"HOME ALONE" (December 2023)

Before the Christmas holidays, we'll be watching a part of a film in English with English subtitles in the last classes. The film we'll be watching is "HOME ALONE". Here's a summary of the plot and the video trailer.

"HOME ALONE" is the story of an 8-year-old bot called Kevin. He's the youngest of five and is frequently bullied by his older brothers and sisters. After some problems between Kevin and his family, he wishes for a new family when his mother punishes him for what he considers unjustified reasons. His mother warns him to be careful with what he wishes for. The next day he wakes up to discover he's the only one left in the family home. Kevin thinks his wish has come true and that he's finally alone without anybody of his family around. Actually, he was left back home by mistake. All his family are on their way to Paris on a family Christmas holiday. While his parents realize their mistake and want to go back to the US, a pair of thieves try to rob the family house and Kevin has to defend it. His advneture begins...

Video trailer:

EASTER 2020: LOCKED IN HOLIDAYS

HOW TO SAY YEARS IN ENGLISH

CONFUSING: 'SOME', 'ANY, OR 'NONE' VIDEO LESSON

Watch this video lesson to get to distinguish through examples when to use the common quantifiers:

SOME, ANY & NONE.

By the way, the teacher on this video is Greg, who is Teresa Amido's son-in-law, our former Physical Education teacher.

You can follow his online video lessons on YouTube on OLA, the Online Way to Learn English page.

Video:

CLASSROOM RULES SUMMARY

CHARO PITA & SOPHIE HEYDEL, TODAY @ "RAFAEL DIESTE"

Updating with some photos of Charo Pita & Sophie Heydel today at our assembly hall telling traditional stories in both English & Galician.

Students from 2nd & 1st ESO have been listening to them as a final activity before the Christmas holidays.

So now that the holidays have started, enjoy them!

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to everyone!

STORYTELLING @ "RAFAEL DIESTE" WITH CHARO PITA & SOPHIE HEYDEL

An old friend of ours is back to visit us, Charo Pita, but this time not with her all-time partner Tim Bowley, as in previous occasions (check on Storytelling tab). Now she's accompanied by Sophie Heydel, a London Guildhall School of Music & Drama actress. They'll be visiting us on our last school day before the Christmas holidays to tell the same story in two versions English & Galician to 1st & 2nd year ESO students. 

Galician version @ ArquivosDoTrasno.

SPELLING -ING FORMS

Here are the spelling rules for -ING forms.

OUR OWN 2016 SUFFRAGETTES & A BOBBY @ "RAFAEL DIESTE" [7th CW]

At our 7th Cultural Week, IES "Rafael Dieste" is proud to present our own 2016 version of the British Suffragettes. 

After having worked on the topic in the different classes, this movement is going to have its representation during one of the parades of pioneers characters due tomorrow. 

Today and tomorrow Wednesday there will be "Pioneer Parades", where different pioneer characters will be played by our school students:

- Today Tuesday is devoted to pioneer characters from VIII century B.C. to the XVIII century.

- Tomorrow Wednesday will be about pioneer characters from the XIX & XX centuries. In this parade, girl students from 2ºESO-C Irene BLANCO, Paula REY & Cielo MARÍÑEZ  (in the photo above) will play the role of the British Suffragettes (Emmerline Pankhurst, Emily Davison...) They will be accompanied by Carlos GALÁN (in the photo below) who'll be playing the role of a policeman (bobby).
(Update: At the end of this post below, you can watch the video of their performance).

They'll come rushing down the assembly hall, shouting out:
"VOTES FOR WOMEN!" 

and later pronounce some of their most famous quotes:

Paula: 
"We're in every home, we're half the human race, you can't stop us all. We will win"

Cielo: 
"We break windows, we burn things 'cause war is the only language men listen to".

Irene: 
"We do not want to be law-breakers. We want to be law-makers".

The three together: 
"...And never surrender. Never give up the fight. We will win".

Below you can watch their performance pronouncing these words:

UPDATE: THE VIDEO OF OUR SUFFRAGETTES & BOBBY'S PERFORMANCE LAST WEDNESDAY 27th APRIL AT SCHOOL.

See more about Wednesday's performance @ ArquivosDoTrasno.

"THE PIONEER FILES": A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST AT SOMETHING [7th CW]

About to start tomorrow our 7th cultural week, here are the biographies handed in by the different students who have taken part in the making of our PIONEER FILES: a collection of biographies of people who have been the first at something, in alphabetical order below.
From tomorrow you'll have the 20 questions to answer in our challenge quiz.

1- Neil ARMSTRONG by Iulia Izabela Vaduva (1ºBAC-A)

2- Kathryn BIGELOW by Marta Souto (2ºESO-C)

3- Elizabeth BLACKWELL by Belén Blanco (1ºBAC-B)

4- Nadia COMANECI by Eva Menéndez (1ºBAC-C)

5- Johan CRUYFF by Rubén Sande (1ºBAC-A)

6- Marie CURIE by Laura Canosa, Fanny Gómez & Mauricio Rosa (2ºESO-C) & Paula Blanco & David Santiago (1ºBAC-A)

7- Charles DARWIN by Daniel Fdez Pavón (1ºBAC-B)

8- Emily DAVISON by Alba Diéguez (1ºBAC-C)

9- Michael JACKSON by Silvia Vijande (1ºBAC-B)

10- Billie Jean KING by Leticia Colina (1ºBAC-A)

11- Belva Ann LOCKWOOD by Lorena Martínez (1ºBAC-B)

12- The LUMIERE Brothers by Abel Pérez López (2ºESO-C)

13- Isaac NEWTON by Andrea Iglesias (1ºBAC-B)

14- Elisha OTIS by Rodrigo Folgueira (1ºBAC-A)

15- Rosa PARKS by Ana Amigo (1ºBAC-A)

16- Danica Sue PATRICK by Marta Mallo (1ºBAC-B)

17- Kathrine SWITZER by Noemi Zubieta (1ºBAC-B)

18- Valentina TERESHKOVA by Paula Rey (2ºESO-C) & Eva Vecilla (1ºBAC-B)

19- Simone WIEL by Alicia Maquieira (1ºBAC-C)

"THE PIONEER FILES": THE END PRODUCT [7th CW]

At the final countdown to our 7th Cultural week on the topic of "PIONEER CHARACTERS", we want to show you how all your work has ended up into:

"THE PIONEER FILES".

These photos show you the final result of all your biographies. In the end 21 biographies have been selected from the corrected versions that were handed in at 2ºESO-C and 1ºBACs classes. Twenty one biographies of people who have been the first at something throughout time.

A second part of the project was preparing the 20 questions of the "PIONEERS CHALLENGE QUIZ", which are also included at the end of the files. The questions are based on the ones made by students from 2ºESO-C.

Both, all the 21 biographies together with a slide and the 20 questions will be appearing on following posts in this blog in the next days, so that you can search the answers carefully. And also from Monday, they'll be exhibited in front of the school's library. (Photos included below).

THE PIONEER FILES EXHIBITION:

Remember you can take part in the challenge quiz by posting your ballot-paper (with your name, course/group + the 20 answers) in the box at the exhibition or handing it in to your English teacher.

CHRISTMAS IN BRITAIN

Another post devoted to how Christmas is celebrated in Britain. Sally and Jack show us different traditions to celebrate Christmas there.

Video:

AT HOME

+ VOCABULARY: THE HOUSE OUTSIDE

Video "A British Home":