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.
Let’s go to the idiom jungle again (if you haven’t done it yet, look for the 27th July and 26th August 2009 posts).
😎 Try it! Click on the idiom jungle and test yourself in this online exercise. This time it’s a multiple choice activity about fish, food and meat. Learn about idioms and good luck!
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:
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.
In Love with Shakespeare is a didactic unit for Batxillerat designed by Anna Aznar and Jordi Jordan. It can be done as a whole or selecting some of the units. The main objectives here are to develop communicative strategies, both spoken and written, and to get to know some aspects of English culture (basically history and literature), with the aid of ITC.
😎 Try it! Click on the link and pass your mouse over the picture, the different units will appear. Click on the first one, Tudor England and start by learning about the context in which Shakespeare lived: the monarchy, the city of London and the way they dressed. Again, pass the mouse over the screen and click on the different pictures. By searching the web sites provided, you must find out about Henry VIII, his wives and how Elizabeth I accessed the throne. You must also identify the main characters in Tudor history in a number of portraits. Then, you can click on Tudor London and complete a description of the city at that time after reading a website, learn about London monuments and place them in a map.
Do you like sports? Let’s learn some interesting facts about soccer (football), basketball and tennis.
😎 Try it! Click on Sports on the net and have a good time learning about sports. Please follow the order of the links and enjoy!
😎 Try it! Click on Grammar Blast, choose your level and the quiz you want to practise, answer 10 questions and earn up 100 game points!
English grammar is quite logical so it is not very difficult to learn, but if you want to feel confident about grammar as well as to improve your oral or writing skills you have to practice it a lot!!
😎 Try it! Grammar bytes is an English web page where you can put into practice your grammar. You can complete some online exercises about irregular verbs, pronouns, the use of commas… Choose between different levels of difficulty. If your answer is correct, the prizes are really good…
Do you like horror stories? Then Edgar Allan Poe is your writer! He was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, best known for his tales of mistery…
😎 Try it! One of Poe’s best stories about crime was ‘The Tell-Tale heart’. Read the story or click on the video to listen as well as to watch the tale. Poe is one of the best American writers, hope you enjoy his tales but be careful about nightmares…
Are you good at spelling?
😎 Try it! If you are an advanced learner click on the Spelling Bee the Game, choose a character and start practicing! But if you want to test yourself in an easier spelling game click on Spin and Spell game and choose a topic. Good luck!!
