Monday, December 20, 2010

Megamind

For years, Megamind the villain has tried to conquer Metro City. But the superhero Metro Man always defeats him. Megamind tries to kill Metro Man. But without an enemy life for Megamind is not fun. That's until a new villain arrives in Metro City...


Spiderboy

A 13-year-old boy from Cambridge, England, has invented a cool gadget. For a school technology project, Hibiki Kono attached pads to two vacuum cleaners. When he presses the pads on the wall, they support his weight. So he can climb just like Spiderman! Who said that school was boring?

Monday, December 13, 2010

Tom Sawyer

Write a new post in your portfolio
label: novel
title: The adventures of Tom Sawyer

ACTIVITIES

1. What do you know about Mark Twain? Mark Twain was an American author and humorist. He is noted for his novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).
2. Write a summary of each chapter. Add images/videos...
1, Tom lived in a small village in St.Petersburg with his Aunt Polly. In the summer evenings Tom walked around the village. One Saturday morning Tom painted a long fence. Tom saw his friends in the street. His friends were painting with a white brush. Aunt Polly saw the beautiful fence and she was very happy with Tom.
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3, Tom and Huck will go to the graveyard, because they want to see the ghosts. When they arrived to the cemetery, they saw three mans. They were Injun Joe, Dr Robinson and Muff Potter. Injun Joe was sealing to a Dr.Robinson a dead body, because the doctor studies them. It was a fight because Injun Joe would liked more money for the dead body,but the doctor didn't pay it, and they started a fight. Muff hit to the doctor and they felt to the ground. After Injun Joe took the Muff's knife and killed the doctor, and he put the knife in the Muff's hand. Finally Muff saw the dead doctor's body next to him, and he thought he killed the doctor because he had the knife on his hand, he asked to Injun Joe what happened but Injun Joe lie and said to him he was a criminal.



3. Write a description of the main characters. Tom Sawyer is an intelligent boy who lives with her aunt. Huckleberry Finn is an orphan boy and the Tom's best friend.
4. SPEAKING:Podcasting
Option A : Reading the summaries.
Option B: Find your favourite scene and podcast it in pairs.
5. Write your group summary in Tom Sawyer's wiki

Monday, November 15, 2010

The others

1. What do you know about Halloween? FIND OUT!

a, When and where is it celebrated. On the 31th of October in USA.
b, The origins of Halloween. It's a Celta origin
c, How do children celebrate it. They go to the houses to find sweets. And they say "trick or treat".
d, Name typical games and costumes. -Bite the apple-, -Treak or treat-. Dracula, ghost monster, zombie...
e, Do you celebrate it? Explain how. I don't celebrate it

2. Film

a, Write the last paragraph explaining the end

The truth is finally clear to Grace and the audience. She breaks down with the children and remembers what happened just before the arrival of their new servants. Yearning for the company of her missing husband and increasingly frustrated by her children, she went insane,smothered them both with a pillow and then, realizing what she had done, shot herself. When she awoke, she assumed that God had granted her family a miracle. Grace and the children realize that Charles is also dead, but he was not aware of this fact. Mrs. Mills appears and informs Grace that they will learn to get along, and sometimes they won't even notice the living people who inhabit their house. From the window, Grace and her children look outside as Victor's family moves out.

b, Name the main characters in the film

Mum, Ann, Nicholas, father, Victor, Mrs Mills, Lídia, Mr Tuttle, the old women

c, Vocabulary: write down 10 new words. /Catalan translation

-cemetery: cementiri -hunted: encantat -ghost: fantasma
-graveyard: tomba -bleeds: sagnar -fog: boira
-priest: capellà -blood: sang -pillow: coixí
-nanny: cangur

How to describe an event in the past

I remember my first day at the primary school, 7 years ago. It was a very good day, it was a memorable day.

First, I saw a lot of people in the school and I was scared and nervous. At 9 o'clock the class begins and I was very happy. After that I went to the playground to play basketball with my new friend, her name was Ferran. Then we returned to the classes to paint and study the numbers.

finally at 5 o'clock I said goodbye to Ferran and I returned home very happy. It was a very exciting day, I felt very happy and I wanted to go to class the next day

Monday, November 8, 2010

How to describe your ideal home



Here we are in my ideal home. It's a country house restaured an very modern inside. It's between the forest and the centre of town. It's quite, and very big, so it's got everything. It's got 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and a very comfortable living room. The living room has got a nice balcony, and you can see a lake from it. It's also has 3 sofas and 1 television.

On a ideal afternoon in my ideal home we're all here. My mum and dad are sitting ourside. My dad is looking for birds withe this binoculars. My mum is reading a novel. My brother is in the living room doing his homework. I'm in the living room with my brother to help him with the problems of homework.

My favourite room is my bedroom. It's got a very big bed and a desk. In the desk there is a laptop to do my homework and in the bedroom there are 2 wardrobes and 1 shelf to keep my books.

How to talk about experiencies in the past

Francesc.R- Hey, Ferran. How was your weekend
Ferran- Very good thanks
Francesc.R- What did you do?
Ferran- Oh, I went to Barcelona on Saturday and I got a videogame. What about you?
Francesc.R- I played tennis at the sports centre yesterday. It was horrible. When did you last play tennis.
Ferran- I don't know maybe 1 month ago.
Francesc.R- How was it?
Ferran- Very good. Let's play tomorrow.
Francesc.R- OK, great. See you then.
Ferran- Bye, Francesc. See you later.


The Karate Kid

In the film, American boy Dre Parker (Jaden Smith, Will Smith's son) goes to live in China with his mother. He quickly falls in love with Mei Ying, a girl in his class. But the class bully Cheng, is jealous of Dre and Mwi. Dre knows very little karate, and Cheng and his friends constantly attack him. Dre's new life is terrible until he meets school caretaker Mr Han (Jackie Chan). Mr Han teaches Dre how to survive in the land of Kung Fu...


The Sorcerer's Apprentice

q2A sorcerer in New York, Balthazar Blake played by Nicolas Cage, has to defend the city from the evil magician Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar needs help, so he asks Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel) to be his apprentice. Balthazar teaches Dave the art and science of magic, and the two must work together to stop the forces of darkness. But Dave will need a lot of courage just to survive his training.


Monday, October 18, 2010

Workbook

Today I correct the unit 1 and 2 of the workbook using the worksheet

How to make compromises

Francesc- Ferran can you do your homework and the washing-up, please?
Ferran- Yes, in a minute. I'm busy at the moment.
Francesc- Come, on Ferran. What are you doing?
Ferran- I'm playing tennis. It's really funny
Francesc- Ferran! You need to do your homework and the washing-up now!!!
Ferran- Please, Francesc! Is it OK if I do it later?
Francesc- I suppose so, but don't forget to do it!
Ferran- OK! OK!


How to write an internet profile


About me:
Hi, I'm Francesc and I'm from Catalonia in Spain. I'm not independent, but I'm very sociable, friendly, very nervous and funny. I've got brown eyes and black hair.

Likes and dislikes:

I don't like the music. I prefer watching TV or playing computer games so I'm a big fan of the good TV series and also the new modern computer games. I'm a fan of comics and manga too. I love reading books and watching films with my friends.

My time and money:

I don't spend a lot of time on the internet or talking with my friends on messenger. I prefer playing with my friends and going to the cinema with them. Sometimes I spend my money on books or video-games magazines. I don't spend money on top-ups for my mobile phone.

Requests:

I don't want to meet people, but I want to be very good at English and very good at sports, for example football and tennis.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Ask for give opinions

Francesc: Hey, Ferran look at this.
Ferran: What?
Francesc: This tennis shorts. What do you think of it?
Ferran: Not much, why?
Francesc: Don't you like it? I think is good
Ferran: Well it's OK. I supose but what about this T-shirt? It's very nice.
Francesc: No, I don't think much of that. I can't stand that colour
Ferran: OH, Well I can't have good taste


My friend description

My friend's name is Ferran and he's 12 years old. Ferran it's funny and friendly. He likes playing basketball, but he doesn't like doing homework. He hasn't a lot of time but he plays basketball and computer games and he spend his money on videogames and books.
He speaks Spanish and Catalan very well, but he doesn't speak English very well.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Avatar

If you are on of the few people who still haven't seen the most successful film in cinema history, you can now visit the planet Pandora without leaving home. You are sure to enjoy watching this incredible three dimensional science fiction adventure that takes us to the alien paradise of Pandora, whose inhabitants are fighting to save their world from the destructive invasion of human beings.

My oral presentation

Hi, my name is Francesc and I'm 13 years old.
Today I'm talking about my summer holidays.
First I'm going to talk about Cantoni. Then I'm going to talk about my holidays with my family in Kenya. Finally I'm going to talk the prepare for school.

The first thing to did in this summer was go to Cantoni to pass 7 days with my friends and doing funny activities. Then in August I went with my family to Kenya. In Kenya I did a lot of safaris and I saw a lot of animals like: zebras, elephants, lions and others. Finally I prepared all things for the school. I prepared my books, my pencil case, my homework...
And during this time I did a lot of homework and I read a lot of books.

I think this summer was funny, but it was hot and so short.


My classmates observation

Cristina.C- She stayed 2 days in Sardana. Then she stayed 2 weeks in England to learn English. Finally she stayed in Canada during 7 days

Ferran.I- He went to Tunisia, he visited the ruins of Cartago and the monuments. Then he went to Calella de mar and finally he prepared for school.

Andreu.M-He went to Sevilla and he visited a lot of monuments. Then he went to Volton to play football and learn English. Finally he went to Egypt to visited the phyramids.

Gemma.Q-She went to Portaventura, she stayed all day in the park. Then she visited Cadaques, but she dindn't swim, because the water was cold. Finally he prepared for school.

Albert.R-He went to Volton to learn English. Then he visited China, he visited Pekin and he saw the Big Wall. Finally he prepared for school.

Albert.Q-He went to Campus darrel middelton, every day he plays basketball. Then he stayed in Sant Antonio de Calonge, he swam and sunbathed. Finish he prepared for the school