SELF-ASSESMENT

Hi everyone!

We have finished the third term and I learned a lot of new vocabulary of transport like rush hour, double-decker, pedalling... Also I have finished my portfolio and I improve my skills about reading and listenning, I´m sure I will communicate better at a foreign country now because I have recovered my speaking and my intonation

UNIT 7

VOCABULARY
Pedestrian: one who travels on foot

Fare: the price of traveling in a bus, airplane, or other carrier

Double-decker: is a bus with two levels

Rush hour: a time of day in which large numbers of people are traveling to or from work 

Set off: Start travelling

Speed up: accelerate

Come Across: To find or encourage, by chance

TOMAS BRETON MEMORIES

My Project

VOCABULARY UNIT 5-6

Tradition: a way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time. For example in England is a tradition drink tea at 5 o'clock.

Etiquette: conventional requirements as to social behavior

Netiquette: the etiquette of computer networks, internet etc.

Rank: a social or official position or standing

Admit: to allow

State: the condition of a person or thing with respect to circumstances or experiences 

Diplomacy: skill in managing negotiations tact

Rude: impolite

Polite: showing good manners

Manners: a way of doing, being done, or happening

SELF-ASSESMENT

This term I have improved in speaking and now I can understand the Spanish Inquisition better. In grammar I have to improve because in this term I had bad marks, also I have improved in vocabulary and I have learned the benefits of a healthy diet.
I´ll improve in the third term.

ENGLISH PROJECT

TOLEDO AND THE INQUISITION

UNIT 4

VOCABULARY

Walnuts: An edible meaty nut with a hard, wrinkled shell.

Hitchhike: To travel by standing on the side of the road seeking free rides from passing vehicles.

Grumpy: bad-tempered.

Cheerful: happy and optimistic.

Dynamic: characterized by constant change, activity or progress.

Anxious: worried and tense.

Sleepy: needing or ready for sleep.

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

VOCABULARY
Courtroom: sala (de juzgado)
Tormentor: torturador
Faint: desmayarse
Heartbeat: latido del corazón
Damp: húmedo, mojado
Auto-da-fé: auto de fé
Trial: juicio
Tomb: tumba
Buried: enterrado
Mercy: misericordia
Outstretched: extendidos
Dungeon: calabozo
Tore off: quitar bruscamente
Slippery: resbaladizo
Fungus: hongo
Pit: pozo 
Breathe: respirar
Craved: ansiar
Glow: resplandor
Rub: frotar

THE MASK OF THE READ DEATH

VOCABULARY
Bizarre: extraño
Carefree: despreocupado
Chimes: sonar, campanada
Decay: putrefacción
Dizzines: mareo
Dripping: gotear
Pour: servir
Stained glass: vidriera
Swung: balancearse
Took hold of: tomar el poder
Turn: mover
Masked Ball: baile de máscaras

UNIT 3

VOCABULARY:
-Adaptable: able to adjust oneself readily to different conditions.
-Alternative: a choice limited to one option among two or more possibilities
-Chemical: a substance produced by or used in chemistry
-Innovative: tending to innovate or characterized by innovation
-Mechanical: operated or produced by machinery
-Wireless: having no cable
-Absorb: to suck up or drink in a liquid
-Boost: to lift by pushing from below
-Perform: to carry out
-Release: to escape
-Rest: to relax
-Floor Tiles: baldosas

MY GIF

MLS ALL STARS

It´s about the MLS ALL STARS, is the team with the best players in the United States Soccer League

SELF-ASSESMENT

In this term I have learned a lot of new expressions like get involved, get used to, make a difference... One of my favorite lessons was Idioms, I didn´t like a lot Michael´s lessons because sometimes were boring, but I now how to pronounce the letter P good :),  I love also the lesson of logos. In P.E I love the handball classes and in TICS I have learned all about Gimp and Sway.

PROJECT OF SWAY

https://sway.com/LQdc0W6G3p4caZAN?ref=Link&loc=mysways

FUNDRAISING AUCTION

SOCIALBID

Its objective is to create a large solidary market of donations in kind, so that products with 'little use' for the donor - such as a used computer or golf clubs - can be put back on the market and converted into food, medicine or basic infrastructures for the most disadvantaged.

CATCHY PHRASES

-Think different (Apple)
-Impossible is nothing (Adidas)
-Connecting people (Nokia)
-So good (KFC)
-Power to you (Vodafone)

UNIT 2 (Part1)

VOCABULARY:
Highest bidder: the best price that a person offers for an object
Advertise: say that you are good at something (ability)
Appeal: attractive
Convince: succeed in making somebody believe something
Recommend: Say something is good or useful
Exaggerate: Say something is much bigger or better than it is
Check up: Revision
Idioms: languages

EXPRESSIONS:
It's a no-brainer: it's an easy decision
When pigs fly: nver
Hit the books: study very hard
Once in a blue moon: very rarely
Dropped out of school: left school without graduated
Freak out: became very angry, scared or excited
Out of the blue: suddenly
Black and blue: badly bruises
Bookworm: someone who reads a lot
Behind the time: old-fashioned
Call it a day: quit work and go home
Chasing rainbows: waste your time trying to get or achieve something impossible 

UNIT 1 AND 0

VOCABULARY
Supportive: providing sympathy or encouragement
Outgoing: friendly, sociable
Dependable: is a person that is always there to helps you
Bitter: characterized by hostility
Relative: Inmature
Doubt: To be uncertain about something
Peek: To glance quickly or secretly
Truthful: The always say the truth

NEXT STEP

Hi everyone!

I hope this year is going to the best.

I am so excited to start now!!

SELF-ASSESTMENT

I think this Term I did better than the second because I have worked-hard and I learned a lot of new expressions, grammar, vocabulary and now I participate more in class.

UNIT 6

VOCABULARY

Efficent-It works well without wasting energy
Convenient- it is useful, easy or quick
Low-quality- it is made baadly
Portable- you can carry it easy
Commuters- people who travels to work everyday
I can´t stand- no lo soporto
Marbles- canicas
Bury- to put in the ground and cover with earth
Destroy- to ruin

Poison - a substance that taken into the body can destroy life or cause illness

Pollute - o make foul or unclean

Preserve - o keep (something) alive or in existence

Recycle - to use again in the original form or with very little change

Reduce - to bring down to a smaller size

Reuse - to use again

Save - ahorrar 

Throw away - Tirar