Robin Hood

Class Rules

Glad you came, ;^)

Cities from The USA

The Balanced Plate

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

Choose the correct answer (bold text), according to the video: 

a. Mark and Betty are scientists/teachers. 

b. Mark is an inventer/a painter and Betty is his assistant/his secretary. 

c. Mark is/isn't making a present for his cousin George. 

d. Mark connects a carton of milk to his mobile phone and it becomes a radio/a speaker. 

e. George doesn't like/loves milk and music. 

f. Mark usually/never wears ties. 

g. Mark hates vegetables/meat. 

h. George loves meat/vegetables. 

i. George is staying for dinner/for a week.

Giving directions

This is a nice game to revise the way we use to give directions. The game consists of four parts but before playing, have a look at some common shops and places in town you will find on the map. Enjoy it!

On the road

World Health Day

April 7th is World Health Day and as a way to commemorate it, here you are a film. Click over the image below to be directed to BrainPOP site, and see this time, a movie about the human body. The movie is close-captioned but watch the video without subtitles first for comprehension purposes and watch it with subtitles later on. To do so, activate the CC buttom (closed captions = subtitles) by clicking on the icon CC on the lower part of the film. Enjoy!

A follow-up activity is forthcoming. 

Easter activities and games

Today is Saint Patrick's Day

17th March is Saint Patrick's Day, an almost worldwide celebration.

Check this interactive book to find out about this typical Irish festival.

Nutrients and Food Pyramid

Watch this video, listen to it carefully and try to understand as much as you can. You know maybe you need to listen to it several times but remember it is good for you. After that, click on the CC (Closed Captions) button for a transcript and listen again while reading the text.

Finally, just listen (don't read the transcript at the same time) and fill in the blanks:

a. We are ________ (1). It means that we get our nutrients from eating food.

b. Nutrients supply our bodies with ________ (2) and substances they need to grow and stay ________ (3): fats, ________ (4) and proteins.

c. Carbohydrates and ________ (5) are used as fuel to keep our body going.

d. When you ________ (6), you burn carbohydrates first and then fat.

e. ________ (7) repair and build new parts of our body.

f. Vitamins and ________ (8) also help you keep your body healthy.

g. Calcium build ________ (9) bones and Vitamin E is ________ (10) for your skin.

h. Food pyramid tells you what ________ (11) you need to stay ________ (12).

i. Each ________ (13) represents a food group.

j. The amount of food you must ________ (14) is represented by how wide the color is.

k. ________ (15) is the widest and it includes: bread, pasta, ________ (16), ________ (17)...

l. The second group is ________ (18) group and it is an important source of ________ (19) and minerals.

m. ________ (20), the third group is rich in vitamins and fiber.

n. Try to eat food high in ________ (21) oils like nuts, olives and avocados.

o. Milk products are a great source of ________ (22) and calcium: try to have low-fat or non fat choices.

p. ________ (23) are high in proteins but some kinds of fats too so try to have leaner meats, fish, beans and nuts.

q. A ________ (24) diet includes foot from each of these groups everyday.

r. ________ (25) is an important part of a healthy diet.

s. How much of these food groups you should eat depends on age, ________ (26) and gender.

t. You don't have to avoid fat and ________ (27) completely but keep them as low as possible.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

On March 8th International Women's Day is celebrated. To commemorate it, this nice video gives you some information about some women's achievements and difficult women's life in the past in education, politics... Although there's still a lot to do.

This video also offers you the opportunity to practise your reading abilities. Don't worry about the vocabulary and grammar it contains and you don't know since the main aim is to try to get a global idea of the content. ... Anyway, you can stop the video whenever you need to work on the vocabulary at your own pace.

Classroom language

Shrove Tuesday (Martes de carnaval) is Pancake Day

En el Reino Unido hay una tradición muy querida (a much-loved tradition) de hacer y comer tortitas (pancakes) el Martes de Carnaval (Shrove Tuesday) es decir, el día antes del Miércoles de Ceniza (Ash Wednesday) que anuncia los 40 días de ayuno (fast days) -sin contar los domingos, por lo que en realidad son 47 días de Cuaresma (Lent) hasta Sábado Santo (Holy Saturday) antes del Domingo de Resurección (Easter Sunday).

"Shrove" viene del verbo "Shrive" que en antiguo inglés significa "confesar" (confess) ya que según las creencias cristianas (Christian beliefs) había que confesarse antes de entrar en Cuaresma, periodo que commemora los 40 días de Jesús en el desierto (commemorates Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness). Por lo tanto el Martes de Carnaval era para gastar (to use up) aquellos alimentos que no se podían consumir en Cuaresma y que podían echarse a perder (could go off): los huevos, la mantequilla y el azúcar (eggs, butter and sugar) con lo que están hechas las tortitas.

También son tradicionales en el Reino Unido las "carreras de tortitas" (Pancake Races) que, como su nombre indica, consisten en hacer una carrera llevando una sartén (frying pan) con una tortita caliente (hot pancake) y darle la vuelta lanzándola al aire (flipping it) un determinado número de veces (suelen ser unas tres veces) antes de llegar a la línea de meta (finishing line).

 

A guessing game

Here it is a different listening activity: an amazing community cards game. You will have to guess some cards of different places we can find in our community (our city, town or neighbourhood). To do so, Jason is going to give you some hints and clues and some thinking time before showing the cards.

Are you ready? Enjoy!

*Next follow-up activity is only for 3rd cycle students.

Watch the video again and listen to it carefully to complete the sentences below:
(It's very, very easy! However, note that the places bellow are all out of order or they don't follow the order of appearance on the video).

a. You go to the _______(1) when you get a toothache or to check your _______(2) are clean and _______(3).

b. You go to the _______(4) to ______ (5) fun and to _______ (6) movies on a very _______ (7) screen with lots of _______(8). You can eat some _______ (9) or some other snack.

c. You go to the _______ (10) to put your money in a safe _______ (11) or to take your _______ (12) out when you _______ (13) it.

d. You go to _______ (14) to learn new things and to _______(15). There, you meet some _______ (16) and some friends.

e. You go to a _______ (17) to send or post a _______ (18) or a parcel.

f. A _______ (19) is not a building. It's usually green and a little bit large, you can see lots of ______ (20), birds and _______(21). You can kick a _______(22), play hide and _______(23), run, _______(24) a bike...

g. You go to the _______ (25) when you are very _______ (26) or if you get really hurt: if you break your _______ (27) or you _______ (28) your leg or you get a terrible _______(29). And if you are _______(30) sick you might even need to go to this place in an _______ (31).

h. People go to a _______ (32) to check or to fix their car, if it isn't _______ (33) or if it _______ (34) going or it is _______ (35) a strange sound...

i. In a _______ (36) you can find and _______ (37) books. Lots and _______(38) of _______ (39). You can take books _______ (40) and obviously bring them _______ (41).

j. You go to a _______ (42) to get your clothes _______(43). If you are very busy or you _______ (44) to get a special cleaning for your _______(45), you can _______ (46) your clothes to this place and then you might come on the next _______ (47) or a couple of days later or this place might even bring the clothes back to your _______ (48) or your apartment. Somebody will _______ (49) your clothes for _______ (50) at this place.

What is your daily routine?

Watch this nice video to revise the times, daily routines and present simple. It combines English and Spanish languages so that you can stop it and make a note of some explanations.

Now, as a follow-up activity, tell someone about your daily routines.

Staying Healthy

Now, enjoy these lovely food pyramids created by our Primary 3rd level children!! (Click over the image or Expand button to see the pyramids as big as you want).

Your New Year's Resolutions

To help you stick to your New Year's Resolutions... (Click on the picture for a bigger one).

Recycling is wise