The Gingerbread man for 1st Batxillerat.

A long, long exercise to practise mixed tenses and know a little about a famous British tale; The gingerbread man.
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/mix/gingerbread
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/mix/gingerbread?02
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/mix/gingerbread?03
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/mix/gingerbread?04

CREATING A SHORT ANIMATION MOVIE (again) AND NOW A CARTOON

Are you into films ??, do you know what different types of movies there are??? Try this link for a start:
http://www.english-in-chester.co.uk/stayintouch/types-of-films-english-language-practice_44.html

Now that you 've  already got an idea ,would you like to "direct " a short movie???


First of all, better have a look at this tutorial to see how you could become a short animation "director" while answering the questions on the whiteboard
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/volver/index.html


It sounds easy, doesn't it. If you think you won't be able to do it, click on this link below to see what your English teacher , who is illiterate as to computers, created www.dvolver.com/live/movies-251779
or even what some of your classmates did last course.

http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-338785
http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-338783


Are you ready to have a try??



Load this site  http://www.dvolver.com/ and get started. Follow the instructions to create your own short movie ( Remember the tutorial you have just watched)

Once you finish , send it to jmartin@badalones.com  . Don't forget to sign your creation.




To be done at home and sent off before  February 1st  to jmartin@badalones.com ( it's not compulsory, do it if you fancy the idea)
Task 1 Have a look at this tutorial about zimmer twins http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/zimmer/index.html

Task 2 Now it's your turn to create a cartoon with
http://www.zimmertwins.com/

PRACTISING FOR THE EXAM 4TH B

TASK O :

TASK 1: In pairs, play these games:

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past1-mw.html

TASK 2: Now, try this quiz on your own:

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past2-sw.html

TASK 3 : A listening about what you did last weekend, to practice the Simple Past:

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/listening/last_weekend/last_weekend.html

TASK 4 : A quick revision of Simple Present Present continuous
DO TEST 1 EX 1 AND TEST 2 EX 2

http://www.e-grammar.org/present-simple-continuous/

TASK 5: Now a little bit of Past Continuous:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?03

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises?ex03

EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIME

TASK 1
I may be wrong, but I think some of you still have problems with the combinations some,any,no,every+body, thing...... To try to solve these problems,have a look at the grammar point first and then do the exercises.Tell me the score once you finish. Always remember  that these combinations ARE  SINGULAR .

How to use these compounds:
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Determiners7d.cfm
Common Mistakes
http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/sometmts.htm

Exercises

1. http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.anythin.i.htm
2. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-2591.php
3. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/something_anything.htm 
4. http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/70.html

Now, see if you understand the story below. If you don't, better extra practice at home.

That’s Not My Job!

This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job.
Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

TO BE DONE AT HOME ( VOLUNTEER)

1. http://www.english-4u.de/some_any_ex6.htm
2. http://www.english-4u.de/some_any_ex5.htm
3. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-21125.php
4. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-1/exercise-english-152.php

TASK 2

Click on OXFORD BATXILLERAT from the Useful Links section. Once you are in, click on the student section and then log in ,Username: oupeltbachs369. Password: singed .

Now, select Practice Activities and then Level 2. You will be practising a reading and a listening.

1. From the reading section, do The Cool Pillow text.
2. From the listening section, listen to the Don't just sit there one

PRESENT SIMPLE FOR 4TH B

TASK 1 : What about practising the Simple Present while learning about some of the most famous sportmen in Spain. Click on the link below and do the exercise. Remember to show me your score before changing activity.

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2451#a



TASK 2 : Now, let's do some more exercises based on daily routines ( Simple Present)
http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/habits.htm
http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Simple_Present_Tense.htm

TASK 3 : Listening part. As always, tell me your score.





It's time to have some fun, now:

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/vocabulary/snakes/snakes%20and%20ladder%20book%202.html

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/present%20tenses/daily%20routines%20memory%20text.html

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/present%20tenses/susans%20day%20reading%20present.html

A TRICKY ONE; MR PRESENT PERFECT

Difference between Since and for:



http://www.quia.com/cb/305638.html (before playing , listen to the podcast as you will find out some of the answers in it)

http://langues.u-bordeaux4.fr/ANGLAIS/EXOGRAM/forsinceago2.htm



http://langues.u-bordeaux4.fr/ANGLAIS/EXOGRAM/forsinceago1.htm



http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/intermediate/since%20for%20last%20ago.htm



Difference between Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
http://englischlehrer.de/tests/tenses4.php

http://www.home.hs-karlsruhe.de/~kech0001/ifs/ex-en/efs2_exercises/unit1_5_present_perfect_vs_present_perf_continuous.htm

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/presentperfect.htm


Difference between Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoEnglish/gr.perf.i.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blpastorperfect1.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blpastorperfect2.htm

http://www.home.hs-karlsruhe.de/~kech0001/ifs/ex-en/efs1_exercises/pastsimpleperfect.htm

http://langues.u-bordeaux4.fr/ANGLAIS/EXOGRAM/presperf2.htm

A RIGHT START

Grammar point 1 : Difference between the Simple Present and the Present Continuous:
Explanations in English,
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html ( For the Simple Present)

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentcontinuous.html ( For the Present Continuous)

Explanations in Spanish,

http://www.mansioningles.com/gram39.htm

Exercises to revise the grammar point:

1. 
   
   http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm ( very easy)
2. 
   
   http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.prescon.i.htm ( quite easy)
3. 
   
   http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon2.htm ( still easy)
4. 
   
   http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs2.htm ( not so easy)
5. 
   
   http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/present_6.htm ( a bit difficult)

Now practise your listening skills:

http://www.esl-lab.com/elem/elemrd1.htm#pre   A day at school ( easy. Sometimes you won't understand  Joshua, as he speaks in Japanese).

Important, once you have at least 5 exercises, send them to jmartin@badalones.com to get extra bonus.