Here you are the pictures I took yesterday. It was a very nice trip!

sortida 22/05/08

Choose one of the pictures, describe it and write a comment.
It will help you to improve your final mark.

Here you can see a short video on Barcelona's monumental trees,




Which two species of tree can you see in the video?
Give their Latin names!
Can you look for their names in English?
How many protected trees are there in Barcelona city?
When was the tree 1 'protected'?
How old is it?

URBAN GREEN 1

Today you work in pairs,
look for information about your trees
but first decide which information you need.

0.- Open a blank Word document. Give it a name. Save it.

1.- Write a list of things you want to know, from the obvious ones to any you are curious about.

2.- After 10 minutes, read the list to the class and listen to the others. Take notes.

3.- Go into 'Google' and write between quotation marks (") the concepts you want to know.

4.- Write down (on the doc) the information and the webs you have visited to get it, explain briefly why they are good.

5.- Now that you have the information, organize it as a mind map on a doc or a piece of paper.
Do it as homework.

6.- Show the information to your teacher (or send it by e-mail) along this week.

In your free time this week, take a digital camera (you can borrow the school's) and go with your partner to visit both your trees, you have to take at least 6-8 pictures:

- a general of the landscape
- the whole tree with you on the same picture (your partner takes the picture)
- details of the branches
- details of the leaves
- a close-up of the trunk
- some pictures of other specimens of the same tree

The pictures must be taken along this week and brought in next Monday/Wednesday.

Ask the teacher for help whenever you have any doubts or questions.


Next Monday/Wednesday we will work on English structures.

0.- Your teacher gives you back your previous work commented.
1.- Think about the English you need to write a good report on your tree.
2.- Begin writing.

Mind map

EXAMPLE OF A MIND MAP, could you guess the topic?????

THIS IS THEORY, HOW TO MAKE A MIND MAP

THIS IS A MODEL YOU COULD USE TO WRITE YOUR MIND MAP,
BUT YOU CAN INVENT OTHERS, OF COURSE!
BE CREATIVE!

map

CRÈDIT DE SÍNTESI

YOUR TASKS:
make groups of four or five

look at these maps of your district, choose one and print it
find where you live and the school address on it, write a different symbol for each place
draw your way from school to all of your home addresses

now you have to walk that way together and look at the trees you see

- how many trees can you find?
- are they the same species or not?
- name the different trees you find
(Latin name and then you can look for the Catalan, English and Spanish names on Internet)
- draw their shapes and the details of the leaves, flowers, fruits, ...
- are they in bloom now, in April?
- remember to take pictures to illustrate your work

now invent a symbol for each different tree species you have found
and draw them on your map

give the map to your teacher and all the images you have drawn or taken (or send them by e-mail)

HOMEWORK

Hi everybody!
This week I want you basically do the same as you did at Easter.

1.- Read two more chapters of your book, write the answers to the exercises in a doc and send it to me by e-mail.

2.- Go to the park and notice how your tree has changed since our last visit. Write me an e-mail in English, Spanish or Catalen telling me the details, and send me pictures if you have new ones (old ones are also welcome).

Remember my e-mail address is: ebnay@xtec.cat

3.- Go to MacMillan website and do the listening exercises for 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

How to Get Better Marks: Easter Tasks

LOOK AT Easter Tasks ON THE RIGHT COLUMN!!!!!

1.- Go to the main page for blogs, click on Bookmarks, then look for 3ESO and click on web, click on the link on the left and go into Macmillan website for 3ESO, write your name and password and do as many exercises as you can for any unit from 1 to 4. (up to 1 point)

2.- Upload information and images about your tree, look for information on this web and take your own pictures at the park (you can also find them on this other web) . (up to 1 point)
You can upload all that at: Urban Green or send them to me by mail (ebnay@xtec.cat).

3.- Read the first and second chapter of your new book and answer the comprehension questions.
Send me the questions and their answers to: ebnay@xtec.cat (up to 1 point)

IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT OR QUESTION, WRITE THEM ON THE Comment SECTION BELOW, DON'T FORGET TO WRITE YOUR NAME.

HAPPY EASTER!!!!