WORLD BOOK DAY - A COLLABORATIVE READING IN CONFINEMENT -

WORLD BOOK DAY - A COLLABORATIVE READING IN CONFINEMENT

Even while living in confinement, we have to find the way to work with our students the different skills they'll need in the future. This is one of the reasons I've prepared some material to work reading for pleasure in a collaborative way. These are the steps of our task for this week in our Google Classroom:

• I've chosen two different adapted novels according to my group levels. 
• I've divided the pages into the students in each group. So they know which pages have to read aloud.
• Some tools and apps for revising their pronunciation and entonation have been provided.
• The task consists in recording a video of themselves while reading aloud the excerpts that have been assigned to them.
• After that, they'll send me the videos and we'll have a collaborative reading of the same book.

When I've posted the task on Classroom this morning, I've also included an evaluation guide, so they know how I'm going to grade their readings. I've only considered three criteria to grade this task, with three levels each one:

The task deadline is on Friday, so they have five days to prepare properly, the part of the book they have to read and record.

Finally, I've given to them some recomendations on films about these novels, and I've invited them to participate in a Kahoot Challenge, about Literature in English:

( https://kahoot.it/challenge/7bdfbe5a-2d26-44cf-8b77-487f34506a62_1587335814508)

I hope they definitely start loving literature!!!!!

Pic taken from http://highgreenprimary.co.uk/2020/02/world-book-day/

LET'S REVIEW RELATIVE CLAUSES!!!!

IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER:

RELATIVE PARTICLES:

• We use relative pronouns and adverbs to introduce relative clauses.
• They have the same form than interrogative pronouns.
• They are also conjunctions since they are used to join sentences.
• They refer back to nouns and pronouns which are mentioned before. 
• These nouns and pronouns are called the antecedent.
• Relative particles are positioned close to their antecedents.

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• "That" is not used in non-defining relative  clauses.
• "Who, that, and which" can be omitted in defining relative  clauses if they are not the subject of the relative clause.

RELATIVE CLAUSES:

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• We use commas to separate a non-defining relative clause from the main clause. 

Let's check what you can do ...

Click HERE for more detailed information and exercises.

AUTOPSY (PROJECT BY 3PMAR STUDENTS)

GERMAN TYPICAL FOOD (A PROJECT BY 3PMAR STUDENTS)

THE HISTORY OF ITALY (A PROJECT BY 3PMAR STUDENTS)

IDEAS ABOUT CHRISTMAS TIME AT SCHOOL

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It's time to start preparing activities for Christmas at school. 

You can find below some ideas I'm going to work with:

• Project CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD:

Pic from http://jayce-o.blogspot.com/2012/12/25-inspirational-christmas-poster-design.html

Group students in groups of 3/4 and make them choose one country. Their task is to search information and pictures in the Internet about how Christmas time is celebrated in the different countries they've chosen. 

They have to print the pictures in colour and write captions in English for each picture. These captions have to describe what is in the pictures.

Glue all the pictures and captions in a big poster that you can make with red paper. 

The different groups have to present the information they have compiled to the rest of the classroom.

• A contest of SHORT STORIES ABOUT CHRISTMAS:

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It's an idea for higher level groups whose students are able to write in a proper English. You can provide some prompts so they can create their stories from them.

You can evaluate these stories by giving positive points or with quantity marks.

• Let's play to be VOICEOVER ACTORS:

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Choose some classic Christmas film extracts and get your students to create the subtitles for them or to record the dubbed dialogues.

It's a very funny and entertaining activity which help your students to improve their oral production in English.

LET'S FINISH WITH A SONG:

A DIFFERENT TEST FOR IRREGULAR VERBS

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN AND SPANISH CONSTITUTION?

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

poster made by students at IES Ilipa Magna (Alcalá del Río)

My students of 3rd and 4th ESO at IES Ilipa Magna (Alcalá del Río, Seville) have made a big poster with different images taken from campaigns carried out in several Spanish-speaking countries. They have also translated into English some of the sentences as a message in this relevant day.

pics of the translations made by students

pics of the translations made by students

pics of the translations made by students

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is November 25 because that day in 1960, three sisters, Patria Mercedes Mirabal, María Argentina Minerva Mirabal and Antonia María Teresa Mirabal,

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were assassinated in the Dominican Republic on the orders of the ruler Rafael Trujillo. 

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These three brave women fought hard to end Trujillo's dictatorship, and since they were killed for standing up for their rights as free citizens, they became a symbol for activists on women's right since 1981. 

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November 25 was designated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by the UN General Assembly on December 17, 1999. Since then, many different events are organized around the world to eradicate this social scourge.

However, all of us have the responsability to respect equality between sexes and act accordingly to that basic principle.

To fulfill this aim we need to know some facts about that day:

WHAT DOES "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN" MEAN:

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It means any act of gender-based violence that results in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occuring in public or private life. (source: https://marciokenobi.wordpress.com).

BUT WHAT ELSE IS "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN":

IT IS:

• a human rights violation.
• a consequence of discrimination against women, in law and also in practice, and of persisting inequalities between men and women.

IT ALSO IMPEDES:

• progress in many areas, including

                      * poverty eradication

                      * combating HIV/AIDS.

• peace.
• security.

IT IS NOT INEVITABLE, BECAUSE PREVENTION IS POSSIBLE AND ESSENTIAL.

IT IS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, SINCE UP TO 70 PER CENT OF WOMEN EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIFETIME.

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UP TO NOVEMBER, 44 WOMEN HAVE BEEN ASSESSINATED BY MEN IN SPAIN.

ENJOY ANIMAL WORLD!!!!

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3rd Yr group is working about animals and they have to prepare oral presentations about their favourite animals and their most characteristic features.

What best that a funny song to finish the lesson?????

After watching the video, students maybe will want to record a similar video in different disguises!!!!

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LET'S TALK ABOUT FOOD!!!!

Today we'll work with activities on different types of food.

To review some basic concepts about this topic visit THIS POST ON THE BLOG.

READING COMPREHENSION

To listen to the audio text CLICK HERE

Now, say if the following sentences are True or False:

1. This article is about eating the right kinds of foods.

2. The Food Guide Pyramid is a class everyone can take.

3. According to the Pyramid, an adult needs to eat a lot of grains.

4. Fruits and vegetables are not very important.

5. An average adult needs to eat 2-3 servings of dairy every day.

6. One serving of grain is equal to one slice of bread.

7. According to the Pyramid, people need a lot of meat every day.

8. People need a lot of fats, oils, and sweets.

9. The article explains how much to eat.

10. The article explain many different styles of eating.

Before you listen, write the words under the correct title: 

Chicken curry and rice  //  Water // Apple juice  //  Chocolate cake  //  Banana cake  //  Seafood salad with bread  //  Four cheeses pizza //  Orange juice  //  Apple tart //  Cola //  Cheese burger  //  Ice cream

   MAIN COURSES                 DESSERTS                  DRINKS

Now CLICK HERE to listen to the conversation

While listening, choose the correct answer:

1. For his main course, Andi chooses 

a. a normal cheese burger

b. a double cheese burger

c. a burger with chips

2. For dessert, Andi chooses 

a. ice cream

b. chocolate cake

c. banana cake

3. To drink, Andi chooses

a. apple juice

b. fizzy water

c. still water

Now, order the questions, with numbers from 1 to 5,  according to the conversation:

_____  Anything else?

_____ A cheese burger or double cheese burger?

_____ What would you like?

_____ Would you like a drink?

_____ What's your table number?

SPEAKING

It's time to work in groups and discuss about the following:

Do you like fast food?

Why or why not?

What's your favourite restaurant?

What food and drink do you like to have there?

Next, let's watch a video about a British family:

GAME

Click HERE to play a funny game about food vocabulary.

Some fun with Mr. Bean?

Watch the following video and explain what's happening:

And finally, learn what's the most popular foods around the world according to Instagram: