Marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare´s death. A Midsummer Night´s Dream

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare´s death, in our 1st of ESO lessons we are working on one of the funniest and most magical plays by Shakespeare: "A Midsummers Night´s Dream". Watch the video bellow to warm up:



Power point presentation including slides to explain the play.

Would you like to learn more about theatres at Shakespeare´s times?

Folow this link to learn about Shakespeare´s Globe Theatre!




Read about the history of The Globe Theatre from the official site.

EARTH DAY 22nd April

Earth Day

From Wikipedia, the free enciclopedia

    

Earth Day Flag created by John McConnell

 

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 193 countries each year.




Watch these videos from the History website to learn more about Earth Day and how it is celebrated

Now let´s listen to this  great song and think about what YOU can do to help the planet!




 

Let´s listen to this great song by Michael Jackson: Earth Song

A fish sandwich with tea

Watch this great video of Mr Bean making a sandwich and write down the answer to these questions:

- What does he need to make his sandwich?
- How does he prepare it?
- What did Mr bean use instead of .....
a knife, a peper mill, a kettle, a bottle, a kitchen towel, a feeding bottle, scissors and credit card, a sock, a hankerchief and a shoe, a hot water bottle ?





Now complete the activities on this worksheet

WELCOME SPRING

It was snowing and hailing this morning but spring is already here!

Listen to this famous song by The Beatles to celebrate the coming of spring.



Now complete the lyrics in this worksheet.

You can also listen to the Glee version sung by Demi Lovato:

Welcome back!

I hope you had a good Easter holiday!

We are now starting our third term and have loads of work to do before the end of the year, so let´s get started!

We are going to look at how passive sentences are constructed in English  and do some exercises.







WATCH THESE VIDEOS AND DO THE EXERCISES IN YOUR NOTEBOOK:





Let´s now learn a more difficult structure:


Follow this link from BBC Learning English to understand the causative

Happy Easter!

Easter is already here!

Folow this link to learn about Easter. This webquest by Luke Vyner includes activities on the history of Easter, Easter symbols, celebrations around the world and little-known facts about the spring festival. Published by onestopenglish.

Limericks

A limerick is a humorous poem with five lines. It has a very specific format: it must have five lines. The first, second and fifth line all rhyme with each other.  The third and fourth lines also rhyme with each other. The most common scheme is the 8-9-6-6-9 syllables per line. Limericks also tend to have a surprise ending. They come from old songs about the town of Limerick, Ireland.

Watch this presentation to learn about Limericks

Visit this web page to read lots of funny Limericks!



These videos will help you write your own Limerick:

The Republic of Ireland. St. Patrick´s Day

Irish people around the world celebrate St. Patick´s Day on March the 17th.

How much do you know about Ireland, its symbols and traditions?


                   


This week we are going to learn about Ireland´s history and St Patrick

Let´s start watching this video:





Click on this link to take a quiz about St. Patrick

Now follow this link to learn about  the Irish flag.







Take the quiz

Learn some important facts about Ireland.

You can learn further information about Ireland in this history website

Do you want to know more about St.Patrick´s? Click on this video-listening activity and answer the questions online.

Now try to complete this webquest by onestopenglish!



Watch this video and find out who Molly Malone was:

The Oscars Academy awards 2016

Are you interested in films? You can watch the 88th edition of the Oscars awards ceremony this Sunday 28th February from 23.30 hr. (just remember you need to wake up early for school the next day...)

Here is a link to the Oscar nominations 2016




Now follow this link to the Wikipedia to read all the details about the most famous awards ceremony in the world!

Follow the link for an online lessons about The Oscars in this ESOL courses website

Weather Forecast

At last Winter is here! Watch this weather forecast video to practise the vocabulary and expessions we have learnt in class:




Now watch the news about the blizzard in the USA:

St Valentine´s Day

This weekend a lot of people in the world are celebrating Valetine´s Day. In class we are going to look at different types of love, the love you feel for your friends, for your family, for people who share your day to day.... Let´s start with a video! This is a song by All Saints that talks about romantic love. All Saints was a very poular band in Britain during the 1990s. Their biggest hit was Never Ever. The song won 1998 Brit Awards for best single and best video: Now listen to one of the most famous love songs ever! This song has been chosen by a group of students in 1CB. WELL DONE!

Carnival 2016

Watch this presentation to learn more about carnival traditions around the world



Now visit this website to learn more about carnival celebrations, including Mardi Grass in New Orleans!

Follow the next link to learn more about the history of Mardy Gras or Fat Tuesday in New Orleans:

http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/mardi-gras/videos/history-of-mardi-gras

Now you are ready to play this Simple Mardi Gras quiz

Do you want to know more about Mardi Gras? Do this quiz!