Look Up: A Poem

Today's entry is all about filmmaker and spoken word artist Gary Turk. One of the things he does -brilliantly, I must say- is talking about daily life through poems, so you might easily relate to the topics he deals with. As sometimes "A picture is worth a thousand words", he makes videos out of his poems. You can watch some of them HERE.

Just to start with, I've taken a poem called 'Look Up'. As you can see in the video cover, it is about how an abusive use of technology can make us lose awareness of what happens around us.

Here's the poem in its written form as well. Hope you enjoy it!

Present Passive for ESO

To get ready for your final exam, you can try these links on the present passive. Hope it helps!

PRESENT PASSIVE: Complete the sentences

PRESENT PASSIVE: Transform into passive 1

 PRESENT PASSIVE: Transform into passive 2

 PRESENT PASSIVE: Transform into passive 3

ACTIVE OR PASSIVE SENTENCES?

Verb Tense Mix

Hello everyone, and welcome to...

 

 
Today's practice is on mixed tenses in simple sentences. If you feel you need to work on it, or you think you need to revise, or you don't have anything else to do, here's some links that may be useful:

PRACTICE 1

PRACTICE 2

PRACTICE 3

Future Tenses: Will, Be Going To, Present Continuous

It's been a while!

Here's some practice on future tenses to revise the contrast between Will, Be Going to and Present Continuous with future meaning. The key is included.

For further practice, click HERE

The Last Lesson

Today's the last lesson with my dear 2ºBachillerato students. All the best to you all!

Here's my goodbye message for them. Now go create your own masterpiece!

You'll find the lyrics here: Masterpiece - Jessie J

Music - You Learn (Alanis Morissette)

Who said that you only learn what you are taught? 

Can we learn through our experiences in life?

Alanis Morissette thinks so. In fact, she recommends us to take risks so that we learn from our wins and losses. Listen to the song and see it for yourself.

 
To have a look at the lyrics, click HERE

Quotes - 2

Breaking Bad - season 2, episode 8

Keep going, superheroes! You can almost touch the finish line. Go kick fear, frustration and tiredness as hard as you can right in the teeth!

It feels awesome, by the way.

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For those of you who want it, here's the translation into Spanish:

"He pasado mi vida entera asustado. Con miedo a las cosas que podían pasar, podrían pasar, podrían no pasar. Cincuenta años he pasado así. Despertándome a las tres de la mañana. ¿Pero sabes qué? Cada día desde mi diagnóstico, duermo bien. Me di cuenta de que lo peor de todo es el miedo. De que es el enemigo real. Así que levántate, sal al mundo real y dale una patada a ese b******* tan fuerte como puedas en toda la boca."