HALLOWEEN COMPETITIONS: AND THE WINNERS ARE...

We must admit that we are thrilled: this year many students decided to take up the challenge and participated in the Halloween competitions, using all their wit and artistic skills to produce the works we showed in the previous post. Thank you!!!

Unfortunately, there can only be two winners and they are...

BEST MEME/GIF: Ariadna Feito (1st ESO) 

Her meme shows all we asked for: our school in a ghostly way, a wicked witch and a creepy image that we can all identify with if such a terrible thing happened to our school...

BEST SHORT CLIP: Matthew Harvey (2nd Bach)

You will all agree that we have a genuine film-maker among us 📽👏!The sound effects, the editing, the script... are just mind-blowing. And what about the learning? Even better! Don't forget: procrastination kills!!

All participants got a special marshmallow lollipop and a no-homework pass. Besides there were balloons for everyone who attended the ceremony.

Here you have the winners with their presents (30 euros each to spend as they like!!!) and the proud English teachers. 

            Have a spooktacular Halloween!!!

VII HALLOWEEN MEMES/GIFS COMPETITION and I SHORT CLIPS COMPETITION: PARTICIPANTS

Now that the deadline has passed, we can all enjoy the terrific memes, gifs, and short clips sent by students. Well done everyone!!!

You can choose your favourite. The English Department will do so too. Remember that the winners will be announced during the break next Monday 28th. There may be surprises for everyone...

MEMES

Hugo Feito - 3rd ESO

Manuel Antonio Valle - 1st ESO B

David Suárez Veiga - 4th ESO

Llara Valle - 1st ESO

Aitor Zarauza - 2nd Bach

Óscar Valdés Novas - 2nd Bach

Ariadna Feito 

Leo Durrer - 3rd ESO 

Lola Lo Campo - 1st ESO

Martina Álvarez Guardamuro - 1st ESO

GIF

Ainhoa Fernández - 

SHORT CLIPS 

Diego Pérez Prieto - 1st ESO

Enrique López

Sara Couso - 1st ESO 

Matthew Harvey - 2nd BACHILLERATO

UNIT 1: MAKING MUSIC (4th ESO)

We are sure all students will like the topic of this unit: who doesn't like music? It brings so many positive things...

The WDYT? question is an interesting one: How can music bring people together? There are many answers and you will find out some while working with this unit. Let's see an example: in the following video you will see lots of famous artists who got together to sing the song "We Are the World"  written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie in 1985 to raise funds to help with the famine that was devastating Ethiopia at the time. 

To talk about music, we need to refresh some vocabulary. Here you have a matching activity to practise it:

Time to learn a new verbal tense: the PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS. Here you have some practice:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

Need a break? Try this GAME, especially if you like pizza 😉!

Now, you should get back to work and make sure you know when to use the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE or the CONTINUOUS FORM. Need more practice?

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

What about learning vocabulary related to FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS?

These FLASHCARDS will help you. 

Time to study something that may be new for many: QUESTION TAGS. Here you have some extra practice:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

Tired? Try this memory game:

Questions are quite tricky in English, aren't they? Well, imagine including prepositions in them, it becomes a nightmare! Don't worry, here you have some extra practice;

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

The writing of the unit is  A REVIEW (of a concert or music festival). If you need extra help, you can try this PRACTICE.

That was a lot of work, wasn't it? Let's finish with some music, the same way we started, to liven up,  things a bit 😉! Here you have a more recent version of the song we started this post with. This time the purpose was to help people in Haiti, who suffered a terrible earthquake in 2010. 

2ND ESO, UNIT 1: STORIES

 

Do you like stories? What's your favourite type? Do you prefer films or books? We are going to talk about all that in Unit 1. Let's start practising some useful vocabulary:

1. TV, films and games MEMORY GAME:

2. PRESENT SIMPLE BAAMBOOZLE

3. PRESENT SIMPLE QUIZ:

4. PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRACTICE

5. PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS PRACTICE CARDS

6. PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS MIND MAP

7. PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS QUIZ SHOW:

1ST ESO - UNIT 1: SCHOOL LIFE

Here you have a bunch of activities to practise and revise the contents of Unit 1:

1. DAILY ROUTINES: A MATCHING ACTIVITY

2. THE TIME: REVISION GAMES

3. PRESENT SIMPLE FUN GAME

4. PRESENT SIMPLE: ONLINE GAMES

5. SCHOOL SUBJECTS: A SONG

6. SCHOOL SUBJECTS: A MEMORY GAME

 

When do you do these activities?

Get some practice!

 

Activity to practice Present Simple affirmative and negative:

Third person singular-Spelling rules

Learn the school subjects:

 

Yes-no questions: