Pepa Pig´s time capsule

Watch this short video of Pepa Pig making a time capsule (like ours). Answer these questions:

1. According to the teacher, why do they make a time capsule?
2. What do the pupils put inside?
3. What do they think the future will be like?
4. What do Pepa Pig and and his daddy have in common?
5. When they open the old time capsule, what do they find?
6. What did Daddy Pig and his classmates think the future would be like when they recorded the tape for their time capsule?

Fun short video from Friends

Watch this short video from the famous old sitcom "Friends".

Now, tell me:

1. Why does Joey enter the ESL classroom?
2. Why does the teacher ask Joey if he is sure he is in the right place?
3. What kind of homework did the students have to do?
4. Why does Joey become "competetive" with Boris?
5. Why is he so impatient with Renata?
6. How would you describe Joey´s personality?

Interview with a toddler

Watch this fun video, and write down at least 4 of the questions this father asks his daughter.

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Rosa Parks

Watch this interesting video about Rosa Parks and answer these questions:

1. Did she have any brother or sisters?
2. In what state in the USA did she grow up?
3. What is she famous for?
4. What did she refuse to do the day that changed her life and the history of the USA human rights?
5. Did she plan to do what she did?
6. What happened to her right after the bus incident?
7. How did that event change her life?
8. Why do you think African Americans take her for a very important person in the Human Right Movements?
9. What awards has she received before her death?
10. When did she die?

Radio Gaga

How would you like to participate in our next project? Please, click on Radio Gaga and take a quick tour of what we are going to be doing in class. More information will be provided in the classroom.

I hope you enjoy it...

Adverbs of Degree (unit 1)

Hi, class.
Please, watch this Adverbs of Degree Presentation

How mothers deliver a baby

Hi,

This is the first entry for our class this year. I would like you to watch this really funny video from the Bill Cosby show, season 6. After you watch it, I would like you to answer a few questions:

1. What is the grandfather's job?
2. What is he trying to explain the little girl?
3. What is a stork? and a bassinet?
4. According to the girl,  why do mothers get so big?
5. And why doesn't the stork take the babies directly to the mothers' homes?
6. Who do you think is the most stubborn of the two? why?
7. Why is Bill Cosby getting more and more upset as the conversation goes on?
8.  Who "makes a point" at the end of the argument? What is the grandfather's reaction?

9. FOR HOMEWORK, find out some facts about the Bill Cosby show:
- Date of show
- main characters
- number of seasons
- years on air
- popularity

Settle Down by Kimbra

Write to me

• Tell me about your future plans for work or study.
• What important event do you think will happen soon?
• Your friend needs some help with some homework. What do you say?
• Tell me about your plans for this coming summer.
• Complete these sentence: If I don't understand this exercise ...
• What do you think future English lessons will be about?

My dream come true

Welcome back!
You have just arrived from a wonderful cruise trip and I am sure you have great memories you'd like to share with me.

Please write 200 words describing your experience in the cruise ship and the cities you have visited and choose one in particular to explain in detail what you saw and what you did there. Do not forget to provide information about the transfer from and to Barcelona, the weather, your friends, the chaperon teachers, etc.

I am eager to know!

Family matters

Please Help me and My Family

My family don't get along. It's like we all hate each other. It's my mom, me, my two brothers and a sister. I am the oldest. We all have certain problems: My mom wants to quit smoking so she is really stressed out. I am really selfish (I just can't help it). One of my brothers is too bossy. He thinks he is better than the rest of us and that he is the only one who helps my mom. My other brother is kind of abusive and depressed. He always starts fights and he's really spoiled (my mom doesn't yell at him for doing things wrong and when she does, he laughs at her); My sister (who's 7) makes messes and doesn't clean them up. I really want to help because I don't like being upset all of the time and having everyone hate everyone else. Even when we start to get along, someone will say something to upset someone else. Please help me and my family.

Female, 15

Read the situation and then answer the following questions:

• What might the relationship be between the person and his / her parents?
• How must he / she feel?
• What can't have happened?
• Where might he / she live?
• Why might he / she have this problem?
• What should he / she do? (Give at least 5 suggestions)

Melbourne city

Look at this short video about the city of Melbourne, Australia. Pay attention and then write to me a long paragraph about this city. Describe what you see, what you can do there and use the unit vocabulary (cycle paths, pedestrian streets, pollution, people-friendly, green areas, skyline, etc).

It´s Christmas again

CHRISTMAS is around the corner, guys. I want you to click on the links to the right and do the activities. Next you will write here a comment explaining:
-3 things you like the most about Christmas.
- 3 things you hate about Christmas.
-5 things you normally do during Christmas.
-How do you celebrate Christmas and New Year's? Where? Who with? what do you eat?How do you dress? How do you feel?

Things I haven't done yet

At my age, there are many things I haven't done yet, but I wish I do them before I die. For example, I have never travelled to India, and someday I would like to go because I am interested in the culture and the food there. Next, I haven't swum with dolphins in the ocean, and that's an experience I don't want to miss, because I love swimming and animals and I think that would be very exciting. Finally, I have already learnt French and English, but I would like to learn another language, maybe Chinese. Is it too much of a dream for me?

Tell me 6 things you haven't done yet and why you would like to do them. Use the Present Perfect and words such as already, yet, never and also first, next, then, finally, etc.

What did you do yesterday?

Yesterday was a very busy day for me. When I was dreaming of Brad Pitt,the alarm clock went off. I woke up, came to school and taught 5 classes.... I was driving my car when I remembered I had no bread and stopped at the bakery. Then I went home, cooked lunch and ate with my family. At 5 o´clock I went shopping and two hours later I was working out at the gym. After a quick shower I fed my daughter, put her in bed and rushed out to meet my friends for dinner in my favourite restaurant. What a busy day.........! How about you? Write to me about what you did yesterday. Use at least 15 verbs in the past simple and past continuous.

Healthy lifestyle

Tell me about your healthy habits. Click here and write your answers to me. Please, number the answers and use complete sentences. Don't lie!

Curious British traditions

Most of the counties of Britain have an ancient custom or traditional festival at some time during the year, many have more than one. Below is one of the most unusual British customs and traditions. strange and funny. Please read:


Cheese Rolling

This event takes place in different parts of the country, usually on the Spring Bank Holiday Monday. A round cheese is rolled down a hill chased by competitors. The winner is the first person to grab the cheese. It is a spectacular to watch but hazardous to take part in, with many competitors ending up with broken arms and legs.

Now, look at the calendar of strange events in England and chose one. Read it and answer these questions about it:

1. What?
2. Where?
3. How?
4. For how long?
5. Why?

Halloween Scary Stories

Dear students,
I would like you to read a Halloween scary story called "Dancing with the Devil". Then, do these activities:

1.- Find 10 irregular verbs.
2.- Write in your own words what these words mean: sparkly, preacher, determined, stammer, spin.
3.-Did the mother allow her to go to the dance? why?
4.- Why did the girl agree to dance with the man?
5.-What does the author mean by "he had spun the girl all the way to hell" at the end of the story?.
5. - Write a sentence or two to finish the story in a different way.

The Melting Pot

The melting pot idea is most strongly associated with the United States, particularly in reference to "model" immigrant groups of the past.

The "melting pot" metaphor implies both a melting of cultures and intermarriage of ethnicities yet cultural assimilation or acculturation can also occur without intermarriage. So African-Americans are fully culturally integrated into American culture and institutions. Yet more than a century after the abolition of slavery, intermarriage between African-Americans and other ethnicities is much less common than between different white ethnicities, or between white and Asian ethnicities. Intermarriage between whites and non-whites, and especially African-Americans, has long been a taboo in the United States, and was illegal in many US states until 1967.

Now, go online and find 3 examples of famous interracial couples and explain the ethnic group each one belongs to.

You Go, Madrid!

Madrid is attempting to host the Olympic Games in 2016. Madrid was one of the four candidate cities on the short list announced on June 4, 2008. The winning bid will be announced on October 2, 2009.
So, tomorrow is the big day when we will find out if Madrid will make it or not. We all hope for the best.
Please, go online and find out the answer to these questions:

1- Has Madrid ever hosted the games?
2- What Spanish city was the last one to host the games and when?
3- Where will the Olympic Games be hosted in 2012?
4- What 3 cities are currently Madrid´s competitors for the 2016 games?

Write the answers to me in full sentences.
Thanks!