A story (2AB)

"The story is about three friends that get lost in a big forest, when the day got dark they looked for a place to sleep. And they saw an old house where nobody lived. They went into the house and when they went to bed, one of them heard a noise and went to investigate. He didn´t come back and another boy went to look for him. He shouted and didn´t come back. The last boy went where the shout came from and saw his two friends dead in the room with a lot of blood. He ran away from the house and when he realized he was in the graveyard he turned round and shouted. The following morning the police found him dead and tracks of a wolf next to him and on his dead body it was written "Don´t run, it´s worse!" (Laura O. and Natalia C. Good work! Especially taking into account you had only 10 minutes, great!)

The gun control debate in the USA

Watch this video about gun control in the US. What are the arguments for and against the issue mentioned in it?

A story (2AB)

Watch this videoclip, it is based on the story we are going to read next. Answer these questions:

-What kind of story is it? Why do you think so?
-What is the setting of the story?
-How is the house that appears in the clip?
-Does anyone live in the house? Why do you think so?

-Invent a plot for the story.

The Raven by Edgar A. Poe

-Animation of the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (with music by Alan Parsons Project).

-Listen to the poem  here.

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The Present Perfect and you.

Some of you seem to have problems when using the Present Perfect. These are excerpts from your compositions, is the tense used correctly? If not, correct the mistake:

1."I have been in Luis García Berlanga high-school for seven months."
2."In the first course of Primary I met Laura, Eva, Paula, Lidia, Ana... Since first course I had been her friends".
3."So I have been learning English since then and now I know a lot".
4."When I was a child I couldn´t be relaxed so I had broken many times my arm, my leg, a finger..."
5. "Since August last year, for several months, I have been proposing a trip to London and Ireland and finally we are now preparing it".
6. "I am in a football club since 2009, it´s called E.F. El Olivo".
7. "I have been living in Ecuador since I was born till I was 3 years old".
8. "For four years I have been going to an English academy with some friends in Coslada".
9."I have being living in Coslada all my life with my parents".
10."I have been studying in the school or high-school since 2002".
11."Since 2000 I go every summer to France".
12."Our class is famous because teachers have been angry with us since the first day".

13."I love tennis. Since I was a baby I was playing tennis with my grandfather".

14."When I was little I have played a lot with my cousin".

15."I like playing the piano, I have been playing it for 3 years".
16."Since I was small, I love playing football".
17."Since I was a child I had been living in Coslada".
18."In the 1st course of ESO I have made much more friends and my life has changed, but I like those changes".
19."In 2011 I started high school. My marks were not brilliant but they weren´t bad".
20."I have gone to karate classes when I was 4 years old".
21."I have started the high-school in 2011".

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The death penalty debate

Following Vanessa´s presentation, here you are more "food for thought" ideas on the issue by actor Jeremy Irons. Try and answer these questions about the video:

1.Say 2 ideas he mentions against death penalty.
2. Which social group is especially affected by death penalty?
3. What is the saying in the US about "capital punishment"?
4. "Death penalty is irreversible". Explain.
5. Since 1990, how many execution of child offenders have there been in countries with death penalty?
6.Complete the sentence: "an attack to human rights (like the right to life) is an attack...................."
7. "Explain: "Criminals and murderes have crossed the line between right and wrong. Do we want to join them?"

More Maori legends

Watch the video and answer the questions:

 

1.Why did the days become too short?

2.How many brothers did Maui have?

3.What did Maui want to do?

4.How is he going to do that?

5.Why did they walk where the sun rose during the night?

6.Why did they make a wall?

7.What did they do with the ropes?

8.Why were they magic?

9.What did Maui do when the sun rose?

10.What happened in the end?

The Present Perfect vs the Past Simple

Check this link with theory and exercises.

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Maori legends

This is a waka.

This is the map of New Zealand. What is the relation between the map and The Legend of Maui and the Magic Fishhook?

Tell me the names in Maori of the different islands.

Your Haikus (E1ºC)

 

Forests have been cut

by the anger of chain saws

to take from them wood

("Deforestation", by Laura G. and Alejandro G.) 

If you are alone

happiness is always there

to give you colour 

("Alone with Happiness", by Marta Z. and Steveen T.) 

Sunset finds a voice

of a strange boy with a rose

for his beauty lost

("Love" by Alicia M. and Concha L.)

You are suffering

the death takes your life away

and the silence cries

("Dust in the Vault" by Esther L. and Marina L.)

Good work to you all!

Haiku examples

Remember how to make a haiku: 3 lines, with 5 syllables the first, 7 the second and 5 the last. It can´t be easier! Some reference to nature is typical in these poems.

The birds are flying
Above sea and white mountains
I want to be free 

Students like rainbows
generously cross our path
dissolving in warmth

Falling to the ground,

        I watch a leaf settle down

In a bed of brown.

 Snow falling slowly
Blanketing the trees and road
Silence and beauty.


alone, on the web,
drops of sensitivity
embrace an eyelash