Tuesday 31 March 2020

Distance learning: Online meetings

This Wed, we´ll be having an online lesson just to present the activities and planning for the 3rd term and final evaluation. Also, you will be able to solve questions about the tasks or chat informally while we are having speaking practice. If you have any problem to get through, just send me an email. Again, we´ll be using MEET, which is an app linked to your @iescantabria.net account. Just click on the link to join.  VIDEO CONFERENCE-ENGLISH. See you online.

The sessions will be open during the morning Wed, April 22nd:


  • 10h: 2nd Bach
  • 11h: 1st Bach
  • 12h: 4th ESO BIL
  • 13h: 2nd ESO


Cada miércoles tendremos un encuentro virtual por videoconferencia. Durante estas lecciones podremos solventar dudas sobre las tareas de la semana, avanzar materia en aspectos de vocabulario y gramática y plantear cualquier cuestión referida al aprendizaje del inglés a distancia. Para unirte a la video-llamada, haz clic en este enlace: VIDEO CONFERENCE-ENGLISH(https://meet.google.com/kvq-abye-fih). Quizás si se accede por teléfono puede que solicite descargar la aplicación. Recordad que debéis conceder permisos para el micro y cámara. Nos vemos online.

General revision. (Información pendientes de inglés)

Some students will have to resit exams from previous courses before the end of the present course. Those who failed the English subject must revise the contents which were handed in by the teacher and the activities done so far. Here you´ll find a general overview of the contents which can be helpful for revision. There are also links for the units classified according to the contents. Just click on the links and open the worksheets in a new tab. You should send tasks by mail as usual (javiermartinez@iescantabria.net) and remember that, according to the instructions given for the COVID19 outbreak crisis and depending on the returning time to school, RESIT EXAMS will be programmed for those who need to pass the previous level in the English subject. Try to organise your time, keep calm and carry on working at your own pace. Good luck. 

Links for revision of different units. Open in drive and you can listen or download what you need: UNIT 1   UNIT2   UNIT3    UNIT4   UNIT5   UNIT6  UNIT7   UNIT8  

Monday 30 March 2020

Week3-Transports, travel, cars-Integrated skills

Activities and tasks:

2nd ESO 
Copy the exercise/sentences and complete them in a word document to be sent to your teacher before FRI, 3rd April. Copia los ejercicios en un documento word y envíalo antes del viernes 3 abril por correo al profesor (guarda el documento con tu nombre-grupo)
  • Act1. Vocabulary:Questions: What place would you most like to visit in the world? Why? Complete the 15 sentences
  • Act.2. WRITING PRACTICE – Opinion Paragraph  
  • Act.3. Fill in the crosswords with the vocabulary about transportation and travelling.
4th ESO BIL
1st Bach
2nd Bach 
  • Act1 EBAU text15 "Taking old cars off the road" Sept17, opt1. 
  • Act2. Integrated skills using the link provided in Google forms. 
Teacher´s instructions:

Sunday 29 March 2020

2nd Bach. Cars, environment and safety.

As usual, you will have to send your documents by mail (Act1-EBAU test) before FRI 3rd. But, you will have to do 2 activities for this week: 

  • Act1 EBAU text15 "Taking old cars off the road" Sept17, opt1. 
  • Act2. Integrated skills using the link provided in Google forms. To access the test, you need to indicate your name, group and email (whatsyourname@iescantabria.net). All the activities are compulsory to move on the form questionnaire and should be filled before FRI 3rd April 23´59h

ACT.1: EBAU text 15: TAKING OLD CARS OFF THE ROAD.




  • Tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS)
  • Intelligent speed assistance (ISA)
  • Drowsiness and attention detection systems
  • Speed limit information (SLI)
  • Lane keeping assistance (LKA) and Lane departure warning (LDW)
  • Autonomous emergency braking (AEB)
  • Electronic stability control (ESC)
  • Anti-lock braking systems (ABS)
https://roadsafetyfacts.eu/active-safety-systems-what-are-they-and-how-do-they-work/


ACT.2 INTEGRATED SKILLS 

You will have to answer the questions using the link provided in Google forms. To access the test, you need to indicate your name, group and email (whatsyourname@iescantabria.net). All the activities are compulsory to move on the form questionnaire and should be filled before FRI 3rd April 23´59h. (NO emails will be sent this week, just filling the form). Integrated skills includes video-listening, reading comprehension and speaking activies with Vocaroo to be sent via Google Forms. If you have questions, we´ll meet online again on Wed at the time scheduled which will be published on the blog. You are doing GREAT. Hope you are all fine and enjoy this English practice.


View on Vocaroo >>

PLEASE, go directly to the link to do these exercises:
https://forms.gle/LFxEqioUwm2yGGuy6


All new cars in the EU could have speed limiters and breathalyzers as of 2022

The European Union has agreed on new rules stating that all cars built after May 2022 and sold in the European Union will have built-in speed limiters, as well as breathalyzers that won't allow driving if the driver is intoxicated. The European Parliament is expected to ratify the new regulations in September. The UK, which may not be part of the European Union by then, will nevertheless adopt the new rules as well. 
     
The list of new mandatory safety features for cars is actually much longer, and includes some increasingly common features like lane-keeping assistance, advanced emergency braking, a built-in data recorder, drowsiness and distraction monitoring, and camera/sensors help when reversing.    

"With the new advanced safety features that will become mandatory, we can have the same kind of impact as when the safety belts were first introduced. Many of the new features already exist, in particular in high–end vehicles. Now we raise the safety level across the board, and pave the way for connected and automated mobility of the future. But the features that will likely get the most attention are "alcohol interlock installation facilitation" and "intelligent speed assistance." The former typically requires the driver to blow into an in-car breathalyzer before starting the car. If the driver's alcohol level is too high, the car simply won't start. The details of the system that will be mandatory in EU cars are scarce at this point. The latter feature uses GPS as well as a built-in sign recognition system to detect if the car is going over the speed limit. Then the system will warn the driver and automatically slow down the car. However, the driver will be able to override this by pushing on the accelerator pedal. 

PLEASE, go directly to the link to do these exercises:

1st Bach-4th ESO-BIL. Public and private transport. Cars and new requirements.

  • Tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS)
  • Intelligent speed assistance (ISA)
  • Drowsiness and attention detection systems
  • Speed limit information (SLI)
  • Lane keeping assistance (LKA) and Lane departure warning (LDW)
  • Autonomous emergency braking (AEB)
  • Electronic stability control (ESC)
  • Anti-lock braking systems (ABS)
https://roadsafetyfacts.eu/active-safety-systems-what-are-they-and-how-do-they-work/


All new cars in the EU could have speed limiters and breathalyzers as of 2022

The European Union has agreed on new rules stating that all cars built after May 2022 and sold in the European Union will have built-in speed limiters, as well as breathalyzers that won't allow driving if the driver is intoxicated. The European Parliament is expected to ratify the new regulations in September. The UK, which may not be part of the European Union by then, will nevertheless adopt the new rules as well. 
     
The list of new mandatory safety features for cars is actually much longer, and includes some increasingly common features like lane-keeping assistance, advanced emergency braking, a built-in data recorder, drowsiness and distraction monitoring, and camera/sensors help when reversing. 
      
"With the new advanced safety features that will become mandatory, we can have the same kind of impact as when the safety belts were first introduced. Many of the new features already exist, in particular in high–end vehicles. Now we raise the safety level across the board, and pave the way for connected and automated mobility of the future. But the features that will likely get the most attention are "alcohol interlock installation facilitation" and "intelligent speed assistance." The former typically requires the driver to blow into an in-car breathalyzer before starting the car. If the driver's alcohol level is too high, the car simply won't start. The details of the system that will be mandatory in EU cars are scarce at this point. The latter feature uses GPS as well as a built-in sign recognition system to detect if the car is going over the speed limit. Then the system will warn the driver and automatically slow down the car. However, the driver will be able to override this by pushing on the accelerator pedal. 

You will have to answer the question using the link provided. To access the test, you need to indicate your name, group and email (whatsyourname@iescantabria.net). All the activities are compulsory to move on the form questionnaire and should be filled before FRI 3rd April 23´59h. (NO emails will be sent this week, just filling the form). Integrated skills includes video-listening, reading comprehension and speaking activies with Vocaroo to be sent via Google Forms. If you have questions, we´ll meet online again on Wed at the time scheduled which will be published on the blog. You are doing GREAT. Hope you are all fine and enjoy this English practice.


View on Vocaroo >>

PLEASE, go directly to the link to do these exercises:


PLEASE, go directly to the link to do these exercises:
https://forms.gle/LFxEqioUwm2yGGuy6

Speaking section. Answer the following questions according to the information from the text.
1. Which cars will have to follow the new rules?
2. What will be the most significant systems fitted to cars?


Question 5:  Reply and record your answers about 3 of the following questions. You will have to send the link (not the file) of the Vocaroo recording to your teacher.
  • What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of driving in compared to using public transportation?
  • Are there speed limits in your country? If so, what is the average speed limit?
  • Do you have a bicycle? If so, when did you get it? How much did it cost? How often do you ride it? What color is it?
  • Do you ride a bicycle more than once a week?
  • Do you often ride public transportation during rush hour?
  • Do you often use public transportation?
  • Have you ever been in a traffic accident?
  • Have you ever been stopped for speeding? (Have you ever gotten a speeding fine?)
  • Have you ever missed your last train or bus home? If so, how did you get home that night?
  • How do you get to school? How long does it take? How much is the bus fare or the train fare?
  • How do you think countries can reduce congestion on the roads?
  • Is there any environmentally-friendly transportation in your area?
  • What do you think is the most dangerous form of transportation? Why?
  • What do you think is the safest form of transportation? Why?
  • What kind of transportation do you use most often?
  • Do you sometimes take a taxi (cab)?
  • How do you "call" a taxi in your country from the side of the road? (ex. raise your hand in the air, etc.) Is it expensive to take a taxi in your country? Are there seat-belts in the taxis? Is it common to give the cab driver a tip? If so, about how much do you give?
  • How important do you think it is to use public transportation?
  • Do you think that governments should encourage public transportation more?
  • Do you think city governments should discourage use of privately driven cars within city limits?
  • Do you have good public transportation where you live?
  • How could public transportation in your city be improved?
  • Do you think that we ought to be obligated to drive electrical and solar powered vehicles?
  • Is the public transportation in your city efficient?
  • Is public transportation in your city too expensive?
  • If public transportation were free, would you use it more?
  • Do you feel safe when you use public transportation?

2nd ESO- Transportation

Copy the exercise/sentences and complete them in a word document to be sent to your teacher before FRI, 3rd April. Copia los ejercicios en un documento word y envíalo antes del viernes 3 abril por correo al profesor (guarda el documento con tu nombre-grupo)

Act1. Vocabulary:Questions: What place would you most like to visit in the world? Why? Complete the 15 sentences

  1. It’s usually a great idea to travel with a good ________________ so you don’t get lost. 
  2. The Great Pyramids of Egypt and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are very famous ________________s. 
  3. I always buy lots of ________________s when I travel because I like to remember the places I’ve travelled to. 
  4. What time does our flight leave, or ________________? 
  5. When will you get there, or ________________? 
  6. Where can I buy a train ________________? 
  7. Last month, when I was in Vienna, I sent my grandmother a ________________ of the city.
  8. Our flight leaves from Gate 43, but I don’t know where Gate 43 is. Let’s ask at the ________________. 
  9. My family and I are flying to Taiwan tomorrow, so we need to go to the ________________ airport.
  10. Millions of ________________s visit the Great Wall of China every year. 
  11. The way my face looks changes as I get older, so I need to get a new ________________ every ten years. 
  12. Don’t forget to bring everything you need in your ________________. We’ll be travelling for two weeks. 
  13. Should we travel with a tour group and take our cameras when we ________________ around the country?
  14. Did you enjoy your ________________ to Dubai? 
  15. After we arrive in Berlin, we’ll check in at a nice ________________ and get some rest.
Act.2. WRITING PRACTICE – Opinion Paragraph  Complete the text with the words in red
Some people think it’s a good idea to travel on holiday. Other people think it’s better to stay at home. What do you think?
believe     However      example      Finally     reasons     better     flew     paragraph     friends     bored     opinion    made

Some people think it’s a good idea to travel on holiday but other people think it’s (1) __________ to stay at home. I (2) __________ that it’s better to travel on holiday. In this (3) __________ I will give you three excellent reasons for my (4) __________. First of all, you can’t learn many things when you just stay at home. For (5) __________, last year I (6) __________ to Iceland on holiday and I learned many things about Icelandic culture. Secondly, you might not make many new (7) __________ if you stay at home all the time. (8) __________, you will probably meet lots of new people when you travel. Last year, for example, I (9) __________ three new friends while I was in Iceland. (10) __________, when you stay at home on holiday, you will probably feel very (11) __________. It’s just not fun! On the other hand, travel is exciting! You never know what you will see or who you will meet! For all these (12) __________, I think it’s better to travel on holiday. What do you think?

Act.3. Fill in the crosswords with the vocabulary about transportation and travelling.

Picture
Picture
Just write the answers like this:
ACROSS: 1-Schoolbus, 6-
DOWN: 2-Bicycle, 3-

Self-correction. Assessing my progress.

Please visit each section on the blog and correct the activities you submitted to your teacher last week. The writing section and open questions have already been sent to your mail.
2nd ESO 
4th ESO BIL
1st Bach
2nd Bach 

Friday 27 March 2020

In the middle of...quarantine

Vocabulary about the pandemic:
  VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS:
The Health Ministry
The World Health Organization
Mortality rate
Official statistics
pandemic
in quarantine
The state television channel
ravel bans and closed borders
pplause for healthcare workers
o   To be in (total) lockdown
o   When the lockdown comes to an end
o   To be confined to our homes
o   The number of coronavirus infections has risen/fallen by…
o   A fall/rise in the number of coronavirus infections
o   There are limitations of commercial activity
o   To stop the spread of the virus
o   The virus outbreak in Spain has been
o   To recover from the Covid 19 disease
o   The state of alarm has been declared in Spain
o   To win the battle against the coronavirus
o   To test positive for the coronavirus
o   To have been infected
o   There is no shortage of food or basic goods
o   To deal with the crisis
o   To take over industries to ensure the supply of essential items
o   To appeal to a sense of common responsibility
o   To face fines or prison sentences
o   To be in intensive care

Thursday 26 March 2020

Latest news...

ONLINE CHAT: 
VIDEO-CONFERENCING-ONLINE MEETING: 
TVE- ENGLISH: 
ON THURSDAYS MORNING: https://www.rtve.es/directo/la-2/

EL DIARIO DE CANTABRIA:

Las pruebas de Evaluación del Bachillerato para el Acceso a la Universidad (EBAU) se celebrarán en Cantabria los días 8,9 y 10 de julio en convocatoria ordinaria y el 8,9 y 10 de septiembre, en extraordinaria, y se flexibilizará para ofrecer una mayor opcionalidad de respuestas que garantice la "equidad" para todos los alumnos. Así lo han acordado la Consejería de Educación, Formación Profesional y Turismo en "estrecha colaboración" con la Universidad de Cantabria (UC), junto a los directores de Secundaria que forman parte de la Comisión de Coordinación de la EBAU y la Dirección General de Universidades de Cantabria, tras la celebración ayer miércoles de la Conferencia Sectorial de Educación.

Wednesday 25 March 2020

A wake-up call to get into the habit


Keep on working and keep your daily routines. As we usually post tips and suggestions, we´ll carry on with distance learning introducing new tools which I hope you find useful.

We are waiting for instructions from the Educational Administration to get information about the activities and development of the rest of the school year. DO NOT PANIC as the will be the same for all of us and everywhere. 
So, we´ll have to face the music. I guess that´s why they have decided to nip in the bud before it becomes uncontrollable. It´s time to kick and break bad habits (you know they die hard) and get into the habit of checking information and practising English with the suggested activities in the blog so that you get used to work this way by force of the habit.
One more tip; try not to look the worse for wear and avoid being out of sorts. We´ll continue social distancing, intense family life and occasional time for personal development with reading and physical exercise as well. We´ll be hanging out on line in the following links for any questions or things you want to comment. Or simply to keep in touch with people (using English, please). 
ONLINE CHAT: 
Just click on the link and enter the code 2zz3a You will have to display your name and group to get into the room. Remember netiquette and try to use English for communication. Be polite and observe turns. It will be fine.

VIDEO-CONFERENCING-ONLINE MEETING: 

Tuesday 24 March 2020

That´s music to my ears. Listening practice & questions

"Music to my ears: Something you are pleased to hear about"
Most of people are hooked on the net these days watching films and series and listening to their favourite bands and songs. As part of this quarantine practice, here you´ll find a song to work with the lyrics. Memories by Maroon5 is a good excuse to do this activity. Try to fill in the gaps and once finished, get a screenshot with the result and send it by mail to your teacher (javiermartinez@iescantabria.net). You can do it as many times as you want to get a better score. Hope you like it.


For questions during this week, we are introducing another useful tool which is quite simple and hope will provide ideas for everyone to keep contact. Try SLI.DO. Here you´ll find a brief tutorial. 



Just go to https://www.sli.do/ and enter the event code: #K089
See you /read you/reply online. Cheers.

Monday 23 March 2020

Week2-Topic Food and economy

Remember that Fri 27th is the deadline to submit activities and weekly tasks. For any questions, further info or submit your tasks, contact the teacher at javiermartinez@iescantabria.net. (WRITE YOUR NAME AND GROUP AS THE NAME OF THE DOCUMENT YOU ARE SENDING). Thanks for collaboration.

TOPIC FOOD (Reading and Listening)-2ESO

Remember to go through all the questions and get a screenshot  (pantallazo con CTRL+IMP PANT) at the end with the result. Then, paste the result and the answers in a word document or in your mail to be sent to tour teacher before Fri 27th March. Write your name-group to name your file. Send it to javiermartinez@iescantabria.net 

Reading comprehension:
Mary is eleven. She’s got long brown hair and brown eyes. Her ears are small and her cheeks are chubby.
She gets up at 7 o’clock in the morning, has a shower, gets dressed and has breakfast. She usually has a toast and coffee. She doesn’t like cheese. Then the girl goes to school. She travels by bus. She has lunch at school with her friends. They sometimes have pizza and milkshake. After the lessons they play in the park and they like flying a kite. Mary goes home at 5pm. She has dinner with her mother and father. Her mother likes cooking! Mary goes to bed at 10pm.
The girl lives in the city. There is a swimming pool next to her house but her school is far. There are lots of shops and supermarkets in her street. There is a café behind her house and Mary goes there at the weekend with her family.
There is a market in front of her house. There are a lot of fruit. She likes eating watermelons and mangoes but she doesn’t like grapes. She likes vegetables.
Now the girl is in her bedroom. It’s big. There are two windows, there is a wardrobe in the room and there is her desk next to the window. There is a chair next to her desk. Now her room is a mess! There are her jeans on the floor and there is one sock on the sofa and one sock on the lamp. Her mother is angry. She says: You can’t go to the park, please tidy up your room! Put those jeans in the wardrobe and find the socks!
Mary likes doing athletics and playing table tennis. Going swimming is fun! But she doesn’t like playing basketball. She is very short!
In the summer Mary would like to go camping with her grandfather! She wouldn’t like to help her grandmother in the garden. It’s boring!


Write YES or NO:
1.      Mary has got short brown hair.               _________
2.      She has a toast and coffee for breakfast.  _________
3.      The children don’t have pizza for lunch. ________
4.      Her school is next to her house.              _________
5.      There is a café in front of her house.       _________
6.      Mary likes mangoes but doesn’t eat watermelons.    _________
7.      There is a desk behind the wardrobe in her room.   _________
8.      Her room is a mess.    _________
9.      There is one sock under the sofa.   _________
10.  Her mum is scared because there is a mess.  _________
11.  She doesn’t like playing basketball.   _________
12.  She would like to go camping with her grandfather.   _________

Choose the right answer:
1.      The girl gets up at
a)      eight o’clock    b) seven o’clock    c)nine o’clock
2.      She goes to school by:
a)      car             b) helicopter               c) bus
3.      There is a … next to her house.
a)      supermarket          b) café             c) swimming pool
4.      Mary doesn’t like eating
a)      watermelons         b) potatoes      c) grapes
5.      There is a chair
a)      next to her desk    b) behind the wardrobe      c) under her desk
6.      The girl’s mother asks the girl   
a)      to find the jeans         b)      to go to the park      c)      to clean the room.