4th ESO

21st January 2015:

Dear students, here you'll find the instructions for the film project:

1. Summary of the plot (approx. 10 lines)
2. Describe one character that you like from the film (approx. 10 lines)
3. Describe one scene that you like from the film (approx. 10 lines)
4. Personal opinion: did you like the film? Why or why not?
5. Optional (to give a boost to your mark): vocabulary list. Write some words you have learnt with their translation into Catalan / Spanish.

*You can do this individually or in groups of 4 (max.5) people. 
*You can hand in a portfolio (dossier) or a poster. A poster will be more valued!
*If you’re more than 3, you should describe 2 characters and 2 scenes and include the personal opinion of all the members of the group!

Year 2014-2015!! 

First dynamics: Self-portrait of our class

Here you will see the different clouds that contain all the adjectives that best define our group classes. 
Hope you enjoy them!


4th ESO A

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4th ESO B

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4th ESO C

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HOMEWORK: British vs. American English activity
http://es.slideshare.net/cristinaaguilarrubio/american-vs-british-4-eso-pre-reading-26783632


We already have the winners of the trailers from 4th ESO B and C.


And the Oscars go to...


1. Mariana, Cristina C., Laila, Dolors, Andrea S. and Noelia from 4th ESO B with this wonderful trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrG-LgtuJ_o


2. Celia, Victor C., Sara C., Clàudia, Laura M., Mireia, Sara M. and Nadà with this production: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcdiOxg-3oA



Congratulations to the winners and to the rest of the groups for their fantastic projects! Keep on working like this! :) 






Vocabulary list of Martin luther King

   1. Arrest

   2. Bail

   3. Bomb

   4. Boycott / boycotter

   5. Campaign

   6.  Civil rights

   7. Demonstrate / demonstration

   8. Equal / equality

   9. Freedom / free

   10.   Jail

   11.   Lead / leader

   12.   March / marcher

   13.   Peace

   14.   Protest / protester

   15.   Preach / preacher

   16.   Riot / rioter

   17.   Segregate / segregation

   18.   Slave / slavery

   19.   Violence

   20.   Voting rights

   21.   Law / lawyer

   22.   Pain

   23.   Suffering

   24.   Miss

   25.   Job

   26.   Change your mind

   27.   Success

   28.   College

   29.   Professor

   30.   Better-paid / low-paid

   31.   Grow up

   32.   Win a prize

   33.    give a speech

   34.   Refuse

   35.   Pull down

   36.   Sail

   37.   Earn (money)

   38.   Landowner

   39.   Pass a law

   40.   Be able to

   41.   Get on / get off

   42.   Smart

   43.   Bravely

   44.   Quiet

   45.   Endlessly

   46.   Be afraid

   47. . Earning

   48.   Courtroom / courthouse

   49.   Walk in

   50.  Steak

   51.   Be grateful to / for

   52.   Be freed

   53.   Crowd

   54.   Downtown

   55.   Crash into

   56.   Knock down

   57.   Bite

   58.   Be sick of

   59.   Shine

   60.   Memories

   61.   Trouble

   62.   Get deeper

   63.   Firebomb

   64.   Freedom of speech

   65.   Unemployment

   66.   Stormy

   67.   Mountaintop

   68.   Below

   69.   Gunshot

   70.   Unsolved

   71.   Equalizer

Vocabulary list of The Skating Detective

Remember that in your portfolio/ dossier you MUST include the following words with their meanings and a sentence:

Chapter 1:

1.       roller-blades

2.       Helmet

3.       Shout

4.       Remove

  Chapter 2:

5.       knee / elbow pads

6.       Armchair

7.       Smooth

8.       Wave

9.       Agree

10.       Argue

11.       Join

12       To bend

13.       Sharp bend

Chapter 3:

14.       leather

15.       Tiny

16.       To comb up

17.       Screwdriver

18.       Side panel

19.       To shook your head

20.       CPU

21.       Brain

Chapter 4:

22.       upset

23.       Stare at

Chapter 5:

24.       locker

25.       Corridor

26.       Disgusting

27.       Daydream

28.       Hold

29.       Notice

30.       Don’t / doesn’t care

Chapter 6:

31.       knot

32.       Embarrassing

33.       Reward

34.       Clue

Chapter 7:

35.       well-off

36.       Poverty

37.       Make fun of

38.       Nod

Chapter 8:

39.       Cool

Chapter 9:

40.       bang

41.       Evidence

42.       Disappointed

Chapter 10:

43.       balance

44.       Crowd

45.       On wheels

46.       Hesitate

47.       Edge

48.       Lay

49.       Punch

Chapter 11:

50.       row

51.       Towards

52.       Unpleasant

Chapter 12:

53.       neighbourhood

54.       Nail

55.       Tear

56.       Loud

57.       Search

58.       Forward

59.       Agreement

60.       Statement

Chapter 13:

61.       plaster

62.       Crawl along

Chapter 14:

63.       deserve

64.       Share

65.       should

     

GROUP PROJECT 1: TRAILER of The Skating Detective

After having read and worked with the graded reader by Ellen Hopkins, entitled The Skating Detective (Burlington Books, 2005). The students of 4th ESO have  done a book review.

Now, my suggestion to start the second term is to shoot a trailer or a scene of the book. 

PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS: Imagine that you are a Hollywood director and you want to make a film about this book. Follow these steps:

1. Create your workgroup (filming crew). Min. 5 and max. 7 people.

2. Join and distribute the roles and tasks of each of the members of your group: director, producer, actors and actresses, etc.

3. Join and write together the script. 

• It must be clear, well-written, grammatically correct and of course IN ENGLISH! 
• It must be about the plot of The skating Detective. You don't have to copy any lines literally from the book if you don't want to. You can be creative and change the original text, but in any case, make sure that your adaptation refers to the book.
• Include any notes involving the costumes the actors and actresses are wearing, what they are doing or saying, the setting and background of the scene, etc.

 (For example: 'It's Monday afternoon. Jonah's at the school. He's wearing jeans and he's doing some tricks with his new skates. Suddenly, a boy appears and greets him very warmly: -"Hi  dude! What's up?')

• Remember that you must work equally.
•  After writing the draft of your script, check it several times (to correct possible mistakes) and finally, write and hand in the last version to your teacher: it must be one -per group- neatly presented and well-written script!

4. Arrange a meeting with your workgroup, try to get the attrezzo you need and rehearse and record your trailer or scene with the help of a videocamera or a mobile phone, etc.

• The recording should last between 1 and 4 min. approx.
• To get some ideas you can check this link from another's teacher blog, where you can see videos about this book  made by her students. But please don't copy their ideas, be original: http://mrsleonordeguzman.blogspot.com.es/

5. Finally show the recording to your teacher (bring it in a USB) before showing it to the rest of the class. You can bring the recording in any format compatible with the school's PC (.mp4, .wmv, etc.)

• IMPORTANT: Offensive, aggressive or inappropriate videos will not be shown in class and will result in failing the task.  
• So: take seriously this task, work hard and be respectful  of your classmates and their work. Work always cooperatively and if you don't agree with someone, just  come to an agreement with him/her without arguing. 

6. Your group project will be counted as part of the mark of this subject and the best video will be uploaded in this blog.

Good luck and good work! :) 

CHRISTMAS TASK: a Friends episode 

Last Christmas we watched an episode from the TV serie Friends entitled 'The Holiday Armadillo' (chapter 10, season 7) and we asnwered some questions in class. But here I give you some more questions, in case you want to continue thinking about it...

•  Have you ever watched Friends?
• Do you like the TV show? Why or why not?
• Who is your favourite character?
• Did you like the chapter?
• Which is the most hilarious scene of the chapter according to you? (For example: when Ross dresses up as an armadillo or when Joey plays the fool, etc.)
• How do you celebrate Christmas? Do you celebrate the Christian Festivity or the Jewish one, etc.? (For example: I celebrate the Christian Festivity going to the 'Midnight Mass' or Missa del Gall...or I celebrate the Jewish festivity: Hanukkah...I don't celebrate Christmas, etc.)

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HALLOWEEN!!

What are the origins of Halloween? 

Where does this celebration come from?

Why did people say 'trick or treat'?

These and other questions will be answered in the following text:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/autumn/halloween/origins.shtml 

Dear students,

Here you can find the link to watch the ending of the scary story we started to watch last week in class. 

Feel free to comment on it:

Do you believe that this is a real story?

Do you believe in ghosts or any other kind of paranormal phenomena? 

Do you think the story is scary or not? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKpzjhIErug