Free app from Cambridge to practice English!

Cambridge English has made a free app for students to play to practice their English.

It is for level B1-B2 (PET is level B1).

You can download it here:

Quiz Your English!


Also, don't forget the free writing practice site from Cambridge:

Write and Improve

Have fun!

European Union flags-- just for fun!

Flag memory game: Normal version

Flag memory game: Expert version

A project to share with our friends in Bolton

We are going to do a project to share with our friends in Bolton, England.  Here is the website of their school:

Bishop Bridgeman School

Here is where the school is located:

We are going to tell them about the different Natural Parks in Spain.  With your group, choose one of the parks from the list, and find out this information:

Natural Parks in Spain

--map showing what part of Spain it is in

--What can you do there?

--Vegetation and animals

--Photos

You must bring your photos and information to class on Monday, 27th March (6ºB) or Tuesday, 28th March (6ºA).

We will make the project in class.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Make a snowman garland

A real bear footprint-- and your last English test of the trimestre

Here is the picture my friend took while she was walking in the mountains over the weekend. It is from a black bear. Luckily she didn't see the bear!



Here is an article about what you should do if you meet a bear.

The last English test of the trimestre will be on Wednesday, 7th December.

It will include some things from the last exam:

--Present continuous, sentences and questions.
--Reported speech and direct speech

And some things from Units 3 and 4:

--Past perfect: had + past participle   click here
--Question tags (isn't it/he/she?  is it/he/she? aren't you/they/we?  are you/they/we?
wasn't it/he/she? was it/he/she? weren't you/they/we? were you/they/we?)
--Asked someone to/ told someone to...

--And/so/but/because   (click here)  


And a Listening exercise, a writing exercise.

Very important!  Review your irregular verbs!!!!

Our plants are growing!

Many of our plants have started to grow!  I can almost taste that lettuce now!

A science experiment!

We are going to do an experiment on Friday-- we are going to create electromagnets!  For the experiment you will need:

--a battery (pila de petaca):

  or   




--50-100 cm of insulated cable 

--a long iron nail

--metal paper clips

You can read about the experiment on page 76 of your book.

Here is a picture:

A virtual trip to Iceland!

 Watch this short video for a beautiful tour of Iceland!

Some summer Art ideas

The world's smallest stop-motion animation character:

The world's smallest stop-motion animation character:





CGI:

Our city ecosystem

Check out this webcam of the stork's nest on the City Hall building!

Happy St. George Day!

To celebrate, here is a story for you!

The magical world behind a microscope-- the nano world!

Here is a great video (TED talk) about amazing things you can see under a microscope. Even if you don't understand all of the words, it is fun to watch! Insects, cells, grains of pollen on a flower, grains of sand...

Vacation fun

Remember the exhibit we went to see?



If you like to build with Legos, check out this link to read about a Lego version (in Spanish) and watch a video!

Electric Bricks Lego Strandbeest article