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.

 

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?

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

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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

2nd BAT ENVIROMENT

Click on this link and do the listening activities provided in the worksheet given in class.

Watch this video and answer the following questions:

1) How many different natural disasters are mentioned?
2) Where did they take place?
3) What do the scientist think about global warming?
4) Which channel is the news on?
5) What's the reporters name?

2nd BAT HALLOWEEN

Watch this video and write a summary on the origins and history of Halloween.




....and if you want to have some fun, here you'll find a video on the best HALLOWEEN PRANKS.

1st Bat TECHNOLOGY

Watch this video as many times as you need. Take notes as you're watching it and write a 5 lines summary. It must be done by December 15th.



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2n BAT: Night life in NY

Here you have a link to a video about New York night life I've found out in an interesting video website.
Listen to the interview and do the suggested activities.

http://www.videojug.com/interview/new-york-city-nightlife-2

New York City Nightlife

1) Choose the best option

What is special about going out in New York?
New York has so much (1) history / story, class and panache behind the (2) hole /whole city. I mean, if you just look at "Sex in the City," you can see how (3) funny / fun it is to go out because you have people from all over the city, from artists and writers, and in a Mecca of entertainment, you never know who you're going to (4)bump /run into or meet. New York is just very fast-paced and very (5) chic / cheek . So it's fun to go out in New York.


2) Cross out the extra added word.

What are the coolest nightspots in New York?
Nightspots in New York also change extremely fast. If you have thought L.A. changed fast, New York nightlife also changes very fast too. Hotspots have included "Bungalow 8", "Pink Elephant", "Stereo", “Bread” "Butter"; the list goes on and on so on.

3) Order the sentences
What's the best way to get into a New York hot spot?
It works similarly to LA in that they want to keep the people outside so that it seems like it's really exclusive.

The best way to get into a New York hot spot is to know someone.

If you are an attractive girl and you go up to the front of the line, your chances of getting in are high

It probably is, and it's very good to know the door people and to know the venue owner or promoter.

.If you are a guy, take out your wallet because you're probably going to be using it to get in.

4) Fill in the gaps with the correct word
Can I get into New York hot spot by paying off the doorman?
A lot of times if you …………………….(1)l out money and try to grease the doormen, they don't care who you know sometimes, they don't care about anything. They will only ……………………….(2) their people in, especially if the capacity of the …………………………(3). is really low. Then they know they can only let in 'x' ……………………(4).of people. They don't care. They're not going to let you in. Your best ………………………….(5) is just to go home.

2nd BAT About American History

In our book, we have read an article about the USA but I'm sure you don't know that much about the history of this powerful country.
Watch the video and listen to it carefully and write a short paragraph writing down as many historic events you can.

new york

Our students from 4Th ESO have a pen pal in YONKERS high school, NEW YORK , the USA. whom they are writing to during this school year.
Together with my collegue Cristina, we decided to dedicate some lessons to discover a little bit about this huge but astounding city. We've found some videos in you tube we'll use as warmers.
Here you have them

Getting to NY




5 top things to see in NY




Discovering NY.

Listening Activity: Enjoy your flight

First of all, watch the video and enjoy it




Now, Copy and paste the following script into a word document, fill in the gaps and hand it to your teacher.

Fill in all the gaps 20 2007 3.00 4.00 45 5.00 7.00 75.63 airport attention breathe change Enjoy flight attendant information look masks mouth nose paid passenger peanut safety seat seatbelt snacks

Flight Attendant: Welcome aboard. It's........................, and we are more committed to your .......................than ever. And that's why we'd like you to pay special ........................to this important safety .........................
First, please make sure that your ....................................is securely fastened.
Seatbelts can be purchased for $......................................
To fasten, insert the metal fitting into the buckle and then pull the fitting away from you.
To release, purchase a release flap for $......................................
Now I know what you're thinking. We've never ...........................for seatbelts before! ...Once we've reached our cruising altitude, your ..............................may or may not go down the aisle with.......................... If she chooses to, each ........................will be given a single.......................... Lavatories are located at the front and rear...of the.......................... Please take a moment to ....................at your safety pamphlet.
The charge for looking at this pamphlet is $.....................................
The charge for looking at this pamphlet and putting it back quickly is $............................. Should there be a rapid change in cabin pressure, oxygen .........................will automatically drop from the compartment above your .......................free of charge.
Place the mask over your ...................................and.........................., and to start the flow of oxygen, pay your flight attendant $...........................
Passenger 1 : I can't...........................!
Flight Attendant: As always, exact ..........................is appreciated.
Passenger 2 :You got change for a.................................?!
Pass 1 : I have $..........................
Flight Attendant: Now I know that some of you are still concerned about getting there safely. ............................your flight!

President Obama's first day in the white house.

We've talked about the new elections in the USA and listened to Obama's oath. We've done a listening activity. I got the idea from a WS in the website called www. eslprintables.com.

Wh 1- What was on the President’s agenda on his first day at the White House ?

1. the Global Financial crisis
   
2. middle-east diplomacy
3. Education new rules
4. Guantanamo Bay
5. war in Iraq
6. the US economy recession

2- He had to take a little time out for ..

1. a new official ceremony
2. lunch with the First Lady
3. to answer the congratulations messages he received from world leaders

3- Why ?

1. the first oath couldn’t be recorded
2. there was a mistake in the words
3. the supporters and the TV viewers couldn’t hear the oath

III- Listen to Jonathan Turley

1. · Mr Turley’s job ?
2. · Number of words in the oath ?
3. · What does the constitution say?

Article 2 says “you MUST …………………………. And you MUST ………………………….

But the 20^th Amendment says “the administration comes into power at ………………… on …………

IV- Listen to the end

Œ Find WHO …

a. decides to have the oath retaken ?

b. were the few witnesses of the ceremony ?

c. was sitting in the room ?

d. who joked he wanted to do it again for fun ?

e. who took the oath of office again and very slowly ?

�V Write down Obama's oath.

"nd BAT About Sports

Listen to David Beckam and do the exercise provided.



“My name is David Beckham and this is my .....................
I still look back to ‘.......................,
.................I wish it hadn’t happened,
How I sort of reacted as ........................,
I think I cried for about 5 or 10 minutes ........................
I ......................death threats,
I never felt safe for ....................years.
It can ......................a person down so much that they just go under,
After I scored the goal against .......................,
All of the sports writers, they just .......................and started clapping me,
To have that from the harshest ........................,
That was a huge ..............................,
You will go ...................tough times,
It’s about coming ....................that.”

Our unit is about SURFING. We've
done a listening activity on this video.

Actitivities: a) Listen to the video, take a few notes so as to write a short paragraph with this title:
HOW CAN WE LEARN TO SURF?
b) There's a link where you can practise your vocabulary related to sports & equipment.