PROJECTS 2014: 1º ESO 'COMIC STRIP: A FABLE' IES VÉLEZ DE GUEVARA - ÉCIJA - SEVILLA

Projects made by Isabel Mª Herrera + Ana Mª Gómez, José M Moraina + Fco Javier Jiménez, Javier Laguna + Iván Hoyo, Marta Carmona García + Isabel Mª Baena  and Sergio Moreno + Mª Carmen García on Comic Strip: A Fable

YOUR FAVOURITE FESTIVITIES AND WHY (4º ESO)

DESCRIBE YOUR FAVOURITE FESTIVITIES OF THE YEAR AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU LIKE THEM (141)

            I have no special festivity of the year at all because I like many of them but, if I had to choose one, it would be the Twelfth Night.

            First, it is a festivity devoted to mainly small children. However, adults can enjoy it taking part of the event making the smallest ones' dreams come true.

            Second, an enormous parade is held in my town and everybody goes asking for sweets or toys, singing traditional Christmas carls and dancing with folk music which is played by colourful local bands.

            Third, and most important of all, watching the face of my little son while opening the parcels his presents were wrapped with is simple priceless.

            In conclusion, I am now sure that my favourite festivity of the year is the Twelfth Night due to the illusion it generates among little innocent children.

WRITING A LETTER OF COMPLAINT (SELECTIVIDAD)

WRITING A LETTER OF COMPLAINT (180 - 196)

ISSUE    Too much litter

WHAT  Where / Effect on the environment / Why / Actions to be taken

CONVINCE

  1^st Sesame Street

41007 – Seville

        10^th December 2014

           City Health Department

Town Hall – Seville

            Dear Sir / Madam,

            I am writing to express my concern about / regarding the huge amount of rubbish the area surrounding the children playground in my neighbourhood presents. It is a shame the appearance it shows, mostly at night.

            First of all / To begin with, litter of every kind accumulates day after day without being cleaned by regular services and that is your task.

            Second / Then / Next, I am completely sure it is forbidden to both smoke and drink in an area where children play, but cigarettes and empty bottles keep on appearing everywhere.

            Finally, and to make matters / things worse, police is rarely seen in the area and consequently, common crimes such us robberies and fights have recently increased.

            This is why I strongly urge you to take immediate actions to solve the problems before exposed and I suggest using the money from taxes to increase the number of policemen and street sweepers in favour of our children’s health.

            I look forward to hearing from you soon / your reply

            Yours faithfully / sincerely

                                              

                                               Manuel Daza

The King's Daughter. (Solve the Mystery).

The King's Daughter. (Solve the Mystery).

            Once upon a time there was an old king who had a beautiful daughter.

            The king used to spend a lot of money fighting against a neighbour enemy and, this way, he soon got ruined.

            An old ugly and very rich banker proposed the king a solution for his problems: 'I'll lend you all the money you need and your daughter will become my wife'.

            The daughter refused but her father begged her. In the end, the princess accepted but with one condition: 'We'll go by the river and we'll take three small stones, two of them black and the other white. We'll put them inside a leather bag and, if I am able to pick the white pebble without looking, I'll be free'.

            The old ugly banker accepted the condition but when he was going to take the small stones, all the pebbles he took were black. He put them in the bag and said nothing.

            The princess noticed the trick. She continued with the proposition, however.

            Did she have to marry the old ugly banker?

            If not, how did she manage to avoid the wedding?

            SOLVE THE MYSTERY!

WRITE A NARRATIVE (4º ESO)

WRITE A NARRATIVE

-          WHO the story is about

-          WHEN and WHERE the story happened

-          EVENTS in the story

-          HOW people feel

-          HOW the story ends

EXTRA: Add at least two sentences describing what happened after the event.

WRITE A NARRATIVE ( 92 - 116)

Last summer, while I and my family were on holidays in Mallorca, my youngestbrother got lost.

We didn’t know what to do since it had never happened before but, fortunately, my eldest sister proposed us to separate.

First, I went around the apartment we had hired looking for my brother. Then, my parents would go to closest police station. Finally, my sister had to go to the local hospital.

In the end, my brother Esteban had been playing with a group of children on the beach as the police reported us.

EXTRA: Although time has elapsed, I will never forget looking for my brother that day. That is why I will never let my children alone.

PROJECTS 2014: 1º ESO 'HALLOWEEN MONSTERS' IES VÉLEZ DE GUEVARA - ÉCIJA - SEVILLA

Projects made by Isabel Mª Franco, Mª Carmen García, Marta Carmona Torres  and Javier Laguna on Halloween Monsters

Advantages and Disadvantages of Celebrities Publicly Supporting Social and Political Causes (SELECTIVIDAD)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Celebrities Publicly Supporting Social and Political Causes (153)

My personal opinion about the advantages and disadvantages of celebrities publicly supporting social and political causes is that it is not an easy topic to deal with since it will just depend mainly on the celebrity and secondly on your point of view or opinion regarding him or her.

On the one hand, and because celebrities are very well-known people, the events where they appear may get more publicity than others and they can help raise amazing amounts of money for good causes.

On the other hand, due to the fact that celebrities have almost instant access to the media, they could influence people’s opinion for or against a specific question. Furthermore, people sometimes believe celebrities’ opinions without doing their own research.

To sum up, whether to be in favour or against the appearance of famous people in public or social causes is a difficult question which presents both for and against views.

 

Write a Diary Entry (4º ESO)

Write a Diary Entry (100 + 30 = 130)

  DATE: Yesterday

            PLACE: Écija

            PEOPLE YOU WERE WITH: Me and my best friend

            WHAT HAPPENED: A robbery

            YOUR FEELINGS: Shocked and upset.

Yesterday evening, at about half past ten, while a was coming back home with my best friend after having played tennis for two and a half hours, there was a robbery / a robbery took place at the Portrait Gallery in Écija.

It was on the second floor of the building and the robber stole some masterpieces / some masterpieces were stolen by a thief.

When I heard the news, I felt shocked because I had been very close to the building at that time and I felt also upset because it was one of my favourite places in town.

EXTRA:

Nobody is sure, but it is possible that the burglar / criminal had the key of the side door since the alarm didn’t start and the police were not alerted. 

USED TO (BE USED TO / GET USED TO)

MODAL AUXILIARIES: USED TO (BE USED TO / GET USED TO)

USED TO

         To describe a state or habitual action in the past. ALWAYS in the PAST.

Subject + USED TO + Base + (Complements)

STATEMENT                   We used to play tennis

                                      She used to watch TV

                                      They used to live abroad

NEGATION                      We didn't use to play tennis

                                      She didn't use to watch TV

                                      They didn't use to live abroad

INTERROGATION             Did we use to play tennis?

                                       Did she use to watch TV?

                                       Did they use to live abroad?

1)    BE USED TO
To mean ACCUSTOMED TO. ANY verbal tense.

Subject + be + USED TO + NOUN PHRASE / V-ing (Complements)

STATEMENT     I will be used to working everyday

                       She was used to painting ten years ago

                       We are used to cold days

NEGATION    I will not be used to working everyday

                   She was not used to painting ten years ago

                  We are not used to cold days

INTERROGATION    Will I be used to working everyday?

                        Was she used to painting ten years ago?

                             Are we used to cold days?

2)    GET USED TO

To mean BECOME USED TO. The same conditions that BE USED TO.

Subject + get + USED TO + NOUN PHRASE / V-ing (Complements)

STATEMENT  I had never seen a cow but I soon got used to it fast

NEGATION     They don't get used to hearing the noise of the city

INTERROGATION Will she get used to cool days easily?

WINNERS OF THE QUIZ

The group winning last quiz competition was:

 

Congratulations to ALEX J ANGUAYA, SABAH A GALI, ADRIÁN MORENO, KAREN L PINSAG and LAURA VALENCIA.