SEND A COOL XMAS CARD TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

Have fun sending Xmas cards?? If you want to see it with your own eyes, click on each of the pictures above!

Ah, and if you want to make your own, click on the link below:

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!

WE ARE MORE THAN 7 BILLION NOW...

 

After growing very slowly for most of human history, the number of people on Earth has more than doubled in the last 50 years. 

Where do you fit into this story of human life? Fill in your date of birth below to find out in the following link: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515 
 

Put on your mask: Halloween´s back!

 
 Ready to HALLOWEEN?...

Are you one of those who does not like wearing costumes or masks but loves horror films and getting frights?
Then, why not celebrate Halloween watching one of those super-scary films that make your hair stand on end together with your friends?

Here are some suggestions:

Follow this link:http://www.slideshare.net/mlolo/horror-films-9927113

1. Look at the posters and answer the questions (this is English homework; don´t forget to take it to class!). 
2. Choose the one you´d like to see the most and invite your friends to your private Halloween party. Don´t forget the candies; a little bit of decoration will do the rest to create the perfect spooky atmosphere. Now you´re ready to scream the house down!!
   

How important is TV in your life?

Hear what people in London say about how they feel about TV:
Link below, watch the video, read some facts and then answer these questions:

1. Where do people watch more television: in the US or in Sweden? What´s the average number of hours people watched TV in both countries in 2008 ?
2. What are other words for television in the UK?
3. What´s special about TV channels in the UK?  

What´s the meaning/synonym of these words?

1. BROAD                                                        make appear as
2. UNWIND                                                     star
3. CONJURED UP                                           real
4. CELEBRITY                                                 relax
5. RANGE                                                        wide
6. FACTUAL                                                   selective
7. COVER                                                        free time
8. MEANS OF COMMUNICATION              treat
9. LEISURE                                                      media
10. CHOOSY                                                     variety

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/expressenglish/2011/08/110804_ee_television.shtml

Link again and read different people´s comments on their telly watching habits and choose the one/s you feel closest to. Write it/them and take it/them to class.

Cheer UP, the summer is about to come UP!!

SUMMER HOLIDAYS are coming: classes are over, no exams, no homework,...!!! I´m sure you´ll have lots of plans and who knows how many adventures will happen to you! Maybe you´d like to have a wonderful adventure like the one our friends in the film"UP" have. Fancy a trip to South America with our dear friends and meet a talking dog?...

Click on the link below to play an online game and read the descritions of the film´s characters.

http://www.dailygames.com/games/up-movie-game.html

You can also link to the official website of the film for lots of stuff about it.

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/main.html#/epk/characters/

Finally, here to test your ear !

Disney Up Film, by Laura44
Find this and other listenings exercises in English Exercises .org


HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!

Next Monday 31st January, once more all the people in the community of Jesús María School in Bilbao are meeting in order to send a message of PEACE to the world. With the slogan we have chosen for this year´s Peace Day celebration:"Take the world and make it change"(Hartu mundua eta aldarazi/Toma el mundo y cámbialo), we want to encourage people to believe that there is always something we can do to change things; that a different world is possible and that it is us who have to start taking steps, even if small, to make this happen.

In this year´s celebration we want to remember the victims of wars, of terrorism, of famine and poverty, of natural disasters, of racism or of the violence against women. We want to cry out that our planet cannot suffer our devastating overexploitation for much longer. That there is too much injustice and that the weak are nearly always the ones to suffer its consequences.

And at the same time we want to leave a positive message: we are ready to share these victims´ suffering and try to help turn the bad, horrible present into a better and more hopeful future.  As John Lennon sang: "Let´s give peace a chance!".

 Let´s build a different world together. Let´s take the world and make it change!

Here you can listen to the English version of the song we have chosen for this year´s celebration. Download the song´s lyrics document from your group in the school´s platform and fill in the gaps with the missing words you hear. Take it to class and correct it. ENJOY IT!!