Intercambio Holanda (3º ESO)

-Localización del centro:

https://maps.google.es/maps?hl=es&q=lentiz+maaslandcollege&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44770516,d.d2k&biw=1024&bih=616&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N

-Web del centro (Lentiz Maaslandcollege):

http://www.lentiz.nl/vmbo-maasland

Cursos de inmersión lingüística para julio (1ºESO)

Se han convocado una serie de ayudas económicas para la realización de cursos de inmersión lingüística. Los beneficiarios asistirán a colonias en régimen de internado, durante una quincena de julio, en las que trabajarán aspectos orales de la lengua inglesa mediante actividades lúdicas y deportivas que se desarrollarán en instalaciones situadas en el territorio español peninsular.

Nº DE BECAS
2.200 ayudas.

DESTINATARIOS
Alumnos de 5º y 6º de Educación Primaria y 1º de ESO matriculados en centros sostenidos con fondos públicos durante el curso 2013/2014.

REQUISITOS

b) Tener, como máximo, 13 años de edad a fecha 31 de diciembre de 2014.
c) Haber obtenido, como mínimo, «notable» como nota final en la asignatura de inglés en el curso 2012/2013.
d) Haber obtenido, como mínimo, «notable» como nota media del curso 2012-2013.
e) No haber sido beneficiario de la ayuda en convocatorias anteriores.

TURNOS Y GRUPOS

– Primer turno: de 29 de junio 2014 a 13 de julio 2014:

• Grupo I: 660 ayudas de hasta 476 euros
• Grupo II: 440 ayudas de hasta 326 euros

– Segundo turno: de 13 de julio 2014 a 27 de julio 2014:

• Grupo I: 660 ayudas de hasta 476 euros
• Grupo II: 440 ayudas de hasta 326 euros
• Para más información,  haced click en el siguiente link:

TEXTO DE LA CONVOCATORIA

PLAZO DE PRESENTACIÓN (se puede realizar a través del instituto)
Del 26 de febrero al 14 de marzo de 2014.


Preguntad las dudas a vuestro profesor de inglés o en jefatura.

A phizzwizard (E2ºC)

As you know, the BFG collected dreams that he kept in jars to later blow them into children´s bedrooms. The phizzwizard is the best kind of dream (the trogglehumper is the worst, he never used those). The other day in class you had to write a phizzwizard, here follows one of them:

"I had a phizzwizard yesterday. I was in my bed, then I went to the kitchen for a glass of milk and when I came back to my bed I went on sleeping. I phizzwizarded that I was flying with money around me and that I was swimming in money. I was the richest man in the world. I had a four-floor mansion and a one million dollar Bugatti. The crisis was over, and whenever I saw a homeless person I gave him five thousand dollars for them to have a house, food and water. I also went to a TV show called "The Anonymous Millionaire" and gave money to people who needed it. I also had three yachts with swimming pools, a good captain and better girls. Let´s talk about my family: I had a gorgeous wife and three beautiful sons. I phizzwizarded that I went with them to Antarctica and we saw a lot of Polar bears....." (by Razvan, E2ºC).

Past Perfect vs Past Simple (E2ºC)

Here you are some on-line practice on the Past Perfect-Past Simple contrast. Click on the links, the exercises are self-corrected.

-Link 1
-Link 2
-Link 3
-Link 4
-Link 5
-Link 6
-Link 7

This should be enough.

The PQE method

This is an example of how the P (point) Q (quote) E (explain) method works in a question about Tom, Sid, the Goth and the Ghost:

-How does Tom feel at the beginning of the story?

1. POINT (answer to the question): He feels very annoyed.

2. QUOTE (evidence from the text that proves your point): “I was pretty annoyed that no one had told me what was going on beforehand. It wasn´t as if Mum and Dad had been at each other´s throats for months, like my friend Luke´s parents before the split up”

3. EXPLAIN (paraphrase the quote using your own words, show me you have understood it):  He was annoyed because his parents´ separation came as a complete surprise for him so he was not prepared for it. Apparently they had a relation without important problems, for example he never saw them arguing. On the contrary his friend Luke realized his parents were going to split up because they were always arguing, so he was prepared when the finally separated.

-The full answer should be like this (you don´t have to write the three steps separately). Check the linking devices (underlined in the text):

 Tom feels very annoyed as we can see in this quotation: “I was pretty annoyed that no one had told me what was going on beforehand. It wasn´t as if Mum and Dad had been at each other´s throats for months, like my friend Luke´s parents before the split up”. In  other words, he was annoyed because his parents´ separation was a complete surprise for him so he wasn´t prepared for it. Apparently they had a relation without important problems, for example he never saw them arguing. On the contrary his friend Luke realized his parents were going to split up because they were always quarrelling, so when they finally separated the situation was not as shocking as for Tom.

The PQE method (E2C)

This is an example of how the P (point) Q (quote) E (explain) method works:

-Does the BFG fit in the Giant Country? (Find the answer in the Scene 3 Snozzcumber and Frobscottle).

1. POINT:The BFG does not fit in the Giant country.

2. QUOTE: “You is an insult to the giant peoples! You is not fit to be a giant!”

3. EXPLAIN: Fleshlumpeater tells the BFG he does not belong in the Giant Country because unlike the other giants he does not want to eat human beings, he finds it revolting.

The full answer should be like this (you don´t have to write the three steps separately):

The BFG does not fit in the Giant country. Fleshlumpeater tells the BFG : “You is an insult to the giant peoples! You is not fit to be a giant!” . He thinks the BFG does not belong in the Giant Country since he does not want to eat human beings, he finds it revolting, unlike the other giants who love eating humans (particularly children).

Life in the future (E1B)

"I think there won´t be schools in the future. Maybe scientists will create a chip that will keep all the information that can be learned. People won´t dress with clothes, they might be inside a "health robot". This robot will consist in a metal suit of armor that keeps a warm temperature and gives you whatever you want such as health and delicious food.

Holidays will last the whole year because without school, kids won´t have to do anything. People will have a gun that will project in 6D a landscape that you can choose, so you´ll be able to go to the beach by just pulling the trigger!

In the future people might not use means of transport because the robots where people are inside might also teletransport them anywhere in the world in just one second".

By Álvaro G. (E1ºB). Great ideas!

Gobblefunk in E2C!

Several students in E2ºC suggested gobblefunk terms (with definitions) inspired by the giants´ "language" in Roald Dahl´s The BFG. Here are some...

Sara suggests (among 33 other words): SQUIZZLET (adj., very small), to SPLATCHBUNKUM (v., to sleep), to SLOSHFUNKLY (v., to like), SCRUMDIDDLYSTER (adj., something scary), to ROTIDGY (v., to walk in circles), GLUMPERS (adj.,bad people), to WHIZZBLY (v., to call someone whistling), CRUMPELINGUTEROUS (adj.,something scary), SNITCHFLUNKING (adj., very thin)... Great work Sara, you are a Gobblefunk expert!

Álex puts forward to SNOZZPOPPER (v.,to make noise with the nose), CHIDDILLIES (n.,babies), TROGGLESOME (adj.,ugly), MOOCHSTER (n.,monster).

Sofía B. has invented TROGGLEBUNKING (adj., very difficult), SQUIZZLERS (n., like a chill, but stronger), PIFFLESTER (n., someone really nice who lets you down when you have problems").

Let´s see what Silvia mentions: to FOOTCHSWITCH (v.,to kick witches), CHIDDPOPPER (n., children who make bubbles with their tongue), to TROGGLESQUIDDLY (v., to swallow very fast), SCUDDUMPTIOUS (adj., a person who is easily frightened), to DUMWIGGLER (v., to make magic).

Javier proposes HIPSTERSQUEAKING (adj., a fanatic of Starbucks)

Mihai mentions SQUIZZELING (v., to do silly things), FROBKIN (adj., delicious), BOGGLESQUASH (n., swimming-pool), SNOZZUMPTIONS (adj., a person who doesn´t like waiting).

Wondercrump work! (a bit buggles, but scrumdiddlyumptious anyway!)

The skateboard kid story (E1B)

Have a look at some of the articles you wrote yesterday in class about the skateboard kid in Tom, Sid, the Goth and the Ghost. Can you correct the mistakes? (they are indicated in bold). Remember we all learn from mistakes (I also make them. All the time...).

1."Ryan Grey was a boy of fourteen years that was riding his skateboard on the park with his friends when his friends and he decided to do a race. They all got ready to start in a zebra crossing. Ryan indicated the start of the race, all start riding his skateboard going down a street. Ryan was the first, when he started to riding in a  road, suddenly he didn´t see that a truck was back him. The conductor was drunk so he don´t saw the boy and run over him. The terrible accident occur on a sunday morning".


2."Last friday a man who was drank cause an accident whit zero injured and one kill. Domus Black was diving under the effect of alcohol hit with his brand new Jaguar a fourten years old teenager called Ryan Grey. It happen in the corner of Sid street and Chucky street. Domus Black, a therty four years old rock star was drinking with his friends. Two hours previous his concert that was taking place in the Santiago Bernabéu that same night. When he got out of the car he didn´t think it twice and take his key from one of his friends´ jacket, took the car and started diving very fast down Sid street. While he was diving he fell asleep and his car got on the pavement. Ryan Grey, who was skating [   ] the same pavement didn´t have time to scape from the fatal and horrible accident".

3."It was a nice day when Ryan Grey asked his fathers if he could go to ride, but what he didn´t know was that it would be his last ride. He´d been skating in the park until it became very late, so it was [     ] night. He decided to return to home by the Buncheburgo street (which was the street of Ryan´s house). When he was returning home very calm, when he saw two lights at his left. He looked quickly to the lights and he realised that it was a truck. The next thing we know about him is that he appeared dead in the Buncheburgo street with a skateboard in his hand and a stain of blood".