HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR WORLD?

Try the following challenge and test your knowledge on geography.

The Traveler IQ challenge ranks geographic knowledge of cities such as: Budapest, Montgomery or Palm/Eagle Beach by comparing results against 6,292,837 other travelers. Brought to you by TravelPod, a TripAdvisor Media Network member

THANKSGIVING AND BLACK FRIDAY

Thanksgiving, one of the major holidays in the US, is coming-up in a couple of days and I would like you to learn a little more about this festivity and another close controversial day.


Listen once to one of the following tracks and find other students in the class who listened to the same track. Listen to it again and share within your group all the information you understood. Discuss the details and try to answer the questions in the corresponding file.  Now tell the other half of the class about the holiday.






Questions

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Questions

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Respond to this post writing a comment that answers this question: 
What are you thankful for?

Now try this thanksgiving quiz, if you darec

GALILEO GALIEI NEWSPAPER

Below you can find the newspaper created from the news reports written by students in 4th ESO in 2010 and 2011 and published in issuu. 

Open publication - Free publishing - More school papers

Read ONE of the reports and make a comment below explaining what the news is about and give your opinion

READING ALOUD: A KISS BEFORE DYING by 1st BTO STUDENTS

In this oral assignment you have to choose a 15-line extract of "A Kiss Before Dying" and work on its pronunciation and intonation. Listen to it on the CD until you learn the pronunciation of all the words and the correct intonation. Then read it aloud into the VoiceThread below.


If you have never done a VoiceThread before, you will need to Register. Just fill in the information with your name, surname and email address. Customize your profile with a picture!!!







Deadline: December 10th


FEEDBACK ON YOUR READING

READING ALOUD: K'S FIRST CASE BY 3rd ESO STUDENTS

In this oral assignment you have to choose a 10-line extract of K's First Case and work on its pronunciation and intonation. Listen to it on the CD until you learn the pronunciation of all the words and the correct intonation. Then read it aloud into the VoiceThread below.


If you have never done a VoiceThread before, you will need to Register. Just fill in the information with your name, surname and email address. Customize your profile with a picture!!!






Deadline: December 9th

FEEDBACK ON YOUR READING

THE VELVET REVOLUTION

Tereza has told you about The Velvet Revolution and I'm sure you have learnt lots of things you didn't know before. Now it's time for you to tell me all about it in the following VoiceThread.



Deadline: November 22nd

Feedback on The Velvet Revolution Voicethread

READING BOOKS 2010-2011

These are the titles of the books you will be reading along this school year. Look at your course and level to know a little more about it. Ask your teacher about the book you must read according to your level.  Have fun!

1º ESO

"Vampire Killer" Ed. Oxford (Starter Level) 1ºESO. LOWER LEVELS

'I am a vampire killer . . . and now I need help,' says Professor Fletcher to Colin. Colin needs a job and he needs money - but do vampires exist or is the professor crazy?









"Kidnap" Ed. Oxford (Starter Level) 1ºESO. ALL LEVELS

One cold winter morning, a famous movie star and her teenage daughter are driving along a country road...

A blue van is waiting for them. Tom is in the van, but he's not a kidnapper - he's an artist. He usually draws pictures for adventure stories. Now he's in a real life adventure.







"Tales of the Alhambra" Ed. Burlington  1ºESO. HIGHER LEVELS (VOLUNTARY)

Travel back in time to the Alhambra, a place of magic and mystery. Peregil, a water carrier, discovers an ancient spell to recover hidden treasure, but he isn't the only one looking for it. Don Vincent, a poor student, finds a magic ring that leads him to the treasure of the Alhambra. Ibrahim, an Arabian astrologer, helps King Aben Habuz conquer his enemies, but the king must pay the price. Washington Irving will captivate you with this collection of popular tales. 




 2º ESO

"The Curse of the Mummy" Ed. Oxford (Dominoes One) 2º ESO ALL LEVELS

For thousands of years the dead body of the young king Tutankhamun slept under the sands of Egypt. Then, in the autumn of 1922, Howard Carter and his friends find and open his tomb door. These are exciting times, and Carter's young helper Tariq tells the story in his diary.

But soon people begin to die. Who or what is the killer? Is Tutankhamun angry with them for opening his tomb? And who is the beautiful French girl with the face of Tutankhamun's long-dead wife?




"Tales from the Thousand and One Nights" Ed. VicensVivens (Black Cat Step 1) 2º ESO ADVANCED LEVELS (VOLUNTARY)

A selection from the famous collection of Oriental stories known as the One Thousand and One Nights, including the classic favourites Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Sindbad the Sailor.
Travel through the streets of old Baghdad, around luxurious palaces and fragrant gardens in India, to desert islands in the China seas… all in the company of kings, sultans, princesses, merchants, enchanted horses, sailors and thieves.






 3º ESO

"K's First Case" Ed. Longman. 3ºESO. HIGHER LEVELS 
                            

                                                                                                                                                                                   
Sir Michael Gray is the victim of a murder and he was very rich. Katrina Kirby - or K as she is called - is a detective and she wants to find out who the murderer is. But there are lots of suspects.This is K’s first case. Can you help her find the murderer?










4º ESO 

"Slam" 4º ESO. ADVANCED LEVEL

Fifteen-year-old Sam is an ordinary, nice kid. He gets along pretty well with his single mom, who had him when she was 16. He does OK in school, and has a few not-very-close friends. He likes to skateboard, and idolizes Tony Hawk, whose poster he talks to about his troubles. He meets a pretty girl, Alicia, and they start a passionate relationship. After a while the passion cools, and they split up. But then Alicia discovers she is pregnant, and she is determined to have and keep the baby. So begins a journey for which neither of them is ready.







 

"The Short Cut" Ed. Stanley. (Level 1) 4º ESO. LOWER LEVELS

In this thrilling story set in an African country devastated by war, a youn girl fights for her father's life taking a [shortcut = atajo] to maturity. Topics for reflection and discussion: family arguments, generational gap, therealization of what really matters in life. 










 1º BTO

"A Kiss Before Dying" Ed. Macmillan. ALL GROUPS.

A powerful, hard-hitting adult story of murder and suspense by one of America's foremost novelists, which since its publication in 1954, has been made into several very successful feature films.

WEBSITE ACTIVITIES FOR ESO

Click on your school book if you want some fun while you revise your English.

WEBSITE ACTIVITIES FOR 1ST & 2ND BTO

If you want online material for extra-practice on reading, grammar and listening to improve your English, just click on the following links and start practising:

QUESTION WORDS

Let's revise question words. Save the monkeys from global warming!!