miércoles, 10 de diciembre de 2014

Christmas time

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/node/2204


  • Activity 1 Click on the image to revise vocabulary about our next celebration: Christmas.



  • Activity 2 Here you can practise with games and songs about these holidays.







  • Activity 3 Now watch the video about the preparation of a Christmas dinner in the following link and do the tasks.

  • Activity 4 Click on the image to know what to do and enjoy the greetings from all of you.

lunes, 1 de diciembre de 2014

Rules for teens on streets: Family and police


Click on the image above to read about a regulation stated in a town in Cornwall in the southwest of England. Then answer the questions below in your notebook:

1.    Complete the sentence.
       According to the curfew in Redruth, children under the age of 1…………………… must be home
by 2…………………… and teenagers under the age of 3…………………… must be home by 4…………………… .

2.    Choose the correct answer.
       Parents must / can follow the curfew in Redruth.

3.    Look at some of the readers’ comments and copy one positive comment about the curfew and one negative comment about the curfew.

                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                             

viernes, 28 de noviembre de 2014

Unit 3: Family Matters

In unit 3 you're learning the vocabulary of the family. Follow the links to revise:






Clik on the image, play the three games on the grammar point to revise new words and grammar.


martes, 18 de noviembre de 2014

Progressive form and Stative verbs

Here you can lean more about Stative Verbs. You can also revise the  Present Progressive we have studied in class. Click on the pictures to learn more and play games to check your knowledge.

  • Activity 1:


  • Activity 2: Watch the video and then click on the Play it! button. You can also click on the other buttons to practise more.


  • Activity 3: grammar about stative verbs.



lunes, 10 de noviembre de 2014

Speaking and Writing: A photo description

Here you are two bizarre pictures. Choose one and look at them in detail. Then do the following activities:

  • Activity 1 Speak up in class to describe what you see. Why do you think these people are there? .
  • Activity 2 Write a description including this information: who the people are, where they are, what is happening and giving your opinion: why you like or dislike it.
Deadline for activity 2: tuesday 18th november




Unit 2: places in town, use of adjectives, describing pictures...


  • Vocabulary

In unit 2 you are studying words related to places in a town or city. Click on the link below from British Council to practise and learn names of things around your town. We'll work on the first task in class. Later you can revise the vocabulary with the remaining tasks.



On this link you can practise the differences between -ed/-ing endings for adjetives as you learnt in class.




  • Listen and watch: How to use a camera
Watch the video to learn a bit about how to make a video. Then you'll have to complete a worksheet to check your understanding. Keep this video in your mind as we'll follow some others later. Would you like to make a short film by the end of the school year?




lunes, 27 de octubre de 2014

Readers 2014-15

The books to be read in the present school year are:
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Tales of La Alhambra an adaptation from the book by Washington Irving. Click on the wikispace link for more information.

Let's start with one of the greatest writers in the history of Literature: Charles Dickens. His novels have been taken to the movies once and again. As HALLOWEEN is coming and ghosts, spirits...are free moving around... Let's watch this trailer of the last film of one of his most famous stories: A Christmas Carol.  



viernes, 24 de octubre de 2014

Happy Halloween !!


It's time for screepy stories and pumpkins. On friday 31st, october Halloween will be celebrated all around the world. We cannot miss this celebration in the classroom so...
First, follow this story


Here you are some activities to enjoy Halloween time by practising and learning new vocabulary. Click on the picture.


Activity 2:

Activity 3:




miércoles, 22 de octubre de 2014

Ready for Halloween?




Here you are a link from the British Council website where you can watch and listen to a couple making preparations for such a celebration. After that, you can follow the tasks to check your understanding of the conversation. Click on the picture


miércoles, 24 de septiembre de 2014

European Day of Languages 2014

Every 26th of September the European day of languages is celebrated in Europe. 2001 was the first year to promote the use of languages to learn more about the people in their own countries and culture. By clicking on the map below you can learn more about the different languages spoken in the continent.

martes, 16 de septiembre de 2014

SCHOOL IN JAPAN

Let's read about school in Japan while following this website. Click on the photo.Then, answer the questions below.


Answer the following questions.
1.    What time does school begin and end each day at Otaki Middle School? ..........................................
2.    What subjects do the students study? ............................................................................................
3.    Why do the students usually stay at school after the last class? .......................................................
4.    Who has lunch at the school cafeteria? ...........................................................................................

5.    How many students are there at the school? ......................................... 

domingo, 14 de septiembre de 2014

WELCOME BACK...TO SCHOOL!!

Sing along with Bruno Mars . You are welcome back ... to school...subjects, exams but also a place to enjoy while learning. I hope we manage to get you there.