English Blog of Cardenal Cisneros School-Villanueva Mesía, Granada, Spain-2010/11 academic year.

My school life

2012-01-20T12:49:00.000+01:00

Write a text about your school life.
You have until Friday 27 January.

Your perfect meal

2012-01-18T10:57:00.003+01:00

Write a composition about your perfect meal in comments.
You have until Wednesday 25 January.

We are moving

2011-12-31T13:45:00.003+01:00

We have been in school the following email:

"Good morning
We are moving to the village of Tocon from the UK in April 2012 and my grand
children will be moving with us.

My grand daughter will be nearly 4 and my grand son will be 8 when we move. I
think your school is the main one in the area and would like to know if it is
possible for us to come and have a look around.

We will be in the area to visit at the end of January and was wondering if it
would be possible to have a look around on Monday 30th January 2012.

This would be a great opportunity for us to show the children what they might
expect when we move out.

Many thanks

Mr Nick Russell"

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Do the following until 9th of Jannuary:

Read and translate the text into your notebook.

Send an email to your teacher with the translation.

Write an answer in English and copy it in comments.

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Top 10 Christmas Songs for ESL Classes

2011-12-23T19:24:00.001+01:00

In the northern hemisphere, there are lots who dream of a white Christmas, whereas in the south of the world the holiday season is best enjoyed by the pool while sipping cool drinks. No matter where we are in the world for the holidays, two things remain the same: we all look forward to getting together with family and friends, and we sing Christmas songs.

Some Christmas carols have become so popular and so well-loved, they’ve been translated to several languages, and are sung in countries where snow and hot chocolate have nothing to do with Christmas. For students of English as a second language, there are songs that are timeless classics, which should definitely be taught as another way to make students more familiar with English-speaking cultures.

Here are the Top 10 Christmas songs for ESL classes.

Here you'll find some classic, traditional carols and some modern favorites. We’ve provided some background information on each song, which you may share with your students, together with lyrics and some suggestions for activities.

How To Proceed

Jingle Bells
This is probably the single, most popular Christmas song ever, although it was originally written for Thanksgiving. Bogglesworld offers a short version that is perfect for ESL classes.
Silent Night
This classic carol was actually originally written in German, but is now sung in over 44 languages. About.com offers the lyrics and a short list of vocabulary you might want to go over before listening to the song in class.
Joy to the World
And what a joy indeed it is to lead your class in this happy hymn! For lyrics and list of recommended vocabulary words, go to About.com.
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
This 16th century English carol has stood the test of time and remains a very popular Christmas song to this very day. Lyrics also available at Bogglesworld.
O Christmas Tree
This song was originally a traditional German carol called “O Tannenbaum” (fir tree in German). Although the best known version is from the 19th century, the original melody dates back to the 16th. Lyrics in both English and German are available at SongsforTeaching.com.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Who can name all of Santa's reindeer? Few probably can, but there’s one name that stands out among young and old: Rudolph, the reindeer that was at first ridiculed for his big, red nose, but later saves the day as he deftly leads Santa's sleigh through the fog. Lyrics are available at About.com, but don’t forget to try the activities recommended at ESLKidStuff; there's a pin the tail on the reindeer game that is sure to provide lots of holiday fun for the little ones.
White Christmas
When we think “White Christmas”, we think “Bing Crosby. The song written by Irving Berlin has actually made it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the all time best-selling single. Here is a wonderful worksheet for beginners, guaranteed to put their listening comprehension to the test.
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
This fun song reached the number one position on the charts in 1952. The story is as endearing as any Christmas tale: an unsuspecting child endeavors to sneak up on Santa Claus and finds him (presumably his father) kissing his mother underneath the mistletoe. Here's a great worksheet based on the cover recorded by the Jackson 5.
All I Want for Christmas Is You
One of the most recent additions to the list of holiday classics, this song was released in 1994 in Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas album. Lyrics and activities are available in this worksheet.
Do They Know It's Christmas
This is the perfect song to raise awareness among your students of the hardships others may face in other parts of the world. In 1984, Bob Geldof wrote this song and put together a group of English and Irish artists, called Band Aid. All proceeds from this song went towards relief for the famine in Ethiopia. The video and lyrics are available at Engleo.com.

Some of these songs are great lead ins for discussion, others are simply fun to sing. Whether you make your own worksheets or use the ones we've provided, make sure you give your students plenty of new things to learn with these wonderful holiday classics!

The Christmas is here!

2011-12-13T20:29:00.002+01:00

Listen and sing these carols, the Christmas is here!

Advertising

2011-12-07T20:25:00.001+01:00

Look at these ads and write in your notebook:
1. The slogan or tagline.
2. The advertised product.
3. Choose the one you like best and write why.
4. Then, as a team and collaboratively complete the following chart of data here>>>

A country

2011-12-01T08:17:00.001+01:00

Writes about a country you like.
You have to do until 9 December.

At the weekend

2011-11-21T10:27:00.001+01:00

Describe your typical weekend.
You can do until 9 December.

Describe your family.

2011-11-07T14:01:00.002+01:00

Describe your family or a member of your family.
Is time to learn all about family in English. Expand your English vocabulary with the family in English, with their respective pronunciation and right writing.

Write in Comments your description.

This activity must be completed until end of November.

Knoword: Expand your vocabulary.

2011-09-18T15:42:00.000+02:00

Knoword es un juego muy bueno para la práctica del vocabulario, la ortografía y la rapidez de pensamiento, en el aprendizaje del inglés.

El juego comienza mostrando la primera letra de una palabra y su definición. Hay que adivinarla en el tiempo establecido, ganando puntos a medida que se acierta la respuesta correcta. Al final de cada juego se pueden ver los resultados.

Al crear una cuenta en el sitio se los puede guardar y realizar un seguimiento del progreso individual en el historial de juegos, además de comparar los resultados con los de los compañeros.
Una manera divertida de ejercitar y mejorar el vocabulario del inglés.

Yesterday

2011-06-13T08:54:00.000+02:00

Write a tex about what you did yesterday.

Africa Live: The No

2011-06-08T18:28:00.000+02:00

África Directo - Los Nadie from user t38 on Vimeo.

Watch this video and write in comments what you think.

Useful expressions

2011-04-26T21:27:00.000+02:00

Learn this useful expressions.

The Cathedral of Granade

2011-04-10T17:35:00.002+02:00

Our Work Projects

2011-03-28T13:47:00.003+02:00

Clicking here>>> you can find the folder with all the Work Projects to be doing.

I hope that in this way are all on hand.

Work Projects Assessment here>>>.

Study Irregular Verbs

2011-03-25T10:33:00.002+01:00

Irregular verbs
Spanish	Base form	Past simple form
1. ser/estar	2. be	3. was/were
4. convertirse	5. become	6. became
7. empezar	8. begin	9. began
10. romper	11. break	12. broke
13. traer	14. bring	15. brought
16. construir	17. build	18. built
19. comprar	20. buy	21. bought
22. capturar	23. catch	24. caught
25. elegir	26. choose	27. chose
28. venir	29. come	30. came
31. costar	32. cost	33. cost
34. cortar	35. cut	36. cut
37. hacer	38. do	39. did
40. dibujar	41. draw	42. drew
43. beber	44. drink	45. drank
46. conducir	47. drive	48. drove
49. comer	50. eat	51. ate
52. caer	53. fall	54. fell
55. sentir	56. fell	57. felt
58. luchar	59. fight	60. fought
61. buscar	62. find	63. found
64. volar	65. fly	66. flew
67. olvidar	68. forget	69. forgot
70. helar	71. freeze	72. froze
73. conseguir, coger, lograr	74. get	75. got
76. dar	77. give	78. gave
79. ir	80. go	81. went
82. tener	83. have	84. had
85. escuchar	86. hear	87. heard
88. pegar	89. hit	90. hit
91. doler	92. hurt	93. hurt
94. guardar	95. keep	96. kept
97. saber	98. know	99. knew
100. aprender	101. learn	102. learnt
103. salir	104. leave	105. left
106. prestar	107. lend	108. lent
109. dejar, permitir	110. let	111. let
112. perder	113. lose	114. lost
115. hacer, fabricar	116. make	117. made
118. reunir	119. meet	120. met
121. pagar	122. pay	123. paid
124. poner	125. put	126. put
127. leer	128. read	129. read
130. sonar	131. ring	132. rang
133. correr	134. run	135. ran
136. decir	137. say	138. said
139. ver	140. see	141. saw
142. vender	143. sell	144. sold
145. enviar, mandar	146. send	147. sent
148. cerrar	149. shut	150. shut
151. cantar	152. sing	153. sang
154. sentar	155. sit	156. sat
157. dormir	158. sleep	159. slept
160. hablar	161. speak	162. spoke
163. gastar	164. spend	165. spent
166. estar de pie	167. stand	168. stood
169. nadar	170. swim	171. swam
172. coger	173. take	174. took
175. enseñar	176. teach	177. taught
178. decir	179. tell	180. told
181. pensar	182. think	183. thought
184. arrojar	185. throw	186. threw
187. despertar	188. wake	189. woke
190. vestir, llevar puesto	191. wear	192. wore
193. ganar	194. win	195. won
196. escribir	197. write	198. wrote

Valoración	Intervalo
Sobresaliente 9	66 – 57
Notable 8	56 – 52
Notable 7	51 – 47
Bien 6	46 – 37
Suficiente 5	36 –27
Insuficiente 3-4	26 – 17
Muy Deficiente 1-2	16 - 0

(C) Luis Díaz - Irregular Verbs.

[+] You can download the list of the Irregular Verbs here>>>

The future is here.

2011-03-08T20:36:00.005+01:00

The future is already here.
Watch this video and write a text that expresses your opinion.

Hobbies.

2011-02-10T13:18:00.001+01:00

Write a composition about your hobbies and the hobbies of your family and friends.

Remember. You must do this task until 18th February!
Required for 1st ESO.
Recommended for 2nd ESO.

Create your personal presentation.

2011-02-04T20:45:00.009+01:00

Marisa

Teacher Luis

You can make your personal presentation only in English and you send me the code to add it to your personal space or in this EnglishBlog.
Do it at the following site http://www.voki.com/

The future, your future...

2011-02-02T09:56:00.000+01:00

Write a text telling how do you think about your future and the future of the world.

Write your comment until 13 February.

7 Billion!!!

2011-01-01T14:45:00.000+01:00

Watch this video then write your opinion about the content in comments.

Advertising

2010-11-12T20:57:00.000+01:00

What do you think about these advertisings?

Write your comment until 19 november.

Write about Halloween

2010-10-29T13:16:00.002+02:00

HALLOWEEN

Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones.
The day is often associated with the colors black and orange, and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

[+] information here>>>

Visit these webs for learn playing about

Now write your own text about Halloween in "Post a Comment" of this entry of the Englishblog until 13th November.

Raise my voice - Sing Up

2010-10-17T11:20:00.000+02:00

Raise my voice -Sign up

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh. (x 2)
Got something to say, got a difference to make,
A part I can play and a role I can take,
I believe in myself, express how I feel,
I like who I am and I’m keepin’ it real.
Raise my voice, make a noise,
’Cos we’re all havin’ fun with it. (Fun with it.)
Can’t you see, this is me
And it’s OK to go for it. (Go for it.)
Raise my voice, make a noise,
’Cos we’re all havin’ fun with it. (Fun with it.)
Can’t you see, this is me
And it’s OK to go for it.
Makes me wanna sing!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh. (x2)
I want to be strong, live long and be safe.
My generation has something to say,
So much to learn, enjoy and achieve.
I reach for my goal to be all I can be.
Raise my voice, make a noise,
’Cos we’re all havin’ fun with it. (Fun with it.)
Can’t you see, this is me
And it’s OK to go for it. (Go for it.)
Raise my voice, make a noise,
’Cos we’re all havin’ fun with it. (Fun with it.)
Can’t you see, this is me
And it’s OK to go for it.
Makes me wanna sing!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh. (x 2)
(Chanted) BULLYING? NO!
WORK TOGETHER? YES!
HIDE MYSELF? NO!
BE ME? YEAH!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh. (x 2)
Strong side by side, we lift those who fall,
Stand by our friends and we hear when they call.
Let’s all make a change, all play our part,
It takes you and me, and here’s where it starts:
Raise my voice, make a noise,
’Cos we’re all havin’ fun with it. (Fun with it.)
Can’t you see, this is me
And it’s OK to go for it. (Go for it.)
Raise my voice, make a noise,
’Cos we’re all havin’ fun with it. (Fun with it.)
Can’t you see, this is me
And it’s OK to go for it.
Makes me wanna sing!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh. (x 4)

Mínimuns

2010-09-14T17:50:00.003+02:00

The summer

2010-08-30T11:16:00.002+02:00

Write a text about the summer.

Route of Ibn Al Jatib

2010-05-25T13:10:00.005+02:00

Write a free text in past about your travel for the Route of Al Jatib of Legado Andalusie.
Remember. You must do this task until 31th May!
Required for 1st and 2nd ESO.

A community presentation

2010-05-16T09:47:00.004+02:00

Hi!

We will make a presentation in English, online and collaborative way, that is, among all students of ESO, both first and second.
You must follow the instructions of the presentation.
The subject on which I intend to work is "The Universe" and all must have a title slide, an image, a text, a link to a website where you can find more information and your personal data (name and course).

As always, our point of reference is the "English Blog."

You must do this task until 28th May!

Good luck and good job.
Teacher Luis.

An incident

2010-05-10T10:10:00.001+02:00

Write a composition called "An incident" at school, at home, in the swimming-pool, etc.

Remember. You must do this task until 19th May!
required for 2nd ESO.
Recommended for 1st ESO.

My School

2010-05-07T09:53:00.001+02:00

Write about your school, your opinions, your favourite subject, sports, name of the school, teachers, rules, etc...

Remember. You must do this task until 19th May!
Required for 1st ESO.
Recommended for 2nd ESO.

Amazing, wonderful, spectacular...

2010-04-09T21:32:00.007+02:00

Look this video and then translate its texts in your notebooks.
Finally write a commet with your opinion.

Remember. You must do this task until 23rd April!
Required for 1st and 2nd ESO.

My typical day

2010-03-25T10:37:00.001+01:00

Write a free text about your typical day.

Remember. You must do this task until 9th April!
Required for 1st ESO.
Recommended for 2nd ESO.

Clothes and patterns

2010-03-25T10:02:00.005+01:00

Write a text about clothes and patterns, colors, telling that you like and which you do not like about yourself, your family and your friends.

For learn more about clothes, visit these sites:
- Men´s Cloches here>>>
- Women's Clothes here>>>

Remember. You must do this task until 9th April!
Required for 1st ESO.
Recommended for 2nd ESO.

8th March - International Women's Day

2010-03-08T08:29:00.003+01:00

International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on the 8th of March every year. It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.
Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet block. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.
The IWD is also celebrated as the first spring holiday in the Northern Hemisphere as the first day of March is considered the first day of the spring season.

[+] Information here>>>

What do you think about it?
Write your comment about this day.

Food and Drinks

2010-03-07T12:41:00.003+01:00

Learn about Food and Drinks and make a test here>>>

Click here to view the assessment of this task>>>

My hobbies

2010-03-03T14:09:00.001+01:00

Write a composition with a paragraph for each hobby.

Use vocabulary of sports and hobbies, adverbs of frecuency, can/can't, must/musn't, tell your likes and dislikes, about you and your family, friends, etc...

Remember. You must do this task until 12th March!
Required for 2nd ESO.
Recommended for 1st ESO.

My meals

2010-03-03T14:01:00.001+01:00

Write a composition with a paragraph for each meal.

Use adverbs of frecuency, tell your likes and dislikes, about you and your family, friends, etc...

Remember. You must do this task until 12th March!
Required for 1st ESO.
Recommended for 2nd ESO.

Valentine's Day

2010-02-13T13:57:00.001+01:00

How much do you know about Valentine's Day?

Write a comment about what you think Valentin´s Day.

The weather in Spain.

2010-02-03T08:00:00.001+01:00

What will the weather be tomorrow?

Write a text to answer this question as a comment on this entry.

Questions Tags

2010-01-28T13:50:00.006+01:00

Learn about Question Tag and make a test here>>>

Click here to view the assessment of this task>>>

Post a comment to say your opinion about this way of learning.

Day of Peace: Imagine

2010-01-25T21:38:00.001+01:00

Watch the video of the song "Imagine" by John Lennon.
Search the web for the lyrics of this song, read and write it in your notebook. Then sing the song while watching the video.
Finally, write a comment to explain your views on this video and what does it have the song "Imagine" to peace.

Remember. You must do this task until 29th January!

The future.

2010-01-21T13:20:00.000+01:00

Write a composition about your future and the future of the world.

Remember. You must do this task until 29th January!
Required for 2nd ESO.
Recommended for 1st ESO.

The ad

2010-01-10T14:05:00.003+01:00

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What do you think about this ad? What is your opinion?

You can do your comment before the first day of February.

Burlington Activity Reader ESO 1/2

2009-12-22T19:53:00.000+01:00

Books to read in the second term:

ESO1:

ESO 2:

You must bring the book after Christmas, so you have to order it as a gift to Santa Claus.

More information in Burlington Books>>>
More information in our English Wiki here>>>

What do you think about this task? Write a comment.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2010

2009-12-17T21:33:00.002+01:00

What do you think about the Christmas?
Write your Comment!!!

Christmas Carols

2009-12-03T10:53:00.004+01:00

Learn and sing these Christmas Carols:

What do you think about Christmas? Post a comment about that topic.

More information and download "Jingle Bells" here>>>
More information and download "We wish you a Merry Christmas" here>>>
More information and download another "Christmas Carol" here>>>

A healthy meal

2009-11-24T13:56:00.000+01:00

Write about your meals and favorite foods.
Explains what a healthy diet and what is the Mediterranean diet.
Comment on fast food and slow food.

Required for 2nd ESO.
Recommended for 1st ESO.

Remember:
1. Think about the theme and title for your text.
2. Find the vocabulary in your dictionary, information in your book, library, Internet ...
3. Write it in your notebook as a draft Español. Read it several times and check it.
4. Finally, type it, with care, as a comment to this blog entry.

Good luck and good work.
You can see the assessment of this task in this link>>>
You have been given until 11 December.

Your house and your favourite room.

2009-11-24T13:39:00.001+01:00

Write about your house and about your favorite room.

Describe everything in detail, colors, furniture, things, etc.
Explain what you do in it and in each of the rooms you and your family.

Required for 1st ESO.

Recommended for 2nd ESO.

Remember:
1. Think about the theme and title for your text.
2. Find the vocabulary in your dictionary, information in your book, library, Internet ...
3. Write it in your English notebook as a draft. Read it several times and check it.
4. Finally, type it, with care, as a comment to this blog entry.

Good luck and good work.
You can see the assessment of this task in this link>>>
You have been given until 11 December.

Countries of the world

2009-11-05T12:33:00.007+01:00

Write about your prefer country.
Research it on Wikipedia.
Then write about the country you have chosen.

Required for 2nd of ESO.

Recommended for 1st ESO.

Write in your notebook a text about a country of your choice: name, location, flag, area, population, major cities, interesting places, language, occupation of its people, customs, monuments ...
Then pass it to a clean sheet, with a sign and an appropriate picture.
Finally enter the text as a comment to this blog entry in English.

Good luck with your work.
You can see the assessment of this task in this link>>>
You have been given until 16 November.

Write about your family.

2009-11-05T11:05:00.007+01:00

Write about your family.

Required for 1st of ESO.

Recommended for 2nd ESO.

Write in your notebook a text about your family: who they are, their names, ages, jobs, occupations, hobbies...
Then pass it to a clean sheet, with a title, text, sign and an appropriate picture.
Finally enter the text as a comment to this blog entry in English.

Good luck with your work.
You can see the assessment of this task in this link>>>
You have been given until 16 November.

How are you?

2009-10-05T20:03:00.007+02:00

Well my friends, this is the first task of the course. You have to write a short comment to provide a presentation in this English blog entry.

First writes the text in your notebook,
then you correct it
and finally write it as comment in the English blog.

The last day is Friday, 15th October. You can see the Assessment of this task 1 here>>>

Good luck and get to work.

Welcome back to school!

2009-09-12T12:34:00.004+02:00

Begin the 2009-2010 academic year and these are the first instructions and rules that we have present in the English subject.

Our main long-term objective is to learn to communicate orally and in writing.

For this we will use various resources and materials to achieve, for example:

the course-book,
the note-book,
(pencils, pens, markers, colored, pencil sharpener, rubber, etc ...)
reading-books,
the English dictionary,
the school diary...
and, of course, the ITCs (Information technologies and communication) and the English Blog, the School-Web and the EnglishWiki including among others, will be important instruments for your diary work. To work with the ITCs, you also need an email account in Gmail that you provided in the school and will be responsible for data access and maintenance.

You can see our timetable in this link here>>>

It is also very important to respect the rules of behaviour of the school and the class that you can see here>>>

What do you think about this?

Your Summer

2009-07-21T12:00:00.000+02:00

Tasks for the summer:

- Make the recommended activity book: "Summer Fun for ESO1 or ESO2 - Burlington Books." (You can find it at the bookshop)
- Write three texts about the summer in this blog entry.

Good luck.

Read: The Three Little Pigs

2009-04-17T22:39:00.013+02:00

There was once a family of pigs. The mother pig was very poor, and so she sent her three little pigs out to seek their fortunes. The first that went off met a man with a bundle of straw, and said to him:
“Please, man, give me that straw to build me a house.”

Which the man did, and the little pig built a house with it. Presently came along a wolf, and knocked at the door, and said:
“Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”

To which the pig answered:
“No, no, by the hair of my chiny chin chin.”

The wolf then answered to that:
“Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in.”

So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew his house in, and ate up the little pig.

The second little pig met a man with a bundle of furze, and said:
“Please, man, give me that furze to build a house.”

Which the man did, and the pig built his house. Then along came the wolf, and said:
“Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no, by the hair of my chiny chin chin.”
“Then I’ll puff, and I’ll huff, and I’ll blow your house in.”

So he huffed, and he puffed, and he puffed, and he huffed, and at last he blew the house down, and he ate up the little pig.

The third little pig met a man with a load of bricks, and said:
“Please, man, give me those bricks to build a house with.”

So the man gave him the bricks, and he built his house with them. So the wolf came, as he did to the other little pigs, and said:
“Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
“No, no, by the hair of my chiny chin chin.”
“Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in.”

Well, he huffed, and he puffed, and he huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and huffed; but he could not get the house down. When he found that he could not, with all his huffing and puffing, blow the house down, he said:
“Little pig, I know where there is a nice field of turnips.”
“Where?” said the little pig.
“Oh, in Mr. Smith’s Home-field, and if you will be ready tomorrow morning I will call for you, and we will go together, and get some for dinner.”
“Very well,” said the little pig, “I will be ready. What time do you mean to go?”
“Oh, at six o’clock.”

Well, the little pig got up at five, and got the turnips before the wolf came (which he did about six) and who said:
“Little Pig, are you ready?”

The little pig said:
“Ready! I have been and come back again, and got a nice potful for dinner.”

The wolf felt very angry at this, but thought that he would be up to the little pig somehow or other, so he said:
“Little pig, I know where there is a nice apple-tree.”
“Where?” said the pig.
“Down at Merry-garden,” replied the wolf, “and if you will not deceive me I will come for you, at five o’clock tomorrow and get some apples.”

Well, the little pig bustled up the next morning at four o’clock, and went off for the apples, hoping to get back before the wolf came; but he had further to go, and had to climb the tree, so that just as he was coming down from it, he saw the wolf coming, which, as you may suppose, frightened him very much. When the wolf came up he said:
“Little pig, what! are you here before me? Are they nice apples?”
“Yes, very,” said the little pig. “I will throw you down one.”

And he threw it so far, that, while the wolf was gone to pick it up, the little pig jumped down and ran home. The next day the wolf came again, and said to the little pig:
“Little pig, there is a fair at Shanklin this afternoon, will you go?”
“Oh yes,” said the pig, “I will go; what time shall you be ready?”
“At three,” said the wolf.

So the little pig went off before the time as usual, and got to the fair, and bought a butter-churn, which he was going home with, when he saw the wolf coming. Then he could not tell what to do. So he got into the churn to hide, and by so doing turned it round, and it rolled down the hill with the pig in it, which frightened the wolf so much, that he ran home without going to the fair. He went to the little pig’s house, and told him how frightened he had been by a great round thing which came down the hill past him. Then the little pig said:
“Hah, I frightened you, then. I had been to the fair and bought a butter-churn, and when I saw you, I got into it, and rolled down the hill.”

Then the wolf was very angry indeed, and declared he would eat up the little pig, and that he would get down the chimney after him. When the little pig saw what he was about, he hung on the pot full of water, and made up a blazing fire, and, just as the wolf was coming down, took off the cover, and in fell the wolf; so the little pig put on the cover again in an instant, boiled him up, and ate him for supper, and lived happy ever afterwards.

Once upon a time when pigs spoke rhyme
And monkeys chewed tobacco,
And hens took snuff to make them tough,
And ducks went quack, quack, quack, O!

Write a story

2009-04-03T11:32:00.008+02:00

Do you like writing? You can create your own story here.

WRITE A STORY!!

Write a story in a piece of paper using these words below.
First translate them into English.
aves, avioneta, campo, casa, castillo, cueva, feliz, nieve, nubes, pastor, pastos, rey, rico, sol, vaca , viento, violin

Title your story and draw a picture to illustrate it.
Afterward, review your story and make sure all your sentences are complete sentences: Subjects, verbs and complemets.

Finally, copy your own story in the Englishblog and give de paper to your teacher.

Remember: Do a space next to a punctuation mark. Put capital letter then a point. Beware of copy and paste from a translator. Translations are nonsense! Beware of spelling or typing mistakes!
You must do this task until April 30th.

Write a letter to the Mayor of the Villanueva Mesía

2009-04-01T08:37:00.004+02:00

Anyone can write a letter to the Mayor of the Villanueva Mesía. Perhaps you have a question, a suggestion, an opinion, a request, a concern, or a criticism for the Mayor. Or you may simply want to send your congratulations or well-wishes the Mayor. Use these hints to help you write a letter to the Mayor.

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Today's Date (For example: Jan. 23, 2009)
Dear Mayor __________ (Write the Mayor's name here),

In the body of the letter, you should first briefly introduce yourself. Remember to include you name and address so that you can receive an answer to your letter.
Explain why you are writing this letter to the Major. Perhaps you have a question, a suggestion, an opinion, a request, a concern, or a criticism for the Major. Or you may simply want to send your congratulations or well-wishes to the Major.

Ask the Major specifically for a response that you would like (for example, you might request that the President visit yourschool, house, area... or support legislation helping students).

Remember to thank the Major for reading your letter.

Thank you, (or use another closing phrase)
(Sign your name here)
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Remember: Do a space next to a punctuation mark. Put capital letter then a point. Beware of copy and paste from a translator. Translations are nonsense! Beware of spelling or typing mistakes!
You must do this task until March 31st.

Write your own story here.

2009-04-01T00:50:00.007+02:00

Do you like writing? You can create your own story here.

WRITE A STORY!!

Write a story in a piece of paper using one of the story ideas below.

You become invisible for a day.
You can see things other children can´t.
You become famous around the world.

Title your story and draw a picture to illustrate it.
Afterward, review your story and make sure all your sentences are complete sentences: Subjects, verbs and complemets.
Finally, copy your own story in the Englishblog and give de paper to your teacher.

Remember: Do a space next to a punctuation mark. Put capital letter then a point. Beware of copy and paste from a translator. Translations are nonsense! Beware of spelling or typing mistakes!
You must do this task until April 30th.

Do you know Ireland?

2009-03-07T18:03:00.019+01:00

On 17 March, Ireland celebrates its national holiday, St. Patrick's Day. A good reason to take a virtual tour around the Emerald Isle and dig a little deeper into Irish history. And don't miss our Irish legends and lyrics of traditional songs. All topics are linked from the Ireland frontpage.

Useful Links

History Channel
Orígenes del Saint Patrick's Day y otras curiosidades:
http://www.history.com/minisites/stpatricksday/

The Holiday Zone
Juegos y actividades relacionadas con Saint Patrick's Day
http://www.theholidayzone.com/stpat/

Write about Ireland in the English Blog. Can you explain how is Ireland?, how do they celebrate St. Patrick`s Day?.
You can write about Irish traditions, festivities or any relevant aspects that you think are interesting in Ireland.
Remember: Do a space next to a punctuation mark. Put capital letter then a point. Beware of copy and paste from a translator. Translations are nonsense! Beware of spelling or typing mistakes!
You must do this task until March 31st.

Some ideas for to work in the blog

2009-02-14T10:00:00.003+01:00

My dream date

As it's Valentine's Day on Saturday, try this sample activity from the its-english web site with your students. All they have to do is answer a series of questions in order to create a short story in which they go on a date with the boy or girl of their dreams. They can then print their stories to display in the classroom.

Follow this link to access the interactive exercise
http://www.its-english.com/personal/love/ex4.asp

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Topical classroom activities

If you’re wondering how a monkey, nicknamed Troublemaker, ended up on the cover of a teachers’ magazine, then take a look at the topical classroom activities we’ve prepared for this issue. “Troublemaker” is one of the winning photos in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. You’ll find activities related to the competition as well as International Year of Astronomy, Barbie’s 50th birthday, Star Trek, jazz, April Fool’s Day, green day (not the rock group) and Kings of Leon (yes, the rock group). And continuing the red carpet theme, we have a fun classroom game in which students identify stars arriving at an awards ceremony and complete a picture puzzle to identify four mystery stars.

Our free sample activity is a quiz to test your students' knowledge of Kings of Leon, currently one of the most popular rock bands in the world. This month the group's on tour in Spain, France, Holland and Germany.

Follow this link to download the activity.
http://www.its-teachers.com/activities/its111/02_kings_of_leon.asp

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28th February: The Day of Andalusia.

2009-02-01T11:23:00.005+01:00

What do you know about Andalusia?

Look for information about our Autonomy Community of Andalusia in the Internet. It must be in English. You only have to copy the information and pictures in your English Notebook. This information must be related to Andalusia, it can be about a monument, city, place, etc. When you finish this work you should show it to your teacher.

Here you have an example.

Andalusia (Spanish: Andalucía) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain. Its capital and largest city is Seville. The region is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and Almería.

Andalusia is located south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Spain from Morocco, and the Atlantic Ocean. The small British overseas territory of Gibraltar shares a three-quarter-mile land border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Andalusia and Villanueva Mesía

Write about Andalusia and your town in the English Blog. Can you explain how is your town?, how do you celebrate the Andalusia´s day?.

You can write about our traditions, festivities or any relevant aspects that you think are interesting.
Remember: Do a space next to a punctuation mark. Put capital letter then a point. Beware of copy and paste from a translator. Translations are nonsense! Beware of spelling or typing mistakes!
You must do this task until February 28th.

What is the Peace for you?

2009-01-02T20:21:00.018+01:00

The 30th of January we celebrate the international day of peace.
This day is the day when Ghandi died. It's very important day in the world, and it's a very beautiful day in our school, we sing songs and dance in the playground. In this day everybody try to be nice with other people. The symbol of the day it's the "dove of peace". In our school we decorate the walls with big pictures with messages of peace. The big pictures are normally made by the youngest students. When we go out to the playground, we put the pictures on the sports centre windows and everybody see them.

This year we have made another activity: at eleven o'clock we have gone to the preschool classes to help the children to inflate balloons, and we put into them messages of peace, later on we all meet at the playground, teachers, students and parents carry a balloon each, everybody sits on the balloon and brakes it, then people read the messages and everybody sing a song all together.

Pictures of Peace

School Friends, Quinton White, Atlanta, GA, USA Family, Inka Jankovicova, Bratisolva, Slovak Republic Tank of Peace, Paula Soares da Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The Bridge in Suzdal, Valentina Strelkova, Surgut, Russia People, Shinida Butler, Atlanta, GA, USA Friends, Shinida Butler, Atlanta, GA, USA Farmlife, Relka Von Schalkayk, Windhooek, Namibia Av. Atlantica, Anderson Tavares de Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Village Woman, Tulika Gupta, Jamshedpur, India People Around the World, Sidik Abuba Kari, Atlanta, GA, USA My City, Tanja Voskoboinikova, St. Petersburg, Russia Two Ladies & a Flute Player, Shruti Mishra, Jamshedpur, India Welcome to Hungary, Timea Karman, Budapest, Hungary Jumping Rope, Prince Phala, Johannesburg, South Africa Leopard, Olivia Walton, Windhock, Namibia Drowsy, Nay Alar, Johannesburg, South Africa Inspirace, Midrot Jaceloder, Krakow, Poland Nane Annan, United Nations

Just click on the thumbnail and you will get a high-resolution image. Be aware that these images may take some time to download.

Translate the text in your English notebook.
Write a text in the English blog about the Peace and the No-Violence.
Draw a picture about the Peace in your English notebook.
Choose a sentence of Gandhi here>>>, translate and explain what it means in your English notebook.
Remember. You must do this task until 31st January 2009.

For more information about "the Peace" do click here http://anacleta.homestead.com/peace.html and visit these site to learn more:
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peace/index.asp

Pipes of peace - Paul McCartney

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I LIGHT A CANDLE TO OUR LOVE,

IN LOVE OUR PROBLEMS DISAPPEAR.
BUT ALL IN ALL WE SOON DISCOVER
THAT ONE AND ONE IS ALL WE LONG TO HEAR.

ALL 'ROUND THE WORLD,
LITTLE CHILDREN BEING BORN TO THE WORLD.
GOT TO GIVE THEM ALL WE CAN 'TIL THE WAR IS WON,
THEN WILL THE WORK BE DONE.

HELP THEM TO LEARN (help them to learn)
SONGS OF JOY INSTEAD OF BURN, BABY, BURN. (burn, baby, burn)
LET US SHOW THEM HOW TO PLAY
THE PIPES OF PEACE,
PLAY THE PIPES OF PEACE.

OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH,
OOH-OOH-OOH.

HELP ME TO LEARN
SONGS OF JOY INSTEAD OF BURN, BABY, BURN,
WON'T YOU SHOW ME TO PLAY (how to play)
THE PIPES OF PEACE, (pipes of peace)
PLAY THE PIPES OF PEACE

OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH.

WHAT DO YOU SAY? (what do you say?)
WILL THE HUMAN RACE BE RUN IN A DAY? (in a day?)
OR WILL SOMEONE SAVE THIS PLANET WE'RE PLAYING ON?
IS IT THE ONLY ONE?

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

HELP THEM TO SEE (help them to see)
THAT THE PEOPLE HERE ARE LIKE YOU AND ME. (like you and me)
LET US SHOW THEM HOW TO PLAY (how to play)
THE PIPES OF PEACE, (pipes of peace)
PLAY THE PIPES OF PEACE.

OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH.

I LIGHT A CANDLE TO OUR LOVE,
IN LOVE OUR PROBLEMS DISAPPEAR.
BUT ALL IN ALL WE SOON DISCOVER
THAT ONE AND ONE IS ALL WE LONG TO HEAR.

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Translate to Spanish this song in your English notebook. Check your work here>>>
Then, learn and sing it.

Christmas in England

2008-12-06T20:17:00.005+01:00

In English speaking countries, children don’t get their presents on Christmas Eve (24 December). Santa comes at night when everyone is asleep. Santa’s reindeer can fly and take him from house to house. They land on the roofs of the houses and then Santa climbs down the chimney to leave the presents under the Christmas tree.

In the morning of Christmas Day (25 December), children usually get up very early to unwrap their presents. Then they have plenty of time to play with their new toys.

Christmas dinner is served in the early afternoon. Most people eat turkey and sprouts and a Christmas pudding.

26 December is called Boxing Day. It hasn’t always been a holiday. People used to go back to work on that day where their bosses gave them little Christmas presents in small boxes. That’s why the day is called Boxing Day.

Questions on the text

Translate the text in your English notebook and answer the questions according to the text in your English notebook too.

Santa’s sleigh lands …
in front of the house
in the sitting room
on top of the house
Santa puts the presents …
under the tree
in the chimney
in his bag
Why is 26 December called Boxing Day?
People used to fight for their presents on that day.
People hang around all day watching TV.
People received little gift boxes on that day.

Nursery Rhyme

Little Jack Horner,
Sat in a corner,
Eating a Christmas pie.
He stuck in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, »What a good boy am I.«

What do you think about Christmas?

How are your Christmas Holiday?

What do you do in Christmas Time?

Write a text.

Remember. You must do this task until 7th January 2009 and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Tell me your opinion about the English class and the School.

2008-06-03T08:15:00.003+02:00

Hello my friends:

With this last comment of the blog I hope your written opinion in a free text about English classes in particular and on your life at school in general.

As a teacher is very important for me to know your honest opinion, as it is the best way to learn and improve for the future.

Kind regards.

Your English teacher Luis.

John Lennon and the woman

2008-06-02T19:44:00.004+02:00

What do you think about this song? Especially of the letter of the song. Explain your answer, please.

If you like downloading this song into your computer click here >>>
Best wishes.

Your Teacher Luis.

Write a text !

2008-06-01T22:02:00.003+02:00

Hello my friends!

Now we propose you a new free work. Write a text that necessarily takes the following words: school, parents, life, class, sybject, home, rules, holidays, games, sports. We expect you to invent a title.

An example is the fact that your colleague has 1st of ESO, Ana Nieto Espejo.

Your Teacher Luis.

Reading - Deduction

2008-05-22T22:01:00.006+02:00

Play with the computer and learn English.

My family's hobbies

2008-05-01T10:47:00.007+02:00

Hello!

My name is Luis but my nick in Internet is "bikervva" because my favourite hobby is the mountain bike. I love very much riding on my bike and going to the Nature: see mountains, rivers and valleys with good friends,... is a fantastic experience!

I have got another hobbies, for example, the swimming, the photography, listen to music, especially classic music, read books, especially historic novels of my favourite author: Arturo Pérez Reverte. I like going trekking with my friends and enjoying of the Nature doing outdoor sport and taking photos.

Aaaaaahhhh! I forget... another hobby that I have got is to work with my computer and to surf the Internet.

My family has got many different hobbies. My wife enjoys with trekking and swimming and making delicious cakes. My daughter Eva likes swimming, mountain-bike and trekking. My sons Nacho and Alberto are great sporties: both are fools for the football!

Finally, I say you any secret thing that our cat Curro has also got a big hobby: he loves sleeping and eating!

What are your hobbies and your family?
Good luck every body with your text and I wish you a good mark!

Teacher Luis.

Remember. You must do this task until 31st May!
Please, I need to know what do you think of this activity and you can give your opinion in the survey. Thanks!

Free texts!

2008-05-01T08:31:00.002+02:00

Hello:

If you want to write a free text in English or simply copy some text in English that you like, this is the right place.

I wish you enjoy and you will learn much English.

With my best wishes.

Your English teacher Louis.

My house

2008-04-01T12:30:00.005+02:00

Hello.

I listened the sentence: "Home, sweet home..." and I think is true.

My house is a little and old house situated in La Paz street in Villanueva Mesía.
It is little but I like very much my house, becouse it is my home and the home of my family. The most important for me is the near that it is of my work in the school and the good people that are all my neighbourhood.
I live with my family: wife, two sons and one daugther. ¡Ahh, I almost forget: Two cats live with us!!!

My house has two floors. The ground floor have a very little kitchen, a living room, a study and a larder. Behind the house there is a fantastic courtyard with a lot of plants and flowers. In spring and summer we live there nearly everytime.
There are 3 bedrooms in the first floor: the main bedroom and two small bedrooms. Also there is a bathroom.

My study is small, but very confortable. I love it. In my study there's two tables: a round table for work and a long table for work with my Personal Computer and a printer. Also there are a lot shelves for hundreds books and a lot of CDs. There's a coat rack for the clothes and there are a poster and a lot photograpies.
In another shelf I have a CD player because I like very much listen to CDs specially classical music. Sometimes I can watch DVDs in a little TV.

Next to my house there is a garage. There I keep my car and my mountain bike. My sons play table tennis with their friends there. It is very useful this place for all my family.

Do you want to know my house? You can go there and visit it becouse the doors always are open for my friends.

Remember. You must do this task until 30th April!
Please, I need to know what do you think of this activity and you can give your opinion in the survey. Thanks!

My meals

2008-03-05T10:03:00.023+01:00

Hello my friends.

My name is Luis, your English Teacher. I am from Villanueva Mesía, Granada in Spain. I am 53 years old and I was born in the Albaicin in Granada capital. The Albaicin is a big and old neighborhood very near and opposite of the Alhambra and the Generalife. Next to my old street go past a beautiful typical river: The Darro. This river is tributary of our Genil river.

Now I work at the Cardenal Cisneros School in this village, Villanueva Mesía.

I get up early, approximately at 7 o'clock in the morning and I have a toast with olive oil, coffee with milk and orange juice for breakfast. Sometimes I put butter or peach jam on the piece of toast but I prefer it with olive oil because this breakfast is more healthy. Every day I have breakfast at half past eight more or less and then I go to the school. At the weekends I have breakfast more late around nine o'clock or half past nine in the morning.

I have a piece of fruit, por example an apple, an orange, a banana and sometimes I have some strawberries at break time at school around twelve o'clock.

Then, at half past two in the afternoon I have lunch at home. I am very hungry at this time and I eat all the food that it is on the table. My favourite food is paella and roast chicken with a lot of fried chips and some bread. I always drink some water and I sometimes drink only a cup of a good wine. I often start my lunch with salad and I always finish with a piece of fresh fruit of the day.

I like very much the Mediterranean Food because I think that this kind of meal is very healthy: vegetables and fruit are very important. I try to eat 5 pieces of fruit and vegetable a day.

I have a cup of tea or a cup of coffe with milk with a pair of biscuits at six o'clock in the afternoon. It is very good for me to have somethig at this time, so I can continue work better.

Finally, I have dinner around ten o´clock. My dinner is very light: a salad, some cheese or york ham and another piece of fruit or yogurt. It is very important for me don't eat a lot at night because I can sleep better with my empty stomach: my dreams are wonderful!

Remember. You must do this task until 31st March!
Please, I need to know what do you think of this activity and you can give your opinion in the survey. Thanks!

I am this

2008-02-23T17:42:00.008+01:00

Hi. My name is Luis. I am an English teacher at Cardenal Cisneros School. I teach English to students of Primary and Secondary and also I am the headmaster of this school. I make every effort to do my job well. I am not good at Art but I like English and Spanish very much. I love sports too. My favourite sport is riding mountain bike but I can also swim and do trekking at the weekend.

My best friend is Emilio. He isn't good at English but he is interested in sports, specially in mountain-bike. He is an excellent tennis-player and now he is learning paddle! He has got two children: one son, Emilito and one daugther, Alba. Emilito can play football and Alba can rollerblade very well.

I have got four children: three sons, Luismi, Nacho and Alberto and one daughter, Eva. All are great athletes: Luismi, Nacho and Eva are good swimmers and Alberto is a very good footballer. He plays at Granada CF. They can use a computer and Eva is good at Math. I am not. Math is difficult for me!

My great hobby is the photography and always I go with my little camera when I do mountain-bike and trekking. Make photographies in the nature is fantastic!

Write to me soon.

See you.

Luis.

Remember. You must do this task until 7th March!
Please, I need to know what do you think of this activity and you can give your opinion in the survey. Thanks!