IES "DIEGO TORRENTE PÉREZ". SECCIÓN BILINGÜE EN INGLÉS

 We cannot avoid to be a little shabby, but it is nice!

ACTIVITIES ABOUT THIS SONG Albert Hammond - Down by the river 1975 City life was getting us down So we spent a weekend out of town Pitched the tent on the patch of ground Down by the river Lit a fire and drank some wine You put your jeans on the top of mine Said, come in the water's fine Down by the river Down by the river Down by the river Said, come in the water's fine Down by the river Didn't feel too good all night So we took a walk in the morning light Came across the strangest sight Down by the river Silver fish lay on its side It was washed up by the early tide I wonder how it died Down by the river Down by the river Down by the river Silver fish lay on its side Down by the river The doctor put us both to bed He dosed us up and he shook his head Only foolish people go, he said Down by the river And why do willows weep, said he Because they're dying gradually From the waste, from the factories Down by the river Down by the river Down by the river...

Our notes can be downloaded from here The ppt presentation:  THE HYDROSPHERE  

Read these defitions about Geography:  DEFINITION 1 Read now the definition of Geography in the Oxford Dictionary:  And the definition of Geography in the Wikipedia:

In these videos our students introduce themselves:

This video offers you a part of an opera by Verdi. This opera has something to do with our following unit: a) Tell me about the plot of this opera. b) Why are the slaves singing? Who was the king who captured them? c) Why was important Mesopotamia? What was the meaning of Mesopotamia? d) See this video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJosSOnV2A 4 and answer these:     d.1. Definition of empire.     d.2. Tell me the name of the first Akkadian emperor. How many years did Sargon rule?     d.3. What did the Akkadians borrow from Sumer?     d.4. Who made the first code of laws? In which Mesopotamian empire?     d.5. Who created the first Postal service in the world?     d.6. The Mesopotamians known by their military achievements were the ...     d.7 Who created the first sun-dial (sun calendar)? e) Give me the name of a Persian emperor. Which country is nowadays Persia?

I will give you some clues about a quite important scientist. Try to guess about whom I am talking and why he is so important. You should also tell me about his most famous experiment and his most famous invention.  a) His surname is the same as this football player's surname.  b) His master was Galileo Galilei c) He said a very important sentence: " We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of the element air".  )

Watch this video and answer/complete these questions:  a) This is the weather forecast, for how many days? b) On Monday, we will see heavy ________________  in the North of the country, with possible _______________ and temperatures as low as ___________ or ___________ degrees Celsius. c) In the South, we are expecting dry spells with temperature for the highest ___________  degrees Celsius.  d) How will the weather be on Tuesday in the North: WORSE / BETTER e) Temperatures will be HIGHER / LOWER in the North. f) How many degrees will the temperature reach on Tuesday in the South? g) Which meteorological phenomena are likely to happen in Northern Island in the late hours of Tuesday? h) Wednesday will be ________________ once again, with clear skies across the country, with highest of ______________ degrees Celsius and lowest of ______________.  i) For the weekend, what is her recommendation?

As always, our presentation: THE ATMOSPHERE. WEATHER AND CLIMATE   And our notes And about the layers of the atmosphere:

Give the answers of this crossword publishing a comment.

1) What was Franco's complete name?  2) Who were these women? The woman on the right visited San Clemente, when? Could you find any anecdote about that visit?   3) Who were these men? 4) Who was  he? Which one was his position? When did he die? How? 5) A curious video about the importance of learning languages:  6) He announced Franco's death, who was he? Which sentences did he say? Which position did he have? 7) Who was he? Which link did he have with Franco? 8) Who was this woman? Who was her father and her brother? Why was she important during the dictatorship? 9) Explain what those images were and what had happened. 9) In less than 6 degrees of separation, link this woman with Franco and Suárez. 

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a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) m) n) ñ) o) p) q) r) s) t) u) Who were Marcos Galindo Tornero, Andrés Gómez Cabrera, Julián Redondo Muñoz and Francisco Segovia Toledo? When did they die? How? Where?

Here you can see some movie frames. Guess these movies' titles: a)   b) c) d)  e)  f) g) h) i)