ESO 2, 3 & 4 Syllabus

ESO 2, 3 & 4 Students,

To access ESO 2 syllabus, click here.

To access ESO 3 syllabus, click here.

To access ESO 4 syllabus, click here.

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2020/21 Exam Schedule for ESO 2, 3 & 4

Exam schedule for the 2020/21 schoolyear

ESO 2, 3 & 4 Students,

This is your exam schedule for the 2020/21 schoolyear (you can also find a calendar of exams, deadlines and other events at the bottom of this blog):

Please note that all exams and dates are subject to change. PBL's and other tests dates to be confirmed.

DIAGNOSTIC TEST

From 28th September to 2nd October

1st Term

UNIT 1

From 19th to 23rd October

UNIT 2

From 3rd to 6th November

UNIT 3

From 30 November to 4th December

President Barack Obama's Graduation Speech to the Class of 2020

ESO 4 Students,

In less than a fortnight you will have to submit your links (remember, no videos to download, only links to some video platform) with your graduation speeches. If you need any ideas on rhythm, speed, pause, intonation or pose, please watch President Obama's Graduation Speech to you... to the Class of 2020. You won't regret it.

Read the full transcript here:

Hi, everybody. Congratulations to HBCU class of 2020. Michelle and I are so proud of you.

Graduating from college is a big achievement under any circumstances. And so many of you overcame a lot to get here. You navigated challenging classes, and challenges outside the classroom. Many of you had to stretch to afford tuition. And some of you are the first in your families to reach this milestone. So even if half of this semester was spent at Zoom University, you’ve earned this moment. You should be very proud. Everybody who supported you along the way is proud of you – parents, grandparents, professors, mentors, aunties, uncles, brothers, sisters, cousins, second cousins, and cousins who you aren’t even sure are cousins. Show them some gratitude today.

ESO 4: Graduation Speech New Plan

ESO 4 students,

Due to the current lockdown situation, your previous graduation speech plan and schedule must be modified. This is the new plan.

You still have to write your graduation speech in English and follow the same formatting rules already stated (the font must be 'Century Gothic', size 12; 1.5 line spacing, justified text, page numbers at the bottom centre of each page.)

Before 23:59:59 on Friday 15th May your speech in a PDF file has to reach our e-mail. Your file name MUST be as follows:

Class_Number_Name_1stSurname.pdf - Example: 4A_1_Alfonso_Carballo.pdf

Then you must record a video of yourself delivering your speech (you may use a mobile phone, a camera, etc.) and upload the clip to YouTube, Google Drive, WeTransfer, etc. and send the link to me by e-mail (all you have to do is make sure you create a private channel on any of those platforms so that only you and I can have access to your videoclip and keep it completely private.)
Do not send your videos, only their link.
I must be able to watch the videos online without downloading them!!
I WILL NOT DOWNLOAD ANY VIDEOS WHATSOEVER.

The deadline is Friday 29th May at precisely 23:59:59.

Remember:

Assignment Deadline Extension

ESO 2, 3 & 4 Students,

Your assignment ("Just keep missing" comic) deadline has been extended from Sunday 12th April to Sunday 19th April.

Enjoy your Easter holidays, stay safe and take care.

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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2019/20 Exam Schedule for ESO 2, 3 & 4

Exam schedule for the 2019/20 schoolyear

ESO 2, 3 & 4 Students,

This is your exam schedule for the 2019/20 schoolyear (you can also find a calendar of exams, deadlines and other events at the bottom of this blog):

Please note that all exams and dates are subject to change. PBL's and other tests dates to be confirmed.

DIAGNOSTIC TEST

ESO 2 – Friday 20th September

ESO 3 – Wednesday 18th September

ESO 4 – Wednesday 18th September

1st Term

UNIT 1

ESO 2 – Monday 14th October

ESO 3 – Tuesday 15th October

ESO 4 – Monday 14th October

UNIT 2

ESO 2 – Friday 8th November

ESO 3 – Friday 8th November

ESO 4 – Wednesday 6th November

UNIT 3

ESO 2 – Thursday 5th December

ESO 3 – Wednesday 4th December

ESO 4 – Wednesday 4th December

2018/19 Exam Schedule for ESO 2, 3 & 4

Exam schedule for the 2018/19 schoolyear

ESO 2, 3 & 4 Students,

This is your exam schedule for the 2018/19 schoolyear (you can also find a calendar of exams, deadlines and other events at the bottom of this blog):

Please note that all exams and dates are subject to change. PBL's and other tests dates to be confirmed.

DIAGNOSTIC TEST

ESO 2 – Friday 21st September

ESO 3 – Wednesday 19th September

ESO 4 – Wednesday 19th September

1st Term

UNIT 1

ESO 2 – Monday 15th October

ESO 3 – Tuesday 16th October

ESO 4 – Monday 15th October

UNIT 2

ESO 2 – Friday 9th November

ESO 3 – Friday 9th November

ESO 4 – Wednesday 7th November

UNIT 3

ESO 2 – Monday 3rd December

ESO 3 – Wednesday 5th December

ESO 4 – Tuesday 4th December

2nd Term

UNIT 4

ESO 2 – Monday 14th January

ESO 3 – Tuesday 15th January

ESO 4 – Monday 14th January

UNIT 5

ESO 2 – Friday 8th February

ESO 3 – Friday 8th February

ESO 4 – Wednesday 6th February

UNIT 6

ESO 2 – Friday 8th March

ESO 3 – Friday 8th March

ESO 4 – Monday 11th March

3rd Term

UNIT 7

ESO 2 – Friday 5th April

ESO 3 – Friday 5th April

ESO 4 – Monday 8th April

UNIT 8

ESO 2 – Friday 10th May

ESO 3 – Friday 10th May

ESO 4 – Wednesday 8th May

UNIT 9

ESO 2 – Friday 7th June

ESO 3 – Friday 7th June

ESO 4 – Monday 10th June

FINAL REMEDIAL EXAM

ESO 2 - Thursday 13th, 10:45

ESO 3 - Friday 14th, 10:45

ESO 4 - Monday 17th, 10:45

"To Parents", by Christine Jones

As a teacher, what are things you wish you could tell your students’ parents?

By Christine Jones, Middle School Science Teacher

(Reblogged from Quora)

I wish I could hand out the following wish list to parents of my middle school students:

1. PLEASE take the cell phone away after 9:00pm. They are texting and looking at YouTube all night long. They aren't getting enough sleep.
2. Please check your child's grades online, and look at the report cards. Don't ask what they can do to improve their grade the last week of school. It's too late.
3. Please return our phone calls. If we are calling, it's important. We don't have time to waste calling for no reason, and we need your help.
4. Please stop saying "my child would never lie to me". Kids lie. It's normal.
5. Please don't assume we dislike your child if they get reprimanded at school. If they fail a test, get a detention… we are trying to correct behaviour. It's not personal.
6. I am trying my best every day. I do this job because I love it, and I wouldn't want to do anything else. I would appreciate your support. Telling your child to respect their teachers is a great way to help.

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Labor Walk of Fame 6.2

Our best students of English during the 2nd Term have been:

Labor Walk of Fame 6.1

Dear LEZ followers, the saying goes 'better late than never', so, as usual, we want to praise our best students of English during the 1st Term with a special mention on this blog:

ESO 1A: Diego Monroy Fariña (9.72)

ESO 1B: Juan Paredes Collazo (8.64)

2nd Term PBL Assignment

Dear Students,

This is your PBL assignment for the 2017-18 2nd term. Your task is to translate and adapt this inspirational poster (The Art of the Side Hustle) with words by Chris Ghillebeau and illustrations 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 you will have to forward it to our mail.

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.

The deadline is Sunday 18th February at precisely 23.59.59. No files will be admitted after the deadline ends.

2017/18 Exam Schedule for ESO 2, 3 & 4

Exam schedule for the 2017/18 schoolyear

ESO 2, 3 & 4 Students,

This is your exam schedule for the 2017/18 schoolyear (you can also find a calendar of exams, deadlines and other events at the bottom of this blog):

Please note that all exams and dates are subject to change. PBL's and irregular verbs tests dates to be confirmed. 

DIAGNOSTIC TEST

ESO 2 – Thursday 21st September

ESO 3 – Wednesday 20th September

ESO 4 – Tuesday 19th September

1st Term

UNIT 1

ESO 2 – Thursday 19th October

ESO 3 – Tuesday 17th October

ESO 4 – Monday 16th October

Axudas “inmersión lingüística” primavera 2017

Convócanse 126 axudas para grupos de alumnos de 6.º de Primaria e 84 axudas para grupos de alumnos de 2.º ESO, coa fin de participar nun programa de inmersión en lingua inglesa entre os meses de abril e xuño de 2017 que se realizará en réxime de internado, en períodos semanais, de domingo pola tarde a sábado pola mañá.

Beneficiarios: alumnado matriculado en 6.º curso de Educación Primaria e 2.º de ESO durante o presente curso 2016/2017; ter obtido, como mínimo, “notable” como nota media do curso 2014-2015 e “notable” como nota final na asignatura de inglés no mesmo curso, así como non ter sido beneficiario da axuda en convocatorias anteriores. O alumnado debe estar matriculado en centros sostidos con fondos públicos, e viaxarán acompañados por dous profesores.

Prazo de presentación de solicitudes: ata o 6 de febreiro de 2017.

Máis información: BOE 23 xaneiro 2017

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«Carta a mis alumnos suspensos», por Pablo Poo Gallardo

Espero que estés fastidiado por haber suspendido. Si te da igual es una mala, muy mala señal.

Siempre me preguntas lo mismo: “¿Para qué quiero estudiar si yo voy a trabajar en el campo?” o “¿Para qué quiero estudiar Lengua si voy a ser peluquera?”. No sabes nada de la vida; y no lo sabes porque lo tienes todo. A pesar de que en casa no entra mucho dinero, nunca te ha faltado de nada, porque tienes unos padres que se parten el lomo por ti para que, precisamente, nada te falte: tienes tu móvil, tus sudaderas un tanto horteras, te pagan tus botellones, tus videoconsolas. De puta madre todo.

Pero la vida no tiene nada que ver con la burbuja utópica en la que os envolvemos durante toda la ESO. La vida es una putada; y no te espera, no te comprende y no te hace recuperaciones. ¿Crees que cuando vayas a echar una beca fuera de plazo te van a aceptar la solicitud? Aquí puedes traer la autorización para una excursión cuando te salga del alma, hasta te la cogemos en la misma puerta del bus: pobrecito, no se vaya a traumatizar. ¿Crees que si no llegas a la nota media del ciclo que quieres estudiar vas a entrar por tu cara bonita? No, te vas a quedar en tu casa y te vas a comer tu título de secundaria con patatas.

La vida no es la ESO, desconfía de todos aquellos que quieren que seas feliz entre los 12 y los 16. Cuando seas mayor de edad les vas a importar un pimiento: “Hicimos todo lo que pudimos, adaptamos las asignaturas que no aprobaba, firmamos compromisos educativos por su mal comportamiento, le hicimos rellenar cuatrocientas doce fichas de reflexión… no entiendo qué pudo pasar”. Pasó que menos prepararos para la vida, hacen con vosotros de todo; y luego, en tu ciclo, cuando te pongan un examen de más de dos temas, no vas a tener genitales de aprobarlo. No porque seas tonto, sino porque no te hemos enseñado a estudiar, ni a esforzarte, ni a pensar. Y dejarás el ciclo y volverás a tu casa con un papel que pone que has terminado la ESO y que ya me contarás para qué te sirve. Pero los que quisieron hacerte feliz hasta los 16, hicieron todo lo que pudieron, no vayas a pedirles cuentas. Estarán liados con otra generación.

¿Qué clase de contrato vas a firmar, si no te enteras de lo que pone en los textos que leemos en clase? Cuando te des cuenta, y eso con suerte de que te contraten, habrás estampado tu firma sobre un sueldo de mierda o sobre una jornada laboral eterna. Y si no haces lo que te dicen y como te lo dicen, a la calle. No eres especial, hay treinta más como tú deseando coger ese hipotético puesto de trabajo. Hipotético significa supuesto. Supuesto, imaginado.

No te hace falta el Romanticismo para trabajar en el campo, tampoco para coger rulos, pero sí para saber que, hace doscientos años, unos cuantos tuvieron el valor suficiente para hacerles frente a las normas de una sociedad que creían injusta, con la que no se sentían identificados. Y tú, que no tienes referentes culturales, que leemos cualquier texto y, en cada línea, hay tres palabras que no entiendes porque es la primera vez que las escuchas, pensarás que hay cosas imposibles porque, simplemente, mientras rellenabas fichas de reflexión, nadie te enseñó que, antes que vuestra merced, varias generaciones ya lo habían conseguido.

Cuando te hablen desde el atril, aplaudirás como un idiota, te creerás sus monsergas; y todo porque no tienes sentido crítico. Porque nos tienen tan ocupados con la burocracia y con las nuevas triquiñuelas de cada ley educativa que nos imponen para aprobaros por la cara que ya no os enseñamos a pensar. Te echarás piedras sobre tu propio tejado sin darte cuenta, pero luego irás al bar y, en la barra, repetirás lo que quieren que repitas y, entre tus chapucillas y el paro, irás tirando.

Que no, que la vida no es como la ESO. Que estudiar asignaturas distintas te sirve para ampliar tu cultura y, con ella, tu mente. Parece mentira pero, en las mentes abiertas, es más difícil entrar. Una mente simple se conquista fácilmente, solo tiene una puerta. No puedes terminar una maratón si nunca has entrenado, por mucha capacidad física que tengas. No puedes terminar un ciclo o un bachillerato si antes no has adquirido un método y un hábito de esfuerzo y estudio.

Siéntete mal por no haber aprobado, piensa que tu futuro depende en gran parte de lo que hagas ahora. Y, a partir de enero, vas a venir aquí a dejarte la piel: vas a dejar de dormir en clase y pensar que no puedes solo porque no lo intentas; vas a demostrar que no necesitas que te bajemos el nivel, porque sabes que tienes capacidad de sobra. A partir de enero me vas a entregar todo lo que te pida y como te lo pida, porque si no, pequeño, estás perdido. No ahora, seguramente te sacarás el título. Lo sabes tú y lo sé yo.

Pero a mí me importas de verdad porque nuestra relación no se acaba cuando cumplas dieciséis, yo he firmado contigo un contrato de por vida.

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Labor Walk of Fame 5.1

And again, this 1st term has quickly come to an end. As usual, we’d like to publish the names of those ESO students who obtained the best English grades during this period. Congratulations to you all for such a wonderful job!

ESO 1A - Óscar Cordeiro Canosa 9.4

ESO 1B - Alba Conde Lema 8.51

2016/17 Exam Schedule for ESO 2, 3 & 4

ESO 2, 3 & 4 Students,

This is your exam schedule for the 2016/17 schoolyear (you can also find a calendar of exams, deadlines and other events at the bottom of this blog):

Please note that all exams and dates are subject to change. PBL's and Irregular verbs tests dates to be confirmed.

Labor Walk of Fame 4.3

Dear students,

Another school year has come to an end, and, as usual, we are publishing our last Labor Walk of Fame post for this year 2015/2016. The best students during the 3rd term were:

ESO 1A

LAURA CONDE LEMA: 9.4

ESO 1B

JAVIER PINTOS GONZÁLEZ: 9.2

ESO 2A

 SOFÍA LAGO CASTRO: 9.2

2016 Best Graduation Speech, by Mariña Allende

ESO 4 Students,

We give you this year's best graduation speech, by Mariña Allende. Mariña's speech has been chosen not only for its magnificent, deep contents, but because of the brilliant way she delivered it in front of her classmates.

Mariña will be delivering her speech again at your graduation ceremony to be held next Tuesday 21st at 13.00 in our brand new sports and assembly hall.

Good afternoon classmates, teachers, families,

Today is the day. Today we are going to say goodbye to this school. I remember my first day here as if it was yesterday. New city, new school, new people, new world. I was only eight years old, and now, I am sixteen. How fast! At that time, I was braver. I could make friends and I could find my place easily. It is simple: my place, my home, is where people I love are. This school has been a

great home.

I think remembering the school should be like remembering a person: in their beautiful moments. Because memories are made of people and of the moments they give us. That is why I am grateful to this school: it has allowed me to meet amazing and wonderful people who have built my memories and have made me the way I am. Thank you everybody.

Before, I said that I was braver when I was a child. I had doubts for a long time. I thought that I was not good enough. I thought that I was not good enough to do this or to do that; that I was not good enough to be an artist. Should I choose a different way? Should I do a degree with better career prospects? I hear it everywhere. So ridiculous!

Now, I do not have any doubts. Now, I am sure. I am sure that I do not desire that for me. We only live once, so we have to find our way. Let us walk our own way. We do not have to do what they expect from us, but what we expect from ourselves. Do not worry about the future. Future does not exist yet. Live your lives as you wish. We are the owners of our lives, and nobody can change that. Go on, enjoy yourselves and do not fear, because tomorrow is tomorrow. Who knows what will happen tomorrow? Time goes only in one direction. If we think about future every second, we will miss present. And present is a present. Stop saying “maybe I…”

We must do those things we think that we cannot do. Make them possible. It is not only about studying, it is about life. Try to make our dreams come true. Fight for them. Never give up. Work hard. Continue working hard. And, someday, we shall not dream. We shall get it.

Thank you again, classmates and teachers, for your friendship, affection and time. I hope we will have an unforgettable school trip, plenty of laughs, smiles and funny moments.

I wish you all the best. So long.

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Labor Walk of Fame 4.2

Since the second term has come to an end, we want to congratulate those students who did best during these three months. And those are:

ESO 1A: Javier Pintos González (9.29)

ESO 1B: Laura Conde Lema (9.42)

ESO 2A: Sofía Lago Castro (9.13)

ESO 2B: Diego Rodríguez Riobó (7.77)

ESO 3A: Lucía Díaz Cameselle (9.62)

ESO 3B: Raquel Cordeiro Canosa (9.14)

ESO 4A: Álvaro de Prado Saborido (9.14)

ESO 4B: Marta Rivas Ramallo (8.46)

And the best overall ESO student of English in the 2nd Term is Lucía Díaz Cameselle, with an average mark of 9.62. Congratulations!

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