Projects.

Choose one of the following projects and work in goups (3/4 students). Share your document with me since the begining, and do not heasitate to contact me to ask any questions, please! Enjoy!

Stereotypes. 

We've been discussing different stereotypes in class: racist, sexist, beauty and appearance... Let's find out whether they are still common or not so much. 

Follow the links below to find some ideas, and add others. Then, prepare a questionnarie in order to discuss different stereotypes: write, at least, 5 questions, and interview, at least, 5 people. After that, create an infographic with your findings, and get ready to share it in class. Do not forget to add explanations and analysis to your presentation!

Looks arent everything. 

Can we judge a book by it's cover?

Equality. 

Check this link. Investigate and create a presentation explaining:

•  the meaning of "feminism", 
• what do feminists fight for now, and what did they demand in the past;
• is there equality in the world?
• any other interesting information, such as when women started having the right to vote, go to university...

Different realities: war and refugees.

Follow the steps in the following webquest.  After that, investigate also about refugees (you can watch these videos -1 and 2- and read this article to help you). Prepare a presentation with your findings. 

Tips for learning English

Reflecting on our learning and learning a bit more with jokes.

Are you good at learning languages? Have you already found your best strategies? Take the following quiz (the  same one in this new link) in order to know yourself a bit more, or find more quizes and tips in this blog entry. You can also have a look here for tips on learning a language.

One of the best ways of learning is by having fun! So, why don't you visit the following page, with jokes in English? Moreover, you can try to learn some riddles or tounge-twisters, they're great to practice pronunciation and vocabulary!!!

Why don't you check these videos with tips in order to think in Enlglish: 1 and 2. You can also watch the tips by this youtuber:

By the way... have you heard about multiple intelligences? Check this link to watch a video and find your strong points! It comes from the website Best Carreer Match, which helps you find the career that suits you. Why don't you take this test for advice?

After such an intense debate... let's have a laugh with "Taking Exams"!

If you want a bit more serious advice on how to deal with exams, read the chat here.. 

Consumerism - wear nothing new?

Have you ever thought about the impact of what we consume? Should we change our consumer habits? Listen to what this woman has done.

Looks aren't everything!

What do you think is more important, being thin or being healthy? What kind of people do you prefer, those who are superficial and judge you by your looks, or those who value you as a person - your personality, your achievements, so on?

Listen to this model talking about the importance of beauty in her life.

Many people suffer a lot, or even get ill because of the importance given to appearance. Have you watched the Netflix film To the Bone? It's a good one!

Halloween horror stories.

One Reddit user decided to ask this question: "What is the best two sentence horror story you can come up with?".

Some of these creepy stories created are absolutely terrifying. It's crazy how just two simple sentences can send chills down your spine! Even some short films and a blockbuster have been inspired by them. Let's have a look!

Read the original source on Reddit in links 1 and 2; a great compilation here, and some Tumblr in this link.

HAVE A CREEPY HALLOWEEN!

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Stereotypes: can we judge a book by its cover?

Stereotypes surround us, they are involuntarilly stick to our minds. For example, the Bristish are said to be extremelly polite.

Can you name some other national stereotypes? What about the Spanish? An article written by a British about "how to be Spanish" has been recently hardly criticised by Spaniars. What is your opinion? Read these more pleasant ones: 1, 2, 3. 

Therefore... can we judge a book by its cover? Can we rely on racial, gender, religious or any other kind of stereotypes? Children are undoubtelly certain we are all equal. 

Brave "New" Technologies

New technologies have revolutionized the way we live. In many ways, our lives have improved, but... maybe we should be carefult, don't we?

Health: the importance of sleep in your brain and the magic of execise.

Are you fit and healthy? Being healthy is not only a matter of beauty, it is a matter of happiness. If you look after yourself properly, you will feel much better and your life will improve. But... do you know what to do to be healthy? Try this quiz and watch the videos below. Then, let's comment!

What happens when you exercise. 

Link to the article here. 

What happens when you don't sleep. 

Save the Earth!

There are so many things to talk about when we discuss enviromental issues... Shall we start by watching and commenting this video?

Then... why all the fuss? Are we really causing so much damage to our Earth? Let's see what you know about Global Warming.

But... what can we do? Maybe or habits are not too eco-friendly... Take this quiz, or this one, to check your ecological footprint.

Watch this video about recycling plasctic.

Click here to see again the presentation made by our language assistant..

Prefixes and sufixes

Do you think learning word formation is difficult? This girl tells us about a very common suffix, which is kid of easy to use... kindda prolific!


Here we have a game to practise word formation: prefixes and sufixes, and here two with prefixes and their meanings. Finally, a compilation in this website.

Girl Power! Fight for equality.

Do you think we still live in a sexist society? Are we trapped by sex estereotypes? Do you know the meaning of the word "feminism2? Watch Emma Watson's speech (the complete version with Spanish subtitles here).

Don't you believe there women are still treated differently? Look at this infographic, or the one below:

Do you know who the suffragettes? Whatch these videos.

What did the women suffragettes do for you?              When did women win the right to vote?  

A Future in Our Hands

Our world keeps changing. Can you imagine how life was 100 years ago? May inventions have changed our lifes in a way that we sometimes cannot imagine. Watch the following video...

Which are the top ten inventions that changed the world? Have a look to see if the video mentions your ideas.

Back in the 80's, some people imagined the furture as a place where cars would fly...
Have you ever heard of the film Back to the Future? Investigate it's wiki! It depicted life in... 2015! They got some things right.... curious? Read this  CNN article and watch the videos.

"He was never in time for his classes... He wasn't in time for his dinner... Then one day... he wasn't in his time at all."17-year-old Marty McFly got home early last night. 30 years early."
—Tagline for the film  Back to the Future.

And we keep talking about films... or shall I say TV series and even novels? Many have imagined our future with not very positive views.... Distopias are the opposite to Utopias: an imaginary world were life is not as we would wish... 

Some examples of distopian stories are The Divergent Series, The Hunger Games, The Handmaid's Tale, Blade Runner, 1984 and it's "Big Brother", The War of the Worlds (featured in The Simpsons), Black Mirror... Do you know them? Let's investigate a little! You'll share your information with the class. 

One of the most prolific distopian authors was Isaac Asimov, and the film adaptation of I, Robot offers a lot to talk about (here). 

But... how is life going to be in the future? Click here to see the homes of the future, and here to listen about innovations in Great Britain. 

In order to speak about the future, sometimes we use Time Clauses. Revise their form and use with this slide, and then do these interactive activities (and some more on this link).

Future time clauses de Michael Lord

You may also want to revise future tenses, including future continuous and future perfect. Activities on this link, and slide next. 

Future perfect and continuous de Ana Mena

Amazing lifes: people who changed the world.

Would you like to change the world? How does it need to be improved? Can little actions make a different? Listen to Michael Jackson's opinion.

Go through the activities in these wikis in order to find out more about what needs to be changed.

Do you know people who changed the world for good?

Which was Martin Luther King's dream? What did he fight for? (Whatch full speech here).

If you want to see again our language assistant's presentation, click here.

The Power of Education

What is Education for? From my point of view,

So... why is school important? What about the Educational System? Do you know about homeschooling, or any other systems or types of school? Theres a lot to talk about... watch these videos, read the article about technology in education, and discuss. 

"I just sued the school system" 

Steve Jobs at University: 

Ten most unusual schools in the world:

10 weird school rules around the world: 

Finally... what about technology in the classroom? Will teachers be replaced by Instagram? 

But then... what is intelligence? What is important in order to learn? 

Are you still gritty about watching more on education and learning, there is a set of Ted Talks here. 

Why learn languages? 

Read this article and watch the video, The benefits of a bilingual brain. 

The importance of speaking properly: Word Crimes. 

Please, check this padlet created to celebrate The European Day of Languages, and add your favourite word in three languages (one should be English, please!).

Reflecting on our learning and learning a bit more with jokes.

Are you good at learning languages? Have you already found your best strategies? Take the following quiz (the  same one in this new link) in order to know yourself a bit more, or find more quizes and tips in this blog entry. You can also have a look here for tips on learning a language.

One of the best ways of learning is by having fun! So, why don't you visit the following page, with jokes in English? Moreover, you can try to learn some riddles or tounge-twisters, they're great to practice pronunciation and vocabulary!!!

Why don't you check these videos with tips in order to think in Enlglish: 1 and 2. You can also watch the tips by this youtuber:

By the way... have you heard about multiple intelligences? Check this link to watch a video and find your strong points! It comes from the website Best Carreer Match, which helps you find the career that suits you. Why don't you take this test for advice?

After such an intense debate... let's have a laugh with "Taking Exams"!

Please, share your findings in this Padlet about Education. 

What makes you happy?

What is happines? What makes you happy? This is one of the most discussed questions, right?

Let's Google read some quotes about it, choose yours and then post it here, in our Padlet.

   

Listen to this touching, beautiful song. I hope you love it: I lived, by One Republic. (short version here) 

Let's laugh together! I'm sure you'll move with Pharrel Williams' Happy. 

After discussing about the meaning of happiness, why don't we go through this webquest to deepen on it? 

The Magic of Idioms

Idiomatic expressions show how a society thinks, am I right? That's the reason why they're so important: they show you different perceptions of reallity. Check the following article about idioms in different languages that cannot be translated.

Look for some idioms in your mother tounge, for example... do you believe they can be understood if you translate them literally? Which message would be lost? This article analyzes why Spaniards "shit in the sea", and the following one shows us the corresponding idioms in English and Spanish.
The entry "las mejores peores traducciones del español al inglés" is a must-read, too. Yet undoubtedly, my definite favourite translators of Spanish idioms are "Súper Británico" and the creators of "From Lost to the River".

In order to learn idioms and metaphorical expressions, it is sometimes useful to visualize the literal image, which might be hilarious! and, therefore, useful in order to remember. Check this article with some English expressions illustrated.

And finally... why don´t you try to learn a few of the top 100 idioms in English?

Magic Words: Phrasal Verbs with Game of Thrones, prepositions, collocations...

Terrific Phrasal Verbs. 

Wether you are a GOT fan or not, you are going to love this entry! Check it!! You'll also enjoy the funny combinations with animals... have a look, don't chiken out!

Are you willing to check your knowledge on Phrasal Verbs? Take these quizzes! 1, 2, 3.

Prepositions and collocations. 

If you're queen o quizzes, why don't you keep testing prepositions? 1, 2, 3, 4.. and Advanced!

All the quizzes are from the website ESLBuzz, where you can also find an extensive list of common preposition collocations.

Words created by Literature. 

Shakespeare alone coined thousands of words that we still use today (many of them, awesome insults XD). But, do you know where the word "Yahoo" comes from? Have a look at the following article. 

Idioms and expressions. 

For the magic of idioms and expressions, check my entry on the topic. But just a bite to light you up... here.

Conditional Sentences

Conditional Sentences de IES Rosario de Acuña

Conditionals presentation from douxsara

Practice the Second Conditional and your listening skills by learning Beyonce's If I Were a Boy,  a really interesting song about sexism, so further discussion is advised. You can also try the awesome Lyricstraining verision here.

You can also work with some activities on What If, by Coldplay, here.

Speaking activities:

Modal Verbs

There it goes! Extra practise on Modal Verbs.



Activities to revise have to, must/ musn't, musn't/ don't have to.
Some more theory and activities:

• permission, prohibition, obligation, no obligation, 
• ability, permission, request and advice. 
• possibility

Listening activity: how much can you learn in a month?

And a couple of songs:

Gerunds and Infinitives

Here you can find the presentation to revise the use of Gerunds and Infinitives, and activities to practise it.




Activities to revise the use of infinitives: 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Activities to revise the use of gerunds: 1, 2 and 3.
Gerund or infinitive? 1 and 2.

Listening activity: the sound of music 1 and 2.