Rivers of Spain

One last presentation about the rivers of Spain.

Spain’s hydrography from Kathleen Marcy

Yaiza's presentations for Natural Science

Here are the presentations that we have seen in class:

Digestive system by Yaiza Martín from Kathleen Marcy

The respiratory system by Yaiza Martín from Kathleen Marcy

Excretory system by Yaiza Martín from Kathleen Marcy

Food diary project!!!!!

Remember, you have a food diary project that will count as a test grade in Natural Science.

It has three parts:

-- a food diary that lists everything you eat in three days
--a food pyramid to help you analyse your diet to see if it is healthy, and a personal reflection about your diet
--a food diary proposal for you to create a healthy diet plan for three days, using the information from the healthy diet pyramid. On the back is a grading rubric that I will complete.

6ºA must hand in the project to me on Wednesday.  If you have any questions or need any of the worksheets, you can ask me on Monday.

6ºB will receive the third worksheet (food diary proposal) on Monday. You must give it to me on Friday.

Tenéis un proyecto "Food Diary" que cuenta como un examen en Naturales. Tiene tres partes:

--un diario donde tienes que escribir todo lo que comes durante tres días
--un pirámide alimentaria para ayudarte a analizar tu dieta y hacer una reflexión personal
--una propuesta de dieta sana para tres días aplicando la información del pirámide. En la parte de atrás hay una rúbrica de evaluación

6ºA lo tiene que entregar el martes. Si tenéis preguntas o necesitáis alguna ficha, me lo comunicáis el lunes.

a 6ºB os doy la última ficha (food diary proposal) el lunes y me lo tenéis que entregar el viernes.

Art Gallery

Here are some examples of work from the "torn paper collage" project:

Carnaval!

Today we had our last day of Carnaval. Congratulations to our "pregoneros" and everyone who helped make this week special!  You did a great job!!!!

Map of rivers and provinces

This map shows the main rivers of Spain. You have to know about them: their source, their mouth, and the provinces they cross.

In this map you can also see the outlines of the autonomous communities. This can help you visualise the provinces.

Hydrography of Spain

In this presentation you can see lots of photos of the different rivers in Spain. It also has coasts, lakes, lagoons, dams, and reservoirs.

Spain rivers lakes and seas from Ro75Ki76

Octopus camouflage

Today we listened to a text about animal camouflage. Here are two videos that show how quickly an octopus can change colours.

The new blog

I am working on the grammar/skills review blog. Here is the first post:

Videos of the Speaking Exam

So and Neither

Another way to agree with someone is to use "So" and "Neither".

So do i neither do i from Diana Carolina Flores Uceda

On this page there is a good explanation and some exercises.

English Test 6 Review

Some of you asked me to put the PowerPoint we saw in class on the blog.  So, here it is!

Test 6 review from Kathleen Marcy

Social Science Test Unit 3

You know that this Thursday (23rd February) you have the test on the rivers from your map. It will be worth 2 points on your unit test.

You will have a test on the rest of Unit 3 on Wednesday, 8th March.

Here is what you have to study:

--the definitions from your notebook
--Name and explain the elements of a river
--Name and explain the characteristics of a river
--Explain the two factors that determine a river's characteristics
--Characteristics of the rivers in the three drainage basins of Spain
--Important information about five important rivers of Spain (Duero, Tajo, Guadiana, Guadalquivir, Ebro). Include: source, mouth, and provinces it crosses

Here is an article about torrents in Mallorca at the end of January due to heavy rains.  Another article shows how the reservoirs were overflowing.

More about present simple vs. present continuous

Hello!  Happy Saturday!  I just found some more things to help you with present simple vs. present continuous.

Online quiz

Deltas, meanders, and oxbow lakes

The curves in a river are called meanders. Do you know how they form?  Let's find out!






How do deltas form?

English Test 6, Tuesday 21st February

The next test will have some things from the book and some things from class.

Notebook and class:

--Making and responding to suggestions

--Adverbs of frequency (use and meaning) 

English World:

--Present simple vs. present continuous (Unit 6 p.70, WB p. 55)  practice here

--Direct and indirect objects (Unit 7 p.79, WB p. 64)

--Spelling: double consonants (Unit 7 p.81, WB p. 67)

Grammar Review:

--Comparatives, superlatives (practice here and  also here)

--too much/too many/enough (practice here)   

--irregular verb form and meaning: take, break, give, hide, bring, drop, tear, ride, see, find, lose, fall

Writing:

--Describing a person

This time there will be no listening or reading.

Here is a presentation to study the verbs.

Irregular verbs from Kathleen Marcy

More Comparatives and Superlatives

Grammar with comics and jokes comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives + comic-style exercises from Alina Dashkewitz

The heart

Since it is Valentine's Day, we can study the structure of the heart!

 Also: composition of the blood.

The blood circulation system.

Circulatory System

Drainage basins in Spain

Here is a map of the three drainage basins in Spain:



Can you explain the main characteristics of the rivers in each?

Watch this about rivers.

Locate the rivers on the map!

Another map game


One more map game

Some information in Spanish:

Ríos


Vertientes Españolas

Pop Art Love

Here are some artworks from the Pop Art movement, just in time for Valentine's Day!

Robert Indiana was born in 1928.








Keith Haring was born in 1958 and died in 1990.

Too much/too many/enough

Here is a graphic to remind you:

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

Today is Safer Internet Day!



This page from the British Council has some tips for staying safe online.

The Circulatory System

Do you know what is in our blood?

Watch to find out!



What do you know about blood circulation?  Watch this and test yourself.






Do you recognise this vehicle?



How about this one?



Here's a song!


The Bloodmobile
The Bloodmobile
A delivery service inside us

We begin in the heart's right ventricle
And travel to the lungs
Red blood cells get oxygen
To take back to the heart
Then from the left side of the heart
And out to every cell
Delivered by the Bloodmobile

The food that's been digested
Is waiting at the dock
To be taken to the tissues
In the body's grocery truck
So from the small intestine
It's carried everywhere
Delivered by the Bloodmobile

The Bloodmobile
The Bloodmobile
A delivery service inside us

The white blood cells are soldiers
That fight infectious germs
They make the antibodies
Their weapons in the fight
The army is transported
Wherever they must go
Delivered by the Bloodmobile

We need to send a message
To tell a limb to grow
Or speed the heart or regulate
Your hunger or your sleep
The hormones are the message
They're sent from many glands
The messenger's the Bloodmobile

Somebody's got to haul out the trash
To the liver and the kidneys
It's not a pretty job
Carbon dioxide gets carried
To the lungs to be exhaled
And the garbage truck is the Bloodmobile

The Bloodmobile
The Bloodmobile
A delivery service inside us
To carry oxygen, nutrients, things that fight infections
Do the trash collection and deliver the mail
And we're all (and we're all)
Delivered by the Bloodmobile

Signs and notices

We are going to practice reading signs and notices.  



What kind of shop is each advertisement for?

Go to the webpage of LearnEnglishTeens to do the exercises.

Did you try them?  Leave a comment and tell me how you did!

The digestive system

Learn about the process of digestion.

Watch and play.

Social Science Units 1 & 2 Review questions

Review Unit 1 & 2 Social Science

Definitions:

ría

coastal bench

depression

salt marsh

freshwater lagoon

Mountains:

--Which mountain system divides the Meseta in half?

--Which is the highest peak in that system?

--Which mountain system separates the Tajo Valley from the Guadiana Valley?       Which sub-plateau is it located in?

--What is the highest summit in the Cantabrian Range? Where is it located?

--Which mountain range contains the Moncayo Peak?

--Which mountains separate the Meseta from the Guadalquivir Valley?

--Which is the highest peak in the Pyrenees?

--What is the Baetic System made up of?

Rivers:

--What landform is found at the mouth of the Ebro river?  How is it formed?

--What landform is found at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River? How is it formed?

--Where is the Doñana National Park?

-- Which ocean do the rivers on the Meseta flow into? Why?

Explain:

--What are the three factors that determine coastal features? Explain how for each one.

--What are the geographic borders of Spain? 

--What does the Spanish territory consist of?

Where can we find:

--rías

--salt marshes

--coastal benches

--freshwater lagoon (an example)

Balearic Islands:

--Where are they and what is each one called?

--Mountain ranges from the Peninsula that have an extension in the Balearic      Islands

--Name of the mountain range in Mallorca

Canary Islands:

--Where are they located? Name of each island

--How were they formed?

--Characteristic landforms

--Important peak

Locate on the map:

Capes:  Peñas, Fisterra, Creus, Palos, Gata and Nao.

Gulfs: Bizkaia, Valencia and Cádiz. Mar Menor and Strait of Gibraltar

Inland relief: Galician Massif, Cantabrian Range, Northern Sub-Plateau, Mountains of León, Basque Mountains, Catalan C. Range, Pyrenees, Iberian System, Sierra Morena, Central System, Southern Sub-Plateau, Toledo Mountains, Ebro Depression, Guadalquivir Depression, Penibaetic Range, Subbaetic range, Gredos, Somosierra, Guadarrama, Picos de Europa, Sierra Nevada, Tramuntana Range, Teide Peak, Almanzor Peak, Moncayo Peak, Aneto Peak, Torreceredo Peak and Mulhacén Peak.

Islands: Menorca, Formentera, Mallorca, Ibiza, La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.