Let's See the Christmas Lights in London!

If you want to see the Christmas lights in London, don't miss this opportunity. Get in my car and I'll give you a lift from Piccadilly Circus to Marble Arc. Meanwhile we'll listen to a well-known Christmas song . . .  

By the way, don't panic! Remember people drive on the left here!

Did you like the song? Then, have a look at the lyrics and rehearse for a while before singing the karaoke version at the end:

All I Want for Christmas . . . Is You!

I hope you enjoy this song. You shouldn't just listen to it, but try to do something more challenging: Select the appropriate game mode for you (beginning or intermediate) and let me know how it was. Then, when you feel ready, press on the karaoke version . . . and have lots of fun!


Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You, Music Video, Song Lyrics and Karaoke

Merry Christmas for my Dear Students!

I wish you a very merry Christmas and I hope all your dreams will come true in 2012.

Big hugs,

Elena

The USA and the 13 Colonies: A WebQuest

These days we will be working on a WebQuest dealing with both your Social Studies and English lessons. I hope you enjoy it and learn many things. You can click here to see it.

Three Constitutions

On 6 December Spanish people remember the day we ratified our Constitution. A constitution is the set of rules that establish the structure and duties of a government. It also guarantees certain rights to the people. This is what we celebrated two days ago.

Here you can read, think and learn about our own constitution, and about that of the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Just click on this link, and then, go to the activities section.

World AIDS Day

December 1 has been World AIDS Day for 30 years. It is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. 

Even though there have been recent improvement of the treatment for this disease, it still takes million of lives every year. As you should know, one of the most important things to remember is prevention.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The aim on this day is to raise public awareness of this big problem. Have a look at this video and take your stand.

Thanksgiving Day

Tomorrow American people will celebrate Thanksgiving Day. You already learned in class about the history of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving feast. Here you are a funny video for you to sing.

Happy turkey day!

No Handed Bike Moves

Rosie would also like to share this video with you. I hope you enjoy it!



"Golden Tree" by Martin Brooks from Ninian Doff on Vimeo.

Slang Presentation

Here is Rosie's presentation on slang. You enjoyed it a lot in class and I hope you can learn more things once it is here.

Good luck!

Slang

Put a Book in your Life

This week we will work on a didactic unit to promote and foster reading among the students at our school. The main objective will be to create some kind of expectation for the forthcoming school book fair, which will be held soon (on 1 and 2 December). 

Click here, go then to contents and activities and don't forget to put a book in your life! You won't regret it!

The food of the Plymouth Colony

This work is our.
By : Ángela Macías Gómez 4ºB
Maria Guerrero Tascón 4ºD
Maria Jarana Ganfornina 4ºD
Trabajo de Ingles

Towards American Independence

As you know, these days we are working on the origins of the American independence. Last week you made your presentations on different aspects of the life of the puritan pilgrims (the first English colonists).  Now we will learn about the way in which life in the colonies evolved, we will review what you studied in your history lessons and we will learn some new facts and details.

Here you are the worksheets that we will use in class:

Life in the American Colonies

The Boston Tea Party and the Beginnings of the Revolutionary War

You can click here to see the video.


After the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and once the war had started, there were several battles between the two armies. The Battle of Saratoga was a very important one, can you guess why? Click here to see another video and answer the following questions posting a comment:


1. When did the Battle of Saratoga take place?
2. Why was it so important?
3. What European country helped America in an important way?
4. Give the exact dat for the British surrender.
5. What is the name of the peace treaty that recognised American independence?
6. What ideas inspired the American Revolution?

The clothes of pilgrims and Wampanoag

We are going to talk about the clothes of the pilgrims and Wampanoag.

The pilgrims women wore a garter because she tie up the stocking with the garter and they wore a petticoat.
After these clothing they wore another petticoat, a shirt-jacket and a coif.
The pilgrims men wore more clothes than the women. The pilgrims men wore breeches and also wore garters and stocking.


The clothes of the wampanoag were much less modest than the pilgrims. Both men and women wore jewelry, clothings were hand-painted. Men wore only a loincloth of soft  deerskin, and went barefoot.

By: Mª Teresa Monge, Trinidad Macías

Hello to Everybody!!

Hi, I'm José Manuel and I'm 15 years old, My birthday is in 21 of November. I love do sport, specially football. I also like listening to music and goingo out with my friends. Now my hair is short and my hair is black. My eyes are greys. I'm a nice person and I also am funny. I have one sister and her name is Isabel Maria and she is 14 years old and that's all.

Bye!!

The First Thanksgiving

The pilgrims celebrated the thanksgiving day as part of their religion. The actually holiday stem from the feast heald. This holiday now is called as "turkey day".

The reason for the voyage

The reason for the voyage is about the pilgrims are separated from the church to boot your reform therefore decide to travel to Amsterdam and then take a second ship and travel to Leiden.

Tips for Bilingual Students

Here are some tips you should take into account to improve your English and your marks at school. They include general tips and specific tips to get better writing skills. You will also have a direct link from the left hand-side column of this blog so that you can access them any time you need.

Tips for Students

General by Dispatch

Let's thank Rosie, our great language assistant, for the beautiful song she had prepared for today's class. Here you are the song and the lyrics:

The Phantom of the Opera

Very soon we will begin reading the adapted version of The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux. As you will see, the novel takes place in the Paris Opera House. You can click here to get some information about interesting aspects of the building and here to enjoy some beautiful pictures of the place.

Moreover you can make a virtual tour of the building as you listen to some extracts from the musical. Enjoy the video!

Zombie Jamboree

Do you know what a zombie jamboree is? Well, listen to the song as you watch the video and you'll get an idea. Apparently, there's a zombie jamborie on an island . . . Which island is it? What problem does one of the zombies have?

Have a very happy Halloween, and let me know if you go to a zombie jamboree!!!!!!

If you don't have the chance to go, don't worry. You can always visit this website and review some things.

Sonia Muñoz.

Hello, my name is Sonia. In this text I’m going to talk about me.
I’m 15 years old and I live in Lebrija; I was born on 15th of May of 1996 in Seville.
I’m thin and small. My curly hair is long and brown. My eyes are brown.
I’m smiling, nice, generous, I love go out with my friends and go to the parties. I like listen to music and chatting with my friends. I hate history.
I have got one brother. He’s name is David and he is 8 years old. He seems to me.
Bye :)
Kisses XXX.

Hello class !:)

Hello I'm Juan Jesús Romero. I'm 14 years old and mi birthay is 22 of december.
I am tall, mi hair is long and brown.
I love the sport especially the motorbikes, This moment isn't the best year of motorcycle races because the last weekend Marcos Simoncelli, a pilot of Moto GP die in a race and this is very bad...
I love the music louder and this is one of my favourite songs in english...



Byee !:)

María Salido :)

Hello Elena!

My name is Maria Salido Garrido, in this text I talk about me.

I am 15 years old, I was born in Albacete in 4th of February.

My hair is long and browm, I am small.. I am very talkative, genorus, I love parties and shopping,I dislike study biology and history.

I have got one little brother, his name is Carlos. He is 11 years old. I love his, because is my only brother and he is very simpathic.

This is my favorite song in English :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHp2KgyQUFk&ob=av2e

Hello Elena:)

Hello Elena, I´m Elena of 4th bilingual. I talk about me.
I´m 15 years old,my birthay is 29 of July. I will want study, pedagogy. I like listen to music, go to shopping, play movil phoned. I have got one brother a one sister, my brother´s name is Juan Diego, he is pedagogue, and my sister´s name is Sara, she is in the last year of  study, teacher. My hobbits are going to the party, reading, and the Semana Santa. My favourite color are blue and green.
This is the most important about me. :)
See you tomorrow! Bye kisses!
This is my favourite song, in english.

Hello!

My name is Lidia Herrera Rueda. I'm 15 years old and my birthday is 5 February.
I live in Lebrija (Seville) and I study in El fontanal. I like ride in horse, out with my friends, go party, go shopping, listening to music and play in the computer :)
In the summer, I was in Cadiz of holiday and I went all the days to the beach and the swimming pool.

Bye, kisses :)

Plymouth Colony

Once we see the interesting videos and slides about Plimoth Plantation we'll begin with our research on this topic. For this, you should follow these instructions carefully:

1. The members of each group will concentrate on the topic they have to study. They will read the information provided in the website (I'll give you the link).

2. Each group will briefly explain the information they have understood to the rest of the class, using plain English. For this presentation, they will also use the computer and the overhead projector.
3. The rest of the class will carefully listen to the speakers, asking for clarification when necessary. They will take notes on this worksheet.

4. Apart from the oral presentation, each group will post an article in this blog, summing up the main information.

5. The dates for each presentation will be agreed on in class.

These are the groups, the topics and the websites:

Group 1: Raúl, Sergio and Alfredo. Topic: Reasons for the voyage. Click here and here.

Group 2: María S., Alberto, Claudia and peña. Topic: The voyage: journey. Click here.

Group 3: José Manuel, Pedro, and Luis. Topic: The voyage: ship. Click here. 

Group 4: Marta, Sonia, and Inés. Topic: Daily life: housing. Click here.
Group 5: Beatriz, Trini, and Teresa. Topic: Daily life: clothes. Click here.

Group 6: María G., María J., and Ángela. Topic: Daily life: food. Click here.
Group 7: Benito G., Alfonso, and Emilio. Topic: Daily life: chores. Click here.

Group 8: Lidia, Ana, and Elena.  Topic: Daily life: school. Click here.
Group 9: Benito V., Rafael, and Antonio.  Topic: Daily life: games. Click here.

Group 10: Javier, Juan Jesús and José Alejandro. Topic: Thanksgiving feast. Click here.

The Very Origins of the United States of America

Have you ever thought about the reason why people speak English in the USA? We will devote some time to think about it and we will do some reaserach on it. To begin with, let's have a look at the videos and slide presentation in this interesting website.

Do You Speak English?

I know you can speak English, can't you? Have a look at this funny video and let me know what you understand. Did you find it funny?

Let's meet our pen pals!

Very soon we'll write our first letter to our pen pals. Would you like to know where they live and study? If you skim this website you'll get a lot of information about them. Make sure you are able to answer these questions and send a comment with the answers:

1. What is the name of the school?

2. What is the name of the town where the school is?

3. In the USA there are 50 states. Which is the state where the school is? (Perhaps you'll have to click here.)

4. Which is the county to which it belongs?

5. Have a look at the location of the state in this map. What is the capital of the state where our penpals live? Which is the ocean their state borders?

I'm waiting for your answers!

Present Simple, Present Continuous and 'Used to'

As you know, in unit 1 we have studied, among other things, Present Simple and Present Continuous. I think it's time to review both tenses. From here you will have access to explanations regarding their forms and uses, together with activities to check your knowledge. 

Present Simple Present Continuous

Moreover, if you click here you can do an activity to distinguish one from the other.

Would you like to do something more challenging? Click here and complete the text!


Since we also learn the form and use of used to to talk about repeated actions and events in the past, you can click here, to review it.

how to accept the invitation to be contributor of the blog

Hi Elena, I'm doing a game that it is to practice English, like a quiz.

I hope in 1 month that will be finished.

I only have done this, yet.

I havent done your mouth yet because I dindnt know how to draw the it.

see you :)

(I do it in a post because I can't post a comment)

Hello!!

Hello!
My name is: Beatriz Pascual-Vaca. I'm 15 years old. I live in Lebrija. I am study 4º ESO the name of school is: I.E.S El Fontanal. I love sing flamenco, ride a horse and play volleyball. one day a week I will sing the Peña "Pepe Montaraz".
I don't like study and math!! I like History and plastic.


bye bye! friends and teacher :D

Hello again class ! :)

Well as everybody knows my name is Alberto , this is the 4th year that we are together , and is the last too.

This year we have to study hard to get the graduate because next year we are going to study in another high schol and then go to university to be someone in life .

I´m 15 years old and I´m from Lebrija .

I love play the piano and the guitar , and I hope Elena let me to play de piano at the end of course.

I like do sport such as swimming and playing football , go to gym and others sports.

At the weekend I go out with my friends and I do things that during the week I don´t have enough time to do .

In the future I would like to be an aerospace engineer , it´s too difficult but I think with a little of effort all is possible !

Hugs for everybody ! :)

Pd:I was going to put here the song that I wanna play but ... I want to be a surprise ;)

HELLO EVERYBODY!! :)

My name is Claudia. I’m 16 years old. I live in Lebrija. I have a one brother. He’s name is Carlos.
I love going to the shopping centre and I go out with my friends. I like listen to music pop and read a book. Now I am reading "El Secreto". This is a good book.
My favourites subjects are English and biology.

This is my presentation, I hope do you like it.

Hello class ! :)

My name is María Jarana. I'm 14 years old. I live in Lebrija.

I love going to the shopping centre with my sister-in-law, I love listening pop and flamenco music, and sometimes I listen rock music.

I like going out with my friends, (I think they are the best :P ).

My favourites subject are english, french and geography, buy I don't like history and maths...

In my free time I read a book, now I am reading "Mi vida en el paraiso", it is a fantastic book.

I hope do you like its ! ^^

Kisses

benito

Hi, my name is Benito Gomez and I am the best student.

Hello everybody!!

Hello, my name is Raúl. I am 15 years old. I live in Lebrija, a wonderful town.

I have got one brother, his name is Antonio. He is older than me 6 years.

In my free time I like play football, go out with my friends, read books related to

football, swim in the pool and go to my field, but what I like most is the Easter of

Lebrija is very very beautiful.

Hello class! Hi Elena! :)

Hi everybody! My name is Ángela.
I´m 15 years old. I live in Lebrija, but I have family in Madrid and in Seville.
I loving going to shopping, listenning to music and I like going to the parties with my friends on weekend! I hate Study History because this subject never like me.
For what I see in the comments of my friends nobody like study history, haha!
This summer I go to Madrid because my cousin to marry. All my family went an hotel of Madrid, and we enjoy it!
In winter, I go to play tennis and I go to the School "Virgen del castillo" for study French in the Official School of Languages.
Now, i am do my homework!
Kisses :)

Hello everybody!

Hello my name is Sergio , I am 15 years old, I live in Lebrija ,I have a sister , I like play the guitar , play tennis , going out with my friends and the motorbikes.

I hate study history but I like biology.

Hello everybody! :)

My name is Maria. I´m 15 years old. I live in Lebrija.
I love dancing flamenco, the music, going out with my friends and I like going shopping.
I don´t like study history , because I hate History but I like Biology, English and F&Q.
If you want see me dancing clik here .
Good bye :D

Hi! :)

hi! I'm Pedro. I'm 15 years old and I'm in 4 eso.

I live in Lebrija, I study in "El fontanal"

I love rock music, the informatic, go out with my friends, and play the guitar. hate study history.

I'm making a game ,I havent finished yet but I have do a demo of the game , if you want play click here

Hello! :)

Hi everybody!

My name is Trinidad but my friend say me Trini. I'm 15 years old. I live in Lebrija.
I like out with my friends, reading a books, playing tennis. In summer, I went to my country side with my friends and I went to travel Benalmadena.

Good bye! (:

Hello! :)

Hello, my name is Teresa Monge.I´m 15 years old. I live in Lebrija. I like reading a book, playing tennis with my friend and listenig to music. In summer, I went to Trini´s country and I swam on her swimming pool and also I went to the beach with my family. Bye!

hello, my name is Javier Pacheco Montero ,i live in lebrija ,i liked so much this place . My hobbies are playing the drums, out with my friends, the hunt, swiming . I think this new course is a bit more difficult than the last and have to work harder in order to pass all subjects. Bye

Hello , my name is Jose Alejandro (Pepe). I am a student of tha secondary school IES El Fontanal. I was born in Lebrija. I love the music , swim in summer , and rugby. i like the mistery films like a "CODIGO DAVINCI".

In summer I go to my field all the summer , with my dad ,mom ,my sister , my brother in law , my nephew and my brother.

Bye kisses

welcome to the english's blog my name is Emilio I'm 14 years old . I think this year is a little be more difficult bye

Hi everybody!

Welcome to this blog! My name is Elena and I am an English teacher at IES El Fontanal, a secondary school in a beautiful town called Lebrija. I was born in Córdoba, but I live in Seville: I have lived here for a long time. In my free time, I love swimming, going out for long walks, going to the beach, and listening to music. I also like going shopping and seeing films on TV.

In summer I go to the swimming pool every day and I have a good time there. In winter I usually swim twice a week. On working days I go to Lebrija every day by train and I usually enjoy my job. At weekends I enjoy the wonderful park in front of my flat (I include a nice picture of it). I also do the house chores, but I don't like it so much!

At the moment I am writing from home, while I am listening to a nice love song by Jason Mraz. Would you like to listen to it? Well, click here then!

Would you like to know more things about my life? Feel free to post a comment with your questions!