Reading guide for BRAVEHEART (4): Chapter 3, from page 23 to page 30 (just the first two lines)

1.Why couldn´t Wallace be King of Scotland?

2.What was Wallace´s plan to beat the English?

3.Why does Edward think that his new army will be able to beat the Scots?

4. What was inside the bag carried by the man who came with a letter explaining about York?

5. Why was Peter thrown out of the window?

6. After the fight between Longshanks and his son Edward, what did the king decide to make?

7. Why did William shake when he met Isabella inside the tent?

8. What did Isabella think about William Wallace when she saw him?

9. Why did Wallace attack York?

10. How many languages could Wallace speak?

11. What did Isabella and Wallace speak about when they were alone in the tent?

12. Why did Wallace decide to go back to Scotland instead of attacking London?

13. What did Isabella realize when she came back to England?

14. Who is going to be sent by Isabella to tell Wallace about the English King´s plan?

05/03/2014, Wednesday

VOCABULARY:

Ache, actually =  in fact, , aisle /ail/, armchair, ASAP, bargain, bat, beforehand, behave, beings, bill, blood, brain, brand, budget, burglar, cabbage, chimney, choice, college, concerning, convertible, clue, cufflinks, curly, dangerous, date, demonstration, earthquake, essay, eve, exercise bike (=bicicleta estática), faith, fan, far, fear, feed-fed-fed fingerprint, fireplace, flood, fool, footstep, for, fork, FYI, get on/off, gift, go straight on, guilty, guy, ham, hammer, hill, huge, handcuffs, human beings, hurry up, indecisive /indi´sai:siv/, inherit, instead, is up to you, it doesn´t matter, jam, journalist, kind (noun / adjective), knife, knowledge, landscape, lazy, leather, likely, loan, look forward to hearing from you,  lung, main square, matches, mice, misunderstanding, neither, new, on one´s own = by oneself, once upon a time, owner, PE, puddle, pumpkin, referee, remote, rest room, root, rot-rotted-rotten, roundabout, sand, seed, selfish, shark, silly, sin, since, sinner, skyscraper, sleeve, smart, so, spoon, stage, stepmother, straight, strike, stubborn, subject, succeed, success, terrific, terrified, thief, tidy, tonight, town hall, twice, to afford, to be afraid, to argue, to ask for, to be in a hurry, to be scared of, to belong, to breathe, to complain, to depend on, to earn, to arrive in, to arrive at, to be fed up with, to be looking forward to, to be over, to belong to, to book, to break into, to delete, to enter, to face, to fall in love with, to fill in, to find out, to free, to guess, to give up, to go on holiday, to hire, to hold on (on the phone),to involve, to look after, to look for, to look up, to make sense, to mean-meant-meant, to pass out, to pass away, to pay attention, to pay for, to postpone, to pick somebody up, to put on, to put someone through (on the phone), to quit, to reach, to realize, to reject, to rest, to shout, to speak to, to take into account, to take off, to throw away, to turn down, to turn up, to try on, to upload, to wait for, to worry about, treadmill (=cinta para correr), turn left, turn right, umpire, wallet, wavy, weekly, what (=lo que), whale, whose, wild, wire, wireless, yatch,

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Fotocopia con frases para hacer preguntas para las respuestas dadas. Hemos corregido las cinco primeras.

1. That was around 6 weeks ago
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

2. For voice and data
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

3. Well, we could offer an additional 6%
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

4. Well, we've been having some problems in our technical department
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

5. Because she has excellent qualifications and a lot of experience in this area
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

-Corrección BOOK, page 9, VOCABULARY.

-Book, page 8, sección SPEAKING, 1A: relacionar fotos con situaciones.

-Book, page 8, exercises 2.a + 2.b, sobre listening de las fotos (sólo hemos escuchado los dos primeros listenings)

HOMEWORK:

-“Braveheart” from page 13 to 23 (final del capítulo 3)

-Writing utilizando 10 de las palabras que nos resulten más difíciles de aprender de las que hemos incluido en la revisión del 03/03/2014.

Reading guide for BRAVEHEART (3): from page 13 to page 23 (end of chapter 3)

14.What is the message William Wallace "asks" Lord Bottoms has to tell in England?

15.Who is Nicolette?

16.Where is the English king going when he leaves Scotland to his son?

17.What´s the difference between Longshanks´ and Wallace´s armies?

18.Can you explain Wallace´s idea to fight against Longshanks´army?

19.What should new rebels do to show that they were brave and strong enough?

20.Where did a big battle take place on 17 June, 1297?


21.Who was the head of the Scottish army in this battle?

22.What´s the difference between "sword" and "spear"?

23.How many soldiers were there in the English army? And in the Scottish?

24.What did Wallace tell to the soldiers who wanted to leave before the battle?

25.Can you explain Wallace´s offer for the English army?


26.What was the Scottish secret weapon in this battle?

27.What did the English king need in France? Could he get what he needed? Why?

Amazing number of visits to our blog!!

Here you can see the visits we have had to our blog in these last days. 
It´s amazing, isn´t it??!! 

Páginas vistas

Fernando Alonso, our last imaginary interview

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Fernando Alonso was born in Oviedo in 1981. He has been twice world champion of F1

He ran with Minardi, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari.

-Fernando, how do you see the championship of 2014?

·I think the team is good, and the car is wheeling well although, we can get better. The team is ready to win.

-Red Bull has problems?

·They have some problems, but then they can fix always.

-How are you with your new partner?

·He is a quiet man, but our relationship is good.

-Mercedes go good...?

· Yes, but the race is other thing.

-Can you see yourself as champion?

·We go to try it. I hope that.

(J.M.)

03/03/2014, Monday

VOCABULARY:

Ache, actually =  in fact, , aisle /ail/, armchair, ASAP, bargain, bat, beforehand, behave, beings, bill, blood, brain, brand, budget, burglar, cabbage, chimney, choice, college, concerning, convertible, clue, cufflinks, curly, dangerous, date, demonstration, earthquake, essay, eve, faith, fan, far, fear, feed-fed-fed fingerprint, fireplace, flood, fool, footstep, for, fork, FYI, get on/off, gift, go straight on, guilty, guy, ham, hammer, hill, huge, handcuffs, human beings, hurry up, indecisive /indi´sai:siv/, inherit, instead, is up to you, it doesn´t matter, jam, journalist, kind (noun / adjective), knife, knowledge, landscape, lazy, leather, likely, loan, look forward to hearing from you,  lung, main square, matches, mice, misunderstanding, neither, new, on one´s own = by oneself, once upon a time, owner, PE, puddle, pumpkin, referee, remote, rest room, root, rot-rotted-rotten, roundabout, sand, seed, selfish, shark, silly, sin, since, sinner, skyscraper, sleeve, smart, so, spoon, stage, stepmother, straight, strike, stubborn, subject, succeed, success, terrific, terrified, thief, tidy, tonight, town hall, twice, to afford, to be afraid, to argue, to ask for, to be in a hurry, to be scared of, to belong, to breathe, to complain, to depend on, to earn, to arrive in, to arrive at, to be fed up with, to be looking forward to, to be over, to belong to, to book, to break into, to delete, to enter, to face, to fall in love with, to fill in, to find out, to free, to guess, to give up, to go on holiday, to hold on (on the phone),to involve, to look after, to look for, to look up, to make sense, to mean-meant-meant, to pass out, to pass away, to pay attention, to pay for, to postpone, to pick somebody up, to put on, to put someone through (on the phone), to quit, to reach, to realize, to reject, to rest, to shout, to speak to, to take into account, to take off, to throw away, to turn down, to turn up, to try on, to upload, to wait for, to worry about, turn left, turn right, umpire, wallet, wavy, weekly, what (=lo que), whale, whose, wild, yatch,

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Revisión de vocabulario.

Semilla		Enorme
Ser humano		Paisaje
Yate		Enamorarse
Chimenea interior		Descapotable
Cerillas		Propietario
Presupuesto		Salvaje
Ballena		Esposas (no wives)
Prestar atención		Cabezota
Por su cuenta, por uno mismo		Indeciso
Buscar		Tener prisa
Pertenecer		Tener en cuenta
Mando a distancia		Huelga
Cumplimentar (formulario)		Probarse algo
Cuchillos		Conocimiento
En lugar de		Estar harto de
Cartera, monedero		Madrastra
Para tu información		Enfrentarse a
Manifestación		Darse cuenta de
Asignatura		Terremoto
Rotonda, glorieta		Abandonar una costumbre o hábito
Quiero decir		Malentendido
Rascacielos		Comportarse
Culpable		Manga
Ensayo (literario)		Cuidar

-Braveheart:

*corrección de preguntas desde page 5 hasta 13

*para el próximo lunes 10/03: hasta final del capítulo 3 en la página 23.

-Corrección BOOK, page 9, VOCABULARY: introducción del tema de conversación.

HOMEWORK:

-“Braveheart” from page 13 to 23 (final del capítulo 3)

-Fotocopia con frases para hacer preguntas para las respuestas dadas. Explicación detallada del ejercicio.

1. That was around 6 weeks ago
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

2. For voice and data
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

3. Well, we could offer an additional 6%
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

4. Well, we've been having some problems in our technical department
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

5. Because she has excellent qualifications and a lot of experience in this area
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

6. Well, I could, but I don't think my boss would be too happy about it
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

7. Oh, well, can we arrange another date then?
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

8. It's been available since March 2010
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?
9. Because someone in my department made a mistake
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

10. Let me see, since 1999, I think
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

11. Well, I think I could learn a lot there, and it's not too expensive
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

12. In that case, I'd recommend using a different technology
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

13. Yes we did, yesterday
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

14. Because the customer asked us to do it that way
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

15. Yes, but I still think the other model would be more suitable for your needs
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

16. Yes of course, we'll send it by express post
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ?

17. For three years
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..?

-Para lunes 10/03/2014: Writing utilizando 10 de las palabras que nos resulten más difíciles de aprender de las que hemos incluido en la revisión de hoy.