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

viernes, 20 de abril de 2018

Some advice for your fellow students 2018



The school year is coming to an end and I would like you to read old students' advice (and here) and then give some advice to the students that will follow your steps. Try to be sincere and, using appropriate advice structures, tell them what they should do. Include the level you are referring to at the beginning of your comment.



Activities for my 2º ESO students:  What would you do if you were in 3º ESO now? Tell me the things you are doing next year (already arranged), the things you are going to do (plans, decisions) and some general predictions about what will happen.

For example, this is Albert telling you about next year:

1. We are reading Factfiles - England in the first term (here's the list of textbooks for school year 2017-2018)

2. I'm going to put more exercises in my site to help my students.

3. I think my students will get much better results because they will be more responsible. 

 

 

Here's an example. Pay attention to the structures used and also have a look at this (and then listen to the episode)


Other examples:
I'm a student of 2º ESO and I would like to give you some advice if you are in 2º ESO next year with Albert:

  • I think you should....
  • You must....
  • You have to.....
  • Study everyday...
  • Don't  keep your things untidy....
  • If I were you, I would....
  • If I were in your shoes, I would...
  • You'd better.... 
  • And remember TO ADVISE, SPELT WITH AN S, IS THE VERB (I'd advise you to do sth) and ADVICE, SPELT WITH A C, IS AN UNCOUNTABLE NOUN (My piece of advice for you is...  OR I will give you some advice about...)

 Write a comment giving your advice and tell me if you find any other useful structure or vocabulary connected with the issue.


Read this article connected with the issue:

Bill Gates Shares His Best Advice for Students


Here's a listening exercise to do: How do you learn to speak a language? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)



English with Lucy   >>>  MISS or LOSE or MISSING? - Differences and Collocations

 

 

The English We Speak: Rub it in (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)


LINGOHACK  >>>

  • Episode 180404 / 04 April 2018    >>>  Turning bread into beer to fight food waste   -  Language related to 'Food waste'.  Need-to-know language: stale bread, leftover (adjective), niche & raising awareness.

 

21 comentarios:

  1. I didn't think what would I do if I were in 3ºESO now, I thought ¨What would I do in 3ºESO?´.
    Well, in 3ºESO I will not do much, basically I will study more because 3ºESO is more difficult than 2ºESO. Five months are left for my entry in 3ºESO, so soon I will know how is this path.
    At first, it will be stressy for the chnage, but in few days it will be normal for me again like in 2ºESO. Pass this school year is a step to get a good job in the future.

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  2. If you are going to pass to 2 Bach, you must know these things.
    There a lot of changes from 1º to 2º. For example there are really difficult subjects that make you to study everyday if you want to pass it. If you don't study everyday you can't pass the exams but if you do everyday your homework and study things that you learn at class at the same day you will pass sure the exams.

    Is better that if you can, you should do thing at summer of homework to have little to do along the year. For example if you do 15 coment or more along the summer you will have to do less coments than your partners, and you can use more time to study for your exams.

    You must be organized because you need to admin the time, and admin the books and the notebooks because you will need it to the next termns, and for selectivity.

    Jose Manuel Diaz España 2ºBach

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  3. If you are going to pass next school year to 2ºBach, it is very important to know these useful pieces of advice. This is Andrea telling you about next year:

    -I think you should read all the reading books during the summer. Besides, you should do
    the activities included in the book and the projects.

    -You must revise the irregular verbs, if not you won’t be able to write them properly.

    -You have to do lots of exercises that you will find in Albert’s site. As well, you will
    find some mock exams.

    -Study every day, especially new grammar structures.

    -If I were you, I would write all the comments (you can do some of them during the
    summer). Once Albert corrects them, you should post them in your own blog.

    -Don’t keep your notes untidy, you should save them in your site to revise them whenever
    you need.

    -You’d better do all the old Selectivity exams. The more exams you do, the better for
    you.

    And remember time is money. You have to get organized and take things a day. This is your most important year, so you have to do your best.


    *Another useful structure: “If I were in your shoes, I would…”



    Andrea Gutiérrez López 2BACH A

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  4. If you are going to pass next school year to 2ºBach, it´s very important to know these useful pieces of advice.
    Don´t leave for tomorrow what you can do today. There will be subjects with a lot of syllabus in the same exam so you should study every day a little and avoid that you accumulate everything. Your grades will be much better than if you study the day before.

    It works like ants. It´s necessary that you work every day at home, either studying or doing homework. I recommend you to make summaries of what you have studied that day and thus make things clearer.

    Attend class, really, in a one class you can advance much and more in this course in which the time you have is very limited.


    In the case of English, I recommend that you do all the exercises, comments, projects and that you read the books because all this can help you to pass. In addition, many of these things can be done during the summer and thus be more relaxed during the year.
    Finally, remember that this is a very important year and there will be times when you see yourself overwhelmed by things but stay calm, you can do it.


    Raisa Martín 2º BACH

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  5. If you are doing 2º Bachillerato next year, it is very important to know these useful pieces of advice. This is Andrea telling you about next year:

    -I think you should read all the reading books during the summer. Besides, you should do
    the activities included in the book and the projects.

    -You must revise the irregular verbs. If not, you won’t be able to write them properly.

    -You have to do lots of exercises that you will find in Albert’s site. As well, you will
    find some mock exams.

    -Study every day, especially new grammar structures.

    -If I were you, I would write all the comments (you can do some of them during the
    summer). Once Albert corrects them, you should post them in your own blog.

    -Don’t keep your notes untidy, you should save them in your site to revise them whenever
    you need.

    -You’d better do all the old Selectivity exams. The more exams you do, the better for
    you.

    And remember time is money. You have to get organized and take things a day. This is your most important year, so you have to do your best.


    *Another useful structure: “If I were in your shoes, I would…”



    Andrea Gutiérrez López 2BACH A

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  6. If you manage to pass the course to 2 bach you should take into account some tips:

    First, this course is a roller coaster, you will go through many fun and stressful moments, so I advise you to organize yourself from the beginning of the course. If you do not do nothing, you are always in time to "catch up" and catch up.

    In addition, it is very important that you take with the people in your class, but it is more important that you do not let influence by the problems that occur or what they say, after all who has to approve is you, the rest is not it matters
    Be kind, be respectful, be sociable, but do not forget that you have to go straight in the course.

    However, you should not think that you can study the exams the day before. Sometimes you will not have another solution, because at the end of the course everything is a test lottery one day, yes and another too. So it is important that every day you read at home what you have given in class, in the end you will appreciate it.

    Not only do you need to organize with the subjects, but with the exams, the diagrams and chronological axes will be very helpful.

    To summarize, I have to tell you that as you make several exams you will notice that there are different subjects that are related, and if you block an exam, you will use the subject of another related subject.

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  7. Hello students, I'm Alex and I'm doing 2ºBachillerato this year. In this short comment I'll give some advice for those students who are doing 2ºBachillerato next year. These are my tips:

    -I think you should do homework everyday, even when you don't have much time.

    - You should read the three reading books, it is very useful reading them in summer if you want to fell relaxed. Moreover, you'd better do the book activities and their projects.

    - It is convenient to study a little grammar. For this, Alberto's site is very useful, there you can see the most important rules and exceptions about conditional sentences, direct speech, indirect speech, passive voice, active voice, questions, ....

    - If you want to have a good level writing, you must do the twenty five comments, you can do them on summer, Albert corrects them free and doesn't charge you anything.

    -Study the irregular verbs, Alberto always puts them in his exams.

    - You'd better do all Selectivity exams you can, the more you do, the more you will increase your english level.

    - In your compositions, it is important to introduce some high level structures to do them more attractive and easy to read.

    - You should be organized and control very well your time.

    With these tips I think you will do an excelent 2ºBachillerato, an important year is coming to you!!

    Joaquín España 2ºBACH

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    1. If you are doing 2ºBach next year, these are my tips for you:

      -You should do all the comments during the summer.

      -You should also hand in your compositions in time because if you don't, you will not have time to finish them all

      -I reckon that reading the books in summer and doing the projects is also very useful, because you will be less busy during the year.

      -Do always your homework, even if you are very busy.

      -Pay attention in class and follow Albert’s recommendations.

      -I believe that you should write all you notes in your blog, as it will easier when it comes to studying.

      -Practise for exams doing grammar exercises from Albert’s site, and there are mock exams, too.

      -You should also post all your comments in your blog.

      I hope these pieces of advice will help you next year, although you are maybe feeling a little overwhelmed with all the things you have to do. I wish you a wonderful year and good luck!

      Irene Ramón Arellano 2ºBach

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  10. I do not know what I'll do in 3º ESO, but I know in 3º ESO I going to study more because is more difficult than 2º ESO.
    The change will be stressy because of the increase in difficulty

    Daniel del Pozo Quesada 2º ESO A

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  11. If your English teacher is Alberto, in order to pass, you must comply and take the following advice.
    -You should read the 3 books, do the activities, because you will do an exam about that book
    -Do the homerworkd that you send, and if you have free time advance.
    -To study every day, because your exams are surprise does not tell you exactly what week it is.
    -in the final exam, all the topics given during the whole course will fall.
    -To have a point in the final note of the trimester, you should make ten comments, and in the third trimester you should make five quality comments and evaluate you.
    -you have to have a filing cabinet where you will put a section with two maps of England, another section for the exercises, another section for the writings and exercises of the blog, and another section for the exams, this filer should have the pages paged, the file cabinet You must always deliver it when you do an exam the next day
    -you should do the writings that he sendos
    -The writings that you send you will have to share them corrected in your blog.
    If you cumply these tips and pass the exams, you will pass English

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  12. If your English teacher is Alberto to pass your subject you should take into account:
    - Give him the file with everything he asks for.
    - Read three books, make a record of each book and give the activities of each.
    - Get good grades on the exams.
    - Take homework.
    - Make the writting that asks.
    - Make a blog.
    - Make 25 comments.
    - Have good behavior in class

    Irene López 2ºB

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  14. If your English teacher were Albert and you wanted to pass this subject, you should You should read during the school year Albert sets an exam on it and you have to do a summary tell you the exact day he tells you the week, but not the day do the writing exercises he makes you do You should set up a blog and a site You should write twenty-five comments during the school year You should keep your exercises, maps, notes, writing exercises... in a folder just for English. You should have the map of the British Isles and USA A section for the writing exercises you do. Your pages must be paged. You must hand in this folder the day after you have an exam

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  16. I think that language learning is one of the most useful things today. If I could, in the future, I would like to speak lots of languages. It's something that I love doing. I think it's so nice learning new ways of speaking and writing and learning new cultures that I never known before.

    Most people think that learning new languages is boring, but I don't think so! It's really interesting. When you go somewhere else in Europe or in the world, you can speak languages that you learned some time ago to speak to other people in that country. I think that could be amazing!

    Next year, I'm going to have my B1 in English. I hope I will get a good grade.

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  17. My Life in the 30 years
    At the moment Iam working hard so that in a few years time I will be able to go to university and fufil my dream of becoming a teacher. I will fulfil my dream, which is to become a teacher. Will I be able to do it? In a few years I will have finished my degree and I will be looking for a job as a PE teacher and I will fulfil my dream, because I like sports and teaching people. I will be a good teacher because I won’t take too many exams. I will always be a good teacher until the day I retire. Apart from my career, I will be independent and I in Spain. I will create a family were I will have at least two sonsaca or daughters. I will teach them to play football and I will also teach them education so they will be good students. Once I achieve this, I will have fulfilled my dream personally and professionally and I will be proud of my family.

    Antonio Puentedura Prados de 2º ESO A.

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  18. The life in 30 years
    Over the last 30 years, life has advanced technologically. Now have more facilities(mobile phone, computer,tablet). Comunication isn’t like before, it is much easier, as entertainament(video games, social networks...). What will be like in 30 years time? The means of transport will be faster and there will be cars flying that pollute less, so there will be less contamination. Technology will be better and will help us in our daily lives. The bails sports and fields, the pictures, the music...will be made of better materials. There will be robots that will make our lives easier.

    On the other hand, we will not be social because of technology. We will be used to having everything done for us. As we have more technology, we will want more and more. We will hurt our eyes more and move less, so we will be fatter. There will also less work as robots will do everything. In conclusion, we will need more facilities to be happier. We will not have as much of a social life. In a general, we will have more comforts but we will be more insolated.

    Antonio Puentedura Prados de 2º ESO A.

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  19. Here are some advices to how to sleep good:

    The first thing, you should go to bed early, like at 9:30 or 9:00 but not too much early like at 8.00 or 7.00.
    You have to drink a glass of temple milk because this is gonna help you to sleep fast and good at night.
    If you have to weak up early like to go to school, you ought to use an alarm to weak up at the exact moment you put it.
    You ought to don't use the phone one hour before sleep because this is gonna help you to sleep well, so if you go to sleep like at 9:00, do not use the phone one hour before nine o'clock.

    Leo Gómez 3ESO-B

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  20. Here are some tips to how to sleep well:

    The first thing, you should go to bed early, like at 9:30 or 9:00 but not too early, like at 8.00 or 7.00.
    You have to drink a glass of warm milk because this is going to help you to sleep fast and well at night.
    If you have to weak up early to go to school, you ought to use an alarm to weak you up in exact moment you put it.
    You ought not to use the phone one hour before sleep because this is going to help you to sleep well, so if you go to sleep like at 9:00, do not use the phone one hour before nine o'clock.

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