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Useful vocabulary for the speaking exam



As you know, part 3 consists of describing the differences bewteen two pictures. Imagine we have these two pictures. Write in your notebook all the differences you find. Try to use.


- Present continous when you describe actions ("This man is playing voleyball")

- There is or there are for describing things you see in the picture (There's a lamp next to the window)

- Use formulas as: "In this picture we can see..... but in this other picture....."

                               "Both pictures show......... however this picture shows...."

                                "While in this picture there is/are ....... in this other picture..."







 

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HISTORY

 We divide history into periods:

PREHISTORY


Started about 5 million years ago, when the first humans appeared.

People...

  • lived in caves.
  • made clothes from animal skins.
  • hunted and fished.
  • collected wild plants and fruit to eat.
  • made paintings, tools and objects.

They also...

  • discovered fire.
  • invented the wheel and writing.

ANCIENT HISTORY


Started about 3.500 B.C., when people invented writing.

First civilisations appeared, such as the Greeks and the Romans.

Both:
  • made beautiful buildings and sculptures.
  • traded (brought and sold things).
  • wrote books.
  • believed in many gods.
The Greeks...
  • called the Iberian Peninsula: Iberia .
  • invented democracy, coins and the Olympic Games.
The Romans...
  • called the Iberian Peninsula: Hispania.
  • built aqueducts, roads and cities.

  • invented a language called Latin.


MIDDLE AGES

Started in the 5th century.

Christian kingdoms (north):
  • built churches.
  • priest and monks lived in monasteries.
  • kings and nobles lived in castles.
  • peasants lived in villages.
Al-Andalus (south):
  • built mosques and palaces.
  • more towns and cities.
  • more artisans and merchants.
The Christians slowly conquered al-Andalus. This is called the Reconquista. Granada, the last Muslim kingdom was conquered in 1492.


EARLY MODERN AGE


Started in 1492, when Christopher Columbus discovered America.
  • Explorers...
    • used the compass and made better maps.
    • had better and faster ships.
    • discovered many places.
In Spain, this period in called the Golden Age.
  • Writers:
    • Cervantes (Don Quijote)
    • Lope de Vega (Fuenteovejuna)
  • The printing press was invented.
  • Artists:
    • El Greco.
    • Diego Velázquez.
Spain conquered many lands in America, Asia and Africa. It established a big empire.




THE MODERN AGE


Started in 1789.

Industrial Revolution: changes and inventions.
  • 19th century:
    • People moved from the countryside to towns and cities.
    • Factories used machines: to make lots of products.
    • Steam trains: to move around quickly.
    • Rich people: owned factories, had big houses and servants and go to school.
    • Ordinary people: worked in factories and lived in modest houses.
  • 20th century:
    • More comfortable homes (machines for whasing, cooking, cleaning...).
    • Cars, buses and planes: move around easily.
    • Entertainment: cinema, radio and television.
    • Everybody could see a doctor and go to school.

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Means of transport

¡¡¡ Buenos días amigos y amigas!!!

Esta semana, vamos a repasar los medios de transporte que hemos trabajado en clase. Recordad que hemos visto los medios de transporte de carretera, de aire y de agua. Algunos, molan más que otros, pero todos son necesarios para viajar o pasarlo bien. 

Primero, vamos a repasar el vídeo que ya hemos visto en clase con todos los medios de transporte. 

Means of transport video

Ahora, vamos a escuchar una canción con algunos de los medios de transporte que ya conocemos: 

Means of transport song

Repasadlos bien, que esta semana trabajaremos con ellos. 

Disfrutad del solete 🌞 y del buen tiempo. 

¡Buen fin de semana!!!

Teacher Noelia

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LOS CAMBIOS QUÍMICOS



Another cool video explaining the three chemical changes that we've studied (COMBUSTION, OXIDATION and FERMENTATION). 

Enjoy it!

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Fermentation explained (in spanish)



This brief video will help you understand the chemical reaction of FERMENTATION. Try to watch it after reading from the book

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English Alphabet Pronunciation - Spelling









This video is going to help you remind how to spell in english. After listening, look for the sounds to spell your LAST NAME properly.

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REVIEW QUESTIONS (Natural Science 6TH - Units 3 and 4)

 These questions will help you to prepare the next exam. Try to answer them in your notebook:

1, What are the gametes? Describe the two types of gametes.

2. Explain the female reproductve system and all its components.

3. The male reproductive system: name the components and explain two of them.

4. Describe the fertilisation process, from the sexual intercourse until the fetus is formed.

5. Define the following terms: placenta - menstrual cycle - sex characteristics.

6. Define  pure substance and  mixture substance.

7. What is a solution? Name the componentes and write examples of solutions.

8. Name the separation techniques and expalin just one of them including an example.

9. Oxidation: explain the process and name the two types of oxidation (you do not need to explain them, only must be named).

10. Where does a chemical change occurs and what are the consequences? Give at least one example of chemical changes.



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ACTIVIDADES FIN DE SEMANA - 4 AÑOS

  ¡¡Buenos días!!

Os dejamos unas actividades entretenidas para este largo fin de semana.

Las profes de 4 años.


















VIDEO DE LA LETRA M

















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