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CONTENTS 2BTX around Trends 2 (Burlington Books)

Writing is a very important skill this year, more than ever. Here you have these documents: 

1. A lexical field sheet to download where you will build your own lexical field with about five very special words on every topic we work on.
2. A writing template, where you will write all your compositions (the final version, already corrected and typewritten). 
3. Text types (ppt on blog) 
4. An Expressions +1 list which will make your writing stand out from the crowd. 
5. A List ofcommonnest mistakes and My personal writing mistakes list. 

Listenings will be worked on at home, as a part of the Flipped Learning Methodology to implement this year. Listening carefully at home, with your earphones will develop your listening skills to an outstanding level. 

Grammar will be provided through this blog and you are expected to take the necessary notes at home whereas we leave to class work the explanation, questions and practice. Once more, flipping the class. 

Watch this video Blended Learning and Flipped Classroom to understand the concept.

UNIT 1. Aiming high (Education)

LISTENING. Slumdog inspiration.
GRAMMAR. Perfect tenses (done last year).
All verb tenses review (general diagram). Practice 1   2 

3 4
READING. IS TEXT MESSAGING MAKING OUR KIDS ILLITERATE? (2007-2008. September 4) 

VOCABULARY. Growing up, education.
WRITING. For/against essay
Connectors of addition and contrast (done last year).
You can download and print the complete list of connectors here.

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of having an education. Is being highly qualified an asset or not? Isn't it better to have some very small but specific training?

SPEAKING. Debate on Heritage preservation. 

UNIT 2. Get involved! (Social issues, solidarity)
LISTENING. Street sense newspaper provides for the homeless.
GRAMMAR. Reported speech (done last year). Practice 1  2 
All connectors review Varied per sections  1  contrast  reason

READING. CHILD POVERTY IN SPAIN SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF ENCARNI (UA JULIO 2015)

VOCABULARY. Social issues.
WRITING. An opinion essay
Connectors of cause and result (done last year).
Read this article on Bill Gates's call for black people's birth control and write an opinion essay on it.
SPEAKING. A debate. To prepare the Debate, watch this Prezi carefully and take an UNCOMMON expression from each section. Select 10 expressions and get ready to use them.

With your complete Verb Tenses Portfolio, you must be able to get 100% on the following exercises: 1 (repeat them as much as you need) or here.
Before the exam, check your knowledge with this test.

END-OF-TERM MOVIE WORK WITH INVICTUS

UNIT·3. Out and about (Travelling)
LISTENING. MICHAEL PALIN: THE “TRAVELLING COMEDIAN” (June 2008. Serie 2A)
GRAMMAR. Modals and Perfect modals (done last year).
Would rather/had better
Infinitive/Gerund (done last year)

READING. LIVING IN HARMONY WITH THE LAND (2011-12. September 4A)
VOCABULARY. Travelling   Travel/trip/journey/tour/voyage

Practice online 1 2 3 4
WRITING. A narrative
Connectors of time and sequence (done last year). 
Revise all connectors here (number 43) when you score 100%, you are ready for the test. There will be an exam worth 25% of the grammar term grade.

Write a narrative about a problem you had while on holidays. Include all three narrative tenses.

UNIT 4. The green scene (Ecology, environment, recycling)
LISTENING. New Yorker creates a human habitat on a barge.
GRAMMAR. Conditionals (done last year)
Review all conditionals and If only/I wish and Inversion.
Practice WISH/REGRET/COMPLAINT here.

 
 

 

READING. GARBAGE COLLECTION (UA June 2019)

VOCABULARY.  The environment
WRITING. A summary

Write a summary of one of the stories you've read so far from Crime never pays.

UNIT 5. Animalia.
LISTENING. SAVE THE ANIMALS (June 2009. Serie 3A)
GRAMMAR. Passive voice (done last year)
Auxiliaries(agreement/disagreement/question tags)

Practice agreement&disagreement 1 2 3 

Practice question tags 1
READING. THREATENED PREHISTORIC PARADISE REVEALS ITS SECRETS (2006-2007. June 1A.) 

 BIRD OF PARADISE

ARNE LIVE WEBCAM

VOCABULARY. Animals. From Students' own presentations.
WRITING. A biography
Connectors of purpose (done last year). 

Write a biography of a cellebrity or someone you know who's important to you for some reason.
SPEAKING. A booktube review and A Moment of Science 2' presentation about an animal.

UNIT 6. Making a living.                             
LISTENING. Steve Jobs
GRAMMAR. Relative clauses (done last year). Prezi
Wh-ever words
Correlative comparatives or double comparative. Practice 1 2 3
Structural conversion practice. FCE     CAE
READING. SPAIN’S JOBLESS WOMEN BECOME THE BOSS TO BEAT THE RECESSION (UA July 2014)

VOCABULARY. Work
WRITING. A formal email.

Check the three formal letters provided (applying for a job, asking for information or complaining) and write one you prefer.

END-OF-YEAR MOVIE WORK WITH AVATAR and worksheet.

END-OF-YEAR SELECTIVIDAD WRITING PRACTICE
OPINION/DISCURSIVE ESSAY TEMPLATES

EBAU Assessment criteria July2018 Read the last page mainly for Writing Correction criteria.
Seeking current topics likeable to turn out on Selectividad, we suggest the following:
1.- EU belonging. This is the Brexit year. Watch the following videos and get information to carry out a writing task in class.  Parliament to vote again on Brexit - BBC News       #EPlenary   
2.- Venezuela power cuts and Venezuela black-out.
3.- Spanish elections 2019.
4.- Spain hits back at Mexico.
5.- Domestic violence.
6.- BBC's report on Euthanasia.and Brian Holdsworth's arguments about it.

7.- COVID AND VACCINES TEXT 1 AND 2.

END-OF-YEAR OPTIONAL PROJECT

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