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To receive it, you should show that you experienced deeper learning about:

• Critical thinking and complex problem solving
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• Effective communication in writing and speaking in English
• Learning how to learn
• Creativity
• Use of new tools and applications

Happy summer

The end of the course is already here, but in this case it is a very special moment for us because we finish the secondary school.

During these four years, we have enjoyed, we have studied hard too and the most important thing: we have learnt a lot! I know I will not forget my teachers.

This summer, I will travel around my country, I will read a lot of books, I will be with my family and I will rest to be a really good student in Bachillerato.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Favourite assignments while learning English

We have done many interesting activities during the secondary school, but my favourite ones were:
- 'An ideal journey'.
Our teacher wanted us to imagine that she had won "El Gordo" lottery and she would invite us to travel and visit the place where the Brontes sisters had lived in England.
She would take us on this wonderful trip if we were able to organise everything and just tell her the exact planification for the journey (people in the group, date of the trip, flights/bus/train to Haworth, hotels, food, visits, Parsonage Museum tickets, total budget of the trip, and of course many pictures showing the places).
We did this assignment last year. This was our final product:

- 'MasterChef'.

We had to write and learn by heart the main ingredients used in making cakes recipes and the best way to explain it in English while recording a video.

We did this three months ago. I liked it because it was a funny and original way to practise English.

Thanks to this project, I learnt a lot of words used in cooking.

- 'News worldwide'.

I also liked a video called News worldwide. It was created by Mario, Noelia and me.

We drew and painted the aliens, we researched on the Internet to find some interesting news and we wrote the screenplay.

We worked hard, but enjoyed at the same time!

Online shopping

When I was a child, I did not like going shopping with my parents. Now, I think it is one of the best ways to have fun.
I love fashion, so I enjoy a lot trying on clothes in the fitting rooms and looking for discounts.

Nowadays, thanks to new technology, we can buy online.

Online shopping is making things much easier in terms of time. The only thing you have to do is go to the internet page, choose the product you want and buy it. The problem is that some sites just want your money and will not give you anything.
From my point of view, it is a good and useful invention, but we have to be careful.

Some people become addicted to shopping. They are called ‘shopaholics’.

My animated presentation

This is my animated presentation about a book called 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', by the famous writer Oscar Wilde:

Are you a superhero learning English?

This week, we have been inventing stories to design our own comic strips. Here you can see my comic:

Social networking in schools

It has become one of the most important parts of our daily life as it enables us to communicate with a lot of people. While there are risks in online social networking (cyber bullying, identity theft, plagiarism, computer viruses, etc.), there are also many potential benefits.
Students can further explore topics that they are interested in through these sites.

On the other hand, teachers often take advantage of students’ social networking abilities to create class blogs, discussion forums, videos...

Your digital dossier is made up of all of the digital information saved that relates directly to you. It is comprised of photos, blog posts, credit card information, or anything that may have been placed into the digital world about you.
I recommend you to watch this interesting video:

As the video illustrates, almost all of us (especially those born in the last 20 years) will have some form of digital dossier.