Writing practice

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Book Day activities

 SOME HOMEWORK PRACTICE FOR THE EBAU:

23^rd April is a symbolic date for world literature. It is on this date in 1616 that Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors. This is why UNESCO, in a conference held in Paris in 1995, decided to celebrate the World Book Day every 23^rd of April. They wanted to encourage people, and specially children, to read and discover the authors who contributed to social and cultural progress of humanity. 

ACT.1 Listen to the audio file and answer these questions:
World Book Day Audio-Click here

·         What is World Book Day also called?

·         Why did UNESCO start it in 1995?

·         When was Shakespeare born and died?

·         How is it celebrated in Spain?

·         Who wrote D, Quixote?

ACT.2. READING AND WRITING-EBAU TEST 19: WHY YOU SHOULD SURROUND YOURSELF WITH BOOKS (SEPT.18)

Writing: Applying for a job

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/sites/teens/files/job_adverts_-_exercises.pdf

Do you need some cash? Are you looking for work? Well, look at these job adverts and do the exercises to improve your reading skills.

Preparation

ShowCheck your understanding: matching

ShowCheck your understanding: gap fill

 

How to write a cover letter de Bayarmaa GBayarmaa

Cover letters and Applications de Michigan Works! Muskegon-Oceana

How to write CV de idstudentjob

https://europa.eu/europass/en

Vocabulary and Reported Speech revision

 REPORTED SPEECH-QUIZLET

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: CHECK THESE WEBSITES: The more you practice, the better for you.

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-4.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-5.html

Speaking activities: Money and well-being

"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence. The phrase gives three examples of the unalienable rights which the Declaration says have been given to all humans by their creator, and which governments are created to protect.

DOES MONEY BRING HAPPINESS?

Almost all of us are motivated by money. Money probably doesn’t bring happiness, but not having enough money to take care of our basic needs will seriously limit our happiness. No one wants to live in poverty and no one will lend to the poor.

Money helps us lead a comfortable life. It helps us provide the best possible education for our children. It ensures that our near and dear ones have access to medical attention whenever they need it.

There is a limit to the amount of money that we can spend on ourselves. Still, the richest among us have amassed wealth they or their progeny will never use in their lifetime. Still, they aren’t satisfied. They want more. That is the lure of money. It never makes people content. Those who don’t have it want to have it. Those who have it want to have even more of it. Unfortunately, in our pursuit of riches, we often forget to live. We forget to appreciate the little joys that make our lives worth living.

Having a lot of money is definitely a problem. It even threatens our safety and security and makes us the target of thieves. Look at the richest people. They can’t move around freely like you or I. They are always surrounded by their personal security guards and often live their entire lives in constant fear of getting attacked

To conclude, money is unlikely to make us happy, but we must still earn enough. However, in our pursuit of riches, we must not lose our souls. True happiness comes from spiritual awakening. Money has hardly anything to do with it.

CONVERSATION PHRASES: 

1. Money for me is …
2. One thing I’d like to achieve is … 
3. Money and happiness are … 
4. Money affects my behaviour … 
5. I prefer spending money on … 
6. I’m satisfied with my life because … 
7. People’s moods are most affected by … 
8. Work affects people’s moods by … 
9. Having more money makes people … 
10. Rich people should … 
11. Money is more important than anything else because … 
12. The pursuit of money has damaged …

Radio show- Speaking

The Junior Ambassadors at IES Cantabria participating in the European Parliament Schools programme have interviewed María Sánchez Ruiz. 

She is the Councilor and Head of the Economy and Treasury Department at the Cantabria Government. 

Most of the answers were focused on the influence and impact of the European Funds and the way they are present in our lives. 

This interesting information helps us understand the way Europe plays a key role in everyday´s life within our region.

Programa de los embajadores junior entrevistando a la Consejera de Economía y Hacienda del Gobierno de Cantabria, María Sánchez Ruiz. Sus respuestas se centran en la influencia de los fondos europeos en Cantabria y cómo nos afectan en nuestra vida cotidiana. Una interesante información en clave Europea en las ondas de la radio del instituto IES Cantabria:

Interpreting activity:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tHMb_krqOBSQcoqNhLJnJJY7MZuF-ASna8hO-z5E094/edit?usp=sharing

Listen to "Fondos Europeos en Cantabria-IES Cantabria" on Spreaker.

Nothern Ireland riots.

Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain’s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.

Crowds including children as young as 12 or 13 clashed across a concrete “peace wall” in west Belfast that separates a British loyalist Protestant neighbourhood from an Irish nationalist Catholic area. Police fired rubber bullets at the crowd, and nearby a city bus was hijacked and set on fire.

Easter 2021. Reading

ME BEFORE YOU:

You can find all the information about the book and an adapted version at the graded readers 20-21 section (tab on this blog). After the Eastre break, you´ll take the comprehension activities test on a worksheet. Meanwhile, enjoy the pleasure of reading and maybe you can also watch the movie. (top left to pick subtitles in English, if you want):

https://fsharetv.co/movie/me-before-you-episode-1-tt2674426

A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

EBAU PRACTICE: