Final avaluation of 1st batxillerat

I think that I have improved a lot with regard to the beginning of the course. Now, I know more vocabulary, I can talk about more matters than before and I understand the verb tenses better and I know when and how I have to use them.
Now, my writings are longer, the vocabulary is richer and I think that they are more understandable than the writings that I made last year.

The oral presentations have helped us in many aspects, in general to don’t be shy in front of our partners and to improve our pronunciation. In my case, in my last oral presentation I was calmer than in the two others.
I think that reading three books has helped me to learn different vocabulary that the vocabulary that we use at class, and in the reader comprehension.
–I’m happy to have read these three books, because they were very interesting, specially the last one the, one that I chose: David Copperfield.
I had never done any oral exam until the second term, and I think that I did it very well. Furthermore, doing this kind of exams help us to improve the speech and the pronunciation, and these are important things.

I think that the activity which best shows my improvement, are the redactions of the “your-say part” of my blog and the free writings, because they are activities and topics that we choose. And also I think that is easier talk abut a personal topic.
I have improved also in the listening, and that’s an interesting thing because be able to understand someone when is talking English is as important as talk or write in English.

The activities with which I have improved are in general, all the activities of my blog. These are redactions, reflections, valuations, opinion essays, etc. With these activities I have learned vocabulary, verb tenses, linking words and how to use all these things. With this kind of redactions I have developed the redaction’s ability. I have also learned to good use the dictionary and to translate some Spanish expressions without doing a literal translation.
Apart from my blog activities, as I have said before, reading books has helped me a lot. And also, the oral presentations: last year I wasn’t able to find a lot of information of a topic; then, chose it; make a PowerPoint and finally, be able to explain the information to the rest of the class.

Owing to the activities that haven’t helped me to improve, I think that there isn’t any activity with which I haven’t learned English this year. All the things that we have done in class were useful, including the separate activities in the language room. Even though the simplest thing that we have done this year, for example listen other presentations, it’s a thing that has helped us to improve, in this case, the oral comprehension.

Lastly, I’ll say that next year I would do a blog too. The blog, it’s an activity that has been very useful for us, but the most important is that I have enjoyed doing it because we have had approximately three months to do it, and this means that we have had enough time to do all the activities that we had to include on it.
When you have got time to do something, it becomes better because then, you can enjoy doing it without thinking of the time. Apart from it, the activities and the posts which were on our blogs are “funny”, or in other words, they are things that in someway, we have chosen to do, for example on the free writing part I have made funny redactions with which I have been entertained (Dancing is my remedy, the song Hey, soul sister, the music I love…)
In conclusion, the blog is the best thing that we have done this year in the subject of English, because it can help us to take a better mark, and also it’s an activity which needs creativity, a quality which I have.

Extra work

Make up an story

LIVE IN LOS ANGELES

Hi, my name is Virginia and I’m from Los Angeles, USA. I’m sixteen and I live here since I was six. Before, I was living in Paris. My family and I had to move home because of my mother, who works as an actress. She has appeared in some international films, and on 1999 she got work in Los Angeles. Her first role here was play as the Ben Stiller’s wife in a film which was popular, but only in the USA.

Here in Los Angeles, is very easy to see famous people walking on the streets and see filming because many films are filmed here.

Last week, my mum invited some friends at our home, among them there was Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson. I met them and I think that they are very nice people.

Yesterday my dad and I came across with Jim Carrey on the beach and we were talking with him, he is a very pleasant person and really amusing! My dad talked about my mum and then Jim said: Oh! I think your wife is a very good actress, I already know her and I’ve thought that for my next film I will recommend to the director to call her cause I really like her!

My dad and I became very happy and invited him to come tomorrow with his wife and his two daughters.

I'm very happy to have known all these famous people, I think that when you see them on the tv escaping from the paparazzis you can think that they are stupid or something like that cause in these situatins you see their worse face, but when you know them it's fantastic!

Free writing 4

The new BARÇA's signing up: DAVID VILLA

Do you know David Villa?

He is a spanish football player from Asturias.

A few days ago he was playing in the VALENCIA C.F. team, but on friday 21th of may he became a football player from the F.C.BARCELONA.

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David Villa was born in Asturias on 1981 and normally he plays in the stricker position. He is knowed also by his nickname which is "El guaje".

He started his professional career in the sporting de Guijón, then he continued in the Real Zaragoza and two years later he started to play in the V.C.F. Until now, when he is playing in one of the best teams in the world.

He plays also in the Spanish selection, and last year he was the maximum scorer in the EUROCOPE.

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Tom Cruise and Cameron Díaz in Sevilla for debut of 'Knight & Day'

Tom Cruise and Cameron Díaz will be in Seville on June 16th to attend the opening night of their latest film "Knight & Day", part of which was filmed in the city last autumn.

In the film, directed by James Mangold, Miller (Cruise) is a secret agent who goes on a blind date with unlucky-in-love June Havens (Diaz), and ends up pulling her into a serious yet comedic journey to protect a powerful battery that holds the key to an infinite power source.

Their adventure together takes them all over the world and into a succession of surprise encounters, persecutions and false identities, which bring them to realise that they can really only trust each other.

The film, which also features Peter Sarsgaard, Viola Davis, Paul Dano, Maggie Grace and Marc Blucas, with a script by Patrick O'Neill and James Mangold, based on a novel by Patrick O'Neill, will open in Spain on July 16th.

COMMENT ON THE NEW

The film knight and day is already finished and now, the city of Sevilla is looking forward the day of the opening night, which will be the 16th of June.

If I lived in Sevilla, I would go to look for this two famous actors and I would ask them for an autograph, because they are two actors who are famous around the world, they appear in many films and they are so important for the cinema world.

I’m sure that there are people who have travelled to Sevilla only to can see closely Cameron Díaz and Tom Cruise

Free writing 3

♥ DANCING IS MY REMEDY ♥

Dance is one of the bests arts, it's refered to movement of the body and usually rythmic; and referd also to music. I said that is one of the bests arts because it's a nice form of expression. Also, there are sports related to dance like gymnastics or sincronized swimming.

Dance can help to express ideas, emotions and it can tell a story too.

There are many styles and types of dancing:

The breakdance and the krump are related to the hip-hop culture.
The african dance is interpretative.
The Ballet, the waltz and the tango are classical styles.

Now, I'm going to talk about two diferent styles of dance:

BALLET

Ballet is a formalized kind of dance. It's accompained with classical music.
Ballet dace is performed by trained dancers. I've always thought that it is the base of the other styles.
Also, it is a very elegant dance.

This type of dancing is very hard to take practice because it needs a very good health and precise acrobatic movements.

HIP-HOP

It refers to the dance styles that in its origin were danced to hip-hop music or that were developed in the hip-hop culture by Black and Latino Americans.

In the hip-hop dance, there is another popular type of dancing which is called freestyle. Usually, the hip-hop dancers participate in freestyle competitions, which are totally improvized.

To some, hip-hop dance may only be a form of entertainment, but to others it has become a style of life.

FILM REVIEW

- GHOST


GHOST is one of my favourite films.

It's a film protagonized for Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. Its director is Jerry Zucker.

It's a dramatic and romantic film. It was nomined to three oscars and it won two oscars for the best actress (Whoopi Goldberg); and for the best original script.

Its argument is based on a very happy couple which is completely in love, but suddenly a thief kills Sam, the man. He continues appearing on the film, but as a ghost. Then, the most important thing is that he can see his wife, Molly but she can't see him. Sam wants to help her of the thief but she can't hear and neither see him.

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I was a little when I saw by the first time this film, I remember that I thought: what a boring film! But a few years later I saw it again and I enjoyed it a lot. Its argument is so nice and emotional and every time that I've watched it I've cried.

I recognize that if you have never heard about this film and you see the tittle, you may thing that it's an horror film; but when you wacth it, you understand everything. It's one of the bests films I've ever seen; and if you haven't seen it yet, I recomend you to take some handkerchiefs, to sit on your sofa and watch it!

Here you have the most popular scene of this film, I hope you enjoy it!

Free writing 2

· My bad habits ·

I'm going to talk about my bad habits and my manias. If I had to say all my bad habits I would never finish. I will start by saying you all the things that I have to do every day.

When I wake up, I must have my clothes prepared, cause in the morning and at seven o'clock I'm not able to open the cupboard and find the clothes that I want.

Also, I must have a shower -I always say: Unless I have a shower, I'm not a person-. There are times when I get up too late to be able to have breakfast and also have a shower, so in these ocasions, I prefer have a shower.

I must have my school bag prepared, with all the books and my homework done, because unless I do it, I can't sleep calmy, it's estrange, yes, but it's true!

My bedroom must be always in order: all my clothes have to be in the cupboard and it must be closed! Also, there can't be more than a piece of clothes on the same hanger. On my bed there can't be any wrinkle. Often my friends say to me: YOU'RE TOO ORDERLY!
But I think that it's not a bad quality.

Like a lot of people I have the habit of biting my nails and also the habit of break my open hair tips, and this is a very bad habit!

I would go on with my bad habits, but I wouldn't finish...