BIOGRAPHIES

12 11 2008

My 3rd eso (9th grade) students at IES VIRGEN DE COVADONGA are doing a survey on geniuses and writing a biography on them.

How did they write the biography? Well here are some works…

Enjoy!

van-gogh.pdf

marilyn monroe by andrea carrasco 3rd eso C

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drugs and healthy living

7 11 2008

We are doing a lesson  on English and Biology
with our 4th eso students. The topic they have to write about is

HOW TO KEEP A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AWAY FROM DRUGS

you can use these questions to write your essays:

What are drugs?
how can drugs affect you? 
do you do practice any sport? how pften?
do you follow a healthy lifestyle?
do you eat fruit and vegetables?


HALLOWEEN

2 11 2008

Every year on October 31st  Halloween is celebrated, mainly in America.

But,

Do you know about the origins of this  celebration?

Why is Halloween celebrated?

Did the Roman celebrate Halloween?

When did Halloween start?

Do you like it?

Watch these videos and send your comments

halloween

origins of halloween

history of halloween



MERRY CHRISTMAS

18 12 2007

 The first term is over. Thanks to all my nice students who have worked hard during this term and who have collaborated in the construction of this blog.

I wish you all a HAPPY CHRISTMAS
happy xmas(war is over)- John Lennon

So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the youngA very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fearAnd so this is Xmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Xmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let’s stop all the fightA very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Xmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so happy Xmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now

Happy Xmas

if you want to send a chrsitmas card to your friends click here:
TAKE ME TO THE NORTH POLE, PLEASE
ELFYOURSELF


write about a sport

9 12 2007

you are going to write about a sport following some guidelines.

For this activity you will need to PRINT THE FOLLOWING CHART, CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW AND FILL THE CHART WITH INFORMATION YOU WILL FIND ON THE INTERNET.

Are you ready?. Let’s have a try

This is the chart. PRINT IT ( or copy it in your notebook)

Name of sport ?
Type of sport ?
Things you need to play it ?
Country of origin ?
Number of players ?
Objective of the game ?
Some basic rules ?
Good players ?
write your opinion in a few words ?

NOW CLICK ON THESE LINKS AND FIND INFORMATION TO FILL THE CHART

name of sport

type of sport

things you need to play

country of origin

number of players

objective of the game

basic rules

good players- watch this video and describe the players with some adjectives:



world aids day

3 12 2007

World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1st every year. It’s a Day to remember that there are still 33.2 million people living with the HIV virus (almost the population of Spain!!), most of them living in Africa or other poor regions of the world.
Although a lot of research has been done and is being done, there’s still a long way to find a solution for good.
Watch these videos and you can also visit www.amfAR.org
 world aids day 2007

the faces of aids



halloween

31 10 2007

Halloween, a corrupted contraction of “Hallow evening” is celebrated on 31st October every year. Nowadays people have lots of fun, they dress up, go trick or treating and carve pupkins to make jack-o-lanterns.

But, do you know about the origins of this pagan holiday?. Check here how the Celts, the Chistians and later on the Americans celebrated Halloween 

IS THERE ANY SIMILAR HOLIDAY WHERE YOU LIVE? DO YOU CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN? WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT IT?. SEND YOUR COMMENTS

history of halloween

history of jack-o-lantern



marion jones

15 10 2007

Marion Jones was an outstanding American athlete who won 5 gold medals at the Olympics in Sydney (Autralia) in 2000. Now, seven years later she admitted taking steroids to run faster and be stronger  than her oponents. She has now been judged because she lied about taking steroids. Apart from that, her personal life is a complete disaster. She also admitted she earned a lot of money during her career but now she only has 2000 dollars in her bank account.

What is your opinion about this athlete?

watch these videos

Have a look at these links if you want to know more about Marion Jones



fernando alonso

8 10 2007

                                                    After the race in China, Fernando Alonso still has a chance of getting his3rd World Championship. He will only be able to achieve this if a miracle happens. He needs to be 1st in Brazil and wait to check what Lewis Hamilton and Raikkonen do during the Brazilian Grand Prix. Fernando needs five points over Hamilton to be the world champion again, but Raikkonen is there struggling for the championsip again. Everything is very tight so we’ll have to wait and see what happens in the next weeks.

  
Fernando Alonso has recently declared that Hamilton is still favourite .

What do you think? Who will win the championship? Fernando, Hamilton or Raikkonen?

Listen to this report about the  Chinese Grand Prix

ILIKE THIS VIDEO  

YOU CAN WATCH THIS VIDEO TOO

Read this report and send your opinion

Can you do this exercise? CLICK HERE



wimbledon 2007

9 07 2007

For the fifth time in a row the Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has been the winner at Wimbledon. Only one tennis player, Bjorn Borg, had won this championship five times. Rafael Nadal was a hard rival to win and also deserved to get the championship.

Read more and have a look at some pictures at WIMBLEDON 2007