World’s day for health

Activities in the whole school: coming by bicycle, clean-up campaigns…
English and Natural Science department: healthy habits, groups food, food pyramid.
                Healthy habits:
 What do you do to have a good health?
 What do you do to get fit?
 Do you do physical exercise or practice any sport?
 Do you have a good diet?
What are you going to eat in the break?
                Groups food:
Grains are foods like cereal, bread, spaghetti, rice and crackers. Grains give you energy. Try to make half of your servings whole grains. You can tell if something is a whole grain because the name usually has the word “whole” in it. (6-11 servings)
Vegetables are foods like broccoli, carrots, green beans, potatoes, spinach, and corn. Vegetables help keep you healthy and feeling good. You should try to eat at least one dark green vegetable or one orange vegetable each day.(3-5 servings)
Some fruits are apples, pears, cantaloupe melon, watermelon, grapes, and blueberries. Fruits fight off infections and help you heal when you get hurt. Fruits are a tasty snack to eat every day. (2-4 servings)
The milk group includes foods like milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream and pudding. Foods from the milk group have calcium, which helps to grow strong bones and healthy teeth. (2-3 servings)
The meats and beans group includes foods like hamburgers, chicken, fish, eggs, beans and nuts. Foods from the meat and beans group are full of protein to help you build strong muscles. Try to eat leaner, less fatty meats to keep your heart healthy. (2-3 servings)
It refers to fats, oils and sweets. (used sparingly)
                                            Food pyramid

Music Idioms

Make sentences:
Blow your own horn / trumpet.
Call the tune.
Face the music.
Fit as a fiddle.
Buy / sell something for a song.
Music to my ears.
See you on the big drum.

Reason for using the Passive voice

1. Passive voice is used when the agent (doer of an action) is obvious, unknown, or unnecessary
                      a. Oranges are grown in California.
                      b. Toyotas are made in Japan.
                      c. Her purse was stolen.
2. Passive voice is used when the agent is known, but the speaker/writer does not want to mention it.
                      a. She was given bad advice.
                      b. A mistake has been made.
3. Passive voice is often used when the agent is very general such as people or somebody.
                      a. English is spoken here.
                      b. The door should be locked at all times.
4. Passive voice is used when the speaker/writer wants to emphasize a result or emphasize the receiver of the action instead of the performer.
                      a. Seven thousand people were killed by the earthquake
                                       • The earthquake killed 7,000 people.
                      b. The professor was hit by three snowballs.
                                       • Three snowballs hit the professor.


Exercises:
The following sentences are written in passive voice. Write the reason why the passive voice is used for each sentence. If you think the sentence should be written in the active voice, re-write the sentence in the active voice. Be prepared to explain all your answers.


1. The bed was gotten out of by me at 7:30.
2. 300 passengers were held hostage by the terrorists.
3. The stage was exited by me only after a long standing ovation.
4. The lights in the living room were left on last night.
5. The house was broken into.
6. I was raised in New Jersey.
7. The radio program was listened to by me.
8. The landscaping was installed by the homeowner.
9. Professor Spence was given bad directions.
10. The computer was manufactured in Taiwan.

Unit 13: The World is Made of Music.

Make your contributions in the blog about your musical preferences.

What do you know about music?

 How many singers or bands do you know?

What is your favourite singer or band?

How many styles of music do you know?
What is your favourite style?

Unit 13: The World is Made of Music.

Objectives of the unit:

Conceptual:
Using the Passive Voice correctly,
knowing famous singers from different places,
Learning specific vocabulary related with music,
Writing about the process of your favourite singer/band.

Procedural:
Being able to use internet in an appropriate way to look for the top-ten singers in your country,
Being able to create a diagram and explain it to your classmates.

Attitudinal:
Maintaining a correct attitude with your classmates,
Respect different points of views,
Good attitude towards the language.

UNIT 12:HhEALTHY HABITS. Create a chart with your food habits

Take a look to the picture example and compare with your own table. Modify your timetable to make it more healthy.

UNIT 12: Modal Verbs

HAVE TO / DON'T HAVE TO
We use have to + verb to talk about an impersonal obligation. > I have to go now.
We use don’t have to  + verb to talk about something that is not necessary. > You don’t have to come.

MUST / MUSTN'T
We use must to express a personal obligation. > She is really nice, you must meet her.
We use mustn’t to express prohibition. >You must keep it a secret. You mustn’t tell anyone.

SHOULD / SHOULDN'T
We use should or shouldn’t to give advices, or to ask for advices

CAN / CAN'T
We use can/can’t to express ability and possibility in the present.
COULD /COULDN'T
We use could/couldn’t to express ability and possibility in the past.

World’s day for water

World Water Day is observed on March 22 since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared March 22 as World Day for Water.

The water Day. 22th March

World Day for Water:


        -Cycle of water.

        -The importance of water:

Tell me your good and bad habits and compare with those ones in the video.

What do you do to have a good health?
Do you do physical exercise?
Do you have a good diet?

Unit 12. Healthy habits

OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT

Learning the modal verbs,
Learning English and American recipes,
Learning healthy habits (good diet, sport...),
Learning vocabulary about sports, illness, food and kitchen tools,
Learning about contracted forms,
Knowing traditional food for many languages,
Accept different points of view and opinion,
Showing good attitude towards the language.

Unit 11. Second Conditional

USE
The second conditional is used to talk about things which are unreal (not true or not possible) in the present or the future -- things which don't or won't happen.

Structure
IF+PAST SIMPLE, WOULD+VERB(FORMA BASE)
If I were 18 again I would go on a round-the-world-tour

Exercise
Fill the gap using the verb in brackets. 5 gaps need a NEGATIVE verb!


1 I ___________________ that if I were you. It's bad luck. (to do)
2 They'd be a better team if they ___________________ fitter. (to be)
3 If I had some spare money, I ___________________ a DVD player. (to buy)
4 Those children ___________________ so horrible if their parents were stricter. (to be)
5 I wouldn't go out with him even if you ___________________ me. (to pay)
6 If we ___________________ so hard, we wouldn't be so tired all the time. (to work)
7 If she didn't take so long in the shower, she ___________________ more time for breakfast. (to have)
8 If you ___________________ so much beer, you wouldn't be so fat. (to drink)
9 The world ___________________ a better place if politicians were less vain. (to be)
10 I ___________________ to visit Thailand if I had the chance. (to love)
11 If I had more free time, I ___________________ a play. (to write)
12 If you ___________________ a digital camera, you could send photos by email. (to have)
13 He would definitely lose weight if he ___________________ eating carbohydrates and sugar. (to stop)
14 We could go travelling across France if we ___________________ a tent. (to buy)
15 Valencia would have the perfect climate if it ___________________ so hot in July and August. (to be)
16 If I understood more about computers, I___________________ help you out. (to be able to)
17 I wouldn't do that if I ___________________ you. (to be)

More exercises

UNIT 11. America is America!

Tell me:
If you had money you would go to USA?
What city would you like to visit?

UNIT 11. America is America!

Objective of the unit:
Learning to use 1st and 2nd Conditional correctly;
Knowing British and American English vocabulary;
Giving advices;
Knowing about schwa sound in English;
Knowing the American culture,
Knowing famous cities and buildings from America.

Andalucia Day

Divide the class in eight groups, each group will work on a different province. In each province we must include the following parts: location, history, monuments, festivals, food and sports, ceceo o seseo. It will be present to the public on Friday, when school celebrates Andalucia’s Day. Enclose photos of your posters in that blog.

Unit 9: New Technology Age

Objectives of the unit:

Learning about ‘future’ technology;
Using be going to and will correctly;
making predictions; writing an e-mail;
reading about the future;
listening a job interview.

What is Pamistry?
Palmistry is a method of counselling that originated in India over 3,000 years ago. It is a part of a vast field of study, referred to as Samudrik Shastra, which literally means the ocean of knowledge. Palmistry is a sub-section of Samudrik Shastra and deals specifically with the study of the hand.

EXERCISES: Be going to vs. will
1. I feel really tired. I think I ______ go to bed.
        a. 'll                  b.'m going to

2. Where are you going? I ______ visit a customer.
        a. 'll                  b. 'm going to

3. Do you want me to help you? No thanks. John ______ help me.
        a. 'll                  b. 's going to

4. Would you prefer tea or coffee? I ______ have some coffee, please.
        a. 'll                  b.'m going to

5. Would you like to come to my house for dinner and talk about this? Good idea. I ______ bring some wine.
        a. 'll                  b. 'm going to

6. I've already decided. I ______ buy a new car.
        a. 'll                  b. 'm going to

7. What are your plans for next week?I ______ to fly to New York on business. Probably on Tuesday but I haven't bought my ticket yet.
        a. 'll                 b. 'm going to

8. What are your plans for the holidays? I ______ visit my parents for a few days and then go walking in Scotland.
        a. 'll                 b. 'm going to

9. Why are you wearing your best suit? I ______ have lunch with my biggest customer.
        a. 'll                 b.'m going to

10. Do you want to have the chicken or the beef? I think ______ have the beef.
        a. 'll                 b. 'm going to

30th January: School Day of Non-violence and Peace

1.The "School Day of Non-violence and Peace" (DENIP), founded in 1964 and also known as World or International Day of Non-violence and Peace, is a pioneering, non-state, non-governmental, non-official, independent, free and voluntary initiative of Non-violent and Pacifying Education, which is now practised in schools all over the world and in which centres of education, teachers and students of all levels and from all countries are invited to take part.
2. It advocates a permanent education in and for harmony, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights, non-violence and peace.

3. It is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi. In countries with a Southern Hemisphere school calendar, it can be observed on March 30 or thereabouts.

4. Its basic message is: "Universal Love, Non-violence and Peace. Universal Love is better than egoism, Non-violence is better than violence, amd Peace is better than war".

5. The method of teaching this activity of education in values should be one of experiences and it can be freely applied in each centre of education according to its own teaching style.

6. Friends of DENIP are those persons who, by accepting the spiritual, individual and social supremacy of universal love, non-violence, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights and peace above their opposites, advocate the diffusion of the principles which inspired the day.
Llorenç Vidal

Founder of DENP

English translation by the "Majorca Daily Bulletin" (Majorca).
Source: http://es.geocities.com/kirigirisu2002/denip_abstract.html

Be going to

USES & EXAMPLES


1. To talk about our plans or intentions >  I am going to visit London next holiday.
2. When you are certain that something is going to happen in the future. > Look at this car! It is going to crash into the yellow one.

Exercises
 
2. Write affirmative and negative sentences using be going to.
a. I /paint /my bedroom. > not hung up posters.
Example: I am going to paint by bedroom. I am not going to hung up posters.
b. John and I / meet / at the theme park > not at the cinema.c. My sister / work / in a hospital. > not travel around the world.
d. My parents /agree with me. > not argue with me.
e. I / buy / a new fantastic house. > not live in an ordinary house.
f. Our family / camp / outdoors / this summer.

Homework:
Write the words in the correct order.

1. to / it / going / this / rain / afternoon? / Is
2. this / meeting / us / 3.00 / They're / afternoon. / at
3. the / cinema / going / tonight. / I'm / not/  to
4. party's / be / going / think / I "/ fun. / to / the
5. live / is / the / in / going / James / States. / to / United
6. She / isn't / that / film. / to / like / going

Unit 8. Planning Holiday

Before planning your holiday you can take a look to the place, for example London.

Unit 8. Planning Holiday

Objective of the unit:
Learn about vocabulary used in a travel agency,
Countries and Nationalities;
Use the Be going to and the Present Continuous correctly;
Reading and interpret a travel deals correctly;
Writing about your future holidays,
Knowing what cognates are.

Unit 7: Present Perfect vs. Past Simple

Alexander Graham Bell
Today almost everybody has got a telephone, but ______________ (you ever think) about the time when people ______________ (not have) telephones? In the past, when people ____________ (want) to talk someone who ___________ (live) far away, they _____________ (write) letters. Many things ______________ (change) since then! The biggest change ___________ (come) in 1876 when Alexander Graham Bell, since then the telephone ___________ (became) very important to all of us. He ___________ (make) our lives a lot of easier.

UNIT 7: LONDON'S STREETS

Attractions and Monuments


London Eye: situated on the banks of the River Thames in Central London. The ticket cost £17.50. (£1.00=1.12943€)Visitors are treated to a gently paced half-hour ride in space age capsules holding 25 people each.
British Museum houses a vast collection of world art and artefacts and is free to all visitors. It opens every day from 10.00 to 17.30, and it opens later on Thursday and Friday.
National Gallery houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 in its home on Trafalgar Square.
The Tower of London: is a historic fortress and scheduled monument in central London. The ceremony of the keys at the Tower of London has been a nightly event for the last 700 years. Every night the Tower is locked up by the Chief Yeoman Warder at exactly 21:53.
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. The Changing of the Guard takes place in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace at 11.30 every day in summer, every other day in winter, and lasts about 45 minutes.

Prepare your holiday. 

Activities:Choose betwenn Past Simple and Present Perfect
1. Joji ________ in Tokyo for five years, but he left in 1993.

        a. lived       b. have lived

2. The Titanic ________ in 1912.
        a. sank       b. has sunk

3. Somebody ________ my bicycle! Now I'll have to walk home.
        a. stole      b. has stolen

4. Gerry ________ off his bike three times this month.
        a. fell         b. has fallen

5. Chika ________ from university last July.
        a. graduated         b. has graduated

6. I ________ the movie Titanic three times. I'm going to see it again tonight.
        a. saw        b. have seen

7. I ________ to work every day for the last six weeks!
        a. walked   b.have walked

8. When Young Hee was a child, she ________ in Seoul.
        a. lived      b. has lived

9. Ouch! ________ my finger!
        a.I cut       b. I've cut

10. I ________ my key yesterday, so I couldn't get into the house. Eventually, I found it in my jacket pocket.
        a. lost       b. have lost

UNIT 7: LONDON'S STREETS

Objectives of the unit

Learn about professions;
Use the Present Perfect and the Past Simple correctly;
Reading and interpret a guidebook correctly;
Inventing a short-story,
Using and recognize the different parts of speech,
Knowing and using correctly short and long vowels,
Knowing London.