Go to the NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION website and answer these questions:

1. If you want to be a member of the NRA for the rest of your life, how much is it?
2. There are plenty of NRA t-shirts with a message. Quote an example.
3. What hotels can you visit with special prices?
4. What is ILA, and what does it do?
5. What does NRA-ILA say about Obama’s policy on weapons?
6. Go to the History section and watch the video of the Colt revolver.

Answer this: what is special about the revolver the man in the video is holding ?

7. Talk about one of the next important  events organized by the NRA?
8. Until what year was Charlton Heston president of the NRA? Who is the president today?
9. The Memorial Day , what is it for?
10. Is there ant special organization for women?  Take a look in the video section and say something about it?
11. If you want to buy a  long-sleeved collared shirt, how much is?
12. If you live in Chicago, what is the next event near this city, or at least in its state?

Video with Steve Jobs:

see the differences between these two computers:

1st iMac 1988 

MacBook Air ultra-portable laptop 2008

AMPLIACIÓN 1 · VIDEO COMPREHENSION : HOW TO BE A GOOD STUDENT

Watch and listen to the video, and answer these questions:

1.       Name two reasons why you should take notes. (2 points)

2.       Name two reasons why it is good to participate in class. (2 points)

3.       Name two reasons why you should do the homework. (2 points)

4.       What should you do  if you found it difficult to concentrate when studying? (1 point)

5.       What do you show the teacher when you ask for help? (1 point)

6.       When you ask the teachers for help don’t see everything they say just as _________________. (1 point)

Vocabulary: brownosing= lick asses*** :     quit ;     grading policy

CAR VOCABULARY

In this video you can learn some car vocabulary

Download list of car vocabulary

AMPLIACIÓN 1 · VIDEO COMPREHENSION · AMAZON KINDLE 4 UNBOXING AND REVIEW

Watch the video and answer the questions. You don't need to watch it fully: when you reach minute 5, go to minute 11.

Vocabulary:

Glare: shine

Purchases: things you buy (to purchase: to buy)

Questions:

1-      What is the difference between the Kindle Ebook Reader that costs $79 and $109?

2-      Name any differences that you can see between Kindle 4 and Kindle 3 (shown at the beginning and the end of the video).

Kindle 4	Kindle 3

3-      What is the package made of? 
4-      What kind of USB cable has it got?

5-      Has it got a wall-adaptor? What do you have to do to charge the ebook reader?

6-      Name the 5 buttons at the front: from left to right:

1-

2-

3- D-Pad

4-

5-

7- Name the two side buttons (they are duplicated left and right):

8- Is the battery removable?

9- Name the three buttons at the bottom:

            1-

            2-

            3-

AMPLIACIÓN 1 · EXAM PREPARATION · 2nd TERM : ORAL EXAM (LISTENING + SPEAKING)

 

LISTENING:  Audio text similar to:

-          Video Anglosaxons:  You can watch the video with the questions in this blog. Loook in Labels: Video or Anglosaxons.

-          Leisure activities: page 34,35

-          Invitations: pg 36

-          Electronic device: Video similar to ‘Amazon Kindle 4: Unboxing and review’ (in this blog), or the videos with Steve Jobs (in this blog).

-          Adverts, (TV commercials):  pg 41, 42

-          Tips to be a good student (Phrase bank unit 8)

-          Interview with music artists (Look at video Lady Gaga in this blog)

SPEAKING: Talk about:

-          Leisure activities. Look at phrase bank page 39

-          An electronic device, similar to Kindle…(Have a look at any video with Steve Jobs in Youtube).

-          Talk about a university in an English-speaking country (Remember the presentation you did)

-          A person who is an icon for you (Speech made by Helena)

-          Talk about adds (TV commercials), one that you like, etc.

-          Debate: pairwork: Is advertising in schools a good idea? Pg 42 (Phrase bank, pg 45)

-          Studying: pg 46, 47. Video: How to be a good student (in this blog).

-          Scotland (Helena’s speech)

-          Interview with a music artist (Roleplay in pairwork: Journalist-Artist).

PHONETICS: SHORT & LONG VOWELS

Circle the words you hear in each group

Audio

AMPLIACIÓN 1 · EXAM PREPARATION · 1st TERM: ORAL EXAM (LISTENING + SPEAKING)

LISTENING: Audio text similar to:

-         - “Differences between the UK, Britain and England explained”: See in this blog, in Videos

-          - Relationships: Videos: How to get a boy-/friend; Get any guy you want.

-          - Social networks (Unit 1)

-         - Leaving school. Deciding about your future. (Unit 2).

-          - Phonetics: See vowels in this blog

-          - Job interview.

-          - Study abroad (Unit 3)

-         - Phone calls (pg 18)

-          - Customer rights & Shopping

SPEAKING:

1. Musical reactions: You will hear some kind of music and you will have to talk about the following things:

• would you…a)Turn it off immedaitely? b)Listen carefully? c)Leave it in the background?d)?
• Imagine somebody who loves/hates this music. Describe the person.
• What emotions does it evoke to you?
• What do you see if you close your eyes and listen?
• If this were the background to an advertisement, what sort of product would it be?

2. Talk about somebody special you met. Make a description (both psychological and physical). Talk about when and where you met this person, what were you doing, what was he/she doing, etc.
3. Dialogue between parent & teacher about student.

4.                             Job interview.

5.                             Dialogue customer-shop assistant about faulty product.

6.                             Helena’s Speeches:

a)  University protests in England (compare with situation in Spain).

b)  School system in England (Compare with Spain) (See vocabulary in Unit 2)

c) Halloween in the UK

d) USA Elections system (Compare with Spain)

e) History of pop & rock music in the UK (and how it is related to yhe music you like)

f) Shopping in the UK

CRITERIA FOR SPEAKING EXAM CORRECTION:

Fluency - 25%

Accuracy - 25%

Structures- 25%

Vocabulary- 25%

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: THE ANGLOSAXONS

Link to the video


Old English was the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons. It is very diffrent to today´s English (Contemporanean English). If a Spanish person reads a text in Old Spanish, he or she could understand most of it, but if an English person reads a text in Old English, very little could be understood.

Why has English changed more than Spanish throughout the centuries? Because of the many invasions England had: Vikings, Danish, Normans...

Barbarians The Saxons Video

Watch the video "BARBARIANS: SAXONS. PART 1 OF 5" and answer these

Questions:

1. Why were the Saxons recruited for the Roman army?
2. What Gods did the Saxons/Germans have?
3. Why were the Saxons forced to emigrate?
4. Why did the Romans abbandon Britain?
5. Why did the Britons call the Saxons to come to Britain?
6. What was the difference between the first and the second Saxon migrations to Britain?

Check this vocabulary before watching the video:

Raid, Raiders

mighty warriors

Merciless brutality,  (mercy)

Treachery (traitor) = betrayal (betrayer)

Conquest, conqueror

380 AD ( Anno Domini)  ; BC: Before Christ

Norse: Nordic, Scandinavian

Wotan= Odin; Thor

Villages were washed away= flooded, flood

The Romans ruled Britain with an iron fist

Ravage

Slaughtered

Famine, to starve

Tyrant= dictator, dictatorship

Lavish feast

He squealed when I sliced him open

Rewards: prize

For good

supplies    

to settle, settler, settlement