CHRISTMAS IS ALL AROUND

• Load this site http://northpole.net/world.htm and answer these questions:
  
  
  IN WHICH COUNTRY : 1. Is Santa treated some beer? 2. Do children get presents on two different days ? 3. May children write their letters twice? 4. Isn't Santa's sleigh pulled by reindeer? 5.Has Santa got a female friend who helps him?
  
  
• In pairs, talk about how you and your family celebrate Christmas; explain to your partner what you would like Santa to give you ( 10 minutes) and then write a comment to this post telling the rest of the class about it.
  


• You have read about a kind man called Santa, but do you really know who that jolly Grandfather really was; try this quiz to find out: http://www.manythings.org/voa/001224sp.htm

• Have a look at the title of this post , did you know it was, in fact ,a Christmas song by Billy Mack which you may have heard of in the movie Love Actually? Complete its lyrics

I feel it in my __________,I feel it in my __________,Christmas is all around me,and so the __________ grows.
It's written in the __________,It's everywhere I go,So if you really love __________C'mon and let it __________
You know I love ChristmasI always willMy mind's __________ _____The way that I feelThere's _____ __________There'll be _____ __________Cuz on Christmas,You can __________
You gave your __________ to meAnd I gave mine to youI need __________ beside meIn everything I _________
You know I love ChristmasI always willMy mind's __________ _____The way that I feelThere's _____ __________There'll be _____ __________Cuz on Christmas,You can __________ (x2)It's written on the __________It's everywhere I goSo if you really love __________C'mon and let it __________C'mon and let it __________ (repeat)

Christmas

We're on holidays. We've got enough time to play with our friends and to practise English. Enjoy these games!

http://www.northpole.com/

PREPARATION FOR THE EXAM (4TH B)

Exams are next week, so to revise for the English one try these links:

As for The Simple Present- Present Continuous exercise:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=796 (Do the TWO first, the rest can be done at home as extra work)

The second exercise in the exam is the difference between Simple Past and Past Continuous. Here you have a link to do:

http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=past+continuous#a ()


You will also have some exercises on the Present Perfect Tense :

http://www.isabelperez.com/pp1.htm

http://www.kico4u.de/english/uebungen/aktiv/presentperfect.htm



Once you have finished all these exercises, and only then you can relax and work this song.I have chosen it because it is not difficult to understand.

Comparative

hot - hotter - the hottest
tall - taller - the tallest
expensive - more expensive than - the most expensive.

Comparative and superlative are funny!


http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/uploads/ressources/grammar/02_comparatives_superlatives/02a_comparatives_mr_blue_mr_purple/01.htm

Writing

Writing is easier than you think. Practise a little and see!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/whatisasentence/game.shtml

FLYING MAY BE REALLY EXPENSIVE.

After having sat for so many exams ( thanks God exam week is over !!!) a bit of fun will do you good.

First of all just listen and watch the video ( don't bother about the questions). Then answer the quiz and check your answers. ( Make sure you have answered seven of them)


It is your lucky day , so here you have a refreshing, catchy song after such a tiring week. Do the quizz as well.

Present simple and continuous exercises

Present Simple or Continuous? That's the question. Don't worry but work a little more

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-46332.php

A LITTLE BIT OF REPORTED SPEECH

Exams are getting closer and a new grammar point has been introduced, so here you have some links to practise. Some of these are taken from an amazing page with nearly a hundred free exercises. ( just in case you are mad about reported speech )

http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/reported_speech.html

As for questions ( the most difficult section)

http://www.kico4u.de/english/uebungen/reportedspeech/questions1.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?05


http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/questions2.htm


Statements

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoEnglish/gr.report.a.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/statements2.htm

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexercise/lenguajeindirecto/unit21.htm ( the answer button is at the top of the exercise, on the right)

Orders

http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/repspeechorders2.htm

http://suz.deutsch-digital.de/english/grammar/repspeech2.htm?docbase=http://suz.deutsch-digital.de/english/grammar/index.php

Mixed
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.report.i.htm
http://suz.deutsch-digital.de/english/grammar/repspeech1.htm?docbase=http://suz.deutsch-digital.de/english/grammar/index.php

http://www.e-anglais.com/exercices/disc_indir.php

Hidden message

Can you guess what today's hidden message is ?. As a clue we will tell you it is a well- known song by a singer who was murdered in the 80s. It talks about peace, dreams.... Once you have found out, try to put everything in order; you may need to surf the internet to get the complete lyrics.

Now that you already know who wrote the song have a look at this "youtube" video and be prepared to answer some oral questions.


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John Lennon was born on October 9th, 1940, in Liverpool. When he was a little child, his parents got separated and he was forced to live with his aunt Mimi, since his mother had died before he became eighteen years old. Because of that, he wasn’t able to see his dad too much (because of his job) and he became a juvenile “delinquent”.
In college, John Lennon was well-known for drawing grotesque and violent pictures, which made his teachers think he would apply for art school. He did, but instead of drawing, he started applying art to words, music. He started playing the guitar with one of his friends, Eric, and later formed a band called “The Quarrymen”.
In “The Quarrymen” John Lennon rehearsed in front of an enormous audience, in which stood Paul McCartney, one of the future members of the Beatles. With him, Lennon started to write music and songs and after some time, they two, George Harrison and Ringo Starr formed “The Beatles”.
The Beatles sang from 1957 till 1970. During these years they published songs like “Hey Jude”, “Mrs. Robinson”, “I Want to Hold your hand”, “Help!” etc. Besides from entertaining, some of their songs, like, for example, “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”, are said to promote the use of drugs like LSD,(in this song, they are its initials )
Sadly, on December 8th, 1980, John Lennon was shot four times on the back when he was entering his luxurious apartment in New York. He was quickly brought to hospital, but he died immediately. Some people say he was shot from behind, and others say the murderer was waiting at his front steps when he was shot. Besides from these, there are many other questions to be asked about the life and the death of John Lennon.
Text by Pere Giralt 4th A

SIMPLE PAST - PAST CONTINUOUS- PAST PERFECT

In unit 1 we will be revising the difference between Simple Past , Past Continuous and Past Perfect. Here you have some useful links to extra practise (Don't forget to save them and once you have got some, e-mail them to me. This will give you extra points)

Remember that the first ones are the "easy ones" but that you should not stop here; better if you go on doing the last ones as well.

Easy exercises Simple Past vs Past Continuous:

http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/pastSimpCont.htm
http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/pastsimplecont2.htm
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/inenglish/preint/a_grammar/ine_preintermediate_grammar07/
Simple Past vs Past Perfect:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/exercises
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm

More difficult :

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/inenglish/preint/a_grammar/ine_preintermediate_grammar07/

WORK ON THE POST HOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS.

Here is a list of tasks I'd like you to do with a partner. Do the tasks in this order:

1. Have a look at the two compositions and correct any mistake you see. (in your notebook)




2. Answer the following questions (in your notebook )

• How did student 1 travel to Lithuania?




• Did this student improve his/ her English? Why / not?




• What did student 2 like about Andalusia?




• Do you agree with her last sentence? Why /not?

3. Talk to your partner IN ENGLISH about the two destinations ( the one you like best, advantages and disadvantages of travelling abroad......) and once you have been doing so for at least five minutes write a comment to this post explaining which destination you would prefer and why. PUBLISH THE NOTES NOT IN THE POST, BUT AS A COMMENT TO THE POST. REMEMBER TO SAY WHO YOU ARE

HOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS

My holidays

This summer I went to Lithuania to do a work camp. We caught a bus on the 12th of July. We travelled for 3 days, but one night we slept in Poland, so it wasn't so bad. We had to carry boxes ( in the bus) with all food needed for the camp.

The first day there ( we were tired for the long trip) we met all people from Spain; we were 125 girls with only 6 showers and with no warm water.

We helped there, because we went to shelters, old people homes and to children's houses.The people there were so amazing.

We had to speak all time in English because we were with 10 girls from Lithuania and they didn't know Spanish, so it was great for this part too.

This summer I have been in Andalusia.I have never been there, but now I can say that I like a lot.

I have visited Granada, Sevilla, Córdoba...... I have seen a lot of monuments like " La Giralda" and " La Alhambra". But monuments are not the only thing I like. People in Andalusia are very friendly, they helped us in everything we needed.

Me and my family have eaten delicious meals and if you go to Andalusia I recommend you to visit the small villages and their people. You don't have to go very far to enjoy your holidays.

VERBS WITH NO CONTINUOUS

State or stative verbs
They hardly ever take the Continuous Form, ( No I am liking , for example) As they describe a state rather than an action the Simple Form ( I like) is always preferred.
They can be grouped in

• "Appearing "verbs : appear, look ( semblar) , seem
• "Thinking" verbs : doubt, feel, know, mean, remember,think ( meaning " to have an opinion), understand,expect
• "Feeling " verbs : dislike, like, hate, love, want,wish, prefer
• "Sensing" verbs : hear, see, smell, taste , sound.
• "Owning" verbs : belong, need, owe, own, have ( meaning " to own")
• " Others ": promise, agree, depend, mean, matter

So, these verbs are not normally used in the continuous, except when they describe a mental or physical action or process :

I am thinking of you all the time ( mental action). He is appearing in a new film ( physical action)

To know more : http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv120.shtml (good site to understand why some of these verbs do sometimes take the continuous form)

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm

COMPUTER LAB RULES

1. 
   
   ALWAYS BRING YOUR HEADPHONES TO CLASS.
2. 
   
   KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF THE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE UNTIL YOUR TEACHER ALLOWS YOU TO.
3. 
   
   BE RESPECTFUL OF ALL EQUIPMENT IN THIS ROOM.
4. 
   
   DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING ON THE DESKTOP OR HARD DRIVE AND STAY OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE`S FILES.
5. 
   
   THE USE OF USBs, PENDRIVES OR DISKS IS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN.
6. 
   
   ALL COMPUTER USE MUST HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL BASIS, SO NO SURFING THE INTERNET, INSTANT " MESSENGING", E-MAILING, CHECKING FLOGS, GAME PLAYING IF NOT ALLOWED.
7. 
   
   REMEMBER TO SHUT DOWN THE COMPUTER AND MONITOR AT THE END OF EVERY CLASS.
8. 
   
   WHEN CLASS IS OVER, PUT YOUR CHAIR UNDER THE DESK AND CLEAN UP YOUR SITE, LEAVE YOUR WORKSPACE THE WAY YOU'D LIKE TO FIND IT