A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

Listen to the song here.

The Headless Horseman

Watch this trailer of a film based on this story and answer these questions:
-What is the plot about?
-Who are the main characters?
-What is the setting?

Commercials (Ampliación B1A/B)

Watch these commercials and do the activities in the worksheet:
COMMERCIAL #1
COMMERCIAL #2
COMMERCIAL #3
COMMERCIAL #4

Owl City- Fireflies

A trip to London (E2A/B)

Look for information on the net to answer these questions and write them in the worksheet:
 

1.What is the London Eye? How many capsules has it got? How many people can travel in each capsule? Click here to get the information.

2.What is The Monument? What does it commemorate? Who built (to build: construir) it? When? Information here.

3.What is Canary Wharf? What is the name of the isle where it is? Info here.

4.What is the most famous cathedral in London? Who built it? When? Google the word and good luck!

5.What is the Millennium Dome? Which architect designed it? When was it opened? Info here.

6.What was the Tower of London? What symbol of Great Britain can you find inside? Is it open on Mondays in January? Click for information here.

7.This is a famous building in London built by architect Norman Foster:

What is its name? How tall is it? When was it finished? Info here.

Say another building Norman Foster built in London. Say a building he has built in Madrid. Find it here.

8.How many airports are there in London? Name them. Info here.

10.What is the name of the wax museum of London? How much does the standard ticket cost?Google it to get the info!

11.What is the name of this bridge?

A clue: Norman Foster built it.... Google it for the info!

12.What is the Westminster Abbey? What is it famous for?Info here.

13.What is the Speaker´s Corner? Where is it? Info.

14. What is The Shard? Google for the info.

Presentation tips (E1A/C)

When preparing for your presentation, remember to take into account the following aspects:

1.ORGANIZATION: The topic must be clear and follow a logical order.

2.COMPREHENSION: Speak slowly and loudly enough. Your audience must understand what you say!

3.PREPARATION The more you prepare the more confident you´ll feel.

4.INTERACTION WITH THE AUDIENCE. Use your body language, try to capture the attention of the audience (ask them if they understand, try to make them participate with questions).

And the most important thing: relax and try to enjoy the experience, it´s like a little theatre play! (I´ll be there to lend you a hand). Remember you only had 4 topics to choose from (a funny story, an amazing story, a horror story and your hero -don´t forget to use the Past Continuous combined with the Past Simple), so it´s easy for you! 

Presentation topics (Ampliación B1A/B)

Presentation topics for the speaking exam. Just choose one!:

-The best thing that has ever happened to me

-The worst thing that has ever happened to me

-Something funny that has happened to me

-What I really hate!

-What I really like!

-A surprise I had

-An exciting place you have visited

-A memory from childhood I´ll always remember

-My best friend

-What is friendship?

-A problem I have

-My favorite TV show

-Bilingual education: pros and cons

-Strange experiences you´ve had

-Your most embarrassing moment.

-What have you always wanted to do?

-What would you like to change and why?

-Things I can't understand.

-Your most curious dream.

-Great places to go in the world.

-High school is the best time in your life. Or not…

-Things you would change in our high-school

-Your favourite book.

-What is your favourite musical band or singer? Why?

-Your dream job

-Tell me about a film you have really liked

-Will robots replace humans?  Will robots take our jobs?

-Would you want to live on another planet?

-What will future houses look like?

 

Canterville Ghost (the film)

Watch this clip of the 1987 film "The Canterville Ghost". I bet you´ll be able to find quite a few differences with the original story!

Timing: 2:50, 5:00, 8:55, 13:25

Which presentation is the best? (B1A/B)

Four top architects have recently competed to build a skyscraper in New York. Watch their presentations about their projects. According to the rubric we´ve been using for your own presentations, which one is the best? Why?

-First presentation.
-Second presentation.
-Presentation #3
-Presentation #4

Arabian Nights (E2A/B)

Have a look at this animation about the Tales of the Arabian Nights. What are the differences with the prologue we read in our book?

Ads (Ampliación B1A/B)

Have a look at these adverts, then answer these questions:
-What do they all have in common?
-What is the slogan? How does it relate to the advertised product?
-Explain the images used. Do they capture your attention? How?
-Find a contradiction in them.

  

 

Horror films

Following yesterday´s activity in class, watch the trailers and answer these questions:
-What is going on in the trailer?
-What is the title of the film?
-Three of these trailers are of films we discussed about yesterday, another one is of a new film. Which trailer is it?

-Have you seen any of these films? Which is the scariest for you? Which is the most original? Happy Hallowe'en...

Present Continuous Practice (E2AB)

-Explain what you can see in this trailer using the Present Continuous tense.
  
-Now try with this one .

-And now, tell me what you can see here. (Remember you are supposed to use the Present Continuous!)

-Which film would yo prefer to see? Why?

Project 1 Ampliación B1A/B

Task:

1.Design a 5-day trip to a country. You have to create a brochure or a powerpoint presentation with your daily plan including the activities to carry out during the 5-day trip.

2.Give an oral presentation describing your trip. Use your brochure/powerpoint presentation as a guide.

3. Decide which trip is the best and why.

Process:

1)You’re going to work in groups of 5.I want the list with the groups as soon as possible. If you can´t organize yourselves, I´ll decide the groups! First of all decide all together your route. 

2) Then student 1 will organize the aspects related to transport.

3) Student 2&3 will find accomodation 

4) Student 4&5 will make a sightseeing tour

5) Now calculate the budget working all together.

4) Put all the information together to produce a brochure or powerpoint presentation

5) Give each of the other groups a paper copy of your brochure (not necessary if it is a powerpoint document) and present your trip plan in front of the class.

6) Group discussion. Which is the best trip plan and why?

Deadline:

-The deadline is November 12 (Monday). That day you must hand in your brochure to me. If you have prepared a powerpoint presentation, you must send it to me in an email by Saturday 10. The oral presentations will begin on Monday 12. The order will be decided at random.

  

Assessment.The activity will account for 2.5 points:

-One point will go for the brochure or powerpoint presentation, so that mark will be shared by the members of the group. It must have a minimum of 10 pages/slides plus a cover page. Include a map of the country with the route you have chosen so that we can follow your presentation. You can´t copy and paste texts from the internet (and I´ll notice that!), elaborate the information using your own words. Don´t include long texts. If you have prepared a brochure, make six copies of it to hand out in the class. These aspects will be assessed:
1.Organization, (layout,map with the route, are all requirements covered?).
2.Appearance (picture choice, videos, ICT use). 
3.Contents (are they interesting?, are texts elaborated enough or just copied and pasted?).

-Another point will go for the oral presentation of each member of the group, that mark will be individual. Each person in the group must speak at least for 2 minutes. You can´t read!

-The powerpoint presentations will get 0,5 points more (if they are good enough, of course!). 

Your own legends

Here are some of your legends. In bold the key words you had to use. Good job! Answer the questions at the end of the stories:
 
Story 1:

"This is a story about a young wizard. One day, when he was walking in the countryside, a lot of moths suddenly covered him. He tried to get rid of them and, very frightened, ran out far away. When he was running, he saw a little church and he decided to hide there until the moths left him. He opened the door. Inside everything was dark and he decided to sit down on a bench. Suddenly he saw next to him an old monk. The monk looked at him with a strange smile.
A few minutes later he tried to speak to him but this was not possible. He looked like dumb or perhaps deaf. When the young wizard stood up, the monk said: "Young man, go out as fast as you can and good luck!". But he couldn´t because all the doors and windows were closed. And the monk wasn´t there. The young wizard thought he was crazy. "This is magic", he said, "but I´m a wizard". Then he took his magic wand and with a spell returned to the countryside. When he returned to the school of wizards his teacher told him: "Very good, you passed the exam". (Paula G., E1A).

Story 2:

"One day, a child called Benji was playing in the park. Benji was 12 years old, he was blond and had blue eyes. He was very beautiful. When he was in the park the bell of the curch rang but it wasn´t normal that the bell rang at that time. It was 4.25 p.m. when the bell rang and he also saw a shadow coming out of the church. he got afraid and began to run around all the park. All the exits of the park were blocked with a magic wall that was invisible and when you touched it, it became blue. A monk came out of the church. Benji got afraid because the monk had something in his hands. He thought it was a gun but it wasn´t, it was a magic wand. When Benji knew it was a magic wand he called him excitedly. The monk didn´t answer but touched Benji with the magic wand and cast a spell on him. He felt a strange feeling, he felt as if his head was spinning very fast. Benji got dizzy and fell down. The spell was that he was going to be buried until the bell of the same church rang again one day at the same hour. The monk thought it was going to be impossible. That night he was buried into a grave at the cemetery.
The monk was clever but at the same time stupid. He was clever because he made Benji´s head spin very fast so that he fell down and he was stupid because when he made that Benji´s neurons changed from one place to another and he made Benji have magical powers. Now Benji could read the minds of others and communicate with persons by thinking what he wanted to say. Then Benji had a great idea. He could communicate with other persons through the mind so what he was going to do is to tell his friend Oliver to ring the bell of the church at the same time the next day. Oliver didn´t understand what was happening so now Benji had to explain him what happened. Although Oliver was confused because he didn´t understand very well what happened at 4.23 p.m. Oliver was there and 2 minutes later the bell rang. It was magic because Benji felt as if he was transported from one place to another. The place where he appeared was the most beautiful place he had ever been. That place was full of swans and there was a lake. But he had a problem... he was trapped there. He tried using his magical powers but he couldn´t! It was strange and difficult to understand but then his powers changed from reading the mind of other persons to transporting himself from one place to another... it was incredible. Then he transported himself to his housewith his family and friends but he had to explain all the people what happened. He never came back again to the park of the church.  (Inés A., E1A).

Story 3:

"Long ago there lived a king called Lir. He lived with his wife and twelve sons, eleven boys and one girl called Elisa. When Lir´s wife died they were very sad. After a few years Lir got married to a jealous woman. One day she sent Elisa with a family of peasants and cast a spell on the eleven princes and became swans with a crown on their heads. The jealous wife lied to the king saying that she sent the princes to a military school.
Years later Elisa came to a river  and an elderly woman said to her that she saw eleven swans with crowns in the coast. Elisa didn´t see his brothers for years and went to the coast. Her brothers were there and they explained that during the day they were swans and by night they were humans.
That night she dreamed of the old woman saying that the only solution was sewing eleven jackets with nettles. She couldn´t speak during that period and she had to take the nettles from a cemetery. One day Elisa married to a prince of a palace, of course without talking to him. When she finished all the jackets all her brothers became human again and her father separated from his cruel and jealous wife". (Álvaro de B. E1C).

Answer now these questions:
-Which story is the most similar to The Children of Lir?
-Explain the relation between the pictures and the stories
-Which story did you like most? Why?