Merry Christmas!

May you have a Merry Christmas

and a wonderful New Year full of joy and

happy moments.

http://www.macmillanenglish.com/christmas/macmillan-advent-calendar/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Macmillan%20Advent%20Calendar%20(1)&utm_content=

http://www.michellehenry.fr/christmas.htm

http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/christmas.html

Thanksgiving

Become a thanksgiving expert with the following webquests:

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/feast/webquest.htm
http://warriors.warren.k12.il.us/dburke/firstthanksgivingwebq.html
http://www.lebanoncatholicschool.org/thankswebq.htm

Then you can share in class what you've learnt!

Book suggestions

Hi guys!

Soon we'll be talking in class about significant English & American writers and books. Would you like to suggest any? Have you read any classic works of English literature? If you have, what are your favourites?

I'm looking forward to hearing your recommendations!

Halloween!

Hi guys!

Try the following webquests. They're fun!

http://www.stbern.com/Classroom%20Pages/computer/Halloween%20Web%20Quest/scary_web_quest.htm

http://www.harrison.k12.nj.us/faculty/ndamiano/Halloween%20webquest.htm

http://www.somers.k12.ct.us/~pclark/Halloweenwebquest.htm

http://anagarciaperez.es/ticyef/webquestanagarcia/halloween/index.html

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/webquests/

End of ETA's armed campaign

As you might know the Basque separatist group ETA has recently announced the end of its armed campaign.

Here you have a few links to follow the news in English:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15398799

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre79j66r-us-eta/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/us-eta-idUSTRE79J66R20111020

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

http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/10/terrorism-spain

http://www.cfr.org/france/basque-fatherland-liberty-eta-spain-separatists-euskadi-ta-askatasuna/p9271

This week is on JOBS!

CVs are extremely important for your future. If you want to get the job you desire you need to be able to properly apply for it. Here you've got a few tips.

Suggested links:

http://www.intapeople.com/Candidates/CVStructure.aspx

http://travelhappy.info/thailand/esl-jobs-how-to-prepare-a-cv-or-resume-that-will-get-you-an-interview/

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/cvsamples/a/blsamplecv.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv176.shtml

http://www.alec.co.uk/cvservice/example_cvs.htm

Further readings related to the topic:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12359897

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/unemployment/index.html

http://jobmob.co.il/blog/funny-newspaper-job-wanted-ads/

http://www.google.es/search?q=job+ads&hl=es&gbv=2&biw=1280&bih=753&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=X_ibTsqMFMHQhAeWpNieBA&ved=0CFwQsAQ

Opinion essay

http://www.slideshare.net/aponce4/an-opinion-essay-presentation

http://writefix.com/wpimport/how-to-write-an-argument-essay/

http://esl-and-more.blogspot.com/2008/07/opinion-essay.html

http://www.masterpapers.com/blog/essay-writing-tips/writing-your-opinion-essay/

England riots

We'll soon talk about riots in class. Last August there were very serious riots in England. Did you hear about them? Do you know what started them? How long did they go on for? What kinds of crimes did the riotings consist of? What do you imagine were the causes, and what do you think the British government should have done to try to stop such violence happening again? Has anything similar happened in our country? Why? / Why not?

Think about these questions and visit the following for more info:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/14496654

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14452097

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/08/09/uk.riot.map/index.html

This week is on healthy food

This week is on healthy food. Click on the following link and watch the video: http://esolcourses.blogspot.com/2009/08/free-english-lesson-healthy-eating.html

We are going to go over the questions and reflection in class.

We'll also work on perfect tenses. If you want to check your knowledge before, try these (online testing): http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ai120/esl-test.php; http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/zeitformen.htm.

And remember:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid/

Happy summer!

This is just to wish you all a very happy summer.

I've really enjoyed being your teacher. I'm going to miss you all.

XX!

End-of-the-course topics!

After the grammar test we are going to talk in class about several topics. I have selected the following, but feel free to suggest the ones you are interested in.

Grammar!

As you know, we'll be reviewing grammar in class for a few days. Here you have a few links with online practice:

http://www.english-test.net/lessons/21/index.html

http://esl.about.com/od/gramma1/Intermediate_Level_English_Grammar_for_ESL_Learners.htm

http://englishonline.sites.uol.com.br/english/intermediate.htm

http://www.english4today.com/englishgrammar/grammar/TOC.CFM

The Beatles

We are going to talk about The Beatles in class. They made history not long ago...

What do you know about them? Visit the following to find out info about them:

http://www.beatles.esllistening.org/earlyhistory/howitbegan.html

http://www.beatles.esllistening.org/earlyhistory/beatles/whenjohnmetpaul.html

http://www.beatles.esllistening.org/songs/10classic.html

http://www.beatles.esllistening.org/beatles/quickquiz.html

http://www.cavernbeatles.com/

Famous explorers

As you know Unit No. 8 is about famous explorers. Do you know any of these?

CRISTOPHER COLUMBUS:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/index.shtml

JAMES COOK:

http://www.michellehenry.fr/jamescook.htm

ROBERT SCOTT:

http://www.south-pole.com/p0000089.htm

MARCO POLO:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/p/polo.shtml

CHARLES DARWIN:

http://www.aboutdarwin.com/voyage/voyage08.html

ROALD AMUNDSEN:

http://www.south-pole.com/p0000101.htm

FERDINAND MAGELLAN:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Ferdinand_Magellan.aspx

JEAN DE BETHENCOURT:

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/63419/Jean-de-Bethencourt

HENRY HUDSON:

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/274681/Henry-Hudson

DAVID LIVINGSTONE:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/livingstone_david.shtml

CONVOCATORIA DE BECAS

En el siguiente enlace o en novedades de la página de la Consejería pueden acceder a la convocatoria de becas para la realización de cursos de lengua inglesa, lengua francesa o lengua alemana para lumnado de 4º ESO, Bachillerato o Ciclos formativos:

http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/educacion/General/espint/Scripts/lanzador.asp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egobiernodecanarias%2Eorg%2Feducacion%2FWebDGOIE%2Fscripts%2Fdefault%2Easp%3FIdSitio%3D19%26IDC%3D1317

Modal verbs

Hi guys!

I know you've got lots of plans for Easter, but just in case you happen to have some time for English here you have a few links related to next week's unit:

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/modal.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/grammarintermediate/a/mvbasics_ex.htm

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei007/esl-test.php

http://www.englishpage.com/grammar/Modal_Verbs/Exercises/

Enjoy your Easter holidays!

Who wants to be a billionaire?

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/SpinOff/Pre-intermediate,%20Jobs,%20Animals,%20Space,%20Tools,%20Materials/index.html

Some/any compounds and much more...

Here you have a few sites to work online:

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/english_lessons/some-and-any-exercises

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/something_anything.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/some_any.htm

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/70.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/237.html

Movie suggestions

Do you feel like watching a movie before Easter? If you do, which one do you suggest?
Post here your suggestions and we might watch a movie very soon!

Relative pronouns

Here you have a few links to work online on relative pronouns: http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/intermediate/relative%20pronoun.htm http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?02 http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei009/esl-test.php http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/51.html http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/234.html http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/509.html http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/373.html http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/348.html http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/whowhich.htm


ONLINE EXPLANATION: http://esl.about.com/od/grammaradvanced/a/relative_clause.htm http://englishguide.us/pronouns/relative-pronouns

4B!

Animals

Unit no.7 is about animals. How much do you know about animals? What's your favourite? Why? If you could be an animal, which one would you like to be? Do you know any idioms with animals?

http://iteslj.org/v/ei/animals.html

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/Games/Quizzes/Animals/Animals.html

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/idioms/animals/others.html

http://www.michellehenry.fr/anim2.htm

http://iteslj.org/questions/animals.html

http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/animals.htm

Saint Patrick's Day

Check these!

http://www.elcivics.com/esl_saint_patricks_day.html

http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/stpatricksday/main.html

http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/mes-patricks_01.htm

http://www.discoverireland.ie/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1038581.stm

http://www.irishabroad.com/stpatrick/

The Oscars

Next week’s lesson is about the film industry awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars). The 83rd Oscars ceremony took place in Los Angeles on 27th February.

Take a look at the following sites before:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_9400000/newsid_9409200/9409213.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1880000/newsid_1881900/1881938.stm

http://www.oscars.org/

Néstor, the award you were looking for is: Short Film (Animated).
You have all of them at: http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html

I'ts Carnival time!

Hello everyone! I'm Andrea again.

Okay, here we have a ''foto grupal'' with our emo-teacher Ana, she looks so scary!

I hope you like it! :D

XOXOXOXO

Our teen reporters!

Last Tuesday we played reporters in class. Here you have a few pictures:

Cultural projects

Guys, if you want to embed your videos or post a link to your projects, you can do it here.

I'm looking forward to seeing them all!!!!!

Cultural Project, 4ºA

This is our Cultural Project, it is about Jimi Hendrix.

We are Marcia, Airam, Mario, Bruna, Alex y Mariana.

We hope you enjoy the video :)

This week is on news

As you know, unit no.6 is about Reported Speech and news. We'll be talking in class about news through history. Here you have a few suggestions to view and read before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyonaY7601g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yABYy_-cMkU

http://www.remote.org/frederik/culture/berlin/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/23/newsid_2518000/2518825.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/20/newsid_4356000/4356166.stm

4ºA with Ana, and J.J in Tefia

Here we're J.J, my favourite class, and me, in a ''camping''

Yeah, I'm not Ana, but, here I put the photos .

Kisses. Andrea :D

Phonetic symbols

Phonetic symbols are a great help when it comes to learning to pronounce English words correctly. Any time you open a dictionary, you can find the correct pronunciation of words you don't know by looking at the phonetic pronunciation that follows the word. Unfortunately, learning the phonetic alphabet is not always the easiest thing to do.

Here you have a phonetic chart with the majority of basic sounds in English. In English, as you certainly know, many words can have the same pronunciation but be written differently with different meanings. For example "to, two, and too" which all have the phonetic transcription /tu/. Sometimes, words can be written similarly but have different pronunciations as in the "ough" combinations thought, though, bough, and through. Another factor in pronunciation is the how the word is stressed. Understanding the phonetic alphabet can greatly simplify the learning process, especially for students who do not have the opportunity to work with a teacher.

Find more info and practise:

http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa040998.htm

http://www.wordreference.com/es/phonetic_symbols.aspx

http://www.agendaweb.org/phonetic.html

http://www.englishmedialab.com/pronunciation.html

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe is our next topic to work in class. Here you can work on-line with the topic:

http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/m/marilyn_monroe-q.htm

Next topic: Bob Marley

Next topic to work in class is Bob Marley. He was born on 6th February, 1945 so next Sunday he would have had his 66th birthday.

What do you know about him? Where did he come from? What did he fight for?

Do you know any of his songs? What do you know about Rastafarianism?

Find answers on the following sites:

http://www.hotshotdigital.com/OldRock/BobMarleyBio.html

http://www.swagga.com/rastasymbol.htm

http://history.acusd.edu/gen/text/selassie.html

http://www.hermosarecords.com/marley/discog.html

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MJHgMD1S0bg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGqrvn3q1oo

The Day of Peace

In Spain we celebrate The Day of Peace on 31st January. The International Day of Peace takes places every 21st September. If you want to learn more about this check the following:

http://www.michellehenry.fr/paix.htm

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

http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/peaceday.php

Next topic to work in class

Our next topic to work in class is Queen.
Here you have a few links to get info about the band for next week:

http://www.queenonline.com/

http://tenementfunster1.tripod.com/id6.html

http://www.poprockbands.com/queen/band/prq.html

If you have any suggestions to work this topic (songs; readings on concerts; gossips about the band;biographies of Freddie, Roger, John, Brian; ...), please, write your comment.

Cultural project

In February our cultural project will be on people, bands and books. You can choose the one you like, but don't forget to post it on the blog! You can choose the person you like, your favourite group or a book you just read. You only have to make sure it belongs to the Anglo-saxon world. If you have any questions, don't hesitate and ask me in class! Remember this time it has to be in English!!!

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King was born on January 15th, 1929. Throughout his short life he devoted himself to the pursuit of equality for all. His method was non-violent resistance, a method which proved surprisingly effective.

Check these related sites to learn more about our next topic in class:

http://www.thekingcenter.org/

http://www.education-world.com/holidays/archives/mlking_2000.shtml

http://www.mkgandhi.org/

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=40

PASSIVE VOICE

Welcome back! I hope you had a great Crhistmas holiday!

This week we start unit no.4. It is about the passive voice. Here you have a video to review what we have learnt today in class.