HOMEWORK ONLINE, II...(a writing exercise for the students in 3º A,B,C)

[For reference, see Student's book, page 42, exercises 2-3]

A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE
Think of something funny, exciting, terrifying, mysterious, embarrassing... which happened to you, and write a blog entry about that experience (You can also imagine it).
Use the writing model in exercise 2 ('My dream comes true') as a guide, and add one or two sentences explaining why the experience was important to you or how it changed your life.
Complete your text keeping these points in mind:
a) What happened
b) When
c) Where
d) Who was/were there
e) Your feelings.
[Click on 'Comentarios' and leave your writings there. Do not forget to state your name and class group]

HOMEWORK ONLINE, I... (a writing exercise for the students in 4º A,B)

[For reference, see Student's book, page 54, exercises 1-2-3, and the WRITING GUIDE: Linkers of addition and contrast]
 A DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE
Choose a city / town / village   that you know (or you can imagine). Write a description according to this plan:
a) basic description of the place
b) good things about living there (advantages)
c) bad things about living there (disadvantages)
d) conclusion.
[Click on 'Comentarios' and leave your descriptions there. Do not forget to write your name and class group]

Saint Valentine´s Day : spot mistakes!

Almost nobody knows that Saint Valentine´Day is celebrated on March 12th in Italy.
People usually wear green clothes to show friends their expectations .
They send messages each other and they also give poems which,sometimes, are traditional or they even write them on their own.
They do not give presents or flowers to their lovers.

A well-known poem is the following one:

Daffodils are yellow
Daisies are usually white
we always say " hello "
and everything is right.

AM I RIGHT ?

A CLASS PROJECT ON CHARLES DICKENS

All through December 2011 and January 2012 the students in 4ºA were supposed to work on the same topic from various angles, concerning a number of different school subjects (This is called 'CURRÍCULO INTEGRADO', and it is meant for the bilingual courses in French only).

The topic chosen was 'THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION', a movement which was born in England in the Victorian era, the beginning of the XIX century. In English we are going to take advantage of the fact that CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870), the most popular and important writer of the time, is being honoured in 2012 (the bicentennial of his birth), so we will focus on a general introduction regarding the Industrial Revolution as a whole, and then the students will design posters and PowerPoint presentations about Dickens's life and works, one of the best references to get to know his time.
Toda la información (en Inglés) sobre este autor, su época y sus obras

Besides, all students in 4ºA and 4ºB will have to do their reading projects on 'HARD TIMES', one of his most acclaimed novels.