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

Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Andy Roddick. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Andy Roddick. Mostrar todas las entradas

martes, 24 de febrero de 2026

It could have been... a frog??


 

Are you sure? No, but they say it could have been due to a frog. When we are not sure of something, we speculate and if it is of something in the past we have to use the Perfect Infinitive.

 

Learning English from the News:   Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK says  (BBC Learning English)  

 

 

Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and four European allies say (The Guardian)

The frog poison that killed Alexei Navalny likely lab-made (DW News)

Russia killed Alexei Navalny using dart frog toxin, UK says | BBC News

 

 

Time flies, but we are not pressed for time to make a decision about who will be our English teacher next year. We can leave it till the end and make up our minds right in the nick of time when the summer comes, but time will tell if we were right or wrong. We all know bachillerato is a real challenge for all of us and you have to ready and make a commitment. But always remember that you will need a B2 in English for yout university degree (news). Check the meaning of these expressions in the section English in a Minute below.

 

 

Beating Speaking Anxiety:   I'm scared of speaking in front of people  (BBC Learning English)   >>>>  How to build your speaking confidence     





 

The Reading Room:   Is your dog reading your mind?  (BBC Learning English) 

 


 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    Hello Again by Neil Diamond. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 


Activity:  Listen to the song and fill in the gaps (the number of letters of each word is provided to give you a clue)


HELLO AGAIN by Neil Diamond


Hello, again, hello

Just called to _ _ _ hello

I couldn't _ _ _ _ _ at all tonight

And I know it's _ _ _ _

I couldn't _ _ _ _

Hello, my friend, hello

Just called to let you _ _ _ _

I think about you _ _ _ _ _ night

When I'm here _ _ _ _ _

And you're there   _ _     _ _ _ _

Hello

_ _ _ _ _ it's been crazy

And _ _ _ _ _ I'm to blame

But I put my heart _ _ _ _ _ my head

We've been through it all and you _ _ _ _ love me just the same

And when _ _ _ _ _ not there

I just need to _ _ _ _ 

Hello, my friend, hello

It's _ _ _ _  to need you so

It's _ _ _ _  to love you like I do

And I feel this way when I _ _ _ _  you say

Hello

Hello, my friend, hello

Just called to let you _ _ _ _ 

I think about you _ _ _ _ _ night

And I know it's _ _ _ _  but I couldn't _ _ _ _ 

Hello

 


Learning English Grammar (adjective order, adjective phrases):   Favourite things  (BBC Learning English) 





 


Here are some more activities for my students:

     



English with Lucy: Talking about homophones  





 

 

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



Learning English with - Jim Carrey   The Truman Show

 


 



Roger Federer vs Andy Roddick  - US Open 2006 Final | 4K Highlights



sábado, 10 de mayo de 2025

Climate change vs Traditions

 



How the climate crisis threatens Indigenous traditions in Canada (The Guardian)

 

Traditions are also being affected by the climate change, as everything in general. That is another reason to take care of our planet and preserve our identities.

 

Nature Is Speaking: Shailene Woodley is Forest  


 
 

 

Here are some articles to read about climate change affecting our traditions:

 


Here are some activities for my students:

1º ESO    Unit 5   

  • Write a comment about pieces of advice to give anyone who wants to pass 

    English with Albert using the Modals and adverbs learned in the unit.


3º ESO 

Comments to make

  • Mediation (Ex 11, page 87) Write a short message about Michael Kiwanuka to a a friend about 

    his life and music with information from the listening exercise.


Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart   ,  Love & Hate

 



 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  The River by Bruce Springsteen. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 


 

Nature is so smart that scientists have discovered that octopuses even punch fish to make them work!!!

 

Learning English from the News: Octopuses and fish work together (BBC Learning English) 


 

 

 


 

Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam)

 


Solution to the exercises in the previous post

 

Rephrasing

231. How do we come to school?

232. She accepted my invitation to go to the cinema.

233. My students were interested in what ...

234. My choice for our holidays was to go to Greece.

235. What they said about your girlfriend was really nasty. 

236. Mozart could play the piano when he was 3.     

237. I did the washing at the weekend.

238. There aren't enough chairs in the classroom for 22.

239. I was delighted to spend the summer with your family.

240. She didn't look very enthusiastic when I gave her my present. 

241. Nadal is the best tennis player on clay.

242. Roads are very dangerous when it is raining.

243.  Who did you buy a birthday cake for last year?

244. We are too many people for my small car.



Here are some more activities to make my students stronger:

 


  


 

 

 

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



Learn English with Troy  - Epic movie with Brad Pitt & Orlando Bloom   


 

 




20-Year-Old Rafael Nadal vs 19-Year-Old Djokovic - Rome 2007 (Extended Highlights) & interviewed by Andy Roddick   discovering amazing facts about keys to his success!!!