Arctic Park

A collaborative project work integrating different competences developed by high school students about Arctic Park.

AUDIOBOOKS: A free online collection of stories and poems with audio.

Wake me up - Avicii

A song with good beat and very catchy to the ear.

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avicii - Wake me up - English lyrics

Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start
They tell me I'm too young to understand
They say I'm caught up in a dream
Well, life will pass me by
If I don't open up my eyes
Well, that's fine by me

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands
Hope I get the chance to travel the world
But I don't have any plans
Wish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life's a game made for everyone
And love is the prize

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I, I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know, I didn't know

Avicii - Wake me up -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avicii - Wake me up traducida al español

Sintiendo mi camino a través de la oscuridad,
guiado por un corazón latiendo,
no sé decir dónde terminará el viaje,
pero sé por dónde empezar.
Me dicen que soy demasiado joven para entenderlo,
dicen que estoy atrapado en un sueño,
bueno, la vida me pasará de largo,
si no abro bien los ojos,
bueno, por mí está bien.

Así que despiértame cuando todo haya terminado,
cuando sea más sabio y más viejo,
todo este tiempo, estuve buscándome a mí mismo,
y no sabía que estaba perdido.

Así que despiértame cuando todo haya terminado,
cuando sea más sabio y más viejo,
todo este tiempo, estuve buscándome a mí mismo,
y no sabía que estaba perdido.

Intenté llevar el peso del mundo,
pero solo tengo dos manos,
espero tener la oportunidad de viajar (por) el mundo,
pero no tengo ningún plan.
Desearía poder quedarme así de joven para siempre,
no temo cerrar los ojos,
la vida es un juego hecho para todos,
y el amor es el premio.

Así que despiértame cuando todo haya terminado,
cuando sea más sabio y más viejo,
todo este tiempo, estuve buscándome a mí mismo,
y no sabía que estaba perdido.

Así que despiértame cuando todo haya terminado,
cuando sea más sabio y más viejo,
todo este tiempo, estuve buscándome a mí mismo,
y yo, yo no sabía que estaba perdido.

No sabía que estaba perdido,
no sabía que estaba perdido,
no sabía que estaba perdido,
no lo sabía, no lo sabía.

Avicii - Wake me up - Despiértame

Imagine of John Lennon

 A great song to celebrate Peace Day.

John Lennon - Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky

Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

John Lennon - Imagine

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John Lennon - Imagine - Imagina

Imagina que no hay Cielo
es fácil si lo intentas
sin Infierno bajo nosotros
encima de nosotros, sólo el cielo

Imagina a todo el mundo
viviendo el día a día...
Imagina que no hay países
no es difícil hacerlo

Nada por lo que matar o morir
ni tampoco religión
imagina a toda el mundo
viviendo la vida en paz...

Puedes decir que soy un soñador
pero no soy el único
espero que algún día te unas a nosotros
y el mundo será uno sólo

Imagina que no hay posesiones
me pregunto si puedes
sin necesidad de gula o hambruna
una hermandad de hombres
imagínate a todo el mundo
compartiendo el mundo...

Puedes decir que soy un soñador
pero no soy el único
espero que algún día te unas a nosotros
y el mundo será uno sólo

John Lennon - Imagine - Imagina

I like to play

Look at this video and sing the song.
Then translate it in your notebook.
Write your opinion about the song in comments.

www.juegacontushijos.com/

What a Wonderful World

Sing this song.

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
 (George Weiss / Bob Thiele)

 I see trees of green, red roses too
 I see them bloom for me and you
 And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

 I see skies of blue and clouds of white
 The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
 And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

 The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
 Are also on the faces of people going by
 I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
 They're really saying "I love you"

 I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
 They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
 And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
 Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

 Oh yeah

Communicative activities in foreign languages

Interesting  place to find educational resources for teaching foreign languages ​​published by the CEJA.

We are moving

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:

1. Read and translate the text into your notebook.
2. Send an email to your teacher with the translation.
3. Write an answer in English and copy it in comments.

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Top 10 Christmas Songs for ESL Classes

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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!

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Our Work Projects

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.

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8th March - International Women's Day

 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>>>

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Burlington Activity Reader ESO 1/2

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>>>


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Countries of the world

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.

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.

Welcome back to school!

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>>>

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Read: The Three Little Pigs

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!

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Write your own story here.

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?

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

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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