Self-Assessment

Here are some question I have to answer about my studies and my blog!

• What can I do that I couldn't do before?
• What did I like most?
• What are my greatest strengths and weaknesses?
• What did I do well?
• What am I confused about?
• What do I need help with?
• What did I do in English outside the class?
• What do I need to improve?
• What did I learn about culture?

Right know I can use a lot of new vocabulary and expressions  that I didn't know before! Also I have new grammatical structures very useful! Perhaps, what I most like are the projects with groups, because we had to decided a lot of things together ; with no dudes my favourite project is "Not stop the feeling" (The third question is really complicated) I think I'm always better speaking than writing, because while I'm writing I think a lot about the corrects structures and that produces me a lot of question that I don't have while I'm speaking, also I love the listening and the translations activities because  is not only translate the sentences , is thinking about them and who says in a correct way! To be honest I don't really know what I do well. I'm pretty confused in some grammatical structures because in the writings are in the correct way, but then when you hear in the natives English person (in Spain we do this too) they change that structures making an easier way to communicate .Another things are the adverbs , some have to be situated at the begginnig but others at the end! and of course some prepositions like at, in, on, of,

What a mess!

About culture our English book is very useful! I learnt some Australia or New Zeland traditions , how to make a blockbuster or how an exchange is!!!!

English Unit 2: Storytelling

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I'm BACK:

Just say that take a look of the new blog's view. Do you like it? Don't forget to write your opinion in the comments.

The lyrics of the right column are from the The Greatest of Sia, I really think is a very positive song because it tell about follow your dreams and don't give up! You can see all the lyrics (In English and Spanish) clicking here I love this page because you can hear the song and read the lyrics at the same time .



Whatever.


WE START A NEW UNIT !! Yes! It calls Storytelling!

We haven't learn any vocabulary yet, but here are some tips in grammar I want you remember( Almost all are my mistakes in the exam)


When you ask a question meaning something you did in the past the verb of the action ( Do, read, sleep) Is always in the infinitive form because you use a auxiliary verb (DID) That it is already in the past so you don't have the necessity of add another verb.
Ex:
Did you caught the train?
Did you catch the train?

In the modal verbs form(Click here to see an amazing chart my English teacher did)

The negative form of To Have in the past is not Hadn't Is Didn't have to

Also remember all the -s in the third person plural!


Hope I help you!


So here is the new vocabulary!

The unit is about cinema and storytelling, two of my favourites topics!
Hereare the different genres in the cinema ( some you can use in  theatre and here are some expressions people usually say during, before or after a film!

Printer: The machine we use to print documents pictures etc

Get travel sick: While you are in a trip ( usually in a transport)You feel dizzy

Soon: Early ( in time)

Remember : Die- verb

                    Died- past simple verb

                    Death- Noun

                    Dead-Adjective

Double-Side: Two faces ( The tow - sides of a coin)

Characters: the person,/animal/monster etc) who is represented by the actors

UFO: Unidentified flying object

Review . The opinion of a person about something relationed with culture ( Theatre, cinema, books ) Is not a critic, is just the opinion.

Disappointing: That feeling when your expectations about someone or something were higher

Dramatic: Spanish people! This is a false friends . A false friends means that a word doesn't mean what you think because it is really similar with a  word in your language ( Ex. Carpet, career, library...) You use dramatic to express that something is great (but in some cases you use this to mean something sad Dramatic situation)

Dull. Boring

Enjoyable. Entertaining, good time

Enterteing: When the times flies cause you are having a great time

Predictable. When you guess what is going to happens

Hilarius. so funny

Realistic: You really feel the situation

Spectacular: amazing, awesome

Original: Different

Terrifying: Very scared

Stand: In a film the actors specialised in the most dangerous scenes.

Plot: argument

Light-har plot: the argument is too easy

Act out: act in a play

Cut out; Cut with scissor

Blockbuster: A boom, a successful film

Talented: A person whop is really goo at something

Script: the dialogues of then film

Profitable: That earns to you money and let have a good life( economical life)

Income: The extra money you get when you sell something

Headline: The top part in the news ( example)

Afterwards: Adverb that means after something 

I hate it: Detest  something

I'd rather that _____ than : I prefer to do this before this (Because you hate the second thing)

I really love: you like it a lot

Suggestion: Say an idea of per example what to do.

Physical Education

Hi guys!

Here are all the information I have to learn about P.E

Endurance and Flexibility

Basketball

Hope you like it!

And here is a PDF with the answer of the exercises! (Yes I know that my drawings are pitifully)

Geography : Unit 3 Population

Welcome back guys!

Did you start with exams?
We are doing them!

After our Geography exam we start a new one about the population in the countries. Is very interesting discover some factors like the birth rate or the general fertility rate. However , here is the new vocabulary

Development : How something is going on.

Droughts: An age were the is no rain.

Onwards: English expression that that means that after something another thing is going to happens

Unevenly: Not the same.

Famine: Starvation( Hungry, but it doesn't mean to Be hungry. Some people around the world can't eat any food for days , just because they are too poor and in their countries there isn't food)

Epidemic: When a virus expands and affect a lot of population.

As you know, the unit is about population,Here is a document about how to calculate the birth rate, death rate, etc, 


Here are some definition:


Birth rate:Total number of births divided per the total population per 1000

Death rate: The total numbers of deaths divided all the population per 1000  

Natural increase : The birth rate minus the death rate

Infant mortality rate: refers to deaths of young children (less than one year old)

life expentansy Statical measure of the average time a person is expected ti life

birth control allow us to prevent pregnancy 

dependent population group of people who of the reference date where in a situation

dependency ratio :Show the number of dependence people aged zero to 14 and over age of 65.

family planning controlling the number of children a family and the period of time before a son and another

population pyramids/ age-gender structures graphical illustration that shows the distributions of various aged group in a population which the forms which forms the shape population pyramids

replacement rate percentage of workers  pre-retirement

fertility rate is the number of live births divided the numbers of women ages 15-49

ageing population when the median age of a country increases the life expenstansy and declining the fertility rate 

population distribution measure of population density  

 population density the arrangement of people living in given areas 

a more economically developed country(MEDC)

Less economically developed country (LEDC) 

Geography: Our trip to Valladolid and Peñafil

Hey everyone!

How are you?

Guess what?

On Wednesday my grade made a trip to Valladolid!. Where is Valladolid? Valladolid is in Spain, in a region call Castilla y León. Valladolid is a very important city due to its historical an economic sector.

We travelled by bus .After cross all the city we arrived near Campogrande a very big park located in the centre of the cut.We walked to the Big Square and we had to cross a very long street call Santiago street, at the end of this street full of shops we found the Square. I have to say that it isn't as beautiful as our big square, but it wasn't horrible. 

 

             Big Square
Our teachers gave us some time to buy food or watch the shops. There are a lot shop you can find everywhere so if you go to Valladolid I recommend you to enter in that shops you never hear about.

After that we went back to the bus.

We arrived in front of the Miguel Delibes, a cultural centre very famous here. There we listened the most strange music I never hear! The concert was based in the classical contemporary music (Musician that composed brilliant pieces in the 19 century) The concert played with very strange instruments, dancers.. In summary an amazing experience. Some people didn't like it because it was so strange , I really enjoyed it but I'm not very fan of this style.

When the concert finished, we all were hungry, so we ate our meal in front of Jose Zorrilla stadium! We had a lot of time to visit shops in a near shop centre also.

Then we went to Peñafiel.

          Views


Peñafiel is a village half and hour far away of Valladolid. As I said before, Valladolid is a very historical city and Peñafiel is very famous too because of the amazing castle it has .

The castle is a defensive castle. That mean that it wasn't the palace were the nobles life. This castle was a fortress. The views were amazing and our guide really knew interesting facts about the castle. One of the thing that called my attention was the boat shape the castle has! it is really surprising. Also in the interior of the castle we can fine the Wine museum. it teach you all the process of the creation and the different type of grapes. I'm not very interested on it but people can really enjoy!.

After our visited we went back home again, exhausted and tired. but we really had a good time and that the best part of the trip.

Peñafiel castle:






Valladolid

          Campogrande

      Santiago street

    Santiago street

Santiago street

Geography: Describe a landscape

For this project, I have choose Gasadanlur in Denmark.



Gasadanlur is one of the most incredibles sea cliffs founded in Europe.

This amazing landscape is in Vága island , a part of the 18 islands, calls Faroe Islands that are located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, between Iceland and Denmark.

It's a maritime climate, specifically a maritime subarctic.

Temperatures aren´t as mild as the rest of Europe because of the proximity with the Polar circle.This difference also produce that in summer they have 19 hours of sunlight! And in winter only 5 hours! The highest temperature they once had is 29º Degrees Celsius. Summers are cool with an average of 13º degrees and winters are mild (3º) .

Precipitations are abundant and regular, but due to the differents variations in the altitude ,in a part of an island can rain and in the other snow!

Rivers have a high regular flow.(There are only 6 rivers in all the islands)

About vegetation the most of the low areas are grasslands (As you can see in the picture)



The most part of the islands are formed of arctic plants, like moos,lichen... etc.There are no native forest in Faroe Islands,(Some studies prove that a long time ago, before the humans settlements, there could be little forests of birch and hazel trees)

The few forest are due to introduced species.

Fauna:The island is plenty of seabirds and maritime animals.

The land mammals have been all introduce by humans. the more popular species are :



The brown rat                     The mountain hare and              the house mouse
                                                                                              (or common mice)
But also, the feral sheep, is one of the most common animals. Its  exclusive in the Faroe islands , and the faroe pony.

The marine animals are:



The grey seal                   The long-finned pilots whales




There are also some whales too.

At last only remeber that every year, in summer long-finned pilots whales are killed in a horriblle slaughter in this islands  that paints the sea red!

See you soon!

English Unit 1 Time for change

Hello guys! Today we started a new unit. Cool! And in this units were are going to speak about exchanges! have you ever been in a exchange? How it went? Did you have a good time? Don't be shy and tell me!
So, this is the new vocabulary:

Behave: The way you have to be in a situation, good behave , bad behave(You were rude, you interrump, shout)

Short-sighted : People who were glasses can have this problems, is when you don't see well the far things but you see very good the nearest things.

absent-minded: Not paying attention

big-headed/pick -headed: A person who always think he is right

One-aimed: A person who has one arm

one-legged:A person who has only one leg.

blue-eyed:Blue eyes.

Brown haired:A person with brown hair

fair-haired : A person with blond hair

Common: Something normally, regularly

Compulsory: A rule, something that you must because of a rule

acceptable/unacceptable: something that you can allow.

Unforgettable:

Honest:Always tells the truth

Easy-going: relaxed

Familiar: something that you know.

Direct: Saying exactly what you mean, think

well-behaved: Acting in the correct way.

Fair :appropriate.

Remember! Verb Lie-Lied-Lied REGULAR

Lier: person that don't tell the truth

rare: Uncommon

Voluntary: You can choose to do it or not

Dishonest: someone that is not honest

Dis- Is the prefix usually use top make negative word.

ITC: Information Technology Computer

Coach/Bus: Bus : City transport. Coach: Bus to travel

Hostel: A very cheap hotel were you only sleep two or one night

B&B : Bed and Breakfast

Healthy: Healthiest

feel at home: Fell well, comfortable in a place or with friends.

....Is dead after...: Anyone in the streets

At least...:No less

...though! : Never the less, however. Is a colloquial word.

Curiosity killed the cat : English expression that means ; be aware of  the question you ask because the answer could hurt  or annoy you.

Cocky: excessive confident of your self.

Pet: Touch and animal. I usually pet my dog

Demonstration: A pacific way to protest about something. Is a meeting with a lot of people that agree with your ideas that want to change something.-Demonstration in favour of refugees are very common 

Bustling:With many people, crowed

Feel homesick: When you are far away your home, your family, that feeling that make you feel sad and lonely.

When in Rome, do as Romans do : English expressions that means : Adapt your self wherever you go.

Currency: The money system

Alrighty! Goody! Absolutely terrific! : English expressions with the common meaning of something incredible good.

Notice: Become aware, realise

 no news, good news: English expression that means, if you don't  receive bad news of someone is because him or her its well.

TIP : Remember that news is writing according to singular tense. News is ....

A day off : A free day

Get used to: Adapted

Trust: To believe in someone 

Aceptable: Something is allowed

Forbidden:Isn't allow.

Mr:Mister           

 Ms:Women that you don't  if she is married or not

Mrs: Mistress: Woman that is married.

Miss:A woman that isn't married.

Tottenham: Famous street in London.

Cockney: English accent  so strong, very very difficult to understand.

Posh: Very superficial person.

Plenty of: Another way to say a lots of

Yummy!: English expression that mean that something is delicious.

Can't stay out late: You are not allowed to be out at very late hours.

hand santizier: A special soap that kill all the bacterias (Adapt to human use)

Ink: Colour liquid pens have.

Work out: Solve a problem

Tribes: Group of people that have religions,traditions on common, but there are just few families.

Rites: Ceremonies that people do because of something.

TIP: something you can us as in the meaning of because of.

Geography:Unit 2 Definitions

Hey, hey! 

this week we are learning a lot of new vocabulary of plants, animals and landforms. Someones can't be explain by sentences so I post pictures.

Climate and biogeography in Europe

• Maritime: Found in the western edge, it has little temperature variation. Has a region of abundant precipitations.
• Mediterranean: This type of climate is found throughout the continent. It has higher temperatures as well as lower more irregular precipitation with very dry summer.
• Continental:Has lower temperatures,huge temperature contrast, largely consisting of snow and with summer rains
• Alpine:The altitude causes a decrease temperatures and increase the precipitations. This type of climate is located in the mountain range.
• Polar: Located beyond the Artic Circle. Little precipitation, very low temperatures , below zero.

Maritime:




Oak                                                 Beeches                                Heather



Grassland                                           Thickets                                   Pine




     Shrubs
There are also, deers, foxes, salmon, seals and water birds.


Mediterranean:
Oaks,pines, shrubs, thickets


Cork oak                                              Holm

Animals: Lynx,fox, rabbit,reptiles, birds,

                   Boar                                          Vulture                       Fallow deer

  

                Stork                       
Continental:
There are forest, grasslands, mixed forest with pines.




Fisrs                                            Birches                                   Taiga





Steppes
Animal: Brown bear, wolf, fox,deer, raptors.



Marten                                                                     Mink

Alpine:
Layering of vegetation dpeending on the heicht, forest and alpine pastures .


Alpine pastures

Animals: Deer, wolf, beaar and eagles.



Chamois                                                        Marmot

Polar:



Tundra
Animals:



                   Reindeer                                 Seal

                             

                                            Whale

Climates and biogeography in Spain.

Spain has an oceanic or Mediterranean climate on the peninsula, an alpine climate in the higher regions, and a subtropical or Canarian climate in the Canary Islands

• The Cantabrian coast and Galicia: Maritime climate (Cold winters and mild summer) With rain throughout the year.
• The Mediterranen coast and southeast Andalucía: This area has coast Mediterranean climate, with is average and extreme temperatures. Precipitation is low and irregular.
• The interior of the peninsula: This area has a Mediterranean climate, it is affected by its continental aspect. It has very hot summer and very cold winters.
• Alpine climate: This has abundant precipitations and low temperatures.
• Canarian or subtropical climate: It near to the Tropic of Cancer and the Sahara affect its climate and variations. It is hot and dry. 

Maritime:
Forest, pines oaks, beeches, heaths and meadows

                  Eucalyptuses

Animals: Wolf, fox,brown bear,



Otter                                                Wildcat



            Capercaillie

Mediterranean:

Shrubs,clear forest,pines, meadow , homl ,oak, cork oak.

                      Bush

Animal: Fox, rabbit, boar, fallow deer, birds, reptiles.

Mediterranean of the interior:

Shrubs, bush, pine, meadow, holm, aok, cork oak,
Animals: Lynx, wolf,fox, rabbit, boar, deer, falcons, reptiles.



Partridge

Alpine:
Layering of vegetation dpeending on the heicht, forest and alpine pastures .
Animals: deer, wolf, bear, marmot, eagles.

Canarian:



Canary Island pine                       Laurel forest



Dragon tree

Animals: Trizon lizard



Dove turkey                                       Gulls