NOVEMBER'S PROJECT

This month you can choose the topic: Guy Fawkes Day or Thanksgiving Day.

Make sure you post the names of the people in your group and the related bibliography on the blog before 25th November!

Here you have a few related websites:

http://www.bonefire.org/guy/index.php

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/games/gunpowder/index.shtml

http://www.cyberwitch.com/Wychwood/Temple/hallows.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa110800a.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFDSobNnfQs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vri5bEWr3H4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1en7yYFJ8s&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C_K1-PzCss

THIS WEEK 'S ON ENGLAND!

Topic of the week: ENGLAND (and the UK)!


Related websites:

http://simple.wikipedia.org/England

http://simple.wikipedia.org/English_language

http://enjoyengland.com/

http://www.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://www.faustoferrero.es/faustoferrero/html/HotPotatoes/sports/cricket.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.faustoferrero.es/faustoferrero/html/HotPotatoes/sports/sport_quiz.htm&usg=__yCp9fa9B3Evs_HGdVP9cNbCagoU=&h=434&w=600&sz=21&hl=es&start=10&zoom=1&tbnid=m3WnSt_rwnYgoM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcricket%26hl%3Des%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/england

Music and videos to share!

Here you can share songs, lyrics and videos!

These are my suggestions for this week (remember these guys used to sing in the 1960s and 1970s!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QCZ_bv9aLc&feature=related

http://www.eslvideo.com/quiz_begin.php?id=657

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7Xs9WVNBU&feature=list_related&a=GxdCwVVULXfw0ZTMOkbKBy_RdCRHLU0l&list=ML&playnext=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHtQ4-WBkis

http://www.history-of-rock.com/beach_boys.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC2gZMNkyJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1FaflUn4Co

SURFING!

Soon we'll be speaking in class about surfing. What do you know about this sport? Have you ever tried?

Here you have a few links to get ready for this topic:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4530000/newsid_4535400/4535482.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4530000/newsid_4534800/4534808.stm

http://www.surfing-waves.com/

http://www.surfcitysurfdog.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeLjzzTLT08&feature=related

IF YOU GET BORED...

Guys, for some it's a very loooong weekend... If you happen to get bored, try this webquests:

- http://www.macmillanenglish.com/hotspot/resources/webquests/lv1-1.doc

- http://www.macmillanenglish.com/hotspot/resources/webquests/lv2-3.doc

Good luck!

SOUTH AFRICA

This week we are going to talk about South Africa in class.

The Republic of South Africa, with a population of 40,000,000 inhabitants has different official languages (Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu). How is this possible? What is the reason?

I recommend you the following links to help you find out and as a warm up activity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S0Be5wZbrs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1DD2NKB8wM&feature=related

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/nelson_mandela/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Ovkye6lac