Spain in the contemporary Ages (Review)

Watch these videos with attention. Takes some notes on a paper in your notebook. Write the main concepts like: democracy, absolutism, regency, civil war and French Revolution, Contemporary Ages. 

Giving Birth and review

I hope you enjoyed this unit. Don't forget the stages of life:

Also, don't forget to review the female and the male reproductive systems. Remember that:

Uterus: It is also called the womb and if an ovum or egg is fertilised it will implant in the wall and develop into an embryo and then a foetus. 

After puberty, an egg or ovum is released from the ovaries (normally from one of the ovaries) once every 28 days. In the ovaries, the ovum is produced. The ovum is the female reproductive cell. 

The male reproductive cell is called the sperm and it is produced in the testicles. 

A zygote is the union of the sperm cell and the egg cell. Also known as a fertilized ovum, the zygote begins as a single cell but divides rapidly in the days following fertilization. After this two-week period of cell division, the zygote eventually becomes an embryo.

Fertilization: The process of combining the male gamete, or sperm, with the female gamete, or ovum. The product of fertilization is a cell called a zygote.

The placenta is a tissue that grows in the wall of the uterus where the embryo has been implanted. The placenta is an organ that develops in your uterus during pregnancy. This structure provides oxygen and nutrients to your growing baby and removes waste products from your baby's blood. The placenta attaches to the wall of your uterus, and your baby's umbilical cord arises from it.

Notice that at the end of the first trimestre, the baby’s brain begins to develop, the heart beats and small buds, that will become the arms and legs, appear. At the end of the first trimester the embryo is called a foetus. It’s now that the organs are formed and begin to function with the exception of the lungs which only begin to function when the baby is born and reaches the outside world. 

Pregnancy

Pregnancy lasts for about nine months and ends at the moment of birth. During this time many changes occcur, both in the embryo and in the mother’s body.  

In one horizontal page make a mindmap. 

English

Good morning everybody! Today we will correct the rest of the worksheet, which is exercise number three and the grammar part. 

Later, you have to give us a short speech of one minute about a subject that you have chosen as I told you yesterday. It doesn't have to be complicated but try to talk instead of reading. That doesn't mean that you may have a script with some key words or ideas that help you in your public speaking. 

Public speaking is a skill that is very important and you are going to need it a lot.

We will have our online class at 11:00 with 6B and at 12:00 with 6A. The class will last 40 minutes. Be punctual please. Be ready to enter 5 minutes before the hour. 

Later I'll post some more information about Natural so you can review. 

Have a nice day. 

English

Good morning!

First of all, go to your notebook and review the verb tenses mindmap that we did last term. Then, answer the questions in this test.

For question number two, you can use the following prefix or suffix:

-ful -in -ment -un -ion -im -dis -ation

Depending on the word, they can go before or after the word in each case. 

We will have a class to correct this at 11:00 with 6B and at 12:00 with 6A. The class will last 40 minutes. Be punctual please. Be ready to enter 5 minutes before the hour. 

Review the timeline of Contemporary ages and read again this post. 

In the class, first we will review the Contemporary Ages, then we will correct the English exercises. 

See you then!!!

Fertilisation

Fertilisation is the process where an ovum and a sperm meet in one of the fallopian tubes. It has 5 steps:

1. Every 28 days an egg is released from one of the ovaries and is pushed along a fallopian tube towards the uterus. 

2. Sperm enters the female reproductive system through the vagina and reaches the fallopian tube.

3. A sperm reaches the egg, gets inside it and fertilises it. At this moment a zygote is formed.

4. The zygote starts to divide and forms an embryo.

5. The embryo implants itself in the uterus, attaching itself to the wall, where there it continues to grow and develop. 

Now watch this incredible video. It's amazing!!!

Leave your comments! 

Los supertrotamúsicos

Santi sends me this link to his blog with some music activities. 

Please visit his blog!!!

Friday On line Class

 Hello dear students,

Tomorrow we will have another on line class. First with one group and then with the other. We will start with the following plan:

6ºB: 11:00:11:30: Natural.  We will review the unit. 

6ºA: 12:00-12:30: Natural.  We will review the unit. 

Read the things on the blog before the class. We will review and at the end you can ask questions as we did today. Please try to have your cam on and the mic OFF (only put it ON when you have to ask or speak). 

I will send the link by mail, google classroom and Milton 10 minutes before the class. 

Don't worry if you cannot connect because we will do it again when we go back to school. 

See you tomorrow!

Task: think of possible questions to ask tomorrow and write them on your notebook. 

Thursday Planning On line class

Hello dear students,

Today we are going to have an on line class. First with one group and then with the other. We will start with the following plan:

6ºB: 11:00:11:30: Social.  We will review the unit. 

6ºA: 12:00-12:30: Social.  We will review the unit. 

Read the things on the blog before the class. We will review and at the end you can ask questions. 

I will send the link by mail, google classroom and Milton 15 minutes before the class. 

Don't worry if you cannot connect because we will do it again when we go back to school. 

See you then!

Sex cells

The function of reproduction allows human beings to reproduce and form new offspring, which assures the continuity of the species. 

Human reproduce sexually which means that in order to produce a new human being, the union of two sex cells or gametes is necessary. 

In your notebook make a mindmap of this information. 

You can also watch this video:

Enjoy!

Contemporary Ages in Spain (XIX Century)

 Have a look at the timeline and write the most important events, the ones that you think are the most important. 

Now watch this video.

Which are the most important events in the XIX Century according to the video?

Write it on your notebook and leave a comment. 

Enjoy!

The Speckled Band (Listening)

Listen to the story of the Speckled Band written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. We read this story before christmas. Do you remember? Now you can listen to it. In the video it's the first story and lasts 19 minutes. 

After you listen to a page or two, read it aloud to yourself in order to check that your pronunciation is fine. 

Enjoy!

Did you like the story? Leave a comment!

The Reproduction Function

In this post we are going to review the stages of life, the female reproductive system and the male reproductive system.

First of all you can read in this link the first three points: Introduction, female reproductive organ and male reproductive organ.

Read carefully and ask me any question you may have. 

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a complicated character. Of course, he is very intelligent and absolutely calm and logical. He solves mysteries by being really careful and looking at details that other people don't notice.

Holmes is also quite unusual. He doesn't sleep or eat at normal times and he's very untidy. His rooms are always in a mess and his housekeeper, Mrs Hudson, gets a little annoyed.

Now match the adverbs with similar meanings: (a number with a letter)

1. a bit   2. quite   3. very   4. absolutely

a. completely   b. fairly   c. really   d. a little

Answer these questions:

What thing do you like about Sherlock Holmes?

Would you like to be a detective? Why?

Comenzamos el año

 Estimadas familias y alumnos,

Espero que hayáis pasado unas felices fiestas y os doy la bienvenida al nuevo año. Como ya sabéis por el momento hoy y mañana el colegio permanecerá cerrado debido a la nevada y a las dificultades de circulación y accesos. 

Tras haber tenido reunión de CCP y de Equipo Docente, por el momento esta semana en nuestro nivel la plantearemos como una semana de repaso de los contenidos que hemos visto con anterioridad, así que iré poniendo apuntes, vídeos y resúmenes que ya hayamos visto pertenecientes a la unidad 3, poco a poco y sin prisas. 

Os recuerdo por dónde vamos en cada área:

En la Unidad 3 de Natural estamos viendo el sistema reproductor humano, The Reproduction Function. Aquí iré subiendo material para que lo tengáis mejor organizado. En este tema os recuerdo los puntos clave:

Stages of life

Female Reproductive System

Male Reproductive System

Sex Cells: Sperm and Ovum

Fertilization (...) 

Pregnancy (...)

Giving Birth (...)

En la Unidad 3 de Social estamos viendo la Edad Contemporánea, es decir, la historia de España en el siglo XIX (de momento el siglo XX lo veremos en una unidad más adelante). Hemos empezado en la Revolución Francesa y llegaremos hasta el momento en que empieza a reinar Alfonso XIII. Como hechos destacados, está la invasión de Napoleón y la Guerra de la Independencia que comenzó en 1808. 

Hoy os he dejado unos apuntes que los podéis ir viendo tranquilamente para ir recordando lo que vimos antes de Navidad. 

Como siempre leer con atención, hacer algún mindmap, curiosear por internet, preguntar en casa y tener claro qué estamos viendo. Os pondré unos vídeos que he hecho sobre el siglo XIX que espero os servirán de ayuda. 

En Inglés, trabajaremos los tiempos verbales que ya hemos visto y ampliaremos al past continuous, repasaremos el esquema que hicimos de los tiempos verbales. Veremos el vocabulario nuevo que os di que tenéis en el cuaderno:

Detective, alien, disguise, spaceship, heroine, hero, shield, time machine, clue, witness, etc.

Según avancen los días y se tomen decisiones en la Consejería de Educación sobre incorporarnos o no al colegio, el plan será que os vaya poniendo tareas de Milton, por el blog o bien del libro de Cambridge Complete B1. Así que por las mañanas, echar un vistazo al blog y a Milton. 

Cualquier duda, me podéis contactar por educa Madrid en el siguiente correo:

(tratar de utilizar este y no el de gmail)

simon.hergueta@educa.madrid.org

Yo creo que esta semana podemos ir calentando "motores" poco a poco y sin agobiarse, y según nos digan tomamos un curso de acción u otro.

Un abrazo a todos y todas,

Simón

Contemporary Ages in Spain

Good Morning! Read this post carefully! 

 The French Revolution

It broke out in France in 1789. People rose up against the injustices of absolutism and they organised a government based on the ideas of the enlightenment, such as equal rights and liberties for all citizens. These ideas were defended in two texts: the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen and the Constitution of 1791.

Timeline of the XIX Century

The Industrial Revolution

It started in the late 18th century in England with the steam engine invention. Steam engines burnt coal to heat huge water boils which produced steam. This steam was used to move machines like looms in textile factories as well as trains and steam boats.

Carlos IV

He was born in 1748 and died in 1819. He was very well-meaning and pious. He married Maria Luisa de Parma and had fourteen children. One of his kids was Fernando VII that later was king of Spain. Carlos IV was king of Spain from 1788 to 1808. 

In 1793 France declared the war to Spain. Portugal and Spain signed a treaty of mutual protection against France. 

A few months after Carlos IV turned the throne of Spain over to his son (who had thus become Fernando VII), Napoleon tricked them both into a meeting at Bayonne, France, where he forced them to jointly abdicate. Napoleon then installed his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, as the new king of Spain, and Carlos IV and his family were held captive in France. The French were exiled in 1813, however, and Carlos IV's son once again became Fernando VII of Spain, returning with his family to Spain, in 1814.

Carlos IV

The War of independence

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was extending his empire across Europe. 

Spanish king Carlos IV of Bourbon and his son Fernando VII were fighting amongst themselves. This allowed Napoleon to invade Spain and put his brother on the throne under the name of José I Bonaparte.

On May 2nd 1808 the people of Madrid rose up against the French invasion. That meant the beginning of the war of independence.

The birth of liberalism

The war of independence was between Spain and France, but spanish people with different political ideas were also in conflict, like in a civil war.

Other countries participated in the war, on one side or another. Great Britain, fighting against Napoleon, was fundamental to the victory of Spain in 1814.

In 1812, during the war, the Cortes of Cádiz took place. This is where the first Constitution in the history of Spain was written. 

It was a liberal text. This means it defended rights and liberties for citizens against absolutism.

The return to absolutism

After the war, Fernando VII of Bourbon returned to the Spanish throne.

Despite the confidence the Spanish people had in the king, he abolished the Constitution and restored absolutism. This led to confrontations between liberals and absolutists in the following years, and this continued after the death of the monarch in 1833.

The Spanish colonies in America were not pleased with these events, and proclaimed their independence.

A war for the throne

Fernando VII changed the Law of Succession to the throne. The new law allowed his daughter Isabel, declared heir, to become queen.

When the king died, Isabel was only three years old, and her mother, queen María Cristina of Bourbon, ruled as regent. The infante Carlos, brother of Fernando VII, disagreed with the new law of succession and attempted to claim the throne.

Carlos was supported by the absolutists, known as the carlists, and the queen regent gained the support of the liberals, who were able to approve the Constitution of 1837.

The absolutists, or Carlists, rejected this situation, and fought the Isabelinos in the First Carlist War.

The reign of Isabel II

In 1843, at the age of only thirteen, Isabel was proclaimed Queen Isabel II.

During her reign, the liberal politicians who had supported her, formed two parties:

A) The Moderate liberals, represented by Narváez, were supported by the wealthy classes and defended conservative liberalism. While in power, they approved the Constitution of 1845.

B) The Progressives, led by Espartero, represented the middle and lower classes and wanted to bring greater liberties to more sectors of the population.

A period of democracy

The reign of Isabel II lasted until 1868. In this year a military group rose up against the queen and she went into exile in France.

The fall of Isabel II opened a democratic process in Spain. This resulted in the new Constitution of 1869, which established a parliamentary monarchy, where a monarch reigns but does not rule the country. The chosen king was Amadeo I.

The new king faced numerous problems that led him to renounce the throne in 1873.

The first Spanish Republic was then proclaimed, meaning the first government without a king. However, another military uprising restored the monarchy soon after, in 1874.

The Bourbon Restoration

A year later, Alfonso XII of Bourbon, son of Isabel II, was restored to the throne.

In this period the Constitution of 1876 was approved. This was more conservative than the one before, and a new system of government allowed alternating of the two main political parties, the Conservatives, led by Cánovas del Castillo, and the Liberals, led by Sagasta.

The restoration lasted after the death of the king in 1885. His wife, María Cristina of Habsburg, ruled as regent because her son Alfonso XIII, the heir, was still a baby. During her regency, Spain lost its last colonies: Cuba and the Philippines.