Peace Day

 


Voluntary activity about three Peace Nobel Prizes.

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Exam - December 2013

Hello students!

Here you are the marks from your last exam

and the irregular verbs tests.

1º BTO A

Nuria Ahumada -2,1

Ismael Ávila - 3,4

Estela Cáceres - 9,3

Jairo Carrasco - 5,1*

Jorge Cuevas -8,75

Eloisa Ibáñez - 9,6

Alejandro Jiménez - 1,85

Lucía Jurado - 8,7

Andrés Lara - 9,7

Fco Márquez - 2,95

Víctor Moreira - 7,3

Javier Ortega - 5,75

Ana Reina - 7,65

David Romero - 7,8

Laura Romero - 5,25

Nuria Sabao - 3,4

Paco Santiago - 6,85

Sandro Sousa - 8,3

Antonio Tejada - 9,45

Cristina Calleja - 7,3

Adela García - 5,55*

Miguel García - 2,25

Raquel González - 8,25*

María Jaramillo - 1,75

Paula Martínez - 1,65

Amanda Mellado - 7,3

Alba Reina - 1,65

Adrián Roldán - 4,55

María Romero - 7,5

Jorge Ruiz - 1,8

1º BTO B

J. Ahumada - 3,85

Esperanza Ávila - 6,65

Ángela Barba - 3,35

J. M. Benítez - 6,55

Esteban Camacho - 2,65

M. Carmen Carrillo - 0,9

M. Ángeles de la Rosa - 0,5

Miguel de la Rosa - 8,85

Andrea Domínguez - 3,25

Tamara Domínguez - 6,35*

Iván Durán - 3,25

Álvaro Gallero - 3,9

Félix García - 4

Amanada Jiménez - 8,45

Adelaida Jiménez - 5,5*

Moisés Listán - 4,8

Manuel Márquez - 1,55

Nieves Muñoz - 2,45

C. Pazos - 2,15

Elisabeth Ramírez - 4,15

J. Miguel Rivas - 0,95

Marcos Robles - 8,1

Manuel Romero - 2,35

M. Carmen Romero - 8,35

Pepe Romero - 0,25

Raúl Santos - 1,3

Carmen Tejada - 7,6

Como ya sabéis, la nota de la evaluación será el resultado de:

• Examen 1: 40%
• Examen 2: 50%
• Trabajo en casa y en clase, actitud, asistencia...: 10%

De los dos 1º BTO, ¡sólo Manuel Romero ha aprobado los verbos irregulares!

Como sabéis también, es necesario tener los verbos irregulares para poder aprobar la asignatura. 

Sin embargo, teniendo en cuenta que hay cinco alumnos en total entre los dos primeros (los que tienen un asterisco al lado de su nota) que aprueban los exámenes y los trabajos pero no los verbos, he decidido ponerles un aprobado condicional, es decir, si no aprueban la recuperación de los verbos irregulares, su nota final de junio será SUSPENSO. 

Así que espero que os pongáis las pilas y estudiéis porque sólo se trata de estudiar (no hay que entender nada y son los mismo verbos que lleváis viendo desde 2º eso).

Y nada más.

Espero que los que suspendáis este trimestre 

volváis con fuerzas renovadas en el 2014 

y aprobéis todos en junio.

25th November - Gender Violence

From  muslimpresence.com

 This article was published in El País -2nd June 2013

At the end of a bad week, which saw one murder after another of women at the hands of their partners or ex-partners, gender violence has already taken a toll of 23 victims this year so far. Both this figure — which exceeds that of last year at the same date — and the particular nature of the cases that have arisen point to an upturn in gender violence, while at the same time there has been a downturn in formal complaints of abuse filed by women. A closer inspection of the cases that have occurred this year reveals some very worrying facts.

The first is that a majority of the women murdered had not filed complaints with the police. Indeed, only five had begun any sort of legal proceedings against their aggressor. This fact suggests that there is not enough confidence among abused women with regard to the support that the public authorities can supply.
The number of complaints has fallen by 10 percent since 2008. According to judicial figures, 32,242 women suffered abuse in Spain in 2011, while in the same year 7,744 legal actions were brought for domestic violence.

The reduction in the various public budgets assigned to prevention programs — averaging 21 percent — and a similar 18-percent reduction in expenditure on gender equality policies do not suggest that we can expect any improvement in the statistics. It has always been a received view that, if the struggle against gender violence is to produce substantial and lasting results, it must be overall and comprehensive, and sustained in time — a principle that is now being disregarded, with notably tragic consequences.

Another especially worrying fact is that a considerable proportion of the women now being murdered are young, and that, among the women who file complaints for abuse, an increasing percentage are under 29 years of age. This indicates that the chauvinism that foments violent behavior is still being repeated among the younger generation, and that relationships of male dominance, far from being a dwindling leftover of the past, are still very much alive and being actively perpetuated.

 

From studentaffairs.duke.edu

 Now it's your turn!

Here you have some voluntary activities:

1. British and American important women. Click  here and do the activities.

2. Create a powerpoint with references to sexism in advertising or society in general, similar to the video you have just seen.

 

deltawomen.blogspot.com

Agony Aunt

According to the Wikipedia, an Agony Aunt is an advice columnist, that is, a person who gives advice to readers' problems in a newspaper or magazine.

The image presented was originally of an older woman providing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt".

Have a look at the following problems related to addiction:


1) Spendaholic fears rejection:
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/agonyaunt/question2275.html

2) Addicted, in debt and engaged: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/agonyaunt/question2270.html

Now, it's your turn to become an Agony Aunt:

1. First, click on this webquest site: http://www.xtec.cat/eoiterrassa/Departaments/MyAgonyAuntWebquest/index.htm

2. Click on "Process and Resources" and think about the questions from Activity 1.

3. Move on to Activity 2, read the letters and fill in the vocabulary sheet with the highlighted expressions.

4. Write a letter describing a problem you have. You can choose from the following topics:

• I can't stop thinking about him/her.



• I'm in love with a guy/girl but he's going out with my best friend.



• I'm a shopaholic / workaholic / alcoholic / chocaholic / sexaholic.



• I don't get on with my parents. We are always arguing.

5. Follow the models you have already seen and the model letter you can find in your book, page 38.

6. Write:

• from 80 to 150 words.


• use idioms and phrasal verbs (underline them).


• use at least 5 different modal verbs (underline them)


• don't forget connectors, paragraphs, margins and indentations!

7. Hand in your final work. It must contain:

1. The answers to the questions from Activity 1.


2. The vocabulary sheet with the expressions in their correct column.


3. The letter.


4. Agony Aunt's advice.

Some Modal Verbs

What about Spain?

Imagine you are writing a tourist guide,

think about 10 useful tips for tourists to Spain

and add them as a comment to this post.

Don't forget to write your name!

Dickens' 200th Anniversary

What makes you feel good

There are many things that make us feel good: sunbathing, dancing, watching a scary movie...

Here there are some people describing their favourite hobbies.

What about you?

What makes you feel good?

Now, click on -ing and infinitive activities on the right column.