Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. Do you know why are pumpkins, skeletons or ghosts associated with halloween? What does it mean the expression ‘trick or treat’? If you want to know more about this celebration click on here.
Try it! There are a lot of online activities about Halloween, as well as crafts to do. Click and enjoy Halloween! or if you like, do the Halloween’s quiz or watch and read one story about Halloween.
Opposites are words that are contrary or radically different in nature, qualities, direction, result or significance. For example: male-female, long-short, up-down…
Try it!Click on this matching quiz and match the opposites. Drag from the right column to the left column.
A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons that tells a story, often humorous.
Try it! The stripgenerator web page offers the possibility to create your own comic strip. Login in or register if you want to add strip to your strip gallery and allow other users to comment.
Try it! If you have any doubts in grammar, you can click on British Council grammar point. Scroll down to choose a grammar point or select a letter from the list to move more quickly. You can read brief explanations of common grammar points or play some grammar games.
This is a video created by a Vancouver Film School student. Watch it and then start a discussion in your class.
Try it! After watching the video think about how would you feel arriving in a strange new place, what would you do? And, if you had the opportunity, how would you describe your community to a new visitor? How could you make he/she feel welcome? You can start a discussion in your class, write down your opinions in the blackboard and then write an article with the conclusions.
If you like reading or watching films about superheroes now you have the opportunity to create your own one!
Try it! Click on the Hero Factory and choose the face, body, powers, abilities, name… of your superhero! When you finish, print your character or save it in your e-mail adress. Then, show your hero to the rest of the class and write a description explaining why is he/she special. You can follow these questions as a guide:
What super-powers does he/she have?
What adventures does he/she have?
What is his/her alter-ego like?
Does he/she have a side-kick?
Who is his/her arch enemy?
You can work all together with the rest of the class. Think about a problem in your class and design a superhero who can cope with it.