It is Christmas time !

Try this link :

                                          Christmas 

Follow the instructions and enjoy yourself :-) :-)

It is time for Christmas!

I wish you a Merry Merry Christmas!

Just like John Lennon says:
I wish you all  "a very merry Christmas and a happy New year
Let´s hope it´s a good one without any fear."

Now, here you have the lyrics of the song.why don´t you try to fill in the gaps?
But above all ... ENJOY!

So this is Christmas
and what have you done?
Another year (is) ___(1)
and a new one (has) just begun.

And so this is Christmas
I hope you had ___(2)
the near and the dear one
the old and the ___(3).

A very merry Christmas and a happy New year
Let´s hope it´s a good one without any fear.
And so this is Christmas
for weak and for ___(4)
For rich and for poor ones
The world is so ___(5)
And so happy Christmas
for black and for ___(6)
for yellow and the red ones
let´s stop all the fight
(...)
war is over
if you want it
war is over now.Happy Christmas

Santa Claus Is Singing "Jingle Bells"

Let´s sing together,shall we?

Final Round of 2009 Spelling Bee

Take a look at the finals of a Spelling Bee!
Amazing ,isn´t it?

The ABC Song

Remember this?
Why don´t you sing along?

Learn how to read ABC Alphabet

Let´s practise it, shall we?
To " bee "or not to " bee" later on .

Food and drink!

Watch this short dialogue and choose the best answer!

Prepositions of time

After practising with the help of the video, do the quiz to find out how you are doing.

What did you do yesterday?

Do you have a good memory? Let´s see what you did yesterday!

Let´s hear some people spelling their names and surnames

Well, how difficult did you find it?

Hero dog saves owner

Let´s try this quiz! See how well you did it at the end!
Good luck!

Word Meanings From Context

                                         

Use the context to help you determine the meaning of each highlighted word.

1.No matter where you go, the Internet is following you. Almost every portable device is being made with an Internet connection. Most new TVs and many other appliances come with Internet connections as well. The Internet is truly ubiquitous.

If something is ubiquitous,  __________.

a. it is fuzzy and will bite you
b. it is everywhere
c. it costs too much money
d. it causes rashes

2. Speaking rudely to the judges was rash behavior. You really hurt your chances of winning!

In the above context, what does “rash” mean?

a. an itchy skin condition
b. funny
c. trying to hide or disguise a piece of cheese
d. with little thought or consideration

3. Some people are always bashing the president just like others bashed the one before him. Wouldn't you think that everyone could find something to praise him for, at least once in a while? 

What does “bashing” mean in the above selection?

a. hitting hard with a heavy tool
b. going to too many expensive parties
c. speaking or writing harshly about
d. voting for a different candidate

4. Wherever he goes, the esteemed Dr. Sanchez is applauded for his life saving research.

What does “esteemed” mean?

a. held over boiling water
b. very old
c. unable to chew gum
d. greatly admired

1___________2___________3___________4___________

ACRONYMS

Let´s face the truth!
Do you know your acronyms?
         to     

This one is F2F - Face to face


What about these ones:

C W O T
A S A P
A F A I K
A Y O R
B T D T

Let´s find out....

Still Halloween !

  Click  HIER  (HERE) and follow all the instructions!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !

Just relax! This is still Halloween :-)

SHeeeee!!!! Don´t tell anybody! I will keep your secret!
"I know you felt .......and (almost) ......."
Why don´t you fill in the spaces of the previous sentence?

This is Halloween !!!

Please, don´t be afraid!     This is just Halloween  :-)
After watching this scary video, try and fill in the words that are missing.
( we will correct it in the classroom)

It was a long time _____a)
longer now than it seems
in a place that ____b)
you´ve seen in your _____c)
for the ____d that you are about to be told
_____e) place in the Holiday Worlds of old
now you probably ____f)
where holidays _____g) from
if you haven´t, I´d say
it´s time you ____h)

 (the song)

Boys and girls of every age
wouldn't you like to see something ________ 1
Come with us and you will see,
this our town of Halloween
This is Halloween, this is Halloween,
pumpkins scream in the ________2 of night
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene,
trick or _________3 till the neighbours come and ________4 of fright
It's our town, everybody scream,
in this town of Halloween
I am the one hiding under your ________5,
teeth ground sharp and _______6 glowing red
I am the one hiding under your stairs,
fingers like snakes and spiders in my _________7
This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
In this town we call home,
everyone hail to the _________8 song
In this town, don't we love it now,
everybody's waiting for the next ______9
Round that corner, then,
hiding in the ______10 cans,
something's waiting now to pounce and how you'll..
______11, this is Halloween,
red and black and slimy green,
Aren't you ______12?
Well, that's just fine,
say it once, say it twice,
take a chance and roll the dice,
ride with the ______13 in the dead of night
Everybody scream, everybody scream,
in our town or Halloween
I am the clown with the tear-away face,
here in a flash and gone _______14 a trace
I am the who when you call "Who's there?",
I am the wind blowing through your hair
I am the ______15 on the moon at night,
filling your dreams to the brim with _____16
This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
Tender lumplings everywhere,
life's no fun without a good scare,
that's our _____17 but we're not mean
in our town of Halloween
In this town, don't we love it now,
everyone's waiting for the next surprise
______18 Jack might catch you in the back
and scream like a banshee,
make you ______19 out of your skin!
This is Halloween, everybody scream,
won't you please make way for a very special guy
Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch,
everyone hail to the pumpkin king
Now, this is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
In this town we call home everyone hail to the pumpkin _______20
La la la la la, etc, etc…

How to moon walk like Michael Jackson!

Let´s try it ,everybody!
Remember, practice makes perfect!

To be or not to be ...healthy!



   

Uau! What is happening here? Who is not eating properly?
Any advices? Please, share!

Riddles

I cannot be felt, seen or touched;
Yet I can be found in everybody;
My existence is always in debate;          
Yet I have my own style of music.
What Am I?

What word can be written forward backward or upside down and can still be read from left to right?

A woman went to visit her bank manager and she took her young daughter with her. The bank manager said that the womans daughter could stay with his secretary during the meeting. When the woman and her daughter left, the secretary turned to the other secretary and said to her, "That little girl was my daughter." How could that be?


How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

So, who is the smart boy or girl with the correct answers? :-) :-)

Legend of the guardians

Have you already seen the movie?
I haven´t. Give me your opinion on it.

Justin Bieber - Baby (a special request from Mariana Leocádio)

I suppose Justin Bieber is one of your favourite singers! At least the ladies´ favourite, isn´t he?
Care to comment!

Hanging out in Piccadilly Circus

And You? Where are you favourite places to hang out?

Hot or cold?

Listen to the song and fill in the blank spaces.

You change your mind
Like a girl changes _____________(1)
Yeah you, PMS
Like a girl, I would know

And you over think
Always ___________(2) Cryptically
I should know
That you're no ___________ (3)for me

[CHORUS]
(Be)Cause you're hot then you're ____________(4)
You're ________(5) then you're no
You're in then you're ________(6)
You're _______(7) then you're down
You're wrong when it's __________(8)
It's ____________(9) and it's white
We fight, we _____________(10)
We ________(11), we make up
You don't really _____________ (12) to stay, no

But you don't really want to go-o
(repetition of first 4 lines of the chorus)

We used to be
Just like ____________(13)
So in sync
The same energy
Now's a dead battery
Used to ____________(14) about nothing
Now your plain _________(15)

I should know that You're not going to ____________(16)
[CHORUS]
Someone call the __________(17)
I´ve got a case of a love bi-polar
Stuck on a roller coaster
Can't get off this ride
You change your mind
Like a girl changes _____________(18)
[CHORUS 2:]


What about these opposites? Can you look them up?
1 speak
2 old
3 right
4 far
5 foot
6 sister
7 wife
8 black
9 cool
10 buy
11 clean
12 small
13 woman
14 begin
15 drink
16 full
17 fat
18 stand up
19 short
20 hard

My house is my castle!

This is Jareel´s house!
Is it similar to yours?

Just for fun!

Enjoy! ;-)

ABC of women .

To be a woman is … 

To be a woman is to be ambitious and to want more and more

To be a woman is to be a contradiction.

To be a woman is to be a devoted wife.

To be a woman is to be an emotional person.

To be a woman is to be gentle, gracious and generous.

To be a woman is to be a hero.

To be a woman is to be a life-giving person.

To be a woman is to be a lion tamer.

To be a woman is to be a mother, a sister, a friend.

To be a woman is to be mad at the world.

To be a woman is to be a piece of somebody´s heart.

To be a woman is to be a sensitive and sensible person.

To be a woman is to be a victim of your heart.

To be a woman is to be barely visible is some societies.             

Can you follow with the ABC ?

A laughing matter

Two mice in a mouse hole hear a cat approaching.
They hear “miaow, miaow, miaow”.
Then... an angry “woof, woof, woof”.
Then... silence.
Cautiously the mice pop their heads out of the hole, and...
The cat gets them and eats them saying:

“I always knew it would come in useful  knowing a second language.”

Human rights

Statements on Human Rights from around the world

 "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" 

Francois Maria de Voltaire

“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by

 the ingenuity of man.”

Gandhi

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

Martin Luther king, Jr.

Would you care to comment?

Giant Pandas in danger!

 

New highways threaten giant pandas

There is a new threat to the survival of the giant panda. The rapid construction of China’s national highway network is cutting the pandas’ natural habitat into many small pieces. This is destroying the bamboo forests that the loveable animals need to survive. It is also adding a new danger of being run over by cars and trucks. The China Daily newspaper reported the biggest threat to the animal is in the northwest province of Gansu. There are now fewer than fifty pandas there. Conservationists are battling to preserve them. They are building special panda crossings and tunnels to help them survive.

The biggest problem is the dividing of the pandas’ habitat into smaller areas. The growth of the highways now makes breeding even more difficult. The China Daily reports that: “According to basic principles of genetics and the pandas’ reproduction habits, a group of less than 50 giant pandas are predicted to become extinct at some point as a result of a weakening reproductive ability caused by inbreeding.” There are only two days of the year when the female panda is fertile. This problem is made worse because of the males’ lack of interest in sex and the females’ being too picky in choosing her Mr. Right.

Should pandas be threatened by road building?

Change the world ( song)

What´s missing?

If I could reach the ........................(1),
I'd pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart, so you could see the......................(2)
That this love I have inside, is ...........................(3) it seems
But for now I find, it's only in my..........................(4)
That I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your .........................(5)
You would think my love was really something good
Baby, if I could, change the ..........................(6)

If I could be king, even for a day
I'd take you as my .........................(7), I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have ........................(8)
Till then I'd be a fool, wishin' for the day
That I can ...........................(9) the world,
I would be the sunlight in your universe.
You would think my love was really something .......................(10),

Baby if I could change the world.
Baby if I could change the world.
I could change the world,
I would be the sunlight in your universe.
You would think my love was really........................(11) good,
Baby if I could change the world.
Baby if I could change the world.
Baby if I could change the world.


universe , truth ,dreams , world , queen , made , change, everything , stars , something , good

Score................../11