This is a blog in which you will find tools to improve, learn more or have good fun with your English.
It is aimed at all my students and any other person willing to have a good time and learn new things.
I will try to prepare a variety of activities I hope you all like and enjoy.
Did you like today's lesson? I hope so. This is your task:
Choose one of the titles and and post a short review on it . "Washdays" / "After tomorrow"/ "Conversation Piece"/ "Transit"/ "I love Luci" / " A man of letters"
Remember to mention the type of film, the main charactetrs, the description of the plot, the good and bad points in the film and a general recommendation.
The answer to the question is two-folded. First of all Halloween derives from the New Year celebration of the Celts. They called that night Samhain, Winter´s Eve. The Celts thought that the spirits of people who had died the past year would search for new bodies this particular night, the 31st of October. In order not to be possessed, people would make their own homes as uncomfortable as possible, by turning off the heat. At night, the Celts went on a parade, dressed in weird clothes. The aim was to frighten the souls of the dead.
All Saints Day
The day after Halloween, the 1st of November is the All Saints Day, an important holiday in the Christian church. It is also called All Hallows, a definition turned into Halloween. The church has never been in favor of the Celtic tradition of Halloween, and has tried to stop the celebrations by claming the the parades and the costumes to be evil. But that has not been that successful. Today Halloween is a secular holiday.
Today
The Celtic traditions has persisted the catholic criticism. The habit of Halloween got to America in the 1840s by Irish immigrants. The tradition has since then grown into an international habit, and Halloween is today celebrated in all of the western countries. The costumes and the parading on the streets are still two of the main things about Halloween. The trick-or-treating is also a tradition that has become a part of the modern form of Halloween. That tradition comes from the Celtic habit of walking door-to-door in order to collect money and food for the parade.
Now answer the following questions:
Where does this tradition come from?
What did the Celts do to avoid to be possessed?
Has the church ever been in favour of the celebration of Halloween? Why not?
Why did the Celts walked door to door?
What do we celebrate on the first of November? What do people do?
Hello, this is your first task for the new course 2010-11: 1ºBachillerato: Go to marisolsanz2001, look for curso 2010-11, download the pdf exercises, do them and see how much you remember, next Tuesday we'll have a pretest.
This year the Spanish football team won the World Cup. Do you remember the anthen? Now it's time to practise watch this video , listen carefully and fill in the blanks.
WAVE YOUR FLAG Ooooohhhhhh, Oooooohhhhhh wooooooh, Ooooohhhhh wooooohhhhh
Give me .............., give me............, give me ......., take me .........
See the ..............., take the field now, you define us, make us ........ proud
In the ........ our heads are ...... as we ....... our inhibition,
Celebration, it's ........ us, every ........, all ........us
............... forever young, ................ songs .............. that sun
Let's rejoice in the ................... .........................,
And ................. at the end of the ...................
We all ................ When I get ............. I will be ................ They'll call me ............... just like a wavin' flag And then it .............. .................., and then it ................. .................., and then it .............. ..............., and then it .......... (repeat chorus) Ooooohhhhhh, Oooooohhhhhh wooooooh, Ooooohhhhh wooooohhhhh
Give you .............., give you............, give you ......., take you .........
See the ..............., take the field now, you define us, make us ........ proud
In the ........... our heads are ...... as we ....... our inhibition,
Celebration, it's ........ us, every ........, all ........us
............... forever young, ................ songs .............. that sun
Let's rejoice in the ................... .........................,
And ................. at the end of the ...................
We all ................ When I get ............. I will be ................ They'll call me ............... just like a wavin' flag And then it .............. .................., and then it ................. .................., and then it .............. ................ (repeat chorus) Ooooohhhhhh, Oooooohhhhhh wooooooh, Ooooohhhhh wooooohhhhh
These are the words you will need, they may appear more than once:
stronger / say / freedom / beautiful / together / older / goes / around / champions / fire / higher / lose / nation / back / game / lifting / feel / day / streets / reason / singing / underneath /
This is an oral activity for 1º bach.A and 4ºC, watch the video and answer these questions first: How many people are there? Where are these people? Which city or country is it,why? What are they doing? Why and what for?
Now,describe the scene by reporting your answers to your classmates,as if it was a story.(Use modal verbs of deduction, It/they must be..., it/they might/could be... it/they can't be...) Example : There are ... people in ... They must/might/could/can't be ... because...
Look out 4ºA Visit these site and find out about Shakespeare and his works, you can have a look at Hamlet. Answer these questions: 1. When was Shakespeare born? 2. Where was he born? 3. What did he do? 4. How many plays did he write? 5. Where is Hamlet located? 6. When was it written? 7. What kind of play is it?
If you like music this is the site to go Lyrics Training. What is Lyrics Training? Lyrics Training is an easy and fun method to learn and improve your foreign languages skills like English through the music and lyrics of the songs.
