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European Day of Languages

On the 26th of September we celebrate the

European Day of Languages.

I. How much do you know about the languages spoken in Europe? Let’s play a quiz!

Teacher’s instructions to play the game

II. Are you able to recognise the languages around the world? Let’s play this game and see how good you are!

The Great Language Game

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 Source of the quiz: European Day of Laguages
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Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”

 

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I. Click on this link and watch the video about “Romeo & Juliet”‘s plot. Then do the comprehension exercises.

II. Watch the 1996 film and discuss the following questions: 

Are Romeo and Juliet’s deaths just a tragic accident? If not, who is responsible?

Do you think the story of Romeo and Juliet is relevant to life today?

(Questions taken from the previous British Council link)

III. Soundtrack. Did you like the soundtrack? What song did you like most? If you feel like listening to it again here you are the YouTube link.

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The history of a product: jeans

You are going to do a presentation about the history of a product. It can be any general product you like or you find interesting or it can be a specific brand.

You are going to do the oral presentations in pairs. You can use Power Point, Google Slides, PreziPadlet… to do you presentation. You can also add pictures (check this link to know how to get free photos).

You can write your names and the products or brands in these lists: 4thA STUDENTS’LIST & 4thB STUDENTS’LIST.

You need to add the following information which you can find on the Internet or in a book.

1- How did this product get its name? 

2- Why did people use it?

3- What was it made from?

4- How did it become popular?

5- Who used them?

6- What has happened to this product/brand recently?

7- Is this product popular today?

Remember that your Power Point is a kind of guide that you follow to present the information. Don’t write the whole text in it and remember you can’t read the information.

Here you are an example:

Text source: English plus +. Student’s book 4. Oxford

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Review: Active & Passive Voice (Present/Past/Future)

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Click on this link to start the game.

Do you need more practice? You can go to these other links to do some more online exercises:

1. http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-1.html

2. http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-2.html

3. http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-4.html

4. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/active_or_passive.htm

5. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/active_or_passive1.htm

6. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_past.htm

7. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_present.htm

8. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/questions.htm

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St. George – Writing Contest

If you are an ESO student, you can take part in the contest by writing a mini saga about a classic story, fairy tale, myth or legend. You can change the original plot, the setting, or include new characters.

A mini saga is a short piece of writing containing exactly 50 words, plus a maximum of 15 words for the title. You can include a picture or drawing as in the sample:

Not Cinderella anymore

Cinderella was mean and spoiled by her stepmother. Her two sisters were all the time fixing up the house. One day, the family met a handsome prince, and all three fell in love with him. The sisters grabbed a shoe and beat Cinderella, and the prince was only for them.                                                   

By Júlia Nieto     

cinderella

All the writings must be delivered to Mar or Laura and sent to iesjblume@hotmail.com in an attached word or pdf document. You must write Creative Writing Contest and your name, surname and course in the subject line.

Deadline: April 11th 2016

If you don’t remember the title of fairy tales in English, here you are some examples. You can also find a full list on Wikipedia

fairy

Source: www.tes.com

 

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