JOBS, STRANGE AND NOT SO STRANGE (Unit 2-Challenge)

As we are getting used to using this blog we can look back at Unit 2 and practise vocabulary related to jobs. In this video you can see people interviewed in the street talking about their jobs. What a wide variety!

If you have problems to understand what they are saying try this easier version.

3rd ESO- STRANGE PETS
We have been reading about animals' lovers and strange pets at school (Unit 3- Challenge3). If you thought people having horses,ducks, geese and pigs could be considered insane, What would you think about someone buying these pets? Listen and try to understand as much as possible. You will be asked at school about them next week.

Would you choose a marsupial coming from Australia?

Or would you choose to keep the following one?

Pet Exam

Let's practise:http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part1.htm

More about tsunamis

What is a tsunami? How do they originate and spread? Listen,watch and you will find out!
http://youtu.be/chbbiSCczB8

Tilly Smith and the 2004 tsunami (3rd ESO)

In Unit 8 of Challenge 3 for 3rd ESO we are going to study what causes tsunamis and some of their consequences. Everybody remembers the most recent tsunami happened in Japan in 2011 (one year ago) but not so many people remember what happened in Thailand and all the area around it in 2004. Here you have a video telling  a personal experience about that tsunami.

Conditional Sentences for 3rd ESO

Do you want to remember the different types of conditional sentences? If so, you could have a look at this link to  see the differences and uses of conditional sentences, and then you could try to do some activities in blue shown at the bottom of the page.
If you think you can deal with conditional sentences, you can try this test.

Present Perfect for 2nd ESO

We have explained Present Perfect tense today in class. You should do exercises at home to be able to remember how it is formed and when it is used.Try to read the explanation first and do the activities in blue which appear at the bottom of the page.

REBECCA

http://youtu.be/fkraCshPB4w

Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde

You can see Doctor Jeckyll's transformation in an old film version- I know you are used to seeing more modern films but it's always a pleasure to see how well  such good actors performed in the past (For the ones who want to know the main actor's name was  Spencer Tracy)
http://youtu.be/gff4lzTluNI

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

Here you have some extra materials for learning more about this Julius Verner's work "Around the world in 80 days". You will know about its characters, author, social and historical background, etc.

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