Benjamin Franklin's lightning experiment

Leyden jars:

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English Test

You will have your English test on November 3rd.

It will be on:

• Present continuous form to talk about future plans.   (Review here) 
• What a/ What an/ What   exclamations  (Review in your book and workbook)
• Reported speech  (See presentation below)
• Too/ too much/ very   (Review here)
• Time expressions  (See below)
• A listening exercise
• A reading comprehension exercise
• A writing exercise

Reported Speech de Miguel Dias

Time expressions with prepositions:

in the morning    in the afternoon  in the evening

at night               at 6 o’ clock        on Friday

in 2016               in July                 in the summer

in two weeks       in five minutes    in the future

 

Social Science Test Review

Here are some questions to help you study. Make sure you can answer all of them!

1. Explain these terms and say during which reign they appeared (who was king or queen at that time).

--guerillas

--political alternation

--caciques

--Salic Law

--Crisis of 98

--Carlist wars (First and Second)

2. For each part of the pyramid, write the name of the capitalist class and say who belonged to it.

                                                                                             

3. What was the quality of life like for the majority of the population in the 19^th century? Why?

4. Why was the 19^th century important for the press?

5. What changes in education did the Moyano Law bring?

6. How did the Spanish War of Independence begin?  Who fought in this war?

7. Name and describe the cultural movements of the 19^th century.

8. Why and when was the National Bank of Spain founded?

9. Name three things that slowed economic development in the 19th century.

13. What was the main economic activity in the 19^th century?

14. Which king was influenced by Cánovas del Castillo?  Which Constitution was written at that time?

15. During which period did Amadeo I reign?

16. Who was king (or queen) when the American colonies gained independence?

17. Which king allowed Napoleon to pass through Spain to conquer Portugal?  What happened instead?

18. Write everything you know about the Constitution of 1812.

Review for Natural Science test

Here is a PowerPoint I made to help you review for your test tomorrow. Good luck!

Pure substances, mixtures, chemical changes from Kathleen Marcy

Celebrating the peseta

On October 19th, 1868, the peseta was born!  Here is a note from the Museo Arqueológico Nacional (remember-- we went there last year!):

Nos ponemos nostálgicos... ¿recuerdas la peseta? #TalDíaComoHoy en 1868, nace como unidad monetaria española. Permanecería vigente 134 años, hasta la entrada del euro en 2002. Os mostramos una peseta de plata emitida por el Gobierno Provisional en 1869 http://goo.gl/9q3Yz7 En el anverso aparece la nación española personificada en una mujer vestida a la romana, inspirada en la representación de Hispania de las monedas del siglo II.




Remember that in 1868, Isabella II abdicated the throne. There was a  "provisional government" that was in effect while they looked for a new king. Can you remember who they chose?????  

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Here is the link to the story we saw in class about Sleepy Hollow.

Here is a song about the legend:

Negative space pumpkin

Another element of art is Space. It is the area above, around, between, and inside things. It can be positive or negative.



We are going to create positive/negative space pumpkins.



From "Art Projects For Kids"

Analogous colours, complementary colours

Remember, analogous colours are similar to each other. They are next to each other on the color wheel.

Complementary colours are opposite each other:

Present continuous games and review

You know that present continuous can be used to talk about something that is happening at this moment:

We are using the computer.

She is wearing a red hat.

In this unit we learned that it can also be used to talk about future plans:

This weekend I'm having a party.

This summer we're taking a trip to Iceland.

Let's review the positive, negative, and question forms:

Some grammar help and games from LearnEnglishKids.

More games!  (present progressive is the same as present continuous)

Astro antics

Have fun!

Use of Colour

Here are some paintings that show use of color:

Picasso, La habitación azul, 1901

Cool colours

Van Gogh, Casa en Auvers, 1890

Analogous colours (next to each other on the color wheel)

Degas, Bailarinas en la barra, 1888

Complementary colours (opposite on the colour wheel)

Matisse, Interior con cortina egipcia, 1948

Complementary colours (red and green)

Cool colours (green and blue)

Rothko, Untitled 1968

Warm colours

You can see all of these paintings and more right here in Madrid at the CaixaForum.

They have an exhibit called "Impressionistas y modernos" that is open until October 23rd.  It is a special collection of famous paintings from the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.

What do you think?

Too, too much, very, very much, enough!

Too   + adjective

I can’t hear you. It’s too noisy in here!

It was too cold to go swimming.

  
Too much  + noun

There was too much food. I couldn’t finish my meal.
 
There is too much salt in this soup!
 

Very + adjective

 That car is very fast.
 
That was very kind of you.


Very much

 I enjoyed it very much.
 
I don’t like fish very much.

Really + verb

I really enjoyed it.

I really hate that song.

Now watch this presentation:

Too, (not) enough, very, too many and too much from Alina Dashkewitz

Presentation to review for Social Science: 

Contemporary age from castillosekel

Chemical reactions

Chemical reactions change the properties of the original substance, and a new substance is formed.

Here are three types:

Combustion produces energy in the form of heat and light. Combustion (or burning) can happen when oxygen in the atmosphere reacts with a fuel, such as wood, gas, or oil.

Oxidation can occur with metals (rust) or in foods like apples.

Fermentation is a chemical reaction where fungi or bacteria change organic substances into other substances.

During the process of fermentation, fungi produce alcohol and bacteria produce lactic acid.  This way we can get foods like yoghurt, wine, bread, and cheese.

Art and the Transformations of the 19th century

Here are some paintings from the 19th century.

The first two are by Claude Monet, and they are of the Gare Saint-Lazare train station in Paris, which opened in 1837.

The next three paintings are by another French painter, Gustave Caillebotte.

Right now you can visit an exhibition of Caillebotte's paintings in the Museo Thyssen!

And here is another painting from that time, by Jean Francois Millet:

and another by Jules Breton:

What can we learn from these paintings about the transformations in society during the 19th century???? 

Spain in the 19th Century

If you want to learn more about the time we are studying, here are some video clips from a documentary of TVE:

 La sucesión de Fernando VII

La revolución liberal durante la época de Isabel II

Crisis y hundimiento del reinado de Isabel II

La República Española 1873-1874

El sexenio democrático 1868-1874

You don't have to learn all of this information!

You must study the Word List on page 115 of your book: the words and definitions, why it is important.

Also these dates:

Year	Important events
1788
1808-1814
1812
1814-1833
1820-1823
1833-1868
1868-1874
1873-1874
1875-1885
1885-1902

After this we will study about economic and societal transformations, and art and culture.

Decantation

Decantation is used to separate:

-- a solid from a liquid (sand and water)

--two liquids of different densities (oil and water)





Decantation to separate a solid from a liquid:





Decantation to separate two liquids of different densities:

Magnetic separation

Here is a machine that uses magnets to separate wood from nails.





and to separate iron from sand:





and for recycling:

For Art this week

You will need to bring watercolours for Art (6A Tuesday, 6B Wednesday).