Time for reading

These days, we have been collaborating with the School’s celebrations of the Book’s Day. Our students are visiting the School’s library to read some of Poe’s works, so as to commemorate his bicentenary. We have chosen two of his short stories: The Black Cat and The Oval Portrait. We are reading abridged versions so, just in case you are interested in reading the original texts, you can click on the links above.

And, to go on with one of Poe’s poems, you can also listen to and read Annabel Lee. We hope you enjoy these readings… and many more!

ANNABEL LEE
by Edgar Allan Poe

 

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Reported Speech

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Spielberg and CIA

Hi, boys and girls! Having a good time at Easter? I hope so. Just in case you want to get some fun with English these days, I suggest creating a short film of your own. Want to know how? Click here to download the instructions. It’s really simple.

And, if you want to see an example of what you can do, look at my own film. I know it’s not worth an Oscar but, it was fun!

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April Fool’s Day

 Hi, my dear students!

Didn’t you know about this funny day? Well, it is in a way similar to our Día de los Santos Inocentes, a day to have fun, playing jokes and tricks on others.

The origin of this festivity, however, is not so clear. It seems it began in 1500, with a change in the calendar, when the beginning of the year was moved three months back. Some people refused to change their customs and continued to consider 1st April as the first day of the year and these were laughed at.

Not everybody agrees with this theory, though.

In any case, check here if you want more information and watch the following video to learn something new.  And please, send us a comment to tell us about a funny joke you’ve played!

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Resources for ESO 4

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Resources for ESO 3

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Resources for ESO 2

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Resources for ESO 1

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Extra Practice

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Language practice for all levels

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Review of past tenses 2: past simple and present perfect

For extra practise on these tenses, click on the link below.

Past simple and present perfect

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