Ho,Ho,Ho!

Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you all! And happy birthday to Davinia again!!!

Thank you for the delicious food you brought,
See you on the 10th of January.

Click on the key word to access the link to the webpages we looked at today:

• Christmas vocab
• 12 days after Christmas
• Santa Claus is coming to town
• Jingle Bells
• Frosty the snowman
• Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
• Recipe for an eggnog!

What a feeling!

Here's today's groovy song! Get up and dance! wow! yeah!

Revise SHORT ANSWERS

Here are the questions I asked you the other day to practise short answers with the verb TO BE and other verbs in Present Tense. Feel free to repeat them at your own pace at home. Remember to say both answers: YES and NO.


1. Do you buy a newspaper every day?
2. Do I answer all my emails?
3. Does he play chess?
4. Do they read a lot?
5. Are you happy?
6. Is she angry?
7. Do we listen to music everyday?
8. Does she paint?
9. Am I singing?
10. Is he dancing now?
11. Do you swim?
12. Are they thirsty?
13. Is it raining today?
14. Does it work?
15. Are you rich?

Remember Scotland

Remember to celebrate Scotland's day tomorrow! Maybe you can prepare some haggis to eat at home?! (not for me, thanks! I don't like it, sorry!)
Here's the link to the general info we saw in class: http://www.projectbritain.com/britain/scotland.htm
Can you find thistles in Marbella?!

Unwritten

Listen to this beautiful song and have a look at the lyrics.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtGY4G7II6s

Thanksgiving

Here are the links to the info about Thanksgiving we saw in class:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29
-http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving
- crossword: http://www.dltk-kids.com/t_template.asp?t=http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/images/c-crossword-withwords.gif

I give thanks for having a wonderful group!

CRY

Here's the song with lyrics to sing along again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhAH22zISZw&feature=related

REMEMBER: read the third chapter for Wednesday!

Unit 1 test

Remember the test of Unit 1 and 2C is next Wednesday, but it is NOT about the reading book!!! Just revise the corresponding grammar section (present simple and continuous, questions with and without auxiliaries...) and the vocabulary (personality adjectives, physical description, body parts, adverbs of frequency...). There will be a listening and a reading exercise too.
Don't worry and be happy! It's ONLY A TEST, not the final exam, you know.

HALLOWEEEEEEEEEN!!!

Hallooooooooowww everybody!

I hope you enjoyed today's lesson and hope you send me the photos and videos you took to my email, please!!! I want them for my personal professional album!

Here are the links to: (by the way, you can also click on the key word to be directed to the page)

• the skeleton dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e54m6XOpRgU&feature=channel
• the trick-or-treat spooky song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9p9Q3gdkzY&list=QL&feature=BF
• the This is Halloween song from the animated film "Nightmare before Christmas":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI
• the jokes: http://www.cavernsofblood.com/halloween-jokes/
• the history of Halloween by Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

Booooooooo!

Listening practice

If you want to practise a little more your listening skills, click and explore the following links:
http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/elem_interm.html (select a story, for example "at the beach"...)
http://www.esl-lab.com/ (scroll down to listening quizzes and try some of the easy or medium sections)

Hope this helps you and keep you busy for a while!

Who is X?

By general demand, here are some sentences for you to create questions about the missing element X. Notice they are all sentences WITHOUT auxiliary!
You can copy and paste your answers and send them to me for correction on an email.

Examples: X (film) was nominated for an Oscar. = Which film was nominated for an Oscar?
                X lost his keys. = Who lost his keys?
                X (number of women) buy clothes once a month. = How many women buy clothes once a month?

1. X works in a supermarket.
2. X (country) didn't abolish death penalty.
3. X (language) is the most difficult to learn.
4. X (film) wasn't awarded an Oscar.
5. X (author) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010.
6. X (word) means "to be happy".
7. X (number of people) arrived late today.
8. X is listening to music now.
9. X (food) isn't spicy.
10. X (train) goes to Santiago.
11. X (event) happened yesterday.
12. X (actress) was wearing an orange dress.
13. X (number of aeroplanes) depart at 10.30.
14. X (object) is very expensive.
15. X sang "Don't worry, be happy".

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Here are some links for you to practise more Questions with or without auxiliaries!
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.noaux.p.htm
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32188026/Questions-without-auxiliary-verbs

The body

Firstly, you may want to revise some key vocabulary with this presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/tie/parts-of-the-body?src=related_normal&rel=1426960

Then, here are a couple of presentations about body idioms.
This one is nice and easy: http://www.slideshare.net/smart47/idiomsbody
This one is a bit complex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJqCMZiZDn0

Now, how about animal body parts? Have a look at this presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/etienne77/animal-body-parts

Present!

Here are 3 quite good presentations on the difference between Present Simple and Present Continuous:

http://www.slideshare.net/iruieka/power-point-3166979
http://www.slideshare.net/llegazcue/simple-present-vs-present-continuous
http://www.slideshare.net/martavidal/present-simple-vs-present-continuous-4757325


Now do a quick test on the difference: Present simple vs Present Continous.
Ready, Steady, GO!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stw_vAnC-1U

Practise for five minutes

Here is the link to the BBC Learning English webpage for you to practise your language skills, learn about the news, review pronunciation, etc...In conclusion, to have fun with English language!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

By the way, it is also under "useful links" on the right hand side.

Books for reading

Here are the details about this year's books for reading:
- First term: "Circle Games" by Frank Brennan. ISBN: 9780521686099.
- Second Term: "The Double Bass Mystery" by Jeremy Harmer. ISBN: 9780521794954.
- Third Term: "A Puzzle for Logan" by Richard Macandrew. ISBN: 9780521750202.
All of them are in the same publisher (editorial): Cambridge English Readers.

Vocabulary test

Here are the words for Monday's test:
1. skillful (habilidos@)
2. reliable / trustworthy (de fiar)
3. wise (sabi@)
4. playful (juguetón/a)
5. mischievous (traste)
6. confident / self-reliant (segur@ de sí, que confía en sí mism@)
7. sympathetic /compassionate (empátic@)
8. inquisitive (curios@, que le gusta preguntar)
9. rude / impolite (groser@ / maleducad@)
10. cheerful (alegre)

By the way, I am going to say the word in Spanish and you have to write it down in English. It is not a competition, the important thing is to remember the correct word, so don't worry, be happy if you remember one of 2 words in the case of 2 possible ones.

Chinese Zodiac

Check out this SlideShare Presentation for personality traits. This is another link just in case it takes too long to load: http://www.slideshare.net/ohteikbin/chinese-zodiac

Chinese Zodiac

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Hello everyone!

Dear students,
It is a pleasure to be your teacher this year. I hope you are going to enjoy the course. This blog is to help you to keep up to date and to revise some important contents of each class. I will also include some extra links for reinforcement and extension options.
See you soon!