Sunday, December 15, 2013

Farewell


To my dear 6th year students, my best wishes, it's been a pleasure to share with you this year; beautiful moments we spent!
Wish you a succesful happy life because you're all excellent persons.
With all my love,
Ale.



Sunday, October 13, 2013

Deep deep trouble - Bart Simpson

Watch this video in which Bart breaks some rules and comment:

Why is Bart in deep trouble? Mention some of the rules he breaks and their consequences.


Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Eating Habits

This video presents us an unusual way of showing eating habits. Are you surprised by it?

What other interesting "eating habits" can you tell us about in different parts of the world?


Sunday, August 11, 2013

Round the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne


Read the amazing novel written by Jules Verne and answer the following questions:

Chapter 1
  1. What was Phileas Fogg like? What were his routines?
  2. Why did he dismiss his servant?
  3. What did Passepartout do in France? What did his name mean?
  4. What things tell you that Phileas Fogg was a man who was fond of accuracy?
  5. Speak about the conversation about the bank robbery.
  6. Why did Phileas want to travel around the world in 80 days?
  7. What was the bet?
  8. Why did Phileas Fogg want his passport to be signed in different places?
Chapter 2: Fix, the detective
  1. Who were the two men waiting for the Mongolia at the Suez canal? What were they talking about?
  2. What was Fix’s plan? Why? What did he think?
  3. Speak about the conversations between Fix and Passepartout?
Chapter 3: The train to Allahabad
  1. What happened when they reached Bombay?
  2. What happened to Passepartout in a temple in Bombay?
  3. What did Fix decide to do? Why?
  4. Who’s Sir Francis Cromarty? What did he talk about with Passepartout?
  5. And with Mr Fogg?
  6. Why did the train stop at Kholby?
  7. Why did Mr Fogg have to resort to an elephant? Was it easy to get it?
  8. How did they travel with the elephant?
  9. Why did the travelers have to hide? What did they see?

The itinerary
London, United Kingdom to SuezEgyptrail and steamer across the Mediterranean Sea7 days
Suez to BombayIndiasteamer across the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean13 days
Bombay to Calcutta, Indiarail3 days
Calcutta to VictoriaHong Kongsteamer across the South China Sea13 days
Hong Kong to YokohamaJapansteamer across the South China Sea, East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean6 days
Yokohama to San FranciscoUnited Statessteamer across the Pacific Ocean22 days
San Francisco to New York City, United Statesrail7 days
New York to Londonsteamer across the Atlantic Ocean and rail9 days
Total80 days
Map of the trip

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Appearance


How does Quinn feel? What about Rachel? Why do you think they feel this way? Consider internal and external factors that could be responsible for these feelings.

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Education in the 50's


Here is the trailer of a movie that deals with the prejudices of education in the 50's. Hope it inspires you to watch the entire film, it's worthwhile!!

Task: Would you have liked to live in those times? Why?/Why not?

Hope to hear your comments.