SELF ASSESMENT 1ST TERM

• What can I do now that I couldn't do before?

    I can make  conversations in English an do better writtings

• What do I like most?

    I like most talking with my classmates in English, and Abby´s activities

• What do I do well?

    I do well the presentations

• What do I need help with?

   I think I need help with irregular verbs

• What do I do in English outside the class?

   llistening to music in english and watch videos

• What do I need to improve?

    I need to improve parts of grammar

• What did I learn about culture?

    I learnt about  Australian culture 

IRELAND PROJECT

The Giant's Causeway

The legend tells giants, one from Ireland (Finn) and another from Staffa (Bennandoner), who got along very badly and continuously threw rocks. And Finn made a bridge with very resistant rocks and step on the other side tantirar rocks formed a c. The Scottish giant decided to pass the path of rocks and defeat his adversary, as he was stronger than the other. The wife of the Irish giant (Oonagh) saw how the Scottish giant came, so she decided to dress her husband as a baby. When the Scots arrived and saw that the baby was so big, he thought that his father would be triple as big, so he fled stomping the rocks, so that they would sink into the sea and that the other giant could not reach Staffa. There are many versions of the legend. The other version tells that Finn Mac Cool and Benandonner were friends and together they built a bridge of stones.

WRITERS

James Joyce, in full James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, (born February 2, 1882, Dublin, Ireland—died January 13, 1941, Zürich, Switzerland), Irish novelist noted for his experimental use of language and exploration of new literary methods in such large works of fiction as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939).

              

William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. ... He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others. Yeats was born in Sandymount, Ireland and educated there and in London.

 Oscar Wilde, Dublin, 1854 - Paris, 1900) British writer. Son of surgeon William Wills-Wilde and writer Joana Elgee, Oscar Wilde had a quiet childhood without frights. He studied at the Portora Royal School in Euniskillen, at Trinity College in Dublin and, later, at Magdalen College in Oxford, a center in the permanence between 1874 and 1878 and in which he received the Newdigate Prize for poetry, which enjoyed great prestige at the time.

Maeve Binchy, (born May 28, 1940, Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland—died July 30, 2012, Dublin), Irish journalist and author of best-selling novels and short stories about small-town Irish life. Noted as a superb storyteller, Binchy examined her characters and their relationships with wit and great understanding.

GLOSSARY UNIT - 1

Acceptable: something that is right

Easy going: someone who is easy to deal with it

Ambitious: who cares about something and keeps doinG.

GLOSSARY UNIT - 2

 dissapointing: failing to fulfil someone's hopes or expectations.

  hilarious: extremely amusing.

income: money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.

AUSTRALIA PROJECT

TRADITIONS

Two-up

Dating back to the convicts, Two-up was popularised by the Diggers in World War I and involves tossing two coins into the air and gambling on how they might fall. In Victoria, the game is illegal every day except on Anzac Day, while in New South Wales, the game is legal not only on Anzac Day but also other commemorative days.

Muck Up Day

While not condoning the Choppergate prank or putting the principal’s car up for sale, muck up day is a rite of passage for all year 12 students and should be enjoyed responsibly while wearing a ridiculous costume. From parades and water guns to harmless pranks and tearful goodbyes, muck up day is a celebration that all senior year students deserve.

Small Talk with Cabbies

If catching a taxi alone, it’s expected that you’ll not only sit up front in the passenger seat but that you’ll also engage in small talk with the cabbie. If you don’t know how the taxi driver’s day has been and have no clue how he or she found themselves in said industry by the end of the journey, then you need to reevaluate your life in Australia.

ANIMALS

DINGOS

Dingos are the biggest carnivorous mammals in Australia. Carnivorous means meat-eating. They can be found all over Australia except for Tasmania although mainly in the country’s outback. A dingo looks similar to a domestic dog, but has a longer muzzle, larger pointed ears and sharper teeth. It has a brown furry coat and bushy tail. 

PLATYPUS

The Platypus is one of the monotremes. The egg-lying animal lives along the river banks in burrows. The platypus has a brown furry body and webbed feet. With a bill like a duck as well as a tail like a beaver it looks truly unique. A platypus can grow up to 60 cm/2 ft in length. 

KANGAROO

There are about 50 million kangaroos living in Australia, that means there are many more kangaroos than people living in Australia! There are 55 different species of kangaroos. 

ENDANGERED SPECIES

SELF-ASSESMENT

What can I do that I couldn't do before?
Talk about an animal, make sentences with when and wile.
Can I understand information from LISTENINGS?
Yes, I can.
Can I WRITE a brief paragraph ?
Yes, I can.
Can I SPEAK using vocabulary and grammar learnt this term?
Yes, I can.
Can I understand information from READINGS?
Yes, I can.
What do I like most?
the songs or interesting projects.
What do I do well?
speakings.
What am I confused about?
I´m not  confused about nothing.
What do I need help with?
I don't need help with nothing.
What do I do in English outside the class?
Listen to music in english or whatch videos.
What do I need to improve?
I need to improve some parts of grammar.

HIP HOP PROJECT

OLYMPIC GAMES OF BARCELONA 1992

BARCELONA-FREDDIE MERCURY AND MONTSERAT CABALLÉ.

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992; Catalan: Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spainfrom July 25 to August 9, 1992.

Beginning in 1994, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the games in alternating even-numbered years; as a result, the 1992 Summer Olympics were the last competition to be staged in the same year as the Winter Olympics.The games were the first to be unaffected by boycotts since 1972 and the first summer games since the end of the Cold War.

The Unified Team topped the medal table, winning 45 gold and 112 overall medals.

                                                          

Highlights

• At the Opening Ceremony Greek mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa sang "Romiossini" as the Olympic flag was paraded around the stadium. Alfredo Kraus later sang the Olympic Hymn in both Catalan and Spanish as the flag was hoisted.
• South Africa was allowed to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time since the 1960 Summer Olympics, after a long suspension for its apartheid policy. After a close race in the Women's 10,000 metres event, white South African runner Elana Meyer and black Ethiopian runner Derartu Tulu (winner) ran a victory lap together, hand-in-hand.

• In basketball, the admittance of NBA players led to the formation of the "Dream Team" of the United States, featuring Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and other NBA stars. Prior to 1992, only European and South American professionals were allowed to compete, while the Americans used college players. The Dream Team won the gold medal and was inducted as a unit into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
• Here you have a video:

➡➡➡  https://youtu.be/JTNIWbGmzGU

The anthem for this olympic games was created by Freddie Mercury and the sopranno Monstserat Caballé, they filmed a lot of versions of this song called *Barcelona*, bur the couldn´t sing it together in the olympics because Freddie died in 1991.
Originally the song was composed by Freddie and Mike Moran.

This is the song! click here ➡➡➡ https://youtu.be/Y1fiOJDXA-E

INFORMATION OF THE SINGERS

FREDDIE MERCURY

Real name: Farrokh Bulsara
birth:	5 of september  1946  Stone Town, Zanzíbar
Nathion:	Britanic
death:	24 of november  1991(45 years) london
work:	:Musician, singer, composer, producer, pianist and showman

MONTSERAT CABALLÉ

Name in catalá:	Montserrat Caballé Folch
Birth:	12 de abril de 1933 Barcelona, Spain
death:	6  october 2018  (85 años) work: singer, sopranno lírica

MUSIC VOCABULARY III

Genre: género.                 
Folk music: música folclórica.
World music: músicas del mundo.         
Popular music: música popular. 
Vinyl record: disco de vinilo.
Sacred music: música sacra.
Dance music: música de danza.
Soundtrack: banda sonora.
Choreography: coreografía.
Ballet: ballet.
Stage: escenario.
Improvisation: improvisación.
Flamenco: flamenco.
Synthesizer: sintetizador.
Middle Ages: Edad Media.
Renaissance: Renacimiento.
Baroque: Barroco.
Classicism: Clasicismo.
Romanticism: Romanticismo.
Impressionism:Impresionismo.
Twentieth Century Music: Música del Siglo XX.
Triplet: tresillo.
Anacrusis note: nota anacrúsica.
Fret: traste.
Gregorian chant: canto gregoriano.
Opera: ópera.
Program music: música programática.
Gothic Rock: Rock Gótico.
New Wave: "nueva ola".
Symphony: sinfonía.
Mass: misa.
Consonance:consonancia.
Dissonance: disonancia.
Theme: tema musical (principal).
Stress: acento. 
Reed: lengüeta.
Polyphony: polifonía. 

IDIOM

TWO SWEAT BLOOD.

 1.To work very intensely and diligently; to expend all of one's energy or effort doing something. We sweated blood forsix months straight, but we finally got our product finished and on store shelves. My mother and father sweated bloodto provide for me   and my siblings.

2. To suffer intense distress, anxiety, worry, or fear. My passport had expired just before the trip, so I was sweatingblood as we went over the border into Canada. Some of these kids sweat blood every time we have to give them atest.  

LIMERICKS

Two old friends met at the park
but the found a rat
he said see you tomorow Mr. Prats
Im Blind, I cant see the rat.

SAN PATRICK'S DAY

New Year's resolutions

We are in march, and  actually  I didn't have any new year's resolutions, but a good one could  be better marks, eat more healthier, play more attention in class or things like that.

BODY IDIOMS

MY DREAM JOB

My dream job Is to be a rapper, because work as a rapper its like a dream for me, since I was like 10 years old, because I love rap music I think it trasmit to many thing in three minutes or less,for me it is the music style most true and royal of all, and work as a rapper and be paid for it knowing the people like would be amazing, you just have to do what you wont and you be paid for it, that  really is a authentic  dream.

MUSIC PROJECT

CLICK THERE TO SEE OUR PROJECT!!➡️ the cello 

by:Jimena,Emma and Sara

MUSIC

1) What period does the Middle Ages cover?

lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. 

2) What general characteristics does it have (according to the teacher’s comments)?

1. Not a time of darkness, but a time of culture, arts and music
2. An advance in government and theory
3. Human rights and democracy was first understood how it is today

3) What is the main difference between “troubadours” and “minstrels”?

Troubadour is a synonym of minstrel.

As nouns the difference between troubadour and minstrel

 is that troubadour is an itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel while minstrel is (historical) a medieval traveling entertainer who would sing and recite poetry, often to his own musical accompaniment. 

4) Pay attention to these two monuments (a Romanic church and a Gothic cathedral). What do their different heights have in common with the music evolution of those centuries?

both are creepy.
5) What do you feel looking at these pictures (taken from the 19^th century but directly linked to the Middle Ages)? In your own opinion, what kind of music could accompany these images?
they transsmet me love.
6) Why does Heavy Metal music love this aesthetic? 
Because the heavy metal music is  creepy and agressive so strange things or scary thing help. 

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT : P.E

Hi guys Im Emma, and Im going o talk about what do I eat in a normal day.

For Breakfast I usually have milk whith fruit or cereals.

For the breaks I bring cookies, york sandwinch, fruit depending on the day.

For lunch I had soup and pig meet, for dessert I eat a yoguth.

Last but not least, for dinner I had, fish whit salad(letuce,corn,carrot and tomatoe)

I think its not a bad meal, but I could improve it adding more fruit, variety of fish and meet, including more vegetables because the fruit Is the healthiest way to consume sugar, fizzy drinks and pastries are unhealthy.

IDIOMS

IDIOM	MEANING	EXAMPLE SENTENCE
all ears	fully listening	Give me a minute to finish my work and then I'll be all ears to hear about your project.
break a leg	good-luck	Today's the big game, eh? Break a leg!
cold feet	nervous just before a big event	My sister didn't get cold feetuntil she put her wedding gown on.
cost an arm and a leg	be very expensive	These cakes are delicious, but they cost an arm and a leg.
cry your heart out	cry very hard	I cried my heart out when my best friend moved away.
face the music	meet, stand up to unpleasant conseqences, for example criticism or punishment	I stayed out all night. When I eventually got home I had to face the music from my wife.
(my) flesh and blood	relative	I have to hire Mia. She's my own flesh and blood.
get something off one's chest	tell someone your problems	Thanks for listening to me complain about my boss. I just needed to get this off my chest.
give a hand, lend a hand	help (someone) do something	I can give you a hand when you move if you like.
have one's head in the clouds	be unaware or unrealistic about something	Amy has her head in the clouds if she thinks she's going to pass her exams without studying.
head over heels	deeply in love	My brother is head over heelsfor his new girlfriend.
head start	an earlier start	The kids gave Anthony a head start in the bicycle race because he was the youngest.
in over one's head	taking on a task that you can't handle	I was in over my head when I agreed to babysit the triplets and the dogs.
keep an eye on	take care of, watch in order to protect	I'll keep an eye on the dinner while you're on the phone.
keep one's chin up	try to be cheerful	Keep your chin up. I'm sure you'll make some friends soon.
learn by heart, know by heart	memorize	I learned my multiplication tables by heart in the fourth grade.
let one's hair down	relax, have fun	Go to the cottage and let your hair down this weekend.
(my) lips are sealed	promise to keep a secret	Don't worry, I won't tell your mother how much you spent. My lips are sealed.
makes my blood boil	makes me very angry	It makes my blood boil when people don't tie up their dogs.
neck of the woods	nearby location or region	I heard that they might be opening a post office in our neck of the woods soon.
old hand	an experienced person	My uncle's an old hand at car repair. He'll know what the problem is.
over my dead body	not unless I'm dead and can't stop you	My daughter wants a tatoo. I told her she'd get one over my dead body.
pat on the back	recognition or a thank-you	The party organizers deserve a pat on the back for a job well done.
play something by ear	do something without a plan	We don't know if the weather will be good enough for camping. We'll have to play it by ear.
pull one's leg	joke or tease someone	I was just pulling your leg. I'm not really a police