dimarts, 26 de gener del 2010

4th esoB. Monday 1st February.

Today, you have to finish the activities you started last week (session 25th January) . You must prepare a mini project on a famous person and give it to the teacher to be marked. If you want, keep the document in your pen drive and send it to your teacher by email(mbbarcelo@iesmarratxi.org). Add some photos in the document of the famous person or his/her girlfriends, wives...

When you finish, do this curious activity creating your own love poem. Click here
If you prefer to observe different ways to say `I love you´in many different languages, click here If you want to do a love test, click here.
Any curiosity about wedding traditions in different countries, click here

Have a nice session. See you next week.

dilluns, 25 de gener del 2010

2nd eso F Thursday 28th Jan./ 2nd G Friday 29th january 2010


  • Today, we are going to work on cultural contents of Great Britain. You have to use a paper and give it to the teacher at the end of the session with the answers to the questions.
  • Trivia on Great Britain. Write the questions and answers on a sheet of paper with your name. Give it to the teacher at the end of the class. Click here to do it.

  • TV programmes:

1 (tv wordsearch with definitions of the programmes)

2 ( find the name of a news programme, a quiz show, a comedy, a cartoon programme, a documentary, a reality show, a soap opera. Write the name and the channel in which it is broadcast. Write information about one of the programmes you have chosen : main character(s), title and nationality of the programme, what it is about...)

That's all for today, folks. See you next week. I hope you have learnt something new today.

1st C, Wednesday 27th January 2010

Hi.! We have a new lesson today. You are going to practise with some different activities today.

Revision activities: 1 (daily routines. fes totes les activitats)
Reading Comprehension: 1 (read the text and choose the correct answer)

Sports. Activities: 1 (game), 2 ( do the activities on this split IX. Segueix les instruccions)

That's all for today. See you next week.

diumenge, 24 de gener del 2010

2nd batxiller B, Tuesday 26th January 2010

First, you can start doing the exercises on phonetics you couldn't do last day and the other grammar exercises you had no time to do.

Now, we'll check the grammar contents of your next exam:

Verbal tenses: 1( future meaning), 2 ( all the tenses together), 3 ( complete the letter. Check the answers)
Conditional sentences: 1 (watch the video, watch the presentation and do the exercise),
2, 3
Passive voice: 1, 2( have something done)
Reported speech: 1 ( statements), 2
Other contents to be checked: 1(gerunds and infinitives uses/explanation), 2 (gerund and infinitives, exercise), 3 (questions), 4 (prepositions), 5
Have a nice session.

4th Eso, Monday 25th January 2010

Today, we are going to do something different. In unit 4 we have the topic of love and relationships, so we are going to introduce the vocabulary and the topic itself today.

Vocabulary: 1 ( copy in your notebook three of the words or expressions in each stage of the relationship and write its meaning.This vocabulary can be present in next exam)

2.Watch the video and write in your notebook 8 more expressions mentioned and its meaning.Did you understand what he said?

3. Now, find out the answers to these questions searching in the web. Write the answers in a paper and give them to the teacher at the end of the session.
a) Who was Leo di Caprio's first girlfriend? How long did they go out together? When did they split up? How many girlfriends has he has during his life? Write the name of three of his girlfriends you know because they are famous stars or celebrities.
b) Henry VIII married many times and got divorced some times too. How many times did he marry? Which of his wives was executed by Henry VIII's orders? Why?
c) How many wives has the president of South Africa got? Is it legal or illegal there?
d) Write about a star's love life. The names of his/her boyfriends, the time she/her had the love relationships, if this person is single, married or divorced...( an actor or actress, a politician, a football player, a pop star..., a prince or princess...)
You can have a look at these websites to help you:
1, (Leo Di Caprio)
2 (Leo Di Caprio and his girlfriends´names)
3( Henry VIII). His wives
4.(polyygamous South African president , Zuma)

Any time left:
read this dialogue, start a word document to answer the questions by yourself and keep the document in the folder of C: Formació d'alumnes--llengües estrangeres---anglès--4t eso--4tB--specifying your name, date and group. You can listen to the dialogue if you have headphones and the required programme clicking here(love and dating)

dimecres, 20 de gener del 2010

2N F/ 2ND G. Thursday 21st Jan/ Friday 22nd Jan 2010


We are going to check for the exam today. We'll practise with contents of units 1, 2, 3. Do the exercises on line and ask the teacher if you have any doubt. The contents to practise are specified in categories:

  • Present simple: click here ( do the exercises 1,2,4,5,6)
  • basic verbs: 1
  • actions now, present continuous: 1(quiz), 2 ( text to complete), 3 (interrogative form), 4,

5 (matching game)

  • question words: 1, 2
  • comparatives and superlatives: 1, 2, 3 ( try this really interesting senses challenge.)
  • Vocabulary: 1, 2( write in your notebook the new words learnt with this quiz)
  • Games and quizzes: 1, 2.

Enjoy this varied session.

diumenge, 17 de gener del 2010

2nd batxiller B, Tuesday 19th January 2010

Welcome to a new lesson on-line. It's time to practise now. Try to do your best and ask any doubt to the teacher.
First, do this exercise on `have something done´. This will be useful to see if you understood when we use this expression in English.
Now, let's start with REPORTED SPEECH for you to practise exercises on -line:
If you want, read this information first. ( at the end of the page there are some exercises if you want to start with them..


Now, click here . Practise with the different exercises. See that sometimes there is no backshift of the verbal tense, as you can see in the first two exercises .

More exercises on reported speech:
Statements: 1, 2
Questions: 1.
Orders: 1.

Mixed exercise of reported speech: 1, 2
Have a nice session.

Time for PHONETICS.
Go to this web and practise some exercises (minimal pairs and instant sound, phonetic exercises level 1--odd word out, mark the silent consonants, cambridge English phonetic games).