2 A, B & C Splitting class: October 15th.

Today we are going to learn about Australia!


1. Troba Austràlia en aquest mapa del món. Fixa't a quina distància està de nosaltres.
2. READ about Australia:

1. This is the Ayers Rock and it is in Australia. Australia is a very big country. It's 4,000 kilometres from east to west, but it has a population of only 20 million. Australian people speak English and some aborigines speak their
language.






2. This is the Opera house in Sydney.
Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane are important cities in Australia. They are all next to the sea.
The capital of Australia is Canberra.

3.Australians love sport. Team sports are very popular - for example, cricket and rugby. A lot of people go swimming, surfing and cycling, too.

4. The aborigines are the original inhabitants of Australia. At Aborigine festivals, they sing, dance and play the didgeridoo, a traditional instrument.












5. Film stars Nicole Kidman and Russel Crowe are from Australia and they are good friends too. Australian TV programmes are popular in many countries. Sometimes the actors become singers, Kylie Minogue for example.

3. ANSWER on the notebook:

a) What is the population of Australia?

b) What is the language of Australia?

c)Write the name of 4 Australian cities.

d)What is the capital of Australia?

e)What is a didgeridoo?

f)Which team sports are popular in Australia?

g)Which other sports are popular?

h)Which two friends and famous film stars are Australian?


4. VES A Google i CERCA:

a) una foto d'un "didgeridoo" i dibuixa'l al quadern

b) un mapa d'Australia on surtin les principals ciutats

c) copia el mapa al teu quadern i senyala on es troben les següents ciutats:

Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane i Canberra.

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2 A & B Splitting class

Welcome again!

PLEASE READ the activities for today:

1. Read and answer the questions.

A)

My friend Laura

My best friend is Laura. She's thirteen years old and her birthday is on 1st March. She has got two brothers, Their names are Marc and Samuel. She's got a lot of pets. She has got a dog, a mouse, a cat, two rabbits and some fish.

Laura is tall and thin. She's got fair hair and blue eyes. Laura and I go to the same school. It's called IES Marratxí. We're in the same class. Laura's favourite subjects are science and biology.

Laura's favourite sport is tennis. We sometimes play tennis together at the weekend. Her favourite players are Serena Williams and Rafa Nadal. Laura likes films too. We don´t go to the cinema very often, but we watch DVDs at her house.

B) Write complete answers on your notebook:

*Correct it with the teacher.

B1-How many brothers has she got?
B2-What pets has she got?
B3-What colour is her hair?
B4-What are her favourite subjects?
B5-Who are her favourite tennis players?
B6-Where do they watch DVDs?

2. En aquest exercici escoltareu una cançó de na Celine Dion. Necessitau els auriculars, si qualque alumne no els ha duit que demani a un company que els hi deixi quan aquest hagi acabat. Mentres un escolta la cançó, l'alumne/a que espera que faci l'exercici 3.



Instruccions per a la cançó:

a) Traduïu les paraules que trobau dins el requadre de l'exercici 1. Podeu utilitzar aquest diccionari.

b) Escolta el primer troç de la cançó i intenta col·locar les paraules que has traduit.

CLICK HERE to listen to the SONG.

3. Now, practise Present Simple, Question words and Adverbs of frequency.

Click: Unit 1 Extension/Extra help

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1A & B Splitting class

Hi to our blog again!

Today we are going to study the FAMILY!

1. Read this text and answer the questions:

Jason's family

Hello! My name is Jason and I have a very nice family. My dad's name is John and he is 43 years old. My father's favourite hobbies are reading the newspaper and playing handball. My mum's name is Sarah and she is 39 years old. My mother likes going to the cinema and swimming. I have one sister, her name is Andrea and she is fifteen years old. Andrea likes meeting her friends and listening to music. I have one brother, his name is Peter and he is nine years old. My brother has a rabbit, its name is "Sugar". And you? What about your familiy?

1. What is the name of this boy?
2. How old is Jason's father?
3. What are Jason's father favourite hobbies?
4. Who is Sarah?
5. What are Sarah's favourite hobbies?
6. Has Jason got sisters or brothers?
7. What does Andrea like?
8. How old is Jason's brother?
9. What pet has Peter got?
10. What is the name of the rabbit?

2. Now, write on your notebook about your family. Look at Jason's family to help you.

Hello! My name is .................. and I have a very nice family. My dad's name is ................ and he is ..............years old. My father's favourite hobbies are .......................... and ...................... My mum's name is ......................and she is ...................years old. My mother likes ........................ and .......................

I have got..................... sister, her name is ...........................and she is .....................years old. .................likes ..................... and ...............................
I have got............................, his name ....................and he is .....................years old. My ................... has got ........................, its name is "........................".



3. When you finish we will work with the IES Ramon Llull's webpage.


Practise "The Time": exercises 3, 7, 8 & 10. Click Introduction.

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2C Splitting class

Hi again!

First, here you have the aspects you have to study for the EXAM (next Thursday):

1.Unit "Introduction"
2.Parts of the body (they are in last week's post)
3.Unit 1:
3.1 Sports with do, go, play
3.2 Present simple (affirmative, negative and interrogative)
3.3 Question words
3.4 Adverbs of frequency

OK, now let's start with the class. Please read the activities for today:

1. Read this text and answer the questions.

A)

My friend Laura

My best friend is Laura. She's thirteen years old and her birthday is on 1st March. She has got two brothers, Their names are Marc and Samuel. She's got a lot of pets. She has got a dog, a mouse, a cat, two rabbits and some fish.

Laura is tall and thin. She's got fair hair and blue eyes. Laura and I go to the same school. It's called IES Marratxí. We're in the same class. Laura's favourite subjects are science and biology.

Laura's favourite sport is tennis. We sometimes play tennis together at the weekend. Her favourite players are Serena Williams and Rafa Nadal. Laura likes films too. We don´t go to the cinema very often, but we watch DVDs at her house.

B) After reading the text answer these questions in your notebook:

*When you finish you and all the class will correct it with the teacher.

B1-How many brothers has she got?
B2-What pets has she got?
B3-What colour is her hair?
B4-What are her favourite subjects?
B5-Who are her favourite tennis players?
B6-Where do they watch DVDs?


2. Now, you are going to listen to a song.


Do exercises 1, 2 & 3 (not the rest)

Exercise 1 part A: you need a dictionary to do do it 1, so go HERE.
Exercise 1 part B: listen to the song and put the words from part A in the gaps.
Exercise 2: Translate the exercise 1 into Catalan or Spanish.

Here you have some words for exercise 2: wings (ales), breath (respirar), alive (viu), touch (tocar), sky (cel), bless (beneïr o bendecir), drifet away (ir a la deriva).

Exercise 3: listen to the next part of the song and match the two halves.

CLICK HERE to listen to the SONG.

3. When you finish. practise present simple and other contents from Unit 1.

Click: Unit 1 Extension/Extra help

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1A & 1B Splitting class

(2nd of ESO, scroll down to see your work for today)

Welcome again to our computer class!

1. Write your personal description:


-read "My description"
-open your notebook and write your description
-show it to me to correct it
-now you can type it (write it with the computer)

2. Now, you are going to practise "Parts of he body vocabulary" and "Family vocabulary"




-go to 1 st of ESO
-click on Unit 1 Extension/Extra help
-click on "Parts of he body" and "Family"

Click HERE to start!!!!!

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