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.
So, pay attention to these two questions, try to find the difference and answer them:
Who do you look like in your family?
Who have you taken after in your family?
LINGOHACK >>>Republicans against Guantanamo closure, Plastic found in Mars bars & Gorilla born at UK zoo.
Do you still carry cash to go shopping? >>> Listening exercise: How would you like to pay? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Tell me different ways to pay.
However, rich men don't always know what to do with so much money. Listening exercise: Giving away your fortune (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
They make reference to the digital project we are involved with and what you are doing in your sites and blogs, which would be a kind of digital portfolio.
What does the expression 'being behind the curve' mean? What's the opposite?
Let's do this listening exercise and we'll learn about it and about the different ways you can use to pay, especially when you're abroad (for instance, on our study trip to Dublin):
By the way, did you know Taylor Swift breaks Grammy record (News Report)? It is the second time she wins album of the year. I would be lying through my teeth if I told you I know many songs by her, so can you send me any? Actually, old Grandpa is again behind the curve!!! Anyway, I've got my sons to keep me up (This is Albert jr's playlist ). Here's the one I know:
And here's the original video clip: 'Shake it Off' by Taylor Swift.
By the way, some questions for you about the venue: Where is Toronto? Which NBA basketball team plays there? Which letter is silent (the way it is pronounced in North America)?
Can you tell me any famous player that played in that team? Has any Spanish player ever belonged to this team?
Notes on MODALS for my students in 4º ESO (Can you give me some examples related to our champion Pau Gasol? For instance: "Pau Gasol can play basketball really well. I cannot play basketball as well as him".)
>> TO TALK ABILITY we use can/can't, could/couldn't, be able to/not be able to.
Examples: I can speak English (Sé hablar inglés) I will be able to speak English after my five-month course in England.
General ability in the past: Mozart could play the piano when he was four. (had the ability)
Specific ability in the past: The little boy couldn't swim, but he was able to (=managed to) get out of the water when he fell into the swimming-pool.
>> TO EXPRESS CERTAINTY we use must.
Examples: Someone is ringing the bell. It must be the postman.
>> TO EXPRESS IMPOSSIBILITY we use can't.
Examples:
'Someone is ringing the bell. It must be the postman.' 'It can't be
the postman because today is Sunday and they don't deliver any letters
on Sundays.'
>> TO EXPRESS POSSIBILITY / PROBABILITY we use may/may not, could/couldn't, might/might not.
Examples: It may rain this afternoon, but I don't think so.
>> TO EXPRESS OBLIGATION, LACK OF OBLIGATION or PROHIBITION we use must/mustn't, have to/don't have to, need to/needn't/don't need to.
Moral obligation: You must obey your parents.
Prohibition: You mustn't park here.
External obligation you don't have to agree with: You have to wear a uniform at this school.
Weaker obligation: You need to wear gloves if you are going out. It is freezing.
Lack of obligation: You don't have to wear a uniform at Mediterranean Sea Secondary School. (You needn't wear / You don't need to wear...)
>> TO GIVE ADVICE OR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS with a pinch of OBLIGATION we use should/shouldn't, ought to/oughtn't to.
Examples: You should/ought to study more regularly. You shouldn't/oughtn't go to bed so late.
Congratulations to Andrea Gutiérrez (4º ESO B), who
has already written her 20 Second Term comments!!!! She is the first student to have done it.
And now for the final 5 quality comments!!!
2nd position: Margarita Llanes (4º ESO A), although her comments are too short. 3rd position: Alex España (4º ESO B) 4th position: Joaquín García (4º ESO B), 5th position: María Béjar (4º ESO A)
Here's a new activity to do: William Shakespeare telling us a story from the Merchant of Venice All that glisters is not gold (BBC Learning English, Shakespeare speaks) comes from the expression "all that glitters is not gold"
We have one Selectivity exam about this topic that we will be doing very shortly. Here you have got an interesting article, which the examiner may have based on:
LATEST NEWS!!!! Well, ladies and gentlemen, we nailed it!!!! because I asked the Spanish agency if we could go to the little village of Cong, and they have just confirmed that we will probably be stopping at Cong (Click on the link and check it yourselves!!!) and have a look at the price as we have a 10€ reduction on the price that we have paid.
When we go on our trip to Galway (Study trip to Dublin, Easter 2016) we will have the opportunity to learn about the rural Ireland, the genuine Ireland!!!
I'm going to present the issue along with some scenes from the film The Quiet Man (film directed by John Ford and starred by John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, who was actually from Ireland and who represents the typical Irish woman, that is, red-haired and with pale freckled skin).
So to begin with, this is the trailer of the film, which is about an American boxer, who was originally from Ireland. This is the typichal story of many American citizens of Irish origin.
Irish people are said to be very similar to us, Spaniards. Well, here are two scenes from the film:
The arrival scene >>> here you will see how different Irish people used to be from English. Pay attention to the expression: "Do you happen to know the way to ...?" What does it mean?
The pub scene >>> this used to be another typical situation in the local pub of an Irish village, full of men and someone buying a round for everybody.
Everything used to be very traditional in rural Ireland, especially to everything related with dating, marriages and so on. (funny scene after the wedding night, pay attention to the way Michaleen pronounce the words IMPETUOUS & HOMERIC: Michaleen Oge Fynn - Impetuous! )
If you have the intention to travel in the next months (what future tense would you use here?) or have already anything planned like your trip to Dublin (and here?), you must be careful with this new health alert:
