2010

Your Christmas Project

Well, this is the result of your Christmas project. A mini-documentary-Christmas card.
you can download it HERE (avi file) or HERE (wmv file).

Merry Christmas!

I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
Underneath the mistletoe last night
She didn't see me creep
down the stairs to have a peep;
She thought that I was tucked
up in my bedroom fast asleep

Then I saw Mommy tickle Santa Claus
Underneath his beard so snowy white;
Oh what a laugh it would have been
If Daddy had only seen
Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door,
that's the easy thing to do

I can see me now on Christmas morning,
creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too

(Short Music Interlude)

Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian

(Short Music Interlude)

There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage

I can see me now on Christmas morning,
creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too!

All I Want for Christmas (by Olivia Olson)

LYRICS
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need.
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree.
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know.
Make my wish come true.
All I want for Christmas is...
You

I don't want a lot for Christmas.
There's just one thing I need.
I don't care about the presents.
Underneath the Christmas tree.
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace.
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day.
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know.
Make my wish come true.
All I want for Christmas is you.

I won't ask for much this Christmas.
I don't even wish for snow.
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe.
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick.
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeers click.
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know.
Make my wish come true.
All I want for Christmas is you.

All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air.
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing.
Santa won't you bring me the one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me...

Oh I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door.
Oh I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true.
Baby all I want for Christmas is...
You

All I want for Christmas is you... baby (repeat and fade)

So This is Christmas (by John Lennon)

LYRICS
So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
Ans so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear.

And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong.

And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight.

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear.

And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun.

Ans so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young.

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear.

War is over over
If you want it
War is over
Now...

Christmas group project

You are going to do a Webquest.
Click on the image and follow the instructions.
Click here to download WORK GROUPS doc

Example of Writing Task

Thanksgiving Day (click to download the example)

1º ESO. PRACTICE UNIT 3

Vocabulary
Body parts matching game
Body parts vocabulary and song
Body parts definitions
Prepositions of place

Grammar
How much/how many? (order the words)
How much/how many question-answer
A/an/some/any

Dictation
My library

Song
Prepositions song

2º ESO. PRACTICE UNIT 3

Vocabulary
Clothes
Clothes description
Clothes matching game

Grammar
Past Simple matching game
Past Simple afirmative
Past Simple negative
Past Simple Questions
To Be past simple

Dictation
Last weekend

Song (past simple)
Video with lyrics

Video without lyrics

WRITING TASK

Writing topic: Thanksgiving Day

1. Find about Thanskgiving Day in the following sites
............Thanksgiving Day basics
............Thanksgiving Day traditions
............Thanksgiving Day origins
............Thanksgiving Day Wikipedia
............Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
............Thanksgiving Day customs
2. Select the relevant ideas and reject the ideas you don't need.

3. Organize you writing:....Introduction (opening sentence, description...),
.....................................Body (origin, traditions, historical data, etc.),
.....................................Conclusion (closing sentence).
4. Remember to include a picture.
5. Check your writing: word order, verbal tenses, spelling, punctuation...

..............................Bring it on 25th November.

Roald Dahl Web Site

I found this site and I thought some of you might enjoy it:

Roald Dahl Official Web Site

Thanks to the people who made it.

2º ESO. Vocabulary Unit 8

Parts of a castle

1º ESO. Vocabulary Unit 8

Circus vocabulary

Pictorial Fact of the Day

Here is a Fact of the Day Calendar.

CLICK and find out.

1º ESO. Practice Unit 7

Vocabulary
School subjects
Objects in the classroom (choosing exercise)
Ordinal numbers (matching game)
Ordinal numbers (word search)
Ordinal numbers (writing exercise)

Grammar
There was/there were
Be: passt simple (choose was/ were)
Be: past simple (choose present or past)

Song
Sing and practice your vocabulary

2º ESO. Practice Unit 7

Vocabulary
Farm animals
Animals 1
Animals 2
Natural world

Grammar
How much/How many? 1
How much/how many? 2
Much/Many /A lot...

Song
Nature vocabulary

Caterpillar song

UNIT 6

1º ESO can practice Unit 6 here
2º ESO can practice Unit 6 here

Writing: I'll pick up your writings on May 3rd. Write about 200 words, use 10 verbs in the past simple telling a story in the past, add a picture/drawing to illustrate it. You can see other people's works in Storyteller's Corner.

Group project: We will soon start our group project. This is an advance. The title is English All Around and it shows how English is present around us in everyday items.

Welcome

Welcome to your blog, pupils from IES de Mos.

1º ESO can practice Unit 5 here.
2º ESO can practice Unit 5 here.

You can see your exam dates at the end of the first column on the right ->

Easter

Read about Easter in this site.

- What did ancient Saxons celebrate?
- Why is it celebrate in this date?
- What is the Lenten season?
- What do bunnies and eggs have to do with Easter?

Saint Patrick's Day

On 17th March Irish celebrate Saint Patrick's Day. They say he used the shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity (God, Father and Holy Spirit) and people say he got the snakes out of Ireland.
Other symbols of Ireland are shamrocks

, leprechauns with pots of gold at the end of the rainbow

and bagpipes

RIDDLES

Practice your lateral thinking.

1 Why is six afraid of seven?

2 Which two words can have thousands of letters?

3 What starts with "e" ends with "e" but only has one letter?

READING

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

You should NEVER read other people's diaries...
well... except for this one.

3º PDC. Practice Unit 6

Vocabulary
Clothes
Getting dressed

Grammar
Present Continuous
Present Simple of Continuous

Project
OLYMPIC GAMES

Open the flash, read the information and answer the questions on your paper.

Song

2º ESO. Practice Unit 6

Vocabulary
Kitchen furniture
Furniture
Parts of the house

Grammar
Past Continuous mix & match
Past Continuous story
Past Continuous conversation

Project
HAITI

Open the flash, read the information about Haiti and answer the questions in your paper.

Song

1º Bachillerato. Practice Unit 6

Vocabulary
Television
TV conversation
TV phrasal verbs
Have something done
ED vs. ING
ED vs. ING 2

Grammar
Complete sentences in the passive
Choose the correct passive
Passive mixed
Write the passive

Project
AIDS

Open the flash, read the information about research on AIDS and answer the questions on your paper.

Song

New look

As you can see our blog has got a new layout. Wider entries, easy access side columns and new colors. I hope you like it and remember I'm open to any suggestions.

3º PDC. Practice Unit 5

Vocabulary
Activities
Outdoor activities

Grammar
Can / can't 1
Can / can't 2
Word order
Make adverbs

Listening
Dictation

Song

2º ESO. Practice Unit 5

Vocabulary
Means of transport 1 (air)
Means of transport 2 (mixed)
Means of transport 3 (mixed)

Grammar
Past Simple
Past Simple negative
Past Simple questions
Past Simple answers

Listening
Yesterday
To Singapore

Song (Past Simple)

1º Bachillerato. Practice Unit 5

Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs with 'give'
Phrasal verbs with 'pay'
Phrasal verbs with 'sell'

Grammar
1st Conditional
2nd Conditional
3rd Conditional
More 3rd Conditional

Songs
Zero Conditional

If you are, you breath.
If you breathe, you takk.
If you talk, you ask.
If you ask, you think.
If you think, you search.
If you search, you experience.
If you experience, you learn.
If you learn, you grow.
If you grow, you wish.
If you wish, you find.
If you find, you doubt.
If you doubt, you question.
If you question, you understand.
If you understand, you know.
If you know, you want to know more...
and if you want to know more, you are ALIVE...
2nd Conditional