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St. George's Day

SAINT GEORGE’S DAY - 23rd April

St George is the patron of England. (It is also the patron of the Spanish communities of Aragón and Cataluña).

He lived in the third century. He was a soldier and was killed on 23rd April, 303 because he was a Christian. Over the centuries, he came to symbolise chivalry (bravery and good manners). England made him its patron saint in the fourteenth century, when bravery in war was very important.

There is a famous story about St George and a dragon that was frightening the whole country. First of all, the people gave it two sheep a day to eat, but then they had no more sheep. So they had to give it humans to eat and they did this by drawing lots. This meant that everyone’s name was written down and one was picked out every day.

One day, the king’s daughter, the princess, was to be the dragon’s next meal. The king was very sad, but the people said that she must go. That was when the king asked for St George’s help. The princess dressed herself all in white and went to the dragon, but St George was right behind. He bravely fought the dragon. He told the people not to be afraid, but to become Christians by being baptised. They agreed, so St George killed the dragon and baptised fifteen thousand people!

The king wanted to give him money in return for saving his daughter’s life, but St George refused. Instead, he asked the king to look after the poor, the priests and the churches.
The red rose is the emblem of England, but not many people wear a rose on St George’s Day. In fact, the majority of them do not even know which day their patron saint is remembered - unlike the Welsh, the Irish and the Scots.

The 23rd April is the date of the death of the famous authors Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare, so people began giving each other books on this day. The custom became so popular that countries all over the world have started celebrating Book Day as well.

EARTH WEEK

EARTH WEEK

Happy Earth Week! Here you have several ideas to start celebrating:


http://www.michellehenry.fr/earth.htm 

http://www.edhelper.com/EarthDay.htm 

http://www.50waystohelp.com/ 

http://www.slideshare.net/naha1/animals-in-danger-5594679

 

 

Saint Patrick

SAINT PATRICK’S DAY

Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. St Patrick's Day is March 17. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick's Day, Irish families traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon; People dance, drink and feast--on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage. If you want to learn a bit more about this celebration have a look at the following links…

Saint Patrick Day history

Videos and more

http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day

Reading

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=37492

Saint Patrick day's symbols
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/stpat/symbols.htm

Saint Patrick Crossword Puzzle
http://iteslj.org/cw/2/vm-cwpatrick.html

Saint Patrick Quizzes

http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/stpat/quiz.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/dt/stpat.html
 http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/stpatrick.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/dt/stpat.html

Irish Dance Group - Irish Step Dancing (Riverdance) 2009 
 

GLOGSTER

GLOGS - DIGITAL POSTERS

Here you have the tutorial video about Glogster to create a digital poster. Your first task is to watch the video and then create your own glog uploading your images, your texts and audios. 

 To create your glogster follow this link. You will have to register (sign up) with a nickname and a password, don't worry! It's free!

http://www.glogster.com/

You can record your voice by using Soundcloud and then embed it on your glogster.

http://soundcloud.com/

LISTENING

 TO PRACTICE YOUR LISTENING SKILLS

It is important to practice your listening skills, so I'll let you some links to start practicing.

1. Agenda Web: Listening with different levels

www.agendaweb.org

2. Different Links: Different places where you can go and practice
http://www.LearnRealEnglish.com 
http://www.voicedialogueworld.com
www.drewseslfluencylessons.com(English listening activities for everyday situations)
www.English.Yabla.com
www.listen-and-write.com
www.dailystep.com




 3. Isabel Pérez: a classical site to check everything you need

http://www.isabelperez.com/podcast.html


4. Yappr: A good site to learn and to listen to real English

http://www.yappr.com/


5. English as a Second Language Podcast: lots and lots of podcasts

http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html


6. English Language Listening Laboratory Online: Several tests


http://www.elllo.org/months/weeks/games.htm

7. Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab: another classical site.

http://www.esl-lab.com/


If you know any other interesting link, just let me know!!

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