The youngest Nobel Peace Prize: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Watch this over three-minute video about Martin Luther King, Jr. and say if the sentences below are true or false.

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in 15th February 1929. 

2. His real name was Michael Luther King, Jr.

3. When a child, other kid's parents never let Michael play with their kids.

4. He and his family were always active volunteers in church.

5. At the age of nine, Michael and his family travelled to Europe.

6. While visiting France, Michael and his father changed their names to Martin Luther King and Martin Luther King, Jr.

7. At the age of sixteen Martin graduated from high school.

8. He graduated from Boston University.

9. While living in Boston he got married and three sons and one daughter were born into the family.

10. He preached for peace and for equal rights for African and American (coloured) people.

11. One of his most important moments was called the bus boycott.

12. His most memorable and historical speech was his I have a dream speech.

13. It was held in Washington DC over 160.000 people.

30th January: The School Day of Peace and Non-Violence

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New Year's Resolutions

Hi kids! Happy 2012! How is it going? I hope you are enjoying and relaxing to recharge your batteries.

Here it is a reading activity for you to practise some structures and vocabulary about a topic we will work in class next week: New Year's Resolutions.

As you know yet, it is a tradition that people make resolutions at the beginning of each new year. The thing is that as nobody is perfect, the beginning of every new year makes us more reflexive about ourselves and we start thinking about things we did and things we want to do. This time then, becomes a good time to think about changing: breaking some habits or accepting new challenges. That's why people make resolutions in January.

A resolution is a promise you make to yourself and there are three types:

- One kind of resolution refers to oneself and reflects personal aspirations: you can resolve to eat less candy, to exercise more, to watch less TV...

- Other resolutions have to do with family and friends, this way you can resolve to be more patient with your little brother, to be more helpful at home or not to get into fights with your friends or school mates.

- Some others are about school and the outside world and respect for these you can try to get to class on time, try for better marks...

We usually use these structures  when we talk about new year's resolutions:

- I want to/wanna care more about the environment.

- I'm going to/gonna eat five fruits or vegetables a day.

- I will do my homework in time.

- I think I can keep my room clean.

- I resolve to read one book per month.

Don't break these promises, keep them and you will feel better about yourself.

To finish, enjoy watching this funny slideshow: