SELF ASSESSMENT- FIRST TERM

Here are some questions:

1. What can I do that I couldn't do before?
2. What did I like most?
3. What are my greatest strengths and weaknesses?
4. What did I do well?
5. What am I confused about?
6. What do I need help with?
7. What did I do in English outside the class?
8. What do I need to improve?
9. What did I learn about culture?

With Cristina as my English's teacher I improve a lot my speaking and my exercises about listening,I also know a lot of technology and how to manage better Blogger.I learn more with this way to work than with the normal one because this way is very funny and entertaining and you learn the things faster than with the other one.

I like the most the projects that we had to do it by groups like the videoclip,because it is a good way to learn very useful expressions and while you are learning you have fun with your friends,and you feel more confident and relaxed than if we have to do that projects alone or with our parents.

My greatest strenghts I think they are vocabulary and writing and also grammar I think...nut my weaknesses are...listening and vocabulary sometimes because I normally get confused with some of the words...but I do my best!

I think that I need help sometimes with the oral expression because when I talk I don't know if I am doing it well or bad hahaha yeah...I know quite weird...

Outside class I use English when I watch a film which has not been released in Spain,but I have fun too...I also use English when I listening to music because I like much more English music than Spanish music and I like to understand what I am listening to.

I need to improve my oral expression and a little bit my listening.

I learn a lot of things about cultures because this book is amazing for this topic,I learn for example about an instrument that I didn't know that it's Digeridou or about Australian people.

I think I improve a lot my English and I am happy with this term.

GEOGRAPHY UNIT 3. POPULATION

Dependent population. The population that don't work and that are dependent of the other ones that work.

Ageing population. The population of Spain in 2050

DENSILY AND SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS

ENGLISH UNIT 2. FILM GENRES

This is the chart that Cristina,my English teacher, gave us.Here are all the film genres and its characteristics.

And here is a video of some expressions that we can use to give a review of the film

ENGLISH UNIT 2. COMPLETE GLOSSARY

Informative.Containing a lot of information
Original. New and different.
Predictable. Easy to guess what it's going to happen
Review. When you give your opinion of a film.
Realistic.Very real.
Spectacular. Amazing.
Trailer. A 2-3 minutes video summary of the movie.
Terrifying. Terrorífica
Disappointing. You hope another thing another impression of it.
Entertaining. Enjoyable,you spend a great time watching it
Dramatic. ''Dramática'' makes you cry.
Hilarious. When you laugh a lot.
Dull. Boring.
Stunt. A person that it's similar to the main actor and that does the most dangerous scenes
Laughter. ''Risa''
Spoofs.  ''Parodias''
Plot. It's the sequence of events that the film it's about.
Light-hearted plots. ''Argumentos poco pesados''
Villains. Bad people that fight with the heroes in sci-fi flims.
Mad scientist. Scientists that are mad,crazy.
Gangster. The boss of a maffia.
Treasure hunts. People looking for a treasure.
Plot-driving presentations. Argumentos con una secuencia clara.
Blockbuster. A flim that it's successful.
Matinee. A showing of a film in the day time (usually at afternoon) often cheaper.
Rating. System for evaluating how appropiate the movie is for various ages.
Sequel. Another movie that continues the previous one.
''I was on the edge of my seat the whole time''. You were envolved on the film because the film was        very interesting.
Breathtaking. Amazing.
Left something to be desired. Not very good.
Premise. The idea or concept.
Intriguing. Interesting, gets your attention.
Twist. Unexpected turn of events.
Implausible. Too unlikely.
Touching=Heartwarming. Affected you emotionally.
Feel-good. Makes you feel good.
Remake. When the modern directors remake an old film.
Potty humor. Disgusting humor.
Cast. All the actors and actress that participate in the film.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION. FLEXIBILITY AND ENDURANCE

Here are the information that I have to learn for physical education.

FLEXIBILITY

BASKETBALL

Activities of Flexibility and Endurance. ACTIVITIES

ENGLISH UNIT 1. COMPLETE GLOSSARY

Familiar. Something that you know
Honest. Telling the thruth
Common. Is very normal
Easy-going. Relaxed
Direct. Saying exactly what you mean
Well-behaved. Acting in the correct way
Acceptable. Something that you can allow
Fair. Appropiate
Behave. ''The students behave well''---It's a verb
Behaviour. ''They have a good behaviour'' ---It's a noun
Short-sighted. A person who is myopic
Absent-minded. Someone that is distracted
Big-headed. He always thinks that is right (U.K)
Pick-headed. He always thinks that is right (U.S.A)
Red-haired. Someone that has red or orange hair.
Fair-haired. Someone that has yellow or brown hair.
Rude. The opposite of politely
Alrighty! An expression used to say that something it's OKEY
Absolutely terrific. Something it's great
Notice. Realise

No news,good news! Expression
Timetable
One day off. You don't work
Keep calm
Settled into. You adapt to your new life
Plenty. A lot of
It was really tasty. It was delicious
Ink. ''Tinta''
Work for charity. Work for an organization,without earn any money

FROM CHILD TO ADULTS.

Status.The place where you are settled in a tribe
Hunt. To pursue for food

Ceremonies⇒Children⇒BECOME ADULTS(they grown-up)⇒Warriors

Strict.  Rigorous in the imposition of discipline.
Rare. Strange,weird
Voluntary. It's optional do it,if you want you can do it but if you don't want to do it it's not neccessary.
Dishonest. Opposite of opposite.
Indirect. Opposite of direct.
Busy. When you have to do a lot of things and you don't have time
Artistic. 
Curious.
Active.
Organized.
Mathematical.
Adventurous.
Confident
Creative.
Sociable.
Logical.A person that applies logic at her life or to solve the problems of her life.
Degree. An academic title given by a college or university to a student who has completed a course of study.
Career. The general course or progression of one's working life or one's professional achievements.
Beliefs. 'Creencias'

VALLADOLID AND PEÑAFIEL TRIP

On Wednesday 4th of November,we went with Teresa,Gema and Luis and ,of course,all of our classmates and friends,to Valladolid.
We arrived there at 10:00 in the morning and we went to see the centre of this big city,we bought the lunch and some souvenirs to remember that day.Then we went at 11:00 to the Miguel Delibes Theatre to see a concert of Contemporany music,that in my opinion it was a little bit weird because the music and works were explained like a tail and I have never see that haha but I like it a lot.
When the concert finished we had lunch at a skatepark (that I liked a lot haha) near a Carrefour,where we went after having lunch.
At 15:00 in the afternoon we took a bus to Peñafiel,where we visited the Castle with the shape as a ship and with a lot of stairs to go to the top of it haha.Then we visited the Museum of Wine too,this was a little bit boring,because they didn't explained nothing to us about the process of making wine,but it was okay too.
Then at 18:30 we took the bus to come back to Villamayor.
The things that I liked more are,the trips in the bus,because you have fun with your friends and classmates singing and dancing and laughing too haha.I liked a lot Valladolid because I took a lot of pictures there and I like and know a lot of this city.I also liked the Castle and the very good pictures and memories of that visit.

I hope that we do more trips of this type because you learn a lot and you also have fun.

GEOGRAPHY. DESCRIBE A LANDSCAPE

                              IGUAZU FALLS

For this project I have choose IGUAZU FALLS in Argentina

The Iguazu Falls are a group of falls that are located above the Iguazu River,between Argentina and Paraná (Brasil) They are in an protected land in both of the countries (Parque Nacional de Iguazú in Argentina and Parque Nacional do Iguazu in Brasil) They have been chosen as one of the ''7 MARAVILLAS DEL MUNDO''.And they were discovered by Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

They have 278 jumps at the part of Argentina; but the most incredible jump of these falls is ''Garganta del Diablo'',this has the maximum flow of the falls

The falls have got a Subtropical Climate,that is very different than the others Subtropical climates,so we are going to sort out by the differents seasons that this climate has.

-SUMMER. (From December to March) the temperatures are high and regular during the whole 24 hours due to its regular and abundant precipitations that cause that the climate be very wet.

-AUTUMN. (From March to June) the temperatures during the day are mild and sometimes high but during the night they are cold.

-WINTER. (From June to September) the temperatures are mild during the morning and in the first hours of the afternoon,then the rest of the day they are cool but at the night they fall sharply.

In all of these seasons the precipitations are very abundant,but there is a lot of humidity.

-SPRING. (From September to December) The temperatures are high during all the day and the nights are cool but plesants.This is the best season to visit this falls becauese the precipitations aren't very abundant and the temperatures aren't very hot like as in summer.






The vegation of Iguazu Falls

The ''Selva Misionera'' houses more than 2000 species of plants and flowers,the abundant precipitations and the hot of the Subtropical sun make it,one of the regions of the planet with the most biodiversity.

One of the most common specie of this park in ''Palo Rosa'' a tree that measure more than 40 meters,its name is due to the colour of its wood,and it is a ''Monumento Nacional''.And this type of tree habit with a specie of a palm tree called ''Palmito'' (the cut of this tree causes the death of it)

         

Another tipical plants of this climate are the ''helechos arborescentes,the orquídeas,the guatambú,the pindó and the clavel of the air''.And the ''Ceibo''.

             

The fauna of the Iguazu Falls

Is formed of mamals, the mono capuchino,the oso melenero,the comadrejas and the coendú.

         

GEOGRAPHY UNIT.2 THE NATURAL ENVIROMENT

CLIMATE AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN EUROPE

• MARITIME. Found on the western edge, with mild temperatures and little variation.It has a region of abundant precipitations. 
• MEDITERRANEAN. Found throughout.It has higher temperatures as well as lower and more irregular precipitations. 
• CONTINENTAL. Lower temperatures and huge temperature contrasts because of its distance from the sea,with very dry summers. 
• ALPINE. The altitude causes a decrease in temperatures and an increase in precipitation.This type of climate is found in all the mountain ranges. 
• POLAR. Located beyond the Artic Circle,this climate type has little precipitation (snow) and very low temperatures.

MARITIME. 

Beeches. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Fagus having smooth gray bark, alternatesimple leaves, and three-sided nuts enclosed in prickly burs.

Shrubs/ thickets

Here there're also deer,foxes,salmon,seals and water birds.

MEDITERRANEAN. 

Meadows.

Cork.

Boar. 

Fallow.

Stork.

Vulture.

CONTINENTAL.

Taiga.The zone of forest vegetation lying on wet soils between the tundra in the north

and steppe hardwood.

Forest in the south.

Firs. 

Steepe.Is an ecoregion,in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biomes, characterized by grassland plainswithout trees apart from those near

rivers and lakes

Steppes are usually characterized by a semi-arid and continental climate.

Here there're also brown bear,wolf,marten,mink,deer and raptors.

         

ALPINE. 

Alpine pastures. 

Here there're also deer,wolf,bear,chamois,marmot and eagles.

           

POLAR.  

Tundra. Is a biome where the tree growth ishindered by low temperatures and 

short growing seasons.

Here there're also reindeer, seal and whale.

           

CLIMATE 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 consisting of cool winters and mild summers,with a little variation of temperatures and with rain throughout the year. 
• THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST AND SHOUTHEAST ANDALUCÍA. Has the highest temperatures in Europe.Precipitation is low and irregular. 
• THE INTERIOR OF THE PENINSULA. It is characterised by large contrasts in temperature (very hot summers and very cold winters).Precipitation is low and irregular. 
• ALPINE CLIMATE. This has abundant precipitation and low temperatures,but it varies between the mountain ranges of the North and of the South. 
• CANARIAN OR SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE. Is hot and dry, there are significant differences between the semi-desert eastern islands and the more humid western ones. 

MARITIME. 

Maritime forests. 

Here there're also fox,brown bear,wildcat and capercaillie.

       

MEDITERRANEAN. 

Clear forests (pine)

   

Meadows (holm oak and cork oak)

        

Bush.

Pine.

Here there're also fox,rabbit.fallow deer,partridge and falcons.

         

ALPINE. 

Alpine pastures.

Here there're also marmot,eagles and wolfs.

CANARIAN. 

Dragon tree.

Laurel forest.

Here there're also Tizon lizard,dove, turkey and gulls.