TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS: PERCUSSION (&3)

The last group of instruments is:
3- PERCUSSION

They are musical instruments that sound either by 
- being hit with sticks, mallets, brushes or rods 

or struck, shaken or rubbed by hand

or clashing against another similar instrument

TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS: WIND (2)

2- WIND INSTRUMENTS
The sound in these instruments is produced by air passing through a tube.

There are two kind of wind instruments which depends on what they are made of:

a) WOODWIND 
This group of wind instruments are almost always made of wood and are played using a wooden reed

like: the flute, the clarinet, the oboe,the bassoon, the saxophone, as seen below.

2- Brass

In this group is the horn, the tuba, the trumpet, the trombone, as seen above.This group of wind instruments are made of metal or brass and don't need a wooden reed, but a metalic mouthpiece.

TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS: STRINGS (1)

Remember the slide on a previous post: THE ORCHESTRA, where we can see the different types of instruments.

1- STRING INSTRUMENTS: 
The sound in these instruments is produced by the vibrating of their strings.

These instruments are subdivided into:

a) BOWED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, 
which are played rubbing the strings with a BOW

and in this group we find:

(The difference between bowed stringed and plucked stringed instruments below ↓)

b) PLUCKED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, (see some above ↑)
which are played plucking the strings with fingers:

or with a plectrum:

in this group we find, among others:

c) STRUCK STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, 
played by small hammers striking the strings:

 in the piano:

BASIC MUSICAL CONCEPTS

STAFF / STAVE: five lines where music is written. 5 lines with 4 spaces.

LEDGER LINES: notes that are too high or too low for the 5-line staff.

TREBLE CLEF

BASS CLEF

A SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA: POSITION OF INSTRUMENTS

MUSICIANS AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS

          [Taken from "Spotlight-2", Oxford University Press]

Let's learn the names of the people who play different instruments. Here are some exercises to practice.

NUMBERS: CARDINAL & ORDINAL

These days we've been checking on how to say dates in English in 1st ESO classes. Here's a chart with the difference in spelling between cardinal and ordinal numbers. 
To make an ordinal number you add the ending -TH to the cardinal number from nº4 onwards. 
So four > fourth, six > sixth, seven > seventh, etc...
Be careful with some spellings:
five > fifth, eight > eighth, nine > ninth, twelve > twelfth, twenty > twentieth... 
The first three numbers have their own different ordinals:
one - first, two- second and three - third.
To abbreviate you can write the number amd the last two letters:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th...

REMEMBER THAT IN ENGLISH YOU USE 

ORDINAL NUMBERS

FOR DATES.

WE WELCOME CHARO & TIM, ONCE AGAIN

Here they are once again, Charo Pita and Tim Bowley return to IES "Rafael Dieste" for yet another year to tell us stories in Galician and English. Two versions of the same stories for the 1st and 2nd ESO students at our assembly hall today. Enjoy!

PHOTO QUIZ PROJECTS (1ºESO-D)

Here are the Photo Quiz projects made by students of 1ºESO-D in alphabetical order.
- Which one is your favourite?
- Which one is the easiest?
- Which one is the most difficult?
- Which one do you like the most?

ANTÓN & JORDAN:

ARON & MIGUEL:

ARIANA & SANDRA:

IRIA & JENNIFER:

ISABEL & LUCÍA:

NICO & YAGO:

PHOTO QUIZ PROJECTS (1ºESO-C)

Here are the Photo Quiz projects made by students of 1ºESO-C in alphabetical order.
- Which one is your favourite?
- Which one is the easiest?
- Which one is the most difficult?
- Which one do you like the most?

- ANDREA & MARTA

- ARLINN & SANTIAGO.

- CARMEN & NURIA

- FANNY & TANIA

- GUZMÁN

- IVÁN

- JUAN

- LAURA

- MAR

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2013

It's Halloween once again. This year's post shows vocabulary charts related to the date. For previous Halloween post in this blog, click on the Halloween tag below.

Reader 1ºESO: "THE THREE MUSKETEERS" BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS

One of the readers for 1st ESO students is Alexandre Dumas' classic story "The Three Musketeers". 1st ESO students are going to read an adapted version of this novel in English. Before we begin reading. Let's do some pre-reading activities to learn some vocabulary and information about the novel. Here they are:

1) Vocabulary. Match the correct verb with each picture.

2) Vocabulary. Checking prepositions. Complete each sentence with help of the pictures.

3) Vocabulary. Complete the sentences with the correct word from the box.

4) Find general information before you start reading. Have a look in the book and find the answers to the following questions:
- WHAT'S A MUSKETEER?
- WHAT ARE THE THREE MUSKETEER'S NAMES?
- THEY ARE CALLED MUSKETEERS BECAUSE THEY FIGHT USING A GUN CALLED A MUSKET. WHAT OTHER WEAPONS DID THEY USE?
- FIND THE NAMES OF FIVE CHARACTERS FROM THE BOOK.
- WHICH TWO CAPITAL CITIES DOES MOST OF THE STORY TAKE PLACE IN?

Video "THE THREE MUSKETEERS" (2011-the latest film):