Reading unit 2: Survivalists

• Are you ready for the end of the world?
• What is a prepper?
• What do you think of them?
• Do you think preppers are crazy, or do you think they're just showing common sense? Write an opinion essay to answer the question. You should write 120-180 words. Check the following link to know more about opinion essays.

If you want to watch the complete episode of 'Doomsday Preppers' follow the link.

Extra vocabulary activity
Some historical background about the survivalist movement
An example of opinion essay

Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns

Unit 27 reflexive and reciprocal pronouns de Lauren Rein

• Reflexive pronouns
• Reflexive pronouns + verbs
• Personal and reflexive pronouns – me, myself, him, . . . 
• Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre's review

Jane Eyre's summary

Lessons That ‘Jane Eyre’ Can Teach Every 21st Century Woman About How To Live Well

• “You can overcome your past, no matter how bad it is.
• “Your will shall decide your destiny.”
• “Tell the guy you want to date him already!”
• “Loving and respecting yourself is essential, and is the key to     independence.” 
• “Be positive.” 
• “Don’t ever let anyone tell you you can’t do something just        because you’re a woman.” 
• “ are stronger than you think.” 
• “Most true is it that ‘beauty is in the eye of the gazer.” "La belleza reside en la mirada del obervador", "...,en los ojos de quien la mira"
• “The possibilities for life are endless for those who take  risks.”  
• “Don’t be afraid to speak your mind.” 
• “If you choose to get married, do so only for love.” 

Unit 2: Future Tenses

Future tense in English. All different ways of expressing future with a little practice from I.E.S. ALONSO DE COVARRUBIAS

Some notes about Future perfect:

We use the Future Perfect to talk about something that will be completed before a certain time in the future:

We often use by with the Future Perfect to mean ‘before this time’
- by the time + clause (by the time I'm old)
- by the time next week, next year,  next season etc.
- by the end of this month/ year, etc.

and...

- in two years' / a thousand years time...

Let's practise:

Will
Going to
Future continuous
Future perfect
Future mix

Unit 2: Tomorrow's world

Into the future

• Do you know any science fiction stories? What are they about?
• Are science fiction stories usually optimistic or pessimistic? Why?
• In general, do you feel optimistic about the future? Why? Why not?

Emotional Rescue ( The 33)

Who are the men in the photo?
What happened to them? 

Do you remember this story?

Revision of verbal tenses for Bachillerato

table of-english-tenses de Yolanda Giménez

Our friend and partner Mar Pérez has done this interesting powerpoint to revise verbal tenses.
The explanations are in Spanish. I hope it is useful for you.

Verbal Tenses Bachillerato from marperez

First of all, revise your irregular verbs in the following links:

Irregular verbs 1

Irregular verbs 2

Irregular verbs 3

Irregular verbs 4

The 100 most common English irregular verbs

Game: Spin the wheel

Practise your tenses here: Bontips

Past perfect de paly2h

Used to + inf / would + inf / be - get used to + gerund or noun.

Used to-be-used-to-get-used-to de Cristian Correa Berrío

Here you have some grammar notes in Spanish to download:  grammar notes

Do the following exercises if you still have problems with it:   
Used to - Be/Get used to

UNIT 1: Reading (Trapped!) - British vs American English

February 28, 2009 2:00 am

Nick White - "I Got Stuck In A Lift And Ruined My Life"

By Sarah Duguid

British vs American English by Miracleea on Scribd

You can see more words here: EnglishClub