Enjoy your Summer Holidays!

Dear students,

The school year is almost finished. It's been a pleasure having had you as my students for nine months. I hope you have learned new things and I wish you keep on learning. In the future you'll see how important it is to speak foreign languages. You know how to contact me for whatever you want or need. I really would like to have you as my students next year.

Have a good summer!

A Limerick by Ángela Moreno

Ángela Moreno (3º D) wrote a limerick for Book Day. As you know, a limerick is a five line stanza whose rhyming pattern is a-a-b-b-a.

Ángelas' one is quite quite good, congratulations for it!

You can listen and read, don't miss it!


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Two 5 W Poems by Aurora Ceballos

As you know, we celebrated Book Day by writing easy poems in English. Here you can see and listen to Aurora's poems (3ºB), which are great.

5 W poems consist of five lines answering the questions: who?, what?, when?, where? and why?

Thanks for your contribution, Aurora. You did a really good job!


A 5W POEM

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Spaniards and Americans in Lebrija's Newspaper

If you click on the image you will be able to see the article in full size. Don't miss it!

. . . and we met our pen pals!

On April 21 we finally had the opportunity to meet some of the students at Millis High School, with whom you have been exchanging letters since the beginning of the school year. It was a really rewarding experience. Your American pals had a very good time and thanks to your explanations, they could learn many things about Lebrija and flamenco music. They also enjoyed the tour around the town.

I would like to thank you for your colaboration and your effort to make them feel at easy in a foreign country. And I would like to congratulate you on your ability to communicate with them both in English and Spanish.

I hope you also had a good time with them and of course, I hope you keep in touch with them.

Easter

Before the holidays we learnt what Easter is and how it is celebrated in different parts of the world. We also learnt about its religious and pagan origins.

This is the worksheet we used in class. I hope you learnt many things.

Enjoy the holidays!

Easter

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April Fool's Day

April Fool's Day, or All Fools' Day, is the first day of April. It is a traditional day for playing pranks on unsuspecting people. In many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, people play tricks on others. A favourite joke is to send someone on a fool's errand (a search for something that does not exist), or to get people to believe ridiculous things. The victim is called an April Fool.

No one knows where the April Fools' custom began. The origin is uncertain but may be related to the arrival of spring in late March, when nature "fools" humanity with changes in weather. Another explanation has to do with the change to the Gregorian calendar in 1582, which moved New Year's Day to January 1.

The tradition originated in France and Great Britain and it was introduced into America in colonial times.

The French call April 1 "Poisson d'Avril" or "April Fish". French children sometimes stick a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered.

The Red Kangaroo

Remember that these days we are talking about animals and nature and what we can do to protect the environment. Here you are a copy of one of the worksheets we have worked in class. This way you'll be able to see the full-colour version!

And you can click here for more information on the red kangaroo.

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St. Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year on March 17th. In Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day is both a holy day and a national holiday. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland because he brought Christianity to the Irish.

According to legend, Saint Patrick used a shamrock (a type of clover) to explain about God. The shamrock has three leaves on each stem. Saint Patrick told the people that the shamrock was like the idea of the Trinity – that in the one God there are three divine beings: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Although it began in Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated in countries around the world. People with Irish heritage remind themselves of the beautiful green countryside of Ireland by wearing green and taking part in the festivities.

Saint Patrick’s Day is usually celebrated with a parade. The one in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is very famous. But the one in New York City is one of the biggest. It lasts for hours.

One tale about Patrick is that he drove the snakes from Ireland. This is a metaphor for his bringing Christianity to Ireland and driving out the pagan religions. It’s true that Ireland has no snakes, but this has to do with the fact that Ireland is an island and being separated from the rest of the continent the snakes couldn’t get there.

Play a game here and have good luck! You can also read poems and listen to songs for this special day here.

Computers and the History of the English Language

There is a computer programme that can be used to know which the oldest English words are and which ones will probably disappear in the future. If you click here you can read the whole article (in Spanish).

Thanks for the information, Tomás!

Jumpers for Penguins

Do you remember what we read in class about the penguins in Tasmania that had to wear jerseys knitted by volunteers? Well, here you can see a real website with information about it, and you can also have a look at the pattern for the jumpers. If you knitted one, which colours would you use?

I Wish You a Merry Christmas!

Today we begin our Christmas holidays. I hope you enjoy yourselves and have lots of fun. Here are some interesting online activities for you to review what we have learned and have a good time:

If you want to review some Christmas vocabulary by joining words and pictures, click here.

If you prefer to review what British people do at Christmas, click here.

Would you prefer something more challenging? Well, do this quiz on how people celebrate Christmas all over the world.

Here you can read and listen to a story about Christmas Day and here you can listen to a song about Santa. Go here if you prefer a story about his helper.

And now that you are an expert on Christmas, why don't you help Santa choose the best presents for some kids here?

Welcome to the Tower of London!

At the very beginning of unit 3 we saw that, according to legend, there are four famous ghosts in the Tower of London. They are the ghosts of Anne Boleyn, Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Becket and Lady Jane Grey.

Would you like to visit the Tower of London? Click here for a marvellous tour of the place . . . and let me know if you meet any ghost!

And now, take a couple of minutes to see these beautiful pictures of London:

London For Ever

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The First Thanksgiving Day

If I were you I wouldn't hesitate to visit this fantastic website. You will be able to experience what the voyage on the Mayflower was like. You will also learn about a typical day in the life of both Pilgrims and native Americans. Are you hungry? Well, you can always take part of the first Thanksgiving feast! At the end, you can even do a WebQuest and check your knowledge . . . Don't miss it!

A Thanksgiving Day Worksheet

As you know, on the fourth Thursday of November people in the USA celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Members of the family meet around a huge dinner where stuffed turkey with gravy, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes play an important role. Americans also enjoy American football on TV and there is a famous parade along the streets of New York.

Here is the worksheet we have been working in class these days. I hope it helped you learn new things.


Thanksgiving

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Let's meet our pen pals!

Very soon we'll write our first letter to our pen pals. Would you like to know where they live and study? If you skim this website you'll get a lot of information about them. Make sure you are able to answer these questions and send a comment with the answers:

1. What is the name of the school?
2. What is the name of the town where the school is?
3. In the USA there are 50 states. Which is the state where the school is? (Perhaps you'll have to click here.)
4. Which is the county to which it belongs?
5. Have a look at the location of the state in this map. What is the capital of the state where our penpals live? Which is the ocean their state borders?

I'm waiting for your answers!

Halloween

Last week we celebrated Halloween in our class by reading a text and answering a questionnaire about its origins . . . and we also played a scary bingo, didn't we? Here you are some other activities you can do to review vocabulary and have a good time . . . if you dare!

Click here to match words and pictures.

Try this quiz to check how much you know about Halloween.

Here you can read and listen to a story about a haunted house.