We're going to Port Aventura !!

Hey everyone, Friday 7th is coming.
Why don't we learn Port Aventura's song? This one is the English version.
Let's sing to the rhythm of the music!

 

ACTIVITY 1
Write the correct words in the gaps.
(Chorus)PortAventura
give me your (1) ___________
we'll be forever (2) ___________
PortAventura
join us (3) ___________
dancing into the (4) ___________
hey baby hey
this is the (5) ___________
we will party all together
singin' oh oh oh oh
just open your (6) ___________

if you feel alright
put your hands to the (7) ___________
we can play the song (8) ___________
singin' oh oh oh oh
let's party with me

(Chorus)

come on light up the sky
baby this is the (9) ___________
we can live a dream together
singin' oh oh oh oh
just open your (10) ___________

you can set me (11) ___________
just let it be
we can live that dream (12)___________
singin' oh oh oh oh
let's party with me

(Chorus) x2

ACTIVITY 2Go to PortAventura's website and find answers to the following questions.
1. Where can you find The Tutuki Splash and the Sea Odissey?
2. Name three things that you can find in the area of Mexico.
3. Where can you enjoy the tranquility of a fishing village?
4. When did SesamoAventura open to the public?
5. How many areas are there in the theme park?
6. Complete these sentences with the following words:
         simulator - rollercoasters - waterfalls - ride
     a. Tutuki Splash is a challenging ____________
     b. The Sea Odissey is a 4D ____________
     c. Dragon Khan and Shambala are ____________
       d. In Stampida you can plunge down vertical ____________ aboard a trunk.

How to check in at a hotel

Summer is coming, so why not learn how to check in at a hotel. Watch the video and do the activity below.

1. What does the receptionist say to welcome the two women?
2. What do the two women say to him after he welcomes them?
3. What kind of reservation do they have?
4. What room do they have?
5. Where is the room?
6. How long are they going to stay?
7 What happened to the woman's sister's luggage?
8. What does the receptionist ask them for?
9. What's the ckeck-out time?
10. What can they do if they need any assistance?

Are you a One Direction fan?

Some students of 3r ESO esked me for this song since they are real fans of the band. This post is especially dedicated to them.
ACTIVITY 1
Listen to the song and choose the correct words.

Liam Payne:
Hey girl, I'm waitin' on ya, I'm waitin' on ya
Come on and let me sneak you out
And have a celebration, a celebration
The music up, the (1) music's/window's/loser's down

Zayn Malik:
Yeah, we'll be doing what we do
Just pretending that we're (2) cool/fool/good
And we know it too
Yeah, we'll keep doing what we do
Just pretending that we're (3) cool/fool/good
So tonight

Chorus:
Let's go crazy, crazy, crazy till we see the (4) lamp/plan/sun
I know we only met but let's pretend it's love
And never, never, never stop for anyone
Tonight let's get (5) some/one/angry
And live while we're young
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
And live while we're young
Woahhh oh oh oh
Tonight let's get (6) some/one/angry

Harry Styles:
And live while we're young

Zayn Malik:
Hey girl, it's now or never, it's now or never
Don't over-think, just let it go
And if we get together, yeah, get together
Don't let the pictures leave your (7) world/mom/phone, ohhhh

Niall Horan:
Yeah, we'll be doing what we do
Just pretending that we're (8) cool/fool/good
So tonight

Chorus

 Harry Styles:
And live while we're young

Zayn Malik:
And girl, you and I,
We're 'bout to make some memories tonight

Louis Tomlinson:
I wanna live while we're young
We wanna live while we're young

Chorus

 Harry Styles:
Tonight let's get (9) some/one/angry

Zayn Malik:
And live while we're young

ACTIVITY 2
Find words that mean:
a. the star at the centre of our solar system
b. special festivity
c. continue doing
d. make believe
e. spend more time thinking about something than is necessary

Let's work with a song!

Are you familiar with the singer Pink? And with her single "Try"?
ACTIVITY 1: Let's listen to the song and choose the correct words.

  

ACTIVITY 2: Copy the words that you used to complete the song and translate them.
ACTIVITY 3: Copy and translate the chorus and explain its meaning in English.

Let's work with a song!

Feel This Moment

(by Pitbull; feat. Christina Aguilera)

Activity 1: write down the correct words on a sheet of paper.

Ask for (1) a journey / money / honey, and get advice
Ask for advice, get money (2) once /twice / three times
I'm from the dirty but that chico nice
Ya'll call it a moment, I call it (3) nice /dice /life

One day while my (4) night / light  / fight is glowing
I’ll be in my castle golden
But until the gates are (5) open / close / golden
I just wanna feel this moment (ohhh)
I just wanna feel this moment (ohhh)
I just wanna feel this moment

Mr Worldwide
Christina Aguilera
Oye mamita, come on, dale, que la cosa esta rica

(I just wanna feel this moment)

[Beat break]

Feel this moment...

Reporting (6) live / life / lies from the tallest building in Tokyo
Long ways from the hard ways
Filled with zoes and oye's
Dade county always, (7) 335 / 3 & 5 / 305 all day
Now baby we can parlay, or, baby, we can party.
She read books, especially about red

     (8) booms / rooms / moons and tie ups
I got her hooked, cause she seen me in a suit

     with a red (9) tie / cap / hat tied up
Meet and greet, nice to meet ya, but time is money
Only difference is I own it,
Now let's stop (10) days / time / traffic and enjoy this moment

One day while my light is ...

 Come on, feel this moment...

I see the future but live for the (11) moment / day / today.
Make sense, don't it? Ha.
Now make dollars, I mean billions, I'm a genius, I mean brilliance
This street is what scoot em
And made em slicker, too slick with the ruler
I've (12) got / spent / lost a lot, and learned a lot
But I'm still undefeated like Shula
I'm far from cheap, I break down (13) companies / dummies / banners with all my peeps
Baby we can travel the world
And I can give you all you can (14) be / have / see
Time is money
Only difference is I own it,
Like a stop watch, let's stop (15) days / time / traffic

     and enjoy this moment, dale.

One day while my light is ...

[Beat break]

Come on, feel this moment....

(ohhh) I just wanna feel this moment
(ohhh) I just wanna feel this moment

 Activity 2: find words that mean ...
1. recommendation
2. to shine intensely
3. any mean of Access or entrance
4. describing, relating
5. transmitted or present at the time of performance
6. cocky

Reading time!

Today you will read a short story called "He works in a Bank". 

a. Do the vocabulary exercise from the website. Copy and translate the words.

b. Do the "sentences" exercise on the website. 
    You don't have to copy anything from this exercise..
c. Do the dictation exercise  on the website and check the answers by clicking on "check" or "Show answer". Then copy the sentences on the paper.

To read the story click on the image.

Reading time!

Today you will read a short story called "A Jealous Girlfriend". 

a. Do the vocabulary exercise from the website. Copy and translate the words.

b. Click on "Yes/No questions". Copy each question and answer it.
c. Do the dictation exercise on a paper and check it on the website. You can also do the exercise on the website and check the answers by clicking on "check" or "Show answer". Then copy the sentences on the paper.

To read the story click on the image.

Reading time!

Today you will read a short story called "New to America". 

a. Write down all the verbs in past and their translations.

b. Do the vocabulary exercise from the website. Copy and translate the words.

c. Click on "Yes/No questions". Copy each question and answer it.

To read the story click on the image.

Blog 1 - Alicia Keys (Girl On Fire)

Activity 1
Listen to the song and choose the appropriate words.

She's just a (1) girl / seal / pearl, and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway
She's living in a (2) word / town / world, and it's on fire
Feeling the catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away

Oh, she got both feet on the (3) front / ground / floorAnd she's burning it down
Oh, she got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Looks like a girl, but she's a (4) shame / blame / flameSo bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other (5) way / say / playYou can try but you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls say

Oh, we got our feet on the (6) front / ground / floorAnd we're burning it down
Oh, got our head in the clouds
And we're not coming down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Everybody (7) bends / sits / stands, as she goes by
Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her when she's lighting up the night
Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gon' let it burn, baby, burn, baby

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Oh, oh, oh...

She's just a girl, and she's on fire
Activity 2
Find words or expressions in the song that mean:
a. public road that everybody can use.
b. a notable disaster.
c. the two.
d. a mass of water or ice particles visible in the air, usualy white or grey.
e. destroy by fire.
f. unable to remember.
g. the highest part of anything.
h. to pass.
i. to illuminate.

Blog 1 - One More Night     (Maroon 5)

Activity 1

Watch the video and choose the correct words.

You and I go hard at each other like we're goin' to (1) start / war / MarsYou and I go rough, we keep throwin' things and slammin' the (2) door / store / floor
You and I get so damn dysfunctional, we stopped keepin' scoreYou and I get sick, yah, I know that we can't do this no (3) favour / love / moreBut baby there you go again, there you go again, making me love you.
Yeah, I stopped using my (4) feet / hand / head, using my head, let it all go.
Got you stuck on my body, on my body, like a (5) taboo / tatoo / cartoon.And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling stupid, crawling back to you.
So I cross my heart and I hope to (6) die / lie / playThat I'll only stay with you one more (7) day / night / week And I know I said it a million timesBut I'll only stay with you one more (8) day / night / week 
Trying to tell you "no" but my body keeps on telling you "yes".Trying to tell you to stop, but your lipstick got me so out of breath.I'd be waking up in the (9) morning / afternoon / night , probably hating myself.And I'd be waking up, feeling satisfied but guilty as hell.
But baby there you go ...
So I cross...
Yeah, baby give me one more night

But baby there you go ...
So I cross my heart...

Activity 2
a. Write seven verbs from the song that are in Present Simple. Write their translations too.
b. Now write one sentence with each of the verbs from exercise         2a.
Remember the structure of a sentence: Subject + verb + complementsExample: We like fresh air)

Blog 1 - Alicia Keys (Girl On Fire)

Activity 1
Listen to the song and choose the appropriate words.

She's just a (1) girl / seal / pearl, and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway
She's living in a (2) word / town / world, and it's on fire
Feeling the catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away

Oh, she got both feet on the (3) front / ground / floorAnd she's burning it down
Oh, she got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Looks like a girl, but she's a (4) shame / blame / flameSo bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other (5) way / say / playYou can try but you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls say

Oh, we got our feet on the (6) front / ground / floorAnd we're burning it down
Oh, got our head in the clouds
And we're not coming down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Everybody (7) bends / sits / stands, as she goes by
Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her when she's lighting up the night
Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gon' let it burn, baby, burn, baby

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Oh, oh, oh...

She's just a girl, and she's on fire
Activity 2
Find words or expressions in the song that mean:
a. public road that everybody can use.
b. a notable disaster.
c. the two.
d. a mass of water or ice particles visible in the air, usualy white or grey.
e. destroy by fire.
f. unable to remember.
g. the highest part of anything.
h. to pass.
i. to illuminate.

Blog 1:  Rihanna - Diamonds

As you can see we are not going to work with "Gangnam Style", but with Rihanna's hit called "Diamonds". I'm sorry, but we don't speak Korean.

Activity 1
Look at the lyrics and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.

Shine bright like a (1) ____________
Shine bright like a diamond

Find light in the beautiful (2) ____________
I choose to be happy
You and I, you and I
We’re like diamonds in the (3) ____________

You’re a shooting star I (4) ____________
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, I’m alive
We’re like diamonds in the (5) ____________

I knew that we’d become one right away
Oh, right away
At first sight I left the (6) ____________ of sun rays
I saw the life inside your eyes

So shine bright, tonight you and I
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the (7) ____________
Eye to eye, so alive
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the (8) ____________
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a (9) ____________
Shining bright like a diamond
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the (10) ____________

Palms rise to the (11) ____________
As we moonshine and molly
Feel the warmth, we’ll never die
We’re like diamonds in the (12) ____________

Activity 2
a. Write the past simple forms of the verbs in bold and their translations.
b. Write three verbs in past that appear oin the song.

Activity 3
Write one sentence in past with each of these words:
find; choose; see; feel; die.

Last Thursday was ... Thanksgiving Day

ACTIVITY 1
Do this quiz. Copy each question with the correct answer.

(downloaded from www.eslprintables.com)

ACTIVITY 2

Go to ESL Help Desk website and listen to the podcast. You must click on the word "podcast" to hear the audio. 

We will comment on it in class.

(click on the image to go to the website)

Let's introduce ourselves

ACTIVITY 1

Copy and omplete this conversation between Matt and Roger.

MATT: Hello. _____________________________?

ROGER: My name is Roger. _________________?

MATT: I'm Matt. 

         ___________________________________?

ROGER: I'm eleven. ________________?

MATT: ___________ twelve.

         ___________________________________?

ROGER: I'm fine. __________________?

MATT: I'm a bit tired today. 

         ____________________________?

ROGER: I'm from Switzerland, but I live in Liverpool.

            ___________________?

MATT: I'm from Liverpool and I live here too.

ROGER: ________________________?

MATT: Yes, I've gor one sister called Sue. 

          __________________?

ROGER: No, I'm an only child.

MATT: Well, nice to meet you.

ROGER: Pleased to meet you, Matt. See you.

MATT: __________________

ACTIVITY 2

Now watch these videos and pay special attention to the pronunciation.

ACTIVITY 3

Now watch aa selection of different British and American series and see how they introduce each other.

Let's talk about the USA

ACTIVITY 1

The flag of the USA has got thirteen equal horizontal stripes and 50 white stars. 
- What do the stripes represent?
- And the stars?
- What are two nicknames for the flag?

You can find the information clicking on this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States 


ACTIVITY 2

Look at the following map of the USA and:

a. locate the following cities: 

New York, Washington, Chicago, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Boston, San Francisco, Orlando, Indianapolis and Los Angeles.

b. Name two places that you can visit in every city.

- You must look for the information on the net.
- You can either print the map or draw it on a sheet of paper.

Let's talk about the USA

 Who is the new president of the USA after the elections on November 6th?

ACTIVITY 1
Listen tothe American National Anthem and choose the appropriate words.

- The singer is called Jessica Sánchez. Who is she? (Find the answer on the net.)



 For the whole version click here:

AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM   (two-verse version)

Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early light /night/star
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming;
Whose broad stripes and white /light / bright stars, through
    the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in
      my hair / air / despair,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there:
Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave / save / race?

Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust":
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave / save / race.

ACTIVITY 2
Find words that mean:
a. soft glowing light from the sky; period of obscurity.
b. lines.
c. shine with a strong light.
d. a long strip of cloth with a slogan.
e. to move one's hand or something to and fro.

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.

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, ...)

Today is ...  Native Americans Day

ACTIVITY 1

1. Which word don't you associate with Native Americans?
     a. Apaches
     b. Egyptians
     c. Comanches
     d. Siouxs
     e. Mohawks

2. Name five foods that Native Americans used to eat. Click on the following link to find the information.

http://www.foodbycountry.com/Spain-to-Zimbabwe-Cumulative-Index/United-States-Native-Americans.html


ACTIVITY 2

This worksheet has got twenty words related to Native Americans. You must unscramble the words, write them correctly and look for their translations in the dictionary.

(if you want to see the image bigger click on it to go to the original website)

If you want to listen to some Native American music, watch this video and enjoy it.