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I am a secondary teacher of English in Southern Spain. I studied MFL in Jaén and I got a DPSI certificate in Law in England. I started my teaching career in Newcastle back in 2000, where I lived for 3 years. Once I returned home, I taught in a public school and got ready to sit the "oposiciones" exam, which I passed!!! Currently, I am teaching in Spain, which has become my definite residence in since 2004.

viernes, 6 de febrero de 2009

Visit to Dreieich (Germany) due to our Comenius Project

Last 28th January three students from school: Isabel Salazar, Isabel María Herrera and Mª Paz Siles participated in the second mobility of our Comenius Project "Identity" (You can see pics on your left menu). This trip was to show the materials we have been working on along the first term to our European colleagues and we can be very happy of our results. They all show our dedication and interest in the subject. Thank you all for your work. Very soon, you will be able to see those results in the project's web, which has recently been launched. It is OUR web and we will fill it with those projects and much more very soon. We also had time to have some fun and we visited Heidelberg and Frankfurt. For those who are thinking in working for the project, don't think twice and get fun out of work!!!

My students from ESO2A presented a Fashion Calendar.


Calendar
Year 11 Students made a wonderful work on urban tribes regarding fashion:

Year Eleven Identity Collage Presentation

martes, 6 de enero de 2009

HAPPY 2009!

HELLO EVERYONE! A NEW YEAR STARTS AND WE COME BACK WITH
RENOVATED ENERGY!!! The Comenius trip to Frankfurt is round the corner! and we can't wait to visit Germany and share our work with our European colleagues!


Today is a special day for you! The Three Wise Men visited your house and you are lucky to have what you asked for! Hope you enjoy your presents.

Finally, I wanted to look back to 2008, which said goodbye not that long ago. A student made a poster about what 2008 meant for him in different aspects.

miércoles, 10 de diciembre de 2008

Xmas BITS

First of all, I am pleased to post the winners from the 2008 Xmas Card Competition. You can click on the following link to see them.

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/centros-tic/23002413/helvia/sitio/index.cgi?wid_seccion=16&wid_item=76

Finally!!! Here you are some funny Xmas ads that may be familiar to you as they inspired some that appeared in Andres' documentary! Have a laugh!

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=uOsOvnsg3-0

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=D-l6-hBKyBQ

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=bmB0sB2VwnA

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=wGBGsJOt6QM

jueves, 17 de julio de 2008

The Sir John Colfox- Santa Catalina Exchange

Hello Everyone and my apologies for posting soooo late about the exchange. It has been a great 10 days experience and all the students and the teachers have fully enjoyed the activity.
There is a specific entry int he top left corner related to the exchange activities. I started with simple pictures, but I plan to include videos and other relevant issues. I hope you can have a taste of what those days have meant for all of us.
The following link is for the Spanish kids involved in the exchange. I am certain they will love the following video links because they will be able to see people they know and the school presented by students from Colfox.

http://www.colfox.org/content/view/247/

( I recommend videos 1 (Jesus' and Angela's partners speaking!!!!) and 2 to have a general picture of the School - nice music by the way!)

miércoles, 21 de mayo de 2008

End-of-year projects

Now that our textbook is coming to an end, we will work in three different projects to raise marks while having fun:
i. WebQuest Going to London
You will get instructions for this and work on it during teaching periods.
ii.Music project
Choose a song and translate its lyrics to understand the message.
Create a cue card including the following aspects: 1)why you chose it among the options, 2)explain the message to your classmates and 3) give your personal opinion on the subject.
Here are the singers/band links available:
  • To Zion (Lauryn Hill)
  • Crazy (Simple Plan)
  • One (U2)
  • Last Kiss (Pearl Jam)
  • My Sacrifice (Creed)
  • Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
  • Frozen (Madonna)
  • Stole (Kelly Rowland)
  • They dance alone "Cueca solo" (Sting)
  • Where is the love? (The Black Eyed Peas)
  • On the Edge (Tokio Hotel)
  • Shame on you (Andrea Corr)
  • Innocence maintained (Jewel)
  • Spineless (Alanis Morisette)

The best way to work on the music project is that you use Google search engine to find the lyrics and listen to the songs, for this last option youtube.com is a perfect choice!.

iii. My holiday photo album
Check instructions at page 101 on the textbook.

sábado, 29 de marzo de 2008

Exchange information

Hello Students!!!
This is a message for those participating in the school exchange next June. We have super-duper news!!! We are in the provisional list to get funding for the trip and activities. That will make you and your family happy and even more ready for this thriving experience! CONGRATULATIONS.

Check Dorset County wiki entry for further information about the area we will be visiting.
My next post will be about the Sir John, including pics.

domingo, 17 de febrero de 2008

Listening Activity ESO4. Topic 6: Teen Consumers

Watch the advert and answer the following questions:


1.What is the advert about?
2.To whom is it addressed?
3.Do you like it? Why? 4.What did you value most in it?
5.Would you be interested in the product? Why?