Some more exercises for you

Here you have, some more very easy exercises

Mistery trip

Watch and complete the questions about the trip.
Don't forget to download your past tense handout (in the printing box).
Who wants to be a millionaire?: Download and play the game.
Did you enjoy the the activity?

Are your ears larger than a gorilla's ears?

Who's got longer ears or feet? measure yourself and then you can compare your ears, feet and height  with some animals, as bats, gorillas, sea lions ..
Follow the link and the instructions in the webpage, then send me the result. May be you get amazed by the results.

Are you a daydreamer?

George and Rosemary is the story of two golden agers who live in the same street. Watch the video and  see what happens when George decides to stop daydreaming and finally he meets Rosemary.

Golden agers are very old people.
Daydream means to think about something pleasant that you would like to be doing.

Here you have the questions for Rosemary and George.

Art or vandalism...?

What do you think about graffiti? do you consider it art or it is simply a way to get dirty walls in our streets? watch the video from podcast in English and answer the following questions:

Where can you see an exhibition of Banksy's work?

What kind of works does Banksy do?

Why is this exhibition so unusual?

Who is Banksy?

How does Bansky paint the graffiti? Does Bansky follow any special skill?

Where can you see his work?

Which animal is a symbol for him/her?

Where has Banksy travelled lately?

Tips: first read the questions carefully and watch and listen to the video in full.

Then watch the video the times you need to get the answers, remember that you can stop it whenever you want.

It is a good idea to have a pen and paper ready at hand to write down your answers. Good luck!

 

How would you feel in somebody else's shoes?

"To leave our home was a big decision. We didn't want to go because we love our place and the nature in our country but we had to leave because of all the suffering and cruelty."
Saw Tha Heh, aged 17 
click to see drawings by refugee children.

Key facts on refugees

• an estimated 200 million people live outside the country in which they were born and this makes about 3% of the global population of 6.5 billion people.
  
• there are an estimated 14.2 million refugees in the world, roughly 0.21% of the world’s population
• the numbers of internally displaced persons are currently estimated to be around 24.5 million – 0.4% of the world’s population.
• the majority of refugees are in Asia and Africa, which between them host a total of 9.2 million refugees.(from Amnesty International). 
• Those are just numbers, and they may mean nothing to you. But they mean children and families forced out of their homes because of wars or disasters. How would you feel in their shoes? How would you feel if you lose your home? what about sleeping in a tent without water or food or proper clothes to wear?  
• Just put on your feet the shoes of a refugee and start your journey clicking here.
• Or Click and play this UNCHR game if you prefer.
  

Build your sprout

This widget will help you to learn the parts of a bike. It was made by Joey Mucha and I've found it in edusprouts (Patricia, thanks a lot) I hope you like.



Task:Follow the link and build your own "sprout" to learn new vocabulary, then send it to me by email. I hope you have a good time doing it!

Getting to know you

Let me learn about your your favourite free time activities, do you like riding your bike or prefer swimming? do you enjoy chess or simply hate staying in the whole afternoon?. Just think about the activities you like doing and the things you really hate. First watch the video:



And now listen to Richard (from elllo):
Click here to listen to Richard you can also read the transcript at the same time if you find it difficult, listen to it as many times as you need, and pay attention to the way to pronounce words.

TASK: write a dialogue with your partner about your hobbies and free time activities. You will perform it in the classroom.

And don't forget to have a look to this huge web with loads of listening activities:
English Listening Language Lab On line (elllo.org)

Good luck and see you in the classroom!

The Boss performance

April Fool's Day listening

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Click to View print and complete the activity. Thanks.

Happy Valentine's

February is the shortest month of the year, although this year it is a leap year, and February has 29 days, which happens every four years.
On the 14th we celebrate St. Valentine's Day and I have some activities for you. I hope you enjoy them.

Click here and follow the links to the activities.

And Have a Happy Valentine!!

Biographies

Have you chosen the person you want to write about?
Here you have some useful links to help you with your project:
1. Ask for kids: write the name you want and wait for the results.
2. Bio4kids: Lots of famous people, you can browse by the alphabetical index if you want.

Tip: Check your spelling!

Past continuous

Have a look to this link and learn how this tense is used.

Link here to practise what you've learnt.

Adjectives

Hi, pupils
As we are learning about adjectives here you have a set of links to revise and test your knowledge.
Click here

Merry Christmas!

Christmas time is near. Do you know how Irish people celebrate Christmas? follow the link and learn (and don't forget to do the task).