Lyrics Trainer: Past Simple

Here are some songs to practise past simple

1. Set Fire to the Rain, by Adele

2. The One that Got Away, by Kate Perry

3.  Over my head, by The Fray

Brenes Quiz

How much do you know about your town?

How to sound smart in your presentation

Here is a nice example on how can you perform better on your oral presentations

Motivational Sentences for Students

Here you will find a handful of motivational quotes that you can share and post in class. What is your favourite?

Shakespeare's Plot Summaries

Here you will find a series of videos that wil help you with the final project of this unit. They are summaries of some of the best Shakespeare's plays

Othello




Romeo and Juliet



Hamlet

Money makes the world go round

Watch the following videos about money and prepare three questions for your partners

Vocabulary Extra Practice: Jobs

Expand our knwoledge about jobs and workplaces with this interesting activity

What about your memory for pictures? Try to match as match as you can with this puzzle.

Reported Speech

here I post a useful presentation about the Reported speech. Enjoy!

Reported Speech from Miguel Dias

CROSS PROJECT. ONSCREEN LOVE

Objectives

In this project we celebrate St. Valentine's day with the help of our students, and their favourite movies

Development

To celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day this year we will look for your favourite love declaration on screen.

Go to this board, add an image of the film, insert the quote, but don’t say the title of the film. Let’s see how much we know about love films!!! In the chat participate using your name and surname and include the title of the film and why you have chosen your quote. You can also recommend the film.

You can also vote for three of your favourite declarations, including yours if you want. In class we will watch the videos of the most voted scenes

Assessment

Students that participate in the project and comply with the instructions will be awarded 4 "Extra Work" points"

Somewhere over the Raimbow

- Today we start talking about child Stars. How many of them do you know? Here are some of the most famous child stars in history:
   Judy Garland

Miley Cirus

Michael Jackson

Have to / Must / Don't have to

An interesting publication about the uses of modal verbs

Must, have to, should, ought to from Raul Cabezalí

Listening: Super Cars

What is Special about the Lamborghini Aventator?

The Pagani Zonda Cinque is made of...

Why is the Bugatti Veyron called "A Force of Nature?"

Culture Quest: Famous friendships in history

Objectives
In this activity we learn about famous friendships that have changed the world in bussiness, entertainment, or popular culture.

Process
Work in pairs, you must look for information about the following characters

• Rolls - Royce
• Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield
• William Hannah & Joseph Barbera
• Mark Zuckenberg & Eduardo Saverin
• Chad Hurley & Steven Chen

Resources

You can look for the information you need in the following pages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Royce

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rolls

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna-Barbera

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry%27s

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube

Task

Answer the following questions on your notebook?

- Who was a rich man in the Rolls-Royce Partnership?

- Who was a successful engineer?

- Name one special thing about Ben& Jerry

- What famous cartoons did William & Joseph create? Have you ever watched any of them?

- What is Mark's job nowadays?

- Why did Chad & Steven decide to create a video-sharing page?

Assessment

The Questions will be assessed as a solo project the day of our next exam. You must answer all questions properly to pass

Listening exercise: FAIL Inventions

Hey guys,
here is an interesting and funny videos about FAIL inventions. Let's check it in class together and discuss the inventions. Would you like to try some of them?

And now some food flops:

Shadowing & Notetaking

Here I found some interesting videos to improve on study and note taking. Specially suited for my students in the 3rd year.

Enjoy!

Shadowing video link

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

This is a brief and clear presentation about the differences between the present perfect and the past simple

Present Perfect Vs. Simple Past from lupitath09

Jobseeking Advice

Here are some interesting links about applying for a job in a foreign country. Be sure to check them!

- How to write a CV without work experience

- The EURES portal 

- European Youth Portal

Listening exercise. Seven Awesome Charities

Listen to the following video about 7 specific US charities and answer the questions

Why do premature babies need help?

What is the purpose of generosity.org?

The Asian Girl in the video mentions a relative affected with Leukemia. Who?

How many people survived Breast Cancer in the US?

What is the purpose of Rise Center?

What's the problem with musical instruments?

What is the purpose of Make a Wish?

Landforms

Here you have an extensive explanation concerning landforms. Enjoy!

Don Justo's Cathedral

here is an interesting documentary film about Don Justo's Cathedral