miércoles, 29 de noviembre de 2023

December 4th: the Day of the Andalusian Flag

 


https://www.surinenglish.com/andalucia/andalucia-flag-day-20221028102754-nt.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Andalusia

World landmarks

 

Watch the video and answer the following questions: 

1) Write a definition of landmark

2) Name two groups of landmarks in which you can classify them

3) What did the Founding fathers write in Independence Hall?

4) Write a landmark from each continent: 

Asia

Africa

 North America

South America 

Europe

Australia

 


viernes, 24 de noviembre de 2023

LISTENING TEST

 

Listening test (basic level) page 30

1)      Choose the correct answer:

1.       Where are these awards from?

a)       Austria

b)      Australia

c)       America

2.       What are the awards for?

a)       Young footballers

b)      Young talents

c)       Young inventors

3.       Who has invented something to save lives?

a) Jackie

b) Maddison

c) Tom

4. Maddison is:

a) 15 years old

b) 16 years old

c) 17 years old

5. Maddison works as a:

a) waitress

b) sales assistant

c) lifeguard

 

 

2) Complete the sentences with the right word:

1. Rips are extremely strong, dangerous ________________ currents.

2. Maddison’s boss brought a ____________________.

3. She invented a floating _______________________.

4. When there is a rip, the water moves very _____________________

5. Swimmers can easily see this  ___________________ and stay away from the area

 

lunes, 23 de octubre de 2023

READING PLAN

Reading 1: Pre-reading activities (page 24) Student book

Unscramble the words from the text and match them to the definitions on the right column:

1.       seugts

_____________________

a) free from injury or risk

2.       depreixncee

_____________________

b) an error in action

3.       mrngaihte

_____________________

c) a small boxlike vehicle that can be used as a truck or for passengers 

4.       erdsri

_____________________

d) wise or skillful in a particular field

5.       ript

_____________________

e) to blow a horn (in past tense)

6.       nav

_____________________

f) people who stay at or go to a hotel

7.       rakct

_____________________

g) experience that is very unpleasant / bad dream

8.       hoedto

_____________________

h) people who ride a horse, a bicycle, etc

9.       feas

_____________________

i) a path made by the feet of people or animals

10.   taieksm

_____________________

j) a traveling from one place to another



Reading 2: A SCARY STORY
1) What do the following words mean? Write a sentence to show that you understand them:
  1. Babysitter: ______________________
  2.  Beg: _____________________________
  3. Knock: ____________________________
  4. breath a sigh of relief: _____________________________
  5. tears: ___________________________________
  6. oven: ___________________________
  7. covers: ____________________
  8. break free: _______________________ 

2) Find the right opposite adjective, then watch the video and check your answer:

  1. ____________ in company
  2. ____________ hot
  3. ____________ dry
  4. ____________ old
  5. _____________ big
  6. _____________ small
  7. _____________narrow
  8. _____________calm
  9. _____________tiny
  10. _____________short

 3) Watch the video for 0:31 seconds and stop it. Write a different ending for the story

Reading 3: INVENTIONS 
Reading 4: FLAMENCO

Reading 5: THANKSGIVING


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RW7Dnnt5Yg video about the origins of Santa Claus

THE ORIGINS OF SANTA

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1) What was the first name in history of Santa?

2) When was he born?

3) Who did Saint Nicholas throw a small bag of gold to?

4) When were children given gifts in honour of Saint Nicholas?

 

Match Santa’s names with a country:

1. Father Christmas

a) Denmark

2. Sinterklaas

b) US

3. Christkindl

c) England

4. Santa Claus

d) Germany and Austria

 

Say whether the sentences are true or false

1) In the 1820s, Santa was described as an elf.

2) Santa became a person in the 1850s

3) Nast was the first person to draw Santa in the North Pole

4) A new Santa appeared in the 20th century.



Reading 8:  https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/b2-c1-vocabulary/family

Reading 9: Is it better to go on holiday with family, friends, or alone?

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/archive/magazine/life-around-the-world/is-it-better-to-go-on-holiday-with-family-friends-or-alone

1. Look for the following words in the text and try to give a definition:

  1. Book a trip
  2. Rule
  3. Budgets
  4. Role
  5. Nonetheless
  6. Strengthen
  7. Compromise on

2. Find in the text six things you can do when you go on holiday.

3. Complete the chart:

Travelling with:

Positive aspects

Negative aspects

The family

 

 

Friends

 

 

Alone

 

 

 4. Who do you prefer travelling with? Justify your answer.



Reading 12: benefits of a bilingual brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmOLN5zBLY


1. Complete with these words related to nature the following definitions. Write a definition for the two extra words

shoal / canyon / woods / fungus / glacier/ desert / prairie / stream

1) A ……………………………… is a plant lacking chlorophyll, flowers, and leaves and that lives by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which it grows.

2) A ………………………………  is a large, wide, slightly hilly area of land, mostly without trees, originally covered with grasses.

3) A ………………………………  is a deep valley with steep sides.

4) A ………………………………  is a slowly moving mass of ice originating from an accumulation of snow

5) A ………………………………  is a body of water flowing

6) A ………………………………  is a school of fish

 

2) Can you name at least other 6 geographical features that appear in the video?

3) Answer to the following questions about the video:

1. What type of narrator do we find in the video?

2. What is its opinion about people?

3. What is the main idea of the video? What is your opinion?


4) Write some actions you could do to help mother nature. 
5) Have you ever plant a tree? Write some instructios to show someone how to do it. Then watch the video and check your answers: https://youtu.be/yBqGVlURa9o?si=6FwIG0dfT-kE_xml

domingo, 15 de octubre de 2023

Travelling back in time


Imagine that you had a time machine and you could change something from the past.  Write a paragraph about your experience. Answer the following questions to help you:

1) Where did you travel to?

2) Who did you meet?

3) What did you do?

4) How did you feel afterwards?

5) How did your actions affect the future?

domingo, 1 de octubre de 2023

GAME CHANGERS

 


Watch the video and answer the questions: 
  1. What did the man see on the beach?
  2. What was the boy doing?
  3. Why were the starfish there?
  4. What did the old man think about the boy's action?
  5. Do you agree with the moral of the story? Why? Give another example of an action in which you could use the same moral.


What do you think is a green wall?
Where do you think people are growing one? 
Watch the video and answer the questions: 
  1. Name two natural disasters that the man mentions in the video and what do they affect?
  2. What is the contradiction of this wall?
  3. Reflect on this idea: Why do you think that the lack of food increases insecurity?
  4. Give a synonym to resilient:

domingo, 21 de mayo de 2023

domingo, 14 de mayo de 2023

Shopping

 



Pre-watching activities:
- Give a defifition for the following words: 
  • wreak havoc:
  • made in bulk:
  • sewing machine:
  • trade:
  • tag:
  • developing countries:
  • landfill:
  • defeat:
- Watch the video and answer the questions:
  1. Shopping is a hobby, but what's the dark side of this hobby?
  2. Where were clothes made in the past?
  3. Give two examples of problems that fast fashion produces?
  4. What do you need to produce clothes?
  5. What can you do to stop this problem?
Adjectives to describe clothes:



viernes, 27 de enero de 2023

GIVING ADVICE

 - Read a friend's problem and try give him/her advice choosing the right answer:  https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/a2w003-giving-advice-to-a-friend

- Lists of phrases and expressions you can use when writing a letter giving advice: 

- Watch the video and answer the questions: video
- Introduce should/shouldn't: watch the video and start giving advice: 

domingo, 8 de enero de 2023

ANIMALS AND INVASIVE SPECIES

 Learn animals' parts of the body





Research online about one of the INVASIVE SPECIES on the list:

      1. ASIAN CARP

2.      ZEBRA MUSSEL

3.      CANE TOAD

4.      EUROPEAN STARLING

5.      THE EUROPEAN/COMMON RABBIT

6.      KUDZU

7.      ASIAN LONG-HORNED BEETLE

8.      SMALL INDIAN MONGOOSE

9.      NORTHERN PACIFIC SEASTAR

10.  WATER HYACINTH

11.  FERAL SWINE

12.  BURMESE PYTHONS

13.  DOMESTIC CATS

14.  NUTRIA

15.  GYPSY MOTHS

16.  EUROPEAN GREEN CRABS





New Year's Resolutions

Discuss in groups: (10 minutes)

What are New Year's resolutions? Give three examples! 

Why do you think people make resolutions at the start of a new year?

Now watch the video and check your ideas:


Five tasks to work on New Year's Resolutions

Learn to write about New Year's Resolutions

Discuss about New Year's Resolutions (B2)