ESO1: What's for breakfast?

Watch the video and ask quastions to your colleagues. Test your memory! What's for breakfast around the world?
-What's for breakfast in _____? 
-In ____ they usually have __________ for breakfast.
e.g. -What's for breakfast in the USA?
-In the USA they usually have pancakes, bacon and eggs for breakfast.

Now, answer these questions:
What's a typical breakfast like where you live?
What did you have for breakfast this morning?
What do you usually have for breakfast on Sundays?
What are you having in the break today?
What will you prepare for your next birthday?

Song: YUMMY or YUCKY? Listen to this song and sing along! Stop at 1:50, look at the raining foods and guess whats the next weird combination! Then, in groups, invent another YUCKY combination out of two YUMMY ingredients and we will create our YUCKY menu!

VOCABULARY: 
https://avanzado2eoi.wikispaces.com/file/view/15%20vocabulary%20food%2002.jpg

HEALTHY BREAKFASTS PROJECT:

Writing: Let's try to add a piece of fruit in our breakfasts, before coming to school or in the break... or both! During two weeks we are going to divide into groups of 3-5 students and record what we have for breakfast each day. We will classify our breakfasts into three colours, like in traffic lights: red (not healthy), orange (so-so), green (very healthy= this includes at least a piece of fruit!): you discuss and decide on how to apply the colours! The goal is to get as many green squares as possible... and incorporate fruit into our breakfasts! Remember to incude 5-a-day!  This is, three portions of vegetables and two servings of fruit.

NAMES	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Natalia	Milk chocolate and biscuits
Kafeel	Orange juice and fried eggs
Lijie	Turkey sandwich and an apple

Listen to this text and comment on the 5 tips:
http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/veggies_tips.html

Reading: have a look to this leaflet.
http://www.vegetables.co.nz/resources/1files/pdf/VEG0038-Vegetables-for-Children-DL-Update-Website.pdf

1. What food is it promoting?
2. Where is it from?
3. What vegetables can you identify on the face (cover)?
4. And in the middle part of the second page? Mention vegetable and colour
5. Can you mention two dishes made with potatoes?

More on colours and vegs: http://www.vegetables.co.nz/resources/1files/pdf/leaflet_eatcolours.pdf

Source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ab/4c/7d/ab4c7d47a76975fc300275dfc565e177.jpg

EXTRA!: This advertisement is mute. Shall we create a song to go with it? Pay attention to the vocabulary!

GRAMMAR REVISION (video explanations and exercises): 

• SOME and ANY http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/any_some-exercises.html
• SOMETHING/SOMEONE: http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/anything-someone-exercises.html

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ESO1: Weather and clothes

Song about the weather:
http://youtu.be/DnGKfOX5bVQ

LISTENING:
MASTERD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYeHeCJpV2g

It's... stormy    sunny     rainy    windy    hot   warm   cold   (heavy showers= heavy rain)

What's the weather like in the north of the country on Monday? Heavy showers
What's the weather like in the south on Tuesday?
What's the weather like in the north of the island on Tuesday night?
What's the weather like on Wednesday?
What's the weather like at the weekend?

BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSHNkT-V7LY

Complete: rain  warm  stormy   north   sunny

Today: Mainly ______and ______in England and Wales. ______spreading across Northern Ireland, Scotland and Cumbria during the morning, then southwards to Wales and the north Midlands later. Rain clearing places further north. _______in far _______.

American TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLdte1tRPMs

1. Degrees are in... a) ºC (Celsius)  b) ºK (Kelvin) c) ºF (Fahrenheit)
2. They start in the.... a) East Coast   b) Centre of the USA  b) West Coast
3. They end up with the weather in the... a) East Coast   b) Centre of the USA  b) West Coast
4. What day is it?
5. What part of the day?

Weather and clothes: http://youtu.be/imWDaipuxQE

Free book about clothes vocabulary here:
http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/clothes/index.html

ESO 1: Daily routine in a boarding school

Warm-up: revise the DAILY ROUTINE vocabulary:

 
Can you imagine what is life like in a boarding school? It is a school where you don't only studyu, but also pend your free time, have all your meals ans even sleep there! Would you like to study in a boarding school?

Have a look to the daily routine of these students and answer the questions. What kind or school do you think it will be? (what kind of means what type of...):
a. sports school   b. languages school  c. drama school

1. Put in order the activities they do in the morning:
      get dressed / brush their teeth  / have breakfast / comb their hair /  wake up

2. They go to school at...
     seven o'clock / ten past seven / quarter past seven / half  past seven

3. They go to school...
    by car  / by bus  / on foot  / by bicycle

4. What sports do they practise?
5. Where do they eat? And where do they have dinner?
6. When do they have breakfast? And lunch? And dinner?
7. What do they do in their free time?
8. At what time do they come back from school in the afternoon?
    1:45 am /  1:45 pm   / 2 pm   / 2:30 pm
9. Who can study in La Masia? How do they feel in there?
10.What do you prefer, a normal school or a boarding school? Why?

SP/WR: Has your vision of boarding schools changed after watching the video? Why?
Examples for your answers:
-Yes, because I think that living in a boarding school is fun / interesting / great: you can live with your friends!
-No, because I think that living in a boarding school is boring / stressing / sad: you can't see your parents often!

ESO1: Games with vocabulary (family and body)

Watch this video and snap your fingers!

Do you know this family? What members of the family can you name? Father, mother... Husband, wife... The text below will help you!

The slogan of the film is "weird is relative"... what's the double meaning of "relative"?










































Gomez Addams - the head of the household, as long as its okay with Morticia. Independently wealthy allowing him to spend his time enjoying all sorts of activities with his family. Loves sword fighting, blowing up his trains, and all forms of competition. 

Morticia Addams - Gomez' beautiful wife. Especially enjoys any sort of activity with Gomez, and almost always beats him at whatever they do. Seems to have a real knack for some things - such as interior decorating, painting, and playwriting

Wednesday Addams - 12 year old daughter of Gomez and Morticia. Respects her parents and follows their example very closely. She resembles Morticia when Morticia was young. She is described to the police as: "Wears her hair in long dark braids, has the most innocent face, and likes to carry a scalpel"  Enjoys being with her brother and especially enjoys attempts to torture him and hear him scream.

Pugsley Addams - younger 9-year old brother of Wednesday. More than anyone else in the family, Pugsley sometimes acts almost normal - to the dismay of the family who get very worried about him. His famous scream is a staple of the show. Pugsley loves animals of all types. He is very good at checkers.


Fester Addams - is Gomez' unmarried younger brother. Loves bombs, explosives, grenades, and explosions in general.

Eudora Addams - Gomez and Fester's Mama. She's a witch with a licence from the Department of Witchcraft and is also a doctor (witch doctor?). Her spells are a bit rusty and often don't work. But she tries really hard and cooks up great meals for the family. Wednesday and Pugsley call her "Grandmama". Eudora loves soap operas.

Lurch - the devoted family butler. The 8 foot tall serious deep-voiced Lurch puts the family ahead of himself and is often very insecure. Does all the household chores except for the cooking. He is color blind. Lurch enjoys and is very good at Poker.

Thing - Thing T. Thing - a disembodied hand that lives with the family and helps around the house. Talks through sign language and drinks through his fingers. He has his own little room, complete with a little bed

They have a special pet... it's a hand! Do you remember the body parts we learnt with the rap song?
Here you have more songs about the body: http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/body-worksheets-resources.html

Can you name the parts of this face? :)
From http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/body-parts/exercises?02

And now, test yourself with these games with body parts!

http://www.mes-games.com/bodyparts.php

http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/body-exercises.html
Choose your level! Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate Upper-Intermediate

ESO2: Treasure Map

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/the-treasure-map

ESO1, 3 and 4: Summer Homework

Dear students,

You have already got your summer homework dossier. 

ESO1

Dossier for ESO1 is pretty easy to follow and review the contents we have seen during the year. Remember you can find different games and fun activities here: http://spoonful.com/summer. Try at least one of them and you can comment it on when you come back! It's a webpage from the USA so you can learn more about the 4th of July as well (Independence Day).

Summer

Explore our best summer crafts, recipes and rainy-day activities, along with tips on staying safe all season long. Don't forget our fun 4th of July crafts and recipes.

• 
  Seize the Summer with 40 Crafts for Kids

  See the Photo Gallery
• How Refreshing! 17 Summer Drinks

  See the Photo Gallery
• Soak-Up the Fun: 14 Water Games for Kids

  See the Photo Gallery
• 10 Beach Essentials for Your Family

  See the List
• A Simple Solution for Grass Stains

  Learn the Secret
• Rained Out? Print a Disney Activity Book

  See the Photo Gallery

ESO3 (and ESO4 if you sit September exams)

For year 3 and 4 you have a dossier with the following contents:

a) Vocabulary exercises (two pages)

b) Grammar exercises (two pages)

c) A song

For a) and b) write your answers in pen on the dossier and write on a separate sheet the exercises that don't fit on the page. In the b) section in the Listening exercise just translate the expression, and we will do the Speaking in class.

For the song, fill in the gaps while listening the song on Youtube, and complete the fact file. IMPORTANT: You have to look for another song you like and do a similar page:

1) Look for a song and the lyrics (look at http://www.azlyrics.com) and remove five or seven words (pùt the in a box)

2) Include a picture of the singer

3) Research his/her biography and make an exercise like the FACT FILE.

4) Translate the song.

PRINT YOUR WORK and BE CREATIVE! :)

I hope you enjoy the activity AND MAKE YOUR BEST THIS SUMMER!

Best wishes,

Humberto

ESO1: Music!

MUSIC!
1. Let's start with a contest. Every couple has to make a list with as many music styles as they can. The one with more music styles will be the winners! If you guess my two favourite styles you'll get double he points :) (Clue. C____ M______ and Ch____ O___ ).
2. Can you organize these intruments in different families? A. STRING  B) WIND C) PERCUSSION. Add some more instruments!
3. Let's listen to these instruments, can you identify them? Then we will watch the video and check the answers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKdFirIBLwo
EXTRA: What's your favourite style? What instruments are usually played in that style? Talk about your favourite group and song.
Finally, pick a song of your choice and try to make a fill in the gaps exercise remving 7 words from the lyrics.

ESO1: What's the time?

Hello! Here you will find up to FIFTEEN games to tell the time in English...can you spot on the right time?
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm 
If you need to revise how to tell the time try this link: http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/503/clock.swf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/telling_the_time/play/popup.shtml
http://resources.oswego.org/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html

ESO1: Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! Here you have a version of White Christmas by Lady Gaga, with a fill in the gaps exercise... go for it!
1) http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/christmas/elementary/white-christmas.html

2) Match these special days with the corresponding dates:

1. Christmas Day                     a. 24 December
2. Boxing Day                          b. 25 December
3. Christmas Eve                      c. 26 December
4. New Year                            d. 1 January


In Spain we also celebrate the following ones:

5. Christmas Lottery ("La Grossa/El Gordo")       e. 6 January
6. Holy Innocent's Day                                        f.  28 December
7. The Three Wise Men bring us presents            g.  22 December

3) Speaking: What festivity is the most special in your country? When? What happens in Catalonia on 24th December with the Caga Tió? Do you know any Christmas carol in your languages?

4) Recycling:
Can you complete the day numbers with th, st, nd, rd? For example:
We do not go to school on the 23rd of December.


5) Keep practising vocabulary with these games!:
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/christmas/beginner-christmas-vocabulary.html

 EXTRA! Let's make Xmas (=Christmas) cards! Get some ideas here: http://www.squidoo.com/buy-unusual-christmas-cards

ESO1: Sports!

We start up a new unit playing some sports! Which one is your favourite one? Do you play any sport during the break? And after school? And during holidays? Do you support any team?

Let's listen and repeat this vocabulary. Which sports use a ball? Which don't?

Organize the sports together with the verbs they go with! PLAY - GO - DO
E.g. play football, go jogging, do judo.

Games: http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/sportQuiz.htm
http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/sportMatching.htm
http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/sportSpelling.htm
http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/sportHangman.htm


Review: http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/sportDictionary.htm

ESO1: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Spooky spooky! It's Halloween time! And we are going to devote one session to talk about scary stories, learn about Halloween origins and traditions and even make our own Jack-o'-lantern masks and monsters to decorate our class!

1. SONG. Here we have a song to learn about the Jack-o'-lantern face.Look at the list:

HAIR, EYES, NOSE, MOUTH, EARS.

a) What parts of the face do appear?
b) What parts are missing?

Lyrics

Pumpkin Pumpkin
Let's give you some eyes
Pumpkin Pumpkin
Let's give you a nose
Pumpkin Pumpkin
Let's give you a scary smile
And now you're a Jack O Lantern

The ghosts and the ghouls and the witches
They will run a mile
When they see my scary smile

Put me in the window
And I'll chase the night away
Because I am a Jack O Lantern
I am a Jack O Lantern
I am a Jack O Lantern
  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mph3hygIFU&feature=related

2. VOCABULARY: In the clip they mention three of the following words... which ones? What do the other words mean? Perhaps you can get some help from the picture on the left (from the film Transylvania, now in cinemas!)                     GHOSTS, VAMPIRES, BATS, SPIDERS, GHOULS, MONSTER, WITCHES, GOBLINS, WEREWOLF, MUMMY.    

3. CREATE! Let's make our Halloween masks in just 3 minutes! 

Materials: an orange sheet of paper, a pencil and scissors.

Steps: 

1. Fold the orange paper (A4 size) in two halves (landscape position)

2. Draw a half of the Jack-o'-lantern with the pencil. The middle of the pumpkin must be on the right!

3. Carefully, cut out the nose, the eye, and the mouth. Finally, cut the exterior shape.

Unfold it and... you've got your own Jack-o'-lantern mask! 

You are ready to ask for candies after saying "Trick or treat"! ^_^

EXTRA: If we have time... work in groups of three and create your own monster, mixing vampires' or werewolves' heads with witches' or bats' bodies and spiders' or goblins' feet... invent a name for your creatures and... decorate your classroom!

Imagine....
<<< What is this? A h- - - - - - house.
<<< Who does live in it?
<<< Where is it?

More links:

• Decorations: http://parentables.howstuffworks.com/slideshows/nesting/13-frightfully-fun-halloween-crafts-make-kids/
• Videogames and more: http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/halloween/index.html?trnstl=1
• Make-up and customes for your Halloween party: http://www.instructables.com/halloween/
• Cooking: http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/halloween/recipes/ghostly-pears.html

ESO1: Face maker

Try this face maker from English-vocabulary-lists blog and practise your vocabulary!

http://englishvocabularylists.blogspot.com.es/2011/08/parts-of-face-vocabulary.html
http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com.es/2011/08/face-maker-game.html

ESO1: Demonstratives and colours

Here you have a video with exercises to practise this/these/that/those and combined with the colours and classroom objects. Notice the pronunciation!

Remember:     
                         Near                                                   Far                         
-Singular          THIS blue pen                                     THAT blue pen
-Plural              THESE blue pens                                THOSE blue pens

EXTRA GAME:

If you want to learn more colours, try this game!

Silver, gold, light green, sky blue, salmon, turquoise, fuchsia, navy... did you know about these colours? You have three different levels.

Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com.es/2008/05/colours-game.html

ESO1: Hot and Cold... Sunny and rainy...

LISTEN AND READ!... (SING and DANCE!)

You change your mind
Like a girl changes clothes
Yeah you, PMS
Like a bitch
I would know
And you overthink
Always speak
Cryptically
I should know
That you're no good for me

Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in and you're out
You're up and you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
You, You don't really want to stay, no
You, but you don't really want to go-o
You're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in and you're out
You're up and you're down

We used to be
Just like twins
So in sync
The same energy
Now's a dead battery
Used to laugh bout nothing
Now your plain boring

I should know that
you're not gonna change

Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in and you're out
You're up and you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
You, You don't really want to stay, no
You, but you don't really want to go-o
You're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in and you're out
You're up and you're down


Someone call the doctor
Got a case of a love bi-polar
Stuck on a roller coaster
Can't get off this ride

You change your mind
Like a girl changes clothes

Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
You're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
(you) You don't really want to stay, no
(but you) But you don't really want to go-o
You're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down, down...

Talking about temperatures... here you have HOT AND COLD by Katie Perry...
And do you know what happens when it's SUNNY and RAINING at the same time? The next song will tell you ;)

ESO1: There is/there are... underwater!

Let's go scuba diving. Can you describe these pictures? Use there is and there are.
Example: Picture 1

In picture 1, there is a scuba diver.

Picture 2:

 

Picture 3:

Picture 4:

VOCABULARY:

• ANIMALS: fish, seahorse, octopus, starfish, jelly fish, angel fish, coral.
• COLOURS: yellow, orange, red, black and white, green, blue, brown, pink, grey.
• UNERWATER WORLD: scuba diver, submarine.

ESO1 & 2: CALLIGRAMS COMPETITION UPDATE: BACHILLERATO animation.

Are you competing for the Literary Awards this Sant Jordi? Here you can find some ideas for your calligrams! From simpler to more elaborated ones.

A calligram is a phrase, or word in which the typeface or calligraphy is arranged in a way that creates a visual image. 

Look at these examples: what do these words mean? how are they displayed? what's the lonk between shape/size/colour and meaning?

 

Let's go a step further: what can you see? how are drawings made?

 

Now look at this... what can you see? And what can you read? Is it typed or handwritten? Can you identify the languages?

 

 

 

 

Finally, you can have works of art that combine words and plastic arts... and more!

 

So now it's your turn! Get inspired and hands on to create your own calligram! Some of those above are examples by very famous poets from the Avantgardes, some written by students like you... Surprise us!

BACHILLERATO

Challenge: try to create your own calligram for these single WORDS using only TYPOGRAPHY- you  can play with size, font, shape, separation of letters and even go beyond! i.e. add movement, music, colour and sounds. Random number 1 to 40: (google random number generator)

1. idea 2. horizon 3.elevator 4. gravity 5.comedy/drama 6. capitalism/communism 7. oil 8. the last supper 9. vampire 10. robbery 11, inflation 12 stock market 13. vertigo 14. voyeur 15. silicone 16. ill 17. balloons 18. tsunami 19. spiderman 20. zipper 21. clock 22. pirate 23. exit 24. magic 25. fast food 26. diet 27. moon 28. parallel 29. tunnel 30. Marilyn 31. rabbit 32. homosexual 33. heterosexual 34. confom 35. cough 36. superstitious 37. Dali 38. Van Gogh 39. eclipse 40. book 

You can propose more words, concepts and celebrities!

Critical thinking video:

https://www.facebook.com/Fubiz/videos/amazing-video-animation-of-creative-calligrams/10153559496767746/

https://thelanguagenerds.com/2021/42-clever-calligrams-that-visualize-the-meanings-of-various-words/

Typos alert (and advisory!): https://thelanguagenerds.com/2019/typos-that-had-disastrous-effects/

ESO1: Animals JClic + Describe your favourite animal!

Here you have some games to practise your vocabulary.
http://clic.xtec.cat/db/act_en.jsp?id=3579


Remember to hand in the description of your favourite animal and your corresponding animal for the ABC ZOO!

A dolphin belongs to the kingdom of animals, vertebrates, mammals. A dolphin lives in water. There are salt-type and fresh-type dolphins. Some kinds of salt-types are spinners, bottle-nosed, and common. Some types of fresh-types are Irrawaddy, amazon, Ganges. There is 50+ species of dolphins and more to discover. Recent studies say that dolphins are just as smart as people if not more, and should be called non-human-people. They breath through blowholes not their mouths, like people. Dolphins eat fish, octopus, squid, crap, and other seafood. The most popular kind of dolphin for parks is the bottle-nosed dolphin. If you want to buy a dolphin, you better start saving your money! Dolphins are cetaceans (see-tay-shuns). Dolphins live in pods or schools and if a lot of dolphins get together its a herd. Baby dolphins are called calfs. Porpoises are similar but are not the same! Look at the differences! (*porpoise= marsopa).