Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop – Landon Pigg

I. Do you like love stories?

II. Watch the following video and answer the questions:

Where are the boy and the girl?

DAY 1 (up to 1:34)

  1. What does the boy do with the watch?
  2. What does “Maybe I’ve fallen for you” mean?
  3. How does the girl feel?

DAY 2 (up to 2:50)

  1. What things does the boy take? 
  2. What does he do with them?
  3. How does she feel?

DAY 3 (up to the end)

  1. Why does the boy take a bicycle?
  2. What does the girl do?
  3. What message does she leave to the boy?

How does the story end?

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It’s Christmas time!!!

I. Let’s learn some Christmas words!

II. Do this word game and choose your favourite one!

III. Watch this advertisement and answer the questions:

What is Allegro? Check here                                                                          [Thanks to The English Blog]

Watch the full advert:

IV. CHRISTMAS HOMEWORK. Do you give presents to people for Christmas? Who do you give presents to? Do you make presents or do you buy them? What’s your ideal present?

Write a short text in the blog’s comments.

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V. LET’S SING A CHRISTMAS SONG!!!!! 

 

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Colours of the season

I. Do you think Christmas is a special season? Why? Why not?

II. Look at the following pictures from the Boston Globe and, in pairs, choose the two of them you like most.

Source: Wikimedia Commons

III. Describe one of the picture to your partner. Why do you think they represent the colours of the seasons? Why did you choose these pictures, why are they special?

IV. Choose one and explain to the rest of the class why you chose it.

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PAU practice

PAU

So that you remember me over the Christmas break …

Take these listening & reading tests in real exam conditions. Don’t use a dictionary and listen to the tests only twice. Use up to 45′ to answer each reading exam.

pau_angl11june.pdf

pau_angl11sept.pdf

june11-john craven.mp3

june11-lost.mp3

sept11-end of the world train.mp3

pau_angl11june_key.pdf

pau_angl11sept_key.pdf

 [Thanks to Mireia Xortó for arranging and sharing this post]

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Festivals around the world

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Source: Pixabay. DeltaWorks. CC0 Public Domain

There are lots of festivals all around the world. In pairs you are going to choose one and explain it to your classmates.

I. Choose a festival from the list. Then click on the link below and write the name of the people in the group next to the festival.

E12 List of students    / E13 List of students   / 

1. Chinese New Year (China)
2. St. Patrick’s Day (Ireland)
3. The Notting Hill Carnival (England)
4. Mexican Day of the Dead (México)
5. Oktoberfest (Germany)
6. Up Helly AA Fire Festival (Scotland)
7. Boryeong Mud Festival (South Korea)
8. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival (China)
9. Burning Man (USA)
10. Diwali Festival of Light (India)

II. Look for information on the internet to answer these questions:

a. What is the name of the festival?

b. What season does it take place in? How long is it?

c. What does it celebrate?

d. What activities do people do?

e. Why is it famous?

f. Write something you find especially interesting about the festival.

III. Prepare your oral presentation. Make a  Prezi to help you. Here you are an example. 

Peer evaluation worksheet

 

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Australia (film)

Australian promotional poster

Pre-viewing activities

I. What do you know about Australia? Brainstorm your ideas and share with the class.

II. Baz Luhrmann’s film Australia is set in the 1940’s. Look at these pictures.

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What do you think are the main themes of the film? Refer to the timeline below.timeline1 timeline2 timeline3

II. What do you know about Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman?

III. Match the words to the definitions (worksheet)

Post-viewing activities

I. Write about 2 of these topics (about 100 words each writing assignment). We will discuss orally all the other questions in class after the Christmas break.

  1. Both Lady Ashely and Drover change a lot during the film. Describe both characters from when they first meet to the end of the movie.
  2. Love epics are romantic films done on a large scale, usually in a historical setting. Do you think Australia is a good example of a love epic. Why (not)?
  3. What is the relationship between Lady Sarah Ashley and Nullah?
  4. In most films we can easily pick out the star. However, who do you think is the real star in Australia: Lady Sarah Ashley, the Drover or Nullah? Why?
  5. Describe King George under the following headings:
    1. Appearance
    2. Character
    3. Role
  6. What do the Indigenous Australian traditions in the film tell you about the Indigenous’ way of life?
  7. Who is Australia’s narrator? Why do you think the story is narrated by this character?
  8. In the film Lady Sarah Ashley tells Nullah the story of The Wizard of Oz to comfort him when his mother dies. He later sees the film at an open air cinema. What song does Lady Sarah Ashley sing to Nullah? When does the song appear again in the film? What do you think is the significance of this?
  9. Look at the film poster designed to promote the film Australia. What does it tell you about the film? Do you think it’s an effective design? Why/not? Which element in particular might influence audiences?
  10. For exteriors, the director relied on the beauty of the Australian landscape as a backdrop for his epic tale. Do you think the use of these stunning landscapes would attract people to Australia? Why/not?

II. Did you like the movie? Submit your opinion in a comment to this post.

III. What is “The Stolen Generation”? Find out about it.

IV. The ‘Outback’, ‘bush’, ‘never never land’ and ‘big backyard’ are all names which refer to remote dry areas of Australia. Why do you think one of the names for the Outback is ‘never never’? What kind of landscape is this?

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[Thanks to the Irish Film Institute and to Mireia Xortó for sharing these activities and creating the post]

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