#inspiringtimes of RESPONSIBILITY: the Lemon tree singing contest is open

IMPORTANTE NOTICE:

Deadline for submissions: Saturday 13, March, 2021

Segundo 'rehearsal' de la canción The Lemon tree, acaecido el 23 de febrero de 2020.

Progresando.

Fecha del último ensayo: next Tuesday, come on, keep on trying, little bugs.

Bueno, pues han pasado ya 11 meses, más de 90.000 muertos en España y seguimos en la lucha. Y mis nuevos alumnos de 1º de ESO, que son nuestro futuro se animan a ¿cantar? 😱😱😱😱😱😱 'The Lemon Tree'.

Espero que la semana que viene sí se pueda esta el verbo cantar.💪💪💪💪 Aquí los tenéis durante el primer ensayo. Ya veremos qué ocurre.🙏🙏

A challenge: The Lemon Tree singing contest is officially open.

Aquí podré el podium de los alumnos ganadores de 1º ESO A del IES SANTA CATALINA:

Escribía el año pasado, el nefasto 15 de marzo que...

My dearest pupils: #inspiringtimes #confinement

Screenshot taken from the website. Many thanks, dear folks.

Este curso escolar ya no habrá más movilidades Erasmus+ de profesores, a causa del bichito (wee tiny funny bug) este venido de las tierra que exploró el intrépido Marco Polo. Por esa razón, (because of that) este blog será reconvertido en nuestro pequeño libro de tareas, puesto que Changing Perspectives, que encabeza esta página de aventuras, es un lema que debe seguir activo y podemos y debemos aplicar ahora, TODOS, a nuestra vida diaria.

Ahora, las movilidades van a ser pasillo arriba, pasillo abajo, cruzo a la cocina, cruzo al salón, a fin de que el tamaño de la belly -also called tummy- no crezca más de lo habitual.

Casi todos vosotros me habéis enviado ya un mensaje de saludo, y muchos me comentáis que estáis muy BORED (recordad, BORING: que tú eres muuuuuy aburrido, no que ESTÁS aburrido) y que vuestros padres y madres os tienen ya un poquiiiito 'jarticos'.

You can click on the following link to learn a little bit more about the use of -ed or -ing words, and even, if you are TOO BORED, you can complete some of the activities and send them to me.

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-5148.php

Screenshot taken from the website. Many thanks for your wonderful website.

Pues vamos a ello: Changing perspectives. Pensad en ello. Ya comenzamos el pasado viernes durante la última clase: RESPONSIBILITY, CRISIS, SOCIETY, TOGETHER, HELP EACH OTHER, y otras palabritas con mucha importancia que surgieron.

Original idea by Manuel Molina, designed by Ana María Rodríguez, 1º ESO B.

Hoy os voy a enseñar un verbo muy bonito, cuyo origen, como casi siempre con las palabras más importantes del 'vikingués' es de origen, o bien del griego o bien del latín: to ponder, sinónimo del verbo to think about. Do you remember that very long word, etimology that we have already analysed in our lessons?

Screenshot of the website

Well, it is high time we began to reflect upon how you all, and me too (that's going to be a real hurdle), can be more responsible, how we should begin to adjust our every day habits to our current situation, how we all need to begin to think about new ways of working together, helping each other to overcome this painful, gruelling but, at the same, hopeful time we have ahead of us.

¿Y qué mejor manera de empezar que cantar la canción LEMON TREE, con la que tanto hemos DISFRUTADO en clase, que tanto nos ha ayudado a practicar, en perfecto 'boquerón', los sonidos básicos del inglés, namely, 't, d, s, sh, th', y algunos otros más?

Screenshot taken from the website

Y ya tenemos al primer concursante, Javier, profesor de Ciclos Formativos de Jaén que quiere ayudar a que todos nos animemos. Gracias, Javier.

And why Lemon tree? I am sure you must have already guessed, since you all managed to learn the lyrics by heart while dancing to the music. Well, let's see and try to recall what the message
was: Isolation is not meant for you...

Screenshot from youtube. Many thanks, dear folks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAFS43NKFag

If we had known what was about to happen, we would have recorded the song as a group! Now, we could watch it and have a wonderful time!

And now, our compulsory homework, which, in this case, is a challenge: What if you manage to sing this song with as many members of your family, in your beautiful, 'boquerón' English and post in on the blog, or Twitter and then we choose the best, the funniest, the most inspiring singers?

If you want to use Twitter to post your videos for the contest, you will have to use the hastag #iessierramaginamr and #inspiringtimes with @mmolpor2006.

Or if you prefer, do send me your clips to your google classroom account.

I'll be waiting for your clips! And remember, the worst, the most hopeless, impossible, horrible singer in the world is YOUR TEACHER, me, just listen, but don't laugh too much, dear fellow!

Deadline for submissions: Saturday 13, March, 2021.

And, incidentally, I would like to recommend you something HORRIBLE these days, something WEIRD, something ABSURD, something some people hate because of its consequences: it will make you THINK, PONDER AND MUSE.

I would like you to READ a book, to enjoy it, to savor it, to relish this book. We will have plenty of time ahead of us, probably much more than two weeks. It is a difficult book, but very inspiring, interesting, appealing and thoughtful. You all have already proved that you can do it, so, shall we do it?

Let's go then: The novel is called GREAT EXPECTATIONS, and was written by a person who decided to read, to think and to write, CHARLES DICKENS.

There are some adaptations of the original novel which you can easily find online. I promise you that you will ENJOY reading this short novel much more than you can imagine, and, on top of that, it is a BOOK that will make you CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE on many, many, many issues, which is what you will do, sooner or later. Better sooner.

Foto by @mmolpor902

Summary of the plot of the novel.

https://kids.kiddle.co/Great_Expectations https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/great-expectations.pdf

An excerpt of the beginning of the novel.

You can also watch the film in English by clicking the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWL29H4QvUk

CHALLENGE TWO:

If you dare to read in English the first page of the novel, in a beautiful setting, with some nice music -not very loud though- and send us the clip, you will win 1 super merit for your work!

CHALLENGE THREE:

If you send me a translation of the text into Spanish before this Thursday, I will give you some extra points for this evaluation. It's up to you, guys! By the way: it has to be done on your notebooks, handwritten, tidy and clean, organized in clear paragraphs, with clear margins and with a small stain of chocolate, too!

CHALLENGE FOUR:

Be the first student to complete the following crossword with words taken from this entry on the blog! You can send me the crossword once you have completed it and you can win 1 super merit!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Las palabras que vienen en español en el 'crossword' son la traducción de una serie de palabras en INGLÉS que aparecen en este texto. El 'crossword' debe ser completado con las palabras EN INGLÉS.

The first student to complete the 'crossword' will receive this SUPER MERIT💪💪💪💪💪!