Friday 26 October 2012

APLE HOMEWORK 6/10. Deadline Oct 31st.

Dear students,
One day, in one of your lessons, you were talking about what you wanted to study at university, but today I want you to go a little bit further and talk about your life in ten years time.

I've come accross a New York Times Interactive where senior students from a high school in San Diego were asked about their plans for their future, their 10-year plans.



You must hear their answers, choose two students you feel identified with and send me a Voice Mail with all the information you've understood. Then, do the same, but talking about you and your future. Try to avoid the usual mistakes. Do not read. Try to sound as natural as possible and do not rush.

Don't forget YOUR NAME, SURNAME AND EMAIL ACCOUNT.

Last week, only 11 students did their homework. Remember that every time you don't do your homework, you lose 0.3 points out of your final mark.

Have a gr8 weekend.

Javier
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/27/magazine/senior-class.html

Wednesday 24 October 2012

CALENDAR FOR 4º ESO PRESENTATIONS




Alberto, Laura and María: October 23rd
Clara and Mille: October 26th
Ignacio: October 30th
Patty and Noemi: October 31st
Mary: November 7th
Eduardo and David: November 9th
Alejandra: November  14th
Marta and Iñigo: November  16th
Ana: November 21st
Alba and María: November 23rd
Daniela: November 28th
Sara: November 30th

Saturday 20 October 2012

APLE HOMEWORK 5/10. Deadline October 25th

Hello students,
Here is the task you have to do for this week.
You have to go to this site, choose one of the stories (one which is complete, not in parts) and listen to it at least a couple of times WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SCRIPT. You can either download the .mp3 file or listen to it directly on the page. 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 three minutes. You can also say if you liked the story and if you found it easy or difficult to understand.

You can do it in this voicethread or use the send voicemail on the right of the blog. Try to change your icon/avatar in voicethread and use a picture or something more personal and original.



Good luck and enjoy your weekend.

Wednesday 17 October 2012

APLE PRESENTATION AND EXAM DATES

Oct 22nd: Abel
Oct. 23rd: Laura Galvez and Laura García
Nov. 5th: Jose Luis and First Listening Exam
Nov. 6th: Gema and Silvia
Nov. 12th: Ana González
Nov. 13th: Elena and Rocío
Nov 19th: Blanca
Nov. 20th: Alejandro and Alex
Nov. 27th: Mercedes and Ana Blazquez
Dec. 3rd: Gorka and Miriam

LISTENING EXAMS


FIRST EXAM: NOVEMBER 5TH (short, in 1BB classroom)
SECOND EXAM: DECEMBER 4TH (long, in 1BB classroom)


Thursday 11 October 2012

APLE HOMEWORK 4/10. Deadline Thursday October 18th.

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

Friday 5 October 2012

APLE HOMEWORK 3/10. Deadline Wednesday October 10th

Dear Students,



Since it is Steve Jobs' death anniversary this week, and we are watching his graduation speech video, I thought you might like this very short spot.br />
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 do three things:

a)identify the 17 famous people who appear in the video. If you don't know all of them, mention the ones you do know.

b)write the script of the commercial (you will have to watch it several times).

c)choose your favourite character and make a speech 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 with three files: one with the people who apppear, another one with the script and a third one with an audio file about your favourite character (if it is easier for you, you can send me the audio file through "Send Voicemail" in this blog.
I hope you enjoy your weekend.
Do not forget to practise your oral English as much as you can.
Javier