The Violet Class: April 2020

Thursday, 30 April 2020

Social Science 30th April

1) CORRECTIONS

Correct in red. Write full sentences. Copy my answers.

Page 43: 1
The current Prime Minister of Spain is Pedro Sánchez. He became president in 2018.

Page 43: 2
There are 22 ministerial departments in Spain. Some of them are:
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Culture and Sports
- Ministry of Science and Innovation
- Ministry of Economy and Digital transformation
- Ministry of Politics

Page 43: 3
In the small picture, we see the right of HEALTHCARE. It is important for everybody to have access to doctors and hospitals without having to pay money.
In the big picture, we see the right to EDUCATION. It is important for all people to gain knowledge in order to be free and have a better future.

Page 43: 4
In Spain there is UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. This means that EVERYBODY who is 18 years old or more can vote. It is NOT obligatory to vote.

2) FLASHNEWS!

Click on the link below to access the newspaper "El País". Read the news:

EL PAÍS

Comment a reflection: Why do you think the government wants to change the Constitution, and not just create a normal law about healthcare?

English 30th April

LISTENING ACTIVITY 2

This is the second part of the activity Aisha has kindly prepared for you. First, listen to the audio file:

AISHA: WEB DEVELOPMENT

Now, copy and complete this activity in your English notebook (activities section):

Today is Thursday, 30th of April, 2020

2. Listen to the ‘About Web Development’ audio. COPY the paragraphs, then fill in the missing words.

You all know me as your auxiliar, but did you know that I have another job as well? I am a _________ ___________. Do you know what this means? That’s right, I’m a computer programmer who builds ___________ for people and _____________. Let me tell you a little bit more about my job.

You may be wondering how I became a web developer. Just like humans, computers speak their own languages known as _____________ _______________. We call writing in these languages ____________. In order to build websites, I had to learn to speak the internet’s ___________. There are ________ main ______________ for building the internet: html, css, and javascript. Html is a websites text. It is very easy to learn and almost like typing a word doc. Css is the website’s style. Css is how we give websites _____________ and make them pretty. Javascript is the ______________ language. This is how we tell the computer what ________________ to take. Let’s use a real world example. Let’s say we want to log into ___________. How do I build a log in form? First, I use html to code the box to type the _____________ address and the log in button. Then, I use css to make the button a _______________ red color. ______________, I use javascript to tell the website to sign me in when I click the button.
I hope this explains a little bit more about what web developers do. Would you want to ___________ more about web development and computer programming in the future?

Comment in YESTERDAY's post if you didn't write something for Aisha. She is answering today!!

WORK PLAN 30th April

ENGLISH
Aisha's second listening activity in the blog.
Write to Aisha in yesterday's post if you didn't do it.

SOCIAL SCIENCE
Correct the activities I will upload to the blog.
Reading and analysing news.

NATURAL SCIENCE
Send me your Word Cloud if you haven't done it yet.

MATEMÁTICAS
Email

LENGUA
Email

Wednesday, 29 April 2020

Natural Science 29th April

LEARNING TO USE WEBPAGES

1) Complete, in your notebooks, these revision activities.

Page 94: 1 and 2

Page 95: 4 and 10

2) Now, pay EXTRA attention.

To continue learning about the "digital world", you are going to learn how to use a webpage that is fun, easy and... you already know it! It's the webpage I use to create the SCREENSAVERS in our classes, the ones with all your names in them!

The objective is to use this activity ro review important words of this unit, which we have almost finished. Watch this video tutorial:

Remember: Word cloud with 20 - 30 important words from Unit 6.

This is the link:

WORD CLOUD

ATTENTION:

If you're working with a PHONE, the webpage may ask you to "log in" or "create a user". DON'T DO IT! Just create your wordcloud in your NOTEBOOK!

Send me your WORDCLOUD to my email today or tomorrow!

I will upload some of them here, but not all of them.

Comment if you have any doubts.

AAG

ATY

CSD

ESD

HBC

HMG

HSM

ICA

IVM

JMB

NGC

SCC

SGG

English 29th April

LISTENING ACTIVITY

Our teacher Aisha has recorded this Audio for you. First, listen to it. You can listen to it as many times as you want or need:

AISHA: HELLO!

Then, complete this activity in your notebook (Activities section).

Today is Wednesday, 29th of April, 2020

AISHA: QUARANTINE UPDATE

1. Listen to the ‘Quarantine Update’ audio then answer the following questions in your notebook. Write VERY LONG sentences.

a) What do you think the phrase “hang in there” means?

b) How does Aisha spend her free time?

c) What does Aisha hear on Sundays?

d) How is the US quarantine different from Spain?

e) Why do we need quarantine?

f) What does Aisha think is important for us to do?

Now, Comment something to Aisha! She will read it!

Morning Stretch 29th April

Good morning sunshines!

Here is some Energy Yoga! It's quite funny!

Comment if you can keep your balance!

WORK PLAN 29th April

ENGLISH

Blog: Aisha has prepared an activity for you. I will upload it to the blog. Follow the instructions!

NATURAL SCIENCE

Notebook: Complete these activities. Copy all the headings and sentences.

Page 94: 1 and 2
Page 95: 4 and 10

MATEMÁTICAS

LENGUA

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Social Science 28th April

UNIT 3: SPANISH POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

New unit! We are going to study all the people that appear on TV all the time talking about important things!

1) In a new page, copy the title of the Unit. Make it look beautiful.

2) In your notebook,, copy and complete page 4 activities 1, 2, 3 and 4. For activity 3, use all the sentences in the purple 'useful language' box.

3) Comment if you have any questions about the activities.

English 28th April

INSTRUCTIONS: READ THEM MANY TIMES!

Use a computer, phone or tablet.
When you access the link, you must write your INITIALS, as always.
Make sure you have reviewed the irregular verbs really, really well.
Once you start, do not stop.
You can only complete the activity once.
There are different types of questions:

True or false
Test questions (A, B, C or D)
Order the sentences (you will have to move the boxes)
Complete the sentence (you will have to type the word)

Read each question very carefully, as well as the anwers.
Depending on the question, you will have 20, 30 or 60 seconds to answer it.

Be READY by 11.15!

Irregular Verbs KAHOOT at 11.30!

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LINK: IRREGULAR VERBS KAHOOT

WORK PLAN 28th April

ENGLISH
Irregular verbs online activity at 11.30 am. Be ready!

SOCIAL SCIENCE
Notebook: Unit 3 title. Page 43: 1, 2, 3 (use all the sentences in the purple box), and 4.
Blog: Doubts or questions.

MATEMÁTICAS
Explicado en el email.

LENGUA
Ficha (email).

Monday, 27 April 2020

Natural Science 27th April

GOING ONLINE

1) First, read page 91 carefully. Then, copy the green box 'Internet Safety' in your notebook.

2) Finally, comment a PARAGRAPH:

Examinate 'thevioletclass.blogspot.com'.
- What type of site is it?
- What can you find in it?
- Does the teacher include any extra apps or programs?
- Can you access other websites using links?

English 27th April

PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

Complete these online activities to learn some new adjectives to describe people's personality.

PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

Comment the HARDEST adjective you have learnt in the online activities, and its DEFINITION. C'mon, get your brains working!

Morning Stretch 27th April

Happy Monday sunshines!

This is the last hip-hop routine we’re doing. It starts easy, but it gets more difficult! Try it with your families! That should be a lot of fun.

Comment if you convinced a parent to dance with you!

WORK PLAN 27th April

ENGLISH
Notebook: Make sure you know the Irregular Verbs list PERFECTLY. We will do the special activity tomorrow.
Blog: Complete the activity I will upload later.

NATURAL SCIENCE

Classbook: Read page 91.
Notebook: Copy the green box called 'Internet Safety'.
Blog: Complete the activity I will upload later.

MATEMÁTICAS
Se explica en el email de hoy.

LENGUA
Se explica en el email de hoy.