12.15.2017
LANGUAGES IN GAME OF THRONES
I hope you enjoy these videos
HOW'S YOUR DOTHRAKY?
HOW TO SPEAK VALYRIAN
HOW IT SOUNDS
THE COMMON TONGUE IS NOT SIMPLE EITHER:
NOTHERN ACCENT:
SOUTHERN ACCENT:
12.13.2017
SHERLOCK SERIES. Reading activity. 4th ESO
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| This is the version we will be dealing with in class. |
If you want to start reading Scandal in Bohemia. there are two versions:
AUDIO 2
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| The Strand Magazine |
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| video tour here A reconstruction of Sherlock Holmes sitting-room in Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes Museum) |
BACHILLERATO STUDENTS *****
If you are interested in reading the ORIGINAL VERSION you can download it here
The stories included in the graded readers are: (being the highlighted the one to be read in class)
A Scandal in Bohemia
Five Orange Pips
The Speckled Band
Maybe you would enjoy watching the video (no subtitles at all)
For those of you who want to try the original version, I encourage you to read the summary below:
Taken from www. study.com
A Royal Affair
The story opens with Sherlock Holmes' famous partner, Dr. John Watson, paying Holmes a visit in his Baker Street apartment. Holmes has received a mysterious message that he concludes is from a wealthy German in Bohemia, a central region in what is now the Czech Republic.
A masked and richly-dressed 'Count von Kramm' arrives. He turns out to be the King of Bohemia and needs Holmes' help. He plans to marry a Scandinavian princess, but first needs to destroy evidence of a previous relationship he had with Irene Adler, a retired English opera singer. She possesses some letters from him and a large photograph of them together. The king is convinced she'll use the photograph to ruin him out of jealousy. Holmes agrees to take the case.
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Equine Recon
Planning to do some recon, or gather preliminary information, the next afternoon Holmes meets Watson at his apartment disguised as 'a drunken-looking groom, ill-kempt and side-whiskered, with an inflamed face and disreputable clothes.' Holmes explains that he's been posing as a horse groomer in Adler's neighborhood in order to gather information on her daily habits. She's a beautiful woman with a regular schedule and a frequent male visitor named Godfrey Norton.
Holmes sees Norton arrive at her home, Briony Lodge, and go inside to talk with Adler. Norton leaves in a hurry for the Church of St. Monica, and Adler does the same. Holmes follows them and discovers they're having an impromptu wedding. They even ask him to serve as a witness. Later, after recounting his adventure to Watson, he forms a plan to get inside Adler's home and locate the photograph and letters.
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Smoke and Mirrors
Holmes and Watson return there that evening when they know Adler will also return. Holmes is dressed as a clergyman and has paid a 'gang' of scruffy-looking characters to stage a fight on Serpentine Avenue. He's instructed Watson not to interfere. When Adler arrives, the 'fight' breaks out around her. Holmes steps in to 'help' her, but gets 'knocked out.' The grateful Adler has him brought into her house to recover.
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When Holmes gives the signal from inside, Watson throws a smoke rocket into her window and shouts 'Fire!' The ruffians in the street repeat the alarm. Adler, thinking her home is on fire, races to a hidden panel and starts to rescue the photograph. Holmes tells her it's a false alarm and escapes to meet Watson on a nearby street corner.
The One That Got Away
As the two re-enter the Baker Street apartment, a mysterious boy in an ulster (long overcoat) says, 'Good night, Mister Sherlock Holmes.' Holmes has no idea who it is. The next morning, Holmes, Watson, and the king return to Briony Lodge to steal the photograph and letters. However, the house is deserted. A woman tells them they were expected and that Adler and Norton have permanently skipped town. Inside, Adler has left a different photograph of herself in an evening gown for the king and a letter for Holmes.
The letter explains that Adler realized Holmes was behind the 'fire.' Dressed as a boy, she followed Holmes and Watson home to confirm this and greeted them. She has kept the photograph they want but explains that she won't use it against the king unless he provokes her since she's found a man she loves more.
Since the King of Bohemia doesn't need it, Holmes keeps the new photograph for himself. Ever afterward, Holmes refers to Irene Adler as ' thewoman,' showing his newfound respect for the brilliant mind of the woman who once outwitted him.
Or maybe you would also want to read it in Spanish
And now... did you know that there is a very famous series where you can find a chapter named "Scandal in Belgravia"?
Which series is it?
FOR BACHILLERATO AND THOSE 4TH ESO STUDENTS WHO WANT TO HANDLE IN SOME EXTRA TASK:
- 4TH ESO: Read A Sccandal in Bohemia in the original version
- BACHILLERATO: Read Five Orange Pips or The Speckled Band in the original version
- Write a summary of the story (following the model above)
- prepare an oral presentation to be develped in class.
- You will handle in both the summary and the outline of the oral presentation
before 11/2/2018 00:00
To the mail: mariajosegarridoortega@gmail.com
FOR J.F.C.S. 1ST BACHILLERATO A
- Then, you will do the oral presentation in class
FOR J.F.C.S. 1ST BACHILLERATO A
- Follow this link
- Pay attention to the part which deals with the allusions of other stories of Sherlock, choose one of them and download it (here)
- Write a summary of the chapter you have chosen (following the model above)
- prepare an oral presentation to be develped in class. You can comment on everything you want: the author, the story, the series....
- You will handle in both the summary and the outline of the oral presentation before 11/2/2018 00:00 To the mail: mariajosegarridoortega@gmail.com
- Then, you will do the oral presentation in class
12.10.2017
GO GO ANDALUZ!!!!!!
And my question was:
"How many of you have ever said this: "maestra, si no se hablar español, cómo voy a saber inglés?"
I know that some of you were a bit surprised of the conclusion we arrived at.
I told you that there is a video on the you tube channel that develops this topic.
Have a look at it:
And ... did you know that there is an Andalusian version of "The little prince"?
And here you have the conclusion and the reason why I like my language sooooo much
Andaluz GO GO GO
There's a new controversy around the use of our rich language in the series "La Peste". Some people say that they don't understand the actors in the series because they speak "Andalusian, Sevillian variation".
Nevertheless Series fans tend to praise the variety of languages and accents used in, for example, Game of Thrones, or the slang used in Narcos.
So what is the real reason why the hate soooo much the use of this particular accent in the series, when it is located in Seville at a time when Seville was the centre of commerce in Spain?
Think about it and give me your opinion in class.
read more
11.15.2017
11.12.2017
PAST TENSES EXERCISES
In unit two in your student's book you are dealing with past tenses in English.
You can start doing these exercises I've left you in this FOLDER.
10.31.2017
DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE
VERSIONS
Double, double, toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble Double, double, toil and trouble Something wicked this way comes. Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing. Double, double, toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble Double, double, toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron... bubble Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing. Double, double, toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble Double, double, toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron... bubble Something wicked this way comes. Double, double, trouble, trouble (Fire burn and cauldron) Fire burn and cauldron... bubble Something wicked this way comes. Something wicked THIS WAY COMES!
Probably you'd remember this song if you've seen the Harry Potter film.
But did you know that this is only a version?
Watch the following video and listen to the words.
You can follow the lyrics I've given you,
Is there any difference?
Do you know where is this scene from?
10.26.2017
PRESENT PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE
USAMOS EL PRESENTE PERFECTO CUANDO ESPECIFICAMOS EL TIEMPO EN EL QUE LA ACCIÓN COMENZÓ (SINCE) .SE ENTIENDE QUE LA ACCIÓN TERMINA EN EL PRESENTE.
I have sung in the choir since 2012 (now I'm still singing there) USAMOS EL PRESENTE PERFECTO CUANDO HABLAMOS DE UN PERIODO DE TIEMPO ESPECÍFICO PERO INDETERMINADO EN EL PASADO (FOR). SE ENTIENDE QUE LA ACCIÓN TERMINA EN EL PRESENTE I have sung in the choir for hours |
EN AMBOS CASOS EL MOMENTO EXACTO (FECHA EXACTA) NO LA SABEMOS.
PARA ESO USAMOS EL PASADO SIMPLE
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RECUERDA QUE: EL LUGAR DE LOS MARCADORES DE TIEMPO ES MUY CONCRETO EN LA FRASE:
EVER, NEVER, ALREADY Y JUST ..........DELANTE DEL PARTICIPIO
YET..... NOT YET..................... AL FINAL
SINCE / For.............................AL FINAL DENTRO DE UN COMPLEMENTO DE TIEMPO
ALREADY se puede poner al final de la frase con valor enfático
YET SE UTILIZA EN FRASES NEGATIVAS E INTERROGATIVAS
Have you finished your homework yet?
(¿No habéis terminado la tarea aún/todavía?)
(¿Habéis terminado la tarea ya?)
El valor de la pregunta es negativo en ambos idiomas.
La respuesta que se espera es la afirmativa
No, We haven't finished it yet
( Aún/ todavía no la hemos terminado)
SI LA INTERROGATIVA ADEMÁS ES NEGATIVA, DE LA PREGUNTA DEDUCIMOS QUE EL HABLANTE ESPERA QUE LA ACCIÓN SE HAYA REALIZADO YA:
Haven't you finished it yet?
( ¿Aun no lo habéis terminado?)
CUANDO LA ACCIÓN ACABA DE PASAR, O AÚN TIENE VALOR, ESTÁ LIGADA AL PRESENTE, USAMOS PRESENTE PERFECTO.
CUANDO LA ACCIÓN YA SE HA DADO POR FINALIZADA USAMOS PASADO SIMPLE
RECUERDA: Los participios de pasado terminados en ED tienen tres posibles pronunciaciones
EXERCISES EXTRA PRACTISE from your book
I haven't met you yet
have you ever...?
We are the Champions
4º ESO exercises
10.04.2017
ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
These are the boards I showed you in class. As the pictures don't work here (yet) I share the
documents with you.I'll try to make them work later.
You can copy them or just add some comments to your notes
PRESENT REVIEW
9.28.2017
9.20.2017
6.18.2017
MOANA the movie
Look at the title of the movie, It´s different in Spain: Vaiana. Why?
Watch this video to see what is the background for the story.
Then answer these questions:
Where are the islands of the movie?
Can you place it on a map?
What language do they speak there?
Is there any special tradition?
What is the most important job there in the islands?
CHARACTERS:
Look here for more information about Maui
Try to explain what you've learn
AFTER THE MOVIE:
Who is the main character?
What do you think is the story message?
What is your opinion?
6.11.2017
reported speech
Dear students, if you want to deal with reported speech the key word is, I told you, CHECK, CHECK and always CHECK at the end.
These are the rules you have to follow and these are the ones you have to check
STATEMENTS:
you have to change the verb of the reported sentence one step backwards into the past
follow the instructions of this chart:
There are some other changes that you have to check :
example: "volunteers cleaned the beach yesterday"said John
John said that volunteers had cleaned the beach the day before
YES/NO QUESTIONS:
You can only answer YES or NO to these kind of questions. You choose one or the other.
In English you show this possibility of election by using IF or WHETHER
When you report a questions it is no longer a question, I mean, it becomes an affirmative sentence, so the order of the elements is subject-verb-complement
example:
Are they working now?" he asked
He asked if / whether they were working then
yes, the step backwards change in the verb also applies here, as well as the changing in the reference to the time of speaking. Always check this kind of elements before you finish the reporting.
WH-QUESTIONS:
This kind of question needs an specific answer, the one asked by the wh-element ---that is, the interrogative pronoun.
The step backwards in the verb tense and the expressions denoting time reference also apply here
and, as I told you before, the question is no more a question when you report it, so the order in the sentence is:
wh-element+ subject+verb+complement
example: "What can we do to help now" they asked
They asked what they could do to help then.
These sentences can appear in the interrogative and in the affirmative form. You can choose the way you report them, following the ways of the questions or this --easier--way:
TO + VERB (in the bare infinitive form, without 'to')
there is no step backwards in these sentences, but ,again, you have to check the rest of the
time reference in the sentence.
example of request "please, give us a talk about solar energy tomorrow"she said
she asked me to give them a talk about solar energy the following day
example of offer: "I'll explain this to you next month"Greg said
Greg offered to explain that to me the following month
WARNING: notice the change of the pronouns!!!!
Reference must be taken into account, you have to change the pronouns according to the reference towards the speaker, the same as when you are asked your name. See:
"What's your name? My name is .....
ORDER:
You can receive a positive order or a negative one.
You usually are given orders by the IMPERATIVE, but sometimes there are questions which are implicit orders:
(1) "Do the exercises!"
(2) "Can you do the exercises?" the teacher asked
both sentences are commands, orders. One explicit (1) and the other one implicit (2)
Again you can choose the way you report this sentence (2)-- following the ways or the questions or following this--easier--way:
when the order is affirmative : TO +VERB (in the bare infinitive form, without 'to')
when the order is negative: NOT +TO+VERB (in the bare infinitive form, without 'to')
example + order: "take your rubbish with you" he said
He told us to take our rubbish with us
example - order : "don't dump the waste here!" he said
He told us not to dump the waste there
SUGGESTION:
We usually suggest things to other people in the form of an invitation to do something.
Sometimes the speaker includes him/herself in the invitation
In this case we find let's in the sentence:
"Let's do a project about environmental problems to rise our English mark" Enma said
Enma is included in the invitation to do the project
"they should use the recycling bins" Susan said
Susan is not included in the invitation, probably she already uses the recycling bins herself.
When we deal with reported speech, we sometimes doubt if an advise is a suggestion or something deeper and we doubt on the ways of reporting the structure.
Ok, now let's go to the reported structure:
We can mainly use two structures:
VERB+ING
THAT + SUBJECT+ INFINITIVE VERB
(it's a non-personal structure, so the verb you find is an infinitive no matter the subject)
example: "let's do a project" Anne said
Anne suggested doing a project
Anne suggested that we do a project
Let's see another example for you to see clearly that the verb in the THAT structure is an infinitive:"you should do the project alone" Anne told Mary
Anne suggested Mary that she do the project alone
notice "she do" and not "she does"
Anyway, you can not use the OFFER, REQUEST or ORDER structure in the SUGGESTION structure
❌Anne suggested to do a project
The most commonly used verbs are SAY and TELL, but there are other verbs used in the reported speech that add intention to what's said
these are the REPORTING VERBS
They are linked to certain structures
STATEMENTS:
explain, announce, add, admit, promise, complain
QUESTIONS:
ask, want to know, wonder, enquire,
ORDERS:
order, warn, instruct, remmind
REQUESTS: ask, beg
OFFERS:offer
SUGGESTIONS:
suggest, advice, recommend,
these are the REPORTING VERBS
They are linked to certain structures
STATEMENTS:
explain, announce, add, admit, promise, complain
QUESTIONS:
ask, want to know, wonder, enquire,
ORDERS:
order, warn, instruct, remmind
REQUESTS: ask, beg
OFFERS:offer
SUGGESTIONS:
suggest, advice, recommend,
5.29.2017
REPORTED SPEECH. Tony Succar . Billy Jean
Dear students, can you tell me which of these sentences are direct and /or indirect speech?
Now turn the direct into indirect and the other way round.
Make use of your notebooks
BILLIE JEAN (Tony Succar
VERSE -
She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said, "Don’t mind but what do you mean I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round?"
She said, "I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round"
She told me her name was Billie Jean
As she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
BRIDGE -
People always told me, "Be careful of what you do
And don’t go around breaking young girls hearts"
And mother always told me, "Be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do ’cause the lie becomes the truth"
CHORUS -
Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one but the kid is not my son
VERSE -
For forty days and forty nights, law was on her side
But who can stand when she’s in demand, her schemes and plans
So we danced on the floor in the round
So take my strong advice
Just remember to always think twice
Do think twice, do think twice
She told my baby, we were dancing still three
Then she looked at me, then showed a photo
My baby cried ’cause his eyes were like mine
Though we'd dance on the floor in the round
BRIDGE 2 -
People always told me, "Be careful of what you do
And don’t go around breaking young girls hearts"
But she came and stood right by me then the smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon, she called me to her room
CHORUS -
Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
INTERLUDIO –
MONTUNO 1 -
*** BILLIE JEAN IS NOT MY LOVER
- Billy Jean, she’I,s not my loooooo.
- Tell her who and ……
- She’s just a girl, who says that I am the one…..
MAMBO –
MONTUNO 2 –
*** EL NIÑO NO ES MIO
1) Oyeme lo que te digo
*** CONMIGO NO VA
2) Que ese niño, de quien será.
3) Te lo juro, no te miento
4) Que ha pasado el padre? Donde estará?
5) En la calle quedara, No ha vuelta mas.
6) Y a mi, que lastima me da.
5.28.2017
REPORTED SPEECH review
Erwin please, watch this video, It's been specially chosen for you.
I'm working on the document I told you I would do for you, In the meantime, you can watch this video too:
or maybe this one:
5.03.2017
MODAL VERBS I
There are some basic rules that you have to follow when you use MODAL VERBS
Modal verbs are verbs such as CAN MUST SHOULD MAY COULD .....
1. NO USE OF AUXILIARY VERBS
I can run I can't run can I run ?
2. NO -S /-ES ENDING when preceeded by HE, SHE or IT
I can run she can run
3. ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE VERB
I can run I can't run Can I run?👍👍
You must remember the rules of the verb TO BE to form the affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences. The only thing you have to remember is the third rule of the modals (always followed by an infinitive)
The semimodal verbs are those verbs formed by two words:
HAVE TO NEED TO OUGHT TO
These verbs follow the third rule, but not the other two:
1. They need an auxiliary verb
I have to go I don't have to go Do I have to go?
She has to go She doesn't have to go Does she have to go?
2. They add the -s/-es ending when preceeded by HE, SHE or IT
She has to go He needs to go It has to happen
3. They are followed by an infinitive verb, as the Modal verbs do.
I need to go She needs to stay He doesn't have to say it......
You have to remember the rules for the Present Simple affirmative of the verb PLAY, for example.
4.06.2017
MARTIN LUTHER KING
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs
Nina Simone born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Simone employed a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
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| Miss Simone |
4.02.2017
FOOD
In English there are some nouns that cannot be counted.
You can call them UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS.
The clue for you to follow is that they are never plural.
In this picture you have some examples:
"FRUITS" refers to all type of fruit
"BEANS" refers to all type of beans
When you want to count all the nouns that cannot be counted, you use thes MAGIC words:
NOTICE CHEESE
What happens when you don't know the exact number of food items?
well, don't worry! there are some magic words again:
We use SOME and ANY when we don't now the number.
There are SOME cookies in the jar
There is SOME milk in the fridge.
(I'm not saying anyting about countable or uncountable nouns)
There aren't ANY cookies in the jar, there are M&Ms
There isn't ANY milk in the fride, there's only orange juice
We use SOME or ANY if the sentence is affirmative, negative or interrogative.
The use of SOME or ANY has nothing to do with countability.
❔ / ➖ ANY
➕ SOME
3.18.2017
VERSIONS
Sometimes you hear songs that are not new.
They are versions. How do you call them now????
LADY is one of them
You can look at the original video and see the differences in clothes, relationships, styles... It was first released at the beginning of the 21st century, a different time.
Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) (Official Video) WIKIPEDIA HERE
This is the new version with lyrics added by Pitbull.
Can you write some differences in the TONE of both songs?
Some of the lyrics in this version are explicit, not so in the original one.
Language in the songs are different too.
Austin Mahone - Lady (ft. Pitbull) (Official Lyric Video)
3.16.2017
ED SHEERAN. Shape of you
The club isn't the _____________ place to find a lover
So the bar is ___________ I go
Me and my friends at the table doing shots
Drinking fast and then we talk slow
Come over and ______________ a conversation with just me
And trust me I'll give it a chance now
Take my hand, stop, put Van the Man on the jukebox
And then we start to dance, and now I'm singing like
So the bar is ___________ I go
Me and my friends at the table doing shots
Drinking fast and then we talk slow
Come over and ______________ a conversation with just me
And trust me I'll give it a chance now
Take my hand, stop, put Van the Man on the jukebox
And then we start to dance, and now I'm singing like
Girl, you know I want your love
Your love was _________________ for somebody like me
Come on now, follow my lead
I may be crazy, don't mind me
Your love was _________________ for somebody like me
Come on now, follow my lead
I may be crazy, don't mind me
Say, boy, let's not talk too much
Grab on my waist and put that body on me
Come on now, follow my lead
Come, come on now, follow my lead
I'm in love with the shape of you
We push and pull like a ____________ do
Although my heart is falling too
I'm in love with your body
And last night you were in my room
And now my ________________ smell like you
Every day discovering something _______________ new
We push and pull like a ____________ do
Although my heart is falling too
I'm in love with your body
And last night you were in my room
And now my ________________ smell like you
Every day discovering something _______________ new
I'm in love with your body
Oh—I—oh—I—oh—I—oh—I
I'm in love with your body
Every day discovering something ______________ new
I'm in love with the shape of you
One week in we let the story begin
We're going out on our first date
You and me are thrifty, so go all you can _____________
Fill up your bag and I fill up a _______________
We talk for hours and hours about the sweet and the sour
And how your family is doing okay
Leave and get in a taxi, then kiss in the backseat
Tell the driver make the radio play, and I'm singing like
We're going out on our first date
You and me are thrifty, so go all you can _____________
Fill up your bag and I fill up a _______________
We talk for hours and hours about the sweet and the sour
And how your family is doing okay
Leave and get in a taxi, then kiss in the backseat
Tell the driver make the radio play, and I'm singing like
Girl, you know I want your love
Your love was _______________ for somebody like me
Come on now, follow my lead
I may be crazy, don't mind me
Say, boy, let's not talk too much
Grab on my waist and put that body on me
Come on now, follow my lead
Come, come on now, follow my lead
Your love was _______________ for somebody like me
Come on now, follow my lead
I may be crazy, don't mind me
Say, boy, let's not talk too much
Grab on my waist and put that body on me
Come on now, follow my lead
Come, come on now, follow my lead
I'm in love with the shape of you .............
Come on, be my baby, come on x 8
Come on, be my baby, come on x 8
I'm in love with the shape of you..............
Come on, be my baby, come on
I'm in love with your body
Every day discovering something brand new
I'm in love with the shape of you
Come on, be my baby, come on
I'm in love with your body
Every day discovering something brand new
I'm in love with the shape of you
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