APLE HOMEWORK FOR CHRISTMAS 1, 2 & 3. Deadline January 11th.

Hi students.
I hope you are having a good time with no lessons and exams to worry about.
Here's your homework for Christmas. The deadline is Wednesdays 11th 2011, so  you have over 15 days to work on it. Try not to leave everything for the last moment.

Homework 1/10 is all from your book "Real English and Speaking 3".

You have to do all these activities, write the answers in a Word file and send it to me to the usual address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com.
Page 44: Activity A (parts 1, 2, 3). You don't need to write the questions, just the answers.
Page 46: Activity D (parts 1, 2)

Look all the expressions about unit 9 (page 81) up in a dictionary or on the Internet and write the translation for each one of them.

Homework 2/10 is Internet based.

During the second term, we are going to work with English Central. It is a site where you can watch small videos, with or without the script and then you can listen and repeat what the video says and get a certain amount of points. First, I want you to register. You can do it here.

Write your real name, an email and a password. As usual, WRITE THE INFORMATION DOWN somewhere or REMEMBER IT so as not to forget it next time you have to work with it.
Once registered, try to get at least 2500 points (the more, the better)

If you can...

Try to listen to at least 30 minutes of English every day. You can watch videos, films, series, student news, listen to music, watch TV, etc., but try to listen to as much as you can.


Homework 3/10

Go to CNN student news, choose any day from January 3rd to January 9th and record a summary of the news for that day. Then, send me your audio file to my usual address,

The last part is just for some of you.

If you still don't have the text book or headphones, ask Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar for it.
If you haven't worked during the first term, January 1st is a good time to take the resolution to start working and doing your homework.

Happy New Year to you all.
Javier

APLE COMPUTER ROOM LESSON DECEMBER 12th

Dear Students,
Today is the oral exam for some of you. Remember that Lourdes is the first one to come to the corridor. My advice is for you to study vocabulary and practise your oral alone or with a friend (if  possible who knows more than you and can correct you).
If you are bored or have already finished the oral exam, you can have a good time by playing who wants to be a millionaire. You can do it here.

15 minutes: Time to play the "guess the word game". You have to play the first option, the one with five letters.




Write a comment at the end of this entry with your name and your score.

15 minutes: Time to play "Who wants to be a millionaire". Write your name, press continue and good luck. Remember you can ask the audience, call a friend or choose the 50% option if you are not sure about the answer as in the real contest.










The same as before, write a comment at the end of this entry with your name and your score.

APLE COMPUTER ROOM LESSON DECEMBER 5TH

Hi students,
First of all, I am going to tell you your mark for homework for this term. Some people did great, but most of you can do much better. Remember this mark is really important. Three points of your final mark depend on homework.
Then, Fernando is going to carry out his presentation. Let's see if you are quiet while he talks.
In the third place, you are going to practise some listenings, since your mark in the last one was not very satisfactory. Go here and practise "Budget hotel rooms" and "Great apartment living" in Medium and "Home Repairs" and "Housing complaints" in Difficult.
Finally you are going to practise about renting a flat, complaining about it here. When you have practised some conversation, try talking to Mike, the robot. You can do it here.
I hope you enjoy the lesson.
Javier

Vocabulary for Desperate Housewives

In case you have forgotten any of the vocabulary photocopies from Desperate Housewives, you can download them here. You just click on the red title of the episode you have lost and can print from there.

Good luck.
Javier

3º ESO COMPUTER ROOM NOVEMBER 29TH

10 minutes: Let's see if you have finally understood the difference between the past simple and the past continuous. Try this text. You need a score of at least 400 hundred to be sure you know this important grammar point.



20 minutes: Open Going Places 3 software. You must have an icon on your desktop. If you don't have it, use your CD and install it following the instructions. If you have problems, raise your hand and I will go and help you. One you are in the program, go to Module 2 and do:
Vocabulary 2
Grammar 1 & 4
Skills 1
Test 3
When you finish, raise your hand tell me how it went.

10 minutes: How are you doing with your Geography? Prove how good you are at locating places going to this place. You should try to get at least to level 6.

If you finish everything and still have time, revise irregular verbs. You can do it here, here choosinge menu>4º eso>intermediate>verb tree and here.
Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 10/10. Deadline December 2nd.

Well, finally the last piece of homework for this term. I think in general you have enjoyed our lessons and the new subject, but I would like to hear your suggestions, so do it on this voicethread. Just a minute of your comments is enough. Don't be too hard on me and try to be positive!!!

APLE COMPUTER ROOM NOVEMBER 21st

First of all Carlos will do his oral presentation.

Then, since we didn't have time, we are going to make all the activities we couldn't do last Monday. You can find them in the entry called November 14th.

If after that, you still have some free time, you can check how good you are at geography. You can do it here. Tell me your score at the end of the class.

The Traveler IQ challenge ranks geographic knowledge of cities such as: Budapest, Montgomery or Palm/Eagle Beach by comparing results against 6,292,837 other travelers. Brought to you by TravelPod, a TripAdvisor Media Network member

APLE HOMEWORK 9/10. Deadline November 25th.

Jody McIntyre, a 20-year-old student with cerebral palsy, attended a demonstration in London against the recent increase in student tuition fees. Pictures appeared on TV showing police officers pulling him out of his wheelchair and dragging him across the road.

He was interviewed on the BBC. The interviewer received criticism for his line of questioning that suggested Jody was a threat to dozens of armed police officers.

Here are some of the questions the BBC interviewer asked Jody McIntrye. Watch the video below and write down the answers.


a. The police say you haven’t made any kind of complaint. So… why not?

b. There’s a suggestion that you were rolling towards the police in your wheelchair. Is that true?

c. In the Observer newspaper you were described as a cyber-radical and you were quoted as saying that you want to build a revolutionary movement and that can only happen through direct action on the streets. Do you classify yourself as a revolutionary?

d. Were you throwing anything at all at the police during that day?

e. Did you shout anything provocative or throw anything that would have induced the police to [attack] you?






Post-listening discussion:

What did you think of Jody’s answers?

What did you think of the interviewer’s questions?

What three adjectives best describe Jody? Why?

What three adjectives best describe the interviewer? Why

If Jody and the interviewer met again in private, what do you think they’d say to each other?

Send me the answers to the 10 questions on a Word document to my usual email address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 8/10. Deadline November 18th.

This is your homework for this week. You must go to this page from CNN and listen to the news for a particular day this week or last week. Try to watch the video at least twice and then, if you don't understand everything, listen to it again reading the transcript. After that, go to this voicethread and record in one or two minutes a summary of some of the pieces of news you have listened to. Don't forget to say which day you are referring to.
If you listen to this piece of news every day (it may take you about 5 minutes) your oral English will improve a lot and you will be informed at the same time. So, add it to your favoritos.

APLE COMPUTER ROOM LESSON NOVEMBER 14TH

Hello students,We have a really interesting class ahead of us.

15 minutes: We will visit esl-lab and you are going to listen and do the activities from: "Baking Cookies", and "Breakfast recipes" (medium) and "Car accident" (difficult).

15 minutes: What do you know about phonetics? Can you read those strange symbols that appear on the dictionary next to the word? Today we are going to start having a look at them. We will learn the phonetic symbols and their sound to help you improve your pronunciation in English.







Have you ever wondered what those strange symbols are that appear next to words in the dictionary?



They are a guide to pronounciation called Phonetics. Those symbols represent sounds, of which there are roughly 44 in the English language. Since there are only 26 letters in the alphabet, 44 characters are used to represent them all. Phonics should be a part of every student's tools for learning a language.

There is no end to our study of grammar and vocabulary but phonemic symbols are limited, visual and physical. They may seem challenging at first but it is like learning to swim or ride a bicycle. Once you can do it, it is easy and you never forget.



Why should you learn the different English sounds? Why should you learn the symbols? Watch the next video to find out:






We will be using to practice phonetics, BBC Learning English, to know the hows and whys of what we are going to learn about. Start by clicking on the sound /i/ and doing the activities in Unit 1. Then write a comment about the different exercises you have done.


15 minutes: To finish today, it is time to sing. I know it is going to be chaotic, but let's see if the Internet connection lets you all sing. It's karaoke time. Don't worry it you are not an expert singer, just have a good time. Go to this page, choose a free song (the ones with no padlock), wait for it to download, read the lyrics and sing at the same time. When you have finished, tell me your score. If you want to sing a song which has a padlock you will have to register first by clicking on "register" at the top right hand corner of the screen. Good luck.

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 7/10 Deadline November 10th

This week, the idea is to prove how well you can read. You have to go to this site, choose the story whose number corresponds the one you have in my list, read and listen to the text as many times as you need and then read the text aloud recording it on this voicethread. You can try as many times as you want. When you are satisfied with the result, save it. If you do not remember your number in my list, choose any number from 20 to 40.

APLE HOMEWORK 6/10. Deadline November 4th

Dear Students,

I hope you are having a good time and celebrating Halloween.
Here is your task for this. You have to go to this page and play the game

I didn't dare to go on the full experience, so I think the lite experience is more than enough, especially if you are an easily frightened person.

Once you have finished the 5 chapters, send me an email to my usual address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com, tell me a little bit about the story and also if you liked and how you reacted to everything. Remember it must be oral.

Will see you on Wednesday and then on Thursday Kimberley will be coming back with info and activities about restaurants.

Javier

3º ESO COMPUTER ROOM OCTOBER 25TH

Hello, students from 3º ESO, welcome to our blog

20 minutes:

First of all, we are going to work with the CD-ROM from your book. If you don't have it, raise your hand and talk to your teacher. We are mainly going to revise module 1. For that purpose, you are going to do:

-Vocabulary 3
-Grammar 1 & 2
-Communication 2
-Skills 4

10 minutes:
Do you believe in magic? Let's see if Akinator can guess the name of the famous person you have thought of. Think of a famous person, answer the questions and that's it.

20 minutes:
You are going to visit this page, then choose 3º ESO > Difficult and practise with Present Continuous and Present Simple. I hope you like it.

Fast finishers:

You can continue practising here, here and here.
Write an annonymous comment saying your opinion about this computer lesson. Don't forget to write who you are.

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 5/10. Deadline October 27th.

Hello students,
Here is the task you have to do for the long weekend.
You have to go to this site, choose one of the stories and listen to it at least a couple of times WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SCRIPT. Then, you can listen to it again with the script to understand it better. Your task is to record a summary of the story IN YOUR OWN WORDS and in less than two minutes. You can also say if you liked the story and if you found it easy or difficult to understand.

I really hope this second voicethread is easier for you than the first one. If you can't manage with voicethread, you can also record your voice with "audacity" or "grabadora de sonido de Windows" and sent it to me to javiprofeingles@hotmail.com, mentioning who you are on the mail.

Try to change your icon/avatar in voicethread and use a picture or something more personal and original.



Good luck and enjoy your weekend.

APLE COMPUTER ROOM LESSON OCTOBER 24TH

20 minutes: One of your students will carry out his oral presentation.

10 minutes: Do you believe in magic? Let's see if Akinator can guess the name of the famous person you have thought of. Think of a famous person, answer the questions and that's it.

20 minutes: Some people in the class love music (and love telling us all about it every single day!!). Let's see how good you are at lyrics.

We are going to listen to songs and fill in the blanks of the lyrics. Go here, create a new account (on the right, above the picture and under sign in), choose a song (easy or medium level to start with), choose a mode (you can start with elementary and then try something more challenging). Then, listen to the song and try to fill in the blanks.
Write your comments here about the activity. Say which songs you worked on and what was your score. Was it too easy/difficult? Don't forget to include your name in the comment.

A very funny, interesting lesson. I hope you enjoy it.
Javier

APLE COMPUTER ROOM OCTOBER 17TH

As unit 2 in our textbook is about restaurants, let's work on that.

15 minutes > go to this page http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omquestion/contenidotematico.htm and do as many intermediate questions as you can (at least 15 questions). Don't forget to check for the answers after you do it. Add the address to your delicious account.

20 minutes > practise listening about restaurants (unit 2 in the text book). Go to these pages for that:

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/blrestorder.htm

http://www.esl-lab.com/pie1/pierd1.htm

http://www.inglesmundial.com/B7/listening.htm

http://www.esl-lab.com/fastfood/fastfoodrd1.htm

http://www.elllo.org/english/0501/512-Akane-Restaurant.html (Hide the text and then do the multimedia Quiz Game)



10 minutes > watch this video and answer the following questions about it as a comment to this post


1.- What did he write? Why?
2.- What kind of restaurant is it?
3.- What happened with the wine?
4.- Did he like the food?
5.- What did he do with the food?
6.- What happened at the end?



Enjoy your lesson.

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 4/10. Deadline October 21st.

We are going to play a game of Trivial one of these days, so I think it would be interesting if you wrote some questions and answers for the game. Apart from English, there are 4 other categories:

1.- History and Geography

2.- Cinema and Sports

3.- Art and literature

4.- Science

I want you to send me an email to my usual address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com with AT LEAST 16 QUESTIONS, (4 for each category). Don't forget to write the answer (or the possible options with the correct one) and to include your name.
Hope you enjoy playing.
Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 3/10. Deadline October 13th

Dear Students,

As you know for sure, Steve Jobs, the CEO of Aple, died last week. We are going to talk about him and watch some videos on Monday in the computer room, but for the moment this is a bit about him.
Here is the first "Think Different" Apple commercial that never aired, narrated by Steve Jobs: "Here's to the Crazy Ones". What makes great people great?



I want you to try to do three things:
a)identify the 17 famous people who appear in the video.
b)write the script of the commercial (you will have to watch it several times).
c)choose the character who matches your number in the class (if you are not sure about your number, ask me on Monday) and prepare a speech for Tuesday saying why you think that person was crazy and thought in a different way.
You have to send me a message to javiprofeingles@hotmail.com (as usual) with three files: one with the people who apppear, another one with the script and an audio file with a summary of what you are going to say about your character on Tuesday.

APLE COMPUTER ROOM OCTOBER 3RD

Hello again, students,
Today we are going to work with three different activities.

-In the first part of the class, we are going to watch the video about the girl which we couldn't watch last week.

-Then you are going to work with Burlington Speech Trainer. You should have an icon on your desktop with that name. You have to write your real name, some details, choose any book and try to do unit one.

-Finally, if we still have time, we are going to make two more listenings from here. The titles A healthy lifestyle (medium) and 72 hour emergency kit. The same as the other day, you have to do at least section II.

I hope you enjoy today's lesson.
Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 2/10. Deadline October 6th.

Hi students,
This is your homework for this week

Say your opinions and your first feelings about the new series we started watching yesterday (Desperate Housewives). Say why you think Mary Alice killed herself. For this activity, you will have to use your brand new microphone and subscribe in voicethread. Don't forget to say who you are. You have to click on comment, then on record, write your real name, give an email address and a password (write it down on a paper or in your mobile phone in order not to forget it), then allow your computer to access and then start recording your voice. When you finish, just press on stop recording. You don't need to talk more than 2 or 3 minutes. If you like what you have said, save the comment, otherwise, start again until you are happy with the result. Good luck. I hope you don't have too many technical problems.

APLE COMPUTER ROOM SEPTEMBER 26TH

Hello Students,

I hope you enjoy your first lesson this year in the computer room. The Internet connection is not very good, so please, be patient. At home you can do things much faster, so if you can't finish or do an activity here, you can try to do it at home.

20 minutes: go to this page and listen to: answering machine (easy) , A student credit card (medium) and Adsense: making money (difficult). You should at least do the "II Listening Exercises". You can also try to do the "III Vocabulary activities", but this is optional. When you finish, write a comment here mentioning your name and your final score in each of the listenings.

15 minutes: go to this page, register if necessary and do the dictation activity. If your English is really good, you can try to do the full mode. If your English is not that good, try the easier blank mode.

15 minutes: go to the video section on the right hand side of the blog and watch the video called "demolition call". If you can't find it in the blog, you can click here. Listen to the girl and try to answer these questions about it. In the.last 5 minutes of the lesson, we'll check for the answers. If you can't watch the video because of the Internet connection, just tell me and I will play it for you all.



1.- What does the girl want to do?

2.- Where is the girl's school?

3.- What is the girl's name?

4.- Does the girl have any special requests?

5.- Why does the girl hate her teachers?

6.- Does she want the school blown out or knocked down?

7.- How much will it cost her?



Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 1/10. Deadline September 29th.

Dear students,


First of all, have a look at the blog and don't forget to bookmark it so you can find it easier next time you come to visit us.

Your task for this weekend is quite simple. You have to spend AT LEAST ONE HOUR practising your oral English. Then, you have to make a recording saying what you have done and how (if you have watched a film, mention the film, if you like it, if you watched it with subtitles or not, when you watched it, etc).
You can record your voice with audacity or you can use the Grabadora de Sonido de Windows (inicio>programas>accesorios>grabadora de sonidos). Don't forget to say who you are in your recording.
Enjoy your weekend and try to practise your oral English at least 15 minutes every day.

Regards

Javier

WELCOME TO APLE, STUDENTS

Dear students,

This is my first post this year. First of all, I wanted to welcome you all aboard this trip. Remember you are the most important part on it. I will try to do my best, but if you don't work hard, all my efforts will be useless.

Since education and the strikes are a current issue, here are two interesting videos in English about the topic.

The first one is from the prestigious Wall Street Journal. There is an article in there, but there is also this video. If you are also interested in reading the article, you can do it here.



The second video is a speech by the famous American actor Matt Damon in favour of teachers and public education. Watch the video and answer the questions about it in pairs.



1.- How many children did Matt Damon's mother have?

2.- Why is Matt Damon bald now?

3.- How did Matt get in there?

4.- Which positive things for his life did Matt learn at home and at school?

5.- Is Matt in favour of standard tests? Why/Why not?

6.- Why didn't Matt take standard tests in his school?

7.- Does he think standard tests prove anything?

8.- What should teachers do instead of testing the students' knowledge?

9.- What does Matt appreciate more now that he's older?

10.- Who is behind teachers, in favour of them?

Special thanks to Ana Méndez and her blog http://uptodate-amef.blogspot.com/ . It is a constant inspiration to me.

Javier

Desperate Housewives vocabulary sheets

If you miss any of the photocopies with the vocabulary for Desperate Housewives, you can download them or print them from this page. Remember, episodes 20-23.

Good luck tomorrow.
Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 10/10. Deadline May 31st.

Yes, students, the last piece of homework for this year. It is time to give opinions so that we can do better next year. You know you are an important part of this teaching process, so your opinion is really important. Don't talk for less than one minute and try to suggest things, not only criticize the bad ones.



Don't forget you have to give me your videos this week. Any format is fine.
Javier

TALKING TO FOREIGNERS AT THE PRADO

Hi students,

You really had a good time in Madrid today. Lovely weather and nice tourists eager to talk to young Spanish people.
Here are a couple of photographs about it.
You have to give me your videos (in a CD, DVD, pen drive or memory card) this week or next week. Don't leave it for the very last day, since there are always technical problems. You can include as many interviews as you like and also deleted scenes, gag reel, credits, etc.
As soos as I have them all, I will give you your marks for this assignment.

Helena, where are you?

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 9/10. Deadline May 21st.

This weekend, the idea is to subtitle a short video. It is part of The Lazarus Campaign. The idea is that you write the subtitles for the video. Then, I will try to insert the subtitles in the video.
This is the video you have to subtitle.



The boys in the class will make the first 12 people talking. and the girls, the last 12, including Bono at the end.
Send your text to my usual email address.

Don't forget to bring the papers with the questions and the cameras on Monday. The weather forecast says we are going to have a really sunny day.
Have a superb weekend.
Javier

10,000 VISITS!!!! WOW!!!

I am really glad to have reached 10,000 visitors in my glog in less than two years. I hope you have all find it useful and continue visiting it regularly (even if you are not my students any more).

Javier

Encuestas alumnos 2011

No tiene nada que ver con nuestra clase de inglés. Es algo de Jefatura de Estudios.




ALUMNOS 3º ESO


ALUMNOS 4º ESO

ALUMNOS 1º BACHILLERATO

APLE HOMEWORK 8/10. Deadline May 13th.

Dear Students,

Next week you will have your second listening exam and this time it will be the long one (similar to the one you did in the second term). For that reason, I think you might start practising some listening activities.
You have to go here and do steps 1 and 2 (5 short activities). When you finish one step or one character, print your screen as you did last week with the wedding stuff, paste it on a Word document and when you do them all, send it to me to the uusal address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com.
Good luck and listen to English regularly.
Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 7/10. Deadline May 7th

I know some people like Helena are fed up with the Royal Wedding, but you've got to admit it is an important event. Therefore, this week your homework has to do with that.

You have to do all the seven sections and every time you finish one section, print your screen with the results and then paste them on a Word document. To print your screen, you need to press the key "Imp pant" or "Print Screen", which is on the right of the F12 key or so. If you have problems printing your screen, ask me in the class. Then, send me the Word document with all your scores to my usual address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com.
And they lived happily ever after.
Javier

VOCABULARY YOU DON'T NEED TO STUDY FOR THE EXAM

EPISODE 15


Hamper: cesto de la ropa

Blowhard: fantasma, fanfarrón

A shrinking violet: una persona tímida y modesta

Pierced navel: piercing en el ombligo

Glum: cabizbajo, apesadumbrado

To grandstand: pavonearse, fardar

EPISODE 16

entrapment: incitación a cometer un delito

sewage: aguas negras o residuales

the upshot: el resultado final

to reek of apricot: huele a albaricoque

to clam up: ponerse poco comunicativo

rap sheet: antecedentes penales

solicitation: ejercer la prostitución

EPISODE 17

Plea bargain: acuerdo entre el fiscal y la defensa

Tactful: diplomatico

To waive: renunciar a

Daring: coraje, audacia

Good luck
Javier

THE ROYAL WEDDING

BOOK DAY PICTURES

Since you were not at school that day, I have included some pìctures of the Book Day Celebration. I hope you like them.

APLE EASTER HOMEWORK 6/10. Deadline April 27th.

Yes, I know you all love English Central, so it is time to work on it again. You have new videos, so I recommend you work with those ones.

The goal is for you to make 4.000 points from today to April 27th.

Have fun.
Javier

APLE EASTER HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK 5/10. Deadline April 26th.

Hi Students,
Here is your first assignment for your holidays. If you went to Greece or Berlin, I hope you really enjoyed the trip.
Since April 21st is Book Day, we are going to deal with books. Go to this voicethread and record a comment recommending the other students a book you have read and enjoyed. Don't forget to mention the title, the author, the plot, why you like it and why you recommend it to other people. You have images of some the books the students chose last year.



Happy Book Day for all of you

Javier

3º ESO FILM QUIZ

Here are a few links to play film quizzes in the classroom.

guess the film


Guess the film from the stick flick pictures


Movie images

Have fun
Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 4/10. DEADLINE APRIL 9TH

Hi students,
Here is the second part of your homework about Penelope Cruz. This time you have to watch two videos and answer 12 questions orally. You can use Grabador de sonidos de Windows or Audacity or any other software.
Here are the videos:





and here are the questions:

1.- Where is Penelope's Oscar award?
2.- Who is Guillermo?
3.- Why are Guillermo's eyes so red?
4.- Did Pe want to be an actress when she was a small girl?
5.- When did she become interested in films and why?
6.- How many films have Pe and Almodovar done together?
7.- When will Pirates of the Caribbean 4 be released?
8.- Had Pe and Johnny Depp ever worked together before?
9.- What kind of machine does Johnny Depp have?
10.- In what way is it different from the one he had 10 years ago?
11.- Who's the director of the new film?
12.- What's special about the new Pirates of the Caribbean film?

Good luck and remember this time it is oral.
Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 3/10 DEADLINE APRIL 2ND

This week your homework is much easier than other times (at least technically).
You just have to watch this part of the interview to Penelope Cruz on Jimmy Kimmel Show on American TV and answer the questions below the video. If you can't watch the video here, just look for Jimmy Kimmel Live Penelope Cruz on Youtube and you will find it.



1.- What are Penelope Cruz two nicknames?
2.- What is the problem when Jimmy and Pe kiss?
3.- How old is Pe's baby?
4.- Has Pe ever slept 15 hours in a row?
5.- Who slept for 3 days in a row?
6.- Are Pe and her sister Monica twins?
7.- Have Pe and Monica ever worked together?
8.- Does Pe like heavy metal music?
9.- Where and what does Pe sing at the karaoke?
10.- What does Eminem think about Pe and her karaoke?

You have to send me the reply to those answers to my usual email hotmail address.
Good luck.
Javier

APLE COMPUTER LESSON MARCH 28TH

Hello Students,
I didn't plan to have a computer lesson today (you know why), but in the end I have changed my mind (look at the time!!!).
Today we are going to talk about the "Earth Hour". Do you know what it is? Did you take part in it last Saturday? Are you for or against it?

First of all, I want you to watch a video about the project. Since our Internet connection is really slow, we'll be watching it on the overhead projector.
Now you have five minutes to research about this project. Try to find the answer to questions like:
-When did it start?
-Where did it start?
-How many people/countries/cities have taken part in it this year?
-What is the purpose of this initiative?
-Are there people against it?
-Did it happen in Madrid or Majadahonda?

Now you are going to listen to an article about it and you are going to try to fill in these blanks:




Millions of buildings around the globe _________________ hour on Saturday, March 28 as the third Earth Hour takes place. The event is organized by the World Wildlife Fund. It started in 2007 ________________ attention to the dangers of climate change. The Earth Hour website says: “For _________________ history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity _________________ switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming.” Organizers hope their message _________________ people. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Earth Hour promises to be “the largest demonstration _________________ about climate change ever attempted”.


Not everyone agrees that Earth Hour will help. Many _________________ too little, too late and _________________ change when the lights are switched back on. Climate campaigner Clive Hamilton says: "We are well _________________ feel-good exercises aimed at raising awareness… It's like the band playing on as the Titanic sinks.” He says _________________ because the next morning people will think the climate has recovered a little. "Symbolism is powerful _________________, but dangerous if it substitutes for it," he says. Environmentalist Mark Alexander-Warne agrees. He stresses _________________ our daily energy consumption, rather than simply “sitting around in the dark” for an hour.

Here you have a couple of places where you can see photos from the event. The Guardian and CNN.

Let's see how it went.
Javier

APLE COMPUTER LESSON MARCH 25TH

Hello students,
Other teachers are working really well about the topic of Japan. This week we are going to visit the great blog "up to date" and do all the activities about Japan. There are 5 activities to do, including watching images and a video.
DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THE MESSAGE BOARD!!!! IF YOU DO, EVERYTHING IS RECORDED AND YOU MIGHT GET INTO REAL TROUBLE

If in the last 5 minutes you are really fed up with so much Japan, you can relax with this great idea from Starbucks to raise money for people living with HIV in Africa. It is a video with a nice Beatles song sung by people in 156 different countries at the same time. Amazing.

APLE HOMEWORK 2/10. DEADLINE MARCH 25TH

This week your homework has to do with doctors and conversations at the doctor.
You have to go here, choose your group (aple 2011), select "At the doctor" (it is the only possibility) and do the activity. You have to click on the balloon and when it turns orange, record your answer with your microphone. When you finish, click on the balloon again. If you like what you have recorded, continue with the next balloon. If you don't like it, click on the X at the top right hand corner of the balloon and start all over again.
When you finish all the conversation, click on "submit" at the bottom of the conversation and write your full name and your email address. It will directly come to me so that I will be able to correct it.
Don't leave it for the very last day in case you have some technical problems.
You can leave comments here saying if you like this activity or not.
Javier

JOANN STUDENTS MARCH 18TH

Dear students,


This week we are going to deal with the idea of prejudice, discrimination and racism. For that purpose we are going to do some research, watch some videos and then discuss about the topic.

The videos we are going to watch deal with black discrimination in the United States in 1970s. Therefore, the first we'll have to do will be to do some research about that time and that place.

Before watching the videos

We are going to make three teams. The first two rows on the left will be team 1, the last two rows on the left will be team 2 and all the rows on the left will be team 3.



TASKS BEFORE READING
Look on the Internet (in English) for information about Martin Luther King and find the answers to these five questions:

1.- Who was Martin Luther King and why did he become famous?



2.- What is "I have a dream"?



3.- What achievement did MLK achieve in 1964?



4.- When and how did MLK die?



5.- What is Martin Luther King Day?



VIDEOS AND TASKS

3º ESO COMPUTER LESSON MARCH 17TH

Today we are mainly going to practise the present perfect, but in a more practical way.
-First, we are going  to work with Going Places 3. Go to module 5 and do:
Grammar 1 and 2
Communication 2
Skills 1
Test 2.
-Next we are going to continue working here.
-Finally, play golf in here.

Choose nine holes. It is not that easy.

If you still have time, you can try to go to Bombay TV and dub one of the movie clips.

APLE COMPUTER LESSON MARCH 14TH

15 minutes: We are going to practise listenings regarding doctors. Go here, listen to the audio as many times as you need and answer the 10 questions on the right. Once you finish, click on next at the bottom of the test and write your name and your score as a comment in this post.

15 minutes: More practise for listening regarding doctors. Go here and do activities II and III (only if you have time). One more time write a comment saying your name and your score.

15 minutes: go to visit my friend Sam and write as a comment the weather prediction for London and Madrid for today and tomorrow.

Have a nice, quiet week.
Javier

APLE THIRD TERM HOMEWORK 1/10. DEADLINE MARCH 18TH

Hi students,
This is your first assignment for the third term. You will have ten of them.
You have to watch this video. It lasts 3.45 minutes.

Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.

Now the first 6 students have to listen carefully to the first 55 seconds of the video and write the script. Students 7-12 have to do from 00:56 to 01:50. Students 13-18 have to do from 1:50 to 2:45 and students 19-24 have to do from 2:45 to the end.
Remember to send me the script on a Word document to my email account javiprofeingles@hotmail.com
Good luck.

CARNIVAL PHOTOS

Here are a few pictures from last Carnival. If anybody wants any pictures full size, just send me an email.

I hope you like them.

Javier



JOANN'S STUDENTS' LESSON MARCH 11TH

Hi guests,
Today we are going to do an activity regarding films. I don't know if the Internet connection and our technical problems will spoil the activity. I ask you to be patient because if it works, it may be a very funny lesson.
For this activity you need to work in pairs. 1&2, 3&4, etc.
This is the activity we are going to do. We are visiting this page:

Clipped from: http://s.tt/11XBK (share this clip)

 
You have to choose one clip from a Bollywood film. My suggestions are number 3, number 4, number 8 or number 2 (new). The first thing you have to do is to watch the clip several times. Then, it is the time to write your script for the clip and to divide the characters. If it is a woman and you are a man, you will have to make a woman's voice and so on. Once everything is clear, it is time to dub the clip.
On the top right hand corner, choose "microphone" and when everybody is ready, click on "record". Remember you will all be using the same microphone, so hold in in your hands.
When you finish recording, click on stop, listen to the clip with your audio and if you are happy with it, fill in the information at the bottom. Give the clip a title, write your names, your email address, my email address (javiprofeingles@hotmail.com) and click on "send". If you have Joann's email address, you can also send it to her so she can see how hard you work.
Have fun
Javier

APLE COMPUTER ROOM LESSON MARCH 7TH

Hello students,
Time to assess the second term.
In case we have extra time, here is an interesting video about drugs.

Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.

Javier

APLE LAST HOMEWORK FOR THIS TERM

Hi students,

Your last homework for this term is a new practice with English Central.
Your goal is to get 3200 points from February 27th to March 4th.

Good luck with all your exams.
Javier

APLE COMPUTER ROOM LESSON FEBRUARY 21st

Hi Students,
I hope you have improved your glogs during the weekend.
Today we are going to do an activity regarding films. I don't know if the Internet connection and our technical problems will spoil the activity. I ask you to be patient because if it works, it may be a very funny lesson.
For this activity you need to work in pairs. 1&2, 3&4, etc.
This is the activity we are going to do. We are visiting this page:

Clipped from: http://s.tt/11XBK (share this clip)

 
You have to choose one clip from a Bollywood film. My suggestions are number 3, number 4, number 8 or number 2 (new). The first thing you have to do is to watch the clip several times. Then, it is the time to write your script for the clip and to divide the characters. If it is a woman and you are a man, you will have to make a woman's voice and so on. Once everything is clear, it is time to dub the clip.
On the top right hand corner, choose "microphone" and when everybody is ready, click on "record". Remember you will all be using the same microphone, so hold in in your hands.
When you finish recording, click on stop, listen to the clip with your audio and if you are happy with it, fill in the information at the bottom. Give the clip a title, write your names, your email address, my email address (javiprofeingles@hotmail.com) and click on "send".
Cross your fingers with our Internet connections.
Have fun
Javier

SITUATIONS FOR THE APLE ORAL EXAM

Hello again, students.

These are the possible topics you may have to role play in the oral exam next week. I will start at the end of the list to compensate for the first term.

1- Two friends discussing about something, expressing their opinions and agreeing or disagreeing with the other person.
2- Waiter and customer at a restaurant.
3- Dealing with problems at the restaurant. One of you will be a customer and the other one the waiter or the manager of the restaurant. (waiting for too long, bad food, allergies, wrong bill, etc).
4- Showing a house (one of you will be the possible buyer and the other one will be the owner or the estate agent.
5-Returning an item in a shop (one of you will be the customer and the other one the shop assistant or even the manager).
6- You have just come out of the cinema, but you have very different opinions about it. Say why  you love it or why you hated it.
Javier

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES VOCABULARY

This is the vocabulary from Desperate Housewives that you DON'T HAVE TO STUDY.

You will have to study all the other words from episodes 9-14. Good luck.
Javier

SAINT VALENTINE'S LESSON

Hi students,
Today is Saint Valentine's Day. You may like it or not. You may be in love or not. Anyway, it is a day to celebrate love.
Let's start with a video about the history of Saint Valentine's Day:



Let's see if you can make a rhyme for your beloved one.
Try the easy rhymes first, and then the hard ones:

You can also use music. Here is the famous "Love is all around", from the Original Soundtrack of the comedy "Four Weddings and a Funeral".



Now that you know a lot about Saint Valentine's Day, you can either play this vocabulary game or do this quiz.
Enjoy the day.
Javier

APLE COMPUTER LESSON February 11th

Hi students,
Today I'm sick at home (I think it's flu), so I won't be able to stay with you in the classroom. Joann will be in the classroom next door and will keep an eye on you from time to time.
Depending on what you have already done, there are 4 things you can do. For some of them, you will need your headphones. Get the number that corresponds to the number you have in your computer.
-Option 1: If you didn't do your voicethread about discrimination yesterday, you can still do it in the class now. Remember it is on this blog.
-Option 2: If you haven't finished your glog yet, you can also work on it, finding the picture, looking at ways to describe the picture or just recording the description and the reason to choose that picture.
-Option 3. If you have been a good student and have done the two previous options, you can play this game. It is a memory game, but with sounds instead of letters or images. It looks easy, but it is not that simple.
You can play game 1 and game 4.

-Option 4: You can also play this game about homonyms (words that sound the same, but are wriiten in a different way, like weak and week).

-Options 5: Finally, if you want to have some fun. You can watch some videos with jokes. To do it click here.

On Monday we'll have a regular class, so bring your books and not your headphones.

Have a nice weekend.

Javier

APLE COMPUTER LESSON FEBRUARY 7TH

The time for glogster has come.
I suggest  you read about it, watch some videos or presentations about it and then start playing with it with your nick and password.

The deadline to have a first draft of your glog is Monday 14th. Then, I will write some comments and suggestions about it and you have an extra week (until Monday 21st) to create your final version. The topic for your glogs is going to be "A photograph". The first thing you have to do is go to this site:

Clipped from: edu.glogster.com (share this clip)

Here, at the bottom of the page, you can see some examples of Glogs. Have a look at some of them by clicking on the image.

The first you will have to do is log in with this information:


Then, you must edit your profile and write at least your real name.
Now it is the time to change the password to a one you will always remember (write it down somewhere in your diary if you think you might forget).

It is the time to go to the "What is Glogster EDU" Section that you will find at the top of the page. Once you have finished and understand everything, there comes the final stage, "to create a glog". This option is in pink at the top right hand corner of the screen.

Now it comes the time to play with your new glog adding a wall, text, sound, images or even video. Just see how it works.
If you have any problems, just raise your hand and I will try to help you.

Good luck.
Javier

These are your user names and your passwords.

1. Nickname: s5cktv9 Password: k1rzcq98dk

2. Nickname: snox3sc Password: r3xffnkx7g

3. Nickname: sken22t Password: m5t9e4e9z5

4. Nickname: sckogfu Password: riukyapxxx

5. Nickname: s5ncprk Password: ldldb2z0uw

6. Nickname: sv6ndu4 Password: ovj10d3ll1

7. Nickname: scx5gdp Password: ycev5dzheh

8. Nickname: swd7rbe Password: vv4axkfm20

9. Nickname: sov24fh Password: 9ez18ramnf

10. Nickname: szq5rpc Password: hqgcr583qc

11. Nickname: sqx2f2b Password: ko1ta70yw4

12. Nickname: s56j8pt Password: wrv5ij4khd

13. Nickname: s45fb79 Password: cl5yik88ub

14. Nickname: sn9rqgz Password: ioufbjbcgl

15. Nickname: strx9be Password: ykksycbdkr

16. Nickname: szrquro Password: 930wcioc9k

17. Nickname: sefwdwq Password: jvr3lf9suy

18. Nickname: s9rspf6 Password: qfhlfzg82v

19. Nickname: sdetyy8 Password: n1p23aq1ba

20. Nickname: szumyaf Password: 4lz3iyvmb5
21. Nickname: sosytkz Password: r7annglu35

22. Nickname: sohcrkp Password: vtstzec09v

23. Nickname: sf3kp7m Password: vguvyf5m7p

24. Nickname: sh7pkgm Password: kb1damyg4f

APLE HOMEWORK FEBRUARY 6TH

This weekend, your homework has two parts.

Part 1 (deadline Tuesday February 8th):

You have to watch videos 3 and 4 of "A class divided" (the reunion and the lesson in prison) and answer all the questions about it. You have both the videos and the questions on the next entry.
Send the answers to all the questions to javiprofeingles@hotmail.com, saying who you are (surnames included if you are Alvaro or Laura).

Part 2 (deadline Thursday February 10th):

Then, listen to my instructions and record your comment.

A CLASS DIVIDED

Dear students,
This week we are going to deal with the idea of prejudice, discrimination and racism. For that purpose we are going to do some research, watch some videos and then discuss about the topic.

The videos we are going to watch deal with black discrimination in the United States in 1970s. Therefore, the first we'll have to do will be to do some research about that time and that place.
Before watching the videos
We are going to make three teams. The first two rows on the left will be team 1, the last two rows on the left will be team 2 and all the rows on the left will be team 3.

TASKS FOR TEAM NUMBER 1 (Martin Luther King).
Look on the Internet (in English) for information about Martin Luther King and find the answers to these five questions:
1.- Who was Martin Luther King and why did he become famous?

2.- What is "I have a dream"?

3.- What achievement did MLK achieve in 1964?

4.- When and how did MLK die?

5.- What is Martin Luther King Day?

TASKS FOR TEAM NUMBER 2 (Civil Rights Movement).

1.- What was the Civil Rights Movement in US in the 1960s-70s?

2.- What were their demands?

3.- Who were their leaders?

4.- What was their way to protest?

5.- When did this movement end?

TASKS FOR TEAM NUMBER 3 (Census Report)

1.- What was the percentage of immigrants in the US in 1970?

2.- What is the percentage of immigrants at the moment? How many people are that?

3.- What was the percentage of immigrants in Spain in 1980?

4.- What is the percentage of immigrants at the moment? How many people are that?

5.- What 3 nationalities compose the most important part of immigrants in the US and in Spain? Are they the same?


VIDEOS AND TASKS