Well, the academic year has come to an end and, as promised, ehre you have a picture of you. Let me tell you that it has been a wonderful year with you all and that I will really miss you next year. I really will, I promise. You've been very enthusiastic, participative and nice students and that will be reflected on your marks. Anyway, Here you have the picture I promised. I would like you to comment on it and honestly tell me your appreciations about the course.
Thanks for being so creative, enthusiastic, participative and, especially, joyous and energetic. Enjoy your holidays. I also include two songs to say goodbye :
P. S. I remember that you can fill in the evaluation of the teacher. Please, do !
Dear students, I propose you a very interesting activity today. Have a look at these pictures and find the hidden words in them. Open your eyes very carefully if you want to find them all. http://shareably.net/six-hidden-words-highlights-challenge/ Good luck !
Hi students, Here you have the anonymous questionnaire that you can use to test me as a teacher. Please, do it and be honest. I would appreciate your answers to change in the future :
Today, let's watch a video about the hilarious character, Mr. Bean. This time he goes to the hairdresser and to the swimming pool. You will watch half of the video and you will have to try and predict how the story ends using 'be going to'. I hope you like it.
Tomorrow is national hamburger day, so I though about bringing an interesting video to class : the biggest hamburger in the world ! Watch it ! It's fun.Try to answer the questions :
Howdy kids, Well, we haven't sung a song for a while, have we ? Well, now it's high time to sing a rocking song that will surely make you move, sing and dance ! It's a pretty famous song : I'm a believer, a familiar song because it was used in the Shrek film. Listen to the song and do the exercises. As usual, you have the answers down below.
1. Complete the songs with the verbs in the past (try to do it by yourselves; if not, have a look at the verbs down below).
2. Give synonyms for the words underlined in the song in that context : 'meant', 'use' and 'get'
3. Can you explain the structure : the more I gave, the less I got ? Can you say an example of that structure ?
4. Transform the sentence in italics into passive
I am a believer
I ______ love was
Only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else
But not for me
Love _____ out to get to me
That's the way it seems
Disappointment ________
All my dreams
And then
I ______ her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I ______ leave her
If I _______
I ______ love was
More or less a given thing
The more I _____ the less
I got, oh yeah
What's the use in trying
All you get is pain
When I ______ sunshine
I ______ rain
Chorus
What's the use in trying
All you get is pain
When I ______ sunshine
I _______ rain
Chorus
Then I _____ her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
Now I'm a believer
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm a believer
Then I _____ her face
I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm a believer.
Too difficult ? Here you have the verbs in alphabetical order and in to-infinitive.
be can (negative)get (x2) give haunt
see
(x3)think (x2) trywant (x2)
Answers : 1.
2. meant = destined, supposed to be use = purpose, objective ; there is no use doing something means 'it is useless to do', 'it is not worth doing it' get = receive 3. It is a structure that expresses parallel increase or decrease. There is an increase in the first part that contributres to the decrease in the second part. The structure is the + comparative (in the first part) and the + comparative (in the second part). e.g. The more you study, the easier to pass the exams. The more money you have, the better house you can buy. The more aggressive you are, the less friends you have 4. Disappointment haunted all my dreams : All my dreams were haunted by disappointment. Did you like the song and the exercises ? I hope all of you will hav eenjoyed with this wonderful encouraging song. See you around.
Hello there, Today I would like you to see a video of my students of 1º ESO performing a theatre play at school. It was a short one called The Crazy Story, a story where all the fairy tale characters are mixed up and ... well you can see it by yourselves. As you can see they did it quite well and I am fiercely proud of them ! Here you have a photo of all the cast and crew of these wonderful students :
Well done lads ! Amazing work ! Here is the link to the video : https://drive.google.com/a/iescalistoymelibea.es/file/d/0B5lF8yfEaGG0N2J5VFRaME9EQkk/view?usp=sharing Anyway, I thought this could be a good idea to introduce the vocabulary of some fairy tale characters. I prepared a wonderful presentation. Why don't you see it and try no remember the name of these characters ? Click after the image to see the answers. I hope you enjoy it: See you around.
Dear students, imagine getting home after a long, tiring day at school. You feel like watching TV and playing video games. Suddenly, you feel thirsty and hungry and you go to the kitchen. You open the fridge door and you find... this !
Then, you see a note on the fridge. It is a note from your parents. Invent a story to complete the note
Dear child,
We are not going to be at home because we have to work. When you get
back from school, you must know that there is a big elephant in the fridge.
There is a perfectly logical explanation
for this…
After reading all your blog entries, I have to admit that they were really interesting and well-written. I selected one from your classmate, Paula Esteban. I hope you like it.
My favourite weekend
"My favourite weekend was from Friday, 30th October 2015 to Sunday, 31st October 2015. On Friday, after school, I was in Silvia's house because we had to do some work for biology class. When we finished, we went to Santa Marta with friends to trick-or-treat. It was really fun ! The next day, I went to my two villages to put flowers on my grandparents' graves. Then, I met a friend that I hadn't seen since last summer. I was very happy because she is a good friend and I love her so much. We took pictures and we were talking for houses. After eating, we all came back home. I love that weekend because I went to my villages and, especially, because I saw my friend who lives far from here."
From : http://www.hercampus.com/school/northeastern/how-meet-new-people-after-welcome-week
Good job ! Come on ! Post a comment to your classmate ! Anyway, your compositions were really good !
Dear students, next Friday is Friday, 13th, so it is a good idea for you to learn something about superstitions. Have a look at this lovely presentation that Lynnae prepared for you. Enjoy !
Dear students, Here you have the link to the video about the well-known Londoner detective, Sherlock Holmes, that we saw in class today. Why don't you re-watch it again ? I think it is a pretty good video. Besides, I recommend you watch the marvelous TV serial : Sherlock. Have a nice weekend. You can start watching Sherlock this weekend. Here you have the trailer :
Dear students, Here yo u can listen to the songs that we listened to in class again to complete your exercises about the simple past. Paradise was an easy song, but Set Fire to the Rain proved to be really difficult and daunting !
Listen to the videos again and enjoy the songs ! Ah, on emore thing : enjoy your bank holidays !
Dear students, Here you can watch the video Eva showed you in class again. Please, I want you to answer these two questions : 1. What do you want to be when you grow up ? 2. Which child in the video did you like the most and why ?
Dear students, Here you have another questionnaire about unit 7 to practise for next week's exams. Be careful and read all the answers and questions carefully ! Good luck !
