SPEAKING ROMEO AND JULIET

                          ROMEO AND JULIET,SCENE I ACT II

By:Laura Sánchez Cames,Manu Martín and Andrea Almaraz

SELF ASSESSMENT

• I think in this course ,sincerely,I have learned more things than in the previous curse.I´ve learned a lot of new vocabulary that I didn´t know before,and some new grammatical forms like be allowed to/allow somebody to,use correctly the present perfect...I´ve learned some things about culture with the speakings about Dickens,for example.

ENGLISH PROYECTS

FIRST TERM

• Power Point: This is USA/UK
• Blog.
• Music:Stanzas of Scarborough Fair

SECOND TERM

• Project Dickens (and his time):

1. Speaking
2. Reading:Christmas Carol and talk and describe the photos of the book with Michael´s help.

THIRD TERM

• Project Shakespeare is coming

1. Film:´Shakespeare in love´.
2. Music:Pavanas
3. P.E.:Dance
4. English class:Speaking (a little theatre)-Scene I Act II

UNIT 7

               THE GREAT OUTDOORS

GLOSSARY
sting:picar
embarrassed:avergonzado
rude:maleducado
shy:tímido
mainland:continente
tide:marea

EXTRA VOCABULARY
habitat:the natural environment of a living thing.
pain:physical suffering; great discomfort.
predator:one who acts like such an organism, as by robbing or killing other people for gain.
prey:an animal hunted for food, esp. by a meat-eating animal.
wildlife:animals living in the wild.
flood:a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usually submerged.
footpath:a path for people going on foot.
mainland:the principal land of a region, etc., as distinguished from nearby islands.
route:a course, way, or road for travel.
tide:the regularly occurring rise and fall of the waters of the ocean.
branches:an armlike division of the stem of a tree or shrub:
earth:the planet on which human beings live, third in order from the sun.
leaves:one of the usually green, flat parts at the end of a stem on a plant.
native:being the place or environment in which a person was born, or the place or environment in which a thing came into being.
roots:a part of the body of a plant that develops downward into the soil.
argue:to present or state reasons for or against a thing.
argument:a disagreement or quarrel in words.
discuss:to consider or examine by argument;
debate.

GRAMMAR

Modals-should and must:👍👍👍Modals-have(got)to + infinitive:👍👍

LISTENING
Extreme journeys:👍👍👍
A national symbol:👍👍

READING
Keep safe in the wild:👍👍👍
Extreme journeys:👍👍👍
A national symbol:👍👍
Writing advice on a forum:👍👍👍

SPEAKING
Describe the island of the page 85 SB(with Michael):👍👍👍
Romeo and Juliet:

WRITING
Advices for our school(small one):👍👍👍
Writing advice on a forum(exam):

MY DIARY OF ARCHIEVEMENTS

• I have learned some new vocabulary and the form of have(got)to + infinitive. 

AREAS I NEED TO WORK

• I have to work in the form of have(got)to + infinitive.

WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT THE CULTURE

• I have learned a legend about why the kiwi can´t fly and that there are people that have to go to school by roads very dangerous.

MY OPINION

• I think the tips of keep safe of wild animals is very useful and the vocabulary of this unit is very "basic"in this lenguage.

TWEET- SQUATS

In strength training and fitness, the squat is a compound, full body exercise that trains: primarily the muscles of the thighs, hips and buttocks, quadriceps femoris muscle, hamstrings, as well as strengthening the bones, ligaments and insertion of the tendons throughout the lower body. 

PROCESS:

1. I put my arms straight out in front of me, parallel to the ground. Keep your spine in a neutral position. This means don’t round your back.

2.Your weight  should be on the heels and the balls of your feet, as if you were pasted to the ground.  You should be able to wiggle your toes the entire movement.

3.Keep your entire body tight the entire time.

4.Now, breathe in, break at your hip and push your butt back.  Keep sending your hips backwards as your knees begin to bend.  It’s important that you start with your hips back, and not by bending your knees.

5.Keep your back straight, with your neutral spine, and your chest and shoulders up.Lookstraight ahead.

6.As you squat down, focus on keeping your knees in line with your feet. Many new lifters need to focus on pushing their knees out so they track with their feet. So, watch you knees! When they start to come inside the toes, push them out (but not wider than your feet). Make sure your knees are out!

7.Squat down until your hip joint is lower than your knees. We are looking at your hip joint here, not your thighs. Depending on the size of your thighs, your squat may appear to be less deep than it truly is.  You can go deeper than this, however, anything less than parallel is a partial squat.

                                                        

"CELTIC MUSIC" PROJECT

Project Guidelines

1) The teacher will upload some videos of this kind of music to the blog, in order to ask a series of questions about it. The artists are Loreena McKennitt, Gwendal and Pamela Wyn Shannon. 2) The lyrics of the song All Souls Night by Loreena McKennitt will be uploaded, and the students will translate it (after working on it with the teacher in Music classes).
3) Together, we will play the song O Son do Ar by Luar na Lubre. Instruments: recorder and acoustic guitar. Issues related to digitations, rhythm, tempo, expression, and so on will be under evaluation. 
Deadline: around 10th June.


A- Listen to this video and translate the lyrics.

Hogueras salpican las colinas hirvientes

figuras danzan alrededor y alrededor

A los tambores que emiten ecos

de la oscuridad

Moviéndose hacia el sonido pagano.

Algún lugar en la memoria escondida

Imágenes flotan delante de mis ojos

De fragantes noches de pajas y hogueras

Y bailando hasta la siguiente sorpresa.

Puedo ver luces en la distancia

Temblando en la oscuridad

capa de la noche.

Velas y linternas

Están bailando bailando

Un vals en todas las almas anochecidas.

Figuras de tallos de maíz 

Se doblan en las sombras 

Sosteniendolas tan alto como las llamas saltan.

El caballero verde tiene 

el unico acebo

Para marcar por donde los viejos tiempos pasaban.

(x2)(estribillo)

Puedo ver luces en la distancia

Temblando en la oscuridad 

capa de la noche

Velas y Linternas

están bailando bailando

un vals en todas las almas anochecidas.

Hogueras salpican las colinas hirvientes,

figuras danzan alrededor y alrededor

A los tambores que emiten ecos

de la oscuridad.

Moviéndose hacia el sonido pagano.

de pie en el puente que cruza el río

que sale al mar

El puente está lleno de miles voces 

que pasan por el puente y yo.

Puedo ver luces en la distancia

Temblando en la oscuridad 

capa de la noche

Velas y Linternas

están bailando bailando

un vals en todas las almas anochecidas.

puedo ver las luces en la distancia 

tenblando en la oscuridad 

capa de la noche

velas y linternas

estan bailando  bailando 

un vals en todas las almas anochecidas.

(x2)

B- Who is Loreena McKennitt? (2 or 3 lines are enough).

Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian musician, composer, harpist, accordionist, and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined and clear dramatic soprano vocals.She has sold more than 14 million records worldwide.

                                       

C- Is it just “Celtic” Music or there are another music influences? Which ones? 

No,there isn´t.Others celtic music influencers are Luar na Lubre,Milladoiro,Gwendal,Clannad,Celtic Woman,etc.

D- Who is Pamela Wyn Shannon? (2 or 3 lines are enough).

Is a singer of county music and singing light (born 1975/1976), originally from the US, but now has moved from Amherst, Massachusetts and lived in the Gwynfryn, near Wrexham with his partner Eifion Wyn Williams.

E- Where does she come from?

She is from Massachussets,in the U.S.A.

F- In your own words, try to express the feeling you get listening to this music (2 or 3 lines are enough). 

I feel relaxed,because the melody and the voice of the singer is very soft.The instruments (guitar and a soft sound of a bagpipe)are very calm too.This kind of music remind me of the middle Ages.

G- Do some research about the poem The Unquiet Grave which this song is based on, and answer these questions: what is the main topic of the song? Do you like the story? Why or why not? 

The Unquiet Grave" is an English folk song in which a young man mourns his dead love too hard and prevents her from obtaining peace.The main topic is love.Yes,I like the story because I love romantic stories although then they end badly.

H- Where do they (Gwendal) come from?

Gwendal is an instrumental group of Breton and Celtic music formed in 1972.It is from Brittany,in France.

I- Open your mind and let your imagination fly free!! : what does this music (Gwendal) transmit to you? (3 or 4 lines are enough). 
This music,is very strange,I have never heared it,but I can´t deny is very happy and cheerful.I can distinguish the violin,but there is other sound I don´t know what it is.

 F- This is the song we are playing together (O Son do Ar).

UNIT 6

                     WORK AND PLAY

GLOSSARY
sales assistant:dependiente
work experience:curriculum
book a hostel/hotel/B and B:reservar un hostal/hotel
hire (a car):alquilar (un coche)
tracks:pistas

EXTRA VOCABULARY
apply : to make use as relevant or suitable.
career : a profession that is one's most important work in life.
charity : gifs of money or things to aid the poor, ill, or helpless.
office : a place where business, work or one's job is conducted or accomplished.
work experience : the experience of work some days.
cabin crew : the insole of a cabin.
check in : to stop the motion of suddenly or with; restrain.
delayed : of or pertaining to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
long haul : of or pertaining to a long haul.
on my way : I make the things like I want.
cure : a medicine or treatment to heal or restore health;
remedy.

hunter : a person who chases or searches for wild animals.
poison : a substance that taken into the body can destroy life or cause illness.
tracks : a pair of parallel lines of rails on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
tribe : a group of people descended from the same ancestor, having similar customs and traditions.
GRAMMAR

• Unit 6:

Present perfect:👍👍👍

Been and gone:👍👍

Present perfect with ever and never:👍👍

There has /have been:👍👍👍

• Unit 8:

Indefinite pronouns:👍👍👍

Quantifiers(some,any,a lot of,much,many,(not)enough):👍👍

LISTENING

Searching for the ideal job: 👍👍

 Radio chatline:  👍👍

 Free festival:👍👍👍

READING
Searching for the ideal job: 👍👍👍
The snake catchers:👍👍👍
Free festival: 👍👍👍
Writing an e-postcard: 👍👍

SPEAKING
Comment on the film-Shakespeare in Love:👍👍
WRITING
Writing an e-postcard:👍👍
MY DIARY OF ARCHIEVEMENTS

• I have learned some new vocabulary and the two different forms of the past participle of the verbs go :been and gone.

AREAS I NEED TO WORK

• I have to work in the quantifiers,I´m a little confused in when I have to put each one.

WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT THE CULTURE

• I have learned very things about Shakespeare.

MY OPINION

• I have done the exam of this term very well,and the writing too.

MUSIC VOCABULARY 3 TERM

Intensity:intensidad
loud:alto
moderate:medio
soft:suave
high-pitched:tono alto
low-pitched:tono bajo
treble clef:clave de sol
keyboard:teclado
string:cuerda
fret:traste
interval:intervalo
melody:melodía
musical meaning:significado musical
rhythm:ritmo
dot:puntillo
ligature:ligadura
clap:dar palmadas
stress:acento
orchestra:orquestra
conductor:director de orquesta
tense:tenso (cuerda)
loose:suelto (cuerda)
bow:arco
tuning peg:clavija
embouchure:boquilla
brass:viento metal
shake:agitar
chamber music:música de cámara
amplifier:amplificador
loudspeaker:altavoz
measure:compás

P.E. WORDS AND EXPRESIONS

Goalkeeper:portero
butting:cabezazo
dribble or haggle:regatear
throw-in:saque de banda
sideline:banda
soccer boots:botas de fútbol
referee:árbitro
midfielder:centrocampista
championship:campeonato
line-up:alineación o posicionamiento
fans:afición
empate:tie
top corner:escuadra

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE PROJECT

MAIN CHARACTERS

Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow)y William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes).
ROMEO-JULIET AND THE FILM
William Shakespeare was a writer of the Elizabethan era,and one day he wasn`t has ideas to write his novel.Then, he wants to fall in love to have ideas to write something.When he was doing auditions to his new play,he fell in love of a lady,Viola de Lesseps.

THE THEATRE OF THE AGE

English Renaissance theatre or early modern English theatre and Elizabethan theatre refers to the theatre of England between 1562 and 1642.

This is the style of the plays of William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson.

THE SOCIETY OF THE AGE
The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).This "golden age" represented the apogee of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of poetry, music and literature.

THE HISTORY OF THE FILM
Romantic comedy set in London in the late 16th century: Young playwright William Shakespeare struggles with his latest work "Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter". A great fan of Shakespeare's plays is young, wealthy Viola who is about to be married to Lord Wessex, but constantly dreams to be an actress. Women were not allowed to act on stage at that time (female roles were played by men, too), but dressed up as a boy, Viola successfully auditions for the part of Romeo. Soon she and William are caught in a forbidden romance that provides rich inspiration for his play.

THE QUEEN AND THE THEATRE
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last  of the House of Tudor.

SELF-ASSESSMENT (SECOND TERM)

1- What can I do that I couldn't do before?
Play the recorder more fluently.
2- What do I like most?
The film we saw and play the second pavana with the recorder.
3- What do I do well?
Play the recorder.
4- What am I confused about?
About some things of the theory.
5- What do I need help with?
With nothing.
6- What do I do in English and/or Music outside the class?
Listen songs in English.
7- What do I need to improve?
I need to speak less in Spanish and speak more in English.
8- What did I learn about culture?
I learned a lot of things of culture,like curiosities of the soundtracks of the films.