Mount Rushmore and Lincoln memorial : two impressive US buildings

Dear students,
Here you can see the two texts that you've been doing in class with Lynnae. Remember, you have to answer the questions I gave you in class about Lincoln memorial. Which is your favourite monument ?
The first link is the link to Mount Rushmore text :
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4SuuoOWoc2_Q1VFZ0l1cW1Wa1U 

This second link is the link to Lincoln Memorial's text :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SuuoOWoc2_VUJNQjh4YlUxZ1k/view?usp=sharing

Here you have the questions you need to answer :

1. What was the Lincoln memorial designed after?

2. Who is the Lincoln memorial a tribute to? (I suppose the answer is obvious)

3. What do many people say Lincoln is?

4. What did Lincoln successfully lead the U.S. throught?

5. What cruel and unfair practice did Lincoln outlaw?

6. When was Lincoln assassinated?

7. When was the Lincoln memorial completed?

8. Where is the Lincoln memorial located?

I hope you will have enjoyed this two monuments. See you tomorrow.

Let's sing ! I'm a believer !

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)          
        try    want      (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.

Theatre : The Crazy Story

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.

Let's video !

Dear students,
Let's practise listening with this funny, slow video. In www.eslvideo.com you can find more videos like this. I hope you like them :

Men vs. Women. What are the differences ?

Dear students,
we were reading a text about the differences between men and women. I want you to watch the video and summarize the differences between men and women . I hope you like it :

Mobile phone addiction

You cannot deny that you overuse your mobile phone more than necessary. This is why I thought it would be a good idea for me to illustrate your cell phone addiction with this video.
I want you to discuss if you are addicted to your cell phone. Are you ?

An elephant in the fridge ! How did it get there !

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…