St Patrick's 'cartoon biography'

Hello!

This is the last post I publish about St Patrick's Day, I promise.

Play the video below to watch a very funny version of St Patrick's biography.

Enjoy!

Next Writing Assignment due on Monday

Hi again!

This is a reminder for everyone to do their next writing assignment for Monday 22 March. The topic is Describing a house or a flat. 

You can do, however, a different version if you feel like it, entitled My Dream House.

Please write a maximum of 150 words (double space them too). The instructions are on page 65 of your book. 

Besides, don't forget to use a varied vocabulary and a wide range of structures. And, as usual, don't forget connectors!!

If you want to read one more sample of this kind of writing, just click on this link and you will find a very good one written by a teacher of English in Madrid.

As for me, I could make the effort and live in the house you can see in the photo below. Not that it's likely to happen, but daydreaming never hurt anyone!!

Hope it helps!

Learn about the Irish Celts

Hi there!

Click here to download an interesting text about a mythical people: the Irish Celts. It also deals with Gaelic sports.

Have fun!

The Dubliners: 'Molly Malone'

Hi everyone!

Here's the video we watched yesterday with The Dubliners performing their own version of the traditional Irish song 'Molly Malone'.
My favourite is the 'Jeez, if the pubs are closed, I'll never forgive you' part.

Enjoy!!

And here's a video of some Celtic music- with the bodhran- and dancing. Great, isn't it?

'Thank you for being a friend'

Hi there!

We've been talking about friendship in class. A nice topic indeed. Now, do you remember the Golden Girls show from the 80s? Some of you won't, but maybe some will. Here's a video with the title song 'Thank you for being a friend'.

You can read the lyrics below. They're a bit 'naïve', but I've always loved the show, I still do, and it brings back wonderful memories!

Thank you for being a friend.
Travelled down the road and back again.
Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant.

And if you threw a party,
invited everyone you knew,
you would see, the biggest gift would be from me
and the card attached would say:
'Thank you for being a friend'.

Writing Samples: An Informal Letter to a Friend

Hello there!

Here's a good (and funny) example of an informal letter to a friend written by your classmate Lola Fernández.

Enjoy!

C/ Aire, 30 
30880 Águilas (Murcia) 
Spain

 

1^st March 2010

Dear Willy,

Sorry for not writing earlier but I’ve been studying very hard for my English exam. Thank God I passed it!

I’m writing to thank you for letting me stay with you and your family last Christmas. It was such a wonderful week that now it’s hard for me to go back to the routine!

London is a gorgeous city but I know that a week is not enough time to discover all that it has to offer. The sightseeing tour was fantastic and I really loved ‘Mamma mia!’, the musical. I miss the long hours we spent having some tea with your grandmother while she was telling us old stories. I’m sure my English is better now thanks to her!

For the last two months I’ve been making a lot of arrangements and I think I’ll be able to move to my new house next weekend. I’m really looking forward to showing it to you!

That’s all for now. I must start my homework for my English class. The teacher wants us to write an informal letter to a friend and I don’t even know how to begin! Please write soon and tell me all your news.

Give my love to your family.

Best wishes.

Lola

PS I enclose the photo I took of you and Kate in the Stamford Bridge stadium.

Friendship

Hi there!

Here are some hilarious cartoons about friendship.

Enjoy! ;)

Great website to work at home

Hi there folks!

I strongly advise you to visit this site, created by Eugenia Ortega at Educantabria, since it has a great deal of resources to revise and do further practice on everything we're seeing in class. You have extra material for every single file in your book. 

You shouldn't miss it!!

Second Conditional: Songs

Hi there!

Here's the video to the song we listened to in class last Wednesday: All I want is you

And here are other songs with lots of second conditional in their lyrics:

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé

Beyonce - If I were A Boy
por Le-Tour-2Lor

To watch a video with the lyrics, click here.

If you had my love by Jennifer López

If you were a sailboat by Katie Melua

For all you Coldplay lovers out there =] What if?

And finally, one classic: If I were a rich man from the Fiddler on the roof


Enjoy!!