Summer holidays are coming so we are leaving but we want to share our plans for the summer.
Hi, this is Bea.For this summer I'm planing to go to the beach everyday and I am going to visit my grandmother.
Hello there! It's Elene! I'm going to tell you my plans for the summer! Well, first of all I'm going to Rome with my friends. Then I will enjoy everyday at it's maximum, I'll go with my friends to the beach, to parties, to hang out... And if I am awarded with a grant to travel abroad, I'll go to Ireland for a month! Moreover, my family and I will go to the Southern part of Spain. Finally, not everything is party and having fun, I would also work to earn money and study violin and school subjects. :D
Hi! :) I am Laura. I have lots of plans fot this summer. First I want to give particular classes for Primary children. In August I want to go to Paris with to friends three or four days. I'm expecting there! I hope I will can go. I am going to the swimming pool and to the beach too. I hope my summer will be the best summer of my school years because I will stay with my friends and my family :D
Hi! I am vero. I am going to tell you about my summer plans.
hi! there. This is going to be our blog for the English class. We can publish here, interesting facts, news, jokes, riddles (adivinanzas) and special homework assigned by your teacher. BUT: Everything has to be written in English!!We will use this blog only for school purposes, not personal information.
jueves, 2 de junio de 2011
jueves, 7 de abril de 2011
Gossip Column :P
Do you know that Prince Guillermo is getting married with Kate Middleton?
There are 22 days left
The wedding will take place in the Spring or Summer of 2011, in London. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.
Following the marriage, the couple will live in north Wales, where Prince William will continue to serve with the Royal Air Force.
There are 22 days left
The wedding will take place in the Spring or Summer of 2011, in London. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.
Following the marriage, the couple will live in north Wales, where Prince William will continue to serve with the Royal Air Force.
jueves, 24 de marzo de 2011
Easter! *-*
Origins of Easter
Easter is perhaps nowadays seen as a mostly Christian festival but in fact its origins lie in three religious faiths- Pagan, Hebrew and Christian.
Pagan tradition suggests that the name Easter is derived from Ostara o Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring tp whom the month of April was dedicated.
Even today Pagan symbols live on in the celebration of Easter with the hare, a symbol of fertility, becoming the Easter Bunny and brightly decorated eggs which were originally used to represent the colours of the new spring. Eggs were also an important fertility symbol.
EASTER WORDS:
-Easter bunny: Conejo de Pascua
-Easter egg: huevo de Pascua
-Palm Sunday : Domingo de ramos
-Godd Friday : viernes santo
-Lent: Cuaresma
-Hot cross bun: Pastel típico
Easter eggs
Eggs have been associated with easter for many centuries and are the most identifiable symbol of Easter.
In the very early days eggs were decorated with bright colours to represent the coming of spring and the growth of new plants and animals and used in egg rolling or given away gifts, sometimes between lovers and romantic admirers much in the same way as Valentine gifts.
The Easter Egg Hunt involves lots of eggs being hidden around the house or garden by the Easter Bunny before the children of the house get up for the day
Easter is perhaps nowadays seen as a mostly Christian festival but in fact its origins lie in three religious faiths- Pagan, Hebrew and Christian.
Pagan tradition suggests that the name Easter is derived from Ostara o Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring tp whom the month of April was dedicated.
Even today Pagan symbols live on in the celebration of Easter with the hare, a symbol of fertility, becoming the Easter Bunny and brightly decorated eggs which were originally used to represent the colours of the new spring. Eggs were also an important fertility symbol.
EASTER WORDS:
-Easter bunny: Conejo de Pascua
-Easter egg: huevo de Pascua
-Palm Sunday : Domingo de ramos
-Godd Friday : viernes santo
-Lent: Cuaresma
-Hot cross bun: Pastel típico
Easter eggs
Eggs have been associated with easter for many centuries and are the most identifiable symbol of Easter.
In the very early days eggs were decorated with bright colours to represent the coming of spring and the growth of new plants and animals and used in egg rolling or given away gifts, sometimes between lovers and romantic admirers much in the same way as Valentine gifts.
The Easter Egg Hunt involves lots of eggs being hidden around the house or garden by the Easter Bunny before the children of the house get up for the day
jueves, 10 de febrero de 2011
Celebrities !
Here is our new section about famous people; each of us was asked to write and speak about relevant people in the English speaking world, as homework assignment for English Practice.
We will talk about this different people:
• The Beatles
• W.Shakespeare
• J.K. Rowlling
• Nelson Mandela
• Alexander G.Bell
• Charles Chaplin,Charlot
• Elisabeth I
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Andi Warhol
• George Washington
THE BEATLES
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, who are often recognized as the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed act in popular music. From 1962, the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). The music of the beatles was based on rock and roll, the group later worked in many genres ranging from folk rock topsychedelic rock, often incorporating classical and other elements in innovative ways. Their enormous popularity appeared with "Beatlemania".
Initially with a five-piece line-up of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe (bass) and Pete Best (drums), The Beatles built their reputation in Liverpool and Hamburg clubs over a three-year period from 1960. Sutcliffe left the group in 1961, and Best was replaced by Starr the following year. The Beatles achieved mainstream success in the United Kingdom in late 1962 with their first single, "Love Me Do". Gaining international popularity over the course of the next year, they toured extensively until 1966, and then retreated to the recording studio until their break-up in 1970. Each then found success in an independent musical career. Lennon was assassinated outside his home in New York City in 1980, and Harrison died of cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr remain active.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet. He is the greatest writer in the English language.
He was baptized on 26th April,1564 and he died on 23rd April,1616 at the age of 52.(His date of birth is unknown)
Curiously Miguel de Cervantes died one day before Shakespeare. William Shakespeare lived in England and had three children. He is an important writer because he wrote lots of tragedies. Romeo and Juliet was one of them. It is a play that was successful in the Renaissance and now it’s very famous. Romeo and Juliet is the story about two young lovers whose families were enemies. They had to fight for love and finally they both ended up suiciding.
Another of William Shakespeare’s important tragedy is Hamlet. This story tells us about how the Denmark’s Prince performed the revenge on his uncle Claudius who killed Hamlet’s father, the king.
Othello tells us the story of a black man (Othello) who was in love with a girl and they couldn’t be together. In this story there is love , jealousy and tragedy.
Other: Julius Caesar, Macbeth, King Lear, Timon and Athens, Titus Andronicus…
Shakespeare had a short youth because at the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway. There are people who say that he had lover and It could be possible that he was interested in men, but it is just a conjecture, nobody knows the truth.
ANDY WARHOL
Andrew Warhola known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker and filmmaker and he is famous because he was a very important figure in the visual movement known as Pop Art.
He was born in Pennsylvania on 1928. When he was a child he had chorea, an illness that causes involuntary movement of the limbs.
He became a hipochondriac and developed a phobia to hospitals.
His first exhibition was in 1962 in New York city. It included the works Marilyn Diptych, 100 Soup Cans, 100 Coke Bottle and 100 Dollar Bills. He began to make paintings of iconic American products such as Campbells Soup Cans and Coca-Cola bottles and also painted celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Troy Dunahue, Muhammad Ali, Jhon Lennon and Elisabeth Taylor.
His works became popular and controversial.
In 1968, Warhol was injured bay a shot but he survived, however he surffered physical effects for the rest of his life.
He died on February 22nd , 1987 of sudden arrhythmia while he slept.
We will talk about this different people:
• The Beatles
• W.Shakespeare
• J.K. Rowlling
• Nelson Mandela
• Alexander G.Bell
• Charles Chaplin,Charlot
• Elisabeth I
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Andi Warhol
• George Washington
THE BEATLES
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, who are often recognized as the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed act in popular music. From 1962, the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). The music of the beatles was based on rock and roll, the group later worked in many genres ranging from folk rock topsychedelic rock, often incorporating classical and other elements in innovative ways. Their enormous popularity appeared with "Beatlemania".
Initially with a five-piece line-up of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe (bass) and Pete Best (drums), The Beatles built their reputation in Liverpool and Hamburg clubs over a three-year period from 1960. Sutcliffe left the group in 1961, and Best was replaced by Starr the following year. The Beatles achieved mainstream success in the United Kingdom in late 1962 with their first single, "Love Me Do". Gaining international popularity over the course of the next year, they toured extensively until 1966, and then retreated to the recording studio until their break-up in 1970. Each then found success in an independent musical career. Lennon was assassinated outside his home in New York City in 1980, and Harrison died of cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr remain active.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet. He is the greatest writer in the English language.
He was baptized on 26th April,1564 and he died on 23rd April,1616 at the age of 52.(His date of birth is unknown)
Curiously Miguel de Cervantes died one day before Shakespeare. William Shakespeare lived in England and had three children. He is an important writer because he wrote lots of tragedies. Romeo and Juliet was one of them. It is a play that was successful in the Renaissance and now it’s very famous. Romeo and Juliet is the story about two young lovers whose families were enemies. They had to fight for love and finally they both ended up suiciding.
Another of William Shakespeare’s important tragedy is Hamlet. This story tells us about how the Denmark’s Prince performed the revenge on his uncle Claudius who killed Hamlet’s father, the king.
Othello tells us the story of a black man (Othello) who was in love with a girl and they couldn’t be together. In this story there is love , jealousy and tragedy.
Other: Julius Caesar, Macbeth, King Lear, Timon and Athens, Titus Andronicus…
Shakespeare had a short youth because at the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway. There are people who say that he had lover and It could be possible that he was interested in men, but it is just a conjecture, nobody knows the truth.
ANDY WARHOL
Andrew Warhola known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker and filmmaker and he is famous because he was a very important figure in the visual movement known as Pop Art.
He was born in Pennsylvania on 1928. When he was a child he had chorea, an illness that causes involuntary movement of the limbs.
He became a hipochondriac and developed a phobia to hospitals.
His first exhibition was in 1962 in New York city. It included the works Marilyn Diptych, 100 Soup Cans, 100 Coke Bottle and 100 Dollar Bills. He began to make paintings of iconic American products such as Campbells Soup Cans and Coca-Cola bottles and also painted celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Troy Dunahue, Muhammad Ali, Jhon Lennon and Elisabeth Taylor.
His works became popular and controversial.
In 1968, Warhol was injured bay a shot but he survived, however he surffered physical effects for the rest of his life.
He died on February 22nd , 1987 of sudden arrhythmia while he slept.
jueves, 6 de enero de 2011
New year resolutions
Hi, everybody. Now that the new year has started, it is time for the TYPICAL NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS, these are those intentions you would like to carry out through the coming year 2011. My resolution will be "Being more punctual".
What is your new Year Resolution?
I would also like to thank my collaborators: Laura, Elene, AnaB., Beatriz, Verónica y Sandra. If you want to take part in the blog we meet every Thursday in the first break in room 24. See you
What is your new Year Resolution?
I would also like to thank my collaborators: Laura, Elene, AnaB., Beatriz, Verónica y Sandra. If you want to take part in the blog we meet every Thursday in the first break in room 24. See you
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