MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!

                 

SELF-ASSESSMENT - FIRST TERM

I'm sure I have improved my expression in English, I mean, doing some funny projects and watching some videos, listening to music, etc. is a better way to teach English, and now I can understand the lyrics of a song better than before and also some dialogues from series.

I studied more than the last year and that's good for me, I'm not usually get confused about anything and I don't need help with anything.

I really need to improve my speaking in class and to participate more.

My weaknesses is the translation, for me, it is very hard to study I think that my problem is that sometimes is hard to find the concrete expression that you want or there are some words that I know how to use because of the context but I don´t know the exact meaning in Spanish and vice versa.

The thing that I liked the most was the music video Project I had a great time filming it, and I loved the result of all of our work. I also like the days that Clarissa come to our class. It is very interesting to know someone from that far and to learn a little bit more about other cultures.

In this term we learnt some interesting information about the growing up in Australia and New Zealand, exchange programs and movie genres. Also in geography I learnt things about the natural environment and the population in the world.

I am happy with this school year and I think that I am going to learn a lot.

GEOGRAPHY: UNIT 3 POPULATION

ENGLISH: VOCABULARY UNIT 2

UFO: Unidentified Flying Object

Review: Opinion of a film

Stunt: a performance of a dangerous-looking act for a scene in a movie.

Murdering: to kill unlawfully

Shadowy villains

Big-budget: a lot of money

Matinee: early show

Bombed: failed

Touching: referring to

Spoofed: parody

Successful: victorious

Blockbuster: a very popular, profitable motion picture, etc.

Just in time: denoting or relating to an industrial method in which waste of resources is eliminated or reduced by producing production-line components, etc, as they are required, rather than holding large stocks

I’d rather do that than...

GEOGRAPHY: Valladolid trip

On Wednesday 2nd of November, we went to Valladolid. We arrived there at 10:00 in the morning and we went to see the Main Square and the teachers gave us some free time. Then we went at 11:00 to the Miguel Delibes Theatre to see "Vox Balaenae" that it’s a concert of classic contemporary music. When the concert finished we had lunch and we took a bus to Peñafiel, where we visited the Museum of Wine that it was a little bit boring, because anybody didn't explained nothing to us and we visited the Castle too, that it had shape of a ship and it was very interesting. Then at 18:30 we took the bus to come back to Villamayor. I will like to do more trips like this because you learn a lot and you also have fun.

ENGLISH: VOCABULARY UNIT 1

Behave. To act in a specified or proper way

Rude. The opposite of politely

Unforgettable. Memorable

Dishonest. Not honest.

Thought! Mental activity

Cocky. Arrogant

Currency. Bank notes

Bustling. Move quickly

Homesick. Nostalgic

Alrighty! An expression used to say that something it's OKEY

Absolutely terrific. Something it's great

Notice. Become aware

No news, good news! Expression

One day off. You don't work

Settled into. You adapt to your new life

Plenty. A lot of

It was really tasty. It was delicious

P.E. ENDURANCE AND FLEXIBILITY, AND BASKETBALL

Here are the notes that we have to learn for physical education this term.

• Endurance and flexibility
• Basketball
• Activities of endurance and flexibility

GEOGRAPHY: DESCRIBING A LANDSCAPE

This landscape is situated in Pai (Thailand). I choose this landscape because in summer I watched videos about some people that went and go all over Thailand, Pai was the place that I like it more than the other ones because there is more nature and not too much people.

Thailand is situated into the hot zone and then into the equatorial landscape because is in the Southeast of Asia. The temperatures are high all year and the rainfall is heavy and regular. The savannas are the most common vegetation but there are also scattered shrubs and insolated trees. The rivers have a high and regular flow. The common vegetation is the jungle. The trees grow very tall in search of sunlight. There are also bushes, grasses and flowers. The type of vegetation varies according to the amount of light available. The fauna is very varied. There are animals that can climb trees, birds, reptiles and insects.

VEGETATION

FAUNA

GEOGRAPHY UNIT 2 - THE NATURAL ENVIROMENT

CLIMATE AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN EUROPE

Maritime: Found in the western edge, it has little temperature variation and a region of abundant precipitations.

                                                                       VEGETATION

               Oaks                                                                           Beeches  

   
              Pines                                                                                   Shrubs 

           Thickets                                                                            Heathers

Grasslands

FAUNA

Deer, foxes salmon seals, water birds

Mediterranean: Found throughout the continent. It has higher temperatures as well as lower more irregular precipitation with very dry summer.

         

                                                        VEGETATION

Shrubs, thickets, pines, oak,

                  holm                                                            cork oak

                 

                                                           FAUNA 

Lynx, fox, rabbit, reptiles, birds

                 boar,                                            fallow deer,                                    

               

                   vulture                                                    stork

Continental: Lower temperatures and huge temperature contrasts because of its distance from the sea largely consisting of snow and with summer rains.

VEGETATION

 grassland,pines,taiga (forests), 

                      birches,                                           firs,                                         steppe

                      

FAUNA

Brown bear, wolf, fox, deer, raptors,

                                      marten,                                                                       mink

                

Alpine: The altitude causes a decrease temperatures and increase the precipitations. This type of climate is located in the mountain ranges.

VEGETATION

Layering of vegetation depending on the height, forest and alpine pastures.

FAUNA

deer, wolf, bear, eagles,

                                         chamois,                                                       marmot

                                      

                                       

Polar: Located beyond the Arctic Circle, it has little precipitation (snow) and very low temperatures below zero.

VEGETATION

Tundra (grass and brushes)

         

FAUNA

                      reindeer,                                              seal,                                             whale

              

CLIMATES AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN SPAIN

Spain has an oceanic or Mediterranean climate on the peninsula, an alpine climate in the higher regions, and a subtropical or Canarian climate in the Canary Islands.

The Cantabrian coast and Galicia: Has a maritime climate with cool winters and mild summers, with a little variation of temperatures and with rain throughout the year. It has Maritime climate.

VEGETATION

Forests (pinrd, oaks, beeches, eucalyptuses) heaths and meadows.

FAUNA

Wolf, fox, brown bear 

                                   wildcat                                   capercaille                                          otter 

The Mediterranean coast and southeast Andalucía: This area has coast Mediterranean climate, it has the highest temperatures in Europe. Precipitation is low and irregular.

VEGETATION

Shrubs, bush, clear forests (pine), meadow (holm, oak, cork oak)

FAUNA

Fox, rabbit, boar, fallow deer, birds and reptiles.

The interior of the peninsula: This area has a Mediterranean climate, it is characterized by large contrasts in temperature: very hot summers and very cold winters. Precipitation is low and irregular.

VEGETATION

Shrubs, bush, pine, meadow (holm, oak, cork oak.)

FAUNA

Lynx, wolf, fox, rabbit, boar, deer, falcons, reptiles and partridge

Alpine climate: This has abundant precipitation and low temperatures, but it varies between the mountain ranges of the North and of the South.

VEGETATION

Layering of vegetation depending on the height, forest and alpine pastures.

FAUNA

Deer, wolf, bear, marmot, eagles.

Canarian or subtropical climate: It near to the Tropic of Cancer and the Sahara affect its climate and variations. It is hot and dry.

VEGETATION

       Canary Island pine                             Laurel forest                                            Dragon tree

        

FAUNA

                Tizon lizard                                          Dove turkey                                    Gulls