To watch this video isn't obligatory. However, there are going to be certain questions that can be answered by watching it. So if I were you, I would take a look. Soon we will vote at class, for if you want to watch it with me... or on your own.
NOTE: Watch only until 2:46. The questions are based on this part of the video.
Note: some of them do not enter in the exam; however, it is not so bad to know about them :-)
Also an alphabetic wheel. Possibly we will deal with it tomorrow, at class.
Some games:
And finally this video:
Some activities for preparing the exam "Hunting and fishing"
Hunting and fishing (crossword)
Hunting and fishing (worksheet)
We will also watch also this video. It's going to be important for the exam:
Here I let you the activity corresponding to the topic "religion". Study it:
And one more thing. If I were you, I would review this online activity. Tomorrow we will work it.
Also a bit of grammar. To be verb:
Next Wednesday we will see some of the most dangerous professions in the world.
This job consists in to get poison from venomous animals. The poison is used for making the antidote, which can save your life if, for example, a cobra has bitten you. Needless to say that this job is dangerous.
In some cold countries, like Sweden, Canada or Russia, rivers and lakes get frozen when winter comes. The ice is so thick that it can endure the weight of big trucks and trailers. However, from time to time the ice breaks, and well... In that case it is not nice to be inside a truck cabin.
Miner is one of the most dangerous professions. And even more if you have to climb a volcano for extracting sulphur rocks. These people usually die young because of toxic gas released from hot cracks.
2.- Landmine remover.
In big forest areas from Brazil, USA, Canada... we find people who work as lumberjacks. Their mission: to cut down and extract from forest very big logs. Every year dozens of these workers die crushed by the weight of giant logs. They also work with very dangerous tools: axes, chainsaws, heavy machinery, cranes, stell wires...
Next Wednesday we will watch this video and try to find out the professions of these people.
Recently 6th grade A voted a new topic related to bad words and bad expressions in English. On this post I am going to explain some of the more common ones, and I will offer you alternative (and more polite) linguistic options.
1.- Shit.
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A more polite option is to say "crap". Not so rude, and also useful for blowing off steam.
2.- Goddamn.
A more polite option is to say "damm it". In this way you do not curse God; you curse an indefinite thing.
3.- Bullshit.
Example: "My friend Joseph told me that he had caught a 20kg carp fish; but I know it's bullshit"
4.- Bloody.
"Bloody" literally means "with blood on it". It is used as a previous word before the insult you want to say. Exampes: "Bloody Hell", "Bloody Shit", "Bloody bastard" or "Boody idiot". The word "Bloddy" reinforces the strength of a bad word.
"Bloody" It is the soft version of Fucking, which works in the same way, but with a stronger meaning.
5.- Holy.
"Holy" means "related to something religious". Used in a Christian context, it is not offensive. Holy Host, Holy Bible, Holy person... But the thing gets wrong when you mix "Holy" with something disgusting. Expresions like "holy shit" or "holy crap" are very unpolite, and so not very recomendable.
Although this is not a very bad expression, it can be considered as offensive by some religious people. So, if you don't know the person, better to say "Oh my gosh".
7.- Moron.
Moron is a very bad word, meaning that someone has mental issues or thinking difficulties. There is no polite alternative. Simply better not to use it; and if you have to say that someone is moron, or idiot, better to say "This person has mental issues" or "This person has a mental disability".
8.- Bastard.
Well, and that's all. I really hope you will not use all these bad words. They are not for being used, but for being known and avoided. And of course, if some troll insults you with them in the internet... Ban him immediately!
Human being is religious / mystical per se. From the very first moment of our existence, we have belived in something: the sun, the moon, the volcanoes and mountains, the lightning and storms... Those primitive beliefs evolutioned to more complex religious frames. Today we are going to talk about the 5 more important religions in the world, in accordance with number of believers.
It's a religion from India, created in the 15th century (from 1400 to 1500 A.D) About 30 million people are Sikhs. This religion was founded by Guru Nanak. The main thing of it it that there is only one God, benevolent and present in everything. They use meditation as a tool to find God.
It's a religion also created in India, 2.500 years ago. About 320 million people practice it. It was founded by Shiddarta, the first Buda. Buddhism points that we have to be good people in order to get the internal peace. It also uses meditation as a tool for achieving this goal. In Buddhism there is not God.
3.- Hinduism:
About 2.000.000.000 people (2 billion) are muslims (this is how we name islam followers). Islam was founded by Muhammad in 622 AD (that is, 1403 years ago) It is a religion very simmilar to Cristianism: they say that we must be good people, and that there is one only God, named Allah. If you are a good person, you go to heaven.
About 2.400.000.000 people (2.4 billion) are cristians. We all know about Cristianity, because is the most spreaded religion in our country. It was created by Jesus, and it defends that there is one only God, but with some complications (the Trinity, the Saints, the Virgin, etc). Cristianity says that we must be good people. As the majority of religions.
As we agreed, here we go with a topic related to bad words and expressions that you should not pronounce. First, a very interesting video I found about the topic:
Later we will deal with some more specific vocabulary, with a picture dictionary I have prepared.
Online picture dictionary (bad words)
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Although swimming pools are awesome, they can be also dangerous. Here I'm going to give you some advice in order to avoid possible problems:
I think this can be funny. An alphabetic wheel with deffinitions about people from the school.
Well, we're almost over!!! This week we're gonna play a scavenger hunt: a game in which you have to find the key of the chest. Yes: the very same chest on the teacher's desk. Inside it there's a treasure waiting for you. Here is the first challenge:
In which number is the car parked?
The solution is a number. When you know the answer, go to the class
with this number at the door.
Alphabetic wheel I. Varied vocabulary.
Alphabetic wheel II. Professions.
Alphabetic wheel III. Prisons and crime.
Alphabetic wheel IV. Mythological beings.
Apart of alphabetic wheels, an couple of online trivia games:
Trivia online II (it seems cool!!)
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| Roman Empire in 210 AD. |
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| Imperial temple, in Mérida. |
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| Roman provinces. Trajan period. |
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| Latin inscription from Mérida. |
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| Roman law written on a bronzce stele. |
Once upon a time there was a venomous and evil snake living close to a fountain. She lived alone, and she used to poison the water for killing the animals which drank there. One day a rabbit arrived to the fountain and drank water. Soon he felt bad, and he sat down on a rock next to the pipe. The snake said:
Ulysses was an ancient Greek hero. He was completely human (no god was his father) He wasn't very strong, he couldn't fly, he had no magic... His only weapon was his great intelligence and cunning.
Ulysses was king of Itaca (a Greek island) He was called to participate in Troy's war. He was fighting more than 20 years, far from his house. During all this time he missed his wife Penélope, his son Telémaco and his land very much.
When the war finally ended (Ulysses was the architect of that victory, thanks to the famous trick called "the horse of Troy"), all warriors returned home. But Ulysses couldn't, because a problem he had with Poseidon, the sea god. Poseidon condemned him to travel around Mediterranean sea during 20 more years. Ulysess had lot of adventures: he listened to the sirens, he travelled to the hell, he saw horrifying monsters... The adventure I'm going to tell you is about cyclops Polyphemus.Trying to arrive at home, Ulysses found a lonely island. Because his foodstuff and water reserves were decreasing, he decided to stop there in order to get some supplies. Ulysses took a big jar of wine with him, as a present for possible island inhabitants.
In that island he found a cave in which there were many sheep. Also cheese, lambs, meat... Ulysses and his men, very pleased about their discovery, started to collect all that stuff.
But suddenly a great one - eyed giant appeared there, closing the cave with a big rock and capturing them inside. He got angry because those small "thiefs" were stealing his cattle. So, Polyphemus (this was the name of the monster, who in addition was son of Poseidon) decided that he would eat them that evening as dinner.Fortunately, Ulysses had an idea. He offered the wine jar to Polyphemus. The cyclop completely drank it, getting drunk and asleep. Then, the hero held an spear and drove it in the giant's only eye. Polyphemus awoke. Checking he had been blinded, he opened the cave and called his brothers asking for help. Ulysses and his men sneaked out from there, fleeing away from the island.
Very soon we are going to face an ordinary heat wave in Extremadura. It is consequence of climatic change (every year periods of hot weather are longer and more severe because factors like CO2 or Solar activity) What can we do in order to prevent health problems related to hot weather? Here I give you some advices:
We have just finished the topic "Fufair". So, here we go with a couple of activities.
Metals:
