CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND 

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015  !!!!!

Enjoy the holidays and have fun !!!!

ANIMALS

LOOK AT THE ANIMALS AND CHOOSE ONE. SEARCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONE YOU HAVE CHOSEN.

A BLOG ENTRY:

Write a description of the animal you have chosen. Don´t say what animal it is because your classmates have to guess it.

To describe the animal use the following structures:

- It is/ isn't.....

- It has got/ hasn't got.....

- It can /can't.....

- It lives.....

- It eats.....

- It sleeps...

THANKSGIVING

It is celebrated the fourth Thursday in November.

In September 1620, a group of English people called The Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth, England across the Athlantic Ocean, in a ship called the Mayflower, to Cape Cod in North America. They went away from England because they didn't agrre with the religion in England. They wanted to make a new life in a new country.

When they arrived, they called their new home New England., but they were not the first people to live there. The Wampanoag were the first people.The Wampanoag taught them to grow and cook new kinds of fruit and vegetables. The first winter was difficult. Many of the Pilgrim Fathers died because it was very cold and they had little food. In the spring they started to grow food, with the help of some friendly Wampanoag, and in the autumn of 1621 they celebrated their first harvest. They gave thanks, not only for the harvest, but for their new home, new life and new friends.

In 1863 during The Civil War, President Lincoln declared a national THANKSGIVING DAY every November. This year is on November 27th.

Nowadays most American families dinner together to celebrate this day. They have turkey, vegetables, mashed potatoes, pumpkin and apple pie, nuts....

Look at the photo. Do you know how to say in English all this food?

COOKING WITH CHILDREN

WATCH THESE VIDEOS, THEY WILL GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS FOR YOUR PROJECT.

ENJOY WATCHING THEM AND LEARN !!!!!

TOP CHEFS

 We'll start working on our next project.

Do you like cooking? I hope so, because the next project is about recipes. Follow the instructions:

1. Work in pairs.

2. Choose a recipe you like, it can be a starter, a main course or a dessert.

3. Illustrate each step of the process with a video or a powerpoint presentation.

4. One of the students will tell the ingredients and the other will explain the process and show us the final result.

5. A cookbook will be made with all of your recipes.

REMEMBER:

- WRITE THE TITLE OF THE RECIPE.

- USE SIMPLE VOCABULARY AND SHORT SENTENCES.

- USE THE IMPERATIVE.

- USE LINKING WORDS SUCH US: First, then after that, finally.

- THE DEADLINE OF THE PROJECT: 25th. November.

- THE PRESENTATION IN CLASS WILL BEGIN ON : 27th. November.

ENJOY IT AND DO YOUR BEST !!!!!

USEFUL  COOKING VOCABULARY

Learn these verbs because they will be very useful for the next project.

OSCAR'S AVATAR

         This  avatar is the winner according to your votes.

              Congratulations, Oscar!!!!

                           
                                  HAPPY HALLOWEEN 


                                     


          As you know Halloween is celebrated on October 31st.

Click here: www.English Exercises.org (vocabulary) and do some exercises and watch some videos related to this festivity to learn more about it.

Do you know any more symbols about Halloween?

THE FIRST PROJECT

Hello guys!

- You are going to begin the presentations and I want to give you some tips to take into account when you do a presentation:

    1. You should face the audience.

    2. Body language is also important.

    3. You can use a guideline as a helpful tool but try not to read it while presenting.

    4. Try to improve your pronunciation.

    5. Use easy vocabulary and expressions.

    6. Be as natural as you can.
                

                            YOUR OWN AVATAR

- In the first project you have to put in practise what we are revising in Unit 1: To be, To have got and the adjectives of description and personality.

- First you have to create an avatar: you can draw it or find one on the Internet.
- Describe the avatar to your classmates and show it to them.
- Then, describe yourself: name, age, birthday, physical and personality description and what you are good at.
- The deadline of the project is: 15th.October.

I WILL CHOOSE THE THREE MOST ORIGINAL AVATARS AND THEN ALL OF YOU WILL CHOOSE ONE OF THE THREE TO BE THE PET OF THE GROUP 1º C.

DO YOU LIKE MY AVATAR? IT'S CALLED RAINBOW.

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

Here you have some useful expressions to use in class:

- I DON´T UNDERSTAND.

- CAN YOU REPEAT, PLEASE?

- WHAT´S THE MEANING OF....?

- WHICH PAGE ARE WE ON?

- WHAT´S THE HOMEWORK?

- CAN I STAND UP, PLEASE?

- HOW DO YOU SAY IN ENGLISH.....?

- CAN YOU HELP ME, PLEASE?

          Do you know any more? Think about that.

    

            SCHOOL YEAR 2014-15 

            
        WELCOME TO TOMÁS BRETÓN HIGH SCHOOL!!!  
             
              LEARN AND HAVE FUN!!!!!!