History of Saint Patrick's

Here you have a little explanation about this wonderful celebration! Remember to wear green next Saturday, 17th March or you will get pinched!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!

I just want to wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to each and everyone! I hope this new year 2010 will be full of fun and new challenges to achive both at school and in our lives! And I ask to Santa, as my Christmas present, more enthusiasm in your English lessons!!!

*ESTER*

CHRISTMAS VOCABULARY: Practise some Christmas words with this activity:

ECARDS: Now that you have learnt some new words, send your friends a Christmas ecard in English!

CHRISTMAS JOKES: Here you have some Christmas jokes to have some fun during these holidays. Did you understand them?

THANKSGIVING: "Origins&History"

Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the United States. It is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday in November. So, this year it's going to be next 28th November. On this day, families gather together, and many people say prayers of thanks for the years blessings. In many homes, a big dinner of roast turkey and dressing is served. Thanksgiving is traditionally a harvest festival. Similar festivals are celebrated in many parts of the world to give thanks after the years crops have been safely harvested. Canada also celebrates  Thanksgiving but during the second Monday in October. Now watch these videos to learn more!

After watching these videos, visit these links to complete your Thanksgiving Dossier:

- Picture Dictionary 1:  
http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards/files/thanksgiving1.pdf

- Picture Dictionary 2:  
http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards/files/thanksgiving2.pdf

- Wikipedia:  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
- Enciclopaedia Britannica:  
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/590003/Thanksgiving-Day
- Thanksgiving Day Organisation:  
http://www.thanksgiving-day.org/
- Holidays Thanksgiving:  
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/thanksgiving-day
- All about Thanksgiving:  
http://www.rumela.com/events/events_november_thanksgiving.htm
- Holidays on the Net:  
http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/
- A kid's Heart Thanksgiving:  
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/thanks/thmain.htm

BONFIRE NIGHT: "Origins&History"

Hi everyone!! Have you ever heard of Bonfire Night. If it is not the case, through this activity you will have the oportunity to learn about this festivity that it is celebrated every 5th November. Watch the video and try to extract the main information from it to learn more about this celebration. Have fun!!

HALLOWEEN: "Origins&History"

Check out this presentation explaining the origins and ways to celebrate Halloween. You can also click on the two Halloween links I added below the presentation. Then post your own comments explaining the origins and ways to celebrate Castanyada. Come on! Show this Catalan Tradition to the world!

Halloween History

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Halloween Link 1          Halloween Link 2

UNIT 2 : Family Tree

Hi students, we are having an exam on Unit 2 next week. Do you need more practice ? You will find some useful links below.
Family 1

Family 2

Have got 1                  

Have got 2             

Have got 3

Best Practices!

Hi everyone! Some of you are making an extra effort to improve your English marks and you are giving me your writing. GREAT! Look what another classmate from 2nd ESO did to improve his English. He earned a positive! Well done, V.L., CONGRATULATIONS!

 LAST WEEKEND 

Last weekend, for the festivity of Saint Pilar, I went to Montiró. Montiró is a small village close to "l'Escala". I stayed three days in Montiró with my mother and my sister. We went to my mother friend's house, a very big house! These days the weather was bad, but I had lots of fun! 

In Montiró I played basketball, rode a scooter and a bicicle. With my mother's friends, we went to l'Escala to see the sea and the waves breaking. A big wave got us wet. We also went to see an abandoned shanty tawn. In our way we found a lot of big and white mushrooms.         

  V. L. - SA  

Best Practices!

Hi everyone! Some of you are making an extra effort to improve your English marks and you are giving me your writing. GREAT! Look at this powerpoint presentation that three classmates from 2nd ESO A did to improve his English. They earned a positive! Well done  Júlia B., Marina D. and Mireia F. CONGRATULATIONS!

London

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UNIT 1: Present Perfect

Hi everyone !! As you know you have got an English exam, haven't you? Do you need more practice? Below you will find some useful links.

Present Perfect 1
Present Perfect 2
Present Perfect 3
Present Perfect 4
Present Perfect 5
Present Perfect 6
Present Perfect 7
Present Perfect 8
Present Perfect 9

UNIT 1: List of Irregular Verbs

Hi everyone!!! Click on the picture and you will get a list of irregular verbs. I hope it will be useful !!

Did you know...?

The word sandwich that we use today was born in London during the very late hours one night in 1762. It was named after John Montagu, the Fourth Earl^[1] of Sandwich, an 18th century English aristocrat (1718-1792). As the story goes, in 1762, during a 24 hour gambling streak he instructed a cook to prepare his food in such a way that it would not interfere with his game. The cook presented him with sliced meat between two pieces of toast. Perfect! This meal required no utensils such fork or knife and could be eaten with one hand, leaving the other free to continue the game. The nobleman was able to continue his gambling while eating his snack and because Montagu also happened to be the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, others began to order "the same as Sandwich!". It is said that Lord Sandwich was fond of this form of food because it allowed him to continue playing cards, particularly cribbage, while eating without getting his cards greasy from eating meat with his bare hands.


From that incident, we have inherited that quick-food product that we now know as the sandwich. Sadly, the name of real inventor of the sandwich (be it inventive cook or the creative consumer) was not recorded for posterity. Besides the more obvious meaning of sandwich, "something edible between two or more slices of bread", metaphorically speaking, it also means "to squeeze in between two other people, places, things, materials, etc." For example: Her car was sandwiched between two other cars in the parking lot. 


Earl^[1]= it's a title of nobility from Great Britain that means "count", like Count Dracula.
(source = http://www.wordsources.info/words-mod-sandwich.html) 
(source = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich)
(source = http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodsandwiches.html)

UNIT 1 : Countries and Languages

Countries and nationalities

UNIT 0: Comparatives and Superlatives

Hi everyone ! The last day in class, we dealt with comparison adjectives . Do you need more practice ? Ok, below you will find some activities.

Comparative and superlative 1

Comparative and superlative 2

Comparative and superlative 3

Comparative and superlative 4

Comparative and superlative 5

Comparison with AS... AS

UNIT 2 : Family Tree

Hi everyone! In Unit 2 we are dealing with family vocabulary. Well, to go into this topic in depth, we are going to carry out some extra activities. To start with, I'm giving you diferent websites dealing with this topic.

Family 1 
Family 2 
Family 3

UNIT 1 : Let's communicate!

Hi everyone! We are about to finish Unit 1. That means that we are having an exam on it next week (ohhhhhhhh!). Here you have some extra activities to practice and reinforce the contents studied in this Unit. Do your best !!

• Countries and nationalities 1
• Countries and nationalities 2
• Countries and nationalities 3                                             
• Countries and nationalities 4
• Countries and nationalities 5
• Countries and nationalities 6
• Countries and nationalities Hangman
• Present Simple: To Be 1
• Present Simple: To Be 2
• Question Words 1
• Question Words 2
• Possessive Adjectives 1 
• Possessive Adjectives 2
• Possessive Adjectives 3
• Possessive Adjectives 4 
• Possessive Adjectives 5
• Possessive Adjectives 6
• Saxon Genitive 1
• Saxon Genitive 2
• Saxon Genitive 3
• Apostrophe 's
• Apostrophe 's
• Apostrophe 's

UNIT 1 : Countries Quizz

Hi everyone! In this first unit we are dealing with languages, countries, nationalities... Well, here you can find some quizzes about this topic. Have fun !!

The fun tourist quiz
Are you a world citizen?

What is your traveling style ?

UNIT 6 EXTRA ACTIVITIES: There is/are, Some/Any/A/An, How Much/Many (GRAMMAR)

Hey! You are not studying yet? Then stop chatting and try these activities!

THERE IS/ARE: grammar and different activities:

· Activity 1               · Activity 2               · Activity 3              

· Activity 4               · Activity 5            

PLURALS: grammar  and different activities:

· Activity 1                · Activity 2             · Activity 3           
· Activity 4                · Activity 5             · Extension

A/AN: grammar  and different activities:

· Activity 1

SOME/ANY: grammar  and different activities:

· Activity 1                · Activity 2             · Activity 3

HOW MUCH/MANY: grammar  and different activities:

· Activity 1           

MUCH/MANY/LITTLE/FEW: grammar  and different activities:

· Activity 1   

You can also check all the grammar visiting the Voices website. And remember, if you need more help, just email me!!!

Treasure Hunt: UK

Do you know what a treasure hunt is?? Well, if you don't know, don't worry!!With this activity you will discover it.I hope you learn a lot and have fun.

Follow the steps:

1. Work in groups of 3.

2. Click on this link

3. Read and answer the questions in a worksheet the teacher will hand in you.

5. Finally, make your poster and present it to the rest of the class.

HAVE FUNs.

Irregular Verbs

Hi students, have you already studied the list of irregular verbs??? Not yet? Remember that you have to know the whole list by heart! So keep studying it until you can recite it in your sleep! 


To help you with the irregulars you need to practice. Click on the link below and you will find different exercises to learn your verbs.

Irregular verbs activities

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