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THE VACCINES_ If You Wanna

It's summer time....again

1st BAT- THE GREAT GATSBY_ F.Scott Fitzgerald

 BITS & PIECES

•  F. Scott Fitzgerald wanted to write something new, beautiful, patterned.
• The novel expresses  THE AMERICAN DREAM (anyone can win success and wealth by his own efforts. It doesn't mind if he's poor or not) . Gatsby wants to get money, but also love. However, he can only get this love by means of money.
• Fitzgerald's own experiences appear in his novels: 

       NY LIFE IN THE 1920s        
        parties,
       bright lights, 
       heavy drinking,
       jazz music,
       time to make money and have fun (The Roaring Twenties)

     THE AGE OF PROHIBITION
      - The law forbade the selling and drinking of alcohol. However, people could buy it illegally from           bootleggers.
     -  There's a lot of drinking in the book. However, Gatsby and Daisy don't drink.

1.  Learn about the "Roaring Twenties"



The happy twenties -by J. Sala. from cmarti16





        2  Learn about the author

1.  The Author
2. Biography
3. To learn more 


     3.The Book

1. A Summary
   


It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/fscottfit138716.html#EojRCGp6CDRM0UKm.99
It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/fscottfit138716.html#EojRCGp6CDRM0UKm.99
It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/fscottfit138716.html#EojRCGp6CDRM0UKm.99

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/fscottfit138716.html#EojRCGp6CDRM0UKm.99


1. Quotes 
2. Wikipedia
3. The Characters
4. The Plot
The Great Gastby plot from cmarti16
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6. Final test review I
7. Final test review II
       4. The film

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           Listening task


•  TASKS (Due to January the 17th  2021)
• TASK 1 : WRITING TASK  (2-3 pages) ( 30%  global mark) 
• Read about he author, the roaring twenties, the American dream and the book and write an essay following the guidelines below:
- INTRODUCTION: Present the book ( reason for reading, author & society)
- BODY: Summarize the book briefly and provide examples of the roaring twenties.
- CONCLUSION: Tell about your opinion the book (justify it) and compare in case you've watched it.



•  TASK 2:  SPEAKING TASK  (10 % global mark) Due to January the 18th - 21st  2021
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1. These are some of  the quotes said by F.S Fitzgerald. Choose the one you liked the most and prepare 1 minute speaking in class. 
          - Use Reported Speech, reason linkers (because, as, since) 

THE DIGITAL STORY OF THE NATIVITY

• How social media, web and mobile tell the story of the Nativity.

Christmas story told through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Wikipedia, Google Maps, GMail, Foursquare, Amazon...

Times change, the feeling remains the same

1st BAT_ MAKE UP A LIFE STORY

• Watch this extraordinary performance and in pairs, make a life story. Use mixture of past tenses, sequencing linkers and upper B1 structures

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BAT_ Rest in Peace, Mr Nelson Mandela.

1.  Watch the video to know a bit about Nelson Mandela's life and answer the questions provided in the WS or in this link.

• Rest in peace, Mr. Nelson Mandela.  Enjoy the poem INVICTUS recited by Morgan Freeman.

• For further reading you can join this link. 
• For futher listening and reading.

 

1ST BAT- Stay hungry...Stat foolish. Amazing Steve Jobs Speech at Stanford

• Watch it again and prepare your opinion on one of the three stories he is telling.

TASK: Summarize the stor and give your opinion (WS on opinon in moodle SP folder)

1st BAT- LEARNING YOUR WAY- A Vision of Students Today

• This video was shot in 2007 when technology was already popular in our society. Some students complain about their teachers who are still teaching  in the 19th century style.

•  Watch the video and write your opinion about it. 
 

 

Me

That's me !

What can you tell from your teacher???

TELEPHONES

'I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots." Albert Einstein

Rita Pierson

EDUCATORS WERE BORN TO BE DIFFERENT

2ND BAT THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

• Watch the video and answer the questions provided in your WS.

• If you feel like reading more on this subject, you've got an interesting  Further reading article you can use to prepare your SP task.
• Another version of the disaster.

- We talked about wastage and its consequences for the developing countries. If you need to watch the video again just click Frontline: GHANA: DIGITAL DUMPING

2nd BAT: Song: I don't want to talk about it.

 People's Opinion

MIKE:    This is one of the saddest songs I know for me. For me the songs about someone who's been broken up with, left alone. He still loves the person who left him and I think that's half the reason this song is so sad, he's almost begging for them to stay with him and yet he tries to be strong by not talking about it. Beautifully sad, this song makes me cry.

MARY:       I've sang this in high school during a recital-- and this is not an easy song to sing, especially when not long before that your then-very-good-friend decide to start fighting you over a common female friend.

JULIETTE:    A beautiful mixture of strength and vulnerability. He's defiant and doesn't want to talk about how badly he's hurt but at the same time can't help making a plea that things might be different.

RACHEL:        the most disappointed moment in my life when u broke my heart..... I lost faith in all human so much so that i believe no expectations will lead to no disappointments... and once in awhile a song like this will set my heart bleeding once more.... 

 What about you? What's your own interpretation on the song?

Farewell Spain

That's chance to practise your Listening skills and learning about the present and local news.You've got a short and a long version. Comments are welcome! 35 minutes version 3 miutes version

A vision of students of today

Watch the video again and make your own comments on it. Make sure you include an opinion linker as well as a reason linker.

Countable vs uncountable

Classify the words in two worksheets depending on the fact they are countable or uncountable nouns. Go to wordle to create your worksheets.

74 Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms in the Classroom

74 Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms in the Classroom

Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning

Listen to this talk

English and new Technologies

CI & BATXILLERAT- GIVE YOUR OPINION.

It is said that life is a matter of goals achievements. Some of them are pretty easy but others require a bit of effort.

• Read about Roger's aim to run a Marathon.
• Watch his home video
• Write your opinion regarding to LIFE GOALS.

The NY Road Runners, the founders of the NYC Marathon, sent an email out to the runners of the 2011 NYC Marathon asking a simple question: What motivates you to run? I initially replied in an email but then decided that it might make more sense in my case, to respond with a video as well. This is my response.

I will apologize in advance for the beginning video footage of me but I can now post it as it is now in my past. It is my sincere hope that others may see the condition that I was in and be inspired to change their own life. Even if you are not overweight, it is important that you always have goals in front of you and strive to make the world a better place for you and everyone else on this planet. :)

Thank you and for more information go to RFME.org.
Roger