1ºESO:MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A song to listen and sing aloud!

  And now what this video and talk to your partner about the message in it!!

IF YOU'VE FINISHED WITH THAT IT'S TIME FOR A BREAK. CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO PROVE YOURSELF OR HERE IF YOU JUST WANT TO PLAY FOR FUN

THE HUNGER GAMES ARE BACK AGAIN-MOCKINGJAY PART 2

The film you were all waiting for. Here is the trailer in English. How many new words can you understand from it?

THANKSGIVING DAY

THIS THURSDAY THANKSGIVING DAY IS CELEBRATED IN THE USA.WATCH THIS VIDEO TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE HOLIDAY AND HOW THEY CELEBRATE IT.

  Now it's time for you to make your own Thanksgiving Day's Turkey. Watch the video and follow the instructions.

1º ESO:Famous people II

The legend of the Zorro: We have been talking this week about Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. You can see both of them acting together in this popular adventure film.

1ºESO:FAMOUS PEOPLE

Describing people:Who is who? What are their nationalities? Who is Spanish? Who is a singer? Who is a football player? Who are British? Who are American?Who has got short and black hair? Who has got long and blond hair? Who is wearing glasses?Choose one and describe him/her.

FAMILY VOCABULARY FOR 1ºESO

MEANING	MALE	FEMALE	PLURAL
ABUELO/A	GRANDFATHER	GRANDMOTHER	GRANDPARENTS
PADRE/MADRE	FATHER	MOTHER	PARENTS
HERMANO/A	BROTHER	SISTER	SIBLINGS
TÍO/A	UNCLE	AUNT	UNCLES/AUNTS
HIJO/A	SON	DAUGHTER	CHILDREN
MARIDO/MUJER	HUSBAND	WIFE	-----------
PRIMO/A	COUSIN	COUSIN	COUSINS
SOBRINO/A	NEPHEW	NIECE	--------------
NIETO/A	GRANDSON	GRANDAUGHTER	GRANDCHILDREN

STEP (-ASTRO/-ASTRA)                IN LAW: FAMILIA POLÍTICA

HALLOWEEN RIDDLES

Here are some of your Halloween riddles. Good job guys!

1ºESO:THE SIMPSONS FAMILY

DO YOU KNOW THIS POPULAR FAMILY? CLICK HERE TO LEARN WHO THEY ARE IN ENGLISH.

Now click here to learn and practise the vocabulary.
Finally, can you introduce your own family?
 

IT'S HALLOWEEN

IT'S HALLOWEEN AGAIN AND EVEN IF YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS FESTIVITY CLICK HERE AND LEARN NEW FACTS. YOU'LL GET SURPRISED OR TERRIFIED, WHO KNOWS?

CLICK HERE AND LEARN SOME FUNNY JOKES AND RIDDLES ABOUT HALLOWEEN

AND NOW A NOT VERY SCARY BUT FUNNY SONG



AND A BIT MORE OF HALLOWEEN. DON'T MISS THE FILM! IT'S REALLY GOOD!

1ºESO:AUTUMN POEMS

Read and learn one of these poems. Can you do your own autumn poem? POST IT HERE (don't forget to include colours, food, actions, adjectives... related to the season)

Rain of Leaves

It’s raining big,
It’s raining small,
It’s raining autumn leaves
In fall.

It’s raining gold
And red and brown
As autumn leaves
Come raining down.

It’s raining everywhere
I look.
It’s raining bookmarks
On my book!

Pumpkins

When you see me in the fields,
My orange glowing in the sun,
It's time to say goodbye to summer
and hello to autumn fun!!


Autumn Leaves

The leaves are falling down.
The leaves are falling down.
Red, yellow, green and brown.
The leaves are falling down.

Autumn Fires

by Robert Louis Stevenson

In the other gardens And all up the vale, From the autumn bonfires See the smoke trail! Pleasant summer over And all the summer flowers, The red fire blazes, The grey smoke towers. Sing a song of seasons! Something bright in all! Flowers in the summer, Fires in the fall! Autumn, Queen of Year by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr. When the pumpkins are so yellow And the vines with grapes abound, When the melons are so mellow And the nuts fall to the ground; When persimmons lose their bitters, And the apples are so red; When we love to eat corn fritters Since the roasting ears have fled; When vacation days are over And the children go to school, They no longer play in clover, But much learn "Arithmos-rule," When weird Hallowe'en's most naughty elves With gnomes and sprites appear, While fat Thanksgiving fills the shelves - 'Tis AUTUMN, QUEEN OF YEAR.

1ºESO: ANOTHER BOOK AND FILM

This is my recommendation for the weekend. Again you can read the book:

Or just watch the film, click here and watch the trailer in English. Hope you like it!

JOHN LENNON "IMAGINE" (IN MEMORIAM)

John Lennon was murdered one day like this. To remember him, here you are one of his most beautiful songs: IMAGINE and some facts about his LIFE Enjoy it and nice weekend!

A BOOK/FILM RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS WEEKEND

You can read the book or if you prefer you can watch the film. Here is the trailer in English so that you can see what it is about

THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY

Yesterday, we were talking about some of the members of the British Royal Family. Here you are the family treee so that you know WHO IS WHO?

SOME FUNNY EXCUSES FOR NOT DOING HOMEWORK

Click here and you will find some funny excuses not to do homework. What is yours?

WORLD MAP AND CAPITALS/ NATIONALITIES

And some NATIONALITIES

LET'S REVIEW BASIC VOCABULARY WITH EASY GAMES

Click  here and review colours, numbers, clothes while playing games, or here and see how many points you can get.http://www.eslgamesplus.com/animals-colors-colours-clothes-numbers-english-vocabulary-game/

1ºESO: WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

Summer is over and we are here again. Let's start introducing ourselves. I've already introduced myself. Now it's time for you to do the same:

YOUR POEM

______________________

__________________,_________________,__________________

_,_______________WITH ______________,___________________,____________________,______________

WHO LOVES ____________,___________________

AND______________

WHO’S AFRAID OF 

_______________,___________________,____________

WHO WANTS TO SEE _____________,_______________

AND_____________________

WHO LIVES IN ___________________

____________________________

 Now let's work with this song from Mumford and Sons. I hope you like it.

1ºESO: FUN TIME

End of this course! Time to play, sing and dance. Nice summer to all of you!

Click here and choose your game!

OR IF YOU PREFER MUSIC CLICK HERE AND SING A BIT!

This week's song: Ed Sheeran-Thinking out loud

As many of you know it by heart and sing it along all the time here you are to practise a bit of English. Fill in the blanks with parts of the body... and something else!. Hope you like it!.

1º ESO SECOND TERM SPEAKING TEST

             POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FOR THE ORAL TEST    

A.ABOUT A PHOTOGRAPH (Students bring their own photos)

1. Who is the person in the photo?

2. What nationality is s/he?

3. What does he do?

4. Do you like him? 

5. Why? / What’s your opinion about him? (physical description,  adjectives of opinion…)

B. YOUR DAILY ROUTINES (About you or someone in your family)

1. What time do you usually get up?

2. What do you do then?

3. What time do you have breakfast?

4. What do you usually/ sometimes/never have for breakfast?

5. What time do you leave home for school?

6. How do you go to school?

7. What time do you arrive at school?

8. What time do your lessons start? 

9. What time does school finish?

10. What time do you have lunch?

11. What do you do in the afternoon?

12. What time do you do your homework?

13. What time do you have dinner?

14. Do you have a shower in the evening?

15. What time do you have dinner?

16. What do you do in the evening?

17. What time do you go to bed?

18. What do you do on Saturday morning/ afternoon/ evening?

19. What do you do on Sunday morning/ afternoon/ evening?

20. What do other people in your family do?

DRAMA WORKSHOP EVALUATION

DRAMA WORKSHOP EVALUATION

It's time to evaluate our Comenius Drama workshop. Please click here and answer the questions.

For more information, photos and videos on our Comenius Drama Workshop click here to Somos Valmayor blog.

30th January: International Day of Peace

This Friday, we celebrate the International Day of Peace. Elia, our Music teacher, has chosen this song by Louis Armstrong to celebrate that day. In this video it is sung by the Foundation: Playing for Change. Hope you like it!



 

MARTIN LUTHER KING (15th January 1929- April 1968)

THIS WEEK WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, BUT WHO WAS HE? AND WHY WAS HE SO IMPORTANT?

 He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. King, both a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist, had a notorious impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s. He played a fundamental role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the South and other areas of the nation, as well as the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, among several other honors. King was assassinated in April 1968, and continues to be remembered as one of the most honoured African-American leaders in history, often referenced by his 1963 speech, "I Have a Dream", to which you can listen by clicking here.

You can also listen to this song by U2 referring to his life and what he did.