Body Language - ESO2

After learning some verbs and feelings, you will create a glogster to show what you learnt!

It's very easy! Look for photos, add them to you poster online, and add your comments!

Use these verbs: shout, cry, kiss, hug, think, know, smile, worry and so on.
and these feelings: sad, happy, worried, frightened, hungry, angry, thirsty, excited and so on.

 Here you have mine!

School subjects - ESO2

Do you like this word cloud? Your task for Friday 4th is to create one on your own! Use the vocabulary in Unit 1, school subjects. How many do you remember???

Click on the link!

Countries and nationalities - ESO1

    

This week we are going to start the first unit 'People' and we're going to learn  countries and nationalities in English. So, after the lesson, you can practise a little bit more with the exercises and the games below.

Exercises:
Exercise 1: matching exercise, what nationality are the people?
Exercise 2: matching exercise part 2, what nationality are they?
Exercise 3: matching exercise part 3, where are they  from?
Exercise 4: matching exercise part 4, where are they  from?

Games:
Game 1: memory game, find a country and its nationality.
Game 2: matching game
Game 3: Speedword. Practise your spelling with this game.


Now, have a look at the dresses each girl wears. Where are those flags from??Where are the girls from??

Back to school and to my blog!!

A new academic year is starting, are you ready for it??? Ready for learning some more English???

You know you will find different exercises, games or videos for further practice, or for some fun! :)

Check your progress - Unit 8

Here you have the answer key to the Check your Progress section on page 100, unit 8.

The Moon Walk: Hoax or History?

Yesterday we read about the moon landing in 1969 being a fake. Here you have a video about a conspiracy theory. Was it real or was it fake?? Watch it and decide for yourself!

Check your progress - Unit 7

Here you have the answer key to the Check your progress section on page 88 (unit 7)

Writing a for and against essay

A for and against essay from sarafant

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Today is Axl Rose's birthday. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. This band had great success on the late 80s and early 90s, leaving hits such as Sweet Child o' Mine or Welcome to the Jungle.



 In 1991, the problems began inside the band and the band played its final show on July 17, 1993, in Buenos Aires. The problems continued till 1999, the band never officially broke up, although it did not tour or perform for several years and no new material was released.
In January 2011, Axl Rose resurfaced with a new line-up of Guns N' Roses.

You can learn more about him or the band here.

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS- UNIT 6

Here you have the answer key to the Check your Progress section in Unit 6.

Rosa Parks - Civil Rights Pioneer

Born on Feb. 4, yesterday would have been Rosa Parks’ 100th birthday. On December 1st, 1955, when she was 42 years old, she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was arrested, convicted of violating the state’s segregation laws. On that day, Rosa Parks initiated a new era in the American quest for freedom and equality.


"At the time I was arrested, I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in." - Rosa Parks.

At an early age, Rosa Parks faced injustice wherever she went and decided that by taking action she could change the world around her.

If you want to learn more about h and what happened that day on that bus or what she started by refusing to give up her seat, you can click on this link, or this other one.

Women and Sport

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What do you think about the statements they make?

Aaliyah - Try Again

Aaliyah was an American recording artist, dancer, actress and model. She'd be 33 years old today, but she died in a plane crash in 2001. You can learn about her and her work on this website.
Here you have one of her videos, enjoy it!

Check your progress - Unit 5

Here you have the answer key  to the Check your progress section in Unit 5 (page 64). Don't hesitate to ask me any question you may have. ;)

Writing a narrative

Next day, we will learn how to write a narrative. So, here you have the steps to follow when writing one. Have a look at them and if you have questions, don't worry, cause we will comment on it in class.

STEPS:

1. Make a list of everything that happened. Decide which information is important and relevant to your story.

2. Organise your ideas:
- First paragraph (opening): sets the scene of the story and introduces the characters
- Second and third paragraphs (body): gives details of the story
- Fourth paragraph (closing): ending of the story and its consequences

3. Use adjectives/ manner and degree adverbs to make your story more interesting.

4. Use appropriate verbal tenses.

5. Check your work for mistakes.

Order Of Adjectives

As  I told you, in order to make our essays more interesting and richer, we use a number of adjectives and adverbs. When we want to use more than one adjective to describe a noun, we must follow an specific order.

So instead of just saying: "I want to buy a fast car"., we could say: "I want to buy a fast, beautiful, big, brand-new, black and red, French car."

However, we don't normally use that many adjectives to describe a noun, because it would be excessive. Use just two or three!! and keep the order!!

Remember! we write commas in between the adjectives, but NOT in between the adjective and the noun. Should we use two adjectives from the same column, we write "and" in between, as in "black and red".


Here you can have a look at this order and some examples and then do some exercises: Order of adjectives

Natural Disasters

Hurricane Sandy- US

As we are now talking about natural disasters and survivals, I suggest you have a look at the website of National Geographic, which is very interesting.

"Learn how rock, wind, ice, snow, raging storms, and Earth's inner fire have transformed the planet and life on it. Watch video from inside a tornado, create your own hurricane, and see photos of tsunami devastation."

Here is the link

Relative Clauses

Before the Christmas holidays we worked on relative clauses in class. Here you have an explanation in order to refresh your memory.



And here you have some exercises (on relative pronouns, combining sentences..) to test your knowledge  ! ;)