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.
That's all, folks! It is about time to have some fun at last.
It is high time to stop and have some time off. I won't be making any more posts on a daily basis as I have to do all the school paperwork and the correcting of everything.
Now that this most bizarre school year is coming to an end and that we have had both in-person regular classes and virtual classes, it is time to think about which one of the two options we prefer and why.
From the point of view of a teacher, and although virtual classes can be an excellent complement to traditional teaching, I believe there is no such dilemma about the issue. The percentage of students who have dropped out or who haven't done things in a fair way is incredibly high and frustrating!!!
Here are some newspaper articles for you to read and a video in Spanish about an Italian university professor talking about the issue:
Nuccio Ordine, university professor and writer, tells us his opinion about the discussion (in Spanish) >>
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Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):24 (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 7 online exams) and several individual online tutorials
Important piece of news for everybody (ALL LEVELS)
>>>> As you already know your final mark, in case you are
not 100% satisfied with the mark, please contact me and we will try to
arrange an individual oral interview/exam.
Episode 200603 / 03 June 2020 >>> How to protect ourselves from a meteor strike (Defending ourselves from meteorites) - Language related to
'space'. Need-to-know language: meteorite, orbit, Solar System, asteroid & shooting star.
A lesson to learn during this quarantine. We have learned certain things during all this time locked down. We don't have to buy so many things and we can reuse lots of things we would throw away so easily before.
Students
participating:about 85 out of 110 (77%) at least once during the quarantine, but only 40% of them are really working!!!!
Comments written and
corrected:more than 900
Emails exchanged:more than 4100
PASEN announcements
& messages:about 3000
Things handed in and
corrected:more than 2300
Visits to blog and site during quarantine:almost 25,000 (Average of 250 visits per day)
Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):24 (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 7 online exams) and several individual online tutorials
Important piece of news for everybody
>>>> As you already know your final mark, in case you are
not 100% satisfied with the mark, please contact me and we will try to
arrange an individual oral interview/exam.
Although
officially it is not summer yet, it is true that we begin to see some
signs: the days are longer and longer, it is getting warmer and warmer,
the beaches are getting more and more crowded (even if this summer is
going to be different and we won't be allowed to be too many on the
beach)...
Here
are some projects done by our students: Lucía Espinosa (4º ESO A) has
done an interesting inphographic this time about "Describing a local
dish":
and here's Leo Maldonado (4º ESO A) describing an experience/experiment about ROBOTICS at our Science
Week
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Students
participating:about 85 out of 110 (77%) at least once during the quarantine, but only 40% of them are really working!!!!
Comments written and
corrected:nearly 900
Emails exchanged:more than 4000
PASEN announcements
& messages:about 3000
Things handed in and
corrected:more than 2200
Visits to blog and site during quarantine:almost 24,000 (Average of 250 visits per day)
Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):24 (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 7 online exams) and several individual online tutorials
Important piece of news for everybody >>>> As you already know your final mark, in case you are not 100% satisfied with the mark, please contact me and we will try to arrange an individual oral interview/exam.
You
can already feel the gentle breeze coming from the sea!! You can
already smell and taste its saltiness. This bizarre school year is
coming to an end.
Eric Clapton & Friends - Call Me The Breeze (Official Lyric Video)
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participating:about 85 out of 110 (77%) at least once during the quarantine, but only 40% of them are really working!!!!
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Emails exchanged:nearly 4000
PASEN announcements
& messages:more than 2600
Things handed in and
corrected:more than 2100
Visits to blog and site during quarantine:almost 22,000 (Average of 250 visits per day)
Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):21 (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 7 online exams) and several individual online tutorials
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE
Thursday, 28th May
Homework for today:
Let's watch some videos to revise the comparatives, clothes and appearance in general:
Then
do the exercises 1 & 3 on page 96 (Unit 7) and try to do the
writing exercise in two paragraphs. This writing exercise is VOLUNTARY, it is NOT COMPULSORY!!!
El
ejercicio de producción escrita es voluntario, no es obligatorio. Lo
hacen en 2 párrafos. En el modelo yo pondría el primer párrafo hasta
"... a piece for everyone."
REMEMBER THERE WILL BE NO POST IN THIS BLOG FOR YOU TOMORROW.
HOMEWORK FOR TODAY:
Keep finishing all the things you still have to hand in.
Keep revising for the final exams >>>>
Solutions to exercises in previous post >>>>
Answers provided by Anabel Prados 1ºA Bach
158. COMPARATIVES. Fill in the
gaps with the comparatives of superiority and
the superlatives of the adjectives you are given
in brackets:
1. For (far) _________further_____
information on the passive you should revise the grammar revision.
2. Mick Malone's (old) ___elder_____
brother came from Ireland to visit him.
3. This is (bad) ___the worst__
football match I've ever watched.
Translate the following
sentences into English:
4. Ella no llegó tan tarde
como de costumbre. She didn't come as late as usual.
5. Cuanto más estudio, menos
problemas tengo con el inglés. The more I study, the fewer problems I have with
English.
6.
Los exámenes se van complicando cada vez más. The exams are getting more and
more complicated.
159. Insert the second
sentences into the first ones by means of RELATIVE CLAUSES:
1. That is the boy. I borrowed
his motorbike last Saturday.// That is the boy whose motorbike I borrowed last
Saturday.
2. Southampton is a busy sea
port. It is on the south coast of England.//Southampton is a busy sea port which is on the south coast of England.
3. Jimmy Connors was once
married to Chris Evert.He was a very famous American tennis player.//Jimmy Connors, who was a very famous American
tennis player, was once married to Chris Evert
4. Apolo XI was the spaceship.
It took Armstrong and Aldrin to the moon.// Apolo XI was the spaceship that
took Armstrong and Aldrin to the moon.
5. Last year I had to read the
book. You are looking at it now.// Last year I had to read the book that you're
looking at now
160. CONDITIONALS. Put the
vers in brackets into their correct tense and fill in the gaps (...)
with these words: IF / WHEN / PROVIDED
THAT / UNLESS / AS LONG
AS
1. I am going to Rome next
week. ......when...... I (BE) _am____ there, I (SEE)__will see________ the
Colisseum.
2. ..........unless....... we
(GO) __go____ now, we (MISS) ____will miss____ the train
3. I (HELP) _will help ______
........as long as........ I (FINISH) ____finish___ first.
4. ......if........ she (HAVE)
___had______ a ticket she (GO) ______would go______ to the concert.
5. Albert sr.(PLAY) ___would
play_____________ with you tomorrow morning ...if........... Albert
jr. (NOT EAT) _____didn’t eat_________ every three hours.
English with Lucy >>>> 6 everyday habits to improve your English - do THIS daily!
Final musical hint:
Top 100 Oldies Songs Of All Time Greatest Hits Oldies But Goodies Collection
Can you tell a story that has happened to you during this quarantine?
I can tell you mine. Right at the beginning of the quarantine when you could not use your car to move around, I had to drive to Malaga airport to pick up my younger son, who was coming from Cardiff (Wales). I was not able to get any permission from the authorities and there was no taxi available for the time when he was going to land in Malaga, so I had to take the risks.
Fortunately, nobody was on the roads as it was raining cats and dogs, and we were able to get back home safe and sound. What a challenging adventure!!! What about you?
Do We Really Have Freedom Of Choice? (Conspiracy Documentary) | Real Stories
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Students
participating:about 85 out of 110 (77%) at least once during the quarantine, but only 40% of them are really working!!!!
Comments written and
corrected:more than 750
Emails exchanged:nearly 4000
PASEN announcements
& messages:more than 2600
Things handed in and
corrected:more than 2000
Visits to blog and site during quarantine:almost 21,000 (Average of 250 visits per day)
Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):21 (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 7 online exams) and several individual online tutorials
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE
Wednesday, 27th May
Homework for today:
Do
exercise 5 on page 95 (Unit 7) and write sentences using these phrases
(= sintagmas, expresiones): last Sunday, a week ago, on Tuesday,
yesterday, in January, in 2010.
Read and translate the model on page 96: My sister's Wedding
