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. 

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