We are the CHAMPIONS!!!! (QUARANTINE: DAY 39)

We are real champions!!! Here we are all confined with such a gorgeous spring weather outside. It's getting tougher and tougher, but students and teachers at IES Mediterraneo are doing a great job.

 

Breaking news (Could this be true? the light at the end of the tunnel?):

Moreno pide la vuelta al cole de los niños desde el 15 de mayo

Coronairus outbreak: When Europe eases its coronavirus lockdowns, will the UK watch and learn? (The Guardian)

Here's a song you are probably familiar with. Have a look at the lyrics.

Queen - We Are The Champions [With Lyrics on Video]

Coronavirus: US green cards to be halted for 60 days, Trump says (BBC News)

 

Quarantine Scoreboard

Posts uploaded:  25

Students participating:  about 85 out of 110 (77%)

Comments written and corrected: about 500

Emails exchanged: more than 1600

PASEN announcements & messages: more than 1600

Things handed in and corrected: more than 900

 

Visits to blog and site during quarantine: about 9,000 (Average of 300 visits per day)

Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):    6

 

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE

 Thursday, 23^rd April

Tasks for today:

• Remember to do the dictation     >>>    DICTATION  02    Next week I will give you the answers for you to correct it. Translate the sentences into Spanish. 
• Do exercises on page 77.

• Comparatives and superlatives: comparatives and superlatives 03  

Solutions to yesterday's COMPARATIVES exercise:

1) bigger, the biggest    2) small, smaller     3) tallest      4) shorter    5) bright, brighter    6) far, farther    7) happy, happier

 

No homework for today, but remember to tell me the number of mistakes in the dictation:

• Dictation for my 4º ESO students. You can correct it yourself (page 7)    >>>    DICTATION  02   

Let's do a quizz to revise when to use: JUST, ALREADY or YET? (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Tasks for today:

Dictation. You can correct it yourself (page 67)   >>>>   DICTATION  02     

Some of you have already done it and sent me the number of mistakes you committed. You're real champs!!!

 

Unit 8 - pages 96-97   >>>   On Monday we will be correcting the first 3 pages in our online class.

 

Some questions for you to answer:

1. How do you say 'sensible' in English?

2. Pay attention to the spelling in TO ADVICE - A PIECE OF ADVICE . Can you give me any other example?

3. Can you translate into English this (there's something similar in the text)? Tengo dos veces más información sobre el Coronavirus cuando leo el periódico que cuando ve la televisión.

4. You can also make a comment in this post by answering the 3 questions in GET SET ... GO section on page 97.

 

 

Listening exercise for you to do: Improving your memory (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

Why reading and writing on paper can be better for your brain (The Guardian)

John McEnroe vs Jimmy Connors SF US Open 1984 

Part 2

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 200422 / 22 April 2020    >>>  Covid-19: The bikers delivering vital supplies (Help on two wheels) -    Language related to 'isolation'.  Need-to-know language: stuck at home, self-isolate, keep ourselves to ourselves, lockdown  & stick together.