Split class (21/05) : Revision

Today we are revising some concepts on tenses we have seen in class.

First of all, double click on this link. Then pay attention to your teacher.

Marina and Rafa, I want you to double click HERE. Listen to the teacher. When you have finished your task go to this link.

Explorers (14/05 and 20/05)

1. Robert Scott and his crew

1) Read the texts:

A

In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, wanted to travel around the world. He left Spain with five ships and about 260 men. But Magellan didn't finish the journey. He died in April 1521. Only one ship came back to Spain. The eighteen men on that ship were the first people to travel around the world.

B

Robert Scott, an English explorer, wanted to be the first person to get to the South Pole. In 1910, Scott and his men started their journey from New Zealand. They arrived at the South Pole in January 1912.
But they weren't the first at the Pole. Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, arrived there in December 1911. The weather became very bad and Scott and his men couldn't get home. They died in Antarctica in March 1912.

2) Match each text to the pictures you can see in this post

A: pictures ...

B: pictures ...

3) Search and write down:

a) Four regular verbs in the past simple affirmative. Write the infinitive.
b) Four irregular verbs in the past simple affirmative. Write the infinitive.
c) A past simple negative sentence.
d) A negative sentence with the verb can in the past form.

4) Copy these sentences in your notebook and say T (True) or F (False):

A
-Magellan traveled around the world.
-Five ships and 260 men finished the journey.
-Magellan was from Spain.

B
-Robert Scott was the first person to get to the South Pole.
-Amundsen was from Norway.
-Amundsen's men arrived at the South Pole in January 1912.
-Amundsen's men died in Antarctica in March 1912.
-Scott's men died at the South Pole.

5) Copy these questions in your notebooks and answer them:

-Where was Magellan from?
-When did Magellan start his journey around the world?
-When did Magellan die?
-How many people finished the journey around the world?

-Where did Scott start his journey from?
-Who reached the South Pole first?
-Did Scott return home? Why?

6) Answer the questions in your notebooks:

A
a) Where was Ferdinand Magellan from?
b) Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
c) What did Magellan want?
d) When did Magellan leave Spain?
d) Did he manage to do his mission?
e) How many people finished the journey?
f) Do you think that Magellan's journey was dangerous?

B
a) Who was the first explorer at the South Pole?
b) Where was the first explorer who reached the South Pole from?
c) When did he arrive there?
d) Who died in the South Pole?
e) Why did they die there?

7) Look at the picture number 1. Think on: items you can see, actions, ... Then describe it in your notebooks. Use there are / there is and the present continuous.

2. Alaska: Amundsen's ship

3. The first circumnavigation of the Globe

4. A historic replica of a 16th century ship

5. Magellan

6. Amundsen used eskimo dogs (Malamutes)

Aotearoa

Avui aprendrem coses d'un païs on xerren anglès. Però abans de res:

Let me introduce this pal and his friends:

Double-click on the picture above to see it larger.

Look at the pictures and try to answer the following questions orally:

1) Who is this man? Where is he from?

2) Think of adjectives you can use to describe the man in the first picture.

3) What is he doing?

4) What are the men in the second picture doing?

5) Do you know who a Maori is? Do you know who a Kiwi is?

Read the text and do the following activities in your notebook:

In April we visited New Zealand or Aotearoa, a Maori word meaning Land of the Long White Cloud.



New Zealand is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. This country comprises two main islands (the North Island and the South Island) and numerous small islands.


New Zealand first inhabitants were the Maori. They came from the islands hundreds of miles to the North sometime between around 700 and 2000 years ago.
Maori were fierce warriors. They were cannibals and they ate their enemies. Everybody was afraid of the Maori, even the white man -British people- who began to settle in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. The settlers had superior weapons, but Maori warriors, fierce and scary, made Europeans sign peace treaties.

Much of the Maori art shows bulging stomachs as a warning to enemies

Nowadays, the New Zealand population is European, and the indigenous Maori is the largest minority. People from New Zealand love to be called Kiwis.
Maori fit well in the European culture, but they are still proud of their culture.
Maori tattoo their faces and bodies as in the picture above, and they have a tradicional dance -haka-, where the warriors dance around, show their tongues and open their eyes scarily.The New Zealand national rugby team (the "all blacks" because their uniform is black) love to do the haka at their opponents before a match.

0) Use the Dictionary (click on) if you don't understand a word.

1) Answer the previous questions in your notebook.

2) Answer these questions (orally):

- The most part of the New Zealand population is:
a) Maori b) European

- Is Aotearoa New Zealand?

- Where is New Zealand?

- Who started to live in New Zealand around 200 years ago?

You can see some beautiful volcanos in New Zealand

3) Search for a picture of the following topics in the Internet. Use Google and the picture option.

- the New Zealand flag
- James Cook, the first British who arrived to New Zealand
- Maori art (wood carving)
- Maori tattoes
- a kiwi (bird)
- a kiwifruit
- a famous Kiwi person

4) Describe the following picture (Who are they? Tell about the clothes they are wearing. What do you think about their look? Etc.)

- Si vols sentir un poc de música maori només tenc que clickar en els següents enllaços:

0 (Traditional love song)
1 (Haka by the Rugby Team)

Did you like what you have learnt about New Zealand?

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