2 ESO- TAREAS

UNIT 9- COME RAIN OR SHINE- 

11th MARCH 2020

GRAMMAR  ACTIVITIES : 
1-Revise your Grammar notes on the Wish sentences

2- Write down in your notebook and learn:
LINKERS: 
AS LONG AS- siempre que
PROVIDED / PROVIDING: con tal de que, siempre que
IN CASE: en caso de que,  por si acaso
OTHERWISE:  de otro modo, de no ser así...

3- Book page 106 ex 5, 6, 7, 8

Do the activities in your notebook. Tomorrow I will give you the solutions

12th MARCH 2020

1- Click here to check the activities you did yesterday (Book page 106)

GRAMMAR:
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER IN "BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH" ONLINE RESOURCES

a) Once you have registered, do the following activities:
 Unit 9- Grammar Practice :  1, 2  3

3- READING: Read 1 full chapter from your reader (the book by Charles Dickens I lent you) . Make notes on the following aspects:
a) Characters (personajes)- Their name and who they are in the story
b) Action- The most important events that take place in the other story. You can write isolated sentences in the past (You don´t need to write a narrative as you are reading, just take notes)

13th MARCH 2020

VERY IMPORTANT:

Please register at   http://webbook.burlingtonbooks.com/Login/coupon,  You will need to to provide your  individual coupon code  (in your book)   and is the class code that corresponds:

2 A:       5B9CB                                               2 C:          5B9D9

 After the initial registration,you  will only  need your  coupon code to log in.

This way I will be able to monitor your work . 

Once you have registered, you can start with today´s work:

1- Book page 107- ex 1,ex 2. You will get the solutions on March 16th.

2- Open the Interactive book (  http://webbook.burlingtonbooks.com)   and do the vocabulary activities 1,2,3,4 and 6  (don´t forget to register first)

3- Throughtour the weekend read the second chapter of the Charles Dickens book you have and fill in your file. Add one more section: New words and expressions.

OPINION ESSAY- TEAM WORK

YOU ARE GOING TO WORK IN GROUPS OF 4.
THIS IS THE TOPIC: "CLIMATE CHANGE: IS IT A REAL PROBLEM?"

ASSIGN EACH PERSON IN THE GROUP ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ROLES:

A- GRAMMAR PERSON
B-SPECIFIC VOCABULARY AND PROPER CONNECTORS
C-ARGUMENTS (COHERENCE)
D-STRUCTURE (COHESION )

1- CLICK HERE FOR SOME HELP 

1-B vocabulary list
1-C Vocabulary list 2
1-D Arguments for inspiration
1-E- REVISE YOUR WRITING:
    1- Have you added any adverb of degree?- Click here for a list
        And click here for some typical collocations

Now each person must do their task and write a final version of your essay.
2- CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR ESSAY
3- CLICK HERE TO SEE THE RUBRIC WE WILL USE TO ASSESS THESE ESSAYS

RECITING

RECITING A POEM- HAND-IT-IN TASK

1-Choose one of the poems we have seen in class.
2-Listen to it being recited several times:
 a)  Make sure you know the correct pronunciation of all the words in it
 b) Write it down and take notes to help you with the pronunciation of the most difficult words and with the parts where you need to make a pause (intonation)
3-Practice reciting it a few times.
4-When you think it is good enough, record yourself and send it to me:

-CLICK HERE TO UPLOAD YOUR RECORDING

If you need some help:
- Click here if you have windows
-Click here if you have Mac

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

FIND A PDF VERSION OF THE BOOK HERE

FIND ALL THE AUDIO TRACKS OF THE BOOK HERE

TASK 1: (Chapter 1)

1- Who tells the story?

2- In the first chapter we have a lot of information . While you read, make notes on the following:

a) Jem

b) Simon Finch

c) Atticus

d) The Haverfords

e)John Hale finch (Uncle Jack)

f)Maycomb

g) Calpurnia

h) The mother

i)Ms Dubose

j) The Radley place

k)Dill

l)Boo

m) The Cunninghams

n)Miss Stephanie Crawford

2-Describe the author´s family

3-Describe the town where they lived.

GROUP WORK ACTIVITY

Summary 1-5

TASK 4: (Chapters 4 to 8)- Book pg 36-  (Listening- from 1:15:14)
-Here you have a summary:

Summary chapters 1-6

CHAPTERS 7-9- SUMMARY

    

Let´s recap: CHAPTERS 1-9-  QUIZ 

TASK 5: (Chapters 9-12)

.Here you have a summary

CHAPTER 10 SUMMARY

CHAPTER 12- QUIZ

CHAPTER 12-QUESTIONS

1-Character definition. Click here and start filling it the file.
2- Click here and answer the questions.

TASK 6: Click here to revise the content of the different chapters

After reading the book, send me two audio documents with this information:
a) Analysis of one or the characters- His /her personality- Your personal opinion: why you like/dislike this person
b) Read the first page of the book up to "...we were both right". Record yourself reading this part
Name both documents with your two surnames +1 and 2. Example: LopezVilla1   LopezVilla2
CLICK HERE TO UPLOAD THESE TWO DOCUMENTS

PROJECT WORK:
Click here to see the steps to this project work on the novel.

SUMMARY
         

A book review

1- Read one story by a woman writer awarded with the Nobel prize in litertature (from the ones on the blog entry : "Women writers. Nobel prize winners" , under the tag "Literature".

2-UPLOAD AN AUDIO DOCUMENT WITH A SUMMARY OF THE STORY. ADD YOUR PERSONAL OPINION
Please name the document with your two surnames.
The deadline for this activity is November 6th

AN OPINION ESSAY- 2 BACHILLERATO- HAND IN

1- A) Click on the videos below to see how to write an opinion essay.

     B) Click here to find some linkers and expressions that you can use in this type of writing

     C) You can use this rubrik to assess your writing:

AN OPINION ESSAY	Comment	2 points max.
Correct grammar (Subject-verb agreement is correct)
Use of specific vocabulary (words and expressions learnt in this unit)
Paragraph format is followed. Punctuation and capitalization is used correctly
Clear  sentences. There are some examples to support the main idea
Good ideas- original, not simplistic.
		Score /10

2- Click on the links below to read some samples of opinion essays.

              A) Click here to find ideas for an opinion essay on "Music"

B- Click here to read an opinion essay on "Crime"

                C- Click here to read an opinion essay on "Climate Change"

D- Click here to submit your opinion essay on this topic: "Is climate change a real problem?" . Don´t forget to name the document with your two surnames and the class you are in

D- Click here to read an argumentative essay: Are humanitarian organisations important today?

E) Click here to see the "official" rubrik for the EBAU exams

SPEAKING SKILLS

2 F- CLICK HERE TO UPLOAD YOUR AUDIO

2 C- CLICK HERE TO UPLOAD YOUR AUDIO

ROBINSON CRUSOE

READ AND LISTEN TO THIS CLASSIC NOVEL BY DANIEL DEFOE

-WRITING ACTIVITY:
 A) CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW TO WRITE A TIMELINE

B) NOW SUBMIT THE TIMELINE AND A SUMMARY OF THE STORY

AND IF YOU WANT THE UNABRIDGED VERSION....
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE AUDIOBOOK

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS

1-FIRST OF ALL CLICK HERE TO FIND A RUBRIK TO ASSESS THIS TYPE OF ESSAYS

2- HERE YOU HAVE A CHECKLIST:   BEFORE YOU HAND IN  YOUR ESSAY MAKE SURE THAT:

- The essay is organized into different paragraphs (four at least) and this is noticed at first sight.

-The handwriting is neat and tidy

-The message is congruent. You make yourself understood.

-You make a good use of linkers and specific vocabulary on the given topic.

3- ACTIVITY 1: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: "A.I. IS A  FORCE FOR GOOD IN TODAY´S WORLD"- Write an argumentative essay on the topic.

a) Read the rubrik and the checklist

b)Go over the input on the topic that you were given in class. See the words/expressions you can include in your essay. Click here for more specific vocabulary on the topic.

c)Read the model of a "for and against essay" on this entry (Animal testing) (4- a)

d)Check out for linkers (4-b)

e)Write a draft with the specific content you will include in each paragraph

f)Write the essay.

4- ACTIVITY 2: IN GROUPS, WRITE A "FOR AND AGAINST" ESSAY ON THE FOLLOWING TOPIC:

Do you think celebrities are honest when they support a cause? Or do they do it in order to get publicity?.

-This type of essays   present both sides of an issue in a balanced way. In the concluding paragraph you can say why you find one side more convincing than the other.

A)-Click here to see a model of a "for and against essay".
B) Click here to see the most important linkers

DYNAMIC:

1- Brainstorm two lists of ideas for and against the topic. You can also browse the web to find other view´s on the subject. Click here for some examples- And here for some more views

2- Negotiate a common position

3- Make a draft : Ideas in the 2nd paragraph// ideas in the 3rd paragraph

4- Deliver roles: a- The person that does the writing

                           b- The person who will look for proper linkers

                           c- The person who will check out for specific vocabulary on the topic

                           d- The person who will check out for different modifiers  

                           e- The person who will check out for grammar accuracy

Don’t forget to write your full names  at the end

2 F- Upload your essay here

2 C- Upload your essays here
5- ACTIVITY 3:
- Write a for and against essay (Cambridge book page 64)- Working from home: Is it a good idea?
- Read the information here for ideas
And search for more ideas on the web. Then write a list with your ideas, and check out for contrast linkers.

WRITING A NARRATIVE- 2 BACHILLERATO HAND-IN

1- Click here to see different linkers and sequence words that will be useful for you
2- Click here to watch this presentation on the use of narrative tenses
3-Click here to submit your narrative. Don´t forget to name the document with you two surnames and the class you are in.
4- Click here to see an example of a narrative done cooperatively in class
5-Click here to see another example of the same story done cooperatively by another class
6- Click here to read a piece of news. Then retell the story in three paragraphs