Pending activities

Paul and Hernán, please hand in your pending activities BEFORE Friday 29th, 12.15

See you, Jimena

Unit 14 Tomas Lavit

A year ago when I was in the bus going back to my home a man was next to me. I was distracted and a woman was trying to tell me something, then I understood what does she said to me, the man next to me was doing pick-pocketing. I tried to go away to him. A few of minutes later the driver stopped the bus and closed the doors, then he started shouting to the burglar and the driver bit to the other man. Then the burglar gave me the things that he robbed and then go out, I lost my temper.

Unit 15 Tomas Lavit

Finding Nemo is a film of Disney Pixar, this company made Monsters Inc. too. This film is about a fish, who lived in a coral whit his father, his mother was eaten by a shark. Nemo’s father was very protector and one day, at school, Nemo decided going to the surface. Then when he was at the surface appeared a diver who caught him.
Since then a lot of adventures appear.

I recommend this film because is very entertaining for children and adults.

UNIT 15: MY FAVOURITE FILM!

One of the more romantic films I’ve ever seen is Titanic. It was made when I was little but now the film continues to be a success, so I saw it with my mother. The story is about a young woman called Rose who was rich and she stayed in a cruise with her father. On the cruise there was a man of the crew that saw Rose and fell in love with she. Rose fell in love with he, too. However, in the beggining, they didn’t stayed together because Rose was married and her father didn’t aceppt that she stay with a man poor.

Althoug they couldn’t stay together, they had secrets meetings. They had a real love.
One day Rose’s husband discovered together. In this moment started to fight all.
When the cruise crushed into an iceberg.
I love this film because is very romantic and beautiful and have suspence, althought in the end is a little sad.

UNIT 14- DANGER: JOGGERS!

A few years ago my mother and I were living in Buenos Aires. Our apartment was next to Park, and every afternoon we went for a run after I returned from school.

A lot of people had told me to be careful of muggers in the park, so I didn’t usually take anything with me. But one morning my father needed to talk to me at six o’clock, so I take my mobile phone with me.
While I was running, there was another jogger. He started to talk me. After minutes my father called me, so I took my mobile phone. I was ausent mine when the another jogger bumped into me and stole my mobile phone. I started shouting and demanding that he had my cell. I’m not usually a hot-headded person but I really lost my temper.

I returned to my house and I dind’t say anything because I was angry, so I went to my bed for sleep.

High School Musical

One of the comedy musical films I’ve ever seen is High School Musical. It was made in 2006 by the master of Disney films Chad Danfoth. The story is about a young woman Gabriela Montez, who is a exelent student and a young man Troy Bolton, the best of basketball player. They like sing and dance but they can´t. Practis in secret and they are excellent. Troy love Gabriela, and Gabriela love Troy.

Despite being more than 2 years old, High School Musical continues to frighten modern audiences The story is fantastic and keeps you guessing until the end. Danfoth use special effects or lots of scenography, with a lot of vestuary and difficult choreograthy.

High School Musical is a fantastic film and really children love it.

My favourite film by Maia

One of the best films thai i have ever seen is El Gran Golpe. It was made in 2008 in United States. The story is about an important crime in England. The mains character are a girl and a boy who are planing to still the most important bank in England. They have to investigate how they can do the crime and for that they need some more people to help them. One of the person who was helping has a local behind the bank so the group of people dugged arriving to the safe.
In the other hand there is a group of people who have an important pictures in the bank that the police were looking and the woman who is one of the main character is from the two groups.
I recomend this film because its fantastic and have suspens during all the film, is for teengaer and adults that like action films. This film isnt leave a good message for people because its about a rob but its a film based on an real belt.

Pending activities...

Congratulations! Excellent results in your AACI exams. Well done!

These are some pending activities you should (MUST) hand in as soon as possible so that I can give you your final marks.

Denise G: Unit 15 Final mark: 7
Jessi: 14, 15 Only missing unit 15
Meli G: 6,7,8,9,12,14,15
Lavitan Tomas: 14,15
Joni Milgram: 10,11,14,15
Paul: 2, 3, 5, 6,7,10,11,14,15
Maia: 6, 15
Flor: 2, 3, 9, 10,11,12,14,15 Only missing 11 and 12
Hernan: 2, 3, 7, 10,11,12, 14,15
Naty: 15 Final Mark: 8

You may...

• hand them in at school by Thursday 27th
• send them to jcastellion@gmail.com
• post them on this blog

IMPORTANT: INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND UNIT.

I'll give you your marks back via e-mail or in the comments box if you post them.

Good luck, see you, Jimena

FINAL EXAM RESULTS

The results of the AACI final exam (both oral and written parts) will be ready for 24th November. During that week, you will be told your final marks and your promotion status.

Remember some of you should hand in PENDING activities before Nov. 21st.

Have a nice weekend, Jimena

COMING SOON...

The Stage Company proudly presents this spectacular musical comedy for students of all ages!

And the good news is we are going to enjoy this play here, at our school, on September 4th!!

So get ready, soon we'll be reading about and listening to songs from this fantastic adventure story.

Watch the trailer

Dracula - Further practice

Choose TWO of the following suggested topics and write between 100-120 words.
a) Describe Dr Van Helsing and explain why he is important in the story. What do we learn about vampires throughout the story?
b) Describe Mina. Why was she in danger in the story? What happened at the end?
c) Who were Lucy and Arthur? What happened to them in the story? How did they help the protagonists?
d) Is this a real, true story? Or part of it? Which elements are real and which fiction?

e-mail by Jonathan Milgram

Hi!

Guess where I am writing from – a hotel in Punta Cana! Arrived here two days ago, and it seems to be a great and beautiful place. It is a quite town. The weather is cold and rainy and I could not go the beach. I stay here because, when I was sailing, a strong storm attacked me. I must arrived to Mexico, I could not continue my trip. I will continue my expedition in few hours because the weather is changing.
I have been traveling for two weeks. I wanted to go from Argentina to Canada. If I make this record, I will be the champion and I will win the best boat!!.
I had bad luck because my boat was broken by the rain, I am going to go to mechanist to repair this.
I think that I have very problems with the weather and the boat, but I want to finish my idea, nothing will stop me!!.
Now I have to find a hotel to sleep and eat something, I have not slept since I started the trip.

Love, Ellen.

Next week...

Hi, this is just to remind you about the tasks and homework for the coming classes:

Tuesday 1st: Finish workbook unit 5 (exercise 6 and unit check) and unit 6 (exercises 1,2 ,3 and 4).

Wednesday 2nd: Finish reading "Dracula", we'll be working on some questions in class.

Friday 4th: TEST Units 5 and 6. Hand in the writing from unit 6 (final version)

See you, Jimena

Next writing

Our next writing assignment (unit 6, page 45) will be a composition on ONE of the topics suggested in Exercise 10. Read the task carefully, you won't post it on the blog, just hand in the final version before July 4th.
Good luck, Jimena

email

hi!

guess where I am writting from - I am in the middle of the vendeé globe race!, Now I am sailing near Brazil, I have just had some problems because I passed across a terrible storm, but now the weather is better, the sun is shining very much. Outside the boat I can see the best beach of Brazil, it is wonderfull!.

I have been sailing for 46 days from now. I am very happy, I had (exept hen I was complicated by the storm), I am now in the 6th position - before the storm a was in the 3th position.

Tomorrow I think I I will arrive to Argentina, in where I will write to you again

love

ellen macArthur

e-mail

Hi!

You won’t believe where I am writing from, I'm sailing around the world and I have internet there!!- Now I am near France-Arrived here last night, and since then I had a very good weather, not so cold how I thank but it's cold because I'm in the middle of the ocean. It’s so fantastic, exciting and beautiful. I can see kilometres and kilometres of blue water but sometimes is so boried. So, how you are thinking I am very well here and until now is the best place I see in my life, so I’m very happy.
I met and old friend few days ago when I arrived to buy something in Italy. I’ve been touring for a month and in a week or less I'll be at home.

I want to tell something that happened in my tour, in the Amsterdam’s port, 4 days ago. The police supposed that I had a knife in my bag, and finally it was a pen with knife form. Yes, it’s curiously but is true! The most important is that I’m ok now when I am at home I tell the details.
The computer is running very slow so I have to turn off it but I think I’ll write again on Wednesday, and today is Sunday. Answer me please,

Love,

Ellen.

Email

Hi!
Guess where I ´m writing from- I´m in a internet cafe in mexico! I arrive here today because my boat broke and I can´t continue.
Here is very beautiful, the people are very good, they are very friendly. At the evening y saw my cousing Hannah that live here. We went to diferents parks because we love the neithur.
The weithers of the internet cafe are very kind and offered me a lot of differents thinks to eat.
My idea is to leave mexico today but the day is very horrible and the weather forecast anouns a terrible storm.
I think I will leave mexico tomorrow . I´m sure the weather will be better.
I will write you again when I arrive to Brasil.
Love

Ellen

E-Mail

Hi Rachel!, I'm writting from France, i bought a Classe Mini yatch, because i want to compete in a transatlantic race. it is a strange experience, because when i have to repare something under the yatch, i sleep there, but i can sleep 20 minutes because the danger. I have to sail alone for 33 days, i'm in the day n°10, and i've learned a lot of things, because i'm alone and i have to do all the things alone, i have to be my own capitan, electrician, smailmaker, engineer, doctor, journalist, cameraman and cook.

Yesterday, i had a problem with my yatch, so i had to repaired alone, i had not problems because i have a manual here, but i like that because it was an a very good experience for my life. And days ago, i had another problem with the yatch, at night, it was terrible because i was in the dark and i can not see what was the problem, because i hadn't have the light by my side. so i decided to sleep 20 minutes, and then find the solution. at 4 of morning, i discovered that the problem was on the mast, because i had 100 kph winds blowing around me, so it took many hours to make the repairs, i was exhausted .

without this problems, or experiences, i'm very enchanted with the landskale, because i can see very strange things, and very beautiful things like animals, for example whales, and little islands. I have to be very concentrated, because i want to win.

In the Atlantic, for my luck, i haven't had any problem with the weather, but i think that in a few days i will have a problem with this, because the sky starts to turn gray, and i'm a little afraid, but this is not a problem for me, because i know that this is what i'm really want.

I feel very well, and strong, because if don't win, i'll be happy too, because i know that i made a big efford to leave here. so this competition, it's not only for win, it's for live new experiences too. i'm feeling very lucky now to be here.

well, i think it's time to do a revition in the yatch because the clouds start to scary me, and start to prepare the food for tonight. Hope that this letter make you happy, i will write you in a few days, while i can.
kisses,
Ellen.

Today's class

During our class today, you should finish posting your writing assignment from units 5.
Remember in unit 5 you are Ellen McArthur or Dennis Tito during one of their adventurous trips!

Next practice:
Future with will
Future with going to
Four ways to talk about the future
Will or going to
Will or going to 2
Will or going to 3
First conditional
Revision on first conditional
Time clauses

Good luck, Jimena

E-Mail By Tomy Lav

Hi!

You won’t believe where I am writing from – a little bar in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina! Arrived here two days ago and I think that this is a beautiful place because the mountains here are really wonderful. Coming here wasn’t in my plans but my boat had a malfunction and here there are many mechanics. The weather is very cold but this won’t stop my trip.
I have been traveling for three weeks. My original idea is to go from Brazil to Chile, before come here I overcamed a terrible storms there my boat broke. I suppose I will be on my boat in two or three days, it depends of mechanic. This is not my better trip because I am feeling very lonely, I don’t know why :-(. But something that helps me is the beautiful landscape here there are big mountains and the Perito Moreno’s Glacier is fantastic!
I am writing you again when I am in Chile; Answer me as soon as possible.

Love

Ellen

E-MAIL

Hi!

You won’t believe where I am writing from- a hotel in London!!-Arrived here last night, and since then I had a very good weather, not so cold how I thank. It’s so fantastic and beautiful. I can see a bridge from my window and it’s so amazing see all the people walking in the morning. So, how you are thinking I am very well here and until now is the best place I see in my life, so I’m very happy.
I met my cousin this morning in a museum and we will be here until tomorrow night. I’ve been touring for a week and in 5 days I’ll be at home but we were touring for two weeks.
I have a few minutes more in the computer but I want to tell something that happened in my tour, in the Amsterdam’s airport, 4 days ago. The police supposed that I had a knife in my bag, and finally it was a pen with knife form. Yes, it’s curiously but is true! The most important is that I’m ok now when I am at home I tell the details.
Someone need the computer and I’m here for more than 30 minutes so I think I’ll write again on Wednesday, and today is Sunday. Answer me please,

Love,

Melody.

Email By Maia Rosen

Hi Denis Tito,
How are your things? What's going on ?
I'm writing from - a youth club where there is a small cyber! Arrived here yesterday, i had a long trip for two weeks in a boat, but i had to stop the trip because there will be a storm and if i dont stop the trip, my experience and i will be in danger. This place seems to be great and confortable to stay 2 days or until stop the rain . I hope that the wather will be fantastic tomorrow because i have to continue the competence. In the weather forecast says that tomorrow will be sunny and
meanwhile i take this time to chill out and enjoy this beautiful place. Now i´m in front on a park full of flowers and trees, it's so beautiful and peaceful, moreover there are some mobiles houses and a lot of people around the park, its really cute, you would love it.

Friend, if the weather is warm, i will leave the pleace and continue the competition. i have to arrive at Spain and this trip spend four days more, but if i arrive in three days i will be the record, is fantastic! im so happy because im sure that i could do it.

well, i have to go to have a showe for relax, because im very tired, and then i am going to take some photos of this beautiful place to show you, i think that you would love it, is a quiet town with nice people.

see you daling,
please dont care about me, i feel good for do that.

love you!




Well, darling i have to finish for now, because i am going to have a shower and then i am going to go out for dinner.
When i have free time, i am going to write again from here, i promise you!

Love you, Dennis tito

Email by Jessi Gor

Hi!
Guess where I'm writing from - an Internet café because I'm staying in San Francisco for 5 hours! Arrived here in the morning, and it seems to be a great place. It's so beautiful. The weather's cold with cloudy all day but I am sure the weather is going to be better in a few minutes. I have just back of Lombard street that is a street with the most beautiful flowers around.
A little while ago I returned from dinner, I went to Mc Donals because I missed the hamburguer! Here the people are very kind but in the street there are many people that are crazy and I am afraid but I needed the people because this days I was alone in the boat. I am going to tell you a thing that happened yesterday at the night. While I was eating some provicion, started to rain and the boat started to move a lot. I was very nervous but fortunautely was raining less until stop the rain.
Tomorrow I am going to go to Los Angeles, I am going to stop for ten hours because I have to visit my aunt. I was talking with he and he said that the place it's fabolous.
Well, now I have to go because I don't have more time. I hope can write another email tomorrow or day after tomorrow.
I miss you, see you soon.
Ellen MacArthur.

Oh! I forgot to say that here there a picture of Lombard street.

Just to remind you...

As from May 19th, you have the opportunity to practise and train for your oral exam in coaching sessions here at school.
These are the possible timetables for you to pick the one which suits you best. The sessions are just 15 to 20 minutes long and will mock a real exam situation.
As you did last year, you should go to the English Lab and ask Fernando or Geraldine for an appointment, go in pairs (of the same level, of course).

Timetables:
Mondays: 14.40 to 16 or 16.10 to 17.30
Tuesdays: 14.40 to 16
Wednesdays: 14.40 to 16 or 16.10 to 17.30

Good luck,
Jimena

Travelling - Denise Gol

Hi!
Guess where i`m writing from- an Internet café in Brasil!I'm sailing around the world. Arrived here yesterday, and it semms to be a great place. It´s so fabulous. The water´s hot, very hot, but yesterday when I arrived here, there was a strong rain and the boat moved a lot.

Brasil is more beutiful, I´m in Cataratas; I believe that it is the eighth wonder of the world.
I love this place and I´m relaxing.

Have to finish- I am going to Rio de Janerio.
I am going to stay in Cataratas for another five hours, then I am going to continue with competicion. I´ll write again from there.

Love

Ellen.