Hello students,

As we have started working with computers, I have thought it could be a nice idea to include this article from Diari d’ Escola. Oh, by the way, I think our computers are not powerful enough to run Windows 7 (in case you were wondering…).

Els alumnes de 1r E han començat avui el dia molt bé. A la classe d’ anglès han encès els ordinadors i s’ han posat a treballar de valent. Quan han preguntat, només ha estat per coses relacionades amb el tema que estem fent (el verb to be). Durant bona part de la classe, les activitats s’ han pogut fer en absolut silenci.

Així cada dia,

Mr. Whitefield

Here are some exercises that you can include in your unit 1 dossier. They are exercises to practise the names of countries and their nationalities. You will only find countries, but you should also learn:

• Andalusia – Andalusian
• The Basque Country – Basque
• Galicia – Galician
• Catalonia – Catalan
• Aran Valley – Aranese

The exercises can be found here: LIST OF ACTIVITIES

Here you can download the exams.

unit-0-test-easy

unit-0-test-medium

I hope the links work this time! 😉

… it seems that we’ve got the winner of the caterpillar contest. The moth -not a butterfly- is the death’s head hawk moth.

This spectacular moth had a ‘special’ role in a thriller called The Silence of the Lambs. Here’s a short clip from the film:

Hello students,

You can download the tests for unit 0. Remember that they are very easy (numbers, basic colours, the alphabet, classroom objects…).

· Easy exam.

· Intermediate exam.

Hello students,

I’ve got a prize for the person who tells me the English name of this caterpillar (or the moth it will transform into). Some clues:

• It’s not an exotic insect. I found it here, in Cunit, in my vegetable garden.
• It eats tomato, aubergine and red pepper leaves.
• It is a very long caterpillar. It was about 11 cm long!!
• It is not a butterfly, it is a moth!
• It can drink honey!
• You should look up information in the library. Maybe a butterflies and moths guide?
• If you don’t go to the library, look up on the internet.

Good luck!

Remember that the United Kingdom is made of 4 nations:

1. Scotland (capital Edinburgh).
2. Wales (capital Cardiff).
3. Northern Ireland (capital Belfast).
4. England (capital London).

Do not mistake the Republic of Ireland for Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is an independent country.

Hello students, the following exercise counts as four exercises in your dossier. If you are in the intermediate level, you can do it:

• Exercise 1: from journalist to business person.
• Exercise 2: from doctor to taxi driver.
• Exercise 3: from bus driver to actress.
• Exercise 4: from firefighter to secretary.

For example,   Journalist : a person who reports news on TV, radio or newspaper.

Another activity (but it counts as only ONE exercise!) is this one.