Integrated Unit on Totalitarism

The last integrated unit of this school year was one on totalitarims, where the students had the chance to work in cooperative teams and dream about a different world, describe pictures, enjoy the final speech of the amazing film The Great Dictator and, as a final project, give voice to its trailer. 

They all did a wonderful job!

Here you can see the English worksheets:

1 Daydreaming About a Different World 2 Analising and Describing Pictures 3 the Great Dictator

Describe of the picture. Orange team.

The photo shows Benito Mussolini and he is wearing soldier clothes. He has his right hand up but he is of the extrem left. He has a body guard to his right. This photo was taken during II World War when Italy was allied with Germany. behind Mussolini, we can see many skyscrapers. Benito Mussolini expresses power and dictatorship country.

Description of a picture: "The nigth of the broken glasses". Green Team.

As we can see in the picture there are three people wearing rain coats and hats. We can not know the colours of these clothes because the picture was taken in black and white.

 This picture was taken in 1938 in Germany, while Hitler was a dictator there. 

 This photo shows "The night of the broken glasses" so we can see shop windows broken. This picture reprents the injustice to Jew people at this time. In the middle there are two people looking at the destroyed shops. 

Description of a picture: "The holocaust". White team

The picture shows the Holocaust in a concentration camp. It was taken during the Nazi period. It is a black and white photo where you can see many jews living in bad conditions. In the foreground there is a jew standing without clothes and he is very thin. In the background there are many jews lying in terrible beds because they are together and they haven´t opt any pillow or mattress and they use the plates as pillows. We think that this picture conveys sorrow and it shows us the importance of Human Rights (freedom, liberty, eguality...), which the Jews didn´t have.

Describing a picture in English! Blue team

The photo shows Hitler with the Nazi flag. The picture of Hitler is black and white. At the bottom there is the flag in colours and at the top there is the dictator, Hitler.

The Emperor, Hitler, is serious and thoughtful.

The flag has got a black swastika cross in the middle of a white circle and the rest of the rectangular flag red. 

The picture isn´t attractive because is dull. We think Hitler has his look in an objetive, which is to get a big nation with German people.

The flag might be a symbol of repression of Jews and other people who didn´t belong to Germany and a symbol of Fascism.

Teresa, José Alejandro, Antonio and Marta.

Blue team

Description of a picture in english

In the pictures, I can see a man. I think that this person is a soldier. He is not doing anything. This person is thinking and he is very serious. I think that the man is around 40 years old. I think the name of this pictures is "The Big Soldier". In the picture there is only a soldier, this soldier maybe is tall and strong. His eyes are black and small. He is wearing a uniform and on his head he has got a hat. His uniform is green and red and his hat is black and red. This is the description of the soldier.

The picture shows two military cars. I think it was taken in the WWII. This photo is a coloured photo.

In the background you can see a very big official building and a lot of people. In the foreground there are two military man in two military cars. The cars are are dark green. On the corner of the cars there is a yellow flag. The cars have four big wheels. Inside the upper part of the cars there are two soldiers. They are wearing helmets and green clothes like the car. They have a machine gun in theirs hands.

Maybe the cars were in a parade because the goverment wanted to show their power.

Claudia Sánchez Miranda Beige Team

Describing a picture in English

In this picture I can see the Führer of Germany, he is Adolf Hitler. He has a flag of his Nazi Party in the right hand. In the background of the picture I see behind Hitler million of soldiers were supporting the Nazi ideology. All of them support the same flag of the Nazi Party. Also, there is an eagle in the sky. The main character is wearing a uniform and on the left arm he has a symbol of Nazism. He has his hand up, which represents the power of all Germany. He was the dictator of Germany. This picture represents the Nazi ideology and the power of one person, the dictator. Pink Team.

Visiting the Cádiz of La Pepa

Once finished our didactic unito on La Pepa, we enjoyed a wonderful visit to Cádiz. The students did an excellent job as tourist guides, explaining the main monuments and historical events related to the Constitution of 1812. Congratulations!

Describing Pictures

As you know, now we are learning how to make a description of a picture. here you have the links to interesting websites to get the information you need:

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

Modal Verbs

Here you can get some more information on modal verbs, as well as further practice. Don't miss it!

Conditional Sentences

As you know, we have been lately studying Conditional Sentences. If you need further clarification and activities, click here and keep on learning!

Poets at El Fontanal

During the sessions before our Book Week the students in this group were working on a project that integrated the areas of Social Studies, Spanish Language and Literature, English and French. The main theme of the project was the figure of Federico García Lorca, who died 75 years ago. The students learned about his stay in New York, his literary piece Poet in New York and the economic crash of that period. You can click here to get a detailed view of the didactic guide for the project.

The end product was a marvellous book of poems in three languages (Spanish, English and French), which was displayed during the aforementioned Book Week. The students, who did an awesome work, also made the visit to the library more enjoyable by reading in front of the visitors their poems.

Here you can enjoy a great poem by José Alejandro, who was chosen by his classmates the best poet in English. Congratulations!

La Pepa: A Digital Version

Click here and get a digital version of the 1812 Constitution. Amazing, isn't it!

La Pepa (Part 3)

Here is the last part of the didactic unit devoted to La Pepa. Remember that soon you will be tourist guides in Cadiz!

La Pepa3. History and Monuments

Helicopter Journey over Manhattan

Click here

Get on my helicopter, fasten your seat belt, and enjoy this breathtaking view!

St. Patrick's Day

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

According to legend, Saint Patrick used a shamrock (a type of clover) to explain about God. The shamrock has three leaves on each stem. Saint Patrick told the people that the shamrock was like the idea of the Trinity – that in the one God there are three divine beings: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Although it began in Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated in countries around the world. People with Irish heritage remind themselves of the beautiful green countryside of Ireland by wearing green and taking part in the festivities.

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

One tale about Patrick is that he drove the snakes from Ireland. This is a metaphor for his bringing Christianity to Ireland and driving out the pagan religions. It’s true that Ireland has no snakes, but this has to do with the fact that Ireland is an island and being separated from the rest of the continent the snakes couldn’t get there.

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

International Women's Day Corner

On March 8 we celebrate International Women's Day, which is a good opportunity to show respect, appreciation and love towards women as well as a good moment to feel happy for their economic, political and social achievements, which were difficult to get. Sadly enough, it can also be a good day to remember those women who lack the rights we enjoy nowadays.

Thus, this will be our online corner for you to post a comment related to this day and what it means to you. Bear in mind that anything will be welcome: a sentence, a poem, the name of an important woman and the reason why you mention her, a thought, a feeling . . . 

Have a good day!

I Will Always Love You (by Whitney Houston)

Thinking about St. Valentine's Day, I've come across this love song by the recently deceased Whitney Houston. Click on the link, choose the mode more appropriate for you  (beginner or intermediate will be OK) and enjoy it! You can also sing along at the karaoke mode.

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You, Music Video, Song Lyrics and Karaoke

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14, St. Valentine's Day, is said to be a day for people who are in love. No matter whether you have a boyfriend or girlfriend or whether you like someone in particular or not, there must be lots of people you love: your parents, your brothers and sisters, your relatives, your friends . . . In fact, there are many people that make our lives nicer, aren't there?

Here you are some interesting links you should visit. The idea is for you to skim them and choose the ones you want to work on. But bear in mind that you should send comments showing what you have done or learnt.

There are many reasons why we love people. Click here to read 21.

You can also write a short love poem. Here you just have to drag and drop while in this site you can use a magnetic board.

There are funny love limericks here and famous quotations on love in this website.

If you really like a person you can use this calculator to see how happy you will be together but if you think you need something more exciting you can always read this kissing advice.

Apart from that, you can read about the origins of the day here .

But if you still don't like this topic, then perhaps you should do these activities and learn how to say something interesting.

Are you a language lover? Have you got foreign friends? Then click here and learn how to say "I love you".

If you like it so much you have done everything, go to this site and choose other activities, there are hundreds!

And remember, I wish you a happy Valentine's Day!

La Pepa (Part 2)

Here is the second part of the didactic unit on La Pepa. If you feel like travelling, enjoy the virtual tour around the Cadiz of 1812 here and get on this bus to see what Cadiz is like today!

La Pepa2. Touring Cadiz.

La Pepa (Part 1)

Today we began our didactic unit on La Pepa. Here is the first part of it. Moreover, you can click here to enjoy the introductory video. 

La Pepa1. a Constitution.

Writing Guide

Here is the guide we will use from now on to improve our writing skills. I hope it will help!

Writing Guide

MARTIN LUTHER KING

Martin Luther King was a men for remember her life because he protects the blak's right in USA and over the world.

many people ask to Martin Luther King "When you be satisface?" and he said " We can never be satisface" because he think the black people should have the white people rights.

The most remember phrase was "I have a dream.."

No one is diferent to the rest.

Here we have a video about the most famous speech of equality between races.

Martin Luther King was a black man who fought for the rights of black mens.

I think he is an idol for the world,because many people began to think such as he,and many aspects of the society started to change.

"I have a dream."

Four words with a profound message.

I HAVE A DREAM

This video is very interesting because Martin Luther king express the greatest injustice of life white people feel superior to people of color and he have a dream

I have a dream... =)

I have a dream that one day there is no war in the world,that one day there is no racism or violence against women.I have a dream that one day is over abuse, harassment... I have a dream that one day there is peace in the world.

Peace and Non-Violence

America has celebrated Martin Luther King Day since 1983 on the third Monday in January. Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. was an important person in the American Civil Rights movement, who believed in non-violence. He campaigned against segregation and inequality and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. In 1963 he gave his most famous speech, which contains the well-known phrase I have a dream.

Here you can enjoy most of this important speech. Then, think about the way in which you can contribute to improve the world and post a comment beginning like this: 

"I have a dream that . . . "

Do you need some kind of inspiration? Then you can listen to Someday, a song from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Watch the video and listen to it. It has a beautiful message.

Now you can read the lyrics here. Think about them . . . and of course, think about the things you can do to improve the world!

Present Perfect Simple

As you know, we have recently learned how to form and use the Present Perfect Simple tense.



Here you can read a funny introduction to the topic and you can also review its form and use, apart from doing some interesting activities.

Past Continuous

Here you can go to another explanation of the form and use of Past Continuous. In that site there are also activities to put into practice what you have learned.

You can also do this activity on Past Continuous. Do you think you need something more challenging? Click here for an activity to choose between Past Simple and Past Continuous.

Good luck!

-ed Pronunciation (Past Simple)

Do you find it difficult to pronounce regular verbs in past form? Do you think it's time to review it? If you didn't have enough with the activities we did in class, click here and get further practice.

Past Simple

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

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

Happy New Year!

How did you say goodbye to 2011? How did you receive the new year? Did you eat the twelve grapes? AS you know, not everybody has the same customs and traditions. 

Would you like to know how people in New York welcomed 2012 in Times Square? Have a look at this video and join the countdown!

Then, enjoy the atmosphere and fireworks in London! They are really amazing! Don't miss it!