups, 1st ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education) D is going to carry out several activities which the students are going to include in their Portfolio. The first activity is connected with the topic the "Comenius students" are working on ("Water"), since we intend to spread the "Comenius Spirit" all over our school. My first year ESO students are going to learn about the water cycle. I’ll provide an explanation in English using the pictures above and once they have understood what the water cycle consists of, they will learn the rap "The Water Cycle" (above)by heart and sing it. We will record ourselves singing "The Water Cycle". VERY SOON in this blog!!!!!!!!
Listening Comprehension Exercises (Bridges 2 - Burlington Books)
On top you have some listening comprehension exercises for my 2nd year Baccalaureate students. These are the scripts.
Weekdays, months and seasons in English
| week days in English | |
|---|---|
| Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday |
lunes |
| months in English | |
|---|---|
| January February March April May June July August September October November December | Enero Febrero Marzo Abril Mayo Junio Julio Agosto Septiembre Octubre Noviembre Diciembre |
| seasons in English | |
|---|---|
| spring summer autumn winter | primavera verano otoño invierno |
Flashcards here.
1st year ESO sample test
For my 1st year ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education) students:
Let’s revise for our first test!!!!!!! Do the exercises above and then....
- 
Listening Comprehension (click HERE). Fill in the gaps:
A) __________, I’m Alexandra!!
B) __________ Alexandra. __________ Woody. Woody Bates.
A) Do you live here in London, Woody?
B) No, I don’t.I work in London but I live in Brighton.
A) What’s your job?
B) ______________ an actor. What’s your job?
A)I work in _________ hotel.
Writing formal an informal letters and e-mails
Click HERE and HERE if you are interested in finding out how to write an e-mail in English.
HERE how to write formal letters.
HERE an informal (friendly)letter.
Letters (Samples) HERE.
Are these letters formal or informal?
Correct the mistakes in the two letters (one formal and one informal) above.
HERE tips for writing letters
HEADWAY ONLINE
Whatever your level: BEGINNER, ELEMENTARY, PRE-INTERMEDIATE, INTERMEDIATE, UPPER-INTERMEDIATE or ADVANCED, you can practise and improve your English with Headway online. You have interactive exercises, puzzles, and games. There is also a Test Builder. You can build a test, then print it or do it on your computer.
Virginia Woolf
Who was Virginia Woolf? (click here as well)
The illustrated text above, by Luisa Antolín and Antonia Santolaya ( translation: Elena Riudavets) will allow my students to find out a little about her.
http://e-aprender-ingles.com/
http://e-aprender-ingles.com is an interesting webpage with useful exercises on-line for English learners.
INTERESTING WEBSITES FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION
A few interesting pages for young learners:
a) recursostic
b) angles365
c) info-3.com
e) happy tenses
Comeza o curso na Árbore Vermella
O novo curso está a piques de comezar para o club de lectura A Árbore Vermella, e estes son algúns dos artigos que xa se publicaron en Bibliochivite:
- "El rey pájaro y otros esbozos", de Shaun Tan.
- O peixe vermello na árbore vermella.
- Frato.
- Marabilloso conto sobre o amor e a dor.
- Dúas historias preciosas, con formato de conto, pero que nos afectan a todos.
- Concerto de Santa Cecilia: Recital de chelo e piano,Venres 18 de Novembro en Verín.
- El arte. Conversaciones imaginarias con mi madre, de Juanjo Sáez.
PAU EXAMS
Here you have the English "Selectividad" Exams from 2001 to 2009.
On top you have the 2004 June exam (option 2) and the answers to questions 1 to 4. Here you have a possible answer for question 5.Alternative question2:
Find in the text the words that match the following definitions:
- The condition of being protected from danger or not exposed to risk:
- Energy emitted as electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles:
- The state or fact of being likely (capable of existing):
- Exposed to the risk of being attacked or harmed:
These are the 2010 and 2011 exams.
These are the June 2012 exams. (June 2012 Option A Writing - Click HERE // June 2012 Option B Writing - Click HERE) Writing - The purpose of education HERE
Isabel Pérez has got a webpage with lots of selectividad exams and other interesting links.
Another "Selectividad" Exam (THE MOAI) (Solved) HERE.
PAU ASSESSMENT CRITERIA HERE - CLICK HERE AS WELL (2013-2014 STRUCTURE / ASESSMENT CRITERIA)
MISTAKES CIUG
English Verb Tenses (Basic)
The chart above includes the basic English tenses, their translation into Spanish, some examples and translation problems. Here you have sentences in Spanish for you to translate into English.
Here some power-point presentations.
HERE exercises (Robots from a Distant Planet) and HERE Tense Revision by Alejandro Valero (EL TINGLADO - BLOG) Click Listening.
ESLGAMES Interactive game, HERE. Another game HERE.
HERE: Going to and the present continuous for future arrangaments.
REWRITE KEEPING THE SAME MEANING
The third question in the Galician "selectividad" exam says:
"Complete the second sentence of each pair so that it has the same meaning as the first one." In other words, our 2nd "Bachillerato" students have to practise rewriting sentences keeping the original meaning. We call these exercises "transformations". On top my students have some sentences which they must rewrite.
KEY HERE.
2nd BACH. - LINKING WORDS (EXERCISES)
On top you have translation and fill-in-the-gap exercises on linking words (click HERE, too), as well as a few "transformations".
You also have two compositions in which several linking words are used.
Here a composition entitled A journey.
Here an essay entitled My ideal place to live.
HERE Linking words in El tinglado blog. HERE Conjunctions in http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
HERE Linking words in Bon’s Tips
Click HERE TWO ESSAYS (Correct the mistakes - Insert linking words)
Click HERE (Oprah Winfery’s biography - Connectors)
Galician Schools of Languages
Galician Schools of Languages: These are their websites:
Here Ourense.
Here A Coruña.
Here Pontevedra.
Here Lugo.
Here Santiago.
Here Vigo.
Here Ferrol.
Here Monforte de Lemos.
Here Vilagarcía de Arousa.
Here Viveiro.