Unit 1 (2º Bachillerato)

UNIT 1: Travel the World

- Vocabulary list

- Exam tips for PAU

- Grammar:

USED TO, BE USED TO, GET USED TO
* I used to smoke a lot but now I don´t smoke. (something that happened regularly in the past)
* I'm used to driving on the left because I´ve lived in England. (something is normal, not unusual)
* I didn't understand the teacher at the beginning but I got used to it. (the process of something becoming normal for us)

- Grammar and activities
- Activities: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

USED TO OR WOULD
- Grammar and activities
- Activities: 1, 2, 3

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
- Grammar
- Grammar and activities

- Writing: an informal letter
---> Example, example 2
---> Letter generator

Resources for 2º Bachillerato

2º Bachillerato

- Exams


- Verb tenses chart (pdf)

- Phrasal verbs (lists and exercises)


- Vocabulary

School year 2010-2011

WELCOME!
2010-2011

Hello everyone. A new school year is just starting. Are you ready? We are here to help with your English lessons.

Tips on ... HOW TO STUDY ENGLISH

-Before starting a new Unit, read carefully, study and understand the Grammar Appendix at the end of your book. Make outlines and summaries. Try to understand the grammar references, the examples and write down on your notebook one more example of each reference.
- Read at home the text at the beginning of every Unit and look for the words you don’t understand into a dictionary.
- Make a list of the false friends that appear in every unit and the ones you already know
- Do the exercises on your workbook.
- Keep your notebook clean and tidy. Use 2 pens of different colours, one for the Spanish words and sentences and another one for the English ones.
- Organize your time of study daily, do not leave the exercises for the last day.
- Ask your teacher in class every time you need, when you don’t understand some explanation, words you can’t find, exercises you don’t know how to do, doubts…
- Take part in the oral exercises in class. Use the English language when you need to ask or say anything. Oral participation is very important.
- Give your opinions or suggestions every time you want.
- Learn English through reading, movies and songs.

Have a great school year. Good luck!

September Exams

Remember!!

1st September

8.30h - 10.00h

World Cup 2010- Official Anthem

WORLD CUP 2010

Official Anthem

Unit 9 - 3º E.S.O. Passive voice

Passive Voice

USE: the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action

FORM: be + past participle (-ed/3er column list)

PRESENT SIMPLE: Mary writes a letter ------> A letter is written by Mary

PAST SIMPLE: Mary wrote a letter -----> A letter was written by Mary

ACTIVITIES
1. Ego4u: present simple and past simple activities

2. Englishmania

3. Write 3 sentences in the passive voice and leave a comment here.

Image from http://bogglesworldesl.com/passive_voice_flashcards.htm

World Book Day

World Book Day

23rd April

- The Playhouse: Shakespeare's games

- Interactive Globe Theatre

- How To Train Your Dragon Game

- Quiz

Image from http://plaza.ufl.edu/hsierra/cervanteshakespeare.jpg

Vocabulary Review 3º E.S.O.

- Jobs: list, matching, scrambled letters
- Music: hangman, instruments
- Adjectives: category, matching pictures, colours, opposites, feelings hangman, personality
- Clothes: hangman, scrambled letters, matching, study and do exercises
- Cinema: film genres,
- Sports: complete, matching, verbs, crossword
- Action verbs: picture matching,
- Environment: hangman,
- Holiday activities: hangman,
- Health: hangman(anatomy), sickness matching, study and do the exercises
- Body parts: list, list2, matching, memory game, hangman,
- Food and drink: translation matching, picture matching, hangman, matching,

----> GENERAL REVIEW:
* LearnEnglish.be: click on a vocabulary topic (1st and 2nd year), study and do the exercises.
* Hangmouse: choose a topic from the list.
* Wordsearch: choose a topic form the list.

St. Patrick's Day **2010**

Saint Patrick's Day - March 17

- Interactive Book of Facts

- Quiz

- Games

2nd term review (4º ESO)

4º ESO
2nd term review

- Future

- Conditionals

- Reported Speech 1

- Reported Speech 2

Image: http://www.darkroastedblend.com (via Banco de Imágenes gratuitas)

Big Challenge 2010

The Big Challenge Quiz

Happy St. Valentine!

My students' cards for Saint Valentine

St. Valentine

14th February
Saint Valentine

- Valentine's Day (songs, poems, articles, crafts...)

- History (short reading comprehension)

- Listening anf fill in the blanks
- Valentine's Day Game

- Crossword

- Wordsearch

- Games
- Songs:
* All You Need Is Love- The Beatles
* Bleeding Love- Leona Lewis
* Where Is The Love?- Black-Eyed Peas
*L-O-V-E- Joss Stone

The Passive

THE PASSIVE

Passive Voice

View more presentations from San Buenaventura Cali.

- Activities with Simple Present: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Activities with Simple Past: 1, 2, 3, 4
- The Coca Cola story
- Translation activities

Simple Past (2)

Let's remember:
Affirmative-----> regular verb + -ed / irregular verb (see list) -----> She worked / She saw
Negative-----> did not + verb -----> She did not work
Interrogative-----> did + subject + verb? -----> Did she work?

ACTIVITIES:
* Saberinglés.com: 1. Complete with the past form , 2. Write the negative form, 3. Rewrite the sentence
* Ego4u.com: 1. exercises, 2. test
* Games: 1. Basketball game, 2. SpeedWord, 3.Jeopardy Betting

The Three Kings

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

1) Vocabulary: the Three Kings (Magi), Epiphany, Twelfth Night, camels, gifts (gold, frankincense, myrrh)---> Add three words.

2) Can you match kings and gifts?
a) Caspar b) Melchior c) Balthasar
1) Gold 2) Myrrh 3) Frankincense

3) Debate: What did you get/give for Christmas?

For further information:
- Wikipedia
- Last year's post about The Gift of the Magi (O.Henry)

2010!

Do you remember dates in English? Remember how to say the year:

- 1900 Nineteen hundred

- 1985 Nineteen eighty-five

- 2009 Two thousand and nine

In the English-speaking world, there is a debate about HOW TO SAY 2010? What do you think? Here you have some options:

- Two thousand and ten

- Twenty-ten

- Ten

- Two-Oh-One-Oh