WHITE CHRISTMAS CAROL

You are going to listen to two different versions of the traditional White Christmas Carol:
Which one do you like the most?


MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES

The short video you are about to watch is about the origins of Christmas.
Answer the following reading comprehension questions you will find in this link:
Origins of Christmas



Then, we can watch a video called Mog´s Christmas calamities and you can work with the activities suggested in this link:
http://film-english.com/2015/12/18/mogs-christmas-calamity/

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Today is Thanksgiving day and our American language assistant has done a presentation about it.

Some students have asked to see it again to revise vocabulary and grammar issues. So, here is her lesson for thanksgiving. First is a video explaining the history of Thanksgiving:  click on this link

Then, a powerpoint about food items eaten at Thanksgiving:

Thanksgiving(1)Julie de Elena T

Lastly for a writing activity they have completed this Thanksgiving poem "Thanksgiving Acrostic poem":

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

You are about to watch two short videos explaing the past perfect simple tense.
After that, you can revise and do the exercises proposed in the following links:
Past perfect simple revision and exercises (level I )
Past perfect simple extention exercises (level II )

BONFIRE NIGHT

This is a British festive day which is celebrated on November 5th. The tradition started to celebrate the failure of a plan to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Watch the following video  co-produced by the BBC and The British Council and find out all about it.
After watching the video, there are some suggested activities: reading comprehension and vocabulary exercises. Besides, the page provides you with worksheets and downloads together with the transcript. This is the link:  Bonfire night activities .

RELATIVE CLAUSES

THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN

Today, we have seen the following video to talk about Halloween.
For further information about Halloween origins, traditions, superstitions...    I recommend seeing this link:
History of Halloween

VOCABULARY– WEATHER, CLIMATE AND NATURAL DISASTERS · engVid

Vocabulary – Weather, climate, and natural disasters · engVid: Worried about natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis? When we make small talk in English, we often talk about the weather and recent natural events on our planet. In this lesson, Ill teach you English vocabulary to talk about weather, climate, and natural disasters. Watch this lesson, and youll learn how to follow climate news, how to discuss weather trends, and much more. Take the quiz to test your understanding! When youre done, practice by posting a comment about a natural disaster in your country.

CREATIVE WRITING

Following the class we had with Julie, our language assistant this year, here is her presentation about creative writing.  I hope you will find it useful to write your diary entry.

REMEMBER:
First, you have to hand in your writing on Friday 21st October.
 click on the following link for the: Writing guidelines
Secondly, I also remind you of the date for your next English test:  On 28th October .
The exam will include Unit 1 and part of Unit 2.

4 aeso writing_show_dont_tell de Elena T

PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE

I am revising the present perfect and past simple tenses in English with my 4º ESO students and  I have found a useful powepoint presentation that will complement their knowledge about this subject. I also include a link to on line exercises as an extra practice.  Hope you, my students, will find it useful. Let me know.
present perfect vs past simple exercises

Simple past vs. present perfect tense de Patricia Mellino

CLASSROOM RULES

We are starting a new academic year!!! Time goes by so quickly...
 This year, I will be teaching students from ESO.
Here are the classroom rules we have agreed to follow in our lessons:

Classroom rules de Elena T

REGULAR VERBS PRONUNCIATION

The following video clips will help my 1º ESO students to learn how to pronounce the "-ed ending " of regular verbs in the past in English.

PAST SIMPLE VERB TENSE ( ESPAÑOL)

 Past simple tense.

La página blueblocnotes incluye un vídeo breve y sencillo donde se explican el uso , estructura y aspectos a recordar del tiempo verbal pasado simple en inglés. La explicación está en español con ejemplos en inglés. A continuación, tienes la opción de leer la información del vídeo más detenidamente y de realizar ejercicios para practicar lo aprendido.

TO BE ( PAST SIMPLE )

Dedico esta entrada a repasar el uso y forma del pasado simple del verbo TO BE.
 Está dentro de la programación para mis alumnos de 1º ESO, así que os invito a que reviséis y estudiéis este tiempo verbal en casa y que realicéis las actividades también propuestas en esta página.
Os servirá de ayuda para revisar lo tratado en clase. Después de ver el vídeo podéis ir al siguiente enlace, donde vais a encontrar una buena explicación y ejercicios para poner en práctica lo aprendido: blueblocnotes.com/grammar/past-tenses/to-be-past-tense

TALKING ABOUT MYSELF

Presentationmagazine.com

Dedico esta entrada a la actividad que voy a realizar con mis alumnos de 1º ESO.
La primera parte del ejercicio consiste en la comprensión lectora y auditiva ( reading and listening ) de un texto con vocabulario y estructuras elementales que servirán de repaso de la materia que hemos estudiado hasta ahora. Incluyo el enlace a dicha actividad:
Talking about myself activity.
Después, los alumnos tienen que realizar un ejercicio de expresión escrita (writing), siguiendo el modelo propuesto en la actividad previa.
Para ampliar el vocabulario y estructuras, los estudiantes repasan los siguientes aspectos de cada  unidad ya vista en su libro de texto:
VOCABULARY EXTENSION, From Textbook Real English 1:
Describing people:  page 16, exercise 1, page 20.
Favourite food: page 32.
Daily routines: page 40, exercise 1.
Places around the town. Page 58.
Sports: page 70.
Describing films and TV programmes: page 82.
Comparative adjectives: page 82
Finalmente, los alumnos pueden utilizar posters y/o cartulinas para presentar sus trabajos.
Propongo unos enlaces como ejemplo de trabajos con cartulinas:
Trabajos con cartulinas
My portfolio beyond the words
Más trabajos con cartulinas

La segunda parte de la actividad consiste en realizar un ejercicio de expresión oral (speaking) donde los alumnos se presentan hablando de ellos mismos con la información trabajada en el writing.
Los alumnos serán evaluados con un " assessment scale ", donde se incluirán aspectos gramaticales, de pronunciación,  de fluidez y creativos.

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

This post is devoted to showing the use and form of comparative and superlative adjectives by comparing the family members of the famous American TV series, The Simpsons.
Two presentations are used.
For further practice, you can visit the following link:
comparative and superlative exercises.

Simpsons comparatives from Jessica Orejuela Garcia

Comparative superlative from Fortuna Lu

COMPARATIVES

This post is devoted to the use of comparative adjectives in English. The video I am showing is for an elementary level, teaching how to compare two people, things or groups. I think my students from 1º ESO will find this video practical and enjoyable.
For futher information, you can visit the following links:
comparison as....as
Comparatives
Britishcouncilcomparatives

PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE

In this English lesson, you will find easy and clear explanations of when and how to use the present perfect (I have done) and past simple (I did):

IDIOMS FOR THE NEW YEAR

January is a great month to concentrate on new goals for the year that has just started. So, I am devoting this post to learning new idioms related to new resolutions.
The video I am about to show was published on 31 December 2014. Let´s apply all the comments made to this new year 2016.

THINKING QUOTES

Mansión del Inglés.