Saturday, January 29, 2011

FIRST PRIZE FOR PEER MEDIATION AND PROMOTION OF THE CULTURE OF PEACE


Congratulations to all the members of I.E.S. Portada Alta for being awarded a first prize in Andalucia for their participation in the promotion of the CULTURE OF PEACE . Above all  we must thank this recognition to   the psycological counselling given by some teachers in the reflection room and of course peer mediation.
 At this moment we have more than one hundred mediators at our disposal which means a 20 per cent of total pupils divided in four stages:
Level 0. Class Mediation : First year students
Level I. Peer Mediation: Second ,third and fourth year students
Level II. Peer Mediation: Second ,third and fourth year students and 1º Bachillerato
Level III. Personal Support: 4º ESO y Bachillerato

Sunday, January 23, 2011

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES




 COMPARATIVES:
short adjectives: +er than...
-The Ferrari is longer than the seiscientos
long adjectives: more .....than
-The Ferrari is more beautiful than the seiscientos
SUPERLATIVES:
short adjectives: +est in/of
-The seiscientos is one of the oldest cars in Spain
long adjectives : the most.... in/ of
-The Ferrari is the most beautiful car in the world
SPECIAL CASES:
good-better-the best
bad -worse-the worst
far-further-the furthest
EQUALITY (the "sandwich"!!!:)),
as........as
INFERIORITY
less ........than
.......................................................
TASKS:
  1. Write in your notebooks the comparison between subjects, singers, sports, films, books,countries, actor/actress, football teams,tv programs  etc
  2.  Complete these exercises:     1,   2   , 3 
  3. Enjoy visiting the Guinnes world records, then find ten records and explain them to your classmates:

LONDON ATTRACTIONS

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

TREASURE ISLAND BY ROBERT LUIS STEVENSON

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson    ( 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894 ) wrote Treasure Island  , a tale of pirates, a treasure map, a mutiny and a one-legged sea cook which remains as one of literature's best loved adventure stories.

While we are reading the  book this term  you must complete some of the following activitities:


1. Draw  the characters  and the ships:
2.-Read about some students´ book review and write your own one.
3.Answer this quizz and see if you could be a good pirate.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

OUR DAY TRIP TO GIBRALTAR

  • As you can see by our lovely smiles, last Friday we had a very nice day out in Gibraltar  , except for the poor ones who took the second coach   to the  Upper Galleries   and, what was even worse, listened to the driver´s bad jokes!!! :-) or those who were disturbed when the  apes jumped on them after  hearing the loud screams and laughters  !!! :-) 
  • But yes , now ít´s real time we work hard, so this week you must start preparing your own Pps presentations and the anwers to the questionnaires given by your teachers.


Meanwhile you can add your comments below.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

TONGUE TWISTERS

Click  and practise some tongue twisters. Have fun!