LISTENING: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Applying for a job

Imagine that you are 28 years old.
Imagine that you have already done a degree or taken any other type of post-secondary studies.
You are now going to apply for a job which is related to what you have studied, so you will write your own CV and you will fill in the application form we saw in class.
In order to do that, take into account that you are in your third job, so you have to give details of two previous employments.
Modify the application form we saw in class so that it is for a position related to what you have studied.
Be sure that your CV and your application form are related, both are going to be handed in for a same position.
On Friday 27th May, you will hand in your printed CV in person in class. Before that date, you will send your application form to  my email address.

Ancient mummy found wearing Adidas boots

An ancient mummy that was found in Mongolia has gone viral online because it seems to be wearing Adidas boots. Many people have been tweeting that the mummy is proof that time travel exists. The mummy was discovered in the Altai Mountains in a remote part of western Mongolia. Researchers say it is around 1,500 years old. The mummy’s boots look very similar to a pair of snowboarding boots made by the sportswear company Adidas. The mummy's boots have the same three stripes that Adidas is famous for putting on all its footwear. A picture of the boots has gone viral and people are saying the mummy is actually a modern human who travelled back in time.
The mummy's grave was first found in 2010 by local farmers. Last October, archaeologists started digging deeper as they thought the site contained many important things. Earlier this month, the archaeologists found horse's saddles, clay vases, wooden bowls, and metal kettles. The archaeologists said the site was the first complete Turkic burial ground found in Central Asia. The first Turkic people started living in a region between Central Asia and Siberia around 2,600 years ago. They had their own language, including a unique alphabet. Wolves and the colour blue were very important in their culture. Some historians say the word 'turquoise' comes from the word 'Turkish'.

Read more:

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1604/160415-time-travel.html#ixzz46sJvBgWX

The text talks about time travel to explain why the mummy wore Adidas boots. Can you think of any other explanation to this issue? Write at least 35 words before 22.00, 26th April. 

Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? by William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? 

Thou art more lovely and more temperate: 

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, 

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; 

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, 

And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; 

And every fair from fair sometime declines, 

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade, 

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; 

Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, 

When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: 

   So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, 

   So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Does this famous poem suggest something to you? share your ideas

Emphatic DO/DID

BECA DE IMMERSIÓN LINGÜÍSTICA EN VERANO

Have a look at this:

http://www.mecd.gob.es/servicios-al-ciudadano-mecd/catalogo/educacion/becas-ayudas-subvenciones/para-estudiar/idiomas/inmersion-ingles-para-becarios.html#dc

The $265,000 job that no one wants

Read the text and answer the following question in no less than 30 words before 21:00,  31st March:
If you were a doctor and you were offered that job, what would you do? explain your answer. 

There is a job available in the small New Zealand town of Tokoroa, but no one wants it. The job is for a doctor and it pays US$265,000 a year. For the lucky doctor who takes the job, there is no night work, no weekend work, and house prices in the area are low. Also, he or she would work just four days a week and get 12 weeks' annual holiday. The town's current doctor Alan Kenny is leaving and cannot find anyone to replace him. He has been looking for a replacement for two years but has had no success. Four medical recruitment companies also failed to find a replacement. Dr Kenny thinks the problem is that the job is in the countryside and everyone wants to live and work in the big cities.
It is not only New Zealand that has problems trying to get doctors to live in rural areas. It is also a problem in many other countries too. Last year, Dr Kenny had to cancel a family holiday because he could not find anyone to replace him. Dr Kenny is from the UK and has been a doctor in Tokoroa for 30 years. He said he has a great lifestyle and he wouldn't swap it for city life. At the age of 61, he wants to retire and pass his patients on to someone younger. He told a local newspaper that his job keeps him busy all day and that he loves his work. He is worried about how he can find a new doctor. He said: "I would like to stay but I hit my head against a brick wall trying to attract doctors."

Read more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1602/160226-doctors.html#ixzz44PwLVURH
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11593835 
http://news.sky.com/story/1647162/the-190000-a-year-job-that-nobody-wants
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2016/february-2016/23/a-tale-of-two-practices-struggle-to-find-gp-story-of-changing-models.aspx

SHAKESPEARE WEBQUEST

1.    INTRODUCTION

Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers that the world has produced. After this webquest you will know more about him, his life, his works and his time. You will carry out a search of information on the Intertnet in order to answer a set of questions. With all the information that you gather, you will create a power point presentation which will summarise your search.

2.    THE PROCESS. -  You have to look for specific information which answers the following questions. However, the task is not providing simple answers but to elaborate a presentation with all that information. -  Every section is divided into two parts, one with the questions and the other with the specific links where you will find the answers. -  When you present your Powerpoint to the class, each member in the group will take one single turn. Therefore, if you are four, there will be 4 turns and each member will only speak one time during the presentation, but not at intervals. -  When you have decided the members of your group (maximum 4 members) and the play in point 20, write a comment at the end of this entry with the names of your group members and the play you have chosen.  -  You will send a first draft of the powerpoint presentation to the teacher  14th April at 18.00.  You will send the last version of your powerpoint 20th April at 18.00 because the oral presentations will be 21st and 22nd of April in class. 3.    THE TASK. William Shakespeare 1. When was he born? Are we sure about this date? 2. Where was he born? 3. What was Shakespeare’s nickname? 4. What did Shakespeare study?

5. Who was Shakespeare's wife?

6. How many children did they have?

7. What are the lost years?  8. What is Lord Chamberlain’s Men or the King’s Men? What is the difference between the previous two concepts? 9. When did he die? 10. Why is the World Book Day celebrated on April 23rd -except for the UK and Ireland? http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/biography/shakespeare_biography.htm http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk http://www.bardweb.net/man.html http://www.stratford.co.uk/index.asp http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z8k2p39 http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/biography/shakespeare_biography.htm

The Globe 11. What is The Globe?

12. When was The Globe built?

13. What happened to the theatre in 1.613? Did it disappear forever?

14. Name three other famous theatres in London in 16th century and some basic information about them.

http://www.bardweb.net/globe.html http://www.elizabethanauthors.org/theater1.htm http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/playhouses.html

Shakespeare's Works 15. Which type of Works did Shakespeare write? Drama, novel or poetry? 16. How many works did he produce? 17. Name three of Shakespeare's histories.

18. Name three of Shakespeare's comedies.

19. Name three of Shakespeare's tragedies.

http://www.ipl.org/div/shakespeare/shakespeare.html http://www.mundofree.com/seronoser/tausiet/shakespeare/shakespeare.htm

http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/works.html

http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/plays.html

20. choose one of the following plays:
The Merchant of Venice
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Tempest
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Othello
Henry VIII
King John
Richard III
Twelfth Night
Much Ado About Nothing
The Comedy of Errors

- Now look for this information about the play which you have chosen:

- Main characters

- place where the action takes place.

- type of play (history, comedy or tragedy)

- general plot.

- a famous quote

4.    THE EVALUATION.

The final product will be evaluated according to:
- selection of appropriate and concise information.
- Presentation: clear, concise and coherent ideas. (WITHOUT READING)
- Correction in syntax and grammar.

- Pronunciation and fluency.
- Design of the document, originality, use of visual materials, pictures, etc.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES IN SONGS

WATCH THE VIDEO AND TRY TO INFER THE  VERBAL TENSES IN EACH CONDITIONAL TYPE.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WHEN YOU DON'T EXIST

Happiness can break your heart too

Scientists have said it isn't just sad things that make us brokenhearted. Happy events can also be bad for our heart. A broken heart is an actual medical condition. It is not just the sadness we feel when someone we love does not return that love. We get broken heart syndrome when we are highly stressed. We also get it during emotional times, such as a relationship breakup, the death of family and friends, or the loss of a job. The medical name for this is Takotsubo Syndrome (TTS). Researchers say people can get TTS, and even be at risk of sudden death, when very happy things happen. The doctors who discovered this have called it "happy heart syndrome".
The researchers' study was published in the European Heart Journal on Thursday. Heart experts Dr Christian Templin and Dr Jelena Ghadri analysed data from 1,750 patients who suffered from Takotsubo Syndrome. The sufferers were from nine different countries. They found 485 patients got TTS because of an emotional happening. Twenty of these had TTS because of a happy or joyful event. The patients had heart problems after events like a birthday party, a wedding, a favourite sports team winning a game, and the birth of a grandchild. Dr Ghadri said our body and brain may think happy and sad events are similar, so both can result in Takotsubo Syndrome.

Read more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1603/160305-happy-heart-syndrome.html#ixzz42FgJOyQ1


Write 25 words about one of the following, basing your comment on the reading:
1 We shouldn't worry about happy heart syndrome
2 We should worry about happy heart syndrome
3 Talk about a personal experience in which you have been at risk of a heart break according to the text. 

FAMOUS LOVE STORIES: WebQuest and PowerPoint Presentation

BEST LOVE STORIES

    1.       You are going to work in groups of 4 or 5 people.  

    2.       Click on the following link and choose one couple for your research. Nobody else  can research the same story in any of the two groups of bachillerato. Therefore, each group will investigate about one story which nobody else will work with. Then, write a comment in this blog entry telling the names of the member of your group and the couple that you are going to investigate.  

TOP 20 LOVE STORIES

    3.       Look for specific information in the Internet:

-          Where were they from? 
-          When did the story take place?
-          Who were they? What did they do? Who was their family?
-          Is it a real story or not?

-          How did their story start?

-          How did their story develop?

-          Did they have a happy ending? Why?
-          Did they have any children?

-          Why is their story famous?

-          Add any other information that you consider relevant to the story.

    4.       Remember: you should follow the order of presentation in point 3 for your presentation in class.

    5.       Elaborate a powerpoint presentation with all the information gathered. Don’t copy and paste a large amount of words! Try to elaborate something nice.

    6.       Present your story to the class ( you can’t read your powerpoint, you have to explain it to the class)

    7.       Be prepared for answering some questions about your investigation.

    8.       The rest of the class must be prepared for taking notes or answering specific questions about what their partners have explained.

    9.       State the bibliography you have consulted for the elaboration of the study. Please, avoid Wikipedia, and use other more trustworthy sources of information such as:
     http://www.britannica.com/ 
     http://www.oxfordreference.com/ 

    10.   The presentations will take place  12^th February  for both groups of Bachillerato.

                                              Enjoy your research.

                                              Ana Gil