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.

Sunday, 15 March 2020

Keeping Healthy 1º E



PART 1  
Unit 5  An Apple a Day

To check the answers to the exercises  in unit 5  click here

 Passive voice  extra practice. You can check your answers online.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

Passive Causative 1
Passive Causative 2


PART 2  
Watch the  WHO (World Health Organisation) video about coronavirus.




Assignment
 Write: Now go to page 62 of your book Informative Essay and read the example. Then using the information on this video write a similar essay about Coronavirus and the current situation. Give a title to your essay. Deadline  23rd March. 

This is part of your 3rd term 20% , don't forget!



Friday, 13 March 2020

The Roaring Twenties (1ºF)

In preparation for the reading of The Great Gatsby, here is a video about the Roaring Twenties.

What defines the 1920s? How were those years similar to the 2020s?

Watch the video  and  email me your answers. (Deadline Wednesday 18th)


Sunday, 19 January 2020

Greta & George






What are trees examples of? Why are they magic machines?
What are we doing wrong?
Name some examples of how nature is being destroyed?
What do Greta and George say we should do to stop the destruction of our planet?
How can we help?