ENGLISH - TERCER CICLO - C.P. JACINTO BENAVENTE

5ºA: THEATRE PLAY: A Day at the Zoo

2012-02-17T03:28:00.000-08:00

Today we performed a Theatre play in class. All of us were animals at the zoo asking questions to our zookeeper. We had a lot of fun and learned English at the same time :-)

5ºA: FARM ANIMALS AND ZOO ANIMALS

2012-02-06T13:52:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody!
In 5ºA we are learning a lot of vocabulary about ANIMALS and their classification and characteristics.
We have to collect pictures from these groups:

A. INVERTEBRATES: e.g. INSECTS
B. VERTEBRATES: 1. MAMMALS
                                 2. REPTILES
                                3. AMPHIBIANS
                                4. BIRDS
                                 5. FISH

Herebelow you will find a link to a page containing lots of games.
PLAY GAMES, LEARN NEW THINGS AND ENJOY!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/kidscorner_games.htm

THE GINGERBREAD MAN (Session 2: COOKING WORKSHOP)

2012-02-01T02:38:00.000-08:00

Today, 1st February, the children from 5ºA, 6ºA and 6ºB have taken part in a cooking workshop with Kirstie Gough, as a follow-up from the Storytelling session last week.
We have made delicious Gingerbread man cookies to share among all of us and also to take home for our families :-) Mmmmmm, delicious!

Herebelow the pictures from the session, Thanks, Mercedes!!!

Cooking workshop

THE GINGERBREAD MAN (Session 1: STORYTELLING)

2012-01-25T22:00:00.001-08:00

Kirstie Gough has kindly accepted my invitation to come to school today and carry out a storytelling session with 5ºA, 6ºA and 6ºB. The story chosen was: The Gingerbread Man.

Vídeo-The Gingerbread man (storytelling)

Kirstie performed the story brilliantly, and we were all very enthusiastic about it.
All children listened to the story entirely in English, they played a smelling game with the spices (cinammon, ginger, vanilla and nutmeg), and learned new things about plants, specially guessing what part of the plant spices come from. Finally, we also had time to make the puppets and run a role-play with each child representing a character.

Thank you very much, Kirstie, for your thorough preparation and motivating presentation, all children loved it! and they could easily remember the motto of the story:

"Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man!"

It was a lovely day. THANK YOU, ALL!

THE SNOWMAN

2011-12-22T04:21:00.000-08:00

THE SNOWMAN
Today we have listened to the story of the Snowman, by Raymond Briggs and Gail Ellis.
We have also watched a video about the story - herebelow the links.

This storytelling activity is included into the School Reading Plan and the Library Project. Thanks to Lali for creating the link to the Library blog :-)

PART 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKYTh-FvpWA&feature=related
PART 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3KwUNCLAY
PART 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE78XSQKMxI&NR=1&feature=fvwp

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!!!

2011-12-18T13:19:00.000-08:00

Dear all, we are approaching Christmas and the end of the Year, and I would like to wish you all and your families a HAPPY CHRISTMAS and all the best for the NEW YEAR.

We will listen to the following Christmas carol sung by Miley Cirus (Hannah Montana): ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLhZp6aXDs4

with lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnXc16dIOQc

Enjoy yourselves singing along this Christmas song!!!

SONG: BORN TO BE SOMEBODY - Justin Bieber

2011-11-16T06:59:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody!
We have listened to a song by Justin Bieber (yes, I know some boys don't like him so much, but next time, it will be their choice :-)
It is a fun and motivating way to listen to English music and start understanding the lyrics.
Here it is the link to youtube if you would like to listen to the song again with lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UauF6SYDvE8

ENJOY!!! Sing the song and practise English at the same time!
Bye bye!
Lourdes

BORN TO BE SOMEBODY

There's a dream in my soul
A fire that's deep inside me
There's a me no-one knows
Waiting to be set free

I'm gonna (=going to) see that day
I can feel it, I can taste it
Change is coming my way

CHORUS:

I was born to be somebody
Ain't (=there is) nothing that's ever gonna (=going to) stop me
I'll light up the sky like lightning
I'm gonna (going to) rise above
Show them what I'm made of
I was born to be somebody
I was born to be.
And this world will belong to me

This life can kick you around (woah)
This world can make you feel small (wooh)
They will not keep me down (woah)
I was born to stand tall
I'm going all the way
I can feel it, I believe it
I'm here, I'm here to stay

CHORUS

Feel it
Believe it
Dream it
Be it

CHORUS

HELPER OF THE DAY - ORAL SKILLS

2011-11-09T07:06:00.000-08:00

Hello!!
In order to evaluate oral skills (SPEAKING and LISTENING) individually, 2 students will play the role of the HELPER OF THE DAY each day, and they will prepare a brief introduction about himself / herself and I will make some questions afterwards.
You can bring any pictures, posters, powerpoint presentations, everything you would like to use for your presentation. All ideas are welcome!

TOPICS FOR 5ºA:
-Personal description (example: I'm 10 years old, I'm tall and thin. I have got blue eyes, a small nose, etc.)
-Your likes / dislikes (example: I like football and pop music. My favourtie football team is....)
-Your family (example: I live with my father and my mother, and I have got two sisters. Their names are....)
-Musical instruments you play and styles of music you like. (I play the piano very well, I play the guitar well)

TOPICS FOR 6ºA and 6ºB:
-Personal description (example: I'm 10 years old, I'm tall and thin. I have got blue eyes, a small nose, etc.)
-Your likes / dislikes (example: I like football and pop music. My favourtie football team is....)
-Your family (example: I live with my father and my mother, and I have got two sisters. Their names are....)
-Your clothes (example: Today I am wearing blue jeans.... // or in general: I always wear jeans, I never wear a hat.... etc)

Any questions? Please ask!!!

CATWALK - Bugs World. Unit 1: Vocabulary: Clothes.

2011-11-03T08:05:00.000-07:00

The group-classes of 6A and 6B will organise a catwalk next Tuesday 8th November 2011.

There will be 5 teams of 4 or 5 people each, and everybody in the team will play a different role:

Clothes designer, who will choose the clothes that the model is going to wear.
Graphic designer, who will prepare a drawing in power-point / or on paper of the model's outfit.
Presenter 1 / Presenter 2, who will present the outfit of the model to the rest of the group.

Example: ".... is wearing a black skirt with green tights. It is very nice and comfortable for cold weather!, etc"

Model, who will put on the clothes for the catwalk.

This is a fun way to review vocabulary about clothes and practise English in a real communicative context.
Pictures will be posted here soon :-)

Here they are!
6A.....................................................................................................................................

6B.....................................................................................................................................

HALLOWEEN IS HERE!!

2011-10-23T14:50:00.000-07:00

MEG AND MOG (episode 1) is a good introduction to Halloween! Listen and enjoy :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsZLGnLnxY&noredirect=1

QUESTIONS:
1. Who is Meg?
2. Who is Mog?
3. What does Meg put into the cauldron for breakfast?
4. What does Meg take with her to the Halloween party?
5. What are the names of Meg's friends?
6. What happens during the Halloween party?
7. What does Meg say at the end of the story?

PROJECT BRITAIN - September 2011. Interview to Carol Ball and Jeff Moore

2011-09-28T04:42:00.000-07:00

On 22nd September 2011, we were journalists for one day!!

It was a special day, because we had two special visitors from the UK:
CAROL BALL and JEFF MOORE.

It was a fantastic opportunity for all of us to practice English!!

The group-clases of 5ºA, 6ºA and 6ºB prepared the interview some days in advance, working on the following topics in small teams:

TEAM 1 - The UK.

TEAM 2 - The Government and the Royal Family

TEAM 3 - Food and Drink in the UK.

TEAM 4 - Traditions and celebrations: Easter, Christmas, Halloween, etc.

All students had to search information on internet and bring material to our class in order to work together on the topic and choose 4 questions from each team for the interview.

We will post pictures from the 3 sessions held on that day (see tabs).

THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

Lourdes