Some Christmas Carols

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to everyone!!! Why don't you teach your family some of the English Christmas Carols?? I want to help you with your task.

Enjoy this nice time of the year! Best wishes,

Your teacher

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN


ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU


JINGLE BELLS


ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE

Christmas Carols: 12 days of Christmas

We are going to sing this song tomorrow in our Christmas party. Come and enjoy a lot with your classmates and the teachers! You can start rehearsing now with the karaoke version you can find here! Have fun. ;)

See you!

Ray Conniff Singers Lyrics

December 1st: World AIDS Day

In the first video you could see top health officials discussisng U.S. efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS with a special emphasis on research.
In the second one you could see some ideas that you might have that are untrue.

Thanksgiving story

Last Thursday it was an important day in the USA. The reason is that they celebrate Thanksgiving day on the fourth Thursday in November every year. Let's discover why the American come together and have a big party with their families.

Enjoy this video!

Black eyes, blue tears (Shania Twain)

November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. According to the World Health Organization, violence causes more death and disability among women aged 15 to 44 than cancer, malaria and war. In some countries, seeking a divorce is considered a crime that can warrant death.

Shania Twain is a Canadian singer and songwriter in the country and pop music genres. In this song, a woman finds her self-esteem and decides "I'd rather die standing than live on my knees".

Hope you are really conscious of the violence problem!! Enjoy this song!

The "footprint" calculator

Would you like to measure the impact you have on the environment???

Go into this website and answer some questions to find out:

The "footprint" calculator

Something stupid (Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman)

Enjoy this song while you sing because you have also the lyrics! ;)

See you!!!

20th anniversary of Berlin Wall fell

Vídeo from the CBC:



Berlin Wall's history:



Article based on the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Berlin Wall fell by the NPR

Tips for the writing exercise

Dear students,

Have a look at these pieces of advice for the writing exercise. They're useful and you should take them into account to improve the writing skill.

Guy Fawkes

Dear students,

You can find here the information I promised you about Guy Fawkes!!! It is an important cultural event in the UK.

Have a nice weekend!

Video on the history of this day:


Check your knowledge:
Guy Fawkes quiz and crosswords

Eternal Flame - Atomic Kitten

Sing this lovely song with the lyrics!!!

Halloween - 2NA

Dear students,

Enjoy with this video! From now on, perhaps you will be frightened of ghosts or witches, hope not!!!



Now let's cook something funny and sweet for Halloween!! If you have a really sweet tooth, you should go for it.

Spiderweb Brownies

Prep Time: 20 Min
Cook Time: 30 Min
Ready In: 50 Min

Ingredients

* 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
* 3/4 cup butter or margarine
* 2 cups sugar
* 3 eggs, beaten
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
* 1 (7 ounce) jar marshmallow creme
* 1 (1 ounce) square semisweet chocolate

Directions

1. In a saucepan over low heat, stir unsweetened chocolate and butter until chocolate is melted. Remove from the heat; stir in sugar. Cool for 10 minutes. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour and nuts. Pour into a greased foil-lined 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (do not overbake). Immediately drop marshmallow cream by spoonfuls over hot brownies; spread evenly. Cool on a wire rack. Lift out of the pan; remove foil. Place on a serving tray. For web decoration, melt semisweet chocolate and pour into a small resealable plastic bag. Cut a small hole in one corner of the bag; drizzle chocolate over creme in a spiderweb design.

Halloween - 1NB

Enjoy this activities, but don't be scared of witches or ghosts!!!

Sing "This is Halloween" with the lyrics:




Quizz

Crossword

Game

Find the differences

Fairtrade videos and quiz

Dear students,

Here you can have a look at the video and the Power Point Presentation we worked with in the last lesson about Fair Trade. You can reflect more on this matter watching the video again.

I added another video which seems to be interesting too!!! Don't forget the money next week to buy the products!!!

See you!

Fair Trade

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Fairtrade products and dialogue

Dear students,

Don't forget that next week we have the market and you have to practise the conversation!!!

See you.

Fairtrade1st

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Columbus Day

Dear students,

I wish you a very happy Columbus Day!!! Here you have a video about the historical meaning!

See you next week!

Margarita

English Alphabet (1NB)

Learn the alphabet and new words!!! Enjoy!!!

1st October: Nigeria's national day (2NA)

Last Thursday it was Nigeria's national day, and I think you might be interested to know a bit more about this country. Therefore, I upload a listening activity with some exercises you can work on to get to know another culture, which might be very different from ours and you could discover amazing things.

Next week I will publish the right answer for you to check!!! Enjoy!

Nigeria Exercises

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Answers Nigeria

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Gordon Brown's speech (2NA)

United Kingdom: Statement 2009 UN Climate Change Summit



Here you can have a look at the tapescript:

Unitedkingdom Brown's speech

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Nationalities (1NB)

Let's practise with the Nationalities!!!

Video (The Beatles) - 1NB

This is a song for my first year students! I hope you will enjoy it.

'All together now'

Copenhagen Climate Summit

Climate Change: "We must come together and make the deal in Copenhagen in 2009" (Connie Hedegaard, Danish Minister for Climate and Energy)




From Kyoto to Copenhagen, it's time for climate justice (video)

From Kyoto to Copenhagen (Spanish website)

You should care about the environment!!!!

Welcome to a blog for you!!!!

Dear first and fifth year students,

Here you will be able to follow some activities we're going to develop in the lessons and which might be interesting for those who cannot attend the lessons every day.
I will be very happy to receive some comments on your side, as well as some useful pages you are using, so that we can all share them.
In this blog you are going to find some activities I proposed to my last year students, but you are very welcome to have a look!

See you during this third week,

Margarita Pinos
EOI La Carolina

Exams in September

Visit the School of Languages webpage.

Enjoy the summer time!!! See you

Homework (11/05 - 15/05)

Dear students,

Here you have the homework of this last week of the school year:

Students' book
page 145 Section 7C: b
page 114 Grammar: a, Vocabulary: a
page 115 Reading: a, Listening: b

Grammarway
page 152-154 (Relative clauses)

Photocopies:
page 180, page 181

Workbook:
page 70: 1a, b, c, d

Homework (04/05 - 08/05)

Grammarway:
Section about "wish" pag. 131, 132

Photocopies:
pag. 178

Student's book:
pag. 102 4b, 4c
pag. 101 3a, 3b

Workbook:
pag. 64 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b
pag. 65 3a, 3b, 3c
pag. 66 4, 6, listening

Final exams

Dear students,

The information about the exams is on the School website, anyway, here you have our dates:

4º I
Reading and listening Monday, May 25th
Writing Thursday, May 21st
Speaking Thursday, May 21st and Thursday May 28th

Checking the exam Monday, June 15th

4º J
Reading and listening Wednesday, May 27th
Writing Friday, May 22nd
Speaking Friday, May 22 and Friday, May 29th

Checking the exam Wednesday, June 17th

4º K
Reading and listening Tuesday, May 26th
Writing Thursday, May 21st
Speaking Thursday, May 21st and Thursday May 28th

Checking the exam Tuesday, June 16th

Homework (20/04 - 24/04)

You should look at your group to find the homework and important information.

Enjoy a lot in Seville's Feria!!!

I would like to remind you that the students of the group 4ºI have lessons on Monday April 27th.

4º I
Students' book
page 87 6e, 6f
page 145 7A a

Workbook
page 64 1a, 1b

Extra-sheet about for and against composition

On Thursday May 7th you have a test on the book you are reading.


4º J
Students' book
page 87 6e, 6f
page 145 7A a

Workbook
page 64 1a, 1b

Extra-sheet about for and against composition

On Friday May 8th you have a test on the book you are reading.

4º K
Students' book
page 87 6e, 6f
page 101 3a, 3b
page 145 7A a

Workbook
page 64 1a, 1b

Extra-sheet about for and against composition
Extra-sheet: jokes (wish)

On Thursday May 7th you have a test on the book you are reading.

Homework (13/04 - 17/04)

Homework for the different groups:

4º I

Photocopy: reported speech (extra copy)

Students' book:
page 157: FILE 5
page 143: 6A a
page 82-83: revise, all

Workbook:
page 52: 4a
page 54: 1a
page 55: 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c

Photocopies (Medicina):
page 187
page 175

Grammarway:
Section about the use of the articles: page 62-65


4º J

Photocopy: reported speech (extra copy)

Students' book:
page 157: FILE 5
page 143: 6A b
page 82-83: revise, all
page 84: 1c, 1d
page 85: 2c

Workbook:
page 52: 4a
page 54: 1a
page 55: 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c

Photocopies (Medicina):
page 187
page 175

Grammarway:
Section about the use of the articles: page 62-65



4º K

Photocopy: reported speech (extra copy)

Students' book:
page 157: FILE 5
page 143: 6A a, b
page 82-83: revise, all
page 85: 2c
page 87: 6e, 6f

Workbook:
page 52: 4a
page 54: 1a
page 55: 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c

Photocopies (Medicina):
page 187
page 175

Grammarway:
Section about the use of the articles: page 62-65

Homework (30/03 - 03/04)

Here you have the homework for Easter and also some of which you have already done (the whole week)!! Please, look under your group, as some of the exercises are different. I wish you all very happy holidays!
If you have questions, let me know!



4º I
Student's book
page 141: 5B a, b; 5C a, b
page 154: 1, 3
page 78: Reading + 4c

Photocopies: 173, 174

Workbook
page 50: 1a, b, c, d
page 51: 3a, b, c

Book: You should have finished the book "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" by the week after April's Feria, that is, the first week in May. We will do a test.


4º K
Student's book
page 141: 5B a, b; 5C a, b
page 154: 1, 3
page 78: Reading + 4c
page 79: Listening 4e

Photocopies: 173, 174, 187

Workbook
page 50: 1a, b, c, d
page 51: 3a, b, c
page 54: 4a


Book: You should have finished the book "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" by the week after April's Feria, that is, the first week in May. We will do a test.


4º J
Student's book
page 141: 5B a, b; 5C a, b
page 154: 1, 3
page 78: Reading + 4c

Photocopies: 173, 174

Workbook
page 50: 1a, b, c, d
page 51: 3a, b, c


Book: You should have finished the book "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" by the week after April's Feria, that is, the first week in May. We will do a test.

April Fools Day

Have fun with this video!!! Happy April Fools Day to everyone.

Homework (23/03 - 27/03)

It may vary from group to group, but basically you have to prepare all that.

Students' book
Page 141 5A: B
Page 153 1a, b, 2, 3

Extra photocopies: ing / to infinitive

Photocopies: 172

Workbook
Page 45 2a, b
Page 46 4a, b, c; listening

Homework (16/03 - 20/03)

Photocopies
page 171

Workbook
page 40 - 42
page 44: 1a, b, c

Students' book:
page 61, exercise 2 (listening)
page 141: 5A a

As / like

If you have doubts between this two conjunctions go to this site, it is quite useful!!!

See you soon.

Slumdog Millionarie v. Trimble

I have just seen this video and I really liked it! Try to compare it with the film "Slumdog Millionaire"! In some way it is also related to the topic we're dealing with right now: men and women.

We could talk about this in our next lesson! See you!

Oscars 2009

Welcome to the most exciting and glamorous ceremony. Our Penélope won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona!!

But, as we listen to the words, 'And the Oscar goes to...', those who have been nominated are not thinking, 'Please, let it be me'; they're thinking, 'No, please don't let it be me!'. The prize they really want, of course, is the official Oscar gift bag. What's that? It's the consolidation prize the losers get, when the show is over and everyone has gone home. Gossips claim that the value of the gift bags is more than $100,000, but the contents are as secret as the names of the Oscar winners. No one knows exactly what they contain, but rumour has it that the organizers fill them with everything from holidays in luxuty hotels to pearl necklaces, exclusive mobile phones and even gold slippers.

This time, Penélope didn't get the Oscar gift bag, what a pity!!! Have a look in the next video and enjoy watching the 2009 Nominees who got the precious bag. Furthermore, I would like to include Penélope's speech. I am sure you will watch it millions of time in the next few hours, but watch it completely in English!! What about her English accent???

We'll discuss it next time! See you soon!!

Homework (20/02/09)

Homework of the week: the exercises on the Student's book sometimes differ from group to group, because perhaps we have done them in the lesson.

Workbook:
page 35: 3a
page 36: 3b, 4, listening
page 37: 1a, b, c, d

Students' book:
page 57: reading and questions
page 59: 6a (without looking at the dictionary)
page 139: section 4B: a, b

Photocopies:
page 170

Pronunciation: simple past of regular verbs (-ed)

There are three ways to pronounce the final -ed of regular verbs in the simple past tense. This pronunciation is determined by the final sound of the verb in the infinitive: Is it a voiced consonant, an unvoiced consonant, or a vowel sound?

Visit this site on pronunciation to practice more and listen to the pronunciation at the same time!!!

Let's practice on this website, you have to choose the right option! Good luck!

See you next week! Enjoy this beautiful Sunday!

homework (12/02/09)

Dear students,

I should admit I forgot to write the homework yesterday, but here you have the homework from this week and the last one!

See you soon!!!

Students' Book: page 47 - Reading
page 50 - Review exercises
page 51 - Reading exercise + questions
page 151 - 1a, b, c (depends on the group)
page 139 - 4A - b

Workbook: page 30 - 1, 2
page 31 - 3, 4
page 32 - listening
page 34 - 1a, b, c
page 35 - 2a, b, c

Photocopies: page 168
page 185
page 169

Grammarway: Time clauses - page 144, 145

Conditional sentences (extra): 3 exercises


The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: chapter 5 - 9
4º I by 19th February
4º J by 20th February
4º K by 19th February

Evaluation criteria: writing

Here you find the evaluation criteria I will take into account to evaluate your writing exercises:

Writing

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HOMEWORK (04/02/09)

Dear students,

here I am again, with an update of the homework!!! I would like to remind you the exercises I told you to prepare at home during this last week.

Workbook: Page 30 --> 1

Student's Book: Page 137 --> section 3C a
Page 139 --> section 4A a

Grammarway: Adverbs and adverbial phrases working as linking words: page 150, 151
Conditionals: page 126 - 130

See you soon!!!

Homework (28/01/09)

Here you have the homework from 22th - 28th January:

Workbook pg. 29 - 4b, c, LISTENING

Student's book pg. 137 - 3B a, b
pg. 43 - Reading

Grammarway (future) pg. 20 - 25

Photocopies pg. 167

See you soon!!!

HOMEWORK (21/01/09)

Dear students, here you have the homework I told you yesterday in our lesson. You know the exercises from the Workbook you can be doing them whenever you could as you have the key. If you have questions, then we'll talk about them in the lesson.

Workbook:
p. 27 - 1
p. 28 - 2, 3

Students' Book:
p. 150 - 3, 4

Don't forget about the book!!!

President Barack Obama 2009

This is historic moment in the USA, and without any doubt you should watch it in English!!! Have a look at the video: you will find here the swearing-in ceremony and the inagurational speech. You will be able to read the text of the inagurational speech at the same time. Enjoy this magical moment.



Are you ready for the change??? Think about it!!!! Obama, Obama!!!

HOMEWORK (17/01/09)

Dear students,

Homework on the weeks from 7th - 16th January.

Workbook:
p. 24 - 1a, b, c, d, 2
p. 25 - 3a, b, c, 4a
p. 26 - 4b

Students' Book:
p. 38 - 4e
p. 137 - 3A a, b

Photocopies:
p. 166a, b

Passive: (extra copies I handed out in the lesson)

Grammarway:
p. 86 - 94 (passive voice)

Read the book The No1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. First four chapter by 27th January.