THE LAST SELF- ASSESMENT

Strange but it is true, this is the last time I'll do a self-assessment and as always I'm quite disappointed with myself. 
I had a little hope that as it was the last therm I could give me the chance of showing myself that if I want I can reach all my goals. But, as always I haven't given enough. 
I know that my marks will be okay but I won't feel them like mine, because in fact, I haven't study as hard as I know I could, looking at the units the afternoon before. i would have like to train myself, because next year it will be so hard and I'm not used of studying.
To be honest, I think I have improve my speaking skills. for me speaking is so important because I'm always caring about pronunciation and also I have feel more confident using it in speaking lessons. 
Learning vocabulary is always useful so I try to memorise every piece of word (although sometimes is hard) 
For me this bog has became my little diary, a place where sometimes I posted projects or thoughts, apart form vocabulary, Some people change it this year and I could do it too, I even thought about it but I get so used to this little forest that I couldn't find nothing as special as this . It 's true that sometimes (like this) I posted so late what the computer has always become a distraction to me and I tried to use it once I finished my other homework. I hope I can watch this bog some years from now and remember the same feelings I got now
I'm not afraid about my future in English because I know I go with a good base, what I'm afraid of is  everything else. however this I try to focus in the present, living everyday in this high school , because although we all don't love it too much we will be miss it. 
I can affirm that the last project was my favourite, I had lots of problems and I cried so hard with some memories but I did it and the effort worth it, so I can't complain. As well I think that (or at least I hope so) that my grammar skills have improve. it's the hardest part for me because I can't stand study something so hard and grammar requires hard working people. 
As and end, I want to sen everyone a big huge. If you are reading me in a further future (what would be so cool) just I want to tell that, even tough I spent my days complain in fact t I love so much the guys I'm with, specially my friends, of course but also the other. I'm who I'm because I have grow with them, and although we had had bad moments I owe them too much. i want also to say thank you to my friends, I have lost so much time and now I have find the place where I belong. I'm lucky to be surrounded of amazing people and I'm happy to have realised since I start to meet them. Perhaps next year we won't be all together but I will try to not lost confidence with them. Thanks to make my life a little brighter every day 

Love you :) 

THIRD TERM VOCABULARY

HIII GUYS!!!!!!

The end of the third (and last) term is just about to finish and I'm quite exited but at the same time very worried. But, I'll speak about that in other post. Here is the vocabulary we have been studied.

UNIT 5 

Phoney: Fake money 
Bookmark: In the web, mark a page so is easier to find it the next time 
Diplomacy: The gift of knowing how to deal with somebody, so you don't offended him/her 
Consideration: behaviour correctly and politeness with somebody
Netiquette rules and manners than must be followed in the Internet 
Rank: Status level


UNIT 6 

Spotlight 

Newcomer : recently arrived 
Deny: 
Boast: speak proudly of yourself 


UNIT 7 

Come across: meet someone suddenly
get away :run away 
get off : Go down from something (a train, a plane etc) 
get on : Go up to something (A train) 
see off: Say goodbye
set off: Start a travel 

speed up: Doing things quickly
stop over : Stop during a travel for relax 
take off: when a plane starts to work
turn back : Go back again due to an important reason that don't allow you to continue your travel 
blizzard: 

drizzle:



gale:

 (Thumbs up if you laugh) 

THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE 

blow : 

bruised

whip 

ribbon  : piece of cloth 


See you in my next post!!!!

TOMÁS BRETÓN MEMORIES

Hi Guys! 
I don't want this to be sad and I have never been so keen on goodbyes but I suppose this is one. 
I have been four years studying with my friends in the same high school : IESO Tomás Bretón which are a lot and as our last English project we had to do a video or PowerPoint explaining how were those years. 
And here it is. I hope you to enjoy: 

                                                    TOMÁS BRETÓN MEMORIES

Love you :)

My P.E class

Exercises to avoid herniated disc.

Today we are going to work some areas and parts of our body in order to avoid a possible lumbar hernia or a herniated disc (pinched nerve)

But before we start exercising you must know what I’m talking about.

The spine column is conformed of vertebras and fibro-cartilaginous discs between them which function is supplying flexibility and act like a cushion shock absorber of the movement between them. Each disc it’s divided in two circles. The central one is call the nucleus and the exteriors one is formed by a fibrous material that keep the gel nucleus save.

The herniated disc appears when, due to a big pressure of the above and under vertebras the nucleus of the disc blow out, and, as consequence it press a nerve root (per example of the sciatic nerve)

The next exercies I’m going to show you are both for warm up and streching and weaking the pain of the herniated disc.

Stretching are exercises in which the muscles is subdue to a deforming pressure during variable period of time and in a determinate speed.  It improves range of motion, flexibility, circulation and the overall success of your workout. These stretching exercises are divided in:

·         Statics (It does not involve bouncing or rapid movements) which have two types too, actives (like pilates) and passives (similar to static stretching, except that an apparatus or partner provides the force to stretch the muscle)

·         Dynamic: dynamic stretching requires more thoughtful coordination than static stretching (because of the movement involved). As the statics one there are actives and passives types too.

·         Mixed or PNF stretching:  is often referred to as partner stretching because two people are needed to perform the movements. There are many forms but most involve an isometric hold followed by a static stretch of the same muscle group

So let’s start!

The warm up: We jogging around the gym for two minutes. After that we are continuing jogging, but mixing skipping, galloping, sliding, raising the knees, bring the heels to the button (heel flicks on the spot). After that we are going to do joint mobility: means performing different, gentle and repetitive movements with all the joints: ankles, knees, hips, wrists, elbows, shoulders and neck.

Once we have warmed up we are going to do the stretching. (For doing these exercises we will need a mat)

1)      Doing lumbar circles.

Lying in the mat we raise our knees and take them to the chest. Then, we are going to do 30 circles, switching the direction every 3 circles. This exercise decompress  the disc of the spine.

2)      Esquiotibial stretching

Taking one leg to the chest and stretching the other in the floor. We are going to stay there around 30 seconds. Then, we will switch the leg. This exercise soothe the pressure that the esquiotibial makes in the lumbar area.

3) Pyramidal stretching

We cross one leg above the other, and with our arms we get the non-crossed leg taking it to the chest. 30 seconds with each leg. The pyramidal muscle passes through the gluteus and this movement soothes the pressure of the muscle.

4) Sacroiliac freedom

Staying in the same position of the pyramidal stretching we free our hands and move the leg that is crossed completely crossed to the ground. We stay there 30 seconds there and we are going to spin the entire hip to other side without changing the position of the legs. Then, we switch the leg. As the name sais, this exercise frees the sacroiliac joint.

5) Camel and cat

Set in four legs, we are going to curve our back imitating a cat shape while we breathe, focusing in our pelvis movements. After 5 seconds we are going to curve down our back, stretching our chest while we exhale the air we got. 5 seconds each,5 times. These movements help to decompress the lumbar area too!

6) Superman

Continuing setting in four legs we are going to raise one of our arms and the opposite leg. Both must be horizontal and we have to try to stretch them as much as we can. We are going to stay there 5 seconds and then switch,10 times each. This exercise tone up back muscles.

7) Prone prop

Now, we are going to lie on the mat again. We are going to put our hands parallel with our chest and we are going to do a push up. Be careful. Your hip must be down, touching the mat. We are going to stay there 5 seconds and repeat it 6 times. This movement push back the disc in, and also reduce the pain.

8) Trunk extension

We still are lying on the mat, looking down. We put our hands in the head and trying to not raise the feet we raise a little our chest. 5 seconds, 5 times. This exercise tone up the lumbar area

9) Bridge

Lying again, but this time faces up. Bend your knees and raise you hip almost to the knees high. 5 seconds in that position and repeat it 5 times. This exercise helps to strengthen our gluteus and quadriceps.

10) lumbrosacro stretching /Mahometano

Being in four legs again, bend you knees and curve your body pulling back, until your button touches your ankles. Put your head under you arms and stay there 10-20 seconds. Repeat it for times. This exercise can be also use as a relax-exercise during some workout, including these one. This exercise also decompresses the lumbar area.

After a physical effort it’s recommend to stretching, before and after the effort. Today I have been showing you some stretching exercises that may be useful for your warm up and cool down, as well as they prevent and help your back in case you have a herniated disc.  

SELF- ASSESSMENT

HI!

Today is time to reconsider all the work I have made during this second trimester .

First, I recognise it weren't my best months, and as a consequence my marks are lower. A lot of worries have join , and they have join with puberty so I usually have my mind in others worlds. I don't want to use these as an excuse because I'm enough old to responsible myself and it's my fault not knowing how to organise. 

English has never been an easy subject, its a other language so it isn't enough to study only one part of it. However, I'm quite surprised of some of the listening we have made, I know our level has raised and I though I wasn't going to been able to understand some words, but it really shocked me when I realise I could understand most of the things I heard, not only in the records, The explanations and the conversations with the support native teacher were not very complicate to understand . It's the only thing I'm proud of, in fact.  

Reading it's also something not really difficult to me, perhaps because I love reading and although for some people the English book is something unnecessary I really appreciate it, it sees us how English is written, the style of the authors and in what way some words can be use. Also I believe is really good for our minds, we are getting used to new lectures and with thinking we understand the words, at least I don't need to translate all the sentences. In this limited three months we have read two Allan Poe's tales (The Red Dead and The Pit and the Pendulum) such a famous writer and it was so cool to read him in his native language, in spite of this wasn't the case but some translation are horrible. 

There are some skills were I'm comfortable in, but there are others, like grammar and speaking where I have to improve. I'm not very self confident and I don't study as much as I need so in mostly of my exams I doubt a lot, I'm never sure if what I wrote is correct even although somethings I really worked them. I need to practise more and start doing the exercises earlier so in case I have doubts I can asked my teacher next day. It's true that grammar is getting complicated and not it's not only study what we have seen in the main unit. it's time to change my mind and try to see this in other perspective. English on of the subjects I most worry to not study it only for the exams, learning other languages will help me and my generation to find a job easily, so whatever I learn know it's something I'll be already prepared in a future. 

Speaking isn't based in study it hardly (well you need to know grammar to structure good the sentences) but for me pronunciation is so important, knowing all the grammar isn't going to help me if I don't know who to pronounce correctly. for that I try to copy the way English people speak, hear everything (or as much as I can) In English and pay attention of how my teacher pronoun words. 

And finally Writing. I love writing (as you can notice) but it's the same problem as in grammar, I'm never sure about my writes, I have so much ideas during the exams that I always doubt, but I love to see myself expressing in other languages. Sometimes is quite upsetting not finding the exactly word that mach, but I believe it's improve our capacity to search for new ways to say the same!!!

To sum up, I need to work more and it will be the only way to improve myself, I must do my best every time  and of course, does means I have to focus, to concentrate and to invest all my energies in only one thing. I always end my trimester disappointed with myself, but it's the first time I feel I can get better, I'm sure next trimester I will be more motivated!!! I will try to rock it!!

Hey! this doesn't finish yet. English subject is not only grammar, vocabulary, speaking listening and reading!! It has a very participative part: the projects. Projects are always very stressful for me because I really love to do them what means they should be perfect.  This term we have made one about Gothic literature (related with Poe tales) and behind it we've put a lot of work that at the end have worth it a lot it, I'm so proud of how my classmate and I have summarise the information. You can click here to watch it!!!!!

In the bilingual programme, apart of having more hours than the other classmates without it we have another two subjects in English : P.E and ICT. In P.E we have learnt a lot , mainly in nutrition, one of my favourites topics and one of the less explained by my last physical education teachers! So I 'm very happy with the new information I got!! Also I've learnt a lot of vocabulary rationed with sport. 

ICT it has been based in projects all the time. I have lost the number of new thing I have learnt. Now I can use free photoshop version to edit my version, drawings.., whatever I want! I also learnt to use Access and Inskipe tow programmes really useful. it's a pity that our computers don't work as they must  because we could have done amazing things...

Finally I want to apologise, I should post this earlier but my computer crashed and I couldn't did it till know!!!! Also I must have to post more often and I don't have any excuse!!  

See you soon and happy easter!!!!

VOCABULARY UNIT 4: LIVE WELL

HEEEEEEEEELLOOOOOO

We have started a new unit!!!! it's unit 4 and its call Live Well, I'm so exited because this is one of my favourites topics : take care of yourself by doing exercise and eat well!!!

we have seen some phrasal verbs (oh, glorious phrasal verbs, worldwide loved) like 

calm down: became calmer, after an argument try to relax 
cheer up: make someone happier 
chill out: relax, (informal phrasal verbs)
cut down : reduce (bad habits mostly)
face up to: confront, try to fix your problems 
open up: try to share your feeling and tell somebody (close-people) about your thoughts and feelings 
slow down: keep calm, try to relax when you are so anxious
work out: training 

also we've  seen differents types of aches and pain 

aching muscles : Hurting muscles (due different factors) 
allergic reaction: when your skin swell and appears rash due to some "somethings" like food, fur, flowers that cause a  rejection from your body 

broken leg: 

bruised knee: bruises are these dark spots that appear in our skin when we hit with something 

dislocated shoulder : when a join is displace (in this case, our shoulder) 
itchy skin: When due to a reaction you have red skin and you cant stop scratching it
sprained wrist: injure a joint , in this case the wrist  
stiff neck: when you can't move your neck , it's rigid 

swollen ankle: due to a fall a join become inflamed 


another vocabulary that we learnt were words like 
grumpy: someone who is upset all the time

anxious: someone who is always nervous an worried about something

sleepy 

(If someday you need three words to describe me, here they are)



SEEEEE YOU 

UNIT 3: POWER TO THE PEOPLE

HIIIIIIIIII!!!!

I'm back and this time I promess post more often

One of the units we have seen is Unit 3 so here it is

wireless: That doesn't need any wire to be connected to a device
Boost: increase something (in this context batteries energy)
Run: operate, maintain a machine (It's similar to the verb Run, that meas move quickly, sprints and jog)
A must-see: sometime you would see once in your live (per example, if you go to chine a must- see is the Great Wall because you probably aren´t to go again)
cog:

pulses

have a go: rest for a little period of time

hook

appliance: device used in  the home

SEE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!