“I’ve always admired…” project

Here you have another activity to improve your speaking skills: “I’ve always admired…” project.

You have to prepare an oral presentation about someone you admire: a celebrity, a singer, a band, an actor or actress, a sportsperson, a politician… You’ll have to look for information and make a presentation to your classmates for 3-5 minutes including some of the topics that we have studied so far in 2º Bachillerato. You can use some visual aid to help you with the presentation.

Here you have an example of what you have to do and the correction sheet that we’ll use:

I’ve always admired U2

Correction sheet


Calendario de presentaciones para 2º Bach.:

– Lunes 22 enero – Natalia, Pablo

– Martes 23 – Pedro, Beatriz

– Martes 30 – Carolina, Jose

– Miércoles 31 – Heredia, Tania

– Lunes 5 febrero- Mayoral, Porcel, Paez, Caba, Dubrava

– Lunes 12 – Carmen, Antonio G.

– Martes 13 – Andrea, Ana

– Miércoles 14 – Yolanda, Antonio

– Lunes 19 – Marisa, Juan Ma

– Martes 20 – Mañas, Mª Jesús

– Miércoles 21 – Juan Mi, Raquel

– Martes 6 marzo – Mª Alanis, Montse Pastor

– Miércoles 7 – Érika, Ainhoa

– Lunes 12 – Carlota, María

– Martes 13 – Tijeras, José David

– Miércoles 14 – Ventura, Vicente

Webquest: London tourist brochure

EXAMPLES FROM STUDENTS

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

https://issuu.com/mariadelmarsanchezlopez/docs/trabajo_londres (Mª Mar, Emanuel, Adrián – 1º Bach. A/C)

https://issuu.com/luis5675/docs/means_of_transport.docx (Luis, Irene Porcel, María – 1º Bach. B/D)

ACCOMODATION

https://issuu.com/lorenagutierrez07/docs/webquest_london_accommodation?utm_source=conversion_success&utm_campaign=Transactional&utm_medium=email (Lorena, Julio, Saloua – 1º Bach. A/C)

https://issuu.com/andreamartinm19/docs/trabajo_ingl__s__acomodation_termin (Andrea Martín, Gonzalo, Andrea Rueda – 1º Bach. A/C)

https://issuu.com/mariajesusmartin16/docs/generator_hostal (Mª Jesús, Tania, Pablo – 1º Bach. B/D)

https://issuu.com/marialanis16/docs/london_accomodation (Ainhoa, Montse, María Alanis – 1º Bach. B/D)

https://issuu.com/marisa882/docs/accomodation (Marisa, Juan Miguel, Alejandro – 1º Bach. B/D)

LANDMARKS

https://issuu.com/vicentegonzalez59/docs/landmarks_vicente__espe__ibra?utm_source=conversion_success&utm_campaign=Transactional&utm_medium=email (Vicente, Espe, Ibrahim – 1º Bach. A/C)

https://issuu.com/mariacampoy4/docs/landmarks.docx (Mª Jesús Campoy, Antonio, Youness, José Antonio – 1º Bach. A/C)

https://issuu.com/yolandajimenez5/docs/londonwebquest (Yolanda, Andrea, Natalia – 1º Bach. B/D)

https://issuu.com/gemirenana/docs/english_projet (Irene Heredia, Ana, Gema – 1º Bach. B/D)

https://issuu.com/rachel5_/docs/landmarks (Raquel, Irene Mañas, José Alberto – 1º Bach. B/D)

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

https://issuu.com/antoniolt78/docs/en_blanco (Antonio, Carlota, Pedro – 1º Bach. B/D)

https://issuu.com/maycasedenobalaguer/docs/ingles_mayca-manuel-cristina..pdf (Maica, Manuel y Cristina – 1º Bach. A/C)

SURVIVAL KIT

https://issuu.com/mariajesussegura/docs/survival_kit.docx (Mª Jesús Segura, Benjamín – 1º Bach. A/C)

https://issuu.com/veronicajara51/docs/survival_kit?utm_source=conversion_success&utm_campaign=Transactional&utm_medium=email (Verónica, Fatima – 1º Bach. A/C)

https://issuu.com/jujoti/docs/webquest (José David, Juan Ma, Timi – 1º Bach. B/D)

Artists project

This is the link where you can find all the information about this project prepared in collaboration with the Geography and History Department for the students of 4º ESO in the bilingual section:   http://padlet.com/indaurrutia/artists_project

This is the evaluation test you have to do to finish the project after all the class presentations. Remember: you won’t get the correct answers or any mark; it is just to check what you have learnt after all the presentations in class.

Vocabulary “Health / At the doctor’s”

This is a list of words and expressions related to health and the topic “At the doctor’s” that my students of 4º ESO selected to include for the exam. We worked in groups of 5 students with a picture dictionary (Word by Word. Picture Dictionary by Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss. Prentice Hall). Each group had to make sure that the five students learnt all the words and practised the dialogues of the section that they were given. Finally, they had to make a selection of the most difficult words or expressions to teach the rest of the class.

This is the list with all the words and some pictures taken from the already mentioned dictionary, which I highly recommend to all my students:

  1. Backache = dolor de espalda
  2. sore throat = dolor de garganta
  3. cold = resfriado
  4. sunburn = quemadura del sol
  5. stiff neck = contractura del cuello
  6. wart = verruga
  7. chills = escalofríos
  8. hiccups = hipo
  9. shortness of breath = que te falta la respiración
  10. faint = desmayarse
  11. wheeze = respirar con dificultad
  12. sneeze = estornudar
  13. bloated = estar hinchado
  14. dizzy = mareado
  15. burp = eructar
  16. bleed = sangrar
  17. twist = torcerse
  18. sprain = hacerse un esguince
  19. scratch = arañazo
  20. scrape = rozadura
  21. scale = peso, balanza
  22. drill = taladrar
  23. needle = aguja
  24. stitches = puntos de sutura
  25. sling = cabestrillo
  26. crutches = muletas
  27. counseling = consulta
  28. rest in bed = guardar cama
  29. bed pan = cuña
  30. call button = botón de llamada
  31. Eye drops – colirio, gotas ojos
  32. heating pad – manta eléctrica
  33. ice pack – bolsa de hielo
  34. wheelchair – silla de ruedas
  35. tablespoon – cuchara sopera

Global issues posters

My students have been studying vocabulary and expressions related to global issues:

Global_issues          Global_issues_game         Global_issues_recortables

We have been talking about their causes and consequences and we’ve been discussing about what we can do as individuals. One of these things is to create posters to inform people about these problems. Here are some examples of the posters they’ve made:

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“Job interview” Project for 2º Bachillerato

You are going to do a small project related to the topic “The world of work”. You are going to prepare yourselves to apply for a job and have a job interview in English. 

  1. You are going to watch a video about what you have to do and not to do in a job interview:

2. After that, you are going to make groups to carry out an investigation into any of the five topics listed below using the links provided (download the file):

  • Do’s and dont’s
  • How to answer the most common questions
  • How to write a CV
  • How to write a cover letter
  • Body language

Job_Interview_LINKS

3. Once you have done that, you have to make a short oral presentation (5 minutes) for your classmates using any visual aids that you may need (powerpoint, pdf, poster…)

4. Here you have the evaluation rubric for this project:

Assessment_Rubric

5. To finish, you can role-play a job interview using all the things that you have learnt in this project. Use this video as an example:

THIS IS AN EXPLANATION OF HOW TO WRITE A FORMAL LETTER: Formal Letter

Project “Create your own restaurant” for 4º ESO

Here you have the file with all the necessary information for this project (taken from http://www.mes-english.com):     restaurant_project

You will have two marks:

For the written part:

1) Make a menu for your restaurant

2) Write a description of your restaurant (logo, name, owner, specialities, description of the place)

For the oral part:

  1. Role-play at a different restaurant
  2. Record a commercial for the radio (approximately 30 seconds)