European Day of Languages

26 September

European Day of Languages

"© Council of Europe, Strasbourg www.coe.int/EDL".

26 September 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the European Day of Languages (EDL)

 celebrated at the Council of Europe and throughout its 47 member states.

Language Fun Activities

Let's sing!

Wake Me Up When September Ends

by Green Day

Click on the image to go to Lyricsgaps, listen to the song and fill in the gaps (beginner for 1ºESO, 2ºESO, intermediate for 3ºESO and 4ºESO)

Image from Lyricsgaps

via Post-TIC

How to expand your vocabulary

VOCABULARY NOTEBOOK

You can download the following worksheets to keep a vocabulary notebook. It's a good idea to get an organised record of the new words you come across.

Vocabulary notebook template

View more documents from saracor

School subjects

Image from Manythings.org

First day of classes

Welcome back!

This year we are going to start lessons with a time capsule.

Time capsule: noun - a container holding historical records or objects representative of current culture that is deposited for preservation until discovery by some future age. (definition by Merrian-Webster)

Fill out the sheet and decorate it with your own design. Then, put the page in the Time Capsule Box. I will store it until the last day of school. Download the worksheet

A lullaby

Brahms' Lullaby

Lullaby
noun \ˈlə-lə-ˌbī\   a soothing refrain; specifically: a song to quiet children or lull them to sleep (definition by Merrian-Webster)
Spanish  canción de cuna, nana

Johannes Brahms
German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period.

Remember: double-click any word (lullaby, Brahms...) for more information.

---> Let's practice English and French with this song I dedicate to Ethan, my precious little boy.

September exams

Back to work!

PAU 2011 Junio (Andalucía)

PAU 2011 Junio

Summer is coming!

Let's start with some summer topics. Review the following vocabulary:

- Vocabulary (video lesson)

- Summer wordsearch

- Beach cloze (doc)

Coming soon...

Summer is close and the end of school is very near too. New topics will be available very soon! Check Englishmania in the next few days!

Unit 1 (2º Bachillerato)

UNIT 1: Travel the World

- Vocabulary list

- Exam tips for PAU

- Grammar:

USED TO, BE USED TO, GET USED TO
* I used to smoke a lot but now I don´t smoke. (something that happened regularly in the past)
* I'm used to driving on the left because I´ve lived in England. (something is normal, not unusual)
* I didn't understand the teacher at the beginning but I got used to it. (the process of something becoming normal for us)

- Grammar and activities
- Activities: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

USED TO OR WOULD
- Grammar and activities
- Activities: 1, 2, 3

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
- Grammar
- Grammar and activities

- Writing: an informal letter
---> Example, example 2
---> Letter generator

Resources for 2º Bachillerato

2º Bachillerato

- Exams


- Verb tenses chart (pdf)

- Phrasal verbs (lists and exercises)


- Vocabulary

School year 2010-2011

WELCOME!
2010-2011

Hello everyone. A new school year is just starting. Are you ready? We are here to help with your English lessons.

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.
- Learn English through reading, movies and songs.

Have a great school year. Good luck!

September Exams

Remember!!

1st September

8.30h - 10.00h

World Cup 2010- Official Anthem

WORLD CUP 2010

Official Anthem

Unit 9 - 3º E.S.O. Passive voice

Passive Voice

USE: the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action

FORM: be + past participle (-ed/3er column list)

PRESENT SIMPLE: Mary writes a letter ------> A letter is written by Mary

PAST SIMPLE: Mary wrote a letter -----> A letter was written by Mary

ACTIVITIES
1. Ego4u: present simple and past simple activities

2. Englishmania

3. Write 3 sentences in the passive voice and leave a comment here.

Image from http://bogglesworldesl.com/passive_voice_flashcards.htm

World Book Day

World Book Day

23rd April

- The Playhouse: Shakespeare's games

- Interactive Globe Theatre

- How To Train Your Dragon Game

- Quiz

Image from http://plaza.ufl.edu/hsierra/cervanteshakespeare.jpg

Vocabulary Review 3º E.S.O.

- Jobs: list, matching, scrambled letters
- Music: hangman, instruments
- Adjectives: category, matching pictures, colours, opposites, feelings hangman, personality
- Clothes: hangman, scrambled letters, matching, study and do exercises
- Cinema: film genres,
- Sports: complete, matching, verbs, crossword
- Action verbs: picture matching,
- Environment: hangman,
- Holiday activities: hangman,
- Health: hangman(anatomy), sickness matching, study and do the exercises
- Body parts: list, list2, matching, memory game, hangman,
- Food and drink: translation matching, picture matching, hangman, matching,

----> GENERAL REVIEW:
* LearnEnglish.be: click on a vocabulary topic (1st and 2nd year), study and do the exercises.
* Hangmouse: choose a topic from the list.
* Wordsearch: choose a topic form the list.

St. Patrick's Day **2010**

Saint Patrick's Day - March 17

- Interactive Book of Facts

- Quiz

- Games

2nd term review (4º ESO)

4º ESO
2nd term review

- Future

- Conditionals

- Reported Speech 1

- Reported Speech 2

Image: http://www.darkroastedblend.com (via Banco de Imágenes gratuitas)

Big Challenge 2010

The Big Challenge Quiz

Happy St. Valentine!

My students' cards for Saint Valentine

St. Valentine

14th February
Saint Valentine

- Valentine's Day (songs, poems, articles, crafts...)

- History (short reading comprehension)

- Listening anf fill in the blanks
- Valentine's Day Game

- Crossword

- Wordsearch

- Games
- Songs:
* All You Need Is Love- The Beatles
* Bleeding Love- Leona Lewis
* Where Is The Love?- Black-Eyed Peas
*L-O-V-E- Joss Stone

The Passive

THE PASSIVE

Passive Voice

View more presentations from San Buenaventura Cali.

- Activities with Simple Present: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Activities with Simple Past: 1, 2, 3, 4
- The Coca Cola story
- Translation activities

Simple Past (2)

Let's remember:
Affirmative-----> regular verb + -ed / irregular verb (see list) -----> She worked / She saw
Negative-----> did not + verb -----> She did not work
Interrogative-----> did + subject + verb? -----> Did she work?

ACTIVITIES:
* Saberinglés.com: 1. Complete with the past form , 2. Write the negative form, 3. Rewrite the sentence
* Ego4u.com: 1. exercises, 2. test
* Games: 1. Basketball game, 2. SpeedWord, 3.Jeopardy Betting

The Three Kings

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

1) Vocabulary: the Three Kings (Magi), Epiphany, Twelfth Night, camels, gifts (gold, frankincense, myrrh)---> Add three words.

2) Can you match kings and gifts?
a) Caspar b) Melchior c) Balthasar
1) Gold 2) Myrrh 3) Frankincense

3) Debate: What did you get/give for Christmas?

For further information:
- Wikipedia
- Last year's post about The Gift of the Magi (O.Henry)

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