English @ CASD

Do you want to practice your reading skills? Take a look at this reading comprehension activity about volunteering. Click on this link and answer the questions. The activity will be available only Saturday and Sunday (August 31st and September 1st) The first attempt will be accepted.

Quizlet es una herramienta que permite practicar con listados de vocabulario. Es muy útil porque puedes hacerlo con o sin conexión a internet. Lo primero que debes hacer es descargar la aplicación en este link Ahora ya estas listo para aprender inglés mientras juegas

Hi there, in this link you can find exercises to practice the vocabulary we have studied in class Vocabulary link 

Click on these links and enjoystudying English: Vocabulary practice 1 Vocabulary Practice 2 Vocabulary Practice 3 Vocabulary Practice 4

Being responsible takes dedication and it sometimes means doing things you don’t want to do. Or not doing things you want to do.  There are three types of responsibility: The first one is being responsible for yourself . You are responsible for your own actions, your own decisions and your own happiness. You are responsible for having a better life. I can give you some examples. You have to take care of your health and your body. You have to eat well and do exercise. You mustn’t smoke cigarettes, or take drugs or drink alcohol. Your body is precious and you have to protect yourself from things that are dangerous to your health. The second type of responsibility is being responsible for doing the right things . You have to go to school. You have to study for your exams and show dedication. You have to work hard and you mustn’t be lazy. At home, you have to help your parents around the house. You mustn’t expect them to do everything for you. So you have to look after...

Pink dolphin Fishing has contributed to the endangerment of the pink dolphin because the dolphins compete with the fishing industry for the same fish. Dolphins get tangled in fishing nets and damage them. For this reason, fishermen kill the dolphins and use them as bait. Sometimes they die in the nets. In addition to the killing, dolphin gestation and breeding is long, so dolphin numbers don’t increase quickly. Spectacled bear The main reasons why the spectacled bear is endangered are illegal hunting and habitat loss. People hunt these bears for superstitious reasons and use their body parts to make traditional medicine. In addition, farming has contributed to the destruction of their natural habitat. Blue anole lizard: It has become endangered because it is now prey to the more exotic Western basilisk lizard, which is a species of lizard brought from other parts of the country. Also, deforestation is causing their habitat to disappear. Possible reasons to be endang...

1. Andean condor:  This magnificent creature is known as the King of the Andes, and is the largest flying  bird in the world. With its wings fully open it can measure up to 3.4 metres. It has great  eyesight, which makes it the perfect hunter and it can fly, or glide, up to one hour without  moving its wings. 2. Pink dolphin: The Amazon and Orinoco Rivers are this mammal’s natural habitat. Adults have a very unusual colour and can weigh up to 185 kilos and measure up to 2.5 metres in length.  3. Sloth: This furry mammal spends most of its life hanging upside down from trees in the forest. Its name comes from the fact that at first it seems very lazy and slow. There are two species of this mammal: two-toed and three-toed. 4. Spectacled bear: This animal gets its name from the distinctive white marks around its eyes. Its fur is usually black, but sometimes it can be a red-brown colour. It has a great sense of hearing. 5. Blue anole l...

Juanes Juanes is a Colombian citizen and an excellent role model who has used his popularity as a singer to support charities. He is a successful singer who has won many Grammy and Latin Grammy awards, but he is also the founder of the ‘Mi Sangre Foundation’, which has helped more than 12,000 victims of anti-personnel mines in 41 Colombian municipalities. Juanes has sang in many charity peace concerts and has been awarded different honours for his social activism. He has also worked as a Goodwill Ambassador for ‘United for Colombia’, a non-profit organization that raises awareness about the impact of land mines in Colombia. Malala Malala Yousafzai is a young woman from Pakistan who wrote a blog about education in her country. She was shot in the head by Taliban soldiers while she was on the bus to school, but survived her injury. Malala has received international recognition for her support of human rights for women’s and children’s education. She has spoken at internat...

By: Julián Caballero Shakira isn't only a great pop singer. She's a model citizen who has helped people since she founded Bare Feet (in Spanish, Pies Descalzos) in 1997. Bare Feet is a non-governmental organization that has helped to promote education for poor children in Colombia. Bare Feet has supported seven schools in Barranquilla. More than 10,000 children have gone to these schools. Shakira has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 2003. Shakira has visited prestigious universities such as Oxford and Harvard to talk to students about her campaign, Education For All. She has been a model citizen in Colombia and in the rest of the world. J Balvin, the famous Paisa, urban music singer and Grammy Award winner, is also a model citizen. He has done a lot of charity work. He has collected money and given donations through his social networks to help Fundación La Familia, an institution that helps children with cancer. He has also helped displaced children in Sou...