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Sunday, May 19, 2013

OLD ENGLISH

Hwæt, ic swefna cyst secgan wylle, hwæt me gemætte to midre nihte siþþan reordberend reste wunedon. þuhte me þæt ic gesawe syllicre treow on lyft lædan leohte bewunden, beama beorhtost. Eall þæt beacen wæs begoten mid golde; gimmas stodon fægere æt foldan sceatum, swylce þær fife wæron uppe on þæm eaxlegespanne. Beheoldon þær engeldryhta fela fægere þurh forþgesceaft; ne wæs þær huru fracodes gealga, ac hine þær beheoldon halige gastas, men ofer moldan, and eall þeos mære gesceaft.


Old English is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southern and eastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century. It is a West Germanic language closely related to Old Frisian and Old Saxon. Old English had a grammar similar in many ways to Classical Latin. In most respects, including its grammar, it was much closer to modern German and Icelandic than to modern English. It was fully inflected with five grammatical cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, and instrumental), three grammatical numbers (singular, plural, and dual) and three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter).



The Norman conquest of England in the 11th century gave rise to heavy borrowings from Norman French, which brought English closer to Romance languages. Finally, the Great Vowel Shift that took place in the 15th century marked the emergence of Modern English from Middle English.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

A WALK ACROSS EUROPE

This video is the final project that the IT (Information Technology) students of 1º BACH elaborated for a national contest whose topic is the European Union. The title that they chose is Un paseo por Europa (A walk across Europe) and, as its name indicates, the participants take us on a stroll along the streets of Boiro which begins at our school and ends at the town hall square, with a final surprise. 

The video is well worth a watch. There is a lot of hard work behind the scenes. Congratulations to all the students and teachers involved. You really deserve to win! 



You'll find more information in this blog: http://ticboiro2013.blogspot.com.es/

Saturday, May 4, 2013

NYC TREASURE HUNT TOUR

This is a game called Treasure Hunt, in which the students take a virtual tour of the streets of Manhattan, in New York City, to find a hidden treasure by using a set of instructions provided by their teacher, the help of Google Maps and a few questions they have to answer correctly at the end of each section. 

If you want to learn some interesting facts about the Big Apple, the City that Never Sleeps, click on the blue markers and an info window will pop up with information and questions about those sites. The starting point is Times Square. Have a nice tour!




Ver NYC TREASURE HUNT TOUR en un mapa más grande


To get a wider view of the map, click on the blue link right above this line.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

WEBQUEST: VISITING DENMARK

The purpose of this webquest is to gather information about Denmark, as a previous step to the trip that the Comenius students of 3º ESO are going to make to that country at the end of May.