APLE HOMEWORK 10/10. Deadline: Saturday 10th

Here is your last assignment for this year.
You only have two days to do it, but you know why.




I want you to tell me the best and the worst things about this academic year. You can talk about

Family
Friends
School
Health
APLE

Record your voice. A couple of minutes should be enough.

It was good while it lasted.
Javier

HOMEWORK 7/10. Deadline Sunday May 4th

Thought Questions 

Here are 15 questions that will make you think. Read the question aloud first and then answer them. Try to think about the answer carefully and also try to be a bit original. Send your audios to the usual address in the usual way. 

Enjoy your long weekend.

Javier

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APLE HOMEWORK 6/10. Deadline April 26th.

Once more, you have an interview to watch and answer a few questions. This time it is Emma Watson on David Letterman's Show. You will probably know her for the Harry Potter films, but she's much more than than.

1.- Why is Emma Watson on the show?

2.- Why does Emma Watson recommend to read the Harry Potter books first and then watch the films?

3.- What is Emma Watson studying and where?

4.- Where is Noah's story in the Bible? How long is it?

5.- What is Noah's Ark in the film like?

6.- Where did they build the Ark for the film?

7.- Was it possible to see the Ark for anybody?

8.- Who or what is Sandy?

9.- How is Emma Watson's character portrayed in the Bible?

10.- Does Emma Watson like to watch herself on the screen?

As usual, you must read the questions and then answer them ORALLY.

Hope you enjoyed your Easter holidays.

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 5/10. Deadline April 19th

Dear students


I hope you enjoyed the activity last Friday and managed to interview hundreds of tourists. Before you send me your videos for assessment, I wanted you to tell me ORALLY what your experience was like, how many  people you interviewed, where they were from, what problems you had, what anecdotes you had, etc.

You can send it to me in any of the usual ways.
Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 4/10. Deadline April 19th

Here we are again after our Winchester break.
This first piece of homework is really easy. You have to watch the interview from Jimmy Fallon to Shakira and then answer ORALLY the ten questions about it. Read the question and then give the answer.

1.- In how many countries is Shakira's album number 1?
2.- Is her son Milan musical? Which instrument does he play?
3.- What is Milan's favourite pastime?
4.- What happened to Jimmy when he tried to play soccer for the first time?
5.- What happened to Shakira when she was 10?
6.- What did Shakira win at the singing contest?
7.- What kind of song can you find in Shakira's latest album?
8.- Who is Chris Martin?
9.- What is the relationship between Shakira and Chris Martin?
10.- What song does Shakira play on stage?
11. Do you like Shakira? Why? Why not?

APLE SKETCHES 2014

THE ARMY: Henny, Renata, María and Marta



THE TRAVEL AGENT: Ana, Yolanda and Special Appearance: Lorena

Marks for the Second Term

Here they are. We might comment on them on Monday.

MARKS

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 3/10. Deadline April 4th

Dear students,

Some of your marks in the second listening exam were not that good, so I think it is time for you to practise with difficult listenings during the holidays. To do it, you have to go to this site:

You have to do all the four tests. Be careful because in theory you cannot listen to the recordings more than once. Fill in as many blanks as you can (altogether there are 40 of them in 4 different parts).
When you finish, click on "click on here to check your answers". Now, you will get to a new window where your score is shown. I want you to take a screenshot of your computer and then send it to me to prove that you did it and to check your score. It is hard, but I think it is very good practice for you.
Good luck.
Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 2/10. Deadline April 3rd

A VIRTUAL TOUR

Choose a trip by clicking on one of the postcards on the first screen, then listen to the SHORT trip diary
 and click on the notepad page to start writing. Once you've finished, click on "done" so that 
you can print out your work.
You can change the size of the text. Use the up and down arrows to move through what you write. 
Then go to cover page and design your cover page. 

Thanks to Ana Méndez and her blog for her great idea.

Bring everything to me by Thursday April 3rd

APLE HOMEWORK 1/10. Deadline April 5th.

Hi Students,
 Here is your homework for next week. You have to watch this interview with Tom Cruise (click on the photo)

 and answer ORALLY the following questions about it. You can use Speakpipe or any other system.

1.- What's the title of Tom Cruise's new film?
2.- Why do they talk about "germs"? 
3.- What does Tom Cruise remember about his first premiere? 
4.- Where has he been so far to promote his film?
5.- What happened to Tom Cruise in Ireland? 
6.- Where was his last movie shot?
7.- What funny, dangerous things did Tom Cruise do in Iceland? 
8.- Say at least three of the sentences Tom Cruise has to say in a dramatic way. 
9.- Tom Cruise is said to be quite short. Search on the Internet how tall he is in feet and in centimetres. 
10. Do you like Tom Cruise? Can you name a few films you have seen where he was the leading actor?

Wish me luck in Winchester
Javier

3 ESO Number the Stars. Jeopardy

Number the stars.

3º ESO. NUMBER THE STARS. New Activities. Episodes 9-17.

Hi students,

The book is almost over. Remember next Wednesday we will read chapter 14 in the class (do not forget your books) and for Monday March 3rd you should have finished it. Then, on Friday 7th you will have the exam about it. The exam is 70% of your mark and your work, entries for questions and vocabulary, tests, etc is the other 30%.
Here are some more resources about it. Remember when you do the vocabulary quiz tests, you must send me a screenshot of your results.

Vocabulary practice chapters 9-13

Vocabulary practice chapters 14-17

Vocabulary quiz chapters 8-9

Vocabulary quiz chapters 10-11

Vocabulary quiz chapters 12-13

Vocabulary quiz chapters 14-15

Vocabulary quiz chapters 16-17

Enjoy your sunny weekend.

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 10/10. Deadline Saturday March 1st

Hello students,

After the hard work of "The Story of my life", this week you have an easy task and enjoyable if you are a girl or gay. Here you have an interview by Jimmy Fallon, a famous American presenter to David Beckham. They don't talk much about football. You must watch the video, as many times as you need and then answer these questions ORALLY.

1.- Why is David Beckham on Jimmy Fallon's Show? 

2.- Where is David's family at the moment?

3.- How old is David's daughter?

4.- What happened when David went to see his son's soccer game? 

5.- Why was Romeo crying at the end? 

6.-What does Jimmy say about David's underwear? 

7.- What is special about David's commercial at the Super Bowl?

8.- Are all the 12 eggs the same? 

9.- What does each contestant have to do? 

10.- Who wins the competition and why? 

3º ESO. Vocabulary and activities about the book NUMBER THE STARS

Hi students,

Here you have a quizlet with the vocabulary for the first 7 episodes. You can study it in there or you can play a game trying to find the meaning.

Here there are more vocabulary activities, this time from chapters 1-4, chapters 5-8. etc.

APLE HOMEWORK 8 & 9 /10. Deadline February 13th (2 weeks this time)

Dear Students
This time your assignment is a bit longer, more complex and more personal. It will also have a numeric mark. One mark for the appearance and another mark for your English.
Following the famous song by One Direction "The story of my life", I want you to write and tell me the story of your life.

You can do it with Eduglogster, Brainshark or Glossi.
I need photographs, text and, of course, audio from you.
We can talk about it on Tuesday in our class, since Monday it is Rhona's Day.
You can see some examples on this incredible blog: http://www.uptodate-amef.blogspot.com.es/

Have a nice, long weekend.
Javier

NUMBER THE STARS 3º ESO

I hope you enjoy the book assigned to you this year. The simple fact of reading an unabridged book in English will be quite a feat for most of you and surely I will know how to acknowledge it.
In class we will comment on the book every week and you are going to think of some questions for each of the chapters of  "Number the stars" which we will discuss in class on Wednesdays or Fridays. You must read 4 Chapters every week.
In order to help you collaborate and make this task more interesting, I have created a document where you will type out your questions and you will share them. In this way, all of you will know the questions your classmates have asked. Don't forget to include your name when you make your contribution (at the end in brackets). The final test will be based on some of these questions. So take good notice!

You can also contribute to the document by answering some of the questions your classmates have asked.

If you click on the image below you will be taken straight to the document with the questions. I have typed a couple of them as an example. 

(Share Clip)

 

In this second document, you will write down a glossary of new words in their context. You must write at least two words per chapter, with the translation into Spanish, the context, the page number and your name. I have also typed a couple of them as an example.

I think if we work together on this, everybody will benefit from the experience.

(Share Clip)

 

Javier

APLE COMPUTER ROOM. January 27th and February 3rd

Hello students,

20 minutes: First of all, I want you to practise a little bit of listening to see what your level is at this stage of the year. You can do it here:

(Share Clip)

 Read the instructions for the test. You should try to do the test in less than 20 minutes. That means listening to each clip no more than twice.  Once you have finished, you have the chance to email the result. Write your name and then my email address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com. Then, raise your hand and tell me you're done.

10 minutes: You are going to play this game: Wordshake . It looks stupid, but it is rather captivating. I got 30 points on my third attempt. You can't try more than three times.

20 minutes: Geography quiz.
Try this geography quiz and see how many levels you manage to complete. It is very good practise for  your Geography class next year.

The Traveler IQ Challenge ranks your geographic knowledge. What's your TIQ?

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 7/10. Deadline February 30th.

After you have finished voting, the film chosen in 12 years a slave.
You might think that slavery is something that happened in the United States in the 19th. century, but I want  you to listen to this news from November 2013. It is very short, so you can listen to it many times. If you prefer to listen to it with an American accent, you can do it here.

Once you have listened to the story, at least once, listen again and answe these questions about it.

1.	In which part of London were the women held captive?
2.	How old are the suspected captors?
3.	Who did one of the captive women alert?
4.	What are the captives' nationalities?
5.	Who is thought to have been born a captive?
6.	In what mental state did police describe the women as being?
7.	What did the women have no real exposure to for 30 years?
8.	What did the police say would take some time to do?
9.	Whom did the charity say we often do not know?
10.	How did the charity describe the London street?

A) You must READ the question aloud and then ANSWER it ORALLY and then send it to me in a voice file.

B) Read this article about it in The Guardian and send me an audio file with any other relevant information about the news.

If you have any questions about it, you can ask me on Monday at school.

Javier

3 ESO LESSON WITH ALEX. January 22nd

Major agglomerations in the world 

United States cities by crime rate 

Largest cities in Spain

If it were my home. Compare Spain with any other country in the world.

Homework. edu.glogster.com

Your educator code: 1E7923

Tutorials to use glogster.

youtube

glogster (several videos)

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 6/10. Deadline: January 23rd.

Hello students,
I guess if you like films and the cinema you will love your homework. As you might know yesterday January 16th the nominations for the Oscars 2014 were announced. I can announce that we will watch one of these films before the Academy Awards Ceremony in March.

You must watch the announcement of the nominees (optional) and the 9 trailers in this link.


Once you have watched the trailers for the nine nominees for The Best Picture (around 2 minutes each trailer) I want you to:
A)Fill in this questionnaire once you have watched all the trailers.


B)Send me a voice message telling me your opinion about the films, which one of them you would like to watch in our class and why.

APLE HOMEWORK 5/10. Deadline: January 16th.

Welcome back, students and happy New Year.

This week I think your homework is much easier technically.
You have to go to this web, and do these listenings:

medium (nivel intermedio):

#02 - Trying to Understand Food Labels
#09 - Physical Education Aims for Active Lives, Fewer Painful Memories

difficult (nivel avanzado):

#05 - Apple's iPhone Makes Quiet Entry in India
#10 - Park in the Sky Opens in New York
#17 - Experts Divided Over Internet Changes to Language

Each listening is about 4-5 minutes long. You must click on "Listen!", listen to it as many times as you need and fill in the blanks in the text. Once you finish each listening, click on "corregir" and then on "enviar el resultado a tu profesor". There, you write your name, your email address and my email address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com

You don't need to have them perfect, but make an effort to make the most out of the activity.

Regards

Javier