2010!

Do you remember dates in English? Remember how to say the year:

- 1900 Nineteen hundred

- 1985 Nineteen eighty-five

- 2009 Two thousand and nine

In the English-speaking world, there is a debate about HOW TO SAY 2010? What do you think? Here you have some options:

- Two thousand and ten

- Twenty-ten

- Ten

- Two-Oh-One-Oh

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2010!

- Crossword
- Wordsearch
- Auld Lang Syne (Listen and sing it)
- New Year Scavenger Hunt
- BBC Christmas Crossword
- Games
- Jigsaw Puzzle

- ACTIVITIES:
1. How many words can you make out of Happy New Year? (examples: here, where, nephew...)

2. Write your New Year's resolutions (example: I promise to study English every day)

Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009

- Games
- Where's Rudolph? (game)
- Christmas wordsearch
- Send a letter to Santa
- The Elves Save the Day (read and listen)
- Christmas around the world
- Vocabulary
- Vocabulary review
- Activities
- Karaoke: Jingle Bells, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Jingle Bell Rock
- We wish you a Merry Christmas (song and activities)
- A Christmas Carol by C. Dickens (AUDIO)

- Nightmare Before Christmas -What's this? (VIDEO)
- Links (Isabel Pérez)

Happy

Happy by Leona Lewis

- Worksheet: click here

- Official site: click here

- Video with lyrics in English and Spanish: click here

I'm Yours

I'm Yours by Jason Mraz

Video with lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzuhw2dy1r0

Translation into Spanish: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/i039m-yours-tuyo-ya-soy.html

Next Stop London

ENGLISH CHALLENGE
Win a Class Trip

With its 3 levels and all new questions, Next Stop London is back and even more thrilling than last year. Face the challenge now and try your hand at the questions about language, history and culture. Naturally, the prizes for Next Stop London 2010 are awesome – the winning class gets a trip to London for the whole class and the runners-up will win cool language tuition classes

Links for registration:
3º ESO A
3º ESO B
3º ESO C

Big-bigger-the biggest

Comparatives and Superlatives

Grammar guide (download)

- Basketball game

- Comparatives video

- Superlatives video

- Quiz

- Reading: Britain's biggest dinosaur found

- Similes crossword

- Activities: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Activities different levels

HALLOWEEN!!!

HALLOWEEN!!!

31st OCTOBER

- Vocabulary
- Vocabulary with pronunciation
- Vocabulary with pictures and activity
- Matching game
- Quiz

- Games: Haunted House, Costumes
- Listen and paint

- Jokes

- Gap-fill
- Quiz 2

Past, Used to, -ed/-ing adjectives

PAST SIMPLE

Activities:
- Matching - Crossword - Quiz - Quiznet - Game - Fill in the blanks - Final -ed pronunciation - Song: Yesterday (The Beatles)

Further information:
- Explanation in Spanish and activities.
- Wikilearning

Writing a "silly story":
--> Create your own silly story.

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

EASY
- Fill in the gaps 1, 2, 3
- Was or were
- Grammar and exercises
- The Others
- Game

DIFFICULT
- Complete the texts 1, 2, 3, 4
- Verb tenses review
- Translation

ADJECTIVES ENDING WITH -ED OR -ING

- Matching
- Quiz1, 2, 3, 4

USED TO

Activities:
- Matching
- Correct order

Comments: Write down an invention and how the world has changed with it.
----> Example: People used to count with abacuses, but now we have calculators.

Present Continuous

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

ACTIVITIES:
- Grammar rules
- Form sentences
- Present Continuous Guy
- Present Progressive 1-7
- Translation
- Listening
- Present vs. Progressive

Clothes

- Can you colour her clothes?
- Matching clothes
- Cards matching
- Wordsearch
- Quiz
- Hangman
- Puzzle and song
- Short story
- English-Spanish games
- Dress-up games
- Clothes: more activities
- Listening: Pros and cons of school uniforms

Present Simple

PRESENT SIMPLE

USE: facts, habits and routines, general truths, emotions...

FORM:
+ I work / She works
- I don't work / She doesn't work
? Do I work? / Does she work?

ACTIVITIES:
- Complete the text
- Isabel's ESL
- Translation

Learning the alphabet

THE ALPHABET

- Song and game (beginners)

- Alphabet Antics (game)

All about me

ALL ABOUT ME

Good morning! This is all about me. What about you? Get ready to introduce yourself in class and make a comment in this post.

Click here to download this worksheet.
Click here to download this worksheet (4shared)

School year 2009/2010

Welcome back!

Okay, let's begin. Hello everyone. A new school year is just starting, are you ready? Yes, we're here again to help with your English lessons. Still wondering why learn English? Well, apart from the fact that it's compulsory ;-), English is the universal language on the Internet and we all adore the Internet, don't we? I'm sure you can find at least three reasons to learn a bit of English. Some reasons: Twilight books, international music, trips, job market, foreign friends...

Ana's tips on ... HOW TO STUDY ENGLISH

-Before starting a new Unit, read carefully, study and understand the Grammar Appendix at the end of your book. Make outlines and summaries. Try to understand the grammar references, the examples and write down on your notebook one more example of each reference.
- Read at home the text at the beginning of every Unit and look for the words you don’t understand into a dictionary.
- Make a list of the false friends that appear in every unit and the ones you already know
- Do the exercises on your workbook.
- Keep your notebook clean and tidy. Use 2 pens of different colours, one for the Spanish words and sentences and another one for the English ones.
- Organize your time of study daily, do not leave the exercises for the last day.
- Ask your teacher in class every time you need, when you don’t understand some explanation, words you can’t find, exercises you don’t know how to do, doubts…
- Take part in the oral exercises in class. Use the English language when you need to ask or say anything. Oral participation is very important.
- Give your opinions or suggestions every time you want.

Have a great school year. Good luck!

Back in September!

We'll be back in September!
Enjoy your holidays!

Pictures: wordle.net

Final review

FINAL REVIEW

* 1º E.S.O.
* 2º E.S.O.
* 3º E.S.O.
* 4º E.S.O.
* Diversificación

Relative Clauses

Relative clauses

GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS:
- Information about relative pronouns
- Clauses with who/which
- That/which in defining and non-defining clauses

ACTIVITIES:
- Who, which, whose (1)
- Who, which, whose (2)
- Relative pronouns 1, 2
- Pronouns matching
- Reading
- Quiz
- Matching
- Grammar and activities at ego4u

Eurovision Song Contest

16th May 2009

Is it the United Kingdom's time?

The boy does nothing by ALESHA DIXON

ALESHA DIXON - The boy does nothing

Question words

QUESTION WORDS

Have a look at this flashcard? Do you know all these question words?

WHAT/WHICH (thing/object)	HOW (way)
WHO (person)	WHERE (place)
WHEN (time)	WHY (reason)

LEARN:
- Grammar in Spanish
- Basic question types

PRACTICE:
* LEVEL 1:
- Quiz 1, Quiz 2
- Translation
- Fill in the gap

- Multiple choice
- Game

* LEVEL 2:
- Gap-fill exercise

- Make questions with who and what
- How + adjective
- Change statements into questions
- Game

Greetings

GREETINGS

- 10 ways of saying HELLO

- 10 ways of saying GOOD-BYE

- Greetings

- Quiz with audio

---> Now, you are ready to have a short conversation with your partner.

(To download the mindmap, click here)

Greetings

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Saxon Genitive

SAXON GENITIVE ('s)

's	for singular nouns and proper names	Peter's book
'	for plural nouns and proper names ending in -s	The boys' books

LEARN:

- Grammar in Spanish

PRACTICE:
- Test, explanation and practice
- Elementary OUP
- Rewrite
- Quiz
- 's or of phrase
- Game (not so easy)
- Game (3 levels)

More irregular verbs

Read the question and move the frog UP and DOWN with the ARROW KEYS. Press SPACE to eat the fly with the correct word. If you like it, click here

World Book and Copyright Day - 23rd April

23rd April

WORLD BOOK DAY

The connection between 23 April and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Catalonia, Spain as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes who died on that day. This became a part of the celebrations of the Saint George's Day (also 23 April) in the region, where it has been traditional since the medieval era for men to give roses to their lovers and since 1925 for the woman to give a book in exchange. Half the yearly sales of books in Catalonia are at this time with over 400,000 sold and exchanged for over 4 million roses.
In 1995, UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on this date because of the Catalonian festival and because the date is also the anniversary of the birth and death of William Shakespeare, the death of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and Josep Pla, the birth of Maurice Druon, Vladimir Nabokov, Manuel Mejía Vallejo and Halldór Laxness.
Although 23 April is often stated as the anniversary of the deaths of both Shakespeare and Cervantes, this is not strictly correct. Cervantes died on 23 April according the Gregorian calendar; however, at this time England still used the Julian calendar. Whilst Shakespeare died on 23 April by the Julian calendar in use in his own country at the time, actually he died ten days after Cervantes, because of the discrepancy between the two date systems. (Source: Wikipedia)

Isabel's Links
Shakespeare's webquest
Playhouse- Home of the Shakespeare Games
The Playwright game
A Shakespeare Murder Mystery (BBC)
Interactive Globe Theater

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