FOUR CATS 2 BACH.

FOUR CATS 2 BACH.
Two men and a dog 

The blog for 2 Bachillerato.

 Cat in Russian Lubok by paukrus

EXTRA POINTS
LIKE/AS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv63.shtml
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/aslike.htm
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/and

AS/AS IF  OR AS THOUGH
http://www.grammaring.com/as-if-as-though

CONDITIONALS:

http://www.slideshare.net/pietvanderlaan/conditional-clauses-using-modals-and-unless
http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/conditional_sentences08.HTML
http://www.englishforums.com/English/ConditionalWithModalVerbs/mghl/post.htm


http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/conditional_special.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsG-dz1drgQ
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences

http://www.slideshare.net/Carmenramirezgonzalez/conditional-sentences-6938117

connectors/wish/if only
http://www.slideshare.net/Carmenramirezgonzalez/conditional-sentences-6938117






RELATIVES
http://www.xtec.cat/~ogodoy/sac/rephrasing/rephrexercises.htm

http://languageandtranslation.pbworks.com/w/page/14827261/Relative%20Clauses%20-Paraphrasing


JANE EYRE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0G5PnmcZtw

Where is Jane?

What is her position in Thornfield?

Who is Mrs Fairfax? Is she the owner of Thornfield?

Who is the owner?

  JANE EYRE

  

What is the lifestyle of the girls at Lowood?

What advice does Helen give Jane?

How is Jane's temperament different from Helen's?

How does Jane feel while standing on the stool when she is labeled a liar?

How does Helen comfort Jane?

Why does Miss Temple invite Jane to her room?

How does Jane's visit with Miss Temple alter her thinking about Lowood?

What news does Bessie bring Jane from Gateshead?

What steps has Jane taken toward her future?

How does Jane find her position at Thornfield and her new acquaintances?

Write about your school and say how it is different from Jane´s school.

What is Adele's relation to Mr. Rochester?

How does Jane first meet Mr. Rochester?

What is unusual about Jane's first meeting with Mr. Rochester?

Why does Mr. Rochester bring up Adele when she is not his child?

How does Jane respond to Grace Poole's composure when questioned about the fire?

How does Jane react to her feelings of love for Mr. Rochester?

Contrast Blanche and Jane.

Who is Mr. Mason?

How does Blanche react to her fortune?

How does Mr. Rochester react to the news of Mason's arrival?

What strange incident involving Mason brings Jane to Rochester’s aid again?

What do all these events tell you about the relationship between Rochester and Mason?

Do you think Rochester is in love with Blanche Ingram?

Do you think he has any feelings for Jane?

Why does Jane consent to return to Gateshead?

How do the Reeds treat Jane?

What does Mr. Rochester call Jane when he meets her on the road to Thornfield?

What does Jane tell Mr. Rochester?

When Jane and Mr. Rochester profess their love and agree to marry, a sudden storm breaks out. What happens to a tree?

What "vision" does Jane have a night before the wedding?

Who is guilty of setting the fire, ripping Jane's veil, and attacking Mason?

What disastrous event happens on Jane’s wedding day? Who is Bertha?

What does Jane decide to do? Why?

What does Mr. Rochester ask of Jane?

What is Jane's answer to his question?

Tell Mr Rochester´s story. Begin with “I was very young and my father was a greedy man…”

How do you feel about Jane’s decision to leave Rochester? Are her actions believable in light of her character?

What happens to Jane on the way to Marsh End?

How does St. John help Jane?

What employment does St. John find for Jane?

Does this employment suit Jane?
What news does he bring to Jane? What does Jane’s reaction to the news reveal about her?

Why does St. John ask Jane to come to India with him as his wife? How does she  answer him?

Jane comes close to changing her mind about marrying St. John. Why? What does her

response to Rochester’s voice suggest about her values and feelings?

What does Jane learn from the host at the inn?

How does Rochester say he felt in Jane’s absence?

Do Jane and Rochester still feel the same way about each other? Explain.

FRANKENSTEIN

What is the man's background?  Where is he from?

Who is Elizabeth Lavenza and what is her story?

Who is Henry Clerval and what is his relation to Victor?

Describe Victor’s experience with lightning. How was it a turning point in his life?

What happens to Elizabeth and to Victor's mother as a result of Elizabeth's  fever ?

Tell what Caroline Frankenstein hopes for Elizabeth and Victor’s future.

Explain the differences between M. Krempe and M. Waldman.

What specific aspects of biology does Victor study?

 How does Victor react when his creation comes to life?

 

Describe how Victor’s dream takes on the mood of a horror story.

Whom does Victor meet next morning?

What does Victor discover when they go to Victor's apartment?

How does Victor respond?

What happens to him, and for how long?

What is waiting for Victor when he finally recovers?

Who is Justine Moritz and what is her story ?

Who is William and how old is he? Have we heard of him before?

Specify the evidence that is used to charge Justine with the crime.

Where is the creature?

What has he done? 

Imagine that you are the creature. Write your story. Begin with “I cannot remember my first days very well.” And end with “That night I set fire to the cottage.”

 

Tell Felix and Safie´s story.

Summarize the creature’s encounter with the drowning girl. How does this incident further fuel the creature’s hatred for mankind and need for revenge?

Describe why the creature chooses to kill William.

 

Tell why the creature places the locket in Justine’s pocket.

 

Describe the demand the creature makes of Victor.

 

What is Victor’s greatest fear as he leaves for England?

Describe Victor´s life in the Orkneys.

What are Victor’s concerns about creating another monster?

Explain why Victor destroys the creature he is forming.

What does the monster means when he tells Victor, “I shall be with you on your wedding-night.”?

Summarize why the townspeople think Victor is the murderer.

Who has been murdered?

Show how Victor responds to Clerval’s death upon seeing his body and how he behaves while in jail.

Describe how the monster is with Victor on his wedding-night.

Tell where Victor travels. Where is he going, and why?

Explain how the monster feels now that Victor is dead.

Match the main characters and their descriptions:

Robert Walton —

Victor Frankenstein —

The Creature —

Henry Clerval —

Alphonse and Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein —

William Frankenstein — Victor’s brother

Elizabeth Lavenza —

Justine Moritz —

Mr. DeLacey, Felix, Agatha, and Safie —

• Victor’s adopted cousin and wife
• Victor’s best friend and fellow student
• servant and friend of the Frankenstein family
• Victor’s parents
• scientist who designs a living creature from human remains
• impoverished cottage family observed by the Creature
• ship captain, explorer, and confidant of Frankenstein
• the un-named human being created by Victor Frankenstein

 

 

DESCRIBING AN EVENT

http://www.slideshare.net/yourenglishonline/describing-an-event

Phrases

http://ebasics.blogspot.com.es/2008/06/describing-events.html

REPORTED SPEECH

http://www.curso-ingles.com/gramatica-inglesa/reported.php

http://aprendeinglessila.com/2013/05/reported-speech-2/

Activities

http://www.curso-ingles.com/ejercicios-test-ingles/reported.php

http://www.curso-ingles.com/ejercicios-test-ingles/reported2.php

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/questions2.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm

JANE EYRE.

ACTIVITIES:

1.     Who is  Bessie?

2.     Who is John Reed?

3.     Decribe him( his physical and personal traits).

4.     What did John do to Jane?

5.     What was Jane´s response?

6.     What was Jane´s punishment?

7.     Why do you think Jane is treated so unfairly?

8.     Why does Mrs. Reed make Jane stay in the red room?

9.     Why does Jane keep crying?

10.  What hope does Mr. Lockwood give Jane?

11.  What is Lowood Institution?

12.  What is the lifestyle of the girls at Lowood?

FRANKESNSTEIN.

ACTIVITIES:

 

1. Who is writing Letter 1 (and all the letters)?

 

2. To whom is he writing?

 

3. What is their relationship?

 

4. Where is Robert Walton when he writes Letter 1?

 

5. Why is he there?

 

6. What are his plans?

 

7. How much time has elapsed between Letter 1 and Letter 2?

 

8. Where is Walton now?

 

9.  What does he tell us about himself?

 

10. Why does the man picked up by the ship say he is there?

 

11. What shape is he in?

 

12. What sort of person does he seem to be?

 

Imagine you are one of the ship’s crew, standing high up on the rigging, looking out at the sledge being pulled across the snow. Write a letter home to your family, describing the situation of the ship, the weather, your feelings, the sighting of the strange sledge and then the rescue of the man.

JANE EYRE

 

Questions:

• When did Mount Tambora erupt?
• What did 1816 come to be known as?
• Where was Lord Byron's villa?
• What did Mary and the others read in the evenings?
• What did the group of friends decide to write?
• How long did it take to complete Frankenstein?
• When was 'Frankenstein' published?
• What was the book written by John Polidori?
• When was John Polidori's book completed?
• What did Mary Shelley call the monster in her book?

 LISTENING ACTIVITIES
VIDEO BOOSTER
http://es.english-attack.com/videobooster/robocop/future-american-justice

PETE SEEGER

Pete Seeger died last Monday. He was an American folk singer and songwriter.Bruce Springsteen wanted to honor his memory and sang 'We Shall Overcome', one of his most famous songs.

Bruce Springsteen Honors Pete Seeger With Stirring 'We Shall Overcome'

Jersey legend pays tribute to an American icon during special run of South African shows

By Diane Vadino

January 29, 2014 11:25 AM ET

"I lost a great friend and a great hero last night," Bruce Springsteen told a sold-out crowd at the Bellville Velodrome in South Africa yesterday, dedicating a reverent rendition of "We Shall Overcome" to his friend and fellow activist Pete Seeger. "Once you heard this song, you were prepared to march into hell's fire," Springsteen said.

Rolling Stone Music On Line Magazine

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bruce-springsteen-honors-pete-seeger-with-stirring-we-shall-overcome-20140129#ixzz2rp3jC38X

QUIZ

 

 

Passive voice
It is said.....
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6854

http://www.englishdaily626.com/passive_voice.php?024

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_passive1.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=197#a

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/passive_sentences1.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm




Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

PPT






GAP FILLING

Artificial Christmas Trees from All-In-One Garden Centre








GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMAN

 
Nelson Mandela

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/famouspeople/nelson-mandela/nelson-mandela-video-quiz.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8u6Ssh6uL4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HiPmMMaHCk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qPmgeuLyLU

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

" Invictus"  by  William Ernest Henley

Nelson Mandela  passed away last Thursday at his home in Johannesburg .

For those of you who want extra points here we have some possible projects based on Nelson Mandela:

• Nelson Mandela: in his own words. Mandela´s famous quotes.
• Mandela: his life in pictures.
• The Sounds of Resistence. Anti- apartheid songs.
• Mandela and Poetry
• Invictus. The story behind the movie.
• Apartheid in pictures.

Remember that you can get up to 2  extra points. Only those of you have completed all the assingments can get the extra points.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10651690

 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

http://www.schooltube.com/video/945c3a7d2010a9c05ff4/GMA%20-%20The%20Great%20Pacific%20Garbage%20Patch

Watch the video and answer:

1.     What is the main component in the Pacific Garbage Patch?

2.    How big is the Pacific Garbage Patch?

3.    Is it bigger or smaller than the USA?

4.    How is it described?

5.    What causes the Garbage Patch?

6.    What are small fish doing?

7.    What is the solution proposed?

8.    What does the reporter send the news presenter?

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/topics/pollution/?ar_a=1