Learning English with the Information and Communication Technologies.



Monday 13 February 2012

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary...


Let’s going to watch and listen to a ghost story. It is the Simpsons’ version of a very famous poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.
1)    Watch the following video: 



                                                                                                                                       
 

2)    What happened in the story? Rewrite the story and send it as comment. Don’t forget to use past simple and past continuous and the time expressions we’ve seen first, then, after, finally…


 
3)    Who was Edgar Allan Poe? Find something about this author on the internet and send it as a comment. You could start by taking this qizz: 




COMPUTER SESSION 2º ESO

Hello guys! Welcome to the computer session. We are going to work on grammar and vocabulary on some web pages. You have to follow the instructions of each exercise and later check the solutions but don’t cheat!
Hope you enjoy it! ;-)


For any word that you don't understand, look it up very quickly here. It's an online dictionary!

1. Write the names of the sports. Click here.
2. Do exercises 1 to 4 on present continuous: Click here
3. Select wordsearch. Then select a topic: sports, school or food and then press play. Enjoy the word search! Click here.
4. Do some exercises with can, must or mustn’t. Click here.
5. Crosswords about verbs. Click here.
6. Do another exercise on present simple or present continuous. Click here.
7. Select a topic: sports, school or food and then press ok. Enjoy the game! Click here.
8. Opposites. Click here.
9. Present simple or present continuous? Click here.
10. Do you know the position of adverbs of frequency? Click here.
11. Scrambled letters: food and drink. Click here.
12. Present simple. Click here.
13. Means of transport. Click here.
14. Sports. Click here.
15. Text about the family. You must be fast because it disappears. Click here.
16. Things in the classroom. Click here.
17. Animals. Click here.
18. Pronunciation: s sound. Click here.
19. More on present simple or present continuous. Click here.
20. Find pairs on the topic “movements”. Click here.
21. Find pairs on the topic “the house”. Click here.
22. Find pairs on the topic “the zoo”. Click here.
23. A word snake about family. Click here.
24. Sports. Click here.
25. Pronunciation: silent consonants. Click here.

To end up, you can revise the entire unit with this presentation. Click here.

Do you want to do more?
At home, you can do more things.
· A listening: Click here and follow the instructions.
· A reading: Click here and follow the instructions.

Did you like this session? How can it be improved? Leave a comment to your teacher, obviously in English!
Thanks ;-)

Animal song - 2º ESO

Listen to this funny song in English about animals. An adult is singing but he mixes up the names of the animals and a little kid corrects him every time. While listening to the song try to identify the different animals they are talking about and then, do the exercise below:


 Which animals make the following action? The correct one!
1) __________________ swing through trees. 
2) __________________ swim in the ocean. 
3) __________________ scratch at fleas and sniff at trees and bark at the mailman.
4) __________________ chase mice.
5) __________________ gallup and trot.
6) __________________ reach into beehives for the honey.
7) __________________ jump up high to catch a fly and sit on a lilypad.
8) __________________ run through a maze for some cheese.
9) __________________ say 'oink!'.
10) _________________ hop and eat carrots. 
11) _________________ stomp through the jungle with their big gray trunks.

 Write the answer in a comment.