Thursday, 16 April 2020

LOCKDOWN DIARIES B1E

 Let me hear from you...


A speaking assignment this time. Send an audio recording of about 2 minutes - or  longer if you wish.

It has  been over a month now. How are you coping? What is a day like for you? What do you miss? What's the best part  - and don't say not going to school! Don't forget to tell me who you are(name & group)
Deadline:22nd April

Monday, 13 April 2020

THE GREAT GATSBY updated (B1F)



Now that you know a little about the Roaring Twenties, it is time to start reading THE GREAT GATSBY, considered  the most American of stories, a masterpiece, the great American novel, an American classic, a timeless classic, ...

Below are the questions for the first three chapters. Download and mail them to me. Remember to send them as a word document and please read and check spelling before sending.

CHAPTERS 1-3 Questions send by Tuesday 24th March

CHAPTERS 4-7 Questions send by Monday 20th April
 

As the previous assignment, this is part of your 20%! 
Don't forget to do the exercises in unit 4!

Suggested articles
La lección de los años veinte 

De todo aquello  hace ya 100 años.


Wednesday, 8 April 2020

TENSE REVIEW B1E


Check your answers  UNIT 5 REVIEW Key 

Once you have checked and corrected your mistakes, you are ready for some extra practice.

Tense revision : Active/Passive mixed 
No rush, you're on holiday! You have up to Wed 15th to send them.

I'll be posting the key here after the Easter break.

Tense revision : Active/Passive mixed KEY



And don't forget you can find some more practice on the  1º BACHILLERATO tab.





Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Unit 5 Review B1E



Unit 5 An Apple a Day...
You have had  time to finish and correct the exercises in unit 5, but before we start unit 6, here are some exercises to check your progress:    UNIT 5 EXTRA 



Download, complete and send  beforeFriday 3rd
It is NOT an exam, it does not matter if you make mistakes!







Monday, 30 March 2020

Money Makes the World ... 2D BachiBac


And so we come to the last unit in  the book, Unit 6
Below you will find the key to the exercises ans some links to some more extra practice if you feel you need it. And remember you have some extra exercises on page 133.
Let me know if you have any questions or any doubts.  ?

After the Easter Break, around the 16th, we will do a little review test of units 5 & 6 so that you can check your progress.  

Unit 6 Answer Key

Relative Clauses Extra Practice
Relative clauses explained
relative clauses+preposition examples
Extra Practice
Extra practice 2
Extra Practice 3

Wednesday, 25 March 2020

UNIT4 B1F

4B  He got himself locked in a shed

LISTENING
page 47  Listen here

GRAMMAR have/get passives (solutions to these exercises will be published here  on this post Monday 30th)


You don't have to send me the answers to the exercises. I'll post the answers to some of them  here and we'll correct the rest  in class when we go back.

 Extra Practice

Friday, 20 March 2020

World Pandemics (B1E, B1F, B2D Bachibac)


How does the COVID-19 pandemic compare to  the 1918 flu pandemic and to the plague?
Read these two NY Times articles and answer the  following questions briefly.

1918 Flu Pandemic
The Plague
  • What historical parallels can we find?
  • What has changed? 

 Send me an email with your answers   before Wed 26th !!!

Oops, I seem to have made a mistake! Thursday 26th is fine. Sorry! (Thank you Jessica!)




Monday, 16 March 2020

B2D BachiBac



Hope you are all coping and keeping healthy.

 Unit 5 Key I'm sure you have all been busy, so click here to see the answers to unit 5 exercises. 
 
Read here some articles about Spain
Spain's streets turn eerily quiet...
 Millions confined to homes...
 Spain takes over private healthcare...
Write I would like to know how you are all coping, so why not drop me a few lines telling me how you are doing at the email address I gave you? It doesn't need to be too long. And it will be part of your 20% !! 😀 Deadline Friday 20th






Unit 6
Once you have finished doing the exercises in unit 5 and corrected them, start unit 6.
I'll post the answers to unit 6 here on this post on Monday 23rd.