This is NOT the End

Después de tres años increíbles en la Ciudad de los Ángeles -y algún que otro demoño que al final no fue tanto- toca emprender una nueva etapa. Hay una pequeña criatura, pero bien grande por dentro, que diría que 'This is not the end' y tiene razón, es otro de los múltiples comienzos de las múltiples vidas que vivimos pensando que es una sola.

Toca emprender una nueva etapa, pero os llevo conmigo. También hago espacio para mis nuevos alumnos y compañeros 'ateneos'.

En breve el blog volverá a estar operativo con nuevas entradas y actividades. Feel yourselves at home.

Writing: For and Against essays

Para preparar una composición dando razones a favor y en contra de un tema concreto, aquí os dejo una explicación que tomé "prestada" de Slideshare. ¡Muchas gracias, sarafant!

A for and against essay from sarafant

Oral Presentation: 'Movies'

As you all know, the oral project for the second term is about movies. Here you will find the structure in case you need to have a look:

+ Guessing Game (optional)
0. Introduction: title of the movie and reason why you chose it
1. Background Information
- Year of release
- Genre
- Crew members
- Cast: main characters / supporting characters
2. Plot: no spoilers!!
3. Awards
4. Anecdotes
5. Quotation: text, meaning and reason why you chose it
+ Trivia (optional)

Also, you will also be able to learn some new vocabulary and expressions to use in your presentation if you click on the presentations below:

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

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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