English

UNIT 4: Vocabulary

Misunderstantings: A failure to understand.


Gesture: A moment or position of a part of your body that expresses an idea, opinion or emotion.


Shake your head: Say yes with your head.


Nod your head: Say no with your head.

Burst Out laughing: Laugh at all.

Gap: The space between two things/people..

Amusing: Causing someone to laugh or provinding amusement.

Upsetting: Tending to disturb or upset.

Annoying: Causing annoyance.

Relaxing: You feel calm and not worryed.

Motivating: You want to do it.

Worring: You feel bad.

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Geography

FIND THE MISSING WORDS

1. Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to the cape of good hope and 4 600 miles from  the cape Verde  all the way over to Somalia.

2. Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that  region  , you can see the same average  temperature and average  precipitation  what that means is that you also see very similar animals and plants  living in that region.

3. The most famous desert in Africa is, of course, the Sahara desert. Now, some parts of the Sahara desert are   sandy  , like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are  rocky  but in either case, the fact that it is very  dry  is going to make it a very difficult barrier to cross.

4. It is not the  rain  itself that’s particularly important, it’s also the biodiversity. There are many different  plants and animals   That can be found in the rainforest   and that’s one of the thing that makes the rain forest so  variable not just in Africa but throughout the Earth.

5. The  Nile  is the most famous river in Africa, because is the  longest river in the world. But there is also the  Congo river  which is the  second longest river in the world.

6. Africa actually has its own version of the  Great  Lakes with famous lakes like Lake Malawi  lake Victoria and lake  Tanganyika .

7. All the Africa is a plateau. Meaning that Africa itself is an   elevated   land. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find any   mountains in Africa. You can find mountain ranges like, for example, the Atlas in northwestern Africa.

8. Africa also has some interesting mountains like  Kilimajaro  mountain , the highest  peak in Africa which seems to just  rise on it own out of the  ground.

9. The Great Rift Valley refers to a region of Africa that is  literally, being  split apart. There are some  tectonic plates  that are located within or near Africa, that are, actually,  moving away from each other, and what’s doing is creating not just some of the highest  elevations in Africa, but also lakes like  Tanganyika that is among the  deepest in the world.

Geography

Geography

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. Where in the world is Africa? 

Africa is located in south Europe and southwest  Asia .

2. How many times is Africa larger than The United States?

Africa it is three times the size of the United States.

3. How is the savanna defined in the video?

The savanna is the wild  open grasslands of Africa.

4. Which animals can be found in the savanna biome?

You can found giraffes and elephants.

5. Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa?

The chaparral biome is located in the northern coast  of Africa in the mediterranean coast and also in South Africa.

6. Which are the most famous deserts in Africa?

The most famous deserts are the Sahara desert, the Namib  desert and the Kalahari desert.

7. The main natural resources mentioned in the video are ....

Gold mines, oil and rubber tres.

ENGLISH

FIRST TERM       SELF-ASSESSMENT

What can I do that I couldn't do before?

I have managed to express myself better in English.

What did I like most?

I love the clases, because I enjoy a lot.

What are my greatest strengths and weaknesses?

-My greatest are the gramar and the writings.

-My weaknesses are the vocabulary and the listening.

What did I do well?

I think that I can do better, but I am happy because I am better in speaking.

What do I need help with?

I need help in the listenings and in vocabulary because I don’t know how to study.

What did I do in English outside the class?

I’m listening to music all the time.

What do I need to improve?

I need to improve in vocabulary, I need to study more.

What did I learn about culture?

About culture I learnt about Australian Aborigines, movies and also I learnt a lot of culture in Clarissa's lessons (about her country).

This term it was great, so funny and enjoyable.

Thank you for all.

ENGLISH

VOCABULARY: Unit 2 and 3

To die-died-dying

Te death: Sustantive

It is dead: Adejective

Lie-lying

Villian: A bad person in the film

Plot: A plan made in secret by a group of people

Disappointing: Falling to fulfill someone’s hope

Dull: Lacking interest or excitement

Hilarious: Very funny

Entretaining: Providing amusement or enjoyment

Terrifying: Cause to feel extreme fear

Humankind: Human being consider collectively

Teasure hunts: A search for teasure

Soundtrack: Music of the films

Shoocking: It’s something that impres you

Succes: Sustantive

Succesful: Adjective

Succed: Verb

The more you spend, the more publicity

Though: (Sin embargo)

What is that makes them so succesful?

Matinee: A showing of a movie in the daytime

Rating: System for evaluating how appropiate the movie is for various ages

Hit: Popular and succesful

Sequel: A movie that continues the sory o a previous film

Bombed: Failed

I was on the edge of mi seat the whole time: The movie was very interesting and exciting; you were so involved that you sat on the front part to get closer to the action

Breathtaking: Amazing

Left something to be desired: Not very good; you wish it was better

Trilogy: A serie of 3 movies

I have a hard time: I have difficulty

Premise: The idea or concept

Hard to follow: Difficult to understand or confusing as you were watching the movie

Twist: Unexpected turn of events

Implausible: Too unlikely, not probable, too difficult to belive

Ruined it: Made it bad

Touching: Affected you emotionally in a positive way (heartwarming)

Potty humor: Goss/disgusting, involves sex or bodily functions

Remake: A new version of an old movie

Cast: All the actors and actresses who participated in the movie 

Georaphy
VOCABULARY: Vegetation
Oak: A tree which bears the acorn as its fruit.
Beeches: A tree having a smooth gray bark and small, triangular nuts.

Thickets:

                                                                                                       Shrubs:

Heather:

Grassland: A land with a lot os grass.
Bush: Shrubs
Clear forest: A forest that its plants are not very tall.
Meadows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Holm oak:





             Cork oak:











                                                                                Firs:
                Steppe:

Decidious: Trees that its leafs fall
Evere green: Trees that its leafs never fall.
Taiga: A forest made up of ever green trees.  
Mixed forest: A forest made up of decidious and ever green trees.