Bonanova Summer Course Book 2012 by British Council Madrid

Barcelona Bonanova Summer Course Book June/July 2012

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CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Bonanova Teaching Centre . .5 Senior Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bonanova Support Staff . . . . 7 Junior 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Junior 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Junior 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Senior 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 First Certificate 1 . . . . . . . . . . 55 First Certificate 2 . . . . . . . . . . 59 Good bye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 On this page, you can see some of the activities that we have been involved in over the last year, celebrating 20 years of of the Bonanova Young Learner Centre in Barcelona. The Big Dance was performed to celebrate the year of the Olympic Games in London, and teachers of Bonanova have been doing various storytelling events in libraries around Barcelona.

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It is with great pleasure that I am able to welcome you to the first Summer Course Book of the Barcelona Young Learners Centre. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as the staff and pupils have enjoyed producing it. The creativity and motivation shown by everyone in creating the course book is a clear sign of the hard work and effort that has been put into this summer course. I would like therefore to thank everyone for their contributions and especially to Graham Stanley one of our Senior Teachers for his role in organising the project.

Welcome to the Bonanova Summer Course Book!

Our intention with the course book is to give you an idea of the sort of activities and work that students do in class. We are very proud of the progress that your children are making in English and the quality of their writing and contributions is evidence of that. We firmly believe in providing a stimulating and challenging environment so that students are given the knowledge and skills in English that will last them for the rest of their lives. We have introduced a number of changes to the centre this year. A new air conditioning system has been put in place to ensure the comfort of students and we also have new furniture in the classrooms. Our website http://www.britishcouncil.org/spain/barcelonabonanova has been re- launched this year and we have updated and improved our new student portal. The portal is an important element in our commitment to improving communications with you and please let us know if we can help you in any way with it. As ever we are keen to hear your feedback and ideas about all aspects of the centre. Students reports for the summer course and helpful resources can be found at https://spainportal.britishcouncil.org I would like to take this final opportunity to congratulate students and staff on another successful summer course and wish you all a very relaxing and safe summer holiday. Regards James

James McGrath Teaching Centre Manager, British Council Young Learners Centre Barcelona Bonanova

Bonanova Teaching Centre The British Council’s Barcelona Young Learners language centre offers a wide range of classes for young learners from 5 to 18. There are courses for all levels, designed so that students can progress from beginner right up to Cambridge Proficiency level. At some levels you can prepare for a Cambridge Exam, such as First Certificate, Advanced and Proficiency. All classes feature the British Council’s comprehensive learning support including learner support groups. Students can come to class once or twice a week and we have a variety of timetables to fit in with their lives – and yours!

English at Bonanova We offer high quality English courses for children and teenagers in modern, well equipped classrooms. Our teachers are experienced and well-qualified. As well as general English courses, you can choose Cambridge English exam preparation courses. We want your child to be motivated by and enjoy their classes and we believe that language learning is more effective when: students interact and participate actively in English; students enjoy classes; classes encourage independent learning and student autonomy; students get involved and strive to progress both in the classroom and beyond.

Summer courses We have a wide range of courses during the summer months for children and teenagers aged 8 to 17. In July, students can take one of our 90 hour courses, a great opportunity to complete a full level in one month.

Which course?

To make sure your course is at the right level for you, you’ll need to take a ‘level test’, which assesses your spoken and written English. The test takes an hour at most. You have to do the test if: you’ve not studied with us before or you haven’t done any study for at least six months If you have passed the Cambridge First (FCE), Advanced (CAE) or Proficiency (CPE) in the last year, you don't need to take the level test, but please bring your certificate when you come to register. Find out more on our website: http://www.britishcouncil.org/spain/en/barcelona-bonanova

Senior Teachers

Supporting the teachers and the teaching centre

Brian

Anna Graham

Johnny

Mistral

Bonanova Support Staff

On this page, you can see the people who support the teaching centre . You'll find them in the Registry office, in the library or other parts of the teaching centre. Without their hard work, there'd be no teaching centre!

Alba

Jordi

JosĂŠ

Joan

Gissella

Junior 3

The Junior 3 class have been working hard and having fun with English all summer. Apart from studying and learning lots of English, they have been doing a theatre project, using the computers to do a project about the Olympics, and speaking lots of English On the following pages you can see some of the work produced by the students: Ricard Avila Chicano Marc Barta i Duran Arturo Casta単o Gallardo David Cordon Avila Helena Gimeno Agud Ferran Lacarcel Julia Andrea Larrea Vives Jaume Llados i Clos Carlos Lopez Pijuan Natalia Martinez Alvez Agata Planas Laplana Jorge David Restrepo Melan

Alex Navarro Massegu

Junior 3 On these pages you can see some of the inventions created by the class for an English project. There are robots and watches, a bubble house and a translator chip. What a future it will be!

Junior 3

London 2012

The Junior 3 students have been working on a project related to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is due to start shortly after the Bonanova Summer Course ends. On the following pages, you can see some of the students work.

Junior 3

You can practise your English as you learn about the London 2012 Games on the British Council's London 2012 English for the Games website. There are videos and articles, exercises and games to play. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/englishfor-the-games?

London 2012 By Alex Navarro Massegu

By Natalia Martine Alvez & Andrea Larrea Vives

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By Jorge David Restrepo Melan & Agata Planas Laplana

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By Carlos Lopez Pijuan & Ricard Avila Chicano

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By Ferran Lacarcel Julia & David Cordon Avila

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By Helena Gimeno Agud

Junior 3

Here you can see the teachers of the Junior 3 and Junior 4 classes, who have had lots of fun this summer teaching English to the 28 students in these two classes.

Junior 3

Junior 4 Using songs and theatre, computers and games as well as the specially designed coursebooks has meant the students have had a lot of fun and learned a lot too!

The Junior 4 students have been working on projects about super heroes, creating their own super heroes and writing stories about

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One day, Super Clare met her boyfriend in a park near the sea. Suddenly, a hurricane appeared, and it took all the houses and the people that it found. She helped the people. She built a shelter and prevented the death of many people. Poseidon was very grateful because Super Clare saved many fishermen who took care of the sea, so he gave her some power. Her hair changed (now it's blonde) and she can dominate the four elements (air, water, ground and fire). She saves the lives of many people!

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Silvia - Junior 4

Junior 4

It was a sunny day, Clare was in her house watching the TV, when suddenly the phone rang: - Super Clare! I need your help! My house is on fire! Help me! - Don't worry! I'm coming this way!

Last monday, she went and flew around the city. Suddenly she heard a girl scream. Later, she came close to her and asked her:

She came out of the house flying through the window. When she arrived, she entered the house on fire. She got the girls in trouble and took them out of the building. The girl said : - Wow! Super Clare! Thank you, you're the best!

- What happened?

Everybody loves Super Clare

- It's my dog. He's in my house and my house is on fire!

Gabriela, Iona and Carlota - Junior 4

- I'm going to save your pet. - Thank you! Three minutes later, she gave the pet to the girl and went home because she was very tired. Laura - Junior 4

Junior 4

Junior 4 The Junior 4 students have also been involved in a project about the book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' by Roald Dahl this summer. Some of the work they have done can be seen on this page., and other project work on the following pages.

Junior 4

This book and film is about a girl called Matilda who is very clever and reads lots of books. Her father buys and sells cars illegally and her mother works in a casino. They are rich, but they don't look after Matilda well.

Matilda was growing up and the moment I liked most was when her mother, her father and brother were going out and she cleaned the house. When she was 4 years old, she started reading books at home.

Matilda was a smart child. Her parents didn't take care of her. She was bored with school and decided to go to the library every day to read books.

Liam Moore Campi

Angels Herrero Canal

Carlos Monfort Jodar

One day Mr & Mrs Wormwood had a baby. They named her Matilda. Her family hated Matilda because she was different. Matilda discovered she had powers and decided to tell her teacher.

When Matilda started going to school, Miss Honey was her teacher. She was the smartest girl in the class, but unfortunately the terrible head teacher disliked clever children.

AlĂ¨xia Duaigues Caldentey The first day of school was nice and the teacher saw that Matilda was very intelligent. Matilda had powers but her teachers didn't believe in it until Matilda showed it to her. Xavier Costa Salgado On the first day, Miss Honey tested the class on the two-times table. Matilda said the whole two-times table. Miss Honey was very surprised and she went to talk to Miss Turnbull, but she wasn't interested. Iona Clot Perez

Gabriela Mendez Torello

Junior 4

Matilda and Miss Honey became good friends and they did a lot of things together. Miss Honey adopted Matilda and they live together. Berta Vernis Vidal Miss Trunchbull did not return to school and Miss Honey adopted Matilda. And they lived very well together. Carlota Vernis Vidal At the end, Miss Tunchbull leaves the school. Matilda discovers she has the power to move things, and Miss Honey loves Matilda and lives with her forever! Lucas Padilla Fernandez

Matilda discovers that Miss Trunchbull is the aunt of Miss Honey and since Miss Honey's father died, the aunt has her house and her money. Silvia Casacuberta Puig Matilda ignored the warning of Miss Honey and in the evening she used her powers and took Miss Honey two chocolates. JĂşlia Laguna Miralles

Junior 5

The Junior 5 class, taught by Maggie and Greg this summer, has been working hard with lots of different projects. As well as researching different mysteries and then creating slides and presenting them to the rest of the class, they have been compiling class recipes, which can be seen in the Summer Book.

Junior classes

Maggie

Junior classes at Bonanova are for students aged 10-13. When students are 10, they move from a Primary class to a Junior class, where the methodology and course-book is very different. There they will be with other students of the same age and will start to learn about English grammar as well as expanding their vocabulary and beginning to read more sophisticated stories than are possible to read at Primary level.

Greg Junior students also start to listen to more difficult English and practise more speaking. The teachers will often ask them to do role-plays in English and to prepare presentations and they will do some project work, usually about things they are interested in: music or TV, films and other subjects. When the students are 14, they will then move to a senior class. The senior class will usually have the same number although it is a level higher (so Junior 5 students will move to Senior 5, etc).

Junior 5

The Junior 5 class have been doing group presentations this summer, choosing a mystery they are interested in to speak to the rest of the class about.

Junior 5

Recipes

Starters

VEGETABLE FONDUE by Marta Vadilla HOW TO MAKE PUMPKIN CREAM You need: milk, soft cheese (triangles), a pumpkin, a carrot, potatoes, two eggs, a blender, a knife, dishes and a plastic recipient. Steps: 1. First you have to cut up the carrot and cut in 4 parts the potatoes and the pumpkin 2. Later you have to break the eggs 3. After this, you have to put all the ingredients together and beat them. 4. Put the cream in the dishes and you eat Junior 5

Junior 5

Recipes Starters

CHEESE SALAD Ingredients:

Lettuce, 4 kinds of cheese, tomatoes, carrots, oil, pepper, onions, vinegar Steps: 1. First you must clean the lettuce, tomato, carrots and onions. 2. Next you can chop up all these vegetables and put them in a container 3. Then, cut slices of cheese and put them in a container 4. After that, put the vinegar, oil and pepper in another container and mix it. 5. Finally, put the sauce in the container and toss all the ingredients. Oria Frances- Junior 5

Snacks HOW TO MAKE A CHEESE SANDWICH Ingredients: Slices of bread, tomato, cheese, grater, knife Steps: 1. Take five slices of cheese 2. Turn the tomato into tomato sauce 3. Spread the tomato sauce with the knife on two slices of bread 4. Put the 5 slices of cheese on the tomato sauce slice of bread 5. Put the two slices together so that the tomato sauce and cheese are touching. Joaquim Garcia Vela - Junior 5

Junior 5

Recipes HOW TO MAKE A STAR BACON SANDWICH Ingredients: 2 slices of bread, 8 slices of bacon, 3 slices of cheese, some tomato Steps: 1. First rub the tomato on the the two slices of bread 2. Second, fry the bacon and then put it on one slice of bread 3. Third, you stack the slices of bacon so it looks like a star 4. Finally, you can enjoy the best bacon sandwich Carlos Palencia - Junior 5 HOW TO MAKE A FANTASTIC BACON SANDWICH Ingredients: 2 slices of bread, 4 slices of bacon, 2 slices of cheese, oil Steps: 1. Fry the bacon until it's just a touch crispy 2. Put the oil on both slices 3. Put the sandwich in the sandwich press 4. Put the sandwich on a plate and enjoy eating it Edu Pinyol - Junior 5

Junior 5

Snacks

Recipes

Snacks

CHEESE OMELETTE Ingredients: Some grated cheese, two eggs Steps: 1. Break the eggs and put them into a bowl without the shells 2. Beat the eggs 3. Put the eggs into a pan and cook them for a few minutes 4. While this is cooking, add the grated cheese to the pan 5. Put the omelette on a plate and enjoy! You can add some spices to make this dish more tasty! Gabriel Garcia - Junior 5 HOW TO MAKE A GREAT HOT DOG Ingredients: Hot dog bun, sausage, onions, ketchup, bacon and cheese Steps: 1. Take the hot dog bun 2. Put the sausage in it 3. Then. you put the ketchup and the cheese inside the bun 4. Add the bacon and the onions and add the ketchup 5. After the bacon and the onions you put the hot dog on 6. Enjoy it! Alexander Thomassen - Junior 5

Junior 5

Recipes

Main courses

HOW TO MAKE LENTIL LASAGNE Ingredients: Sheets of lasagne pasta. Sauce: 1 jar of lentils, 1 tin of tomatoes, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, mushrooms, 1 teaspoon of rosemary. Bechamel sauce: butter, milk, flour, a pinch of nutmeg, salt and pepper. Preparation: 1. Chop the onions and the garlic and fry until golden brown 2. Add the rosemary and tomatoes and cook for 20 minutes. 3. Add the lentils, cook for 10 minutes more. 4. Now make the bechamel sauce. Melt the butter in a pan. 5. Add the flour and cook for 1 minute 6. Slowly add the milk, stirring all the time until you get a smooth sauce. 7. Add salt and pepper and nutmeg. 8. On a baking tray, put 1 layer of pasta and 1 layer of bechamel sauce until you have 7 layers. 9. Put grated Parmesan cheese on top and bake in the oven for 30 minutes Marc Thomson - Junior 5

Junior 5

Recipes

Main courses

BACON PIZZA Ingredients: Dough, slices of bacon, grated cheese, tomato, frankfurt Preparation: 1. Put the dough on a tray and put tomato on it, spread it all over 2. Then put the grated cheese and the slices of bacon everywhere 3. Put the pizza in the oven and wait for ten minutes 4. Next, cut into small pieces to make it easier to eat 5. Then put it onto a tray and enjoy! Angel Sanchez - Junior 5 HOW TO MAKE A PORK CHOP AND CHEESE SANDWICH Ingredients: 2 slices of bread, tomato spread, salt, oil, 2 or 3 pork chops, cheese and if you want, some ketchup or mustard Preparation: 1. Cut the slices of bread 2. Spread the tomato onto the bread and put oil and some salt on 3. Put oil in the frying pan and cook the pork chop 4. Then you put the pork chop on the bread and melt the cheese 5. Finally, you can put some ketchup or mustard on it Oscar Castelltort - Junior 5

Junior 5

Recipes

Main courses

MEAT WITH POTATOES AND EGGS Ingredients: Meat, potatoes, egg, oil, onion, salt and tomatoes Preparation: 1. First put the meat on the grill 2. When the meat is on the grill, peel the potatoes and when the potatoes are peeled, cut them into chunks 3. Then put the oil in the frying pan and add some salt to the potatoes 4. Flip it from side to side and up and down 5. When everything is finished, put it on plates and eat!! Paul McGrath - Junior 5 HOW TO MAKE BAKED FISH Ingredients: 1 KG of fish, 400 g of potatoes, 300 g of onions, 1 glass of white wine, a pinch of salt, some oil Preparation: 1. Cut the potatoes and onions in slices 2. Put them in a baking dish 3. Add the fish, wine and salt 4. Bake until done Oscar Castelltort - Junior 5

Junior 5

Recipes

Desserts

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CAKE Ingredients: Chocolate, walnuts, sugar, eggs, butter, flour Preparation: 1. Melt the chocolate and butter in the 'BaĂąo Maria' 2. Crush the walnuts in little pieces at the same time 3. Add the chocolate when it has melted and the pieces of walnuts and sugar and stir 4. At the same time, put the eggs and the flour in a bowl and stir too 5. Then, when the batter of eggs and flour is mixed well, make a hole in the centre 6. Pour the melted chocolate in the centre 7. Stir the batter and then pour this batter into a metal bowl 8. Put in the oven for 30 minutes at 180Âş C Iago Pueyo - Junior 5

Junior 5

The two Senior 5 classes have been busy this summer doing lots of reading, listening, speaking, writing and use of English. In addition, the four teachers have been asking the students to use a wiki for homework.

The students answered a survey (above) about learning English at the end of the course, which will help us know what worked well and what things we can improve on for the future.

The students who have successfully completed the Senior 5 course can now start to prepare for the Cambridge First Certificate in English, which usually takes 2 years or 200+ hours of practice and study for students to be ready after passing our Senior 5 level.

David

Stephen

Sue

You can see a selection of the writing the two classes have produced this summer on the following pages.

Kyle

The writing ranges from compositions about the Environment to stories and urban myths.

Air pollution by factories by Albert P, Oriol P Nacho and Alex Have you ever seen the yellow haze in Barcelona’s sky? This is made by pollution. All the cities have pollution and factories. Barcelona, has a lot of factories in the outskirts. These factories expel bad substances for the body into the air. These bad substances make diseases. These bad substances affect all the world population. Factories contaminate a lot, because they don't have to regulate the residue that they expel to the air. This is a problem because they contaminate the air, the same air that we breath. Our lungs, can get a lot of diseases of the contaminated air. This is not a problem only for humans, because all the animals breath the same air, and can get a lot of diseases too. The factories of Barcelona should have strict control, and they don´t have any pollution. They should make more factories without making so much pollution, and also the air pollution in humans diseases makes them sick. It can produce a lot of diseases Also the pollution can affect animals and makes them sick and also the pollution can affect animal's protection , because some animals can protect themselves from the weather and the air pollution can change the weather. The air pollution produces climate change and it makes that the weather changes to extreme temperatures.

Water Wastage by Pablo, Kety, Natalia, Miquel How do we waste water? There are seven billion people in the world, and all of them need water. Nowadays there are millions ONG’s working to save water. Also people are thinking about things they have to do to save water. Water can be reused as drinking water and in industry. Some examples of wasting water that a lot of people make every day are: - Human waste: It is more efficient take a shower than a bath because you save more water, also the washing machine; we have to fill it up before we use the washing machine. - Waste from industry. To avoid the wastage, we have to make an effort on our part, like: do not take a bath, do not leave the tap running, use as little water as possible, don’t put the washing machine at half capacity, etc... We arrive for the conclusion that, we are destroying the planet if we continue using too much water for our living, we must STOP this danger for our descendants. SAVE THE WORLD !

Animals in Extinction by Paula, Pol, Javi & Adria Animals are very important for us, the world and life. If animals were extinct, the food chain couldn't be realised. That chain is very important: for the animals and for us, the humans. As we are part of that. If some animals become extinct we will lack food, like Blue Fin Tuna. Pollution is increasing the temperature in the Poles and it’s making the temperature hotter and polar bears have less places to live. It signifies that these bears have been dying every day. Hunting is a very big problem with whales, people are over-fishing whales because whale meat is expensive and these people make a lot of money. People feel powerless because they think that if they help nothing will change, but that's wrong because one person may only do a little bit but together our small actions add up to a lot. We can protect animals to prevent them becoming extinct in different ways. One possible thing to do is to be more logical and think about the consequences, the most important thing is to not destroy the environment; by not throwing the bottles into the forest, is an example, as is cleaning the beach. Then you have to help to protect animals and also try to get others to do it.

Car or walking? by Gerard, Ainhoa, Carla, Mar There are two kinds of people in life: there are people that are economical and prefer walking when the place is near, and there are people that use the car for everything. In this essay we will talk about the advantages or disadvantages of using the car or walking. The advantages of going with the car are that we go faster, arrive earlier at the places that we want to go to and give jobs to the other people because cars must be built and this make's the factory work. And the advantages of walking are that it doesn’t contaminate. Also is a way to train our bodies and it’s healthy. But there’re also disadvantages to travel by cars and walking like that ones that we are going to explain now. Travelling by car, has lots of disadvantages, like you have to spend a lot of money in petrol, in water for cleaning the car, you pay a lot for the car park and sometimes travelling by car is really, really difficult to find a good place to park your car. But also, walking has some disadvantages. Sometimes the distances are really big, so at the end you are really tired, if it's summer you can have a heat stroke, in winter you can become ill because of the weather. In our opinion, walking is healthier and more affordable. Also walking, you can observe and admire nature, the landscape; you can get to know new things, like a new restaurant or a new shop. And the most important is that you are helping to save the world and you are not contaminating our precious planet.

The pollution of industry by David, Maria, Paula E and Paula G Nowadays, pollution is a worrying point of society; it's one of the principal causes of climate change. The waste from factories is polluting the air, the water and the land. One example near to Barcelona is the industries of Badalona. A few years ago, these factories polluted the sea a lot. There are some advantages in the world of industry: The main advantage is to produce lots of jobs and people can get a better level of life. Another point to these advantages is that factories are a major economic sector because it generates a lot of money for the country. This money helps to provide buildings and healthcare. On the other hand it also has disadvantages like they pollute the air and as a result people breathe polluted air. On these remote areas of the world are affected indirectly by industrial pollution. Even though society may not live near any factories, it is still affected. This is one of the most important problems in the world. If the air is polluted, parts of nature like trees, animals, and so on, will disappear. In conclusion, although industry produces lots of jobs, the air is bad and people breathe in the bad air. If we change the world, it will be better. We think there are more disadvantages than advantages, so what should we do to change it?

_____________________________ Useful websites for Senior 5 If you are studying with the British Council, you will have a code to access the Spain Portal. Here you will find lots of activites and information: https://spainportal.britishcouncil.org/ For PET test practice: http://www.examenglish.com/PET/reading1.htm For FCE exam practice and information: http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students More FCE exam help: http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/fce LearnEnglish for help with grammar and vocabulary ALSO listening (podcasts), games, etc. : http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org & http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org BBC Learning English for help with all things (Good listening and news stories) : http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish English Attack - fun video listening and vocabulary stuff: http://www.english-attack.com

Study Tip: The teacher has marked these compositions with writing codes to help the student understand the mistakes. Do you know what WW , SP , WO and T mean?

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Can you correct the mistakes? See page 21 to see the answers

WW = wrong word T = incorrect verb tense SP = incorrect spelling WO = wrong word order

Can you correct the mistakes? See page 21 to see the answers

Writing is a very important part of the Senior 5 course. At this level, students should be able to start to write in a more sophisticated way, expressing their opinions and using a wide range of language.

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The strange case of the qualified quiche and the rude rabbit

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by David Rojo

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There was a rude man who arrived at a restaurant and he asked for a quiche.

Answers (from page 18) line 8: in a car / in the morning line 11: in the morning

line 21: to cry again line 27: in jail line 28: in the end Answers (from page 19) line 1: I had collected line 5: in July line 5: I was walking round line 8: sting line 12: told

The waiter came to the table and the rude man complained that the service had been awful. Then the waiter became angry and headed for the kitchen. When the quiche was ready, the waiter picked up a carrot sauce and added it to the quiche. After this, the waiter went out of the kitchen and took the quiche to the rude man with a smile in his smile. At the moment he was tasting the meal, it started to grow some hair in his ears. Later, his head transformed into a rabbit's and the rude man became a rude rabbit.

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Goodbye messages from students on the Senior 5 Student wiki

First Certificate 1

Meet Jess and Kevin, the teachers of the FCE1 summer course in Bonanova. The FCE1 course is the first part of the course preparing students to take the Cambridge First Certificate in English, an exam for people who need to prove they can use everyday written and spoken English at an upperintermediate level for work or study purposes. You can find out more about the FCE examination here: www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/fce

Jess

Kevin

First Certificate Exam Overview Paper 1- Reading (1 hour) - 3 parts (30 questions) - 20% of all marks Paper 2 - Writing (1 hour 20 minutes) - 2 parts - 20% of all marks Paper 3 - Use of English (45 minutes) - 4 parts (42 questions) - 20% of all marks Paper 4 - Listening (40 minutes) - 4 parts (30 questions) - 20% of all marks Paper 5 - Speaking (14 minutes) - 4 parts - 20% of all marks

The Blind Date by Maria Balañá & Valentina Bohórquez Alice knew that it was going to be a very special day for her. She had always wanted to have a nice relationship. ‘’Please help me, prepare me a blind date with a nice boy’’, said Alice to her best friend. Alice had blue eyes, curly, black long hair. She was average height and she was a friendly and outgoing girl. When she arrived at the Italian restaurant, she looked for her date and then Alice saw him – A brown eyed boy with black trendy hair. He seemed good looking. Alice knew she had started her special day. She sat down in front of him with shyness and said “Hello”. Joe was a very handsome guy; he was very nice and extroverted. He had been working as a summer camp monitor. They were talking about their lives all kind of things; they were getting on very well together. After being all the evening together, Joe said “Alice, I’m going on a voyage and I like you. Would you like to have a crazy adventure in Italy with me?” “Yes”, said Alice.

Alice's Special Day by Albert & Jordi Alice knew that it was going to be a very special day for her. The last week had been a very stressful week because she had been preparing all her suitcases. She had also taken with her the sleeping bag and her rucksack. The night before her trip, she was afraid because the next day she was going to take for first time in her live a plane. Finally she lay down in her bed trying to sleep. She woke up, she dressed up and went to the airport. There, she took her passport and her boarding card and went to her gate. “Be good and carefully, have a good time”, said her parents. “We are going to miss you”, said her brother. Then she got into the plane. Ten minutes later the plane took off. The alarms started to sound, the masks went down… They were going to crash!! RIIIING!!! The alarm clock rang. Her mum entered into her room and said, “Come on! We are going to miss the plane!”

Alice's Revenge by Oriol Julió and Bruno Dols Alice knew that it was going to be a very special day for her. She had been preparing the 100m race for the last three years, so she was in perfect form. Her opponent, called Serena, who was from Jamaica had also been preparing the race for about two or three years. They had met in the Athletics World Championships celebrated in Barcelona last year. They had became good friends but since the incidents occurred in the Jamaican Championships, they were enemies. That time Serena was the winner, but Alice asked for revenge. Both were tall, strong and very fast. They were hard-working and hyperactive persons too. A summer night in Kingston(Jamaica), the competition had come. The starting gun started the race and Alice took a slightly advantage to Serena. It seemed that Alice was going to win the race, but at the last moment, Serena did a final sprint and won the race… Two months later, judges condemned Serena for two years in prison for being doped in the race, and they also gave the first prize to Alice. She was the most happy person on the world.

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First Certificate 1 Alice's Special Day by Gabriel Möring Diego GarcíaAlice knew that it was going to be a very special day for her. She had been waiting for this moment for 5 years. She was really happy. She thought she was going to see her father at 2 o’clock but he didn’t appear. Her father was in the army and he had been in it for 5 years. However, Alice was very nervous her mother was relaxed and knew that John, her husband, was going to appear. At 10 pm, someone knocked on the door and they thought that was the cleaning woman but while Alice was opening the door she saw her father reflected in the mirror. Alice hugged her father and gave him 10 kisses. She started jumping and laughing around the house. The her father gave her lots of presents but the best present for Alice were these words “Alice I’m going to give up the army and I’m going to stay with you the rest of my life”, said John.

The Birthday Party by Laura Albasanz Sandra AlbertAlice knew that it was going to be a very special day for her. The day had started with fantastic weather and she was so happy because it was her 16th birthday. Alice was a tall, thin and cheerful girl. She had blue eyes and long straight brown hair. Alice was a student of St. Jude’s school and she was studying economics. Her friends had prepared a surprise party in an enormous place in front of the beach. When night arrived, Alice and her friends went to the place and all was dark… Suddenly, a lot of people shouted. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICE!!!” Alice’s face was very happy and surprised. Food and drink were excellent and Alice enjoyed the party a lot. Definitely it had been a very special day for her

A Mysterious Message by Marta Gangonells A Mysterious Message by Marta Gangonells & Maria Hernández Maria HernándezAlice knew that it was going to be a very special day for her. When she woke up she switched on her new modern mobile phone and she saw that she had a new message. She was surprised about it because the message said: “I think I love you, Alice”. But Alice didn’t know who the person who had sent the message was. Then she decided to answer the message asking who he was. Ten minutes later she received another message which it said: “If you want to know who I am you have to go to the old shoes factory at 9 p.m.”. Alice was fifteen years old and she was a little shy, although she was keen on adventures so she decided to go there and meet the mysterious guy. At the time they had arranged, Alice was in the factory nervous and interested about the boy because she had been thinking who it could be. Maybe it was a joke or perhaps she could rely on him. She was looking forward to seeing him. Suddenly, she saw the lights on inside the factory she made up her mind to go in the factory and… “SURPRISE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICE”, shouted her friends. Alice was so exited that she couldn’t speak. She had been all the day thinking and worried about someone who didn’t exiist.

Alice's Lesson by Seán Moore, Oriol Nadal, Miguel Recio Alice knew that it was going to be a very special day for her. It was the 13th of July, it was very hot. Alice had been training for the racing event since winter. It was the European sports event, she was hoping to give a good show and her only objective was the gold medal. The race would start in an hour. Alice was really nervous and she couldn’t stop thinking in her defeat. All the best European athletes were there, even the world champion Rafaella Bunnotti. The race was going to start and Alice and the other competitors were warming up. She was warming up so hard, her body overstressed and her leg went stiff. She started to cry, she didn’t want to give up, but the pain was so strong, she had to abandon. That day, Alice learned a very special thing – play for fun and not for the prize.

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First Certificate 2 James

Our FCE2 course is for students who are preparing to take the Cambridge First Certificate exam. By the end of the course, the students will have had a lot of practice in all parts of the exam and should be ready to sit the exam. We recommend that students take the First Certificate in English for Schools if possible, which follows exactly the same format as the First Certificate in English exam and is exactly the same level. The only difference is that the content and treatment of topics has been particularly targeted at the interests and experience of school pupils rather than adults. This increases the students' motivation to learn English Lil & Karen

We have had two First Certificate classes this summer, studying hard to prepare themselves for the exam. After successfully completing this course, many students take our First Certificate Express course before taking the exam in December.

Sarah, Karen, Lili & James, our teachers of FCE this summer all have a lot of experience preparing students for this exam, and have also worked as official FCE examiners too. This ensures that the students are fully prepared for the exam.

Others join the CAE1 course and start preparing for the Certificate in Advanced English (CAE). More about the First Certificate in English The FCE exam uses real-life situations that are especially designed to help learners communicate effectively and learn the language skills required for work or study. The exam is set at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages. B2 is the level needed to live independently in an English speaking country and work in an English speaking environment. The FCE is accepted by thousands of employers, universities and governement departments around the world.

Sarah

First Certificate 2 The FCE2 students have been using a wiki for their writing, submitting their compositions online and then receiving feedback from the teachers. On the following pages, you can see a selection of writing, complete with codes so that the students can go back and correct their own mistakes.

Codes for the FCE2 writing

The advantage of doing this is that the students are more likely to learn from their mistakes this way than if the teacher simply gives them the answers The codes to the writing can be fond on this page, on the right. .

The teacher and FCE2 students have been helping each other with their writing too, adding comments on the wiki, such as the one Alex and Nacho wrote about Maria and Berta's report (below)

Maria's comments (left) about Sergi's report were very useful. This way, students can learn to write better and help each other with their writing

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Good bye! Thank you for reading the first Bonanova Summer Course Book. We hope you have enjoyed it. If you have any ideas for how we can improve it, then please send them to graham.stanley@britishcouncil.es Acknowledgements Thanks to all of the teachers and students on the 2012 Bonanova summer course for all their hard work, and for allowing us to publish their work here. Photographs and other images: Apart from the images produced by the students and photographs taken by teachers, free clipart and Creative Commons public domain were used in the production of this book

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