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.

Any broken-down or worn-out items? Remember to upcycle them!

Upcycling is a new concept in the world of recycling you can analyse in our Lingohack episode and later you can also see how to improve your memory.

 

 

 

Apart from that, in this post I also bring you the issue of bilingualism at schools and the discussion about this issue.

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 190130 / 30 January 2019    >>>  The recycled-goods shopping mall -  Language related to 'the condition of goods'.  Need-to-know language: second-hand, upcycled, broken-down, handmade & worn-out.

 

 

Here's a listening exercise to do: Improving your memory (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

And you, how do you think you can improve your memory? 

 

Myths About Bilingual Children

 

Now let's read some articles about the issue:

• Spain opts to instruct in English (The Guardian)

  

• The joys and benefits of bilingualism by Tobias Jones (The Guardian)

However, it is not all gold that glitters when you have situations like this one:

• Pupils often failed in early secondary school (BBC News)

• Pro’s and Con’s of a Bilingual School (Bilingual Kidspot)

I am looking forward to watching this video to see the difference between these three verbs: EXPECT, WAIT & HOPE  (English in a Minute)

And now have a look at these interesting links about this issue: explanation & practice, exercise 1 & exercise 2.  

John McEnroe, The Commissioner of Tennis, still talking about the Australian Open >>>

John McEnroe's Andy Murray Tribute!

 

 

Solutions to the exercises in the previous post.

Comprehension questions  >>>

(1) TRUE because the text says: "Tens of thousands of people were on their way to work"

(2) FALSE because the text says: "The war had finished in Europe in May"

(3) TRUE because the text says: "but it was not yet over in the Pacific"

(4) TRUE because the text says: "like nearly every other city in Japan"

(5) FALSE because the text says: "like nearly every other city in Japan"

(6) TRUE because the text says: "because at the very moment an atomic bomb, the most terrible and powerful weapon ever made, exploded over the city"

Definitions  >>>>>

CITY is a large town which is very populated    ///  BUSES are means of public transport people use in cities   ///  WAR is the opposite of peace   ///  QUIET is the opposite of noisy, when there is no noise.