Sant Patricks day

2. ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Answer the following questions with the correct information. Use the links to help you. Good luck!!

1. When is St Patrick’s day celebrated?

2. Where is it celebrated? Name five countries.


3. How many colours does the Irish flag have? What do they mean?

4. How can you celebrate St Patrick's Day?


5. Name some traditional foods and drinks for this day.


6. Name at least three symbols related to St Patrick’s Day.


EXTRA QUESTION:
* Can you name two important Irish rock groups? ( one from the 80s and another one from the 90s)

Britain Quiz

Britain Quiz

1. Great Britain is an island made up of  England, Scotland and WalesBritain, Scotland and WalesEngland and Ireland.
2. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales became one state in  153617081800.
3. The leek and daffodil are both plants used to symbolize  ScotlandWalesYorkshire.
4. In 2006,  the UKEnglandIrelandhad a population of 60.6 million.
5. The Norman invasion of England in  106611711215brought Britain into the mainstream of western European culture.
6. In 1972 the UK joined  NATOthe European Economic Communitythe G7 group.
7. Almost  60%70%80%of the British live in towns or cities.
8. Traditionally, the  centrenorthsouthof England was associated with poverty and industry.
9. The ancestors of most Northern Irish  ProtestantsCatholicsAnglicanscame from lowland Scotland or England.
10. Protests against the metric system reveal a characteristically British suspicion of  Europeanconformistmodernregulations in general.
11. The size and popularity of the National Trust suggest how important  historythe countrysidetrustis to many British people.
12. The Queen, Britain's official head of state, has  absolutelittle realnopower.
13. The two main political parties are the Conservatives and  LabourLiberalsSocial Democrats.
14. Parliament consists of an elected House of Commons and an unelected House of  DonorsSenatorsLords.
15. The 20 or so most senior politicians are called the  cabinetcommitteesupreme council.
16. Since 1970, the party that has formed the government has won around  45-55%35-45%25-35%of the vote in general elections.
17. 'Bobbies', 'fuzz', 'cops' and 'pigs' are all nicknames for  politiciansfarmerspolice officers.
18. In Britain, there are two types of lawyers:  solicitorsnotariesadvocatesand barristers.
19. The second-most spoken language in Britain is reported to be  PunjabiFrenchWelsh.
20. The 'loyalists' in Northern Ireland are loyal to  the Roman Catholic churchthe Republic of Irelandthe United Kingdom.
21. Although 72% of British people say they are Christian, only about  48%28%8%regularly go to church.
22. University education in the UK is funded by  the governmentindividual studentsa combination of the government and students.
23. The gap in pay between the rich and the poor has  increasedstayed the samedecreasedsince 1997.
24. In 2002, the highest paid performer on British TV was  an actressa chat-show hosta history professor.
25. Britain was the first large country to have free universal healthcare, in  190819481998.
26. 'Drawing room', 'reception room' and 'front room' are all terms for the  living roombedroomdining roomin a house.
27. A drink without alcohol is known as a  weaksoftlightdrink.
28. If you 'throw in the towel' (admit defeat), your are using a  cricketinghorse racingboxingmetaphor.
29. Unlike in most European countries, entry to British museums and art galleries is usually  expensivevery cheapfree.
30. The day after Christmas is known as  BoxingStephen'sCold Turkeyday.

Writings 2n ESO

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About my friend

My friends name is Isaac and he's 13 years old. Isaac is quiet and intelligent. He likes tennis and football but he doesn't like Spanish politicians and Real Madrid. He spends a lot of time in computer games and he spends his money on computer games. He wants to meet boys and girls. He's interested in learning English and German, he speaks Catalan and Spanish.

About me:
Hi, I'm Marc and I'm from Banyoles in Catalunya. I'm independent of Catalunya, but Rajoy and Spain do not let us do the independence of Catalonia.

Like and dislikes:
I like sports and english. My favorite team is Borussia Dortmund and FC Barcelona. I don't like Rajoy, Madrid and Ana Botella. I Also like religion, music an maths.

My time and money:
I spend my time in Whatsapp and Play 4. I spend my money on computer and video games.
Requests:
I want to meet boys and girls who speak Spanish and catalan. I'm interested in New York. I would like to learn French and English.

Writing 2: My ideal home

Here we are in my ideal home. It’s in a housing development in the outskirts in a big town. It's got ten bedrooms, fifty bathrooms, five garages, twenty kitchens and 30 living rooms, a big garden with a football pitch, tree swimming pools a vegetable garden and a big cinema.

At the moment my mum is in her bedroom sleeping, my dad is in the living room watching TV. My brother is in the garage playing with her friends and I am in the garden playing football

My favorite room it's my bedroom because it's got a lot of video games, a computer, a laptop, a big television and a mobile phone.

Writing 3: Looking back

Hi, Antonio Recio

Last weekend i went to play football on Saturday and in evening i played with my Play 4. In night i watched a film with my family.

On Sunday I went played tennis in the morning and then I lunch. Then I go to the sofa to play tablet and finally i watched “Killer Karaoke” and went to sleep.

Love, Marc Teixidor

Writing 4: A holiday in Sahara desert

 The rescue happened while were on holiday in the Sahara Desert last June. It was terrible and I was lucky to get a photo of it.

It was with my friend we were in a car. We were exploring the oasis and we saw four people in the desert. Thene was a family, a father a mother and two boys. We saw the horizon and went to collect, then we went to the city and then we gift some food.

Magazine

Cold water cars!

This race* takes place every year in very cold water: it is always on Boxing Day, the 26th of December. Hundreds of brave participants race* in decorated vessels, like these old cars, on the River Derwent, in England,. It's a crazy tradition with a very good cause: to raise* money for charity.

Eiffel Tower nose

It's popular in China to have a nose shaped like the Eiffel Tower! Chinese people are paying around 7500 euros to have their noses reshaped in the form of the  famous Paris monument. One Chinese plastic surgeon says, " We are influenced by the beauty of the Eiffel Tower. We are not content to just add something to the nose, we reconstruct it"!


A Transformer with a difference

This is not a typical Transformer. It was made by a 25-year-old Transformers fan in China. the fan, who is also and art graduate, made the 12-metre-tal robot from parts of old cars. He took two moths to complete his impressive creation

Writing 1r ESO

My day:

On Monday I get up at eight o'clock and I have breakfast at quarter to nine. I have to walk my dog at half past nine. I go to school at nine o'clock. I finish school at half past two and I have lunch and relax on the sofa. I go to school at 3 o'clock and I finish school at five o'clock. I do my homework and at a quarter to eight I go to play football, I finish football at half past nine. Later I have lunch and I go to my bed.

My week:

On Monday, Wednesday and Thursday I go to play football, on Tuesday I go to English lessons and on Friday I go to tennis class.

My weekend:

On Saturday morning I sometimes go to a football match, after that I have lunch and relax on the sofa and play computer games, then I do my homework or I go walking my dog an them I have dinner. After that watching a film.
On Sunday morning sometimes I go to a football match, after have  lunch. I relax on the sofa, I have dinner and I go to bed.

About me

Hi, my name is Marc Teixidor.
I live in Banyoles and my school is Casa Nostra School. I'm 12 years old. My interests are sports, computer games and chatting on the internet. My favourite sports are tennis and football. My favourite actor is James Bond.
I've got 3 pets: a dog, a tortoise and a fish. The name of tortoise is Donatelo, the name dog is Pepsi and a name of fish are Lluna. 
My question for you is:
Have you got a pet? Do you like your job?

Bye-bye


My town

Banyoles is a village in Pla de l'Estany. It's not very big, it is small. There are many tourists on Saturdays and Sundays. I love my city because it is very quiet and there is  the Banyoles lake. My favourite places from Banyoles is the lake and the Plaça because you can have a of Fanta or Trina in bar. In Banyoles there are not many buses or coaches.




Polar Bears

The animal is this photo is a polar bear. Polar bear, is usually eat seals.
Females have two cubs every four or five years. Adult polar bear are 750 kilometres. Polar bear are 750 kilos. They can swim more than 150 kilometres. Polar bears live in the Arctic, Canada, Russia, Greenland and Norway. They live and hunt on the ice.
The Arctic ice is smaller because the climate is changing. Pollution is a problem, especially oil Humans hunt polar bears in some areas.




Rabbit

The animal in this photo is a rabbit. Rabbit eat vegetables.
Females have 2-6 cubs every 2 o 3 years. Adult rabbits are about 3 kilos. They can jump and run and a rabbit is found in almost all places.
Many rabbits we have to kill. The poullution in forests kill a lots of rabbits.




Writing of London

London is a city of the south of England. The name in Roman times was Londinium and the population at this time was 45.000. Now there are 7,5 millions.

There are places in London with the names of important people in history:
Trafalgar Square, battle of Trafalgar and Victoria Street, that was a queen.

The people of London are called Londoners or "Cockneys". Famous Londoners include Charlie Chaplin, that wan an actor and Arthur Conan Doyle was a writer of Sherlock Holmes.

Star singer:

Pitbull

Pitbull full name is Armando Christian Pérez. He was born on 15 of January 1981 in Miami, Florida, E.E.U.A. He’s 1 metre 70 centimetres tall. He’s bold and he was got brown eyes.

Pitbull fist started when he was 15 years, and he became professional when he was 21 years.

He singed witch Paulina Rubio,Belinda, Jencarlos Canela, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer López, Black eyed peace, Sofia del Carmen, Ne-yo, Lil, Jon, Akon, T-pain, Taio Cruz, Usher, Beyonce, Alexandra Burke, Chris Brown, Cristina Aguilera, David Guetta, Don Omar, Eminem, El Cata, Fuego, Florida, Fasano, Wisin y Yandel, Gloria Estefan, Nelly Furtado,  Shakira, Omega, Sensato, Black point… 

Pitbull reached in the following awards Billboard Award for Best Song Radio and Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Performance.

A blog about an expedition

Tuesday 2nd August

I'm gonig to go on an expedition next Tuesday. We're going to stay in Australia. I must take miy Iphone, so I can continue this blog.

Tuesday 9th Augost

Here I am in my ttnent, in my sleeping bag. It's hot and sunny, and we're staying next to a desert. I'm going to take photos because the desert is very beautiful. We're going to go walking on the desert later.

Wednesday 10th August

This is me in athe desert. We had a fantastic time, but the desert was really hot. I went in the oasis six times so I know! We're going to go swimming in the oasis tomorrow. I must take my swimsuit and my bag.

Oral

 Body languatge

Did you lood at the audience most of the times? 

 Yes, I did. 

 Did you smile and do gestures to hold the attention of the audience? 

Yes, I did. 

Structure 

 Did you introduce yourself and the topic?

 Yes, I did.

 Did you use discourse markers? 

 I did sometimes there.

 Did you finish properly?

 Yes, I did.