Bye, dear Elcano students

My time as a teacher there is over. Thank you very much for helping me to enjoy my job, it has been wonderful to work with you all for these twenty years. You have been the best part of my job, sometimes it has been a challenge to get you motivated but when I got it, you really made me happy.
My new school is IES Mediterráneo and I will be there at your disposal, as usual. It’s exciting to have a new project ahead: after so many years working in the same school.
Remember this is also your blog and I hope you will keep taking part in it whenever you want. It’s always a pleasure to read your comments, they feed the blog and help me to improve it.

Thank you again, my dear students!

Rosanna's recipe

This a recipe Rosanna gave me last week, Victoria sponge cake, I've made it following her instructions and the result was fantastic, I recommend it to you all to celebrate the end of the classes.
Ingredients:
112g of unsalted butter or margarine (I prefer butter)
112g of flour with a teaspoon of baking powder
112g of sugar
2 eggs.
Preheat the oven to 180º. Grease two cake tins (15cm) with butter.
Stir the butter and sugar together. Stir the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the flour with the baking powder. Divide the cake mix into the tins and bake in the oven for around 20 minutes. Allow the cakes to cool slightly, then take them out of the tins to cool completely.
For the filling stir together 50g of butter and 100g of icing sugar. Spread some jam onto one of the cakes and the buttercream on the other, then sanswich them together.
Easy, isn't it?

Relax and amuse yourself!

What can you see in the picture? Me or You?
I'm sure you need to relax after the exams and on the other hand I think you really enjoy optical illusions, that's why I propose you this link I found in Inés workshop and I hope you have fun with them. You can also click on the image to go there.

Reported Speech

This is our last lesson. You can download it as usual and also practise the exercises on the right side bar under the title "To practise what we have worked".

Reported-speech

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Oregon quiz

Now try this quiz and check how much you have learnt about this wonderful state, and then let me know, as usual.

Oregon, a marvellous state

Have you ever heard about Oregon? It is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers. Spanish explorers sight the Oregon Coast in 1543 and it became the 33rd USA state on February 14, 1859. Oregon is located on the Pacific coast between Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east.The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely populated. Oregon enjoys a diverse landscape including a scenic Pacific coastline, the volcanoes of a glaciated Cascade Mountain Range, dense evergreen forests, the country's deepest lake, Crater Lake, and high desert across much of the eastern portion of the state.



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4º Diversificación Homework

There are some exercises on the Future "going to", Countable and Uncountable and "Quantifiers: some,any,much, many" you have to do. They are on the right bar under the title "To practise what we have worked". Remember they are in alphabetical order. You can just click on this image too.
Hay unos ejercicios sobre el Future "going to", "Countable & uncountable" y "Quantifiers: some, any, much, many" que tenéis que practicar, están en la barra de la derecha bajo el título "To practise what we have worked". Recuerda que están en orden alabético. También puedes pinchar sobre la imagen

Passive Voice

I hope it helps you with this topic we saw yesterday in class. Then do the exercises on the passive voice I propose you on the right under the title "to practise what we have worked"

Passive Voice

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A funny task

Watch the video, it is a funny tale. Your task consists of writing a different tale using as many words as possible from the video, and you have to find me! I hope you enjoy it!

Present Continuous quiz

This is the quiz I promised you this morning. Have fun! and don't forget to write your name before starting the quiz.
No olvidéis escribir vuestro nombre antes de empezar el ejercicio.

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Conditionals Quiz

Complete this quiz and get an achievement certificate!

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Conditional sentences

This is the presentation I talked you about this morning. Watch it and complete the exercises, we will correct them in class. Don't forget to practise with the exercises you can find on the right bar under "To practise what we have worked"


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Listening to a song

This is a song written in memory of Janis Joplin by the great singer Joan Baez. I've built this exercise for you to practise the listening skill while you enjoy this beautiful music. Janis Joplin was a wonderful singer who died when she was 27 because of her drug abuse. It was a sad and lonely death. I'm working on her life to talk about her in class one of these days. I hope you like it as much as I do.

If you want to improve your pronunciation

I recommend you to download a free Windows programme that will teach you the English phonetic alphabet and many English pronounciation games. I am sure you are going to enjoy it.

But if you prefer to practise on line you can try this other link.

4º Diversificación

A short video starring Michael the cop, and Tom & Connie talking about their plans in real English.
Don't forget to practise this structure with the exercises on the right.

1º ESO-C

This is the video I promised you this morning.
Let's learn some useful adjectives to show our positive feelings: Listen to the adjectives and repeat them. I hope you like it. See you next Thursday.