Forget the cliche that they are looking for the in-famous "s": Sand, sea, Sun, Sangría, Sports,...On Residents´ Day there have been nearly 100 clubs and associations. Your task is to find the aims of each one of the associations listed below(We have left out both religious sects and political parties):
martes, 22 de abril de 2014
Our Global Cultural Mosaic: a potpourri,a salad bowl, a melting pot...
Few places receive as many yearly visitors, both residents and tourists, as our privileged corner in southern Spain. This is a fast-growing, very dynamic society with an immense ability to get themselves organised and start new clubs, societies and associations, which cater for the needs not only of the Northern European expatriates but of the increasing South American communities as well.
Forget the cliche that they are looking for the in-famous "s": Sand, sea, Sun, Sangría, Sports,...On Residents´ Day there have been nearly 100 clubs and associations. Your task is to find the aims of each one of the associations listed below(We have left out both religious sects and political parties):
Forget the cliche that they are looking for the in-famous "s": Sand, sea, Sun, Sangría, Sports,...On Residents´ Day there have been nearly 100 clubs and associations. Your task is to find the aims of each one of the associations listed below(We have left out both religious sects and political parties):
viernes, 4 de abril de 2014
SCIENCE DOES MATTER...
The so-called PISA surveys leave Spanish education as a whole in a very bad position compared to the Finns, the Japanese and the Koreans...The so-called evaluators tend to ignore many factors affecting the teaching-learning processes and how hardworking Spanish students can be...
(A morsel of science)
How to remember the seven life processes or Mrs. Energy NRG
MOVEMENT
RESPIRATION
SENSITIVITY
NUTRITION
EXCRETION
REPRODUCTION
GROWTH
The above words are cognates, quite easy to identify for Spanish speakers.
See if you can match the English terms with their Spanish equivalents:
a)RED BLOOD CELLS 1) EGAGRÓPILAS
b) SCAVENGERS 2) TENIA
c) BIRD PELLETS 3) LEUCOCITOS
d) TADPOLES 4) EL CICLO DE LA RANA
e) WHITE BLOOD CELLS 5) HONGOS
f) TAPEWORM 6) PUNTO DE EBULLICIÓN
g) TOADSTOOLS 7) CARROÑEROS
h) BOILING POINT 8) RENACUAJOS
i) ULTRASOUND 9) HEMATÍES
j) FOOD CHAIN/WEB 10) ECOGRAFÍA
k) FROG LIFE CYCLE 11) RESONANCIA MAGN.
l) M.R.I. 12) CADENA TRÓFICA
Find as much as you can about:
ANISAKIS
BILHARZIA/SCHISTOSOMIASIS
LEISHMANIASIS
ANNELIDS HUMAN PARASITES.
info taken from FIRST CHILDREN´S ENCYCLOPEDIA D.K.
and JUNIOR ILLUSTRATED SCIENCE DICTIONARY USBORNE
miércoles, 2 de abril de 2014
When the classroom becomes a kitchen and/or a pub
When devising this unit I had in mind a group of unmotivated "diversified" students who were strongly influenced by the current TV cookery programmes...Master chef, The snack,...
Students learned to cook some dishes at home, brought them to school and we did not set the kitchen or the classroom or each other on fire...Basically, we learned through doing things creatively and had some fun WHILE TRYING NEW DISHES..Some of our students might end up working in a restaurant or pub along the coast....
Recipe corner
PANCAKES on Pancake day Shrove Tuesday March 4th 2014
250g.flour;4 eggs;400ml milk;1 pinch of salt; butter (Compare with Crepes and the different ways to be eaten)
SCRAMBLED EGGS
SPANISH OMELETTE
FRENCH OMELETTE
CHEESE AND GARLIC BREAD
QUINCE JELLY
CHOCOLATE CHIP AND CHERRY COOKIES
STUFFED AVOCADOS
SMOKED FISH DIP
TARAMASALATA
BACLAVA
FETA/BLUE CHEESE SALAD
PRAWN PATE
CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP
FRENCH ONION SOUP
TAGLIATELLE ITALIAN STYLE
MY FAVOURITE PIZZA
TUNA LASAGNE
FISH CURRY
CREAM CHEESECAKE
VEGETABLE CRUNCH
TRIFLE
APPLE PIE
TARHANAS
RENNET PUDDING (cuajada)
FRIED CUSTARD(leche frita)
RICE PUDDING
FRITTERS
CINNAMON-SCENTED ICED MILK (leche merengada)
AND THEN WE LEARNED ABOUT SOME COCKTAILS (NON-ALCOHOLIC MIXED DRINKS) AND THE CLASSROOM WAS FULL OF COLOUR:RED,GREEN, ORANGE, WHITE, BLACK..
COCKTAILS
FRUIT PUNCH
LEMON, LIME AND BITTERS
GINGER ALE
HORCHATA
HOT CHOCOLATE
SARSAPARILLA
EGG NOG
SANGRÍA
SPRITZER
KALIMOTXO
TINTO VERANO
BLOODY MARY
GIMLET
MARGARITA
DAIQUIRI
MOJITO
PIÑA COLADA
MIMOSA
BUCK´S FIZZ
SHANDY
BLACK VELVET
MANHATTAN
CAIPIRINHA
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