Celebrating International Women's Day

Thanks to all the hard working women in the world!

This video shows many famous and important women in the world.




And this one shows how important women are in our society!

VIDEO: "LOOK UP"

Watch this lovely video about the use of mobile phones and remember to "look up" from time to time.

1ºESO: BRAVEHEART TRAILER

Watch the video and do the activities. Click here to start

This week we're practising oral and written comprehension

First we're travelling to Tokyo this week.Watch this video about the city and check your comprehension with some of the exercises proposed. You can also read about the Olympic Games or listen about the new Mars science laboratory.

CINEMA AND FILMS: THE HUNGER GAMES

If you are fond of films and going to the cinema, maybe you can enjoy this webpage with real information about what's on at english cinemas. Click here and enjoy reading about your favourite films.Later on, enjoy listening this trailer of one of the most successful films at the moment.

The Great Adventure of Reading

As you know on 23rd April we celebrate the Book's Day. You know it's the day when Miguel de Cervantes died in 1616. But did you know that William Shakespeare, the great English writer, died that day and that year too? What a coincidence!.
We want to celebrate it with you! For that reason we would like you to watch and enjoy this video.
WHY DON'T YOU SEND US THE TITLE OF YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK AND TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT IT?

April's text: "I have a dream"

This month you can read and listen part of the speech Martin Luther King gave to American people. We think dreaming is necessary in our world today and it's beautiful to have this kind of dream. We hope you like it!. If you click here you can read to the whole text. Material created by the group work formed by Lydia Ávila, Elia Huertas, Carmen Santos y MªJosé Sánchez.

Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0

A Film Trailer: Hugo

This week you can watch and listen the trailer of this film, which I strongly recommend to you. It tells a beautiful friendship story between two orphan children in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. Watch it! Then you can try and do the following activity. Click here.

ST.PATRICK'S DAY

The 17th March Irish people celebrate their national day. Here you are some links to play, have fun and discover something about how and why Irish people celebrate this day.
Click HERE and try this easy quiz about Irish symbols. Then click HERE, read some information and try to do this quiz too.
Finally watch this video about St. Patrick's origins and try to answers the questions below.
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1.Who was originally St. Patrick?
2.In which century did he live?
3.Why did he go for the first time to Ireland and what did he do there?
4.When he returned to England he became a ____________________
5.Why did he go back to Ireland again?
6.Which animal does tradition say he expelled from Ireland?
7.In which American city was St. Patrick celebrated for the first time?
8.Where is the biggest St.Patrick's parade celebrated nowadays?
9.What's the traditional food that day?
10.How do people celebrate this festivity?

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE

DO YOU LIKE HARRY POTTER'S FILMS? WATCH THIS VIDEO AND TRY TO DO THE ACTIVITIES BELOW, IT'S EASY ISN'T IT?

Video: Life of Charles Dickens

 As this week's riddle has to do with Charles Dickens, here you are a cartoon about his life.

Activity for 3º/4º ESO
CARNIVAL TIME: How do people celebrate carnival in England? What do they eat? Watch this video and try to complete the missing words below.

1. Lent is a time for ______ things.

2. Shrove Tuesdays is the day for cleaning out the _______.

3. Pancake races appeal to people’s ________ nature!

4. Everyone’s got ‘a _________ tooth’!

5. People in Britain have been celebrating Pancake Day for ________ years.

6. The tradition started in ________ when a woman ran to church holding a

______________!

7. Donald O’Kelly is planning to give up __________ for Lent.

8. Pancake day is a time to __________.

A funny video comparing some slang words in American and British English. Watch it and send your comments.

2º Bachillerato.You can write here the answers to the two activities we have done today.

A.Pursuit of Happiness
B.Vincent by Tim Burton