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PALENCIA'S CAMP 2017

11 of our students of 1º and 2º ESO spent a week in Palencia from the 17th to the 21st of April. They were in a camp with other students from Valladolid (IES Arca Real). The main goal of this week is to spend five days immersed in English with a variety of workshops, sports and other activities in the company of native speaking teaching staff.

Find out more about their experience watching the video.

JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH by Jules Verne

One day, Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, decipher a mysterious message. It is the beginning of an action-packed adventure which takes them to the centre of the Earth. They go through many dangers, including volcanoes and sea monsters, on their way to their destination.



Here is the audio material of the reading book:
Journey to the Centre of the Earth


Worksheets  Worksheet 1: Chapters 1-4   15th May
                      Worksheet 2: Chapters 5-8   19th May
                      Workshhet 3: Chapters 9-13   26th May


Test: 26th May

SAVING COPPER by Marisa McGreevy

Molly dreams of having a horse, but she knows that it's impossible. Then she meets a pony called Copper. Copper needs a friend, and Molly soon learns to look after him. When Molly takes Copper to a competition, she finds that he has special talents - and a secret enemy!

Here is the audio material of the reading book:
Saving Copper


Worksheets  Worksheet 1: Chapters 1-3   16th May
                      Worksheet 2: Chapters 4-5   19th May
                      Worksheet 3: Chapters 6-8   26th May


Test: 26th May

THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London

Buck is a big, healthy mixed-breed dog. He lives in the home of Senator Miller where  he has a comfortable life in sunny California. But then gold is discovered in 1897 in the Klondike region and large, strong dogs are in great demand to pull sleds, the only means of transport there. Someone kidnaps Buck and sells him and .....


Here is the audio material of the reading book:

The call of the Wild

Worksheets: Chapters 1- 9   19th May
                       Chapters  10-Epilogue  26th May


Test:     26th May



Worksheets to print

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jack London was born on January 12th, 1876 in San Francisco, California. His childhood of poverty, his experiences as a youth in varied laborious jobs and later at sea, as well as his participation in the Canadian Gold Rush, all found expression in his writing.

As a writer, London was both disciplined (he awoke early for a daily writing session) and prolific (he
produced over 50 volumes of stories, novels and political essays, many of them classics). London’s first collection of stories, The Son of the Wolf (1900), made him a best-selling author. He wrote two great animal novels: The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906). Among London’s better-known works are the novels The Sea Wolf (1904) and Martin Eden (1909).

Jack London was a colourful personality. In addition to his writing, he was a sailor, a horseman, a rancher,a farmer, a lecturer, an adventure-seeker and a dreamer. Full of vitality, passion and enthusiasm, he worked and lived intensively – but his life was short. London died in 1916.

THE INVISIBLE MAN by H.G. Wells

A terrifying cautionary tale of one man's obsession with pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery. Griffin's dream of being the first invisible man turns into a nightmare as the realities of the situation become clear in increasing degrees of deception, theft and murder.


Here is the audio material of the reading book:

The invisible man


Worksheets:   Worksheet 1: Chapters 1- 9        19th May 

                           Worksheet 2: Chapters 10- 18      25th May

Test:     25th  May


Worksheets to print

10 APPS TO HELP ANYONE IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH GRAMMAR

When it comes to learning grammar, sometimes it’s better to do it in small chunks but often. It also helps when you can learn from different sources, with several types of questions.

English Grammar Apps for Android and IOS are now one of those sources, and most of time they’re free. So, here are some of best free Android apps to help you learn English grammar:

Apps to improve your English grammar

MORE STRANGE TALES by Martin Sinclair

This book features mysterious stories about the supernatural from Britain. All of them are based on true-life events. Dreams that foretell the future, encounters with extraterrestrial life, apparitions  from ancient Rome and mischievous ghosts are just some of the fascinating subjects explored.

Here is the audio material of the reading book:
More strange tales

Worksheets 1 and 2: Worksheet 1 and 2: 17th March


Test: 17th March

DANGER AT SHARK ROCK by Pauline Francis

Jenny isn't happy when she hears that she's going to spend her summer holidays at her grandfather's house on a little Scottish island. But one night, a ship gets into difficulties in a terrible storm and Jenny learns that life on a small island can be exciting after all.


Here is the audio material of the reading book:
Danger at Shark Rock


Worksheets 1 and 2: Worksheet 1-5 and worksheet 6-10: 20th March


Test: 20th March

SANOUK AND THE ELEPHANT by Maureen Reynolds

Sanouk and his parents, Chuan and Manee, live in a small village in Thailand. It’s Sanouk’s 12th birthday. In Sanouk’s village, it’s a tradition for fathers to give their sons an elephant when their sons are 12 years old. The boys then learn how to work with the elephants in the jungle. After a few years, the boys are ‘mahouts’, or elephant trainers....

Here is the audio material of the reading book:
Sanouk and the Elephant


Worksheets  Chapters 1-3 : 21st March
                       Chapters 4-6 : 21st March
                       Chapters 7-10 : 21st March


Test: 21st March

THE FACE IN THE MIRROR by Julie Hart

Margaret Williams and her family move to a new house. Margaret doesn’t like her new house. She misses her old house and her friends. In Margaret’s room, there’s a cold wind but she doesn’t know where it’s coming from...


Here is the audio material of the reading book:

The face in the Mirror


Worksheets:  Chapters 1-4 :  21st March
                        Chapters 5-7 :  21st  March
                        Chapters 8-11: 21st March


Test :   21st March

Dr JEKYLL AND MR HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson

What can a person do when he is pulled between the good and the bad inside him? Dr Jekyll, a scientist, uses chemistry to divide himself into two different bodies: good Dr Jekyll and evil Mr Hyde. But this does not make his life any simpler. Instead the conflict between the two parts becomes more and more violent. Which part will win?


Here is the audio material of the reading book:
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde




Worksheets to print: 14 th December

             


Test:     16th December

THE SWAN AND THE HITCH-HIKER by Roald Dahl

"The Swan" is a short story by Roald Dahl. It tells the story of Ernie, a teenager who receives a rifle for his birthday, and his friend Raymond. Ernie and Raymond go hunting in the countryside with the new gun. There they encounter Peter Watson, a 13-year-old whom the two boys often bully in school. Ernie and Raymond want to kill a swan sitting on her nest. Peter defends the bird and ...

In "The hitch-hiker", the narrator is driving a brand new BMW car, when he picks up a hitch-hiker. The hitch-hiker says that he is going to Epsom for the races because it is Derby Day. The hitch-hiker does not reveal why he was going there but says that he is not going to bet on horses.

Here is the audio material of the reading book:
The Swan and the Hitch-hiker


Worksheets to print:  12th December

               

Test:     15th December


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Roald Dahl was born on 13th September, 1916 in Llandaff, South Wales. Dahl's parents were Norwegian. His father died while Roald was still a child.

THE MYSTERY OF THE TOMB by Marisa McGreevy

Jack, Tom and Danny have to write a scary story for their teacher, but they don't know what to write about. So one night, they decide to go looking for ghosts in the cemetery. They find their "ghost", but they also find much more than they expected.


Here is the audio material of the reading book:
The mystery of the tomb


Worksheets to print : 9th December


Test : 16th December

THE GHOST TEACHER by Julie Hart

West Hill School is just an ordinary school, but one day a new teacher arrives and some very strange things start to happen. The teacher comes to work in a car that has no driver. He carries a newspaper dating from 1935. And he always seems to punish the same boy. What is going on?


Here is the audio material of the reading book:
The ghost teacher



Worksheets to print : 13th December


Test : 15th December

PET 3º ESO

Part 1

1 C             2A              3B             4A          5C

Part 2

6 F            7 D             8 B            9 G         10 H

Part 3

11 A        12 B         13 A       14 A       15 B       16 A       17 B        18 A        19 B       20 A

Part 4

21 D            22 A           23 B         24 C                  25 D

Part 5

26 B        27 A       28 C         29 D        30 B         31 A        32 D         33A       34 B          35 C


WRITING
1  than            2 since       3 only        4 doing/who/that (can) do             5 was directed

PALENCIA'S CAMP 2016

11 students of 1º ESO spent a week in Palencia from the 18th to the 22nd of April. They took part in a programme that offered the chance to spend five days immersed in English, with a variety of workshops, sports and other activities in the company of native speaking teaching staff.
Do you want to have a look at what they did there? Play the video then.

ANOTHER KIND OF BLUE

Here you have another of those videos from Britain's got Talet that you can't stop watching. Enjoy it as much as I did!

María, thank you for sharing this link .

OLIVER TWIST by Charles Dickens

One of Dickens’s most popular novels, Oliver Twist is the story of a young orphan who escaped from the dark  workhouse where he was born. Oliver is a charming innocent in a dishonest world.

Here is the audio material of the reading book:     Oliver twist 

Worksheets : Chapters 1-11  11th May

                       Chapters 12-23  25th May

Test : 26th May

STRANGE TALES by Martin Sinclair

This book is guaranteed to shock and scare with its collection of grotesque and ghostly tales from Britain. Ancient myths and forgotten ghosts are brought back to the life in this thrilling collection of strange tales. I warn you not to read this book late at night!


Here is the audio material of the reading book:

Stange tales

Worksheets : Worksheet 1  4th May  (This worksheet refers to The Ghosts in the Tower of                                                      London, The Ghosts of Glamis Castle and Borley- A haunted Village)
              
                           Worksheet 2 11th May  (This worksheet refers to The Soldier Ghost, The story
                                           of Mary Gibson  and The Loch Ness Monster)


Test  : 18th May