BOOK IN ENGLISH. THE ICKABOG BY J.K. ROWLING

Hello Everyone. J.K.Rowling,  the Harry Potter book´s author, has just released the first chapters of her new children´s book, The Ickabog. She is going to be releasing chapters every few days over the next months for FREE, I have read the first chapter and I like it a lot, it may be a bit difficult for you with words or expressions that you don´t know but if you want to try and read it I leave the link here

https://www.theickabog.com/

You can even send her pictures that will enter a competition to have your pictures in the printed version of the book.
THIS IS VOLUNTARY!!!!!!!!
You can always ask me any doubts on literacyoctavus@outlook.es

Hola chic@s, J.K. Rowling, la autora de los libros de Harry Potter acaba de publicar en internet los primeros capítulos de su nueva novela infantil, The Ickabog. Va a ir publicando capítulos cada pocos días durante los siguientes meses, es GRATIS. He leído el primer capitulo y me gusta, puede que en ocasiones sea un poco complicado para vosotros con palabras o expresiones que no conocéis pero si queréis intentar leerlo os he dejado el link arriba. También se le pueden mandar dibujos a la autora que entraran en una competición para que los dibujos que le envían entren en una competición para estar en la versión en papel del libro.
Si tuvierais algún problema siempre me podéis consultar en literacyoctavus@outlook.es
ES VOLUNTARIO!!!!!!!!!!

VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES IN CASE YOU GET A BIT BORED DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAYS

Here is an idea for the EasteR holidays!!! Why don't you try some cooking at home? Below you can watch English chef Jamie Oliver  preparing three very English desserts. Maybe you could prepare one of these desserts at home and tell me about it later on a video EXPLAINING IT IN ENGLISH!!!!. It´s NOT "OBLIGATORY" , just an idea so you do something at home with your family if you get a bit bored during these holidays!!! If you want to cook something different have a look at Jamie's website https://www.jamieoliver.com/.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KETPZPm6148

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-dCICl6GeE

Aquí os propongo una idea para estas vacaciones de Semana Santa. ¿Porque no intentáis cocinar algo en casa? Arriba podéis ver unos enlaces de Youtube del chef Inglés Jamie Oliver preparando tres postres ingleses. Quizás podéis preparar uno de estos postres y explicarme que tal la experiencia en un video, en INGLÉS!!!!! No es "OBLIGATORIO", sólo una idea para que hagáis en casa con vuestra familia si estáis un poco aburridos!!. Si queréis cocinar algo diferente podéis buscar otras recetas en la página web de Jamie Oliver https://www.jamieoliver.com/.

And if you like Harry Potter or even if you don't like him HAVE A LOOK at this website

https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

And if you don't want to do anything at all then have a rest and DO NOTHING!!!

y si no quieres hacer nada de nada entonces descansa y ¡¡NO HAGAS NADA!!

STAY IN, STAY SAFE AND STAY STRONG!!!!! WE MISS YOU!!!!

LITERACY. ANSWERS TO THE SUPERLATIVES QUIZ

Hello there, I hope you guys are all fine and healthy. These are the answers to the superlatives quiz. There are tree errors on my answers, see if you can find them( you will get a couple of Classdojo points!!!!). Send me a photo or scan of your answers to literacyoctavus@outlook.es

Hola, espero que estéis todos bien. Aquí os dejo las respuestas al quiz de los superlativos. Hay tres errores en mis respuestas, a ver si las encontráis( os llevaréis un par de puntos en Classdojo). Mandarme una foto or scan de vuestro quiz a

literacyoctavus@outlook.es

ANSWERS TO SUPERLATIVES QUIZ

1.B   9. B

2.A 10. B

3.C 11. A

4.A 12. A

5.A 13. A

6.A 14. C

7.A 15. C

8.B 16. B

STAY IN, STAY SAFE AND STAY STRONG….MISS YOU GUYS!!!

MARCO

LITERACY. PROBLEMAS CON LA VISUALIZACION SOLUCIONADOS

Hola buenos días, Podéis encontrar las actividades de Literacy en la pestaña "semana del 30 dedMarzo-3 de Abril" junto con el resto de asignaturas.
Mucho ánimo y gracias por vuestra paciencia, lo estáis haciendo genial!!
Un saludo

Marco

LITERACY. ANSWERS TO THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES

Hello everyone!!! How are you all? I hope this quarantine is
going all right for you and your families, second week gone
already! Here you can find the answers to the two exercises; I
hope you have practiced a lot online as well!.
Just a quick reminder, you can send me the compositions
about WHEN WE WENT DOWN TO INFANTS: “BACK TO
INFANTS FOR A DAY” to literacyoctavus@outlook.es. I have
received a few and I am checking them at the moment.
Next week we will work the superlatives a little bit.
I know this is not an easy situation we are living at the moment
but YOU are all doing really well and WE are really proud of you
all. WELL DONE AND STAY IN, STAY SAFE AND STAY
STRONG!!!!!!

Complete with a comparative adjective and all the necessary
words.
The train is   FASTER than the bus. (fast)
The cows on the farm were LOUDER than the sheep.(loud)
Snakes are FASTER THAN (fast) snails.
London is BIGGER THAN (big) Madrid.
Snails are SLOWER THAN (slow) snakes.
My literature book is MORE DIFFICULT THAN (difficult) my
English book.
Lord of the Rings is MORE INTERESTING THAN (interesting)
Mission Impossible.

Write the comparative form.
1. big BIGGER 2. happy HAPPIER
3. expensive MORE EXPENSIVE
4. intelligent MORE INTELLIGENT   5. boring MORE BORING
6. good BETTER 7. easy EASIER
8. great GREATER  
9. interesting MORE INTERESTING 10. bad WORSE

Hola todos, ¿Cómo estáis? espero que estéis vosotros y
vuestras familias bien, mi familia y yo estamos bien. ¡¡¡¡Ya ha
pasado la segunda semana!!!!. Aquí os dejo las respuestas a
los dos ejercicios que mandé la semana pasada, espero que
hayáis practicado también online.
Sólo recordaros que me podéis enviar las redacciones sobre el
día que fuimos a infantil “BACK TO INFANTS FOR A DAY” a
literacyoctavus@outlook.es. Ya he recibido unas cuantas y las
estoy mirando estos días.
La semana que viene trabajaremos un poco los superlativos.
Ya sé que esta situación que estamos viviendo no es fácil pero
lo estáis haciendo muy bien y estamos muy orgullosos de
vosotros!!!. WELL DONE AND STAY IN, STAY SAFE AND STAY
STRONG!!!!!!
BIG HUGS
MARCO

LITERACY. ACTIVITES FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF QUARENTINE

            ACTIVIDADES PARA EL PERIODO DE CUARENTENA

Hellooo, how are you all? I hope you and your families are all ok. This week we are going to work on the comparative adjectives. You saw some videos last Friday. You can copy the theory and do the exercises on your notebook(don’t need to print anything) on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday do the exercises online. Remember that this temporalization is only a guide!!.

Esta semana vamos a trabajar los comparative adjectives. Por ejemplo, podéis copiar la teoría y hacer los ejercicios en vuestro cuaderno(no necesitáis imprimir nada) entre Lunes y Martes, y el Miércoles y Jueves podéis hacer los ejercicios online. Recordar que la temporalización de las actividades simplemente sirve de guía, realizar las actividades a vuestro ritmo y con tranquilidad. Para cualquier tipo de dudas podéis mandarme un mail a literacyoctavus@outlook.es.

MONDAY 23th of MARCH.

Copy on your notebook

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES.

Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher). They are used in sentences where two nouns are compared, in this pattern:

Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object)

FORMING REGULAR COMPARATIVES.

Forming comparatives is easy. The form depends on the number of syllables in the original adjective.

ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES

Add -er for the comparative. If the adjective has a consonant + single vowel + consonant spelling, the final consonant must be doubled before adding the ending (for example, big-bigger, sad-sadder).

ADJECTIVE                  COMPARATIVE

tall                                     taller

fat                                      fatter

Examples:

John is 1m80. He is tall. But Chris is 1m85. He is taller than John.

America is big. But Russia is bigger.

TWO SYLLABLES

Adjectives with two syllables can form the comparative either by adding -er or by preceeding the adjective with more.

Adjective	Comparative
happy	happier		simpler
busy	busier

Example

John is happier than peter.

English is easier than Spanish.

THREE OR MORE SYLLABLES

Adjectives with three or more syllables form the comparative by putting more in front of the adjective.

Adjective       Comparative

important        more important    

expensive       more expensive

Example

Dogs are more beautiful than rats.

EXCEPTIONS

The following adjectives have irregular forms

good       ---------- better

well(healthy)  ---- better

bad    -------------- worse

far     --------------  farther/further

TUESDAY  24^th of MARCH.

Finish copying the theory and complete the following exercises.

Complete with a comparative adjective and all the necessary words.

The train is  ______________    than the bus. (fast)

The cows on the farm were______________ tan the sheep.(loud)

Snakes are ............................. (fast) snails.

London is ............................ (big) Madrid.

Snails are ........................... (slow) snakes.

My literature book is ..................................   (difficult) my English book.

Lord of the Rings is ...................................   (interesting) Mission Impossible.

Write the comparative form.

1. big ..........                   2. happy ..........             3. expensive ..........    

4. intelligent ..........         5. boring ..........           6. good ..........

7. easy ..........               8. great ..........              9. interesting ..........          

10. bad ..........

 WEDNESDAY  25^th of MARCH

You will find lots of exercises to practice the use of the comparatives on the following  link. You don’t have to do them all today!!!!!!!

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/comparative-adjectives-exercises.html

THURSDAY 26^th of MARCH

Continue doing excersises online

FRIDAY 27^th of MARCH

Check these videos about the superlative!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orLwiZBVoyA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpzrmoW_gwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxEMZTu6JYM

STAY IN, STAY SAFE AND TAKE IT EASY!!!!!!

MARCO

LITERACY. ANSWERS TO THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES

Hi everybody,How are you? I hope that you and your families are all well. I am giving you the answers to the activities that I sent on Monday so you can correct them at home. There are three  grammar mistakes.....See if you can find them!!!!!!!! If you find them let me know and i may give you some classdojo points.....

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY.

1. I am always helpful at home( I hope you are all helping a lot!!!!!😊😊😊😊)
2. They sometimes go to the cinema.
3. Is your teacher usually nice? (Yes, he is very nice😉)
4. My cousin never eat broccoli.
5. Do you usually visit LearnEnglish kids?

WILL.AFIRMATIVE.

1. She will tell his the truth.
2. Everybody will stay home until next week.
3. Some children will play PS4 all day. (I really hope NOT!!!!!💀)

WILL. NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE.

1. Will I write my own biography?
2. An astronaut won't travel to the moon in 2025.
3. Cinthia won't visit you next month.
4. Will Paul wears his new trainers?
5. Will your parents buy a new house?

HAVE YOU FOUND THE THREE MISTAKES? THEY ARE UP HERE↑↑

READING COMPREHENSION

The reading comprehension is a little bit more difficult to self correct(auto corregir) but I am giving a couple of answers and see if they coincide with yours. I apologize if the questions were a bit difficult and some of them are not properly constructed. I highlighted the questions in the text so you can find them.

1. The dogs told the cats that they had some important papers.

2. Because the cats didn't have anywhere to keep the papers.
or
    Because the cats had nowhere to keep the papers.

3. The mice were cold.

4. They said " We had nowhere safe to keep them and we gave them to the mice".
or
     The cats told the dogs that they have given the papers to the mice because they had nowhere to keep them.

5. Because the mice had made nests(beds) with the papers.
or
    Because the mice nibbled on the papers and had made nests with them.

6. They weren't(were not) friends anymore.

TEXT.
Once upon a time dogs, cats and mice were friends. Then, one day, the dogs had to go away for a trip. "We have some important papers", they told the cats. "Will you look after them for us?". "Yes" said the cats, "We will keep them safe for you".
When the dogs had gone, the cats said "We have nowhere to keep the papers, let's give them to the mice". "Will you look after these papers for us?" the cats asked the mice. "We´ll look after them for you" answered the mice.
Winter came, the mice were cold. They nibbled at the papers and made little nests to keep themselves warm. Then, one day, the dogs came back. "We´ve come for our papers" they said to the cats. "We had nowhere safe to keep them" said the cats. "We gave to the mice". The cats went to the mice. The dogs are back" they said. "We've come for the papers". When they saw what the mice had done, the cats were very angry. They chased every mouse they saw.
The cats went back to the dogs. "The mice did not look after your papers", the cats said. "The mice were cold so they made them into nests".
The dogs were very angry with the cats. They chased every cat they saw. From that day on, dogs have chased cats. They have never been friends again.

La autocorreción de esta reading comprehension es complicada así que no os preocupéis si las respuestas no son exactamente como las mías, además algunas de las preguntas no estaban formuladas correctamente desde el punto de vista gramatical, mi culpa al no fijarme del todo bien cuando lo elegí...SORRYYY!!!.

ABOUT YOUR COMPOSITION...I can have a look at your compositions if you can scan and send them(or write them directly) to my e-mail address literacyoctavus@outlook.es  but if you can not, don´t worry. We will correct them when this quarentine is finished.

SOBRE VUESTRA REDACCIÓN, Puedo echarles un vistazo si me las mandáis a mi correo electrónico literacyoctavus@outlook.es , podéis escanear y mandarlas o escribirlas directamente en el mail pero sino podéis no pasa nada, las miraremos cuando acabe la cuarentena.

I WILL SEND YOU SOME MORE ACTIVITIES ON MONDAY MORNING, 
STAY SAFE,STAY INSIDE AND HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!!!!!!!

Marco