TOP TEN ATTRACTIONS: CAMPILLO and NOALEJO

The 60's Project (Remedial Lessons)

Fantastic, thrilling and fun-filled project about the decade of the 60's. Using this graded Info available here, students will have a wide range of choices to share with the school everything they have learnt about the fashion, music and history of this amazing decade. 

• “I LISTEN TO YOUR IDEA PROJECT": Tell me what you and your group want to work on. 

• "WALL WORK PROJECT": Display work with the content information you have read about (fashion, music and history). You can use drawings, pictures and captions of key ideas and moments of the decade.

• "MUSIC PROJECT":You are a band from the 60’s and have just launched a new album. Choose two activities from the list to promote your band. 

1. Make an album Cover and a photoshoot of the band.
2. Invent a magazine article presenting all the band members (names, biographies) 
3. Interview the band and record it (live).
4. Record a song in English. 
5. Design a poster advertising a gig and write fan’s reviews of the previous gig on "GigAdvisor". 
   

ESO4 Imaginary Land Project

After two weeks of work and fun combined, students came up with very creative and interesting new imaginary lands with their own flag, capital city, geographical aspects and peculiar laws. I made this video to show their group work and some of their creations. 

Imaginary Land IV Edition

It's been done before and WE LOVE IT. Using a collaborative and cooperative methodology, students will design their own country from scratch with the following info:

Passage Way to South Seas by

Zoltan Ducsai

1. Front Page: Name of the country and flag
2. Back page: Members of the Project
3. Index of contents:
3.1. Description of the country
3.2. Description of the capital city
3.3. Map including distinctive geographical aspects
 3.4. Flora and Fauna
 3.5. LAWS

This project is the perfect excuse to start a debate about the importance of a constitution, moving to ours in particular. Also, we will reflect not only on people's rights in general, but also on a personal level, including duties and responsibilities. Key aspects such as monarchy, presidency, religion and police forces will be questioned to be present or absent in each group's proposal.

Final Product Sample

This is Britain Project: Final Products.

"This is Britain" is a creative, fun-filled collaborative and cooperative project that includes research, reading, speaking and much more! I am pleased to present the final products here: leporellos about each contry. Students did a brief oral presentation and were tested with flashcards about the flags, symbols and main aspects of the countries. I would like to thank my workmate Rafa Vílchez and his PMAR students for joining us in this project :D

This is Britain Project (Refuerzo)

This project has been designed using some activities (texts, listenings and use of English practice) from the ESO 3 English World textbook by Burlington Books. 

By clicking on the link, you can download the Project's Worksheet .

Photo Credits

Imaginary Land Project III Edition

It's been done before and WE LOVE IT. Using a collaborative and cooperative methodology, students will design their own country from scratch with the following info:

Passage Way to South Seas by

Zoltan Ducsai

1. Front Page: Name of the country and flag
2. Back page: Members of the Project
3. Index of contents:
3.1. Description of the country
3.2. Description of the capital city
3.3. Map including distinctive geographical aspects
 3.4. Flora and Fauna
 3.5. LAWS

This project is the perfect excuse to start a debate about the importance of a constitution, moving to ours in particular. Also, we will reflect not only on people's rights in general, but also on a personal level, including duties and responsibilities. Key aspects such as monarchy, presidency, religion and police forces will be questioned to be present or absent in each group's proposal.

IMAGINARY LAND PROJECT STUDENTS' HANDOUT (download it for free)

Final Product Sample

This years' final products are on their way! 

Beatrix Potter Project: Final Products!

After working on Beatrix Potter Project, we can proudly share today our final product. We spent two sessions watching the movie and three of them working on the Webtask. Eventually, we decided to put in a mind map some remarkable facts and data about this famous writer and illustrator.

Ready for the next challenge!!!

Some Final Products in pictures:

Ambassador School Programme: WE ARE IN!!!

We are very proud to inform that our school has been selected to participate in the Ambassador School Programme of the European Union. Both the Andrés, the History teacher, and myself, will become Senior Ambassadors of many Junior Ambassadors, students from both ESO (in Spanish) and Bachillerato level (in English). We will endeavor our efforts to do resarch and different activities related to the European Union in order to learn on the subject, spread the word and enjoy different and attractive prizes. You will hear from us all year long!!! 

Trip Around the World Project

ESO3B has been working on a cooperative and collaborative project related to travelling. They searched for information about a particular place and designed a poster including general facts, places to see, things to do and celebrities of the place. Finally, a cue card was written to carry out an oral presentation. Their contest-shaped oral test will take place in a week. Well done guys!

"This is Britain" Project

CLICK HERE TO BE REDIRECTED TO THE PROJECT'S WIZARD POSTER

TEST PREPARATION 

• WALES PRESENTATION

COOPERATIVE TEST

An Updated Guide to Recent Fashion (ESO3B Project)

ESO3B are about to start one more year the amazing Fashion Timeline Project! covering fashion trends from the 60's to 2010's. They will work cooperatively and collaboratively in a more than astounding way. After 5 sessions of intense reading and investigating via the Internet and a bookelt provided by the teacher, they will have to come up with a consensual display to illustrate each decade's key milestones putting a special focus on music and fahion!!!

Fashion Timeline Booklet  "A guide to Recent Fashion"
Fashion Timeline STUDENT Answer Sheet

Imaginary Land Project. II Edition.

As we are about to celebrate Constitution Day in Spain, what better project than designing your own country??? You can't get any cooler than that! In groups, we will design a brochure to present an Imaginary Land with the following info:

Page 1: Name of the country & Flag.

Passage Way to South Seas by 

Zoltan Ducsai

 

Page 2: Members of the project

Page 3: Index of Contents (as detailed next)

Page 4: Description of the country

Page 5: Description of the capital city.

Page 6: Map including distinctive geographical aspects.

Page 7: Inhabitants and Nationality.

Page 8: Flora and Fauna

Page 9: Language 

Page 10: LAWS. 

This last point will be the perfect excuse to start a debate about the importance of a constitution, moving to ours in particular. They must reflect not only on people's rights, but also on their duties and responsibilities. Also, key aspects such as monarchy, presidency, religion and police forces will be questioned to be present or absent in each group's proposal.

This is Britain!!!

A new Cooperative and Collaborative unit has just been started by ESO3A: THIS IS BRITAIN
We are very excited about the interesting content of this unit. We will focus on all aspects of British culture: geography, politics, monuments, food and traditions. So much more fun than grammar!!! 

On our first session blurred concepts such as Great Britain, The British Isles, The UK and England were eventually defined and learnt thanks to the first 2 minutes of this video :)

For the final project, you will use the following links to do research about your country and the final test for the other groups!!! Read carefully and design the perfect questionnaire :)))

British Life and Culture

England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.

British Culture links & videos

Imaginary Land Project. Constitution Day.

As we are about to celebrate Constitution Day in Spain, what better project than designing your own country??? You can't get any cooler than that! In groups, we will design a brochure to present an Imaginary Land with the following info:

Page 1: Name of the country & Flag.

Page 2: Members of the project

Page 3: Index of Contents (as detailed next)

Page 4: Description of the country

Page 5: Description of the capital city.

Page 6: Map including distinctive geographical aspects.

Page 7: Inhabitants and Nationality.

Page 8: Flora and Fauna

Page 9: Language 

Page 10: LAWS. 

This last point will be the perfect excuse to start a debate about the importance of a constitution, moving to ours in particular. They must reflect not only on people's rights, but also on their duties and responsibilities. Also, key aspects such as monarchy, presidency, religion and police forces will be questioned to be present or absent in each group's proposal.

FINAL PRODUCT (most voted group)

The Irregular Verbs PROJECT

My students are currently facing one of the most feared grammar aspects: Irregular verbs!

we decided to stand up for a meaningful learning of these troublesome friends. We will analyse them, classify them depending on their form and group them in colours for a better memorization.

SESSION ONE

a) Pair work: write down the different groups we are able to spot.

b) Group work: discussion to reach a consensus and stablish a given number of groups.

Our proposals were:

Vowel Change

Same form for the three verbs

Same base but different past and past participle

Different base but same past and past participle

All three forms are different.

Students try to classify all the verbs in their workbook list using the grouping suggested. We will see how effective or defective our proposals were.

SESSION TWO

a) Group work: After adjusting any deficiencies, the class will list irregular verbs into separate pieces of paper according to verb behaviour and will assign one given colour to each group.

b) Individual work: Students will highlight each verb on workbook list using the chosen colour.

EXTRA WORK

a) Each group will design a 3-dimensional flashcard to revise irregular verbs in the future.

For quicker lesson plannings, you can present this lesson by espressoenglish ;)

Upon specific request, let me introduce you to my ESO3B students.

ESO3B Students want to be introduced to the world. Upon specific request, here you are a group picture to greet you all. I must say this group is special as I have put into practice with them, for the first time in my teaching carreer, cooperative and collaborative activities. Together, we have experienced a new methodology and together, we have learnt to work in a new and very interesting way.

Group Video

Easter Around the World

Easter-based cooperative and collaborative task for second cycle of ESO. 
Read the information provided, complete the aswer sheet handed out in class and above all, have fun while learning!!! 
Easter Around the World article.

Romantic Women Writers

  Women Writers in the Romantic Period by missisabelonline

Bronte Sisters Haworth
Jane Austin's Biography
Romaticism info

"What to see and do in my village" project (ESO3C)

Dear ESO3C students,
to conclude Unit 5, you are required to do a project about the main attactions in your village.
High achievers: Use Glogster to produce an interactive poster.
Medium difficulty: Use padlet to present your village:
Campillo, Noalejo, Cárchel and Carchelejo.
Low difficulty: Follow the students' book instructions.
FINAL GLOGS ABOUT CARCHELEJO:
Juani Amaro's 
Jesus', Bea's, Rocio's and Fran's 
Thank you for  your hard work :)