RAFAEL DIESTE'S HOMECOMING

"HOMECOMING" is an annual high school and college tradition in the United States to welcome back all the community members. It is built around a central event, most often a sporting event. When they are held at schools the activities may vary greatly. However, they often consist of activities that promote healthy competition and a sense of belonging to a community. 

Well, this year we've also celebrated a "homecoming" at the "Rafael Dieste".

 (Photo above Kayleigh, together with the head of our English Department Hilda Fraga).

The true organizer of all this event has been Kayleigh Vantassel, our conversation assistant for the last two years, who thought it was a good idea to set it up in our school. Kayleigh has put into this project a great amount of hard work, but we'll sure treasure the experience for a long time. It has also meant a lot of partnership from all the other community members: students and teacher staff. 

Students have taken part in different activities of our particular "HOMECOMING", facing the different class groups against each other in the following activities, but not only the victories and correct answers are valued, also aspects of social relationships and behaviour among them.

- BASKETBALL MATCHES:

- TALENT SHOW: students showing off their different talents.

- TRIVIA QUIZ: answering random questions in a four topic contest.

- GYMKHANA of activties

We believe that this activity has been a very good one for the whole community, especially after the time we have all been living.

Students have participated as class groups, each of them with a name, two specific colours, a pet, and a group song that represents them. Each group had a teacher and two student leaders to coordinate them. At the moment, they are working out the results to see which group has won.

But what we won't forget is the good time we've all had this morning...

...students,...

...and teachers...

We've be updating with the resulting winners on another post.

Special BIG thank you to Kayleigh for all her hard work and an extended one to everyone who has taken part in such a fantastic day!

- Galician version of this post @ RafaelDiesteBlog.

ACTORS & ACTRESSES: CAN YOU GUESS THEIR NAMES?

Some fun for today.

Take a look at this chart.

Can you complete all the actors & actresses names?

- Nicolas...

- Kevin...

- Bruce...

- Denzel...

- Elijah...

- Halle...

- John...

- Megan...

- Jeff...

- Matt...

- Russell...

- Keanu...

- Steven....

- Sharon...

- Gary...

- ... Li

- Harrison...

- Bruce...

-  Anthony...

- Johnny...

- Jack...

- Betty...

- Joaquin...

- Morgan...

- Michael J. ...

- Brad...

- ... Williams

- Sean...

- Glen...

- Vin...

- Robert...

- Benicio del...

- Jean...

- ... Gooding Jr.

- Wynona...

- Chris...

- Jackie...

- Antonio...

Can you name them all?

Have a try...

THE PIONEERS CHALLENGE QUIZ: THE CORRECT ANSWERS & FINAL RESULTS [7th CW]

THE PIONEERS CHALLENGE QUIZ: THE ANSWERS on PhotoPeach

Here are the correct answers to the 20 pioneers challenge quiz questions and also the results of people taking part in it.

1- Who refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955? 
Rosa Parks

2- How old is Valentina Tereshkova? 
79 years old

3- Who fought with the Spanish Republicans? 
Simone Weil

4- What was Darwin's wife's name? 
Emma Wedgwood

5- What is Nadia Comaneci a good example of?

Of perseverance and hard-work.

6- Whose nationality was Dutch? 
Johan Cruyff's

7- Which radioactive elements did Marie Curie discover?

Radium & Polonium 
(*Uranium appears in one of the biographies but it's not correct)

8- Who showed that the white light was formed by colours?

Isaac Newton

9- Where did Kathryn Bigelow study?

At Columbia University & the California Institute of Arts

10- Which of all these pioneers is a tennis-player?

Billy Jean King

11- How many of these pioneers are women?
There are 12

12- When did Armstrong become interested in airplanes?

When he was 6

13- Which of these pioneers were French?

There are 4: Lumiere brothers, Curie & Weil

14-Who was the first woman candidate to the USA presidency? 
Belva Ann Lockwood

15- Whose racing records haven't been broken yet?

Danica Sue Patrick's

16- Who were the Lumiere brothers?

August & Louis Jean, the French inventors of the cinematographic projector

17- Who founded an elevator company? 
Elisha Otis

18- Why did Emily Davison put herself in the way of the king's horse at Epsom?

She wanted to attach a suffragist flag to the horse.

19- What happened to Elizabeth Blackwell in one of her eyes?

She lost sight because she had an infection after a contaminated solution went in it.

20- Did Michael Jackson have a happy childhood? Why?

No, because he had a bad relationship with his father who was very strict and abused him.

Unfortunately not many students took part in the challenge and none of them answered the 20 questions correctly. These are the students who have with their results:

- Eva Menéndez (1ºBAC-A) 17/20
- Carlos Galán (2ºESO-C) 16/20
- Jeisi Martínez (2ºESO-A) 15'5/20
- Franklin Pérez (2ºESO-A) 15/20
- Abel Pérez (2ºESO-C) 13'5/20
- Sebastián Alzate (2ºESO-B) 10'5/20
- Axel Rodríguez (2ºESO-A) 10/20
- Marcos Gabarri (2ºESO-B) 7/20
- Tamara Gantes (2ºESO-A) 6'5/20

QUIZ: WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?

Here's a quiz to check on the weather vocabulary. Have a try..

What's the weather like? on PhotoPeach

THE PIONEERS CHALLENGE QUIZ [7th CW]

EXTENDED ONE MORE WEEK: UNTIL FRIDAY 6th MAY.
Here are 20 questions about the people in our “Pioneer Files”. Find the correct answers and post your ballot-paper in the box at the exhibition. Try to be among the students who answer ALL 20 questions correctly in English.

1- Who refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955?

 2- How old is Valentina Tereshkova?

 3- Who fought with the Spanish Republicans?

 4- What was Darwin's wife's name?

 5- What is Nadia Comaneci a good example of?

 6- Whose nationality was Dutch?

 7- Which radioactive elements did Marie Curie discover?

 8- Who showed that the white light was formed by colours?

 9- Where did Kathryn Bigelow study?

10- Which of all these pioneers is a tennis-player?

11- How many of these pioneers are women?

12- When did Armstrong become interested in airplanes?

13- How many of these pioneers were French?

14-Who was the first woman candidate to the USA presidency?

15- Whose racing records haven't been broken yet?

16- Who were the Lumiere brothers?

17- Who founded an elevator company?

18- Why did Emily Davison put herself in the way of the king's horse at Epsom?

19- What happened to Elizabeth Blackwell in one of her eyes?

20- Did Michael Jackson have a happy childhood? Why?

How to take part in the challenge quiz:

On a sheet of paper:

1- Write your complete name, course & group.

2- Answer the 20 questions in English.

3- Post your paper into the box at the exhibition or hand it in to your English teacher, during the days of the cultural week. 

EXTENDED ONE MORE WEEK: UNTIL FRIDAY 6th MAY.

MORE TIME TO FIND THE CORRECT ANSWERS...

Based on questions prepared by students from 2ºESO-C. The questions chosen were some prepared by: Abel, Ana de Brito, Ana González, Carlos, Cielo, Christian, Emma, Irene, Isaac, Iván, Laura, Luka, Marta, Nicolás, Paula & Rebeca. Thanks to you all.

COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES

Here's a chart to understand how to make the comparatives and superlatives of adjectives in English. At the end, below there's a game.

The game:

TEST YOUR LEVEL OF ENGLISH

To begin with, here's a link to a webpage, where you can test your level of English. Depending on the course your are in, you should know some answers but not all of them. Have a try... Youi can check on explanations if your are mistaken.

Link: TEST YOUR LEVEL OF ENGLISH

INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE

Here's a simple English structure that most Spanish students have problems with. To explain the reason WHY we do something, we use the TO INFINITIVE.

Click on this link to practice the structure playing a game: INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE GAME.

STUDENT'S MUSIC QUIZZES

Here are other music quizzes that students have made in the Proxecto classes. Try to answer them, too:

JENNIFER (1ºD) made a quiz completely devoted to ABBA.

1- WHO ARE ABBA?
2- WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DID THE GROUP PLAY?
3- HOW MANY RECORDS DID ABBA RECORD?
4- WHEN DID THEY START SINGING?
5- WHEN DID THEY JUMP TO FAME?
6- WHICH WAS THEIR LAST ALBUM?
7- WHEN DID THEY APPEAR FOR THE LAST TIME?
8- WHEN DID THEY START SINGING ALONE?
9- WHEN DID ABBA WIN EUROVISION?
10- WHERE ARE ABBA FROM?
(SANDRA & IRIA (1ºD) answered this quiz with 7 correct)

ARIANA & CATHERINE (1ºD)  made a quiz completely devoted to The Beatles:

1- WHO WERE THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE BEATLES?
2- WHO WERE ALWAYS IN THE BAND?
3- WHERE WERE THEY FROM?
4- WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DID THEY PLAY?
5- WHEN DID THEY START?
6- WHICH WAS THEIR FIRST SONG?
7- WHICH WAS THEIR LAST SONG?
8- WHICH IS THEIR OTHER NAME?
9- WHICH WAS THEIR FIRST ALBUM?
(YAGO & NICO (1ºD) answered this quiz with 6 correct).

ISABEL & LUCIA's (1ºD) quiz:
1- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE IN THE GROUP ONE DIRECTION?
2- WHICH TV SERIES DID MILEY CYRUS STAR IN?
3- WHEN DID MICHAEL JACKSON DIE?
4- WHICH MOVIE WAS THE SONG "HAPPY" IN?
5- WHAT YEAR DID QUEEN START?
6- WHAT YEAR DID AURYN START?
7- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE IN THE GROUP LITTLE MIX?
8- WHICH WAS RIHANNA & SHAKIRA'S LATEST SONG?
9- WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DOES RIHANNA PERFORM?
10 WHO SINGS THE SONG "HEY, BROTHER"?
(ARIANA & CATHERINE (1ºD)  answered this quiz with 10 correct)

YAGO & NICO's (1ºD) quiz:
1- WHEN DID THE BEATLES START?
2- WHERE WAS MADONNA BORN?
3- WHICH SONG DID THE ROLLING STONES PUBLISH IN 1986?
4- WHAT INSTRUMENT DID LOUIS ARMSTRONG PLAY?
5- HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE IN THE BEATLES?
6- WHERE IS THE GROUP QUEEN FROM?
7- WHEN DID MICHAEL JACKSON DIE?
8- WHICH NICKNAME DID MICHAEL JACKSON HAVE?
9- WHICH GENRE DID THE ROLLING START PLAYING?
10- HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE IN THE ROLLING STONES?
(MIGUEL & ARÓN (1ºD) answered this quiz with 10 correct)

ARÓN & MIGUEL's (1ºD) quiz:
1- WHERE IS THE ROCK GROUP DIRE STRAITS FROM?
2- WHO'S THE SINGER IN THE SONG "YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME"?
3- WHICH BAND DID MARK KNOPFLER SING IN?
4- WHICH WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECADE IN MUSIC?
5- WHICH IS THE MOST FAMOUS SONG BY MICHAEL JACKSON?
6-  WHO SINGS THE PEACE HYMN?
7- WHICH BAND DID FREDDIE MERCURY SING IN?
8- WHICH GROUP PLAYS "THE FINAL COUNTDOWN"?
9- WHICH FILM DOES THE SONG "EYE OF THE TIGER APPEAR IN?
10- WHOSE IS THE SONG "YELLOW SUBMARINE"?
(? answered this quiz with 8 correct)

BRAIS & ALEJANDRO's (1ºC) quiz:
1- HOW MANY MEN WERE THERE IN THE GROUP U2?
2- HOW OLD IS PABLO ALBORÁN?
3- WHERE IS BOB MARLEY FROM?
4- HOW OLD WAS MICHAEL JACKSON WHEN HE DIED?
5- WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DID AC/DC PLAY?
6- HOW MANY ALBUMS HAVE THE ROLLING STONES SOLD?
7- WHICH IS THE MOST POPULAR SONG BY MICHAEL JACKSON?
8- WHAT ARE THE BEATLES' MEMBERS' NAMES?
(JOAQUÍN (1ºC) answered with 8 correct)

FANNY & TANIA's (1ºC) quiz:
1- HOW OLD WAS MICHAEL JACKSON WHEN HE STARTED SINGING?
2- HOW MANY MEMBERS DOES "THE POLICE" HAVE?
3- HOW MANY YEARS WERE THE BEATLES TOGETHER?
4- WHICH WERE BOB MARLEY'S FOUR HITS?
5- WHICH STYLE OF MUSIC IS PINK'S?
6- WHICH WAS MICHAEL JACKSON'S FIRST SONG?
7- WHEN DID THE BEATLES START SINGING?
8- WHEN DID QUEEN SING "WE WILL ROCK YOU" FOR THE FIRST TIME?
9- WHO PLAYS THE SONG "RADIOACTIVE"?
10- WHICH ABBA SONG HAS WORDS IN ITALIAN?
(? answered with 7 correct)

MAR & ANDREAS's (1ºC) quiz:
1- WHICH WAS BON JOVI'S MOST FAMOUS SONG?
2- WHICH ALBUM BY WHITNEY HOUSTON WAS RELEASED IN 1988?
3- WHERE WAS BOB MARLEY FROM?
4- WHO WROTE THE LYRICS OF ELVIS PRESTLEY'S SONG "SUSPICIOUS MINDS"?
5- WHICH BRITISH GROUP OF THE 70s RELEASED 28 ALBUMS?
6- WHAT YEAR DID FREDDIE MERCURY DIE?
7- WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DID JOHN LENNON PLAY?
8- WHERE WAS MICHAEL JACKSON FROM?
9- WHICH GROUP DID MICHAEL JACKSON SING IN?
10 WHERE WERE THE BEATLES FROM?
(SANTIAGO & ARLINN (1ºC) answered with 7 correct)

GUZMÁN & ADRIÁN's (1ºC) quiz:
1- WHERE WAS NEIL YOUNG BORN?
2- WHEN DID THE BEATLES WRITE "LOVE ME DO"?
3- WHO'S THE LEAD SINGER IN THE ROLLING STONES?
4- WHICH ABBA SONG IS ALSO AN ITALIAN EXPRESSION?
5- WHERE DES LED ZEPPELIN COME FROM?
6- WHEN AND WHERE WAS CHUCK BERRY BORN?
8- WHO MADE THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK IN HARRY POTTER FILMS?
9- WHICH MEMBER OF THE BEATLES SANG WITH MICHAEL JACKSON?
10- THE WHO MADE THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK OF A FAMOUS FILM. WHICH WAS ITS TITLE?
(MAR & ANDREA (1ºC) answered with 10 correct)

MARTA & CARMEN'S (1ºC) quiz:
1- WHERE IS AVICII FROM?
2- WHICH GROUP WAS MICHAEL JACKSON IN?
3- WHOSE IS THE SONG "WE WILL ROCK YOU"?
4- WHERE'S MARIAH CAREY FROM?
5- HOW MANY BOYS ARE THERE IN ONE DIRECTION?
6- WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE BEATLES?
7- WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DID ELVIS PRESTLEY PLAY?
8- WHICH GROUP WAS MICK JAAGGER IN; THE ROLLING STONES OR ABBA?
9- WHO SINGS "I LOVE IT"'?
10- WHAT INSTRUMENT DID JIMMY HENDRIX PLAY?
(LAURA (1ºC) answered with 9 correct)

LAURA's (1ºC) quiz:
1- WHICH IS THE MOST LISTENED SONG ON YOUTUBE?
2- WHAT'S ELTON JOHN'S NATIONALITY?
3- WHICH VIDEO IS MICHAEL JACKSON WITH A ZOMBIE?
4- IS THE SONG "HOT'N'COLD" BY KATE PERRY?
5- WHICH GROUP IS HARRY STYLES IN?
6- WHICH GROUP SINGS "BRING ME TO LIFE"?
7- WHO SINGS "HEY BROTHER"?
8- WHICH SONG BY QUEEN IS THE MOST FAMOUS SONG IN FOOTBALL?
9- WHO SINGS "AVE MARIA"'
10- WHICH COMPOSER WROTE THE SOUNDTRACK FOR MOVIES LIKE "HAPPY POTTER" OR "THE LION KING"?
(MARTA & CARMEN (1ºC) answered with 10 correct)

IVÁN & RODRIGO's (1ºC) quiz:
- WHEN DID MICHAEL JACKSON DIE?
2- WHO SINGS "CALIFORNIA KING BED"?
3- WHAT KIND OF MUSIC IS "SMOOTH CRIMINAL"?
4- wHICH COUNTRY IS ELTON JOHN FROM?
5- WHICH SPANISH SINGER PERFORMED AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL?
6- WHICH SPANISH GROUP HAS THE NAME OF A TOY?
7- WHO SINGS THE SONG "WAKA, WAKA"?
8- WHICH ALBUM HAS THE SONG "BLANCO Y NEGRO"?
9- WHICH SPANISH GROUP WAS CREATED BY FITO IN 1998?
10- WHICH YEAR WAS MICHAEL JACKSON BRON?
(NURIA & OLIVER (1ºC) answered with 8 correct)

JOAQUIN's (1ºC) quiz:
1- WHEN IS BOB DYLAN'S BIRTHDAY?
2- WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO THE ROLLING STONES SING?
3- WHICH WAS ROBBIE WILLIAM'S OLD GROUP'
4- HOW OLD IS SHAKIRA?
5- WHERE'S BEYONCE FROM?
6- HOW OLD IS JENNIFER LOPEZ?
7- WHO SINGS "ROYALS"?
8- WHERE WAS PITTBULL BORN & WHERE IS HE FROM?
9- HOW OLD IS KESHA?
10- WHAT IS AVICII'S REAL NAME?
(BRAIS & ALEX (1ºC) answered 6 correct)

THE POP MUSIC QUIZ

This is a questionnaire to see how much you know about the history of pop music. 10 questions. How many do you know?
TASKS:
1) Search for the information to answer the quiz correctly. Leave your answers as a comment to this post below. Write your name and answers in English ordered by numbers 1 to 10.
2) In pairs make your own POP QUIZ for the next class: ten questions about artists, songs... (You MUST know the real answers).

THE CORRECT ANSWERS ARE:
- ABBA came from SWEDEN.
- Bob Marley made famous REGGAE MUSIC.
- Michael Jackson's album THRILLER sold 38m copies.
- The Irish group is U2.
- The Gallagher brothers belonged to the group OASIS.
- The 1960s group is the ROLLING STONES.
- Spice Girls' 1997 hit was "WANNABE".
- The Californian group was the BEACH BOYS.
- Los Del Rio's song was "MACARENA".
- Most of the lyrics of the Beatles' songs were written by
JOHN LENNON & PAUL McCARTNEY.

ANSWERS UPDATE (25th March):

- Guzmán Fernández  (10 correct)
- Miguel & Arón  (10 correct)
- Adrián Teijeiro (10 correct)
- Santiago Nogueira (10 correct)
- Andrea Froján (10 correct)
- Carlos Fernández  (9 correct)
- Sandra & Iria (9 correct)
- Iván Bermúdez (9 correct)
- Isabel (9 correct)
- Laura Fernández (9 correct)
- Carmen Cadahía (9 correct)
- Nuria Rodríguez (8 correct)
- Mar Chantre (8 correct)
- Antón Martínez  (7 correct)
- Yago Botella (7 correct)
- Fanny Gómez (5 correct)
- Tania Pena (5 correct)
- Jordan Rosales (4 correct)

[13tH cw] WHAT'S THE CAPITAL CITY OF...?

Here's a map of Europe with all the capital cities marked on it. But, do you know the name of them all? Here's a link to a quiz to revise all the capital cities in our continent:

- EUROPE'S CAPITAL TO COUNTRY QUIZ

WEATHER VOCABULARY

Now play spelling the weather vocabulary with this game: HERE