"The world in 2050"

This was one of the topics you had to write about in the writing exercise of the last exam. This is what Carlos S. (3ºB) wrote:

"Today I was bored in Biology and I started to think how the world will be in forty-one years. It will be beautiful, a lot of technology... There won´t be anything manual, all things will be automatic, digital and eco-friendly. There will be robots which will help at home, there won´t be any wars, maybe there will be a law: Peace and Love. In school, we will have electronic chairs and tables. If you have glasses, maybe you you will see the TV [through them]. You will go to the moon on holidays. Our playstations will be portable, and you will play anytime. There will be digital books...maybe cars will fly and I hope there´ll be teletransporters, there will be funny activities, and everything will be fantastic. The world will be better than now".

Gattaca

Remember next Tuesday May 17 we´ll do the quiz about the film. These are some of the questions I´ll make (the other questions are secret, but they all are about the plot):

-Would you like to live in a world like the one the film shows? Why/why not?
-What is Vincent´s key to success?
-Why hasn´t Vincent´s brother reached as far as Vincent having better genes?
-Why does Jerome commit suicide at the end of the film?
-Why does Vincent leave hair at his desk every day? Whose hair is that?
-What is special about the pianist in the film?
-What does Jerome have round his neck when he dies? Why?
-What is a "borrowed ladder"?
-What is a "God-child"?
-According to the trailer of the film, which you can watch HERE (go to "CLIPS" and then "TRAILER"), how many cells do we shed every day?
-What do we discover about the doctor at the end of the film?
-Who murdered the man in Gattaca? Why did he do it?
-Watch the alternative ending of the film HERE and explain it.
-Which moment makes Vincent think he can achieve anything if he fights for it?
-Who is a "Valid"? and an "In-Valid"?
-What is the difference between Vincent and his brother Anton?
-Why was Vincent operated on his legs?
-Search for this information in the internet: Who is the director of this film? Say two other films he has directed. When was this film released?

We´ll do the quiz in groups (I´ll organize them), the two groups which get the most points will get extra marks.

Remember also that on Thursday May 19 we´ll do the exam (I´ll play some extracts of the film and you´ll have to comment on them, like we did with Blade Runner).

"There is no gene for the human spirit"

Time for revision! (3ºESO)

The end of the course is getting near now, what about some on-line revision exercises? Click on the links to go to the websites and do the exercises there!

-Present Perfect practice and Present Perfect/Past Simple contrast: click HERE, in this page you can find the theory about this tense and several links to exercises.

-Since and for are so tricky! Do an exercise about them HERE.

-Past Continuous practice: click HERE. (Theory and links to several exercises). For the contrast Past Simple/Past Continuous: click HERE and HERE.

-Conditionals (1st type): click HERE and HERE.

-Comparative and Superlative exercises: click HERE.

-Practice with irregular verb forms: click HERE.

-Time for relax now after so much hard work. Why don´t you play a hangman? Click HERE and have a good time! Once you have finished, you can try a new game (scroll down and click on the link for a new word below: you can keep the same topic or change it).

Shakespeare on love: Sonnet 116

For this very special optional activity you have to memorize the sonnet 116 I gave you and recite it to your classmates. It´s essential to know what you are saying, so have a go and translate it! In the internet you have lots of translations that can help you, have a look at this one for example. The pronunciation is of course very important too: listen to this recitation here. Deadline: June 1st.

Shakespeare is waiting for you!