GOING BERSERK

Photocopies from 11th December: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THenY2cmZGdk1Rc0U/view?usp=sharing

How to deal with temper tantrums: 

  http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/temper_tantrums.html
   http://www.handinhandparenting.org/article/helping-children-with-tantrums-in-public/
   http://youtu.be/-hmXjb3naXI







"The egg hatched and a hundred baby spiders came out. And they ate her."

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MY PRIDE AND JOY

Photocopies from 9th December: 
     https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THeUJqeXUwQ3AyT0E/view?usp=sharing
     would and used to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THSk1fQ0FOdEp5cFk/view?usp=sharing
Mudskippers:
     video 1: http://www.wimp.com/mudskipperfish/
     video 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Goby#p00l2tdf
     video 3: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Goby#p004y2h5
     video 4: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/mudskippers?source=relatedvideo

   

SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE

 Photocopy from 4th December: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THWnZQRDdBOFRxRnM/view?usp=sharing

Animals:   http://aliso.pntic.mec.es/jtaa0001/hp/esthercuencamartinez/index.htm

Thursday's test: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THZEtOemgxSVdrQW8/view?usp=sharing 

TAKING PRIDE

cartoon by  parishair

Photocopies from 2nd November:
    Anthony_would & used to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THMUxOY1I2TzJFTTA/view?usp=sharing
    The Reluctant Fundamentalist_chapters 1 & 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THeXhJdWkybFhKcDA/view?usp=sharing
     https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THSkdCSkNpMjZVVDg/view?usp=sharing

Interview with Mohsin Hamid_2007: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=9312695&m=9312702

Reviews:
    http://www.bookdrum.com/books/the-reluctant-fundamentalist/9780141029542/review.html
    http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/may/14/mohsin-hamid-reluctant-fundamentalist-bookclub
    http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/22/mohsin-hamid-second-person-narrative
    http://www.academia.edu/6948140/The_Reluctant_Fundamentalist_A_Quest_for_Identity

 

TICKLED PINK

 Photocopy from 27th November: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THQ2p0RnVpd3R2ZDQ/view?usp=sharing

would or used to ?

http://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-would-in-the-past/

Answer key to 1st writing lesson_part 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THS1R0VlE3ZzZGaGs/view?usp=sharing

6 uses of  -ing form: http://www.engvid.com/6-ways-to-use-gerunds/

ON THE MEND

Photocopies from 20th November: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THU0FWdk1jMHNoRGM/view?usp=sharing

Writing: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-write-an-effective-essay/


Answer key first part of writing lesson no. 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THdGJEZFc1eU1rN2c/view?usp=sharing

A FILM BUFF

Photocopies from 18th November: 
     https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THa0hUTzdCXzlCWXM/view?usp=sharing
     https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THRW1rRjRMX1NYS1E/view?usp=sharing

Talking about disability: http://www.engvid.com/disability-vocabulary/ 
              

          No offence intended!!!

     http://www.scope.org.uk/awkward/disability-language

     http://www.theguardian.com/society/series/talking-about-disability

     http://buds.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Talking-about-Disability-A-Style-Guide-Inspired-by-2012.pdf

Northern Exposure: 

     http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/22/northern-exposure-next-box-set

     http://www.videodetective.com/tv/northern-exposure-season-1/232704

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuBabkoTCgc

     http://www.amazon.com/Northern-Exposure-Complete-Second-Seasons/dp/B000EOTTS6

     

A BIT OF A LIAR

  Photocopies from 13th November: 
     https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THd2ZrZl9xTUtyc1E/view?usp=sharing 
      https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THWWZ0ZndCWVYxNGM/view?usp=sharing

Remembrance Day_David Aldridch: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2048-416X.2014.12001.x/pdf

INFINITIVE or V-ing?  
  http://www.engvid.com/english-resource/verbs-followed-by-gerunds-and-infinitives

  http://www.engvid.com/gerund-or-infinitive/

How to give a presentation: 

  http://www.engvid.com/how-to-give-a-presentation/

Pronunciation of adjectives in -ed  (wicked, naked, ragged, ...) 

   https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/-ed.htm

   http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/34587/why-are-baked-and-naked-not-pronounced-the-same

   http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/04/snappy-endings.html

To take it with a pinch of salt: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2014/05/140520_tews_176_pinch_of_salt.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2013/01/130115_tews_106_take_with_a_pinch_of_salt.shtml

Straight from the horse's mouth: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2013/08/130806_tews_135_horse_mouth.shtml

LAME DUCK

Photocopy from 11th November 2014: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THWEhDVHBiamVZckE/view?usp=sharing

Article about Remembrance Day: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/nov/11/call-rethink-remembrance-day-schools

WRITING_1st lesson_Style & Register: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THdGNjYjdFTi1HM0E/view?usp=sharing
More information about register: http://www.engvid.com/english-resource/formal-informal-english/

DRAWING THE SHORT STRAW

Photocopies from 6th November:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THc0RDZzNNb1NIV2s/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THYUk3cFh3YzBSMEk/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THRFIzdzJUUVY3VmM/view?usp=sharing

MEMORY

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1jpdsw_national-geographic-test-your-brain-3of3-memory-pdtv-xvid-mp3-mvgroup-org_tech

http://natgeotv.com.au/tv/brain-games/the-brain-memory.aspx

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/games/memory-game

THE RAT RACE

THE RAT RACE: the way of life of people living and working in a large city where people compete in an aggressive way with each other in order to be more successful, earn more money, etc.

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Photocopy from 4th November: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THTjF0czBoMko0UjQ/view?usp=sharing
Vocabulary test (4th November): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THVElvRU5DZWRCZWs/view?usp=sharing

MODELS OF ORAL EXAMS: 
           monologues:  https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THM25scGlld0N4eUU&usp=sharing
           dialogues:   https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THYkNnWjQzMDFkakU&usp=sharing

News, news, news: 
  CORRUPTION IN SPAIN: 
     http://www.thelocal.es/20141027/police-swoop-in-anti-corruption-sting
  
  REALITY AT THE BORDER BETWEEN MOROCCO AND THE SPANISH ENCLAVE OF MELILLA: 

     http://www.thelocal.es/20141023/pic-of-the-day-two-worlds-collide

  

  BULLYING:

     http://www.parentdish.co.uk/kids/what-is-bullying-and-what-is-normal-childhood-conflict/

     http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11207241/Teach-children-what-to-say-and-theyll-stand-up-to-bullies.html

     http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/nov/03/why-bullying-thrives-higher-education

     http://www.cafamily.org.uk/media/793674/dealing_with_bullying.pdf

     http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/info-facts.asp

  DEATH WITH DIGNITY: 

     http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/03/terminally-ill-oregon-death-with-dignity-brittany-maynard

     http://guardianlv.com/2014/11/cancer-patient-brittany-maynard-ended-her-suffering/

     https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/death-with-dignity-or-cruel-and-unusual-punishment

     http://www.whitsundaycoastguardian.com.au/news/brittany-maynard-ends-her-own-life/2440622/

     http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/03/brittany-maynard-us-right-to-die-laws

     http://guardianlv.com/2014/11/brittanys-choice-the-everlong-debate-over-assisted-suicide/

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPfe3rCcUeQ

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZR-qB3HaQY

  PODEMOS PARTY: 

     http://www.thelocal.es/20141103/spains-new-podemos-party-tops-poll-courr

     http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-eu-27579898

     http://www.businessinsider.com/spains-podemos-party-takes-polling-lead-2014-11

     http://www.cnbc.com/id/102145697

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS

Bliss Is Not...

1. Doing Nothing

2. Doing Whatever You Want

3. Easy

4. Painless

Bliss Is...

Now you know 4 things that bliss is not but what is bliss, then? Bliss is...

Following your dreams, desires, or heart.

Bliss is that deep, fulfilling, sustainable, driving need you have. That thing that is the true "you."

Your bliss is your life's purpose. Your bliss gives your  life meaning.

When you are following your bliss you are powerful and empowered. You are focused and the universe is waiting to help you, or so it seems.

[Adapted from http://wisdomwebsite.com/5-common-misunderstandings-of-following-your-bliss-and-what-bliss-really-means/ ]

Bliss 1_photocopy from 28th October 2014: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THYVgtOXVMZEdNS2c/view?usp=sharing

Bliss 2_photocopy from 30th October 2014: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THSDJYMW4zbld3RXc/view?usp=sharing

Bliss 3_links to take a sabbatical: 
   http://online.wsj.com/articles/cure-for-office-burnout-mini-sabbaticals-usually-with-full-pay-1414540995
   http://www.wsj.com/video/the-new-sabbatical-shorter-starting-earlier/86ECD74D-862F-4230-A5D7-9EE209FCA0F7.html 
   http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml

Bliss 4_links to articles and videos about our current mascot, the MOOSE: 

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14332648

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/adaptations/Abscission

    http://www.arkive.org/moose/alces-americanus/

    http://www.arkive.org/moose/alces-americanus/video-00.html

    http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/north-woods-law/videos/daring-moose-rescue.htm

Bliss 5_You are what you eat: 

    http://foodandnutritionsecurity.com/2011/01/19/kesslers-take-on-overeating/

    New edX course: Introduction to Nutrition – Food for Health    https://www.edx.org/course/wageningenx/wageningenx-nutr101x-introduction-2051?utm_source=edX+Course+Announcements+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=f0158f455a-Student_Newsletter_October30_Aud&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_237694b56d-f0158f455a-72805849 

IN ABEYANCE

Photocopy from 23rd October: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THNlJKWVRZcHBLekk/view?usp=sharing

Listening test: http://eoitudela.educacion.navarra.es/eoi/examenes/pruebas-certificativas.html 

Our life as jelly beans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOksW_NabEk&feature=youtu.be

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/borne-by-borne-on-and-borne-with/

ZOMBIE or BOGUS (GRAMMAR)  RULES

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/15/steven-pinker-10-grammar-rules-break

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/30/10-grammar-rules-you-can-forget

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/10/inquiring-minds-steven-pinker-style-bogus-grammar-rules

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=536

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_English_usage_misconceptions

Dr. David Kessler: 

http://www.vegan.com/blog/david-kesslers-end-of-overeating/

http://globalhealth.stanford.edu/education/Kessler.pdf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0083kd7

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louise-mccready/d-kessler-author-of-emthe_b_195676.html

http://www.doctoroz.com/audio/interview-david-kessler

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1259530/Why-HYPEREATERS-The-bliss-point-tingle-fizzy-drink-adult-baby-food-fools-brains-wanting-more.html

WERE YOU RAISED IN A BARN?

Oral cards_second lot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THWnB5YkxxT05rZTg/view?usp=sharing

Photocopy from 14th October: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THUmo4UU14MEJRVWc/view?usp=sharing
Photocopies from 16th October: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THWG1yWVFncUZYVkE/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THYlNhNi02UTZpZ0k/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THN2pzck92UlZtSXc/view?usp=sharing

Register for Macmillan online resources:http://www.straightforward-online.com/
Macmillan Practice Online_guide for students: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THSlhOUW55LWM0TEU/view?usp=sharing

101 Uses For Raw Milk Gone Sour: http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/101-uses-for-soured-raw-milk/

A NEW BROOM

Photocopy from 7th October:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THZWdIb2Flb29sMlU/view?usp=sharing
Oral cards_first lot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THU3ptQUk5UG9lQzg/view?usp=sharing

Ebola /ɪˈbəʊlə/ virus: 

   origin: https://web.stanford.edu/group/virus/filo/history.html
     http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/567226/20140923/ebola-virus-outbreak-origin-africa.htm#.VDT2zWeSyuI
     http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/8642/20140820/hunting-down-ebolas-origins-little-late.htm
    http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-emerged-jungle-photos/story?id=24740453 
   symptoms: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/symptoms/
     http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/ebola-what-is-it-and-what-are-the-symptoms-these-are-the-questions-you-need-to-ask-about-the-outbreak-9780260.html
     http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ebola-virus/pages/ebola-virus.aspx
   news: 
  http://whnt.com/2014/10/07/nurses-assistant-in-spain-contracts-ebola-outside-of-africa/    
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/07/ebola-fears-alcorcon-hospital-spain

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/07/ebola-europe-unavoidable-who-spain

    Health care workers: http://online.wsj.com/articles/health-care-workers-face-ebola-risks-1412695082

     http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/07/ebola-crisis-substandard-equipment-nurse-positive-spain

     http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/spain-nurse-s-assistant-with-ebola-is-lesson-for-workers.html

    Spanish  nurse's dog: http://online.wsj.com/articles/fate-of-nurses-pet-dog-sparks-outcry-in-spain-1412714886?mod=trending_now_1

      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2783332/Husband-Spanish-nurse-contracted-Ebola-quarantine-health-authorities-admit-DON-T-KNOW-contracted-virus.html

     http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/07/threat-to-dog-spanish-nurse-ebola-sparks-online-petition 

      http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2014/10/07/dog-ebola-stricken-spanish-nurse-set-be-killed-over-fears-virus-spreading/

    videos: 

      http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29516421

      http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28105531

     http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29457668 

      http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29169014

     http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29463084

  

Spelling quiz: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11142501/Half-of-Britons-cant-spell-common-words.html

HAS AN EDGE TO IT

IT HAS AN EDGE TO IT: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THTGVwcGV5WG1uOG8/view?usp=sharing

VIDEO: http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/26/isil-not-in-my-name-muslims-speak-out/

Photocopy from Thursday 2nd October: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THckE2akN1ZWNtSFk/view?usp=sharing

ALL CHANGE, PLEASE

all change 

British spoken

used for telling people on a train or bus that they must leave it because it is not going any further. If this is not your final destination, then change to another train or another bus. 

Read: Africa: warthog befriends hornbill for grooming favour http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8534000/8534844.stm

Watch: A Warthog Spa: http://youtu.be/OXW_1i1pA0w

              A warthog runs for its life: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01wm4xj

Photocopy from 23rd September: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THZ3VBTTlWS3ItU0E/edit?usp=sharing
Photocopy from 25th September: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THaTBhR2RnalhfSVU/edit?usp=sharing

Photocopy from 30th September:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THSjJTOTJkNGtIYXc/edit?usp=sharing 
Crawl_crouch_lie_lay:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THci0xMmNSUVlOOUE/edit?usp=sharing
Beware_be aware_watch out for_mind: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THXzR2TS1SN3h4ekk/edit?usp=sharing

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Today we start a new school year. How exciting!!! I will meet my students later.

This is the link to the new decree which establishes the curriculum of levels C1 & C2 in the Valencian Community:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THNTlkbUJKYjBsOEk/edit?usp=sharing

http://billythebandedmongoose.co.uk/BookTour.htm

link to audio: http://www.caib.es/govern/sac/fitxa.do?estua=924793&lang=ca&codi=1002198&coduo=924793

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127221336

I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT

Marni Nixon  is an American soprano and playback singer for featured actresses in movie musicals. She is most famous for dubbing the singing voices of the leading actresses in films, including My Fair Lady. 

When Audrey Hepburn heard that almost all her singing in the film My Fair Lady was to be replaced  by the voice of Marny Nixon, she stormed off the set. The next day she came back and apologized for her "wicked behavior. 

You can now hear both versions and decide which one you prefer. And don't forget to sing along! 

Marny NIxon's version: 
 

Here is Audrey's own vocal track for this number: 


Photocopy from April 29th_NEWTS_CERVANTES'S REMAINS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THZFA4NkZtSGZiWDQ/edit?usp=sharing
Photocopy from April 29th_Revision with signs: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THa0ZNVVVhRzIwMGc/edit?usp=sharing
Photocopy from May 6th_Spanish teacher stabbed to death: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THNl9Jd05fN1RrZTA/edit?usp=sharing

Photocopy from May 6th_otters as bioindicators: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THMlFJSWNjLTMwSU0/edit?usp=sharing
Photocopy from May 8th_lychen as bioindicator: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THQmZ4NS1mM2VMbE0/edit?usp=sharing

NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT

Reading_Jodie Foster marries her girlfriend:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THWWZ1UlA1R05Qbkk/edit?usp=sharing

   

Listening_HOMOSEXUALITY: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01q3c26

FOR DAYS ON END

Ebola virus
   video 1: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26703960
   video 2: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26716033
   video 3: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2014/04/01/ebola-crossing-borders-in-africa-could-land-in-u-s/







   video 4: 

video 5: 

IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT

translation cards_8th lot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THM2paZzVyX3M0RUk/edit?usp=sharing

translation cards_7th lot_CORRECTED: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THbjhWaDNGaFZXUUE/edit?usp=sharing

Meet the dumbest job applicants: http://www.rd.com/slideshows/funny-interviews/#slideshow=slidead8

  

APRIL'S FOOL DAY

A day in which merriment is supposed to reign and pranks, practical jokes, and hoaxes are socially sanctioned




















http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26723188

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/april-fools-day

http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/