WORLD POPULATION VOCABULARY

• Population distribution: the arrangement or spread of people living in a given area; also, how the population of an area is arranged according to variables such as age, race, or sex
• Population density: measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density
• Birth rate: total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a year
• Death rate: measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time
• Natural increase: crude birth rate minus the crude death rate
• Infant mortality rate: refers to deaths of young children, typically those less than one year of age
• Life expectancy: statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including sex
• Birth control: allows us to prevent pregnancy and plan the timing of pregnancy 
• Dependent population: Group of people who, on the reference date, were in one of the following situations in relation to activity: unemployed looking for their first job, studying or carrying out non-remunerated household chores.
• Dependency ratio: measure showing the number of dependents, aged zero to 14 and over the age of 65, to the total population, aged 15 to 64
• Family planning: the practice of controlling the number of children in a family and the intervals between their births, particularly by means of artificial contraception or voluntary sterilization
• MEDC: more economically developed country 
• LEDC: less economically developed country
• Population piramids/age-gender structures: graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population, which forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing
• Replacement rate: percentage of a worker's pre-retirement income that is paid out by a pension program upon retirement
• Fertility rate: ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
• Ageing population: phenomenon that occurs when the median age of a country or region increases due to rising life expectancy or declining fertility rates.
• Overpopulation: situation in which too many people or animals live in an area
• Underpopulation: population lower than is normal

SELF-ASSESSMENT

What can I do that I couldn't do before?
Now I can talk better in English and I'm more sure of my self.
What did I like most?

I love the proyects that we have done and the lessons aren't borring.
What are my greatest strengths and weaknesses?

My greatest strengths are vocabulary and speaking.
What did I do well?

I did well the proyects, and the vocabulary of the exams. I did all the homeworks too.
What am I confused about?

I think the blog confuse me a little.
What do I need help with?

If I need help in something I think it's in translation or a little of grmmar, but not so much.
What did I do in English outside the class?

I'm always listening to music in english, watching videos, and working with the blog too.
What do I need to improve?

I need to improve a little the translation.
What did I learn about culture?

I learnt some things about films, blockbusters, the Aborigine culture, the population and their movements...

Physical education

ENDURANCE AND FLEXIBILITY.
BASKETBALL.

Unit 2 glosary

(16-17th November 2016)

Storytelling: body, oral, mime, pictures.

Storytelling 3rd ESO B/C.

• Once upon a time there was a horse and a dog who where best friends. They lived in a farm and had been together since they were born. The dog's name was Pechu an the horse's name was Leo. Pechu was big and brown, and Leo was white with brown spots. They had been planning to run away because the owner was very cruel with them and wanted to kill Pechu, because he was old and couldn't lead the sheep or protect the house. They decided to do it at night while the man was sleeping. They had planned on meeting in the forest but Leo didn't know that Pechu was locked in his kennel, so he waited and waited but Leo didn't appear so Leo thought that something was wrong so he trotted back as fast as he could...When he got to the house he saw Pechu in the kennel and the man holding an axe; Leo neighed raising his legs and furiously hit the door and broke it. The farmer was so sacred and nervous that he dropped the axe and hid under the table. Leo kicked the kennel so Pechu could got out it. As it was a stormy night, a sudden lighting struck the house and everything burnt. The man managed to scape but Leo and Pechu were long gone so they neversaw him again.

(18th November 2016)

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE, UNIT 1.

-responding to goood news:

• how fantastic!
• that's great!
• great news!
• superb
• lucky you!
• that sounds good news!

-responding to bad news:

• poor you!
• please accept my deepest sympathy.
• oh, I'm sorry.
• hope you feel betterthat's awful.

(21t November 2016)

PAST SIMPLE QUESTIONS

• AUX + S + V
• ''Who'' solo puede ir con auxiliar cuando hay sujeto.

(22nd November)

• movie genres
• sli-fi
• characters
• UFO
• review.

Unit1 glosary

(11th October 2016)

• breaking news!
• miss: a flight, a train, a bus, a person...
• I used to do..: if something used to, it happened regularly in the past but does not happen now
• waste: to use up or spend to no profit
• Finnish: the language spoken by many of the people in Finland
• Either: as well. Antonym: neither
• mole:a small, insect-eating mammal living chiefly underground
• Bill: tips
• taxes: a sum of money paid to a government for its support, based on income, etc
• Get on/off
• get into/ont of

a(n) actor

a paper

(19th October 2016)

ADJETIVES

• familiar
• honest
• common
• cumpolsory
• easy going
• direct
• well-behaved
• acceptable
• fair
• hard-working
• artistic
• curious
• active
• organized
• mathematical
• adventural
• ambitious
• confident
• creative
• sociable
• logical
• cocky

VOCABULARYÇ

• feel at home: to feel as if one belongs; to feel as if one were in one's home; to feel accepted.
• felt homesick: depressed or melancholy at being away from home and family
• settled into: to become comfortable in a new place or situation
• nevertheless
• lied
• liar: a person who tells lies
• lying
• unforgottable

(21st October 2016)

• currency: money in circulation as a medium of exchange in a country:
• demostration
• bustling: (of a place) full of people;
• ''When in Rome, do as Romans do''

(25th October 2016)

• Alrighty!
• Absolutely terrific
• goody
• timetable:a schedule showing the times at which railroad trains, etc., arrive and depart.
• still calm: be quiet and polite
• Surgeon: a physician who specializes in surgery.
• Trust: reliance on the goodness, strength, or ability of a person or thing

(27th October 2016)

we were imaging we were in a science lab or in a hospital

MUST:

• you must wear wloves
• you must wear glasses/goggles
• you must wear a robe
• you must wear water proff clothes
• you must be carefuk with the beakers

(28th October 2016)

• ability: can/ can't/ could/ couldn't
• permission: can?/ could?/ may?
• no permission: can't
• obligation: must
• no obligation: don't have to
• prohibition: mustn't
• neccessity: have to/ need to
• advice: should/ shouldn't
• possibility: may/ might

(3rd November 2016)

• Hi. how are you?
• Fine, thanks and you?
• Jut great. What have you been doing lately?
• Oh, not much. But I've been keeping busy
• Well...It's been good to see you.
• Yes, It has...well, bye!
• Goodbye

(4th November 2016)

• ought to:
• oughtn't: shouldn't
• compulsory = forbidden

Prohibition:

• mustn't
• can't
• no V+ing
• It is not allowed 
• You are not alloed
• You aren't allowed
• You're not allowed

Ability:

• present- can
• past- could
• future- will be able to
• (can hasn't got all the tenses)

8-9th November 2016)

• funcional language
• tribes
• cremonies - children - became adults - warriors

(14th November 2016)

TRANSLATION:

• Tom es muy divertido, siempre está contando chistes.
• Tom is very funny, he's always telling jokes.
• Se siente solo porque no tiene amigos con quien hablar.
• He feels lonely because he hasn't got friends to talk to.
• Los fines de semana me encanta quedarme en la cama hasta tarde.
• I love have a lie-in at the weekend
• ¿Cuándo fué la última vez que tomsate el sol?
• When did you last sunbathe?
• Susan reservó un hotel en el centro de la ciudad.
• Susan booked a hotel in the centre of the town.
• ¿A qué hora abre la agencia de viajes?
• What time does the travel agency open?
• Ese restaurante prepara la comida más sana de la ciudad.
• That restauran prepares the healthiest food of the town.

• emotion verbs: love, like, enjoy don't mind, don't like, hate, can't stand.

school trip (2-11-16)

The school trip that we did the other day was very interesant. First when we were in the bus I was very borred, but when we arrived I went with my friends to some shops and we enjoyd that free time, because we laught a lot and took some pictures.Then we went to a concert of a particular music, it was so interesant but there were many rude people and they laught so sometimes we couldn't hear very well. Later we went to Peñafiel Castle to saw a museum and the different parts of the castle. I really enjoyed the trip and I had a great time with my classmates and some of the teachers.

my landscape

here is the link of the presentation of my landscape. CLICK HERE.
I hope you like it!

NATURAL ENVIROMENT PRESENTATION

                                            

This is Power Point presentation that I did. Here is some information and pictures about climate and biogeography in Europe and in Spain. I hope you like it!

PRACTISE THE PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

Click here -- Present Simple and Present Continuous exercises.
Click here -- Present Simple and Present continuous exercices.

Here are some useful links with some good exercices to practise the Present Simple and the Present Continuous. I hope you like it and you practise a lot with them!

GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY 1

GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY

• Soil: the portion of the earth's surface made up of humus. Synonym: farmland.
• Earth's crust.*
• Sudden: happening, coming, made, or done quickly or unexpectedly.
• Mammal: an animal that is born from its mother's body, not from an egg, and drink's it mother's milk as a baby.
• Amphibian: an animal that can live both i water and on land, exaple: a frog.
• Reptile: a type of cold-blooded animal that has scales (flat, hard pieces of skin) all over its body and lays eggs.
• Oxygen: a gas in the air that has no smell or taste, and that all animals need in order to breathe.
• cut down: to cut through a tree and make it fall to the ground.
• Mountain: high elevation on the Earth's surface, wich can be grouped in mountain ranges.
• Valleys: areas lowland surrounded by uplands (normally mountains), often with a river running through. River valleys  are formed by a river into a V shape: ravine, gorge and canyon. Glaciar valleys are formed by a glacier into a U-shape. Deep coastal valleys are called fjords.
• Plateau: Large areas of flat or slightly hilly land and unlike plains, higher than the land around them.
• Plains: large areas of flat or slightly hilly land not much higher than sea level, formed by accumulation of sediment from erosion.
• Glacier: Large mass of ice that forms at the top of a mountain and moves like a river. As it moves, it picks up debris. When the ice melts, the debris forms deposits of stone and mud called morines.
• Stream: flow of water with less volume than a river, which can dry up at certain times of year.
• Delta: accumulation of materials (sand and stones) deposited by the river in a shallow part of the coast where it meets the sea and often triangular-shapped.
• Estuary: mouth of a river open to the sea originates on coasts with strong tides. Fresh river water in a stuary mixes with salt water entering the mouth of the stuary from the sea.
• Gulfs: are deep inlets of the sea
• Beaches: are formed on low coasts by the accumulation of sand and gravel.
• Capes: are large areas of high coastal land that stick out into the sea.
• Clifs: are high, steep rock faces, especially at the edge of the sea.
• Continental shelf: Is a submerged plain, which is an underwater extension of a continent. It extends to a depht of 200 m, but in some cases it can reach 500 m.
• Abyssal plain: is a large expanse of land at the bottom of the ocean at round 5500 m deep. Here we find trenches and ocean ridges.
• Continental slopes: is the incline from the continental platform to the abyssal plain. It can be up to 3600m deep

this is the Earth's crust.

PRESENT SIMPLE/ PRESENT CONTINIOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE

Whe use the Present Simple to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do. Examples:

• I play tennis.
• She does not play tennis.
• Does he play tennis?
• The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
• The train does not leave at 9 AM.
• When does the train usually leave?
• He never forgets his watch.
• Every twelve months the Earth circles the Sun.

The Present Simple can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things. Examples:

• Cats like milk.
• Birds do not like milk.
• Do pigs like milk?
• California is in America.
• California is not in the United Kingdom.
• Windows are made of glass.

Speakers occasionally use Present Simple to talk about scheduled events in the near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well. Examples:

• The train leaves tonight at 9 PM.
• The bus does not arrive at 12 AM, it arrives at 8 PM.
• When do we board the plane?
• The celebration starts at 10 o'clock.
• When does english class begin tomorrow?

Speakers sometimes use the Present Simple to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now.

• I am here.
• She is not here right now.
• He needs help right now.
• He does not need help with that.
• He has his passport in his hand.

PRESENT CONTINIOUS

Use the Present Continuous with normal verbs to express the idea that something is happening now, at this moment. It can also be used to show that something is not happening now. Examples:

• You are learning English now.
• You are not swimming now.
• Are you sleeping?
• I am sitting.
• I am not standing.
• Is he sitting or standing?

In English, "now" can mean: this second, today, this month, this year, this century, and so on. Sometimes, we use the Present Continuous to say that we are in the process of doing a longer action which is in progress; however, we might not be doing it at this exact second. Examples:

• I am studying to become a dentist?.
• I am not studying to become a doctor?
• I am reading the book Harry Potter.
• I am not reading any books right now.
• Are you working on any special projects at work?
• Aren't you teaching at the school now?

Sometimes, speakers use the Present Continuous to indicate that something will or will not happen in the near future. Examples:

• I am meeting some friends after work.
• I am not going to the party tonight.
• Is he visiting his parents next weekend?
• Isn't she coming with us today?

The Present Continuous with words such as "always" or "constantly" expresses the idea that something irritating or shocking often happens. Notice that the meaning is like present simple, but with negative emotion. Remember to put the words "always" or "constantly" between "be" and "verb+ing.". Examples:

• She is always coming to class late.
• He is constantly talking.

It is important to remember that noun-continious verbs cannot be used in any continuous tenses. Instead of using Present Continuous with these verbs, you must use present simple. Examples:

• She is loving this chocolate ice cream. Not Correct
• She loves this chocolate ice cream. Correct

The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc. Examples:

• You are still drawing.
• Are you still drawing?

Active/Passive. Examples:

• Right now, Tom is writing the letter. Active
• Right now, the letter is being written by Tom. Passive

GLOSARY 2

         (30th November 2016)

   -ED (tired, bored, embarrased, surprised...)                    
   -ING (tiring, boring, embarrasing, surprising...)                    

• some new expresions:

    -take it easy!
   - Calm down.                                 

          

   

           (3th/4th October 2016)

• Fortnight: 15 days
• Gotta: I have got to...

                                    (5th October 2016)

• /bot/ bought
• When did you last + Verb in infinitive
• update: to bring up to date
• Stumble: to strike the foot against something, as in running, so as to trip or fall
• Collocations: the act of collocating
• Abroad: in or to a foreign country or countries
• Stronger: having, showing, or involving great power in the body or muscles
• Foreigner: stranger
• Hire (a car, a house...): to pay for the temporary use of something. Synonym: rent (a car, a bike...)

(7th October 2016)

• Stories, Tales --- Fairy tales ----Children
• Chilhood: the state or period of being a child
• Characters: a person represented in a drama, story, etc.
• Knitting: the act of a person or thing that knits
• Storytelling: the telling or writing of stories

(10th October 2016)

• Global warming: an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere, causing changes in climate.
• Seldom: rarely
• Hardly ever: only just; almost not; barely.
• Nearly  always: very frecuence
• How often do...? / once/twice a... (week, month, year, day...)

GLOSARY 1

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR

• Disturb                                                                          
• Interrupt 
• Noises
• Standing up
• Throwing papers
• Speak loudly
• Reluctance to share
• Selfish
• Not following directions
• tell lies
• Untidiness/ littering
• Shouting
• Using Spanish
• Insult, fight (bullying)
• Put down (disparage, spek ill of...)
• Not respect for other students
• No respect for the teacher
• Unwillingness to participate in an activity
• Cheating
• Not honest
• No completing tasks, homework...

VOCABULARY

• Device: a thing made for a particular purpose 
• Wifi: a system of accessing the internet from remote machines such as laptop computers that have wireless connections
• Attachments
• Enclose: to put in the same envelope or package with something else
• Rehearsed: to practice or go through (a play, speech, musical piece, etc.) before giving it in public
• Rehearsal: a session of exercise, drill, or practice, or performance in preparation for a public performance, ceremony, etc
• Performance: the act of performing a ceremony, play, etc
• Sleepover: like a pijama party
• Don't get much sleep: sleep only a little
• Invite over: to invite someone to your house
• To be into: be good at
• Sleep a wink: to not sleep at all
• Bothering: to give trouble to
• Although: in spite of the fact that
• Complain: to express dissatisfaction, resentment, pain, grief, etc
• Apologise: to make an apology

welcome!

Welcome to my new portfolio-blog to the english class. I hope you like it and we use it as much as we can to learn a lot of english. Enjoy it!