Advance organizer

We are going to study a poem. These elements appear in it. Do you know their names in English?

What might the poem be about??

Your poems in Shel Silverstein´s "Whatif" style

Do you remember the poem Whatif we studied in class by Shel Silverstein? Here it is:

"Last night, while I lay thinking here,
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I'm dumb in school?
Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there's poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don't grow taller?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won't bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems well, and then
The nighttime Whatifs strike again!"

I told you  to write your own poems trying to make them rhyme. I´ve chosen several, have a look at them:

"Whatif my hair doesn´t grow?

Whatif I had ten brothers a million years ago?

Whatif I meet a man called Joe?

Whatif I see snow?

Whatif I don´t let the music go?

Whatif I see a TV show?

Whatif I break my toe?

Whatif I do a free throw?

Whatif I can´t count to four

Whatif I break a door?

Whatif I can´t look for?

Whatif I want more?

Whatif I can´t touch the floor?

Whatif I can´t score?

Whatif I can´t explore?"

(by Emanuela G.)

"Whatif in an exam I have a zero,

I won´t be anymore a hero.

Whatif I eat a special flower...

Maybe I will have special powers?

Whatif I go to Portugal?

In fact I will feel very natural".

(by Samuel R.)

"Whatif someone steals my bag?

Whatif my dog bites a cat?

Whatif I enter a cave and I see a bat?

Whatif a dog starts to bark?

Whatif in the school I get a bad mark?

Whatif I can´t go to the park?

Whatif the day quickly gets dark?"

(by Eva B.)

Whatif my skin turns blue?

Whatif my mum gets the flu?

Whatif an animal escapes from the zoo?

Whatif the TV explodes?

Whatif fire gets on my clothes?

Whatif my life stops?

Whatif I don´t have any friends?

Whatif my armpit smells?

Whatif everything ends?

(by Paula J.).  

Relax, Paula. I´m sure your armpit will never smell. Good work!!

The Happy Prince video (3rd part)

Watch it here.

The Happy Prince

What is the relation between these pictures and The Happy Prince story?

Leona Lewis´s Happy

Watch this video for Leona Lewis´s song Happy

Leila´s Irish dance video

We all enjoyed Leila´s presentation about her country so much! We couldn´t see the video with the typical Irish dance, have a look at it here.

Design a trip to Ireland!

Task:

1.Design a 5-day trip to Ireland. You have to create a brochure or a powerpoint presentation with your daily plan including the activities to carry out during the 5-day trip.

2.Give an oral presentation describing your trip. Use your brochure/powerpoint presentation as a guide.

3. Decide which trip is the best and why.

Process:

1)You’re going to work in groups of 5.I want the list with the groups as soon as possible. If you can´t organize yourselves, I´ll decide the groups! First of all decide all together your route. Use (for example) this website: http://www.discoverireland.ie/

2) Student 1 will organize the aspects related to transport using (for example) this website: http://www.aerlingus.com/      

3) Student 2&3 will find accomodation here: http://www.goireland.com/

4) Student 4&5 will make a sightseeing tour and use http://www.discoverireland.ie/ or

http://www.guidetodublin.com/

5) Now calculate the budget working all together.

4) Put all the information together to produce a brochure or powerpoint presentation

5) Give each of the other groups a paper copy of your brochure and present your trip plan.

6) Group discussion. Which is the best trip plan and why?

Important info:

-The deadline is November 28.

-You can change the destination if you like.
 
-The brochure/powerpoint must have a minimum of 6 pages/slides plus a cover page. Include a map of Ireland with the route you have chosen drawn on it so that we can follow your presentation. You can´t copy and paste texts from the internet (and I´ll notice that!), elaborate the information using your own words. Remember to make four copies of the brochure to hand out in the class.

-Good pictures are very important. Search the net for them, you can begin in Google images.

Advance Organizer

Describe the pictures.

We are going to work with a story including these elements. What do you think the story will be like?

The Present Simple & Continuous

Time to revise the Present tenses!! Do the following activities online. Click on the link to go to the website:
1. Present Simple (affirmative): click HERE and HERE
2. Present Simple (negative): click HERE and HERE
3. Present Simple (questions): click HERE
4. Present Simple Mix: click HERE
Relax now. Do this online hangman.
5. Present Continuous (affirmative): click HERE
6. Present Continuous (negative): click HERE
7. Present Continuous (questions): click HERE
8.Present Continuous Mix: click HERE.
9. PS/PC contrast: HERE.
Good work! Try another hangman now, about Halloween!

So what happened with Soapy?

You´re curious about the ending of Soapy´s story, aren´t you? here it is:

…” Then Soapy felt a hand on his arm. He jumped and looked around quickly – into the face of a policeman! “What are you doing here!”, asked the policeman. “Nothing”, Soapy answered. “So come with me”, the policeman said. “Three months in prison”, they told Soapy the next day".

Now, answer the following questions (in your notebooks):

-Do you like this ending? Why?

-Is this a happy or a sad story? Why?

The story is called Soapy´s Choice (far less original than the titles you suggested) and the author is O.Henry. Why don´t you find more information about him on the internet? Try to find out the answer to these questions (write them in your notebooks):

-Where and when was he born?

-Is he a famous writerin the United States? How do you know?

-What is the setting of most of his stories?

-What is the meaning of the English expression “An O.Henry ending”?

You can use this link to get the information. Remember it´s for Thursday. Have a nice weekend!

Paradise Lost

Look at the picture and describe it. Would you like to be there? Why?

Now watch a videoclip using this link.

Answer these questions:
-What can you see in the videoclip?
-What is the topic in the song?

Work now with the lyrics. Then answer the following questions:
-Who is the protagonist of the song?
-Where does she live?
-Do you think she is happy?
-Why do you think the title of the song is “Another day in paradise”?

It´s amazing! (E1C)

Hi class! How do you feel today? Do you like this picture? Can you describe it? Where is it from?

Do you remember what the topic in the first unit of the book is? Good! It´s amazing! Can you remember some of the amazing stories we read there?

Now we are going to keep on working with more amazing stories. Click on the links and do the activities as indicated:
1. Probably you know about the LOCH NESS MONSTER, do you? Do an activity about Nessie HERE.
2. More mysteries HERE!
3. Are these incredible stories real or invented? Find out HERE!
4.Now choose one of the stories in the previous exercise and retell it using your own words.
5.Writing: Do you know about an amazing story you can tell us? No? Then invent it! The best one will be published in the blog!