As the inspector said....

Hi 4 of ESO A students
Here you have the list of questions about the stories number 3, 4 and 5.

THE RAILWAY CROSSING

1. Why does John Dunn have to die?
2. What wrong thing has Thwaite done? Why did he do that?
3. Which weapons/objects Thwaite take to kill John Dunn?
4. How did Thwaite wanted to kill John Dunn?
5. Why was Thwaite’s  alibi destroyed?
6. Does Thwaite kill John Dunn in the end?
7. Why do police suspect of Thwaite?
8. What happens to Thwaite in the end? Is he angry or things it is ok to be caught by the police?

 

Keywords:blackmail,powders,alibi, crossing

 

THE BLUE CROSS

1. Who is Valentin?
2. Who is Flambeau?How does he look like?
3. Where does the story happen?
4. On the train there is a short priest with a parcel, what is inside the parcel?
5. What does Valentin put in his coffe at the restaurant?
6. What had the two priests done in the restaurant with the soup?
7. What is wrong with the card on the nuts and on the oranges?
8. Why does Valentin step down the bus?
9. Why do the priest pay more money on the second restaurant?
10. What does the woman from the sweet-shop?
11. Who is the short priest? Who is the tall priest?
12. What do the two priest talk about in the park?
13. When did father Brown start to be suspicious of Flambeau?
14. What has father Brown with the blue cross?
15. Look at page 47..how was Brown sure the other priest wasn’t a  good person?
16. How has Father Brown learnt so much about criminals?

Keywords:priests,Jokes,hole,shilling,clue,pull somebody to pieces,wonder,cross,take off hats.

 

CASH ON DELIVERY

1. Who is Max Linster?Which is his mission?
2. Who is Jacob Elliston?He is handicapped..how?
3. Is surprised Jacob Elliston when he sees Max Linster in his wife’s room? Why not?
4. What will happen if Max Linster doesn’t accomplish his mission?
5. who’s get a gun?
6. Where does Max Linster hide? Can he see from there?
7. Which is the plan?what should Max Linster pretend?
8. Who is Josephine Demessieux?What does she do in the room?
9. How does the wife save her life?
10. Opinion..does Max know he has killed the wrong woman?

 

Keywords: cash on delivery,murder,jewel-box, pretend,cupboard,blanket,

Let's revise for our exam.Present perfect or past simple?

Hi 4 of eso SSEE students..
Present Perfect or Past Simple?
Modal verbs 1
Modal verbs 2

Modal perfect

Hi students
have a look to the following explanation on modal perfect

PERFECT MODALS.PAST .DEDUCTION

Hi students 4 of eso SSEE
Have a look to the following situations and choose the best answer.
Deduction

How to write a Covering Letter

Hi 4 of eso SSEE students
Your writing task will be to write a covering letter.Let's have a look to some tips.
Tips and steps to write a covering letter
Here you have one template of a covering letter
and finally here you have a model following the previous template
Now , you are ready to write your own Covering Letter.Good luck

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

Hi dear students
have you ever seen this poster

Have you heard about the surprising origin of these lines? Have look to the following link to learn about the origin of  "keep calm and carry on"?
Keep Calm and Carry On

Halloween

Hi students...ready to listen to some scary sounds???? if you dare to click on the link you will discover what I am talking about..
Halloween atmosphere

4 of eso SSEE BUSY BEES

Hi students
Here we are again...have you ever heard about BUSY BEES?

What are Busy bees? Animals or people?
National Spelling Bees

Do you want to meet a real BUSY BEE?Check link below
Busy bees

Eton Style

Hi students
do you know what Eton  is?
Eton College
Guess what some Eton students did?
Eton Style

4 of eso A

Hi students
let's see if you have really understood when to use past simple and when to use past continuous
Past simple or Past continuous?

4 of eso A Pla de Lectura

Hi students

Did you know that you can find more than Kangaroos  in Australia?
Have a look to the following link
Australian Animals
1.Read the descriptions of the animals and choose 3 animals.
2.Look for more information about these 3 animals in Wikipedia
3.Write on your notebook a SUMMARY of these three animals.Include a picture

4rth of eso SSEE

Have you ever heard the expression "Agony Aunt"? Any idea what does it mean?
Have a look to the following link
Agony Aunt
and.....what is an Agony Aunt?

4 RTH ESO BC SECCIONS

Hi students...let's have a look to some compound adjectives .We have seen some in class and others are new..so we may need to check their meanings in our wonderful WORDREFERNCE  site.
Compound adjectives
and now
Some slang words
Slang

4 RTH OF ESO B-C SSEE

Hi students
Do you know which song won the Eurovision contest 2012?
Loreen

PLA DE LETURA.QUIZ ABOUT AUSTRALIA

Hi 4 of eso A students.
Have a look on the following link .It is about Australia .Then answer on your notebook to the following questions.
Quiz about Australia
If you don't understand any word remember to check  WORDREFERENCE
1.Why is it Australia called "the land down"?
2.What does "Aboriginal" mean?
3.Have a look on Australia's map.Write down on your notebook the name of 5 cities.
4.Which is the Capital of Australia?
5.When can you go to the beach in Australia?
6.What is the" Outback"?How is the weather like in the Outback?
7.What is a "station" in Australia?
8.How do children study in the outback?Why?
9.What is the problem with the Koalas?
10.What is the Great Barrier Reef?.
11.What was Australia used for in the 18th Century?
12.What did the aborigens used "Boomerangs" for?

WELCOME STUDENTS 2012-13

Hi students....
and welcome to my/your blog.Let's have a look to the blog.
-On the right: You can find...

• QUOTATION OF THE DAY(famous sentences of celebrities)
• GRAMMAR REVISION SECTION(a summary of the main grammar points you will find this course)
• SPEAKING(some links related to phonetics)
• WRITING(some tips about how to write essays)
• TESTS(examples of Selectivitat exams)
• DICTIONARIES(dictionaries, have a look to WORDREFERNCE link)

     Finally on the right you find a BLOG ARCHIVE(quite useful to see a record of the blog contents)
   and MY BLOG LIST(here you can find links to other Mossen Alcover English teachers' blogs and other English blogs)


-On the left: you can find

• The update information I will upload...so whenever I ask you to do some tasks during this course YOU WILL FIND IT IN THIS SECTION.

-At the bottom: you can find

• The Day in History(some historical information of what happened in the past this very day)
• Cheeky quotes(funny quotes)

Finally...here comes OUR FIRST ACTIVITY
Have a look to the sections of the blog, and choose one section or link that you like.Next day in class you have to explain why did you choose this section?..SO remember to write down some notes to be able to speak about it IN ENGLISH IN CLASS.
                                         
       

HI Students

Have a look to this video...Isn't it funny??Have you ever thought about all the things you want to do before you die..? And if your life lasted only for ONE MINUTE,what things would you like to do?

After watching the video WRITE DOWN ON YOUR NOTEBOOK.

1)5 Things the one minute fly does before it dies.

2)5 things YOU would like to do before you die?

1rst Batxillerat Seccions

Here you have the link about Space Cadets
Space Cadets( report the interview)

Relative Sentences.

Hi 4 of eso seccions
lets do two short quizzes
Omit pronoun
Which or where
good luck

Amish

Have a look to the following article.Answer to the following questions

Amish Answer to the following questions:Who was Jakob Ammann?, When did the Amish arrive in America?In which countries do Amish live nowadays?,How many children do Amish have ?

Have a look to this article on Rumspringa...have a look at DATING SECTION..what do you think?Do you date in the same way?Explain

Finally.Answer
1.Could you get used to living in an Amish community?What would be harder for you to get used to ?What would be the easiest?

2.Could an Amish teenager get used to living in a modern world?

Reported Speech

Let's revise a little before our exam.
Reported speech
Reported speech commands
Reported speech questions and time expressions

Hi 4 of ESO SECCIONS

Let's see what do you know about gerunds and infinitive...EN GARDE!!!
EN GARDE!!

Let's do some quizzes

Hi 1rst of Batxillerat and 4 of Eso SECCIONS EUROPEES students
Here you have a link to do some phonetics quizzes(they are nice to do, I promise)
Can you copy on your notebook the words you get wrong(Copy their PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION)
Quizzes

How good are you at reading people's faces?

Hi students...just to have a little fun..do the following test and see how good you are at reading people's faces...

READING PEOPLE'S FACES TEST

1rst Batxillerat Seccions

Hi girls
Have you ever thought where GOOD IDEAS come from?Is INTERNET helping to create good ideas or just distracting us?...What do YOU think?
GOOD IDEAS
And did you know all these things.........
SHOCKING FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW 5 MINUTES AGO

Hi 4rth of Eso Seccions

Here you have some practise on REPORTED SPEECH
COPY the sentences you got wrong on YOUR NOTEBOOK
Statements
Statements with time expressions
Questions
Orders
Orders b

Hi 1 rst batxillerat SSEE

Hi girls
here we have a song...it tells us a story...hear it and tell me
1,Who is Cecilia?
2,What happens to her?
3,What does the narrator decide to do?
4,How does the story end?
Cecelia

Connectors

Practise a little some connectors you should know ...
Connectors

The oscars

Have a look on the following link
The Oscars
Look for the winners and make some comments on the actors and actresses outfits.

CYBORG

Hi 4rth of eso SECCIONS
Do you remember we were talking about the first oficially recognised cyborg?
Here you have more information..
Cyborg

LOVE LOVE

Let's see what you know about Saint Valentine's day...
Saint Valentine's day

Connectors

Do the following connectors...copy the ones you got wrong on your notebook..
Connectors
Connectors 2 (do only the ones we have learnt in class)

Condtionals

Do the following exercises...Copy on your notebook the ones you got wrong
Conditionals
Conditionals b