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HOMECOMING 2024

HOMECOMING 2024
Third edition. 22/3/24

Friday 19 June 2020

END OF 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR




Today's the end of this strange crazy 2019-20 school year, although real classes have been off since March 13th. But that doesn't mean we haven't been busy. Most of us have been working a lot and adapting to a new way of learning via emails, online meetings...
You'll all get your marks soon and depending on what you get, you'll have to consider what needs to be done to face next year with possibilities. It's going to be another course with adaptations. We finish this one not knowing for sure what the next one will really be like... Everything is uncertain at the moment. But it won't be like before, that's true.
Meanwhile, enjoy the summer holidays and take care keeping safe.

Monday 8 June 2020

END OF ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE 2019-20 COURSE

This week sees the correction of the last assignments in all my Google Classroom groups, since it all began on March 18th.
It has been two and a half months submitting weekly tasks for each of my 6 groups.
This week there will also be the final video sessions to comment your doubts on the handed in exercises.
After I'll start working on the final marks of each of the students and will be sending them by email to all of those who have been working throughout the lockdown.

Monday 1 June 2020

ONLINE LOCKDOWN ASSIGNMENTS FOR MY GROUPS


With this post I want to compile all the assignments I have given to my students during this lockdown period so that all students may know if they are missing any.

AGRUPAMENTOS 2ºESO

1) Unit 5- Vocabulary: Numbers, measures & periods of time.
2) Starter Unit- Revision exercises. Verb BE (There is/are) / HAVE GOT & Question Words.
3) Unit 1- Revision exercises. Present Simple
4) Unit 2- Revision exercises. Present Continuous
5) Unit 3- Revision exercises. Past of TO BE / THERE WAS - WERE / SIMPLE PAST
6) Unit 4- Revision exercises. Past Continuous & Past Simple
7) Reading practice.
8) Writing practice.
9) Listening practice.
10) Speaking-pronunciation practice.

- Students with 1ºESO-Pendente:
1) Starter unit- Revision exercises. Verb BE/ Subject-Object Pronouns / Question Words.
2) Unit 1- Revision exercises. Possessive adjectives / HAVE GOT / THERE IS - THERE ARE
3) Unit 2- Revision exercises. THERE IS-ARE / Comparative adjectives
4) Unit 3- Revision exercises. Present Simple / Adverbs of frequency
5) Unit 4- Revision exercises. Superlative / CAN (Ability) / Questions with HOW? / MUST - MUSTN'T
6) Unit 5- Revision exercises. Present continuous.

4ºESO-B

1) Unit 6- Reflexive pronouns. 
2) Unit 1- Revision exercises. Present tenses / Question / Question Tags
3) Unit 6- Relative pronouns.
4) Unit 1(2)- Revision exercises. Asking questions / Narrative tenses: past / Time connectors
5) Unit 2-3- Revision exercises. Present Perfect (For/Since/Just/Already/Still/Yet) / Contrast / Articles / Future
6) Reading activity- Sherlock Holmes' "The Five Orange Pips'
7) Listening activity
8) Speaking activity- 'How has lockdown changed your life?'
9) Unit 4-5- Revision exercises. Modal verbs / Conditionals / Gerund-Infinitives
10) Writing activity- For & against/Discussion essay. 'Advantages & disadvantages of online learning'
11) Final revision exercises.

- Extra activities for students with lower average mark:
1e) Units 1-2- Extra revision exercises.
2e) Units 3-4- Extra revision exercises.
3e) Unit 5- Extra revision exercises.


4ºESO-D

1) Unit 1- Revision exercises. Present tenses / Question / Question Tags
2) Unit 1(2)- Revision exercises. Asking questions / Narrative tenses: past / Time connectors
3) Unit 2- Revision exercises. Present perfect
4) Unit 3- Revision exercises. Article / Future
5) Unit 4- Revision exercises. Modal verbs
6) Unit 5- Revision exercises. Gerund & Infinitive / Conditionals / DUE TO
7) Reading activity- Sherlock Holmes' "The Five Orange Pips'

8) Listening practice
9) Writing practice: "How has the lockdown changed your life?"

- Students with 3ºESO-Pendente or extra activities for students with lower average:
1e) Starter unit- Revision exercises. Time expressions / Present simple-continuous / Past Simple / Questions
2e) Unit 1- Revision exercises. USED TO / Past Continuous
3e) Unit 2- Revision exercises. Present perfect
4e) Unit 3- Revision exercises. Present perfect simple & continuous
5e) Unit 4- Revision exercises. Quantifiers / Question tags / Purpose
6e) Unit 5- Revision exercises. First conditional / Future tenses / Clauses of reason

1ºBACs

1) Unit 6- Vocabulary.
2) Unit 6- Writing. A Description. "My city/local area: friend or enemy of the environment?'
3) Unit 6- Listening activity.
4) Units 1-3- Revision exercises. Verb tenses review (Present, Past, Future)
5) Units 4-6- Revision exercises. Relatives, Conditional, Modal verbs
6) Reading activity. Poe's 'William Wilson' (1ºB) & 'The Tell-Tale Heart' (1ºC)
7) Unit 7- Listening activity.
8) Speaking activity- 'How has lockdown changed your life?'
9) Unit 8- Vocabulary. Education.
10) Unit 8- Writing. An opinion essay. 'Education in the pandemic: enjoying online work or missing the classroom?'
11) Units 1-6- Revision exercises.
12) Unit 8- Reading activity.


- Extra activities for students with lower average mark:
1e) Revision exercises. Verb tenses & question formation.
2e) Revision exercises. Verb tenses.
3e) Revision exercises. Vocabulary.
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