3.en.84 Animal sounds. From donkeys to birds: pío, pío, tweet, tweet

Do you remember the lovely braying donkey?

English: to bray

Spanish: rebuznar

Catalan: bramar

I am sure that if we recorded a British donkey and a Spanish one they would sound exactly the same, but the way different language mimic animal sounds is not the same, in fact , sometimes it is totally different.

Have a look at birds:

Spanish: pío, pío

Catalan: piu, piu

English: cheep cheep/tweet/chirp

Now you know why you can see a little bird in  Twitter 

Roosters are pretty different too

Spanish: kikirikí

Catalan: cocorico

English: cock-a-doodle-doo

Some work for you . When animals are young they are called differently. Do you remember penguings and chicks?

Well, in this page, you will find a good selection of animals and their young. Have a look, learn the names , listen to the sound they make and do the test.

Did you learn any new words?

Did you find the page useful to learn vocabulary?

3.en.83 Sometimes things don’t turn out as planned

This week the two outings we had planned did not turn out exactly as expected. But that’s life isn’t it? Well, to begin with, we did not manage to reach the sea on Tuesday’s excursion. A fenced private property and a gate made us take the wrong way. However, if we look at the positive side of things, you had the opportunity to have a good time with friends and to enjoy nature. I forgot my camera, that explains why I cannot publish any pics in the blog until you send me some. This morning with Taylor, we practised narrating in groups what had happened. You did a good job and learnt a lot. Taylor and me had problems to remember what the English word for the sound donkeys make, but finally, with on line dictonary help, we got it! BRAY

So, while I wait for your homework and your pics from the donkeys we saw, I leave here in the blog a cute donkey braying desperately for food. Does it sound the same as the ones we heard during on the outing?

This morning you walked to la Caixa with Bernat, only to discover that it was the wrong day. The activity,taller d’interpretació poètica ,will be next week,Thursday the 7th of April. I apologize for mistaking the dates, but I am sure you enjoyed the walk with Bernat; it was a nice day today and he always has interesting stories to tell you.

Last year the poetry workshop was a success and I hope this year, we shall not miss it next Thursday, will be so too. Click here if you’d like to read what the students of 2nd ESO thought of it. I include a photo of the poetry festival that took place at la Caixa and a short video of Daryl and Xilin. This year it will be your turn.

These are  the first  narratives of the outing. They were fast to send them, well done!

HOMEWORK (Monday 4th April)

• Can you find any mistakes, can you suggest any improvements?
• Spelling?
• Word choice?
  
• Coherence?
• Organization of ideas?
• Paragraph structure?
  

Send your suggestions to the blog. On Monday we shall correct them together.

Have a nice weekend!

The outing.

Last Tuesday we went on an outing to “es port des Canonge” with two school buses. When we arrived we walked along some routes for about 30 minuts, but we saw two different routes and we got lost. We walked up the mountain to find the buses. When the teachers found the buses, we went back to the high school. We arrived at high school at quarter past one. From Palma to “port des Canonge” there’s approximately one hour by bus. The weather was sunny and hot. On the outing there were about one hundred students.
Written by Marga, Joan, Pau and Marta.

Port d’es Canonge outing:

The last tuesday we went to an excursion called “Port d’es Canonge”.We were 100 persons more or less and we took two buses. The weather was sunny and a little bit cloudy.
When we arrived to the roat we walked 35 minutes and later we took other way and in that moment we got lost in the top of the mountain. We were very tired when we found a flat area. In that moment all the teachers called to some mini-buses to take us from that place.
That excursion was very funy because you can talk and you can have fun with your friends but in some moments the excusrion was tired and boring.
Writen by Noé, Paula Gomila, Joan Sebastià and Marina.

The outing:
On Tuesday we went to an excursion to “Port des Canonge”.
We were about 100 people and we went with two buses.
The bus left us near the “farm of esporles”.
We started walking and we found a propriety that was closed by a fence.
Then we started to climb the mountain and we went to a wrong path and we got lost.

-The best thing of the excursion is that we did different things that all the other days. For example, talk a lot.

-And the worst thing is that we got lost and we were tired.

Written by Ariadna Balufo

Summary

Last tuesday we went to an outing to “Es Port des Canonges” . We were approximatety 100 people. We went in two buses. First the day was cloudy, but after the sun came and the day was very good.

When we arrived, we walked to searched the beach, but we got lost. Then continue another way around the mountain to reach the top. There we stopped to ate and then continue and reach the road. There the teachers called the buses, we came for. The bus left us at the school, where we left each home.

This outing are very good and funny, because we took for the friends and played. If we had lost, would had been better.

BY:
Paula Socies, Ritish, Isabela and Sergio.

The outing:
The last Tuesday we went on an outing to “Port des Canonge”. It was sunny and hot. We went with two buses. We were one hundred students. We wanted to go, but there were some problems. We walked and we went up and down.
In one part of the way, there were two ways, and we take the wrong way. In one part of this way, we found a dead goat. A little bit later, we stoped and we lunched. Some of the techers went to search the way. We walked, and in one part, we found bones. The teachers decided we have to return. In the high school, we had free time, and we played and talked about the outing.
-The good point is that we do some different.
-The bad point is we were very tired.

Written by Alvaro, Alba, Andrea and Vladis.