2nd TERM PE NOTES

ACROSPORT NOTES 

PA AND HEALTH NOTES

PROYECT OF KENYA

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Eva López, Mar Marcos and Marina Pérez.

ENGLISH UNIT 3

CHOICES, CHOICES

SHOP:

Shopping online: you buy something on internet.

Brands: a type of product manufactured by a particular company.

Sales: the exchange of a product for money.

Discounts: a deduction from the usual cost.

Bargain: a thing bought for sale more cheaply than is usual cost.

Cost: the quantity of money you pay for something.

Afford: have enough money to pay for..

Borrow: take and use (something that belongs to someone else) with the intention of returning it.

Waste: expend the money.

PHRASAL VERBS:

Catch up: reach someone who is in front of you.

Join in: participate.

Try out: test something to see how good it is.

Picked up: learn a new skill by chance.

Taken up: start a new hobby.

Miss out: lose an apportunity.

Fill up: You eat a lot of food you fill up.

Queue up: the people queue up when they are in line.

Wash up: for example the dishes.

TWO EXPLORERS GLOSSARY

CHAPTERS 1,2,3
Raised: Admit someone at home

FABRICS

Merchant ships: is a big boat that transports carries.
Avoid the battle: leave the battle
Ambassador: representatives of the emperor
Holy lamp: is an object used to produce light continuosly 
Prayed: To stand before the presence of God
Fabrics: objects produced by weaving 
Spices: an aromatic vegetable used to flavor food
Soul: the spiritual part of a human
Friars: a member of any certain religious orders of men
Worship: the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration
Mirage: an optical ilusion

HOLY LAMP

MERCHANT SHIPS

VIDEO OF ÁFRICA: ACTIVITIES

1. Where in the world is Africa? África is a continent situated in the south of Europe and southwest of Asia
2. How many times is Africa larger than The United States? 30 million square kilometers
3. How is the savanna defined in the video? The savanna is a grassy plain wich covers nearly half os África. The savanna is characterized by scattered trees among a landscape of grasses and shrubs.
4. Which animals can be found in the savanna biome? Giraffes and elephants
5. Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa? The chaparral is located in the north and south of África.
6. Which are the most famous deserts in Africa? The Sahara desert, Namib desert and Kalahari desert.
7. The main natural resources mentioned in the video are .....

• Not evenly distributed within countries
• Not evenly distributed within countries 
• Some countries don't have the money to mine their own resources

1.      Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to cape of good hope and 4 600 miles from cape Verde all the way over to Somalia
2.      Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that region , you can see the same average temperature and average precipitation what that means is that you also see very similar animals living in that region.

3.      The most famous desert in Africa is, of course, the Sahara desert. Now, some parts of the Sahara desert are sandy, like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are rocky but in either case, the fact that it is very dry is going to make it a very difficult period to cross.

4.      It is not the  rain itself that’s particularly important, it’s also the enviroment There are many different plants and animal species That can be found in the rain forest and that’s one of the thing that makes the rain forest so valuable not just in Africa but throughout the Earth.

5.      The Nile is the most famous river in Africa, because is the longest river in the world. But there is also the Congo which is the  ninth longest river in the world.

6.      Africa actually has its own version of the great lakes with famous lakes like Lake Tanganika, lake Malawi and lake Victoria.

7.      All the Africa is a plateau. Meaning that Africa itself is an elevated land. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find any  mountains in Africa. You can find mountain ranges like, for example, the Atlas in northwestern Africa.

8.      Africa also has some interesting mountains like Kilimanjaro mountain, the highest peak in Africa which seems to just rise on it own out of the ground.

9.      The Great Rift Valley refers to a region of Africa that is  literally, being split apart. There are some tectonic plates that are located within or near Africa, that are, actually, moving away from each other, and what’s doing is creating not just some of the highest elevations in Africa, but also lakes like Tanganyka. 

GEOGRAPHY UNIT 3

GLOSSARY

- Birth rate: total number of births.

- Death rate: total number of deaths.

- N.I: birth rate minus death rate.

- Life expentancy: years that a person may expect to live.

- I.M.R: infant mortality rate (deaths of  young children)

- MEDC: more economically developed country.

- LEDC: less economically developed country.

SELF-ASSESSMENT :)

• What can I do that I couldn't do before? I have learned to use the blog. 
• What did I like most? I really like the idea of doing the portfolio in the blog, I find it an entertaining and interesting way of doing it. I also liked the dynamics of the clases.
• What did I do well? I think that I have improved some things about english.
• What are my greatest strengths and weaknesses? My gretest strength is  grammar and the weaknesses are listening and vocabulary.
• What am I confused about? Nothing
• What do I need help with? Sometimes with the speaking, becouse I'm shameful.
• What did I do in English outside the class? I have heard songs and also I watched a movie in english but with subtitles because it is a little hard to understand
• What do I need to improve? To be more attentive of new posts of the blogs.
• What did I learn about culture? In class and in the blogs I have learned many things. Like cultures of other countries and also everyday things.