DBH1: exam on Tuesday

Here are a few things you might need to remember:

Sentences in the following tenses (affirmative, negative, questions)

• Present simple and continuous.
• Past simple
• Future (will, going to)

Irregular verbs

Passive voice

Questions with "what", "where", "when", "why", "how", etc.

Prepositions of place.

Colours and shapes.

Comparison and contrast.

DBH2: exam on Tuesday

Here are a few things you might want to remember for your exam.

The use of the following verb tenses in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences:

• Present simple
• Present continuous
• Past simple
• Present perfect (also present perfect with ever, never, just, yet, already... etc.)
• Future tenses (will, going to, present continuous)

Comparison and contrast.

Irregular verbs.

Writing letters.

Time expressions: for, since, ago.

Must, mustn't, should, don't have to... etc.

DBH 2: Travel plan

For the next project, you have to imagine that you are going to make a trip and you have illimited money. Answer to the following questions, this time IN A PIECE OF PAPER. No copy-pasting, thank you very much.

a) The destination: Where are you going to go? (30-50 words) Decide on the destination or destinations of your trip, and explain why you have chosen it/them.

b) Company: Who are you going to travel with? (15-30 words). Are you going to go on your own? Are you going to go with friends, family...? Explain why you have chosen this particular company for this trip.

c) Means of transport: How are you going to travel? (20-40 words) Imagine that the starting point of the trip is your hometown (Oion, Logroño, Barriobusto). How are you going to get to your final destination or destinations? Why have you chosen them?

d) Accomodation: Where are you going to stay? (30-50 words) Decide if you are going to stay in a hotel, in a campsite, a caravan... What are the characteristics of this accomodation? (swimming pool, next to the beach, next to a ski station...)

e) The stay: How long are you going to stay? What are you going to do? (100-120 words) Are you going to visit any monuments? Are you going to do any sport activities, shopping? Etc. Make a day-by-day plan of your stay.

f) Any other information...

You'll get a total of 10 marks for the following:

2 marks for answering to all the questions with the minimum words.
3 marks for correct grammar (especially future tenses).
3 marks for correct use of vocabulary (and using the dictionary)
2 marks for correct presentation

DBH1 project: A film

You'll have to answer to these questions and more in your project:

• What will the title of the film be?
• Who will direct it?
• Who will write it?
• What will the story be about? (at least 50 words)
• Who will the stars of the film be?
• Where will you film it?
• When will you film it?
• How much will the film cost?
• etc.

Deadline: April the 23rd
Presentations: April the 24th

DBH1: Evaluation criteria (exam on February the 27th)

A few things you should revise:

• Present simple and continuous.
• Past simple.
• Future forms (will, going to, present continuous).
• Irregular verbs
  
• Comparatives and superlatives.
• The passive.
• Wh- questions, yes/no questions in all tenses.
• Vocabulary about the oceans.
• Etc.
  

DBH2: Evaluation criteria (Exam on Friday the 27th)

A few of the things you should revise:

• Present simple, present continuous, present perfect. Past simple. Future (will, going to, present continuous for the future).

• Uses of present perfect (with ever, never, just, already, yet...).
• Irregular verbs.
  
• The passive.
  
• Comparison, contrast, superlatives.
  
• Sentence organisers (both...and, either...or, neither...nor, while, whereas...)
• Countable and uncountable nouns.
• Adverbs of frequency.
  

DBH2: A historical event

You have to choose a historical event of your choice and write a short presentation about it. (Some ideas: the discovery of America, the arrival of people to the moon, the French Revolution, the fall of the Roman Empire...)

You should answer to some of the following questions:

• When did it happen?
• Where did it happen?
  
• Who are the main people responsible for it?
• Why did it happen?
• How did it happen?
  
• What were the consequences?
• Why is it important?

Deadline: your text should be finished before Friday the 13th

DBH1 homework for Friday and Monday

FRIDAY: Finish your text on the sea creature.

MONDAY: Do the exercises on "Yes/no" questions.

Dbh1: Exam on January the 30th. EVALUATION CRITERIA

• You must be able to write a short text using comparatives and superlatives.
  
• You will have to be able to write in the present simple and continuous.
• You will need to know how to make questions.
  
• You will need to know the irregular verbs and the past simple.
  
• You must know how to make active sentences into the passive.
  
• You must be able to talk about an invention.
  
• You'll need to read a text and answer to questions.
  

Homework for next Friday

DBH1:

Finish your invention presentations if you didn't finish in class.


DBH2:

Finish the exercises on "how much" and "how many".

LH6 At the restaurant 2.0

The students from LH6 wrote and produced a series of short sketches with a single premise: they had to take place in a restaurant. Here is the outcome of their effort:

DBH 1 and DBH2: The exams are coming, the exams are coming!

A few things to remember...

DBH1: (December the 1st)

• Can you write proper sentences in the present simple, past simple and present continuous tenses?
• Do you know the irregular verbs?
• Can you write a biography?
• Do you know how to write the numbers and the dates?
• Do you remember four different ways to express opinions?
• Can you use the adverbs of frequency (always, never, sometimes...) correctly?
• Do you remember the use of the prepositions of time (in, on, at...)?
• Do you remember the important vocabulary from the music lesson (genres, instruments, nationalities...)?
  

DBH2: (November the 29th)

• Can you write properly in the present simple, present continuous, past simple and future tenses?
• Do you remember the irregular verbs?
• Can you write a short text comparing two people, two cities...?
• Can you locate cities or towns in a map using the prepositions of space?
• Can you make active sentences into the passive?
• Can you use modals like "can", "could" and "may"?
  

dbh2: Things to remember for your exams

Remember you're having an exam next Monday. Here are some things you might want to review:

Can you locate a country or city using the appropriate prepositions and expressions? Next to, on the coast, north, etc.

Can you compare and contrast two cities, countries, people...?

Can you write a text using appropriate forms of present simple, past simple or present continuous?

Do you remember the use of have and have got?

Can you use modals like can and could?

Can you transform a sentence from active to passive?

Do you remember the irregular verbs?


The exam will consist of a few grammar questions, two writing exercises and a short text to read.

Good luck!

A few things you might want to remember...

DBH1

Remember we are having an exam tomorrow. A few things to remember:

• Did you revise the different ways to express opinions?
• Are you familiar with the language you need to write a biography?
• Do you know the different types of instrument?
  
• Etc...

DBH2

Finish the passive sentences we started in class.

Don't forget your homework

DBH1
Finish the exercises we started in class (present continuous).

DBH2

Irregular verbs exam, be-fight.
Finish the exercises on conditionals.

The European Tour: see the presentations

We have already finished our projects, now it's time to see everyone's work. I hope you all learned a lot about the countries you chose, and that you will enjoy your classmates' presentations. Here are the written presentations, click on the link to access the students' blogs:

• Would you like to know who Sibelius was? Check out Eder's presentation of Finland
  
• A fan of ABBA and IKEA? See Raquel's presentation about Sweden.
• Do you want to know more about Anne Frank? See the Netherlands, by Oihane.
• Portugal, the land of great footballers, as analysed by Andoni.
• Ekhiñe tells us all about Ireland, the Emmerald Island.
• Julen Teberio has a lot to comment on such a little country as Luxembourg.
• The Eiffel Tower, l'Arc du Triomphe and much more in Julen Martin's presentation about France.
• Greece: ancient culture and delicious food. As told by Ekaitz.
• What is the most famous monument in Denmark? Read Nekane's presentation to find out.
• Do you know what happens at British pubs after eleven o'clock? See Sergio's presentation on the United Kingdom and you'll know.
  

I don't like Mondays...

Here's what you have to do for Monday:

• DBH1: Irregular verbs exam, first 20 verbs from your list. Finish the exercises we started in class (ordinal and cardinal numbers).
  

• DBH2: Irregular verbs exam, first 20 verbs from your list. Correct your presentations about the European Countries (this is actually for Friday). Finish the exercise on "can" and "could".

DBH1: "To Do-s" list for the next week

There are a few things you have to do for the next week, so take note:

• For Friday: remember to finish the exercises on the past simple.
  

• You've started doing your presentations with David, remember you have to share them with me: Arantza, Uxue and Nerea's groups have already shared it, but where are the rest? I'll mark what you have to correct or change in red.
  

• As we said in class, next week you'll do your irregular verbs test on Monday instead of Tuesday. The exam will consist on the first 20 verbs in your list.
  

DBH 2: the European Tour (II)

Remember next Friday, 10th October, is the deadline for the written version of your presentation. Read the instructions here, but basically you need to publish it in your own blog or website, and send me an e-mail with the address where you have published it.

REMEMBER oral presentations will take place next week, so start preparing yourselves for it. You shouldn't forget an oral presentation consists of speaking, not reading.

LH6: Pizza!

The students from LH6 have proved to be excellent chef apprentices today: they have cooked their own pizzas! They have experienced all the steps of cooking: writing the recipe, preparing the ingredients, cooking and washing up. After much spreading, chopping sprinkling and baking, the result couldn't be more delicious. Judge yourselves from the photos.

DBH 1: Song Presentation

The first project you have to do this year will be a song presentation. You are already in groups and some of you have chosen the song you are going to present:

• Diego, Marcos, Javier: "Beautiful girl" by Sean Kingston.
  
• Idoia Eguzkiza, Uxue, Patricia: "Mamma mia!" by ABBA.
• Idris, Arantza, Idoia Marauri: "We will rock you" by Queen.
  
• Gaspar, Asier, Ander: "I want candy" by Good Charlotte.
  
• Aratz, Unai, Josu: "The Wall" by Pink Floyd.
• Iñaki, Nerea: "All black" by Good Charlotte.
  

Objective:

To produce a written and oral presentation of a song, making reference to the group or singer's biography, song's genre, instruments, your opinion on the song... and any other information you consider interesting.

Deadline:

The written presentation should be finished by October the 17th. Oral presentations will take place the following week, we'll decide the order of presentations in class.

Format of written presentation:

You must write your information in a Google Docs presentation and share it with me when you start doing it.

Evaluation:

You will be evaluated on the following:

Written presentation:

• Use of correct spelling and grammar.
• Originality of work: not copy/pasting.
• Originality and appearence of the presentation. You can use photographs, music, pictures, videos or anything you consider can help the presentation.
• Quality (and quantity) of information.
  

Oral presentation:

• You are expected to speak and not read in your oral presentation.

There's no better way to understand a song ("Something else", by Good Charlotte)

Looking for a videoclip for the song "Something else" (recommended by Ander from LH6), I found this homemade videoclip that can surely help anyone willing to get the song's meaning. See it for yourselves:

Have fun at Zuhatza! ... but don't forget the irregular verbs

DBH1: be-drive on Tuesday, October the 7th.

DBH2: be-cut on Monday, October the 6th.

Jonas Brothers: SOS

Idoia Marauri from DBH1 recommended this song by the now superfamous Jonas Brothers. Here's the videoclip with Spanish subtitles:

For Friday

DBH1

• Fill in the gaps from Madonna's biography on page 36. Use the verbs from the list on page 34 IN THE SIMPLE PAST.

• Put the biographies of John Lennon, Elvis and Bob Marley in order on page 31. Cut them out and paste them on page 30.
  

• Post a comment at the "System of a down: ATWA" entry recommending us a song in English.