Comparison (1)

Comparative adjectives

RULES

1) One syllable--> +er-------------- tall - taller than
2) One syllable ending in consonant-vowel-consonant ---> double the consonant +er ------------ big - bigger than
3) Two syllables ending in -y, -le, -er, -ow ---> +er --------- happy - happier than
4) More than two syllables ---> more ------------beautiful - more beautiful than
5) Irregular adjectives: good-better than, bad-worse than, far-farther/further than

ACTIVITIES
- Comparatives 1
- Comparatives 2
- Explanation and activities (Open menu- Grammar1- Comparison)

Britain's Got Talent

Susan Boyle (11 April 2009)

You'd be forgiven for judging the book by the cover when you meet 47-year-old Susan. Having never married, sharing a flat with her cat has given her a cheeky sense of humour, and even the judges were ready to write her off, until - that is - until she began peforming her rendition of 'I Dreamed a Dream' from Les Miserables... (Source: Britain's Got Talent)

Watch it!

and then listen to the complete song.

Song lyrics | I Dreamed A Dream lyrics

Translation 4º ESO - Unit 6

Translation 4º ESO (UNIT 6)

1-Os dije que no me gustaba la música clásica, pero no me escuchasteis.
2-Andy me dijo que no podía quedarse porque tenía prisa.
3- “Te compraré una moto si sacas buenas notas”- me dijo mi padre mientras cenábamos.
4-Mary ordenó a su hijo que dejara al loro en la jaula.
5-Me preguntaron cuál era mi nombre y si vivía en Huelva .
6-Nos contaron que no habían ido a la fiesta la noche anterior porque tenían que levantarse muy temprano ese día.
7-Prometió que me llamaría otra vez al día siguiente si tenía tiempo.
8-El policía quería saber si estudiábamos en ese instituto y por qué no estábamos en clase.
9-Le dijo a su novia que no le besara en público.
10-El profesor nos ordenó que nos sentáramos y que no comiéramos chicle.

Pepa's contribution (For answers, see comments)

WRITING TASK: Unit 6 (4º ESO)

Writing a comic

1) Create your own comic taking into accoun that you must use Present simple and Present continuous and that you must write a statement, a question, an order and a suggestion.

2) Report the sentences in the balloons.

- Resources:
* Comic Creator
* Garfield's Comic Creator
* Disney Comic Creator
* Strip Creator
* Strip generator

REMEMBER: Speaking task UPDATED!

Past Simple of TO BE

Past Simple of TO BE

- Game was /were

- Activity

- Matching

- Quiz

- Video lessons

* Thanks to the Students of 6th 4 of ES/2,3 de Alvide in Portugal who gave us an award. Thanks for sharing.

Reported Speech (2)

Reported Speech (review)

RULES TO REMEMBER
- No quotation marks ")
- Pronouns, time and place expressions often change
- THAT is often used after SAID
- The verb is changed to the past so remember the chart and the list of irregular verbs

- Review
- Study activities
- In Spanish
- Write your comic and bring it to class

Macbeth

Macbeth

Remember we are going to the theatre on April 24th, so let's learn about this play by Shakespeare.

-Enjoying Macbeth

- Plot and structure

- Summaries

- Characters

- Summary in tabloid style

- Webquests: one, two

- Quiz

- Wikipedia (Spanish)

- Shakespeare

Happy Easter!

Easter

- Easter on the Net

- Vocabulary games

- Games

April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on fool's errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, the jokes only last until noon: like UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool". Elsewhere, such as in Ireland, France, and the USA, the jokes last all day. (from Wikipedia)

- Isabel Pérez's links
- Reading

Remember: Change your clock!

Clocks will move forward one hour on Sunday 29 March 01:00 GMT in UK (at 02:00 in Spain)

We can remember which way the clocks are set by the help of this phrase:

Spring Forward; Fall Back (Fall = Autumn)

Resources: Changing clocks in UK, The time (interactive), Telling Time

Earth Hour

Earth Hour
28th March
20:30-21:30

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VOTE EARTH by simply switching off your lights for one hour, and join the world for Earth Hour.

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- Information

- Game

Going to the Middle Ages

Medieval Day (Thursday, 2 April)

Did you know that we are going to travel to the Middle Ages next week? Yes, it's true!! Click on the pictures and let's get ready for the trip.

To see the rest of chapters, click here

(Contenidos Educativos Digitales de la Junta de Extremadura)

Sylvia Plath

Nicholas Hughes, Sylvia Plath’s son commits suicide

The son of the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath has taken his own life, 46 years after his mother gassed herself while he slept. He was only a baby when his mother died but she had already sketched out what he meant to her in one of her late poems. (In Nick and the Candlestick, published in her posthumous collection Ariel)

For further information: Times Online

Nick And The Candlestick I am a miner. The light burns blue. Waxy stalactites Drip and thicken, tears The earthen womb Exudes from its dead boredom. Black bat airs Wrap me, raggy shawls, Cold homicides. They weld to me like plums. Old cave of calcium Icicles, old echoer. Even the newts are white, Those holy Joes. And the fish, the fish---- Christ! They are panes of ice, A vice of knives, A piranha Religion, drinking

Its first communion out of my live toes. The candle Gulps and recovers its small altitude, Its yellows hearten. O love, how did you get here? O embryo Remembering, even in sleep, Your crossed position. The blood blooms clean In you, ruby. The pain You wake to is not yours. Love, love, I have hung our cave with roses. With soft rugs---- The last of Victoriana. Let the stars Plummet to their dark address, Let the mercuric Atoms that cripple drip Into the terrible well, You are the one Solid the spaces lean on, envious. You are the baby in the barn.

Feelings

- Memory game

- Study the list and do the activities

- Matching

- Wordsearch

- Games

Speaking task 1 (4º E.S.O.)---Updated!

Speaking task 1 (4ºESO)

Date: 29th-30th April

Place: English Department

Task time: 8-10 minutes

1. Introduction: greet your teacher(s) and introduce yourself (name, age,nationality, pets, likes and preferences, hobbies and free time, food...)

2. Talking about your house (type, rooms, favourite place, chores) and your family (name, age, job, likes, free time)

3. Make 6 questions: 3 yes-no questions and 3 wh-questions.

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DIVERSIFICACIÓN

1.- Introduction : greet your teacher(s) and introduce yourself ( name, age, nationality, pets, likes and preferences, hobbies and free time, favourite food and drink, your school, favourite subject and teachers giving reasons...)

2.- Talking about your family ( name, age, job, likes, free time...)

3.- Ask 5 questions to the teacher

YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR FAMILY !!!!!

Tips: Remember : speak in English all the time,don’t be nervous, try to use connectors and adverbs of frequency. While your partners are making the test, the rest of you will stay in the classroom working on the test as well. Speaking task for 4º A, 4ºB and 4ºC (The English Department)

St. Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick - 17th March

- History
- Quiz

- Puzzles
- Games
- Webquests: beginner, intermediate
- Isabel's ESL links

Reported Speech

Reported Speech

- Grammar and activities (ego4u)
- Englisch hilfen
- Absolutenglish
- Activities: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Game

Titanic soundtrack (Cristina's request)

International Women's Day

A bit of humour

If you want to have a look to more funny comic strips, click here.

Special dates in March

8 March - International Women's Rights Day

- Women in History (wordsearch)

- Quiz

- Matching game

- Women's Rights (BBC game)

17 March - St. Patrick's Day

- History

- Quiz

- Games

- Webquests: beginner, intermediate

- Isabel's ESL links

22 March - World Water Day

- WWD 2009

- Story: Not a Drop to Drink (PDF-MP3)

- Water cycle (wrong order)

The Big Challenge

The Big Challenge

Pepa's Contribution

Where?

Prepositions of place
- Reading puzzle

- Game: coloca los objetos en el lugar correcto.

- Game: in /on /under /behind

- Where is the cat?

Directions

- Listening

- Destination impossible

The town

- Places around the town (listening)
- My neighborhood
- Inside and out (game)
- Places in town

WRITING TASKS: Unit 5 (4º ESO)

1. What can a foreign teenager visit if he/she comes to your country? Write an informal letter to a friend and invite him/her.

2. Your English penfriend has asked you about your plans for the future. Write a letter telling him/her about your aspirations, and giving the reasons for your choices. Address issues such as studies, work, travel, marriage, children and lifestyle.

3. What will the world look like fifty years from now? Include information on: jobs, schools and education, war and peace, energy, food, environment and free time.

4. How will school be like in 5o years? How will students learn? What will they learn?
What would you do if you were the teacher?

No kissing here

February 17, 2009

No kissing allowed at Warrington station – it blocks the platform
By Mark Hughes

Lovers hoping to bid each other an intimate farewell will no longer be able to do so in certain areas of Warrington Bank Quay train station after "no kissing" signs appeared following concerns that embracing couples were causing congestion.
The signs were installed on Friday as part of a £1m refurbishment of the station and have divided the car park and taxi ranks into "kissing" and "no-kissing" zones.
They will mean an end to scenes like the one between Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in the 1945 film Brief Encounter, in which the couple share a passionate embrace at a station.
The idea of the "no-kissing" zones at Warrington station in Cheshire, was first mooted in 1998 by Colin Daniels, chief executive of the town's chamber of commerce. He came up with the idea after hearing that a station in Deerfield, Illinois, had used the signs to ease congestion.
But it was only last week, following the revamp, that the signs were put up because the station has become "increasingly busy" since the introduction of Pendolino trains between London and Glasgow and Super Voyager trains between Birmingham and Scotland.
Mr Daniels said yesterday: "It is a fairly congested station and ideally what we want is for people to come here, drop someone off and move on. But that wasn't always happening and people were lingering and causing delays.
"With these 'no-kissing' signs we are pointing out that we don't want people doing that right outside the front of the station. If they want to linger and say a longer goodbye they can do that in the 'kissing zone' where there is a limited amount of parking."
Mr Daniels said that the station would not be enforcing the zones too rigidly, adding: "It is a bit of fun, but it will be interesting to see if people observe it. They may seem frivolous but there is a serious message underneath."
And despite the timing of the signs appearing –one day before Valentine's Day – they are not, as some cynics have might suggest, a marketing ploy. Mr Daniels insists they are there to stay "unless someone nicks them".
At the station, commuters had a mixed view on the signs. Amy Swain, 21, said: "I don't see the point in the 'no-kissing' sign. I don't think it'll stop people. But the kissing sign is good, although it might be upsetting if you're single." But Ruth Hardman, 31, said: "They should spend the money on something more worthwhile."
A Virgin spokesman said: "It's just a quirky thing. It's nothing more than a light-hearted way of getting the message across."

Source: The Independent

Translation (Unit 5) - 4º E.S.O.

UNIT 5 (Future and conditionals)

1-Si a ella se le olvida mi cumpleaños, me enfadaré.
2-Yo en tu lugar, pediría perdón (say sorry)
3-¿Vas a estudiar inglés esta tarde o vas a salir con tus amigos?
4-Te prometo que te ayudaré con los deberes.
5-¿Qué harías si perdieses las llaves?
6-A John no le gusta el deporte. ¡No será profesor de Educación Física en el futuro!
7-Estoy cansada. Me voy a la cama.
8-La película va a empezar dentro de cinco minutos..
9-¿Llorarías si esto te sucediese a ti?
10-“¿Viene Tom a la piscina con nosotros?” “Creo que sí”
11-Está muy nublado. Creo que va a llover.
12-Tengo un novio nuevo.¡ Creo que te gustará!
13-¡Mira ese coche! ¡Se va a estrellar!
14-Si veo a Charlie, le daré el recado.(message)
15-¿Conduciremos coches voladores para ir al colegio en 2020?

Pepa's Contribution

If...

Conditional sentences

- Grammar and activities (Types I, II, III)
- Exercises (englisch hilfen)
- Quiz
- Types I and II
- If I were a boy (subtitles in Spanish)
- I have a dream
- Matching
- Lesson plan

Song lyrics | If I Were A Boy lyrics

Happy Valentine's Day!

- Write your love poem
- Activities
- Memory game
- Send a card
- More activities
- The Holiday Spot

Guessing... (4)

Can you guess..?

No excuse this time because it's an easy one. Look at the picture. Where are we?

ANSWER: Stratford-upon-Avon is a market townand civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. The town is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, receiving about three million visitors a year from all over the world

And the WINNER is Patricia (4ºC). Congratulations!

Güi spik inglish

From Mr. Botin to Yuyu´s chirigota...., no doubt, güi spik inglish. What about you?

The Future

The Future

1) WILL + INFINITIVE

In 2020 cars will fly.

2) BE GOING TO + INFINITIVE

Look at those clouds! It's going to rain.

3) PRESENT SIMPLE

My train leaves at 5.00.

4) PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I'm playing tennis on Monday.

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• ACTIVITIES and RESOURCES:

- Will / Going to 1, 2

- Will: statements, negations

- Going to: statements, negations

- Quiz

- Future forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

- Uses: will, be going to

- Song: I Will Always Love You (W. Houston)

- Video Lessons: 1, 2, 3, 4

Future Tenses

View more presentations from rosarioa.slide. (tags: acuña grammar)

Jokes

Jokes

- What did you learn in school today?

- Not enough, I have to go back tomorrow!

- Teacher: You aren't paying attention to me. Are you having trouble hearing?

- Student: No, teacher I'm having trouble listening!

- Teacher: Why can't you ever answer any of my questions?

- Student: Well if I could there wouldn't be much point in me being here!

• Listen and read more jokes.

- Read or download MP3
- Elementary
- Intermediate
- Helen's jokes

Sources: Randy Glasbergen, englishclub, jokes4teachers

The house

My house

- Our house
- My house
- Where we live
- Furniture
- Furniture (card game)
- Paint your room
- Label the room
- Rooms of the house (hangman)
- Rooms and furniture
- Parts of the house (activities and questions)

Translation (Unit 4) - 4º E.S.O.

4º E.S.O.-Unit 4 TRANSLATION

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-¿Cómo se hace la cerveza?
-¿Cuándo se construyó este hospital? ¿Se construyó hace mucho tiempo?
-Mis suegros nacieron en Madrid pero mi marido nació en Sevilla.
-Me robaron el coche la semana pasada pero al día siguiente lo encontró la policía. (utiliza en los dos casos la pasiva)
-¿De qué está hecha esta estantería? ¿Está hecha de madera?
-No se venden revistas aquí.
-Este vino no se hace en Francia. Se hace en España.
-Fueron vistos por última vez en Nueva York.
-¿Te ofrecieron trabajo durante la entrevista?
-En ese colegio se enseña japonés.
-¿Por qué se destruyeron tantas iglesias durante la guerra?
-Ese puente fue diseñado por uno de nuestros mejores ingenieros.
-Se envió un ramo de flores a la viuda.
-¿Se limpian las clases todos los días?
-Le ofrecieron una recompesa de 1000 libras.(He...........)
-Anoche rompieron el escaparate de la tienda.
-Se vendieron todas las entradas para el partido de baloncesto.
-¿A quién le dieron el premio?
-El vuelo fue cancelado por culpa del viento.
-A ella le prometieron un aumento de sueldo(a rise in salary)(She............)

Pepa's contribution

Guessing... (3)

Clue: 14th February is St. Valentine's Day. Can you guess a word connected with this topic?

And the correct answer was...: SWEETHEART (Merriam-Webster- 1 : darling 2 : one who is loved 3 : a generally likable person 4 : a remarkable one of its kind )

February's special dates

St. Valentine's Day (14th February)

- Vocabulary
- Words of love
- Listening
- Reading
- Make a valentine (for beginners)
- Isabel's ESL links

Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day (24 February)

- Information

- Quiz

- Food events BBC

Ash Wednesday (25th February)

- Information

- Quiz

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace

(30th January)

* Peace symbols:

- drag and drop game

- reading and comprehension (pdf)

- listening (mp3)

- The Robe of Peace by O. Henry (pdf)

* Fun things:

- Coloring pages: Dove and bridge

- Famous posters

- Mail a rainbow for peace

- Peace in many languages

- Origami peace crane

- Educational games (via Begoña)

Song lyrics | Give Peace A Chance lyrics

Guessing... (2)

CLUE: The School Day of Non-violence and Peace is held on January 30 every year.

Can you guess the word of this week?

ANSWER: Sorry, "peace" was too obvious and it was included in the clue, so as you can imagine, it wasn't the word we were looking for. The word of this week was PEACE-LOVING (adjective): inclined or disposed to peace, liking peace and trying to live and act in a way which will bring it.

AND THE WINNER IS... No winner this week. Keep trying!

Passive voice

The Passive Voice

1) USE: when we are interested in the object or when we do not know who caused the action.

2) FORM: to be + past participle

3) EXPLANATIONS:
- English Hilfen
- Ego4u
- Jennifer ESL (videos)
- Saber inglés (in Spanish)
- Tenses chart

4) ACTIVITIES:
- English Hilfen
- Ego4u
- Isabel's ESL site
- Agendaweb

Inauguration Day 2009

Inauguration Day 09

PARTICIPANTS: Barack Obama
LOCATION: Washington, D.C. (US Capitol)
DATE: January 20, 2009

Obama's inaugural speech

Create your "Obamicon"

The swearing-in of the President of the United States occurs upon the commencement of a new term of a President of the United States. The United States Constitution mandates that the President make the following oath or affirmation before he or she can "enter on the Execution" of the office of the presidency:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
The newly elected or re-elected President traditionally adds "so help me God" to the constitutionally mandated statement.

The theme for Inauguration Day is "A New Birth of Freedom," in honor of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.

SCHEDULE

Time ----------Event
8:00 AM ----- Gates open for ticketed attendees .
10:00 AM ----- Preliminary festivities begin, including music by The United States Marine Band, The San Francisco Boys Chorus, and the San Francisco Girls Chorus.
11:30 AM ----- If you have tickets to the Inauguration ceremony, you must have passed through security by this time.
Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks: Senator Dianne Feinstein ; Invocation: Dr. Rick Warren
Aretha Franklin will sing
Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn into office
12:00 Noon ----- As specified by the U.S. Constitution (20th Amendment), presidential terms of office begin and end at 12:00 noon on January 20. Barack Obama will take the oath of office, which is this simple, 35-word, statement:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
12:05 PM (approx) ----- President Barack Obama will give his inaugural address, speaking to the nation and world, for the first time, as President of the United States, followed by:
Poem: Elizabeth Alexander
Benediction: The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
The National Anthem: The United States Navy Band "Sea Chanters"
1:00 PM (approx) ----- Inaugural Luncheon.

2:30 PM (approx) ----- Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House.
Evening ----- There are many inaugural balls held around Washington, DC. Some will be hosted by President Obama, others are just parties.

Activities to print

- Crossword

- Bingo

- Timeline

- Barack and Michelle

Sources: Wikipedia, Inauguration Day web, EL Civics

Guessing...(1)

Can you guess the expression? If you know it, make a comment.

ANSWER:

Fall in love (Verb): begin to experience feelings of love towards; "She fell in love with her friend"

AND THE WINNER IS...

Marina (you've got 1 point, congratulations!!)

Body parts

ACTIVITIES
1. Exercise
2. Dictation
3. Hangman
4. Wordsearch
5. Face Match
6. Click to listen
7. Game
8. Speed wod game

We are back!

Happy New Year! Are you ready to start working? We have included some novelties for this term (to be introduced little by little). Have a look and remember to visit this blog regularly.

- New Links:

1) Lexipedia: an online visual semantic network with dictionary and thesaurus reference functionality (via Inma Alcázar)

2) Yolango: authentic video clips with accompanying cloze drills, vocabulary exercises and comprehension questions.

3) Strip generator: an application to create comic strips. (via Pepa)

4) Comic creator: an interactive tool that invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts.

5) More interesting blogs

- New competitions:
1) Guess the word: every Monday we'll post a picture, definition or riddle and once you know the answer, you have to write a comment with the solution. Let's see who's the winner at the end of this term! (via Our Advanced English blog)

2) Writing contest: every two weeks we'll hold a Writing Contest for all students.
* Several categories (1º ESO-Bachillerato)
* All stories must be submitted in due time

* Writing criteria will vary each time (length, topic...)

--> More novelties soon.

The Gift of the Magi

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI By O. Henry

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.

The Gift of the Magi is one of O. Henry's most famous short stories. Christmas has become too commercial and it is a good example of how people forget the true spiritual meaning of special occasions. Read the story and remember that "love is the greatest gift of all".
- Text
- Text in PDF
- In Spanish: PDF, text and audio
- Listen and read at the same time
- Audio in mp3