Correcciones Social e Inglés

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Unit 5: Spain´s politics

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1. Read the text on page 5 and match.

 a) 2

 b) 4

 c) 3

 d) 1 

3. Look at the photos. Which is a stamp,which is a political meeting and which is part of a monument?                              

 a. a political meeting; b. stamp; c. part of a monument

4. Find out about five autonomous communities. Your own answers.

1. Which languages are spoken there?
2. Name a typical dish, regional dance or festival.

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1. Which picture is about rights and which is about responsibility? 

I think picture a) is about rights and picture b) is about responsibility.

2. In your notebook, write true or false. Correct the false sentences.

a) People in Spain can vote when they are 16. False 

People in Spain can vote when they are 18.

b) The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes fundamental human rights for all. True

c) In a democracy all people are equal in law. True

d) The Spanish Constitution of 1976 established the rights and responsibilities of its citizens. False    

The Spanish Constitution of 1978 established the rights and responsibilities of its citizens. 

4. Write sentences using the words in the boxes.Write right or responsibility.

I think obeying the law is a responsibility.

I think paying taxes is a responsibility.

I think being kind to animals is a responsibility.

I think voting and electing our leaders is a right and a responsibility.

I think being paid for the work we do is a right.

I think equal pay for men and women is a right.

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1. Test your partner.

a) What is the separation of powers? 

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

b) Which European event established the separation of powers in 1789? 

The Declaration of Human and Civic Rights document from the French Revolution.

2.  In your notebook, copy and complete the table.

legislative	Parliament	deputies and senators	makes laws and monitors government
executive	government	prime minister and ministers	implements laws/governs country
judicial	judicial system	judges/ magistrates	interprets the law and decides who is obeying the law or not

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1. Look at the map. 

1. It has four provinces and it´s coastal. There are two official languages: Spanish and Catalan. Cataluña
2. It has one province and it's inland. It's in the north of Spain. La Rioja/Comunidad Foral de Navarra

2. Answer the questions in your notebook.     

    d) the Spanish Parliament

a) How is Spain divided up?

a) Spain is divided into 50 provinces.

b) What kinds of things does a Statute of Autonomy define?

b)  The territory of each autonomous community; the governmental institutions; its official language(s), flag, coat of arms and anthem.

c) What powers does an autonomous community have? 

c) Public services, festivals, education, health care, law enforcement and taxation. 

d) Who approves changes to a Statute of Autonomy? 

d) The Spanish Parliament.

4. Find out more about the local government in your town.

1. Where do people vote? In the electoral college (colegio electoral) assigned to them.
2. Which party or parties are in power at the moment? The Popular Party (PP).

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1. In your notebook, write the public services you can see in the picture.

   

I can see the following public services: school, police, ambulance, bus, train, trash removal, street cleaning, hospital, roads, sport facilities

2. Complete the sentences.                   

a) Hospitals, schools and libraries are all examples of public services.

b) The money taken from citizens to pay for public services is called taxes.

c) The document produced by the government to plan spending is called budget.

d) The tax on goods and services is called sales tax or value added tax (IVA).

   

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Choose 1 president from the options you have on the page, do the research and answer the questions about him on that page.    

    Your own answers.        

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1. In your notebook, copy and complete the text with words from the unit.

Spain is a democracy. Every Spanish citizen over the age of 18 can vote in elections. The political party with the most votes forms the government. The Spanish Constitution, approved in 1978, established the division of powers into legislative, judicial and executive. It also established the organization of Spain's territory into 17 autonomous communities and two autonomous cities in North Africa.

2. Write right or responsibility. 

a) right  b) right  c) right  d) responsibility  e) responsibility  f) right 

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4. Write true or false. Correct the false sentences. 

a)  false (The most important law in an autonomous community is the Statute of Autonomy.) 

b) true 

c) true  

d)  false (There are 50 provinces in Spain. Each province is divided into municipalities.)

5. What should the government spend money on? Write your ideas using the words in the box. Your own answers.

                   

ENGLISH

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Unit 3 REVISION

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. You will need to add other words.

1. more interesting
2. as big
3. better
4. more difficult
5. worse than
6. more expensive
7. the cheapest
8. the most comfortable

2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1. where
2. who
3. which
4. where
5. which
6. which
7. where
8. who

3. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1. department store
2. fashionable
3. changing room
4. size
5. designs
6. refund
7. cash desk 
8. reduced

4. Complete the sentences with some of these words.

1. leather
2. Trainers
3. plain
4. gloves
5. suit
6. bracelet
7. sandals
8. silver; gold

Unit 4 REVISION

1. Choose the correct form of the verb.

     1. I´ve never been

     2. Did Victor go

     3. have you known

     4. did you meet

     5. We´ve had

     6. they've ever eaten

     7. My brother's always wanted

     8. did your teacher find

2. Choose the correct word, A, B or C, to complete the sentences.

1. B
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. A
8. B

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word. 

1. exciting
2. disappointment
3. enjoyable
4. relaxed
5. organised
6. worry
7. entertaining
8. challenges

4. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

1. of
2. of
3. about
4. about
5. with
6. by/at
7. about
8. by

READING: READ THE FOLLOWING READING COMPREHENSION TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

3. Read again and answer the questions:

1. The first Olympic games took place in Olympia in Greece.
2. The first modern Olympics was in 1896.
3. People with physical or visual disabilities can take part in the Paralympic Games.
4. The opening ceremony at London 2012 was named Isles of Wonder.

4. Discuss:

1. Do you think the Olympics is a good sporting event? Why (not)?
2. Do you like taking part in sporting events? Why (not)?

Your own answers.

WRITING: PLEASE SEND ME YOUR WRITINGS IF YOU HAVEN´T DONE SO ALREADY.

Write the following, using about 100 words:

1. Imagine you could go anywhere in the world. 

Make a LIST of places you'd like to go to. 

CHOOSE 1 and tell me about it. (Who would you take with you on your trip? What activities would you do there? Where is it located in the world? When would you go (summer, winter,...)? Why have you chosen that place from your list?

2. Think about movies you like. Choose one and explain what happens in it. Tell me about your favorite parts as you review the movie. Why do you like that movie?

ART : The Growing Tree: Please send a picture of it to me.