Category Archives: English Outside of Class

My new blog

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Mireia Xortó

From now on this blog will be updated here.

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Celeb Grammar Cops (Batxillerat 1 Optional Activity #5).

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

You might find this is interesting: Top 10 influential tweeters in the UK Follow a celebrity on Twitter and send me pictures of their errors (and how you correct them) to contribute to this post (mxorto@xtec.cat). Deadline: Tuesday, 11th November. [Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Batxillerat 1 Optional Activity #7 & Batxillerat 2 Optional Activity #8. Catalonia Referendum.

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

I. Watch this video from The New York Times and answer the following questions: 1. As far as Spain’s economy is concerned, how much does Catalonia account for? 2. According to polls, what is the percentage of Catalans wanting to vote … Continue reading →

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Batxillerat 2. Optional Activity #5. Ok Go, the treadmill viral video.

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

OK Go – Here It Goes Again I. Watch this video. II. Read this text and answer these questions. a) What do you think is the meaning of “Leave the CGI-heavy, mega-budget videos to the Justins and Janets of the … Continue reading →

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Let’s explore the world with this game!

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

Try GeoGuessr, an addictive geography game! You will see an image of an unknown place somewhere in the world and you have to guess where it is and click that place on the map. Because this is based on Google … Continue reading →

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Solar System Song

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

Here you have the clip you watched in Social Science class. Enjoy! [Thanks to Albert Pérez for sharing!] 

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SingItKitty – cat advert

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

What do you think of this ad? Do you like it? Why (not)? Is it true that we all need ‘silly stuff’?

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Frozen “Let It Go”

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

Which version do you like best and why?

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Why this cartoon?

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Mireia Xortó
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Places to visit

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

Edinburgh Castle The Millennium Stadium Saint Peter’s Cathedral The National Gallery

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The newest craze: loop bracelets!

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

I’m adding this post to thank my lovely pupil Marta Cusó for her gift today, an awesome loop bracelet with my favourite colour, purple!

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“Evolution of Hip-Hop Dancing” (w/ Jimmy Fallon & Will Smith)

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Mireia Xortó
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For those of you doing Optional Activity #1…

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

Sherlock Mini-Episode: Many Happy Returns – Sherlock Series 3 Prequel – BBC One The Big Bang Theory – Sick of Each Other Game of Thrones Trailer #2 – Vengeance  Facebook Look Back – WALTER WHITE (Breaking Bad)

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Cartoon: Floods in Britain

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

You may be aware of the floods which are currently devastating large areas of southern Britain…

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Newborn red panda twin cubs in New Zealand

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Mireia Xortó

See more pictures and read about them here.

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