ESO 1 Assignments: 1st, 2nd, 3rd April

Dear ESO 1 students,

As this lockdown situation is extended, we will be missing three more English lessons, the ones on the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd of April.

Below, you will find the activities proposed for this week: the first two worksheets are related to Youtube videos that you must watch in order to complete the activities. The last worksheet has to do with grammar points already discussed in class. Either you can print the copies to write your answers on them or do it on a separate sheet on your notebook.

As usual, if you wish, you may send me your answers to labor.teacher@gmail.com. In case you need any help or have any questions, please contact me at the aforementioned email address.

Best regards,

Raquel

ESO 2, 3 & 4 Assignment: 30th March - 19th April

Dear ESO Students,

During this extension of the lockdown situation, you will be missing 3 sessions (remember Easter Holidays extend from Saturday 4th to Monday 13th April). This is your assignment for that period. This is a group task. Just like for a PBL, you will have to do it along with your Olympic colour classmates.

It would be wise to distribute the workload evenly among each and every member of the group; some of you are good at translating, some are good at using image edition software, some are good at writing, some are good at organising teamwork... Now it's the time to use and take advantage of Skype, WhatsApp or whatever Internet communication tools you feel most comfortable with and get this job done!

Your task is to download, translate and adapt this inspirational poster (Just Keep Missing) by artist Gavin Aung Than into the language of your choice: Galician or Spanish.

You should translate EVERY SINGLE WORD IN ENGLISH YOU SEE IN THE COMIC STRIP, create a new jpg or png file and once it is polished and finished, the captain of each Olympic group will have to forward it to my mail... As it is a group task, only one e-mail per Olympic group is allowed (that means 4 e-mails per class or a total of 24 e-mails for ESO 2, 3 & 4). 

Keep the poster as it is: do not change any of the images. Just keep the same layout, fonts and colours as in the original, and substitute the English words (and only the English words, not the words in other languages, e.g., French) with your Galician or Spanish version.

Gavin Aung Than's favourite fonts are Creative Block and Red State Blue State.

Your file identification must be as follows: GROUPCOLOUR_CLASS.JPG or GROUPCOLOUR_CLASS.PNG. Example: RED_3A.PNG.

You must fill in the "subject" section of your mail messages with YOUR GROUP IDENTIFICATION. In your email messages you must also include the full names of each and every member .

No automatic translations are allowed (forget about Babel, Google or any other of those useless translation gadgets) and you bet we will easily find out if you use one: CRIME NEVER PAYS. You will have to use your talent. Make it sound natural.

The deadline is Sunday 12th April at precisely 23:59:59. ATTENTION! NEW DEADLINE! SUNDAY 19TH APRIL at precisely 23:59:59. No messages will be accepted beyond that point.

Remember that in our 'Online Dictionaries' section and our 'Resources' section (which you can find on the right-hand column of this blog) you will find all the tools you need to solve this PBL. We definitely recommend Wikipedia, Wordreference, The Free Dictionary, Linguee and Questions and Answers.

As usual, feel free to contact me at labor.teacher@gmail.com if you have any queries or doubts. I will try to reply as soon as possible.

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Daylight Saving Time 2020

Daylight saving time (DST)—also summer time in several countries, in British English, and European official terminology—is the practice of advancing clocks so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn.

When DST starts in central Europe, clocks advance from 02:00 CET to 03:00 CEST.  

Though mentioned by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, the modern idea of daylight saving was first proposed in 1895 by and it was first implemented during the First World War. Many countries have used it at various times since then.

This Too Shall Pass

Have you struggled with really awful experiences and wished they would quickly pass? Or cursed your strings of bad luck and wondered when the bad streak will ever end? What about the other end – have you ever let a great victory get into your head and made bad decisions? Consider the following story.

There’s a famous fable of an ancient powerful king. As powerful as he was, he often struggled with emotional highs and lows, and that had caused him heavily during critical moments in battles.

The King was prone to periods of great elation where he would make very poor decisions, and periods of great despair where he would get extremely upset.

One of the kingdom’s wise men created a ring for the King, a device that would help stop him from getting lost in his high and low moments.

The King asked, “How does it work?”

ESO Lessons on TV

ESO Students,

Starting today, Monday 23rd March, you can attend virtual classes on TVE La 2 and Clan TV channels. Check the timetable in the image above.

On Let's Clan you can also enjoy some resources (cartoons, series, etc.) in English.

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In the Time of Pandemic, by Kitty O'Meara

(Reblogged from The Daily Round)

And the people stayed home. And they read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And they listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.

And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.

And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live, and they healed the earth fully, as they had been healed.

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How to See Germs Spread

Please share this with anyone who doubts the science behind social distancing.Wash your hands people and stay at home, even if you're not in the at risk categories. Stay home for those people who are at risk.

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COVID-19 Quiz

ESO 2, 3 & 4 Students,

1 extra point up for grabs in the next unit test (whenever that text takes place...) to the student who sends to our e-mail the first full, complete, exact and correct answer (in English!) to the following question:

What does COVID-19 exactly stand for and why?

NB: This quiz is for our children, our students... not for their parents! 😠😠

Take care and stay safe! All the best!

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How to Protect Yourself Against the Coronavirus

Here are some tips for staying healthy and preventing the virus from spreading: 

• Don't Panic. 
• Frequently wash your hands or use a hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
• Don't touch your eyes, mouth or nose.
• Clean and sanitize surfaces in your home regularly. The virus will live on surfaces for over 2 hours.
• Practice social distancing. Don't get too close to people, especially if they seem sick. If someone is coughing on the bus near you, move away.
• Cough or sneeze into your elbow and dispose of used tissues.
• If you are sick, stay home, wear a mask around family members, and clean things you have touched.
• If you have a fever, cough, and/or difficulty breathing, call your doctor before going in so they can tell you how to proceed.

Most people get better on their own. There is currently no vaccine or cure to the virus but symptoms can be managed.

The WHO has great information about COVID-19; check out this link:

WHO - COVID-19 Advice for Public

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How soap kills the coronavirus

Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate coronavirus.

You've been told a thousand times: wash your hands to stop the spread of COVID-19. But why does this work so well? It has to do with the way the soap molecules are able to absolutely demolish viruses, like the coronavirus.

Read more about the coronavirus pandemic at http://vox.com/coronavirus

How does hand sanitizer compare to soap: http://bit.ly/2WqzEfo

Songs to wash your hands by: http://bit.ly/2Uj3T5g

How social distancing and “flattening the curve” works: http://bit.ly/3aOlHM8

How does the coronavirus outbreak end? Your biggest questions answered: http://bit.ly/39YzlfG

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ESO 4 Homework: 16th, 17th, 18th; 23rd, 24th and 25th March

ESO 4 Students,

According to instructions issued by the authorities, we will be missing 6 sessions: Monday 16th, Tuesday 17th, Wednesday 18th, Monday 23rd, Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th. I am giving you now some information and activities to cover Unit 7 ("Perspectives").

Please split and distribute these tasks evenly for those 4 sessions. Do not try and do all of them at one go. A good idea would be to sit down at your usual desk at home at the same time as we would be having our class and work non-stop for 50 minutes.

If authorities decided to extend the present situation, more contents, activities and exercises would be published on this web. So don't worry if you haven't finished all of the activities I am proposing you by Wednesday 25th. Just try and do your best and as much as you can.

If you need any help or have any queries or doubts, please contact me at labor.teacher@gmail.com. I will try to reply as soon as possible.

Before we begin, I would like to give you a piece of advice: now it is the time to be responsible, to help our parents and families, to be positive, (pro)active and patient, even cheerful. It is not the time to complain or to be a burden. We all have a perfect opportunity to read, to work on our weak points, even to think and meditate, to try and become a better version of ourselves. And remember: there are things much more important than exams or school marks and qualifications.

Please take care and stay safe. All the best!

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Besides working on unit 7, please remember you must also be prepared to work on your 3rd Term PBL assignment: your graduation speech.

Unit 7 - Perspectives

In this unit you must try and learn about two basic ideas:

• Zero, first, second and third conditional
• When and unless

But first of all, you must copy and translate the vocabulary for unit 7 (Describing people, Phrasal verbs, Other Words) on page 122 of your course book.

You have all the information you need on the zero, first and second conditional on pages 80 and 81 of your Workbook, as well as in the Grammar reference section on pages 111 and 112.

ESO 3 Homework: 17th, 18th; 24th, 25th and 27th March

ESO 3 Students,

According to instructions issued by the authorities, we will be missing 5 sessions (remember that for Labor School Thursday 19th and Friday 20th were bank holiday days): Tuesday 17th, Wednesday 18th, Tuesday 24th, Wednesday 25th and Friday 27th. I am giving you now some information and activities to cover Unit 7 ("Let's celebrate").

Please split and distribute these tasks evenly for those 4 sessions. Do not try and do all of them at one go. A good idea would be to sit down at your usual desk at home at the same time as we would be having our class and work non-stop for 50 minutes.

If authorities decided to extend the present situation, more contents, activities and exercises would be published on this web. So don't worry if you haven't finished all of the activities I am proposing you by  Friday 27th. Just try and do your best and as much as you can.

If you need any help or have any queries or doubts, please contact me at labor.teacher@gmail.com. I will try to reply as soon as possible.

Before we begin, I would like to give you a piece of advice: now it is the time to be responsible, to help our parents and families, to be positive, (pro)active and patient, even cheerful. It is not the time to complain or to be a burden. We all have a perfect opportunity to read, to work on our weak points, even to think and meditate, to try and become a better version of ourselves. And remember: there are things much more important than exams or school marks and qualifications.

Please take care and stay safe. All the best!

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Unit 7 - Let's celebrate

In this unit you must try and learn about two basic ideas:

• Zero, first and second conditional
• When and unless

But first of all, you must copy and translate the vocabulary for unit 7 (Celebrations, Verbs, Special Days, Adjectives, Other Words) on page 121 of your course book.

You have all the information you need on the zero, first and second conditional on pages 80 and 81 of your Workbook as well as on the Grammar Reference Section (page 111).

ESO 2 Homework: 16th; 23rd, 26th and 27th March

ESO 2 Students,

According to instructions issued by the authorities, we will be missing 4 sessions (remember that for Labor School Thursday 19th and Friday 20th were bank holiday days): Monday 16th, Monday 23rd, Thursday 26th and Friday 27th. I am giving you now some information and activities to cover Unit 7 ("The art of collecting").

Please split and distribute these tasks evenly for those 4 sessions. Do not try and do all of them at one go. A good idea would be to sit down at your usual desk at home at the same time as we would be having our class and work non-stop for 50 minutes.

If authorities decided to extend the present situation, more contents, activities and exercises would be published on this web. So don't worry if you haven't finished all of the activities I am proposing you by Friday 27th. Just try and do your best and as much as you can.

If you need any help or have any queries or doubts, please contact me at labor.teacher@gmail.com. I will try to reply as soon as possible.

Before we begin, I would like to give you a piece of advice: now it is the time to be responsible, to help our parents and families, to be positive, (pro)active and patient, even cheerful. It is not the time to complain or to be a burden. We all have a perfect opportunity to read, to work on our weak points, even to think and meditate, to try and become a better version of ourselves. And remember: there are things much more important than exams or school marks and qualifications.

Please take care and stay safe. All the best!

---------- ooo O ooo ----------

Unit 7 - The Art of Collecting

In this unit you must try and learn about two basic ideas:

• The present perfect with for, since and how long.
• The present perfect vs. the past simple

But first of all, you must copy and translate the vocabulary for unit 7 (Sports, Collector's items, Other Words) on page 122 of your course book.

You have all the information you need on the present perfect, for, since, how long, and the difference between the present perfect and the past simple on pages 84 and 85 of your Workbook, as well as on the Grammar reference section (page 114).

ESO 1 Homework: 18th; 25th, 26th and 27th March

Dear ESO 1 students,

On the images below, you will find the activities to work with during the two following weeks. We will be missing four lessons, the ones on the 18^th , 25^th , 26^th and 27^th of March. You must complete one handout per day. Either you can print the copies to write your answers on them or do it on a separate sheet on your notebook.

For the time being, we will be revising those contents previously studied on unit 4, unit 5 and unit 6, regarding vocabulary and grammar. In case the state of emergency is extended and classes are still suspended, we will be moving forward according to the curriculum, and more contents and activities will be uploaded on this page.

In case you need any help or have any questions, please contact me at labor.teacher@gmail.com.

Kind regards,

Raquel

Watch this video to revise the Past Simple of the verb Be (was/were): 

Here you can revise the uses and structure of the Past Simple:

Here you can revise the uses of there was / there were: 

Here you can revise the structure and uses of the Past Continuous: 

Here you have a video with practical uses of the Past Simple vs. the Past Continuous:

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Graduation Speech: ESO 4 2019-20 3rd Term PBL Assignment

ESO 4 Students,

This is your PBL assignment for the 3rd term. All of you have to WRITE and DELIVER your GRADUATION SPEECH.  You have to imagine you are going to stand in the school Assembly Hall before your teachers, classmates, parents and guests at your ESO graduation ceremony (to be held on June 19th) and deliver your speech, which must be at least 350 WORDS LONG.

The best student will be offered the chance to deliver his or her speech at your graduation ceremony... in English!! Of course, he or she will get extra points in the final mark for that effort.

Bolsas de inmersión lingüística 2020

Axudas para alumnado de ESO e BACH para formarse en linguas estranxeiras 2020

A Consellería de Educación publicou a Orde do ORDE do 10 de febreiro de 2020 pola que se convocan axudas para a realización de actividades de formación en linguas estranxeiras no ano 2020, destinadas ao alumnado dos centros docentes sostidos con fondos públicos.

REQUISITOS: 

• Estar cursando 1º, 2º, 3º e 4º da educación secundaria obrigatoria,1º ou 2º de bacharelato en centros sostidos con fondos públicos que impartan ensinanzas de réxime xeral, durante o curso 2019/20, na Comunidade Autónoma de Galicia.
• Ter superadas todas as áreas ou materias no curso 2018/19.
• Ter acadado no curso 2018/19 unha cualificación mínima de ben no 6º curso de educación primaria para o alumnado de 1º de educación secundaria obrigatoria, e de 6 para o de 2º, 3º e 4º de Educación Secundaria Obrigatoria e de bacharelato na materia de lingua inglesa.
• Para as actividades de integración, estar matriculado/a, no curso 2019/20, nun centro da Rede de centros plurilingües.
• Non ter concedida, no presente curso académico, outra axuda coa mesma finalidade.
• Non estar incurso nas prohibicións para obter a condición de beneficiario,  recollidas na Lei 9/2007, do 13 de xuño, de subvencións de Galicia.
• Estar en posesión do DNI, NIE ou pasaporte.

CONCEPTOS FINANCIADOS 

• No caso das actividades que se realicen no estranxeiro, os gastos da viaxe desde o punto de saída dos distintos grupos.
• Os monitores ou monitoras que acompañarán o alumnado en cada un dos grupos durante a actividade.
• Os gastos de docencia e o material escolar.
• As actividades culturais, deportivas e complementarias dos cursos.
• Os gastos de mantenza e aloxamento.
• O certificado de realización da actividade.
• O seguro de accidentes e de responsabilidade civil.
• As familias achegarán as cantidades que lles correspondan á empresa adxudicataria encargada da organización técnica da actividade (ver convocatoria no DOG).

DATAS: O período de realización destas actividades comprenderá desde a última semana do mes de xuño ata finais do mes de agosto de 2020, coa excepción das actividades de integración, que se desenvolverán no inicio do curso 2020/21. As datas concretas de realización das actividades daranse a coñecer coa publicación das listaxes definitivas do alumnado seleccionado.

PRAZO E SOLICITUDE: Ata o 26 de marzo de 2020, incluído. A solicitude realízase en liña ou presencial. 

MÁIS INFORMACIÓN:
Cartel informativo.
Web para a xestión da solicitude
Convocatoria no DOG

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