BEING A TEACHER....

BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

by Bruce Lee

domingo, 2 de agosto de 2026

We all need each other

 


 

 
We all need each other!! As English poet John Donne said, "No man is an island".
 
 
 
 
 

 
Students need teachers, but teachers also need students to teach. Men need women, but women need men to form a family because we all "need a shoulder to cry on". So "let's all pull together" to reach our goals in life, as our Spanish national team did in the last world cup.
 
 



SUMMER SCOREBOARD

 

 


 

 

Learning English from the News:   Trump shooting attempt  (BBC Learning English)  

 



  


 

 

Visit Albertomeditutor site  for SUMMER REVISION  

 

>>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

 - Ella no tiene una nariz ancha.

- ¿Es tu tía una persona amable? Sí.

- Sus ojos son azules, pero no muy grandes.

- Bob el jardinero es muy valiente.

- Nosotros no tenemos un instituto muy viejo.


   

>>  Activities for my students in 2º ESO:

 

You can do this exercise on the PAST CONTINUOUS >>>>     EXERCISE ON THE PAST CONTINUOUS 


SO or BECAUSE


Revision: SIMPLE PAST CROSSWORDS  >>>   1   2   3   4  

Exercises on the SIMPLE PAST   >>>    1 

 

 

>>  Activities for my students in 4º ESO:

Unit 3

Future tenses (REVISING THE FUTURE TENSES.....):   exercise   ,  1  ,  2   ,  3   

 

Rewrite the following sentences using the suitable future tense:  

1. I have decided to write a comment every two weeks. 

2. We have already bought the flights to New York for August.

3. Our English teacher has a dream about his students working regularly one day.

4. The tour guide announced the visit to the Alhambra in the morning and the lunch for 2 pm.

5. Granada FC against Betis next 5th November.

6. She is about to have another baby next winter. 

7. "The phone is ringing. Don't move! I can pick it up and answer it for you, Dad." 

        




 

Road towards success in the Selectivity exam.....

Another exam for our students to practise:   2026_A flash Chinese speaker    

Answers to the exam in the previous post....

A1- c  (line 12)  A2- d  (line 3)   

A3: TRUE. (line 4): "For two weeks he moved in and out of consciousness"   

A4: FALSE (line 7): “At first Ben had no idea that anything was unusual.” 

A5: TRUE (lines 14-15) “He gradually began to speak English with his parents and brother but could still use Chinese with hospital staff.”

A6: FALSE (lines 19-20) “(One contestant gave him a ‘super-like,’ and) though she and Ben dated briefly, they soon realized they weren’t a match.”

A7.1: awake (line 5)   A7.2: joy (line 6)    A8.1: contestant (line 19)   A8.2: rush (line 5) 

USE OF ENGLISH

B1: I didn’t watch the second season of Stranger Things as fast as (I did/watched) the first (one).
B2: The janitor warned the students to be careful on the slippery floor.
B3: Although Jason didn’t feel like going out that day, he met his mates at the pub.
B4: You’d better not use your phone before going to bed at night.
B5: Sarah is really keen on sitting outside and sunbathing.
B6: I’ve had my laptop fixed by a friend who knows a lot about computers.


B7: Every participant in the contest has to sign this form.
B8: The new climate report will have been completed (by the team) by the end of the month (by the team).
B9: She is confident enough to speak in public.
B10: Nobody is allowed to/is to/can enter the lab without an identification badge.
B11: The match was cancelled because it rained/was raining heavily  /  because of the heavy rain.
B12: If she doesn’t train hard, she won’t win the swimming competition. 

 

Brainstorming   >>>  You can give me ideas to include in your composition about either of the topics proposed. 

 WRITING (3 points)
C. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF 140–180 WORDS ABOUT ONE OF THE TOPICS PROPOSED AND FOCUS ON IT. CHOOSE ONE TOPIC ONLY:
C1. Why is speaking foreign languages important today? Explain.
C2. Would you like to be on a reality show? Give reasons.
 


 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    My Oh My by Slade. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 



 

 

 

Office English:   Career development  (BBC Learning English)  



 

Here are some more activities for my students:



 

Some articles for you to read about the issue...

Are we alone? New discovery raises hopes of finding alien life (The Guardian)

Will we one day find intelligent life beyond our planet? (DW)






The Entire History of....   Spain    

 




 

 

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"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"



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lunes, 27 de julio de 2026

National emergency

 

 

A national emergency has just been declared in Spain due to the wildfires around Madrid and Avila.
 
 

 
What measures should we take not just now, but in the coming years, if we don't want to become a deserted and devastated land?
 
 
 


 

SUMMER SCOREBOARD

 

 


 

Learning English from the News:   Global trust in news at its lowest  (BBC Learning English) 

 




 

  

Visit Albertomeditutor site  for SUMMER REVISION  

 

>>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

 

Match these questions to these answers and think about the question/answer that makes reference to the physical description of a person, his/her personality or his/her health state:

    Questions         >>>>                      Answers                       >>>>           Goal

How are you?                        I'm a nice person, but sometimes a bit moody       APPEARANCE

What do you look like?          Fine, thanks! And you?                         PERSONALITY

What are you like?                I'm not very slim and I've got brown eyes.                 HEALTH



>>  Activities for my students in 2º ESO:

 
 

  
Agreeing and disagreeing

I play basketball with my cousins twice a week. 

Agreeing   >>>>>    So do I. / So does Livia.

Disagreeing  >>>>>     I don’t. / Livia doesn’t.


I can speak Spanish. 

Agreeing  >>>>>   So can I. / So can Mirian.

Disagreeing  >>>>>  I can’t. / Mirian can’t.



José Antonio doesn’t do anything. 

Agreeing  >>>>>  Neither/Nor do I. / Neither/Nor does Antonio.

Disagreeing  >>>>>  I do. / Antonio does.




>>  Activities for my students in 4º ESO:

Unit 2

EVER / NEVER / STILL / YET / ALREADY    >>>>   exercise  ,  1  ,  2 
 

Rewrite the following sentences without changing the original meaning and using the words given:  

1. He arrived a few minutes ago.   JUST

2. I've nearly finished reading my book.   YET

3. I saw that film six months ago.    ALREADY

4. You haven't returned my dictionary yet.     STILL

  
 
       


Road towards success in the Selectivity exam.....

Another exam for our students to practise:   2026_A flash Chinese speaker    

 

 


 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses ( BBC FIFA World Cup 2026 ). And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 



 

 

 

English Listening Practice:   The Incredible Rise of Genghis Khan: From Exile to Emperor   

 

 


      



 

Here are some more activities for my students:



 




The Entire Story of....   The Odyssey Explained   

 


The Odyssey: The Ultimate Journey Home | Cinematic Story



 

 








 

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"



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