dimarts, 30 de novembre del 2010

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmesis a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physcician Sir Arthur.
Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguises, and his forensic science skills to solve difficult cases.

diumenge, 28 de novembre del 2010

SLEEPY HOLLOW

The legend of Sleepy Hollow it's situated in a Dutch settlement in a glen called Sleepy Hollow in 1790 and tells the history of a teacher who competes with an other men for the hand of the daughter of a rich farmer.
One day, the teacher leaves a party at the daughter's family house and being pursued by the Headless Horseman. This horseman is a ghost of a German mercenary who was decapitated with his own sword when was jailed in the American Revolutionary War.
The next day they found the hat of the teacher and a pumpkin on a bridge.

SLEEPY HOLLOW

The legend of Sleepy Hollow it's situated in a Dutch settlement in a glen called Sleepy Hollow in 1790 and tells the history of a teacher who competes with an other men for the hand of the daughter of a rich farmer.
One day, the teacher leaves a party at the daughter's family house and being pursued by the Headless Horseman. This horseman is a ghost of a German mercenary who was decapitated with his own sword when was jailed in the American Revolutionary War.
The next day they found the hat of the teacher and a pumpkin on a bridge.

dimarts, 9 de novembre del 2010

Halloween


Is it a religious tradition?
No, it isn't.
When was Halloween originated?
Halloween originated 2000 years ago.
How was it celebrated?
Children asking house for sweets.
Halloween typical games
-Apple bobbing
-Trouble making
What does the word Halloween mean?
The originally word is All-Hallows-Even and people started to say Halloween in the 16th century.
When did it become a dangerous celebration?
When it was relationated with vandalism
How do people celebrate it today?
They dress and go to ask for sweets
Where is celebrated?
It's celebrated in British countries, USA and Australia.

Talk about events in the past

Xuni: Did I ever tell you abaut European championship horseball?
Pau: No, when was that?
Xuni: Oh, it was four months ago now. I've got some photos.
Pau: Oh, can I see? Where there many people there?
Xuni: Oh yes, there were about thousand of us.
Pau: Did you have a got time?
Xuni: Yes, we did. We all had a great time. The best bit was at the end of the week.
Pau: What happened then?
Xuni: We won the European Championship horseball.
Pau: That sounds great!

dimarts, 2 de novembre del 2010

Black eyed Peas


The black Eyed Peas have been at number One and number Two in the US charts at the same time. That's rare!
Group Members

Allan Pineda Lindo:
apl.de.ap explains how the band write songs:
"We always write together in one room. We jump around and sometimes we even try to see the stage when we are writing".

William J Adams:
will.i.am is the founder of the Black Eyed Peas. He met apl.de.ap at high school. They became best friends and started performing together at clubs in LA. will.i.am would rap while apl.de.ap breakdanced.

Jaime Luis Gómez:
Taboo is a mix of Native American and Mexican. He has a black belt in Ninjitsu and is famous for his kung fu dance moves.
He acted in the film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

Stacy Ann Ferguson:
Fergie says: Joining this band... really gave me the confidence to be the artist that I had always wanted to be.
Her parents are of Mexicans, Irish, Scottish and Native American descent.
When she was younger, she was a Girl Scout!

SPEAKING: INVITE SOMEONE OUT

SPEAKING: EXCHANGE OPINIONS SPEAKING: EXCHANGE OPINIONS

dimarts, 26 d’octubre del 2010

Uncle Sam


This is Uncle Sam, a personification of
the USA dressed in the flag. In this
famous poster, Uncle Sam encourages
people to join the USA Army during
World War I.

dimarts, 28 de setembre del 2010

FCEBOOK

Good or bad?
Facebook is bad for your grades at school!
In the USA, 68 % of pupils who used Facebook
got lower grades than pupils who did not
use it!.

DISCO POGO

PENGUIN POO.


Thanks to penguin poo
we now know the number of
emperor penguins in Antarctica!
Scientists saw giant brown stains
on satellite images of the withe sea ice.
The stains show that 200,000 pairs
of penguins live there.

Take over control

WELCOME

Hi, my name is Xavier, this is may 4t blogportfolio, I stay in 4t ESO and my teacher in English class is Alex.!:)
My favorite subject is P.E, and maths!

dijous, 17 de juny del 2010

Yummy USB keys


Hamburgers, pizzas, hot dogs... fast food is everywhere! And naw you can even get a USB key in the form of your favorite meal. It will make you hungry when you are on your computer!

The Black eyed peas

The Black Eyed Peas have been at Number one and Number Two in the US charts at the same time. That's rare.

dilluns, 31 de maig del 2010

TIME FOR SELF-EVALUATION

My learning:

1. DID YOU WORK HARD?
Yes I did work hard every week.

2. DID YOU ORGANIZE YOUR WORK WEEK BY WEEK?
Yes I did.

3. WHAT WAS MORE DIFFICULT FOR YOU?
The oral presentations is very difficult for mi.

4. WHAT DID YOU LEARN?( new grammar, vocab..)
Yes I learn a lot of new vocabulary.

5. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO IMPROVE?
I'm need to improve the oral presentation.


The activities:
Write about the different activities. Use I like/don't like.. I prefer/ My favourite..
magazine reading and activities/dialogues/writings/DVD
Films and summaries/Oral presentation/Extra-points projects
My blog preparation.
My favorite are Oral Presentation and Films and summaries, because I learn a lot of new vocabulary. I don like magazine reading and activities and I like dialogues, writings and DVD.

in conclusion,
WHAT'S YOUR BEST ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES THIS COURSE? (link it)
DID YOU LIKE WORKING IN THE LANGUAGE ROOM?
WHY/WHY NOT?

Oral presentations is the best activity in this course. Yes, because it's very comfortable with the computers.

http://xavi-myportfolio3.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post.html

dijous, 27 de maig del 2010

CLASS ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Name: Eugeni
Title: Facebook
OPINION: He talked about Facebook. Interesting theme, but he was nervious and this was a problem.

Name: Sergi Feliu and Tania Omedes
Title: Avatar
OPINION: I think that they prepared the oral a lot. They explained everything very well.

Name: Blanca Duran
Title: Dance
OPINION: She talked about dance. She had a good explanation but she was nervious. The theme it isn't interesting for me. And the history of dance was very looong.


Name: Guillem and Pau
Title:Tennis
OPINION: They talked about tennis. The presentation was very good and interesting, because they explain it very well.

Name: Mios.
Title: Black eye peas.
Opinion: They talked about Blach eye peas miusic. I'ts a congratulation oral presentation.
ORAL PRESENTATION

- Did you use any resources? Yes, so much.
- Were the resources relevant and attractive ? No, because I forguet my pen.
I use a Power Point, some pictures. I spend 2 or 3 minutes, no more.

BODY LANGUAGE AND EYE CONTACT
- Did you look at your audience most of the time? Yes, I did.
- Did you read for your notes? Yes, 2 or 3 times, because I don't have the powerpoint.
- Did you do any gestures/movement to hold the attention of your audience? Only 3 movements.

STRUCTURE
- Did you organize your ideas in order of importance? Old of my ideas are important, and yes, I organize my ideas in order.
- Did you use discourse markers to do make your ideas more clear? No, I didn't

CONTENT
- Did you introduce interesting NEW information to your audience? Yes, I think that.

- Did you look up information/facts/ideas in the internet, books..? I look some videos and photos, and information of internet.
- Was your information more superficial or more detailed, and original? My information was superficial but interesting too.

LANGUAGE
- Did you check your grammar?(verbs, word order) Yes, I did. In the lenguage room.
- Did you use rich vocabulary looking up the dictionary? Yes, I did.
- Did you use sentence linkers? No, I didn't. I use the dictionary.

PRONUNCIATION AND INTONATION
I pronounce some of the words correct. I use the dictionary for pronounced them correctly.

My final mark is?.... good, because I haven't got the support of my powerpoint.

Oral presentation

Hello, I'm Xavier Alsius, I'm 15 years old and I'm studying at Casa Nostra school. I'm talking about extreme sports.

Extreme sports are about excitement, skill, and danger.
Surfing it's the oldest extreme sports. Surfers wait to catch a really big wave on a board in the sea. Many surfers have invented jumps and other moves when they get a good wave.
In the 1960 windsurf was invented, a sail was put on a surf board. The world record for speed is over 75 k/h.
Skateboarding is very popular with young people and there are skate parks in most cities.
You can ride a board in the mountains too. Snowboarding has become very popular.
Extreme sports are dangerous.
Rapaworx near de Liverpool is the Europe's biggest skate park.
To practise all these extreme sports, you need a board.

dilluns, 24 de maig del 2010

ORAL PRESENTATION




Hello, I'm Xavier Alsius, I'm 15 years old and I'm studying at Casa Nostra school. I'm talking about extreme sports.

Extreme sports are about excitement, skill, and danger.
Surfing it's the oldest extreme sports. Surfers wait to catch a really big wave on a board in the sea. Many surfers have invented jumps and other moves when they get a good wave.
In the 1960 windsurf was invented, a sail was put on a surf board. The world record for speed is over 75 k/h.
Skateboarding is very popular with young people and there are skate parks in most cities.
You can ride a board in the mountains too. Snowboarding has become very popular.
Extreme sports are dangerous.
Rapaworx near de Liverpool is the Europe's biggest skate park.
To practise all these extreme sports, you need a board.

ORAL PRESENTATION

- Did you use any resources? Yes, so much.
- Were the resources relevant and attractive ? No, because I forguet my pen.
I use a Power Point, some pictures. I spend 2 or 3 minutes, no more.

BODY LANGUAGE AND EYE CONTACT
- Did you look at your audience most of the time? Yes, I did.
- Did you read for your notes? Yes, 2 or 3 times, because I don't have the powerpoint.
- Did you do any gestures/movement to hold the attention of your audience? Only 3 movements.

STRUCTURE
- Did you organize your ideas in order of importance? Old of my ideas are important, and yes, I organize my ideas in order.
- Did you use discourse markers to do make your ideas more clear? No, I didn't

CONTENT
- Did you introduce interesting NEW information to your audience? Yes, I think that.

- Did you look up information/facts/ideas in the internet, books..? I look some videos and photos, and information of internet.
- Was your information more superficial or more detailed, and original? My information was superficial but interesting too.

LANGUAGE
- Did you check your grammar?(verbs, word order) Yes, I did. In the lenguage room.
- Did you use rich vocabulary looking up the dictionary? Yes, I did.
- Did you use sentence linkers? No, I didn't. I use the dictionary.

PRONUNCIATION AND INTONATION
I pronounce some of the words correct. I use the dictionary for pronounced them correctly.

My final mark is?.... good, because I haven't got the support of my powerpoint.


Name: Eugeni
Title: Facebook
OPINION: He talked about Facebook. Interesting theme, but he was nervious and this was a problem.

Name: Sergi Feliu and Tania Omedes
Title: Avatar
OPINION: I think that they prepared the oral a lot. They explained everything very well.

Name: Blanca Duran
Title: Dance
OPINION: She talked about dance. She had a good explanation but she was nervious. The theme it isn't interesting for me. And the history of dance was very looong.


Name: Guillem and Pau
Title:Tennis
OPINION: They talked about tennis. The presentation was very good and interesting, because they explain it very well.

Name: Mios.
Title: Black eye peas.
Opinion: They talked about Blach eye peas miusic. I'ts a congratulation oral presentation.

Robochef

magine coming home for school to find a robot cooking your dinner! Well, that's possible now in Japan.
The robot stirs the ingredients in a bowl, pours them into a pan and servers your food. It also asks you what sort of sauces and condiments you would like. But if you want to understand, you'll have to learn Japanese!

diumenge, 23 de maig del 2010

DIRECTIONS IN A BUILDING

C: Excuse me. Do you work here?
X: Yes. How can I help you?
C: Can you tell me the way to the café, please?
X: Yes, of course. It's on the next floor. Can you see those steps over there?
C: The steps next to the shop?
X: Yes. Go up the steps and turn left. Then walk through the Starr Auditorium and you'll see it.
C: OK. Thanks very much.
X: You're welcome.


GIVING ADVICE

X: Hey, Carla, what's the matter? You look worried. What's the problem?
C: Yes, it's my brother. I think he's stealing things. I found ten new films in his room.
X: Wow! That's serious! What are you going to do?
C: I don't know. What do you think I should do?
X: Well, if I were you, I'd speak to him.
C: I tried that, but he didn't listen.
X: Then you have to try again. Come on - I'll come with you.
C: Ok, Thanks Xuni

AN INFORMAL INTERVIEW

X- Hi. My name's Xavier Alsius. I've come about the job.
C- Oh, hi, Xavier. Pleased to meet you. I'm Carla Figueres. I'm the manager here. Take a seat.
X- Thanks
C- Right, let's see. Have you ever worked in a cinema before?
X- No, I haven't.
C- And why would you like to work with us?
X- Well, I think it's a good cinema, and the people here seem happy.
c- And you? What kind of person are you?
x- Well, I think I'm friendly and I've a lot of friends. I'm a hard working person.
c- Right. Let me tell you a bit about the job...


GIVING ADVICE

Dear Pau

My best friend isn't talking to me at the moment and I'm not sure what's the problem. I've also received one or two unfriendly messages recently. Unfortunately, I haven't got other friends and I feel very unhappy. What should you do?

Xuni

Dear Xuni

If I were you, I wouldn't be too worried about this. Are you sure these people are your friends?
Obviously, you should talk to them as quickly as possible. You must speak honestly to them and tell them that you are worried.
As for the texts, you must try no to think about them. Unfortunately, people are strange sometimes, and you have to live with it.

Pau

dilluns, 19 d’abril del 2010

Mary Shelley maintained that she derived the name "Frankenstein" from a dream-vision.
Shelley started writing the story when she was 18.
Author Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley,
Country United Kingdom,
Language English,
Genre(s) Horror, Gothic, Romance, science fiction
Period: 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851

dilluns, 12 d’abril del 2010

THE FUTURE

In my opinion our lives will b more expensive and healthier in the future. We'll create more pollution, ans scientists won't create super-robots. We maihht have more time or entertainment.
I thing it's important that we colonise space. If we don't live on other planets, we will not have enough food or space for all of the people on Earth.
In general I feel optimistic about the future.

SOLAR CAR.

This strange car doesn't use petrol.. it uses the sun!
The car took part in the World solar Challenge 2009, Australia.
32 solar cars from 17 countries drove from the north to the south
of Australia - a distance of 3,021 KM- using only the sun's
energy. The challenge was to show that solar cars really work.
So perhaps one day, we will all have solar cars!

dilluns, 22 de març del 2010

MEMORIES!.

Cheesburger pizza.

American love fast food-and president
George W. Bush is on exception! His favorite food is...
CHEESBURGER PIZZA!.
With 1600 calories , it has a cheese and
tomato base with a ingredients of a
cheesburger on top!

SUDOKU IN THE LOO.


You love doing sudoku, but you don't have mach time? Well, here's the solution...do it in the loo! If you make a mistake, just flush it away ! Each one is different.

A bizarre wedding cake

A wedding would not be complete without a cake. And in Britain wedding cakes, are very elaborate and covered in delicious white icing.
This one looks particularly good, but don't try to eat it... it is made of bones! British art student Jodie Carey made the sculpture from 2,000 plaster casts of human bones.

dilluns, 1 de març del 2010

Second term reflection

- What's the best activity for you?
My best activity for me, is the last writing. A profile of a sport or a craze, because I love horseball.
- What did you find more difficult? Why?
I found more difficult the dialogues, because we record the dialogues a lot of times.
- What's your favourite?
I love watching films in class and the oral presentations.
- What's best blog in class in your opinion?
the blog of Tània, because he has everything tidy.
Write down your objectives for 3rd term.
-Take more careful are now.
-Studied a bet more.
-Do more my homework.
Choose 1 actiity in your portfolio that helped you to improve.
The writing An email.
Write 5 comments in your classmates blogs.

divendres, 26 de febrer del 2010

HORSEBALL.

HORSEBALL.

Horseball has existed since 1988. It started in France, not very popular sport. Horseball was invented by brothers DUPON. For me it’s the best sport in the world.
The biggest international competition horseball is the world championship, which started in 1998. Horseball never was an Olympic sport.
Ones of my favourite French teams are CHAMBLY and BORDEAUX. Chamby have won six leagues, and Bordeaux have won 4 leagues.

AN EMAIL

WRITING


.AN EMAIL.

Form: XAVI.
To: POL.
Subject: Hi from Mallorca.

Hi Pol.
I’m writing this email from Mallorca, the weather is hot. I really like it here because the people are friendly, and a have a lot of friends. We’re going to the beach every day and we’re shopping around the sea.
We’ve just arrived here in Palma. In the last few days we’ve driven a boat, and visited different places. So far I’ve enjoyed the marine nature.
Tonight we’re staying in a five stars Hotel near the sea. Tomorrow we’re going to INCA (centre Mallorca), by motorbike.

I’ll write again soon.

dilluns, 8 de febrer del 2010

Buying by phone

Xuni: Hello, Ticket Connect. How can I help you?
Miós: Oh, hi. I'm phoning about tickets for Franz Ferdinand.
Xuni: Yes, can you tell me the date and place.
Mios: Yes, are there any tickets for the concert in London on the 12th of April?
Xuni: Yes, we've got tickets for that.
Mios: Great, hou much are they?
Xuni: They're all 30 pounds.
Mios: OK. Can I have two tickets please?
Xuni: Yes , of course. I'll need your name, address and a credit card number please.
Mios: Oh right. Just a moment... Mum!

Comparing products

M- Look at this phone, Xuni. It's so cool!
X- Let's have a look. How much is that one?
M- It's 99 pounds
X- That's much too expensive. hat about this one? It's Cheaper.
M- Can you play games on it?
X- Yes, you can play games on all of them. This one's of offer.
It's only 60 pounds and you get 20 pounds of free calls.
M- That sounds good. Are you going to buy it?
X- Maybe. I'm gooing to speak to my mum first.



Descriving an event

Xuni: Have you ever been to the Birdman competition, Mios?
Mios: No, what's that all about?
Xuni: Oh, it's this really mad competition. People try to fly from the pier in Bognor.
Mios: That sounds fun. And when's it on?
Xuni: It's on Sunday, I think.
Mios: So, people try to fly. What else happens?
Xuni: Well, there are some bands and there's food. Do you fancy going?
Mios: Yes, OK. Why not?


Choosing from a menu.

Mios: So what are you going to have, Xuni?
Xuni: I'm not sure. The Hawaiian looks good.
Mios: What's that?
Xuni: That's a pizza with ham and pineapple.
Mios: Mmm. That sounds tasty. Well, I'm going to have the pasta and tuna salad.
Waiter: Hi. Are you ready to order?
Mios: Em, yes. Can we have a Hawaiian and a pasta an tuna salad, please?
Wainter: One Hawaiian and one pasta and tuna salad. Thanks very much.

dimecres, 27 de gener del 2010

BROWNIE

Ingredients:
- 200 g of chocolate fondant
- 100 g of butter
- 125 g of walnuts
- 125 g of sugar


Step 1: Preheat oven to 180 º C.
Step 2: Put the chocolate and the butter in the fire, and mix the preparations.
Step 3: Mix in a bowl the eggs, the sugar and the chocolate.
Step 4: Party the walnuts.
Step 5: Add the walnuts in the preparation.

Step 6: Put the preparation in the mold, and enter the mold in the oven. Wait 30 minutes.













AVATAR


Jake Sully is a US Marine who was paralyze in action.
He goes on a mission to a moon called Pandora where
blue creatures called the Navi live.
Humans can't breathe on Pandora, but they Avatars can.
With his Avatar, Jake falls in love with a Navi called Neytiri.
He has to make a difficult choice:
his love for Neytiri or his loyalty to his country,

dimecres, 20 de gener del 2010

Nessie on Google Earth


Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, was first seen in 1933.
Since then there have been many photos and films of Nessie.
Now there is a new satellite photo of Nessie on Google Earth.
The image shows a shape about 20metres long with on oval
body, a tail and four legs
Do you believe Nessie really exists?

dimecres, 13 de gener del 2010

TOM DALEY A CHAMPION


Tom Daley, aged 15, is the first British world diving champion.
And naturally Tom's parents are very proud of their son.
At the press conference, after Tom won the title,
his dad said: Tom, can you give me a cuddle?
Even champions have embarrassing parents!

Now You're gone

Writing


THE CDQ CLUB.

Welcome to CDQ club. Here near the sea in Catalunya Costa Brava, you can relax or do exercise it. Is the best club, because the people are friendly, helpful and very responsable.
At the CDQ club, we have one gym, one swiming pool, two saunas and one tennis court.
We also have on orthopaedic specialist,