A little gift for you (QUARANTINE: DAY 33)

Gifts are usually given on special occasions and today this a very special occasion because this is the post number 800 since we set off on this digital journey 10 years ago. So congratulations to everyone because neiher my students nor I have ever chickened out (almost 15,000 comments have been made). And now we see how useful it can be for our teaching-learning process of the English language, especially in these dramatic conditions. I also feel really proud of you all to participate in this DIGITAL PROJECT with your own blogs and sites!!!

Anyway, even if I'm getting old, I haven't forgotten about my little gift. Actually, it is a gift from Burlington Books (which we all thank). You have to click on GET YOUR FREE READERS and the code is just below.

Burlington Books is pleased to offer you FREE ACCESS to the complete Burlington Digital Readers Library until 31st August, 2020!

Quarantine Scoreboard

Posts uploaded:  22

Students participating:  about 80 out of 110 (73%)

Comments written and corrected: 420

Emails exchanged: about 1400

PASEN announcements & messages: more than 1600

Things handed in and corrected: almost 800

 

Visits to blog and site during quarantine: about 7,500 (Average of 300 visits per day)

Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):    3

 

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE

 Friday, 17^th April

No homework for today as we have no classes on Fridays. 

 

However, here's a video on the comparatives for you to watch:

Comparatives grammar animation -- Mosaic

 

Here's another one:

How to Compare Things in English. Comparative Adjectives 

 

So you have to use comparatives and superlatives in your next comments!!!!!

 

Smart Planet Digital books

These are the tasks for today: 

• Unit 8 (Finish pages 82- 84)   

• Watch this video about the UNREAL OR IMPOSSIBLE CONDITIONALS in English

Learn English Grammar: How to use the 3rd conditional

 

And if you need some revision: Conditional Sentences in English with Emma in mmmEnglish

 

Listening exercise for you to do:  What's on your 'bucket list'?   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

Do you know what a 'bucket list' is? Have a look at his previous post:

Bucket lists and time capsules

 

 

 

No homework for today as we have no classes on Fridays. 

 

 

 

At the end of this Coronavirus quarantine your English teacher may become like the master of Kung Fu, who was blind.

Kung Fu - S1 E1 King of the Mountain 

 

 

What really matters in life

In the previous post we talked about the expression 'it doesn't matter'. Now it is time to talk about what really matters in life. We are not plants, so we always try to find a goal in life to achieve and even sometimes if you can't find it, you may break down and have problems to keep on living. That would be the case of lonely elderly people.

Selectivity exam to do: Our love for pets 

 

Some articles to read about the issue:

• Loneliness in older people (NHS)

• Loneliness is not just for older people. I’ve found it crushing in my 20s (The Guardian)

• This 32-year-old is on a mission to end loneliness (BBC)

• Food, clothes, a mattress and three funerals. What teachers buy for children (The Guardian)

 

A grandchild, a pet, a search for new experiences... may be the key! Do you remember this post: Bucket lists and time capsules ? So try to make a bucket list yourself!

In my bucket list the success of my students is of paramount importance, for example.

What matters most to people around the world? (The Guardian)

Finding Purpose for a Good Life. But Also a Healthy One. (The New York Times)

 

TED talk - What really matters at the end of life by BJ Miller  >>>>

 

News Review: Small South African beachside restaurant wins World Restaurant Awards (BBC Learning English)

 

How to Use WITH & BY ⚡️English Prepositions | Common Grammar Mistakes by mmmEnglish

Do you remember this previous post: Cleaning up space junk ? Well, we are still concerned with space junk >>>

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 190220 / 20 February 2019    >>>  The harpoon that clears space junk -  Language related to 'space'.  Need-to-know language: mission, space station, satellite, orbit & celestial.

And still talking about what really matters, we have to give our congratulations to our Arts teacher Elisa and his students for their wonderful results in the International Women's Day poster contest. We have won the first and third prizes!!!! Check it here >>>>

Premios Cartel 8 de Marzo

Bucket lists and time capsules

 

 

And what would you put in a time capsule? (Listening exercise: TIME CAPSULES)

Have you ever thought of doing a bucket list? What does it? Do you think it is worthwile?

Some ideas to do a bucket list

Have you seen the film The Bucket List?