Impossible Photography

Erik’s first real passion was _____[1]_____.

His passion for photography started when he got his _____[2]_____.

Unlike traditional photography, Johansson wanted to explore what happens to photography _____[3]_____ the trigger.

The common goal of Johansson’s pictures is to have _____[4]_____.

When creating an image, his three principles are that photos combined should have the same _____[5]_____, _____[6]_____, and be _____[7]_____.

Johansson’s planning process consists in _____[8]_____, _____[9]_____ different photographs, and following _____[10]_____.

The only thing that limits us is _____[11]_____. 

Find the answers in the comments

And here's the slides we saw in class yesterday. As I said, Johansson does not object to teachers using his pictures for educational purposes. Thanks, Erik! We enjoyed them very much ;-)

Language Learning Site

Morning!


Here's a language learning site a friend has recommended to me. It's a kind of social network where everybody wants to learn a language (supposedly) and people support each other (in whatever different ways). 
Maybe a good tool for keeping up your language skills during the summer! ;-)

Punctuation

A beautiful text about the importance of punctuation marks.

The UK vs. Spain

Here's an interesting suggestion from your classmate Ana Mª, for you to compare countries. She also suggests practising second type conditional sentences while you make those comparisons. Thanks a lot, Ana!

The English teachers don't teach in class... In this link

International Book Day

Hi there!

Here's a great video my colleague Míchel created. I'm embedding it for three reasons: It's very well-done (congrats, Mitch!), today is International Book Day, and this year, we're celebrating the bi-centenary of Charles Dickens' birth. Enjoy!

CHARLES DICKENS : A BIOGRAPHY from MIGUEL A SANCHEZ on Vimeo.
And here's a short story, "A Brave and Honest Boy, Oliver Twist", for you to read (in case you don't have time for the longer works)...

Marking the oral expression is being very difficult as well...

Can anybody explain cat behaviour to me? He's sweet, yes he is, but sooooooo affectionate he sometimes gets on my nerves!

Adopt a banker

Feel like dancing?

A bit of rock'n'roll in the morning...

Thanks little sis!

How to revise for the written expression

Please revise the compositions you've done so far and that you and I have corrected together. Analyze your mistakes in the first version of your texts and see how you managed to correct them in the second version, or how I corrected them if you didn't know how to do it.

Before you write, remember that planning is paramount:

1 - Understand the task well: Which type of text is it? Who is your reader? What is/are the function/s of your text (convince, explain, arrange something, compare, give your opinion, etc.)

2 - Make an outline of the text (how may paragraphs you're going to write and what info you're going to put in each)

3 - Think of the exam as an opportunity to show your teacher how much you've learnt (vocabulary and grammar) and show off (as long as you do that in a pertinent way)

3 - Revise the verb tenses and forms (past - present perfect - present / singular - plural, etc.)

4 - Revise your spelling (there are many mistakes you can avoid by simply carefully revising)

In other words, successful writing is about clear planning, good writing, and careful revision. Easy, isn't it? ;-)