Happy Carnival!

Guys, here you can post your comments on Carnival and suggestions for further topics in class!

Happy holidays!

This week is on shopping

Check these out:

http://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/shop/shop.htm
http://www.englishlearningworldinteractive.com/refer/returninganitem.pdf
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/elt/catalogue/0-19-438457-8-b.pdf
http://www.eslflow.com/Department_store.pdf
http://www.eslflow.com/Shopping_worksheet_2.pdf

We might work on them in class.

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