A friend of mine mentioned his son was working for Shakleton agency. I had a look at their webpage and from there I went on reading about the adventurer Shackleton. I found it very interesting and also the story of 6 men who wanted to emulate Shakleton's adventure in the Antarctica two years ago.
Find below two links from different newpapers. Can you see any difference between the way the articles are written?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/04/shackleton-journey-adventures-left
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/following-sir-ernest-shackletons-footsteps-2474323
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta 3º eso bilingual 14/15. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta 3º eso bilingual 14/15. Mostrar todas las entradas
jueves, 11 de junio de 2015
domingo, 7 de junio de 2015
Maya Angelou "Still I'll rise"
Last week, and talking about heroes I showed you a short but extremely moving video in which MAYA ANGELOU was paying a tribute to NELSON MANDELA, soon after he passed away. I am posting one of her most famous poems.
She had a tough life but she rose once and again.
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
lunes, 11 de mayo de 2015
VISIT TO VIGO : QUEEN VICTORIA, MARCO MUSEUM, O CASTRO SITE/MOUNTAIN
Tomorrow we are going to Vigo to interview some of the passengers of Queen Victoria and to be their guides for a short while. Six groups of students from 3º ESO C (bilingual section) will offer to explain what the tourists can visit in Vigo, provide them with maps and useful tips to make the most of their day.
In the early afternoon we will climb up to "O Castro" where some students will be the guides in the archeological site for the rest of the group.
viernes, 17 de octubre de 2014
3º ESO UNIT 2 PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
3º ESO UNIT 2
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
FIND SOMEONE
WHO..
WAS LISTENING TO MUSIC FROM 5 TO 6 p.m. YESTERDAY.
WENT TO BED EARLY LAST NIGHT.
COULD GO TO A CONCERT LAST SUMMER.
RODE A BIKE TO HIS / HER FRIEND LAST WEEK.
ATE A BIG BREAKFAST LAST SUNDAY.
WAS AT HOME LAST NIGHT.
WAS STUDYING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
HAD A GOOD WEEKEND (LAST WEEKEND)
Ask follow–up questions
What? Why? How?... to have more information about the topics.
miércoles, 24 de septiembre de 2014
domingo, 27 de octubre de 2013
Spaniards of all ages are leaving the country, but just how big is the exodus?
How many Spaniards have fled abroad since the start of the crisis? Many people may have a foggy idea that emigration has been outstripping immigration for a few years now, but the details are unclear.
Brain drain some say: these are the voyages of the lost generation, the educated jetsam of a exhausted economy washing up on Europe’s greener shores.
The United Kingdom, specifically London, is a preferred destination. Despite the precipitation, London has a loud and friendly Spanish community. But how big is it?
The exact quantity of young, or indeed older, Spaniards fleeing the crisis seems to be a pretty flexible bit of statistic indeed.
The figure depends, as they say, on the glass through which you view it, and the windows in the Spanish government seem somewhat rosier than their counterparts in the UK.
According to a recent study, La nueva emigración española (The new Spanish Emigration), by Amparo González-Ferrer, there has been some dextrous statistical gymnastics in play.
Start with the UK. Those with the checklists give a figure of 112,980 Spaniards living in the UK. Spain says 20,998. In Germany the figures are skewed too: 85,397 plays 17,074. Hmmmm.
So from whence the discrepancy?
González Ferrer says the Spanish government is looking at a narrow range of data. Rather than counting the number of Spanairds living in the UK, the Spanish authorities are counting only those who register at the embassy in London.
The problem is that for many registering is simply not a consideration. A visit to the embajada is not necessary to find a job or a place to live, and most people (perhaps 4/5) don’t bother.
All this leaves us fishing around for real figures as to the size of the worldwide Spanish diaspora, and González Ferrer’s report points us to 700,000 Spaniards since 2008, a conservative estimate by her count.
In the UK these data have Spain as the second biggest provider of immigrants, behind only Poland.
Anyone watching the heroic exploits of the English national team at Wembley last Tuesday will have heard the chanting of 25,000 Polish fans, making their voices heard in the country many of them call home.
As the crisis continues we’re sure to hear more Castellano in the streets and bars of London, Berlin and beyond.
Billy Ehrenberg is a freelance journalist who has written for several newspapers in England, including The Times and the Western Morning News. He tweets from @billyehrenberg.
Brain drain some say: these are the voyages of the lost generation, the educated jetsam of a exhausted economy washing up on Europe’s greener shores.
The United Kingdom, specifically London, is a preferred destination. Despite the precipitation, London has a loud and friendly Spanish community. But how big is it?
The exact quantity of young, or indeed older, Spaniards fleeing the crisis seems to be a pretty flexible bit of statistic indeed.
The figure depends, as they say, on the glass through which you view it, and the windows in the Spanish government seem somewhat rosier than their counterparts in the UK.
According to a recent study, La nueva emigración española (The new Spanish Emigration), by Amparo González-Ferrer, there has been some dextrous statistical gymnastics in play.
Start with the UK. Those with the checklists give a figure of 112,980 Spaniards living in the UK. Spain says 20,998. In Germany the figures are skewed too: 85,397 plays 17,074. Hmmmm.
So from whence the discrepancy?
González Ferrer says the Spanish government is looking at a narrow range of data. Rather than counting the number of Spanairds living in the UK, the Spanish authorities are counting only those who register at the embassy in London.
The problem is that for many registering is simply not a consideration. A visit to the embajada is not necessary to find a job or a place to live, and most people (perhaps 4/5) don’t bother.
All this leaves us fishing around for real figures as to the size of the worldwide Spanish diaspora, and González Ferrer’s report points us to 700,000 Spaniards since 2008, a conservative estimate by her count.
In the UK these data have Spain as the second biggest provider of immigrants, behind only Poland.
Anyone watching the heroic exploits of the English national team at Wembley last Tuesday will have heard the chanting of 25,000 Polish fans, making their voices heard in the country many of them call home.
As the crisis continues we’re sure to hear more Castellano in the streets and bars of London, Berlin and beyond.
Billy Ehrenberg is a freelance journalist who has written for several newspapers in England, including The Times and the Western Morning News. He tweets from @billyehrenberg.
viernes, 4 de octubre de 2013
Welcome Lydia!!!
Estados Unidos llega al son de gaitas
La auxiliar de conversación del IES As Barxas fue recibida con un concierto
e.m.p. | moaÑa 03.10.2013 | 07:56
La llegada del curso escolar implica el inicio de nuevas actividades
vinculadas con el aprendizaje de idiomas. Ayer, los alumnos del IES As
Barxas recibieron a la que será su auxiliar de inglés, Lydia Shippen, al
son de las tradicionales gaitas. Además de este sonido tan
característico de la cultura gallega, los estudiantes también elaboraron
una pancarta para recibir a esta joven del estado de Carolina del
Norte.
El creativo y cálido recibimiento sorprendió a la joven ayudante de conversación, que llega a Moaña dispuesta a desempeñar una tarea imprescindible para el desarrollo de las capacidades lingüísticas de los alumnos.
Además de servir como un apoyo a la hora de aprender este nuevo idioma, la estadounidense también trasladará a los estudiantes algunos aspectos sobre su cultura y su día a día en su país natal.
Este es el primer año que el instituto moañés de As Barxas cuenta con la ayuda de personal nativo para mejorar la competencia comunicativa en inglés. Otros centros de la comarca ya disfrutaron de este especial apoyo de jóvenes extranjeros durante los cursos pasados y todos destacan que se trata de una experiencia muy positiva para profesores y alumnos. De hecho, algunos de los auxiliares deciden repetir experiencia durante un segundo curso escolar.
La joven Lydia Shippen estará en el instituto de Moaña hasta el próximo mes de mayo y está previsto que participe de forma activa e intensiva en las secciones bilingües. No obstante, está previsto que desarrolle actividades con todos los grupos del centro, que tendrán la posibilidad de beneficiarse de tan valiosa presencia.
Alumnos
Desde el departamento de Secciones Bilingües del instituto resaltan la vital importancia que tiene esta nueva incorporación para las clases de idiomas. Aseguran que se trata de una "valiosa" aportación en un momento en el que se detecta un incremento considerable en el número de alumnos por aula. Precisamente este aumento de estudiantes dificulta la tarea de los profesores de lenguas extranjeras, que contarán por primera vez con un estupendo apoyo proveniente de América.
El creativo y cálido recibimiento sorprendió a la joven ayudante de conversación, que llega a Moaña dispuesta a desempeñar una tarea imprescindible para el desarrollo de las capacidades lingüísticas de los alumnos.
Además de servir como un apoyo a la hora de aprender este nuevo idioma, la estadounidense también trasladará a los estudiantes algunos aspectos sobre su cultura y su día a día en su país natal.
Este es el primer año que el instituto moañés de As Barxas cuenta con la ayuda de personal nativo para mejorar la competencia comunicativa en inglés. Otros centros de la comarca ya disfrutaron de este especial apoyo de jóvenes extranjeros durante los cursos pasados y todos destacan que se trata de una experiencia muy positiva para profesores y alumnos. De hecho, algunos de los auxiliares deciden repetir experiencia durante un segundo curso escolar.
La joven Lydia Shippen estará en el instituto de Moaña hasta el próximo mes de mayo y está previsto que participe de forma activa e intensiva en las secciones bilingües. No obstante, está previsto que desarrolle actividades con todos los grupos del centro, que tendrán la posibilidad de beneficiarse de tan valiosa presencia.
Alumnos
Desde el departamento de Secciones Bilingües del instituto resaltan la vital importancia que tiene esta nueva incorporación para las clases de idiomas. Aseguran que se trata de una "valiosa" aportación en un momento en el que se detecta un incremento considerable en el número de alumnos por aula. Precisamente este aumento de estudiantes dificulta la tarea de los profesores de lenguas extranjeras, que contarán por primera vez con un estupendo apoyo proveniente de América.
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