Enjoy your Summer Holidays!

Dear students,

The school year is almost finished. It's been a pleasure having had you as my students for nine months. I hope you have learned new things and I wish you keep on learning. In the future you'll see how important it is to speak foreign languages. You know how to contact me for whatever you want or need. I wish you very good luck for the future.

Have a good summer!

The Red Kangaroo

These days we have been talking about animals: you have done some research about one animal and you have presented your findings to your clasmates. Here you are a copy of the worksheet we have worked in class. This way you'll be able to see the full-colour version!

And you can click here for more information on the red kangaroo.

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Past Simple

As you know, these days we have been learning the form and use of the past simple tense in English. In this site you'll find an interesting explanation of it, with links to activities. If you think you need to review the past form of verb 'to be', click here or here.

Still difficult? Well, you can always have a look at this website and read the explanation in Spanish!

Put an 'R' in your Life: Web Links

As you know, we are already working on our didactic unit on sustainability. From here you can have access to the websites you will have to visit:

Activity 3.d.: Listen to Gauthier

Activity 3.d.: Listen to Gauthier and read the subtitles

TREASURE HUNT

Group A: Reduce packaging: Site 1, site 2, site 3, quiz

Group B: Reduce waste: Site 1, site 2, site 3, quiz

Group C: Re-use: Site 1, site 2, site 3, quiz

Goup D: Recycle plastic: Site 1, site 2, site 3, quiz

Group E: Recycle glass: Site 1, site 2, site 3, quiz

Group F: Recycle paper: Site 1, site 2, site 3, quiz

Didactic Unit on Sustainability

Today we have begun working on a didactic unit that deals with sustainability. Its title is Put an 'R' in your Life! With it we will learn many things. here you can have a look at the version in full colours!

Didactic Unit. Sustainability

Let's Write a Poem!

On April 23 we celebrate Book Day and Copy Right Day. We'll celebrate this important date writing and reading our own poems in English.

Have you ever thought of writing a poem in English? Well, it's time for you to try! Don't panic! It's not difficult at all!

There are six types of poems quite easy for beginners: Bio Poems, 5W Poems, I Am Poems, Name Poems, Cinquain Poems and Diamond Poems. If you click here you will have access to a website with clear instructions for each one.


Choose your favourite poem and go ahead. I'm sure you'll write really good poems!

Easter Egg Hunt

Holy Week vacation finishes with Easter, which is both pagan and religious. Easter is celebrated all around the world in different ways. In the United Kingdom and the United States people go egg hunting. Here you can see how they enjoy hunting eggs!

April Fool's Day

April 1 is April Fool's Day, or All Fools' Day. In many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, people play tricks on others on this day. A favourite joke is to send someone on a fool's errand (a search for something that does not exist), or to get people to believe ridiculous things. The victim is called an April Fool. No one knows where the April Fools' custom began.
The tradition originated in France and Great Britain.

St. Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year on March 17th. In Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day is both a holy day and a national holiday. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland because he brought Christianity to the Irish. The shamrock his St. Patrick's symbol.

Saint Patrick’s Day is usually celebrated with a parade. The one in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is very famous. But the one in New York City is one of the biggest. It lasts for hours.

Play a game here and have good luck! You can also read poems and listen to songs for this special day here.

International Women's Day

International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women in the past, present and future. In some countries like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, this day is a national holiday. If you want to learn more about this day, you can click here.

This is the message the Secretary General of the United Nations has sent to the world.

And here goes a short tribute to some of the many important women throughtout history. Do you know them?

Welcome to this Victorian House!

Today we have read about a Victorian house, haven't we? Enjoy this video showing the inside of a Victorian house. Is it very different from your home?

Past of Be, There Was and There Were

During the last lessons we have learnt the past of verb to be and also there was and there were. You can click here and here to do more activities on the past simple of verb to be. If you prefer to review there was and there were click here and here.

II IES El Fontanal Spelling Bee

As you know, next Wednesday February 25th students and teachers at I.E.S. El Fontanal will be celebrating Andalusia Day. We will listen to the Andalusia Anthem, we will eat molletes with chocolate and we will do different activities in the classrooms.

The English Department will organise the II Spelling Bee, a funny and interesting way of proving you are good at spelling. You will be able to take part in the contest for Segundo Ciclo (3º and 4º ESO). You can review the vocabulary lists for your level and you can also have a look at the rules and the recommendations here.

There will be great prizes for the winners!!!

Below you have some pieces of advice for the contest, the rules of the Spelling Bee and the wordlist for your cycle. Have a look at them.

Good luck to everybody!

Algunos Consejos Para El Concurso de Deletreo
Spelling Bee Rules
listado segundo ciclo

I Have a Dream

Last 19 January American people celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Do you know who he is? He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. You can learn more things about his life and work here. You can also enjoy these subtitled videos of his famous speech I Have a Dream. We will devote some time in class to talk about it, so take your time and think about his words:

I'm sure you also have a dream about how people's lives could improve. Send a comment telling me and your classmates!

Giving Directions and Walking around Town

Here you can find interesting activities to review what we have learned in class:

In this website you'll find a list with useful expressions for giving directions and managing yourself around town.

If you click here you can listen to dialogues asking for directions.

Here you can listen to another dialogue as you read it.

Now you are ready to listen to some sentences (click here) and look at a map and say if these sentences are true or false . . . if you need it, you can read the tapescript!

And in this website you can play hangman.

Have fun . . . and learn many things!

Happy New Year!

How did you say goodbye to 2009? How did you receive the new year? Did you eat the twelve grapes? As you know, not everybody has the same customs and traditions.

Would you like to know how people in New York welcomed 2010 in Times Square? Have a look at this video, join the countdown and enjoy the atmosphere.

If you click here you can also see a brief overview of other countries' celebrations and enjoy the firework display in London next to the London Eye.