It's Halloween

Let's learn some facts about the origins oh Halloween.

ACTIVITY 1
Read each text and ansewer the questions below.

1. Where does the word Halloween come from?
2. What's the meaning of the word "Halloween"?
3. What happened on October 31st in Celtic Ireland in the 5thc BC
     (Before Christ)?

ACTIVITY 2

Now watch this video on a Halloween appliccation and choose the correct answer for each question.

Make your smartphone Halloween-ready

1. How many noises can you access with this application?

    a. 20          b. 10          c. 12          d. 22

2. How many places does this app have in its database?

    a. 3,000          b. more than 3,000          c. less than 3,000

3. How much is it?

    a. 99 euros          b. 99 dollars          c. 99 pounds         

    d. 99 cents

4. Can you call your friends for free?

It's Halloween

October 31st is the night of Halloween. Try to do this crossword and learn some vocabulary.
You can print the worksheet or copy the definitions and the word that corresponds to each one.

(If you click on the image you'll go to the booglesworld website. then click on "Halloween crossword 1".)

Halloween

History of Halloween

Halloween falls on October 31st each year in North America and other parts of the world. What do you know about Halloween? Do you celebrate it in your country? Here are some facts about this festival.

ACTIVITY 1

Answer these questions from the previous text.

1. When is Halloween celebrated?

2. What do people wear on that day?

3. Where is this festival really popular?

4. What do children do on that day?

5. What do the children say to the neighbours?

6. What do the neighbours give to the children?

7. What is a "Jack-o'-lantern"?

8. Why do people put a candle inside a pumpkin?

ACTIVITY 2

Now watch this video and write down 10 words related to Halloween.

HALLOWEEN

 

On 31st October Halloween is celebrated. Watch this video to learn some facts about its history and then aswer the questions below.

1. When is the origin of Halloween?
    a. one thousand years ago
    b. two thousand years ago
    c. one hundred years ago
    d. two hundred years ago
2. To start talking about Halloween's origin we must go back to ...
    a. the Romans
    b. the Vikings
    c. the demons
    d. the druids
3. Where did those people live?
    a. in England
    b. in Ireland
    c. in both England and Ireland
4. What did they think?
   a. the believed that the spirits would return to the Earth
       on Halloween.
   b. they thought that the spirits would never return to Earth,
       neither on Halloween.
   c. they believed that the spirits were bad.
   d. they thought that the spirits were good.
5. Why did people dress up to look like ghosts?
   a. to scare the evil spirits
   b. to have fun
   c. to go trick-or-treating
6. Why did the neighbours give the people treats?
   a. In order to have something to eat.
   b. In order to have a good time and play a little bit.
   c. Because they had a lot of things that they didn't want.
   d. Because they didn't want the evil spirits to play a trick on them.
7. Why should people dress in coloured costumes?
   a. Because this way people look nicer.
   b. So that people could be seen at night.
   c. Because evil spirits like colourful coastumes.
   d. Because people should dress in Halloween colours. This is,
       orange, black and white.
8. Why is it important to have some food prepared on Halloween?
    a. Because the children end up tired and hungry after
         treat-or-treating.
    b. In case you have unexpected guests.
    c. To have a family reunion.
    d. In case some spirits come to your house.

   


    

Let's describe a room

Look at this room and read the desciption below.

This room is a bit messy. It has got things everywhere. It has got a laptop on the bed. It has got T-shirts on the floor. It has got trainers on an armchair. It has got books and sheets on the floor.

ACTIVITY

Look at Sara's room and write down the description. Lok at the previous one as an example.
Use have got and prepositions of place (on, in front of, next to, between, ...)

Latest News from this week

Read the following text from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ and choose the appropriate answer for the questions below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20001685

QUESTIONS:

1. What is Rabobank?   (the name gives a clue)

2. What is Rabobank ending?

3. Where is Rabobank from?

4. What does this sentence mean "Amstrong engaged in serial cheating"?
5. Are they sure that cycling can be a clean sport without doping?
6. Who is Lance Amstrong?

This week's news  -  Sony's Swan Game

Breaking news for PlayStation fans.

ACTIVITY 1

Read this article from www.theweek.co.uk and answer the questions below.

(click on the image to go to the website)

1. Where are the game developers from?
2. Is the game violent?
3. What do the players do with this game?
4. How does the game start?
5. What do the players have to do with a swan?
6. What's the name of this game?

ACTIVITY 2

Think of a console game and explain it using these connectors:
first, ...;  then, ...; after that, ...; finally, ...

This week's news - Felix Baumgartner

Do you know who Felix Baumgartner is?
Where is he from?
How old is he?
Find this informatin and more on www.theweek.co.uk or by clicking on the image.

ACTIVITY 1

Find the answers to these questions.

a. How did he make history on 14th October 2012?
b. What did he do in Kuala Lumpur in 1999?
c. Why was this jump a world record?
d. What did he do in December 2007?
e. What are the Taipei 101?
f. Where did he jump from in 2001?
g. What did he do in July 2003?
h. How did he do it?
i. How long did the flight last?
j. What did he do in Croatia in 2004?

Notice that the lengths are measured in feet (ft).  1ft = 0.30 metres
You can calculate the lengths by using this converter



Let's have fun!

Some of you asked me for the song Hot 'n Cold by Katy Perry. Here's the song. Watch the official video and ...

a. choose the appropriate word.
b. write down the missing words of the chorus. Pay special attention. It has to do with opposites.

 

You  change your mind

Like a girl changes MAKE UP / CLOTHES / LOVE

Yeah you PMS

Like a bitch, I would know
And you overthink

Always speak cryptically

I should KNOW / STOP /  GO

That you're no good for me

CHORUS

'Cause you're hot then you're ____________

You're yes then you're ____________

You're in then you're ____________

You're up then you're ____________

You're wrong when it's ____________

It's black and it's ____________

We fight, we break up

We kiss, we make up
You! You don't really want to stay, no

You! But you don't really want to go-o

We used to be

Just like twins, so in sync

The same energy

Now's a dead battery
Used to laugh 'bout EVERYTHING / SOMETHING / NOTHING

Now you're plain boring

I should know that you're not gonna CHANGE / COME / REVENGE

CHORUS

 

Someone call the doctor

Got a case of a love bi-polar

Stuck on a roller coaster

Can't get off this ride
You change your mind

Like a girl changes clothes

CHORUS

 

 

Let's have fun!

Do you like David Ghetta? Here's his famous song "I gotta feeling". Listen to it and do the activities provided.

 

* gotta = have got a; *gonna= going to;
*wanna= Want to

1. Translate the sentence:
I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night

2. Listen to this part of the song and fill in the spaces with the prepositions in the box

up, out, off, down

I gotta* feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna* be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night (x3)
Tonight's the night night
Let's live it _______
I got my money
Let's spend it _______
Go _______and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump _______that sofa
Let's get get _______
I know that we'll have a ball
If we get _______
And go _______
And just loose it all
I feel stressed _______
I wanna let it go
Let's go way _______spaced _______
And loosing all control
Fill _______ my cup
Mozoltov
Look at her dancing
Just take it _______
Let's paint the town
We'll shut it _______
Let's burn the roof
And then we'll do it again

3. Find the sentences with the structure "Let's+ infinitive" and translate them.


(Taken from Isabel Pérez's website)

Let's have fun!

Do you like Nelly Furtado? Is the song "Say it right" familiar to you? Listen to it and complete the lyrics below.

Say It Right   (lyrics)
In the day, in the ____________
Say it right, say it all
You either got it or you don't
You either stand or you ____________
When your will is broken
When it slips from your ____________
When there's no time for joking
There's a hole in the ____________

Oh, you don't mean nothing at all to me
No, you don't mean nothing at all to me
Oh, you've got what it takes to set me ____________
Oh, you could mean everything to me

I can't say that I'm not lost and found
I can't say that I don't love the light and the ____________
I can't that I don't know that I am alive
And all of what I feel I could show you ____________

Oh, you don't mean nothing at all to me
No, you don't mean nothing at all to me
Oh, you've got what it takes to set me ____________
Oh, you could mean everything to me

From my hands I can give you, something that I made
From my mouth I can sing you another brick that I laid
From my body I can show you a place, God knows
If you know this place is holy, do you really want to ____________?

Let's have fun!

Do you want to listen to Gotye? here's his famous song "Somebody that I used to know".

a. Write down all the verbs that are in past.

b. Find words that mean.
     1- OK:
    2- suffering:
    3- happy:
    4- finished:
    5- person you don't know:
    6- impolite:
    7- abandon:

Today is ... WORLD TEACHER'S DAY

Watch this video and enjoy this day dedicated to us and to our job, sometimes difficult but rewarding at the same time.

Today is ...  World Teacher's Day

ACTIVITY 1
Watch this video and write down a short dialogue in the classroom.

ACTIVITY 2
Now listen to this song and follow the lyrics below. On a paper write down the five different activities the children do.

This is the way we go to  school,
This is the way we go to school so early in the morning.
This is the way we dress ourselves,
This is the way we dress ourselves so early in the morning.
This is the way we wash our hands,
This is the way we wash our hands so early in the morning.
This is the way we brush our teeth
This is the way we brush our teeth so early in the morning.
This is the way we carry our books
This is the way we carry our books so early in the morning.
This is the way we go to school,
This is the way we go to school so early in the morning.

Today is ... World Teacher's Day

ACTIVITY 1

Think of good teachers that you have or had.
- What qualities must a good teacher have?
- What must a good class include?

ACTIVITY 2
Now let's watch a video of a story called "The Pianist" and answer the questions below.

1. What's the boy's name?
2. What does he like doing?
3. When did he go to his oiano class?
4. How often did he practise? And when?
5. Who is Vicky?
6. What does the sentence "your fingers move like a squirrel on the piano keys" mean?
7. What secret does Vicki whisper into Azur's ear?
8. What is inside Vicki's box?
9. Why didn't he practice the day before his performance?
10. What couldn't Azul find when he woke up on the day of the performance?
11. Where is the piano?
12. What did he do in front of the piano?
13. Where was the butterfly?

Today is ... World Teacher's Day

ACTIVITY 1

Watch this video and choose the correct answer for each question.

1. Why does the teacher use hand signals?  (choose two options)
    a. in order to understand the listening.
    b. in order to promote active listening.
    c. so that the learners have fun while listening.
    d. to help her facilitate the conversation.

2. What does "two fingers" mean?
    a. that somebody has something to add.
    b. that somebody has something to say.
    c. that somebody has something new to say.
    d. that somebody has nothing to say.

3. What does "thumbs up" mean?
    a. that somebody has something to add.
    b. that somebody has something to say.
    c. that somebody has something new to say.
    d. that somebody has nothing to say.

4. Why does Ms. Brewer ask her students to use two distinct hand signals?
    a. to make lessons a bit more complicated.
    b. to have them tuned in to know if something is interesting or boring.
    c. to facilitate deaf students understand the lessons.
    d. to have them tuned in to know if something is new or has already been said.

Today is ...   World Teacher's Day

ACTIVITY 1

Watch this video and answer the questions below:



1. Why does she use hand signals?
     a. In order to call somebody.
     b. In order to promote active listening.
     c. To help her facilitate the conversation.
     d. To help her keep on with the class.
2. What does "two fingers" mean?
     a. that somebody has something to say.
     b. that somebody wants to explain a topic.
     c. that somebody has something new to say.
     d. that somebody hasn't understood something.
3. What does "thumbs up" mean?
     a. that somebody has something to say.
     b. that somebody wants to explain a topic.
     c. that somebody has something new to say.
     d. that somebody hasn't understood something. 
4. Why does Ms. Brewer ask her students to use two distinct hand signals?
    a. To make things more complicated and have them pay attention.
    b. To give the students the opportunity to show that they have something to say.
    c. To give the students the opportunity to repeat what the teacher has explained.
    d. To have the students tuned in to know if something is new or has already been said before.