Hopelessly Devoted TO You

Dear Students, here is teh song I mentioned yesterday in class. You may not be familiar with the musical "Grease". It was extremely successful around the time I was your age... ;) I hope you like it.

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WISH YOU WERE HERE

This is one of the greatest songs by Pink Floyd. It is an oldie, I know, but it is undeniably a modern classic, and incidentally, it includes the expression "I wish..." - which we have just studied - in the title.
Below I include links to the lyrics and the Pink Floyd entry in Wikipedia, in case anyone is interested.

LYRICS

PINK FLOYD IN WIKIPEDIA

CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME

"Cant Find My Way Home" is a song written by Steve Winwood and first published in 1969. Eric Clapton was in those days the "God" of guitar playing and had just split up with the "supergroup" CREAM because of fights among its members. Clapton met Steve Winwood and they started writing songs, so Winwood dissolved his band, TRAFFIC, to form together BLIND FAITH. They recorded just one album, also called "Blind Faith", which is - just like everything Clapton and Winwood were doing in those times - key to the introduction of blues-based music in Europe (and in America for that matter), and to the development of modern music. Not as well known to the general public (at least in Spain) as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton is a key figure in the history of modern music, as he has always been in love with American "roots" music, especially Blues, and has used it as the basis for his own musical production, making a huge contribution to the development of Rock and Blues throughout his life.
In this live version you can see Winwood and Clapton reunited for a performance of this beautiful song at the "Crossroads" festival in 2007. A the back you'll be able to see two guitar heroes of more recent times: Derek Trucks, a master of slide guitar, and Doyle Bramhall. Enjoy it.

Dear students, here is the alphabet song, in case you want to practise it at home.

ALPHABET SONG

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HISTORY ACCORDING TO WOMEN

Last month we had an exhibition about women who have played an important role in history. They excelled in the fields of art, sports, politics or science, and our students in the 4th year ESO thought it was time we acknowledged their contributions. Here is a short video summarising the exhibition.

ORIGAMI

Here is a video showing an origami workshop we had in class during our "Culture Week". Thanks to Heriberto Alarcón for showing us all the amazing things we can make with a piece of paper.

TOUR GUIDE OF OLIVARES

Dear students, fellow teachers, parents and families, here is the tour guide that we have prepared this year. We really hope you like it.

Guia Turística De 1º Eso 2016 17

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Describing a person

Dear students, follow the link below and you will learn everything you need to describe a person's appearance. You will need speakers or headphones.


DESCRIBING A PERSON


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REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!!!

Here's a great song about three things we all can easily do to protect the environment. Listen to the song and read the lyrics. Fill in the blanks with one of the possibilities below, and post your answers as a comment. Don't forget to write your name if you don't sign in.

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"The 3 R's"
Three it's a magic number
Yes it is, it's a magic number
Because two times three is ___________ (1)
And three times six is eighteen
And the eighteenth _________ (2) in the alphabet is R
We've got three R's we're going to talk about __________ (3)
We've got to learn to
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
If you're going to the __________ (4) to buy some juice
You've got to bring your own bags and you learn to reduce your ____________ (5)
And if your brother or your sister's got some cool clothes
You could try them on before you buy some more of those
Reuse, we've got to learn to reuse
And if the first two R's don't work out
And if you've got to make some ____________ (6)
Don't throw it out
Recycle, we've got to learn to recycle,
We've got to learn to
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Because three it's a magic number
Yes it is, it's a magic number
3, 3, 3
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36
33, 30, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, and
3, it's a magic number


1: a) eight b) six c) nine
2: a) letter b) three c) film
3: a) Away b) Gloves c) today
4: a) fear b) month c) market
5: a) waste b) week c) park
6: a) Try b) park c) trash

BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER

Dear Students, parents and colleagues, here is the newspaper that our students in 2 ESO have written. It is an integrated task for Spanish, English and French languages, and it is also regarded as a final task, since it includes text types that have been studied in different units, apart from obviously requiring communicative and language skills that have been developed all along the academic year. We really hope you find it interesting.

AC/DC play their first show with Axl Rose.

Today AC/DC play at Seville's Olympic stadium with their new singer, Axl Rose... there has been some controversy about this, but it looks like he is doing fine... What do you think?

TELL THE TRUTH

the phrase "Tell the Truth" came up in class and I couldn't help thinking about this great song by "Derek and the Dominos". It was recorded in 1970, as part of the album "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs", where Eric Clapton and Duane Allman play guitar in arguably one of the best guitar work ever. I hope you like it.

BROWN-EYED GIRL

I happened to mention this song in class today, as an example of how creative the English language is when it comes to coining adjectives. I really like this song (what else, Van Morrison is one of the "Big' uns"), and I think it's a good thing that students have a chance to listen to it. Now, don't tell me it's not a wonderful song...

A Christmas Carol

Here is a Christmas Carol that I really like. It is a Little too long, but it is worth it.

The first video is a traditional version of the song. Check it




Now, a more modern versión, which is my favouorite






If you are interested in the christian interpretation of the song, visit this website:

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS


I hope you like them. Jose Angel

It may be ironic, but this comic represents the situation of many researchers in Spain.

The uses of THE

A student told me in class a few days ago that he had trouble using the definite article in English. I have prepared these notes that may help you understand a little better.

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After studying the notes, you can do these exercises:

 EXERCISE 1



EXERCISE 2



EXERCISE 3

STRANGE ILLNESS

USED TO

Here you are some exercises to practise the past simple, past continuous and used to. I hope you find them useful.

PAST SIMPLE vs. PAST CONTINUOUS 1


PAST SIMPLE vs. PAST CONTINUOUS 2


USED TO 1


USED TO 2

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Urban Tribes

Here you can read about a lot of different urban tribes, including chavs, grungers, etc. After you have read about them, you can take the quiz below to check your understanding.

1.- Which social group is said to be formed by uneducated, aggressive young people?
2.- Which urban tribe has Asian parents?
3.- Which of the groups are followers of Kurt Cobain?
4.- Who wears tight t-shirts, studded belts, skate shoes, black glasses and often a fringe brushed to one side of the face?
5.- The members of which tribe often drive aggressively?
6.- Who is protected from being disfigured because of accidents by their baggy clothes?
7.- Which of the tribes  is worried about their appearance?

Here is the link:

URBAN TRIBES


Please, leave your answers in a comment, and don't forget to write your name.

See you in class!

French fries... YUMMY???

If you like going to fast food restaurants, have a look at this video It is an excerpt from the documentary "Supersize me", in which Morgan Spurlock, an American filmmaker, spent 30 days eating only hamburguers and other meals from McDonalds, in order to check the physical and psichological effects this may have.

In this part, he shows that McDonalds food takes much longer to break down than others. breaking down is a natural process which all food undergoes, but McDonalds products are treated so that this process is slowed down, which may have negative effects on the human body. Will you eat McDonalds fries after watching this?


YUMMY

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