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WRITING RUBRIC

	REASONABLY WELL(4)	AT EXPECTED LEVEL(3)	BASIC(2)	BELOW THE LEVEL(1)
SPELLING, PUNCTUATION, NEATNESS.	. No spelling mistakes.  . Correct use of punctuation, neat and clear.	Some spelling mistakes in endings. A few punctuation mistakes.	. Spelling mistakes in basic words. . Many punctuation mistakes.  Few  capital letters	. Many spelling mistakes. . No capital letters or full stops.
TOPIC The information is coherent and relevant to the composition assigned. Register adapted to the text	. Wide range of vocabulary related to the content. . Appropriate register according to the type of text.	Writes about the topic. Uses some vocabulary related to the topic.	.Uses some information and vocabulary about the topic. Register is not adequate.	.Writes about a different topic.
STRUCTURE Cohesive devices Text type patterns.	. Uses linking words . Well organized . Includes all parts in the structure	. Some linking words . Organized . No missing parts	. A few linking words . Organized . No missing parts	. No linking words . Not organized . Missing parts
GRAMMAR Verb tenses and sentence structure	. Uses appropriate constructions and tenses.	. Some grammatical errors.	. Grammatical mistakes.	. Important grammar errors

33 WAYS ...

33 ways to speak better English – without taking classes

Learn how to do it on this award winning blog

EXERCISES ON CONNECTORS:

-  Practice on ways of expressing PURPOSE (finalidad)

-  Ways of expressing ADDITION AND CONTRAST

-  Mixed exercise on connectors 

Preparing a Speaking Test

Do you need tips on how to prepare a Speaking Test? 

Here you have some tips from the British Council.

Bachillerato_Speaking Test

Based on activities from UPGRADE 2, Exam Trainer

Possibilities:

 - Exam 1: Giving personal information (P. 30)
 - Exam 2: Making, accepting and refusing invitations (p. 31)
 - Describing a photo -1 (p.36)
 - Describing a photo -2 (p.38)
 - Telling an anecdote (Textbook, first term)

Pronuntiation without problems

Pronuntiation tips, by BBC Learning English

Phonetic Chart_ Macmillan

Do you want to know how to pronounce a word?  

Just check the symbols of the sounds here!

 http://www.macmillanenglish.com/methodology/phonetic-chart.htm 

Access to MP3 recordings of Burlington Readers

 All the audio material you need for your coursebook and reader

http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=1273&zoneIndex=3

So this is Christmas...

Choose one posible answer in bold: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4Uu0OlmTg
So this is Christmas                   
And what we have you _______                                                    won?    become?    done?      
Another year _______ and a new one just begun                            bolder     over    colder      
And so this is Christmas, I hope you have _______                        some     none      fun      
The near and the _______ ones,                                                    dear    cheap     weird      
The old and the young               

The Digital Story of the Nativity

 Merry Christmas to everyone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA

What do you know about Jason Mraz and other celebrities?

Do this webtask and find out:

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=164392

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19711689

28 September 2012 Last updated at 17:14 GMT

Six burning questions for Spain

By Laurence Knight

Six burning questions for Spain

The Lord of the Rings. Activities on passive voice

I hope you find it useful!

http://www.tinglado.net/?id=the-lord-of-the-rings-activities-on-passive-voice

Ideas and brains meet at TED 2012
http://sociedad.elpais.com/sociedad/2012/02/28/actualidad/1330447856_851346.html

Each year, the world's leading thinkers and doers gather for an event many describe as the highlight of their year. Attendees have called it "The ultimate brain spa" and "A 4-day journey into the future, in the company of those creating it." There are now several ways to participate in a TED conference... either in person or online »

http://www.ted.com/

Sorry! The Lifestyle you ordered...

Los mercados, después de todo, tienen sentimientos, como advertían los humoristas británicos John Bird y John Fortune en su desternillante representación del inicio de la crisis en 2008, y se marchan de vacaciones como casi todo el mundo (que tiene trabajo). Ahora regresan frescos con presiones renovadas sobre los países, las organizaciones supranacionales y las monedas debilitadas...

Eco ideas

http://blogs.elpais.com/eco-lab/

What's Mine is Yours: Collaborative Consumption

 TIME names Collaborative Consumption as one of the “10 Ideas That Will Change The World”.

The Movement

TIME names Collaborative Consumption as one of the “10 Ideas That Will Change The World”.
Collaborative Consumption describes the rapid explosion in traditional sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping reinvented through network technologies on a scale and in ways never possible before. Watch the video.
From enormous marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist, to emerging sectors such as social lending (Zopa), peer-to-peer travel (Airbnb) and car sharing (Zipcar or peer-to-peer RelayRides), Collaborative Consumption is disrupting outdated modes of business and reinventing not just what we consume but how we consume. New marketplaces such as TaskRabbit, ParkatmyHouse, Zimride, Swap.com, Zilok, Bartercard and thredUP are enabling “peer-to-peer” to become the default way people exchange — whether it’s unused space, goods, skills, money, or services — and sites like these are appearing everyday, all over the world.

http://www.collaborativeconsumption.com/the-movement/

Being Five

A kid who blogs using voice recognition software

http://beingfive.blogspot.com/

Pronuntiation of ED endings

Watch it from the minute 3:38 to listen to the pronuntiation of some regular verbs in the past:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e_O8Gu5ICo&feature=related