APLE HOMEWORK 3 and 4/10 FOR CHRISTMAS. Deadline Thursday January 9th.

Hi students.
I hope you are having a good time with no lessons and exams to worry about.
Here's your homework for Christmas. You have about 3 weeks to work on it, but try not to leave everything for the last moment as usual.

Homework 3/10 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 3000 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 4/10

New Year's Resolutions. This homework has three small parts.
Part 1. You must watch this small video about New Year Resolution and do the seven questions of this test . When you finish, print your screen with your result.

Part 2. You must listen to this audio and then fill in this chart with the information from the audio and send it to me (javiprofeingles@hotmail.com).


Part 3. You must record your voice telling me your New Year Resolutions and how you plan to put them in practice. You must talk between one and three minutes. You can use any of the systems you know to send me audio.

The last part is just for some of you.

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.

3º ESO computer lesson. December 16th

First of all, we are going to install the program for Going Places into our computers. Just follow my instructions. This is something we will only have to do today. If you didn't bring your CD, raise your hand and tell me.
Now that the program is in your computer, this is what you have to do:

module 1:

vocabulary 2
Grammar 2
Communication 2
Skills 1

module 2:

vocabulary 2
Grammar 1
skills 1
test 2

module 3

grammar 2

When you finish, you can start playing with our friend akinator. You think of a famous person or character and must answer his questions to see if he finds out who your character is. When you finish, raise your hand and let me know.

Finally, we are going to practise some listenings. Go to this page and do one easy, one medium and one difficult.
Hope you enjoyed the lesson.
Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 2/10. Deadline Thursday 19th. Recommended deadline Monday 16th.

I think all of you, except for Paula, were in the class the other way when we started watching the video. In more than one and no more than three minutes make a summary of the story so far and then tell me  how you think the story ends (there is only one more minute of footage).
You can do it with speakpipe or with any other system you might use.

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK. Second term 1/10. Deadline Saturday December 14th.

NELSON MANDELA

As all of you must know by now, Nelson Mandela died yesterday December 5th. I felt very disappointed when during  your presentations you chose celebrities like models, actors, singers and didn't choose people who really made a difference, people I do admire like Ghandi, John Lennon, Theresa of Calcuta, Martin Luther King or, of course, Nelson Mandela.

Here are some activities about him. They are your homework for this week, now that all your exams are over, sort of.

The first activity is a listening comprehension. You must listen to the audio, fill in the gaps and then send me the answers on a Word document.


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Nelson Mandela was one of the (1) ________________________ people in the world. For countless reasons he was and (2) _____________________. He was a person from whom we can all learn many lessons. He experienced almost everything in his nine decades, from being tortured to becoming president of the country he loved. After retiring, he continued to travel the world, helping (3) ________________________ of global issues.

Nelson was born in 1918 into a South Africa (4) ______________________ black and white racial lines. He said he had a wonderful childhood and was a keen runner and boxer. He learnt more (5) ________________________ when he studied to become a lawyer. This led to his campaigning for equal rights (6) ________________________ African National Congress (ANC), which he later became the leader of.

The South African government (7) ________________________ Mandela from spreading his message of equality for blacks and racial unity. It put him in prison for 27 years. He became famous around the world as an icon of the (8) ________________________ South Africa. Rock stars, actors, politicians and ordinary people campaigned to free him and end apartheid. He (9) ________________________ 1990 and the world rejoiced.

Nelson Mandela's call (10) ________________________ him the hearts of millions. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1993, and over 250 more awards. A year later, he became (11) ________________________ black president and served in office until 1999. In his retirement, he continued to tirelessly campaign for many global (12) ________________________ him down. He died on the 5th of December, 2013, aged 95.

Next, here you have another video about Nelson Mandela, with 12 online questions. Watch the video as many times as you want, do the 12 questions and then send me a screenshot of your results (you will get after the 12th question).

Finally, you have a listening (WITH FOUR PARTS) about Nelson Mandela. Listen to each part and fill in the blanks. Once you have finished the blanks for each part, send me a screenshot of that part with your answers.

So, as a summary you must send me a Word document with the 12 blanks for the first activity, one screenshot with the results of the video test and then 4 screenshots with the answers for the listenings. You can send me everything in just one file.

Enjoy your wild weekend after all your exams.

Javier

PENPALS

Dear students from 3ºESO
Here is just an idea for the second term. I will keep you posted.

Javier