WHAT YOU SHOULD CHECK FOR GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY EXAMS (O que deberíades repasar para os exames de gramática e vocabulario)

Here in details you have the vocabulary & grammar information content for each of my level groups with links to information on this blog.
Aquí tedes en detalle a información sobre o contido de vocabulario e gramática para cada nivel dos meus grupos con ligazóns a información neste blog.

Any questions/doubts or if you want to receive the code to enter your Google Classroom group, contact me at:
Calquer pregunta/dúbida ou se queres recibir o código para entrar no teu grupo de Google Classroom, contactade conmigo en:

ramoneirateaching@gmail.com





Agrupamentos 2ºESO (Units 1-4)

Vocabulary: Family / School / Places / Free time activities / Communication-phones / Adjectives / Adverbs / Movement verbs 

Grammar: 
- Verbs BE / HAVE (present & past) 
- THERE IS / ARE / WAS / WERE
- Question words
- Prepositions 
- PRESENT SIMPLE 
- PRESENT CONTINUOUS
- PAST SIMPLE
- PAST CONTINUOUS

4ºESO (Units 1-5)
Vocabulary: Social media-internet-digital technology / Frequency expressions / Memories / Descriptive adjectives / Decisions / Expressions with GET / Money-marketing-shopping / Emotions / Discovery / Suffixes
Grammar:
- PRESENT TENSES (Simple & Continuous)
- QUESTION TAGS
- QUESTIONS (Subject & Object)
- PAST TENSES (Simple, Continuous & Perfect)
- PRESENT PERFECT (Simple & Continuous)
[For / Since / Ever / Never / Yet / Still / Already]
- FUTURE TENSES
- ARTICLES (A(n) / The / Zero article)
- MODAL VERBS (Possibility / Certainty / Ability / Advice / Obligation)
- GERUNDS & INFINITIVES
- CONDITIONALS

1ºBAC (Units 1-6)
Vocabulary: Topic vocabulary from each unit / Prefixes-suffixes / Personality adjectives / -ED vs -ING adjectives / Phrasal verbs / DO vs MAKE collocations / Prepositions (after adjectives)
Grammar:
- PRESENT TENSES (Simple & Continuous)
- PAST TENSES (Simple & Continuous)
- PERFECT TENSES (Present & Past. Present perfect simple & continuous)
- FUTURE TENSES (Will, Be going to, Present continuous)
- GERUNDS & INFINITIVES
- RELATIVE CLAUSES
- CONDITIONALS
- MODAL VERBS

NEW DATES FOR 2nd TERM GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY EXAMS

All the Grammar-Vocabulary exam dates have been reprogrammed for all my groups for when the lockdown ends. As the lockdown situation lasts longer, these dates are still valid but replaced to the new first week which should be 14th to 20th April.
Here are the new dates:

- 2ºA-B Agrupamento: MONDAY, APRIL 20th (1st class)

- 2ºC-D Agrupamento: FRIDAY, APRIL 17th (3rd class)

- 4ºESO-B: MONDAY, APRIL 20th (4th class)

- 4ºESO-D: MONDAY, APRIL 20th (5th class)

- 1ºBAC-B: THURSDAY, APRIL 16th (6th class)

- 1ºBAC-C: THURSDAY, APRIL 16th (5th class, starting at 12:10h, using the break)

LINKS TO STUDENT GUIDES FOR TRINITY ISE I, II & III EXAMS

Here are links to student guides for each level of Trinity exams with specific information about what the exams are like, how to prepare them, what happens on the exam day and what is being assessed by the examiner on the following links:

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE I

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE II

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE III

INFORMATION TO CANDIDATES ABOUT LISTENING & SPEAKING EXAMS

DOWNLOAD READING-WRITING INFO VIDEO

DOWNLOAD SPEAKING-LISTENING INFO VIDEO

TRINITY COLLEGE FREE ISE (B1/2 & C1) EXAMS FOR STUDENTS FROM PLURILINGUAL SCHOOLS

Reading & Writing

Place: IES Plurilingüe "Eusebio da Guarda", Pza Pontevedra, A Coruña

Date: Saturday 15th February 2020

Time: 8:30h 

Speaking & Listening

Place: IES Plurilingüe "Rafael Dieste" at the Philosophy Department on the 3rd floor opposite the Physics and Chemistry labs.

Date: between 10th and 12th February 2020

Time: Starting on Monday 10th at 8:30. Link to timetable confirmed for each student.

As students of a plurilingual school, our 4th ESO & BAC pupils have been given the opportunity to enter for an ISE (=Integrated Skills in English) exam of the Trinity College. The ISE I is the equivalent to B1, the ISE II to the B2  and the ISE III to the C1.

The Trinity ISE exams are a 4 skill integrated test in a two exam module. READING-WRITING and SPEAKING-LISTENING. You can pass each of the modules indipendently but to get an ISE qualification certificate you need to pass both. You can take both modules together or separately.

Above there's the front page of a Trinity ISE exam with the general instructions and the time distribution for the READING & WRITING module.

General previous information to know:

- You can use a BLACK or BLUE pen and a marker. No pencils, erasers, eraser-pens, Typex can be used.

- No mobile phones, smartphones or smartwatches can be used. 

- Watches must be worn on the wrist to control the time.

There are Guides for Students for each of the levels with specific information about what the exams are like, how to prepare them, what happens on the exam day and what is being assessed by the examiner on the following links:

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE I

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE II

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE III

All the general information and sample exam papers on the Trinity exams can be found on these links to their webpages:

- general information on ISE

- specific information on ISE I (B1) 
and ISE I (B1) exam info

- specific information on ISE II (B2) 
and ISE II (B2) exam info

- specific information on ISE III (C1) 
and ISE III (C1) exam info

Exam structure:

READING-WRITING (2h)

1- LONG READING - (400 words ISE I / 500 words ISE II / 700 words ISE III) - 15 questions - 20 minutes

2- MULTI-TASK READING - (400 words ISE I / 500 words ISE II / 700 words ISE III across 4 texts. One is an infographic) - 15 questions - 20 minutes

3- READING INTO WRITING - Identify relevant information from the previous 4 texts in task 2, incorporate information in response to a prompt (in 100-130 words ISE I / 150-180 ISE II / 200-230 words). Don't use any ideas of your own. - 40 minutes

4- EXTENDED WRITING - Respond to a prompt (in 100-130 words ISE I / 150-180 ISE II / 200-230 words) - 40 minutes.

SPEAKING-LISTENING (ISE I 18 min / ISE II 20 min / ISE III 25 min)

1- TOPIC TASK - Choose ANY topic prepared in advance with 4 points. Be personal and original. Don't memorize. - 4 minutes. Example of topic form below only for ISE I candidates.

2'- COLLABORATIVE TASK* (only in *ISE II & III exams) - Integrated speaking and listening of a prompt presenting a dilemma or opinion - 4 minutes)
2- CONVERSATION TASK** - Integrated speaking & listening task about a topic. - 2 minutes. 

3- INDEPENDENT LISTENING TASKS:

a) 1 minute long audio recordings heard twice and to answer 6 questions in 1 or 2 words. - 4 minutes, 30 seconds.

b) 1 minute 15 seconds long audio heard twice. First time report what's it about. Second time report 6 important facts and answer 4 questions. The second time, students can write down notes on a piece of paper.

**Conversation topics for ISE II & III: 
Society and living standards / Personal values and ideals / The world of work / National environmental concerns / Public figures past and present

THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTIONS OF THE LAST 100 YEARS

Links:

- THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTIONS OF THE LAST 100 YEARS

- 10 BIGGEST TECH INVENTIONS

- 20 GROUNDBREAKING INVENTIONS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS

4thESO: TRIP TO LONDON MARCH 2017

As we already commented back in March, 12 of our 4th ESO students set on a 5 day trip to London between the 22nd and the 27th. Today we can show you a portrait of the photos of their stay and see what a great time they had!

Video:

The following places can be spotted in this photo-presentation in order of appearance:
- Kensington: Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Harrod's.- Piccadilly, Regent & Carnaby Street.
- Waddesdon Manor & Waddesdon Secondary School.
- Covent Garden.- St Paul's. The City. Tower Bridge & the Tower of London.- Tate Modern.- Buckingham Palace.- The Houses of Parliament & The Big Ben. London's Eye.- Trafalgar Square.- Leicester Square.- The British Museum. - Camden Town.

"RAFAEL DIESTE" 4ºESO STUDENTS' TRIP TO LONDON

We're glad to announce that this afternoon, a group of twelve 4ºESO students from our school will be boarding on a plane in Alvedro on a 5-day trip to London.

They'll be visiting important landmarks in the capital* and they'll also be visiting a school in the village of Waddesdon, 95kms away. There, they'll also go to visit Waddesdon Manor, which belonged to the Rothschild family.

Have a good trip! Enjoy!

+ info: Waddesdon Manor
* BREAKING NEWS: TERROR ATTACK @ WESTMINSTER.
Unfortunately, as they were boarding on the plane, we've learnt that there has been a terrorist attack on Westminter Bridge by the Big Ben & Houses of Parliament.
Link to LATEST UPDATES OF THE NEWS.
Info on the attack:

BASICS WHEN TRAVELLING TO LONDON

This year our 4th ESO students won't be travelling to Nuremberg on the usual student exchange. This year they'll be spending 5 days in London! So to help, here are some basic notes for when travelling there. 

Video 1:

Video 2:

Video 3:

STUDENT'S CONTRIBUTIONS IN ENGLISH FOR THE 6th CULTURAL WEEK

Our 6th Cultural Week is already here:

"THE HISTORY OF HANDWRITING".

Enjoy it!

And here's the collection of works that students (from 4ºESO-B) have handed in. Not many, but the ones given are original. Other students (from 4ºESO-A) have shared their voices to read the literary quotes.

This is our way to thank their contibutions, devoting a post to show their work.

 (6th Cultural Week-15: Writing in the 21st century)

- WRITING IN THE 21st CENTURY:

Writing in the 21st century displayed poster.

[Whatsapp by Pablo Rodríguez]

[Whatsapp by Marta Rodríguez]

[Tweets by Iulia Vaduva. Others were handed in by: 
Rodrigo Folgueira & Andrea Plaza  and can be seen on the displayed poster]

[Pictograms by Eva Menéndez]

- HANDWRITTEN QUOTES:

(Handwritten quotes displayed poster)

[By Vera Iglesias]

[By Alba Guerreiro]

[By Noemi Rey]

[By Silvia Vijande. Another quote handed in by: Noemi Zubieta, 
can be seen on the displayed poster]

We would also like to thank: Ana Amigo, Paula Calviño, Marta Delgado, Sergio Ríos & Rubén Sande, who shared their voices to read the literary handwritten quotes (from previous page) for the project slide done by the school's library. Link HERE to video where their voices are included and where you can see all the work done for this Cultural Week by the students.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS vs PRESENT PERFECT

THE DIFFERENCE OF ADJECTIVES WITH -ED OR -ING

Always confusing, when to use an edjective ending in -ED or in -ING and what's the difference in meaning. Here are some quick charts to clear up.

Video:


+ info links:
- Adjectives ending in ED and ING
- BBC Grammar challenge -ED and -ING adjectives

practice links:
- Exercise practice 1
- Exercise practise 2
- Exercise practice 3
- Exercise practice 4
- Exercise practice 5

NUREMBERG STUDENT EXCHANGE 2014

Spanish group at the airport

At the school's main entrance

2014 Nuremberg student exchange photo collection.

By Nuremberg's city walls

In front of Our Lady's Church (Frauenkirche)

Nuremberg city centre

By Durero's museum

Munich

A THEATRE PLAY AT OUR SCHOOL TODAY:

"CALL ME" is a play by Omis Productions which will be performed today at 12:30h at our assembly hall. The show will be seen by students of 3rd, 4th ESO and 1st BAC from our school and also IES "Agra do Orzán".

 Here's the synopsis of the play:

James and Ashley have been friends for a long time, but James has begun to have feelings for Ashley. He is in love with her.

Now James has to go on a business trip, but he can't leave the uncertainty of not knowing if she also loves him. So before telling Ashley his news, he prepares her by giving her a present: the latest mobile telephone model: an iphone fun-phone four. What James isn't expecting is that his present will become an object of miscommunication that prevents him from being able to talk to her. Ashley is addicted to the telephone.

Finally, James has to go before he misses his train. Will he ever be able to talk to her?

ACTION!: A THEATRE PLAY IN ENGLISH AT OUR SCHOOL

WEDNESDAY, 25th APRIL @ 11:20h Assembly Hall

This Wednesday, we'll receive the actors of Face2Face Theatre company, who will perform a play for us called: "ACTION!".

The play shows the history of cinema. It's a visual and cinematographic show, where visual and verbal  humour and the evocative power of music from films are the tools to represent and parody the most famous film scenes. The actors create the magic of movies by multiplying countless characters and causing many funny and surreal situations that make us get into famous action, love, drama or suspense movie scenes that everybody remembers.

The play will be at 11:20 at our assembly hall.