Some optional activities for Christmas

1. Watch films in English. Some proposals:

                       - Holidate: 

Two strangers make a pact to be each other’s “holidate” for every festive occasion throughout the next year.

                          - The Holiday: 

                           - Home Alone: 

2. Songs in English. Proposals:

  

                        - "Skater boy" by Avril Lavigne (song to practice present and past tenses).

                        - "I'm not a fortune teller" by Marron 5. (song to practice future tenses).

                               - "The Nights" by Avicii.

3. More specific and eassy listenings and reading exercises about these days celebrations:

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

Boxing Day

New Year' s Eve

New Year's Day

4. Have some fun: 

Christmas adds

30 Christmas games

We are all different!

    INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Last Thursday, 3rd December, it was celebrated the International Day of People with disabilities. This ten year old boy, Cole Blakeway, show us the value of celebrating differences describing his friendship with Steven, a boy with Autism. 

Enjoy his message while listening to a perfect undestandable English speech!

KEEP IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS!

Gotye’s song “Somebody that I Used to Know” contains irregular past verbs and the expression “used to” that we are currently working with. The song is about breaking up and not about perfect love.

I hope you enjoy it.

Worksheet for the song:  👉 SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW -LYRICS 👈

I AM THANKFUL FOR...

Today, our 2ºESO A students have written some notes to tell their teachers what they are thankful for! They are so cute!

Hoy nuestros alumnos de 2ºESO A han escrito a sus profesores unas notas para decirles que están agradecidos por su labor! ¡Son tan majos!

 

 THANKSGIVING DAY

A ship, called “Mayflower”, took off at September 6^th 1620, with 102 people (the pilgrim) and 30 crew members on board to the new world of America, later called “New England”. 

The pilgrim had been traveling for 65 days until they reached the new world on November 11^th in 1620.

While the men were building houses for the small village of Plimoth, the women and children had to stay on board of the Mayflower for another 2 months. In this winter more than 50 people died because of illness and coldness.

In January 1621, the pilgrim had the first contact to the “Wampanoag”, a tribe of Native Americans. They taught the pilgrim how to hunt and how to plant or grow up corn and other plants.

In autumn 1621, when the pilgrim had enough food, they wanted to thank the Wampanoag for their help and celebrated the first American Thanksgiving, the “Harvest Feast”. They celebrated it for almost 3 days and nights.

Nowadays, this festivity is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November every year and this year it is on 26^th.

In USA there is no school on Thanksgiving Day and there is no school on Friday. Families get together on Thanksgiving Day and invite their friends. They have a big dinner. They eat roast turkey, sweet potatoes (called yam), gravy, corn, pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce. Before dinner, they give thanks God for the things they have.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

 25N - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 

Today we have conmemorated the day for the elimination of violence against women at school. We have designed the silhouette of a woman with butterflies! It looked awesome! 

Apart from it, here you have some English videos that encourage us to keep fighting against this problem.

She is not just a pretty face!

Because the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is coming and because we are studying jobs, here you have a great song to work with.

                                        Shania Twain - She's Not Just A Pretty Face