Monday, December 22, 2008
My Best Wishes for my Dear Old Students!
I still think a lot of you. I hope you are doing fine at home and school. I keep you in my heart!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I miss you!
How are you doing? I have received some messages and comments asking me to update this blog. I know you have new teachers now. I also know they have created a blog similar to this one for you to learn many new things. That's the reason why I hadn't written anything before. It doesn't mean I had forgotten you. It will never happen. I still think of you . . . and I miss you.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Thanks a lot!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
You are the Reason
My intention was for you to realize how many things you can have access to through languages. I hope you have learned English, I hope you use it in the future, and I really hope you remember this class. You meant much to me. I will remember you. And I will miss you.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Answers to the riddles
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Cayetano's Animal
Sara's Animal
Vicente's Animal
Friday, June 6, 2008
Carmen's Animal
Ana's Animal
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Celia's Animal
Monday, June 2, 2008
Lorena's Animal
Paula María's Animal
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The true story of Sleepy Hollow
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Answers to The Directions Rap
Please can you help me?
I can't find the swimming pool
Turn left at the library
Then it's next to the school.
Help me, I'm lost
and I'm new in this town
I can't find my map
I don't know my way around.
Where is the museum please?
It's opposite the town hall.
Go straight on at the traffic lights
Turn left at the shopping mall.
Help me, I'm lost
and I'm new in this town
I can't find my map
I don't know my way around.
Plase can you help me?
Where is the zoo? The zoo?
Well, just turn around
It's behind you!
Friday, May 23, 2008
Greased Lightning
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Red Kangaroo
You can click here for more information on the red kangaroo.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
We Go Together from Grease
Summer Nights from Grease
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Nobody's Perfect from Hannah Montana
Enjoy your meal!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Reports on Rip Van Winkle
The characters are Rip, his wife and their daughter. Rip is poor, thin and tall. His wife is fat and she is always angry. They are family.
The book is easy to read and it explains the difficult words (harsh, crowd, navigator).
I like the book because it is interesting and when you begin to read, you can’t stop. I like Rip because he is a good person. I don’t like his wife because she is ugly and fool on herself.
By Lucas Giráldez Torres
In the story there are a lot of characters. These are some of them: Rip Van Winkle (he is a good person and he likes travelling), and old man (he is very old and he has a white beard), Judith Garnier (she is a good person). Rip Van Winkle finds the old men and he is Judith Garnier’s father.
The language is very easy but I have learnt some new words, for example: Dutch, nag, innkeeper, toward, scare, Congress, Democrat, crowd.
I like the book because it is not boring. I like Rip Van Winkle because he is a main character. I like all characters!
By Jesús Martínez Mestre
The book is written very well and it gives a lot of information. Some new words for me were: Dutch, nag, dirty. The book is very interesting. Rip is my favourite character because he is friendly and I don’t like his wife because she is a bad person.
By Lorena López Gómez
I am going to talk about one story: Rip Van Winkle's story. It is a mysterious story. The story takes place in the Catskill Mountains in 1765.
The story is about a man called Rip Van Winkle. Everyone in his village loves him, but he has a problem: he doesn't like working. One day he goes to the Catskill Mountains and he wakes up a lot of years later.
The characters are Rip Van Winkle (a friendly and helpful man), his family and his friends.
The vocabulary of the book was very easy for me. In my opinion the book was very small and it wasn't interesting. The characters were a little boring.
By Ana Gutiérrez Osuna
This book has got two stories. The name of the first story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of the book is mystery and magic. The story takes place in the Ctaskill Mountains. The story happens in 1765. It is the story of a man that disappears for twenty years.
The characters are Rip Van Winkle, the strange man and Judith Gardiner. The relationship of the characters is this: Judith Gardiner is Rip Van Winkle's daughter.
The language of the book isn't difficult. I like the book because there is mystery and magic. I like Rip Van Winkle. I don't like the strange man because he doesn't talk.
By Miguel Ángel Conde Úbeda
In the book there are two stories. The name of this story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of this story is legend. The story takes place in the Catskill Mountains. Rip Van Winkle lives in a village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. He hears a voice. Rip sees and old man. Who is this man?
In the story there are three characters. My favourite character is Rip Van Winkle.
The language of the book is English and I learnt some words: toward, scare, bizarre, captain, strange, friendly.
I don't like the story because it isn't fantasy and it is very sad. I like Rip because he is the main character.
By Alba Catalán Baena.
In the book there are two stories. The name of this story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of the book is fantasy. The story takes place in the 1700's. Thew story talks about a man that is married to a bad woman, they have two children and a dog. One day he goes to the mountain, when he comes back he sees a strange mn that says to Rip: "Drink". Rip drinks and after that he sleeps. When he wakes up fifty years are passed.
There are two important characters, Rip and his child. Rip likes drinking and sleeping but not working. Rip's child likes seeing his father. They are a family.
I find the language of the book easy. There aren't expressions that I don't know. I like the book because it is very well written and there is no fantasy story but it is funny. The character I like is Rip because he is a poor man with bad luck. The character I don't like is Rip's wife, because she is a bad person.
By Cayetano Gil Valdellós
The book has two stories. The name of this story is Rip Van Winkle. It is a legend. The story takes place in 1765.
Rip Van Winkle is a man. He has a wife. He finds a man in the Catskill Mountains. The next morning he cannot find the man. He is very hungry and decides to go home. He finfs a man and he goes to the inn. In the Union Hotel the people think he is a spy. Twenty years ago he went away and he never returned and he decided to live with his daughter and he is very happy.
In the story there are a lot of characters. Here are some of them: Rip Van Winkle (he is Judith Gardiner's father), the old men (Rip finds them), Judith Gardiner (she is Rip Van Winkle's daughter).
The language is normal, I understand all. I like the story because it is a good book. My favourite character is Rip because he is very adventurous. I like all characters because they are good people.
By Jaime Casado Sánchez
Rip Van Winkle lives in the Catskill Mountains. One day he goes walking up the mountains and there he meets a stranger who leads him to a place. In this place there are many people. There he drinks and sleeps. When he wakes up and returns to the village everything has changed. When he wakes up many years have passed.
By Jesús Castaño Durán
This book has got two stories. The name of the first story is Rip Van Winkle and the second is 0. The genre of the book is a mystery, humour and magic novel. The story takes place in the Catskill Mountains. The story happens in 1765. The man sleeps for twenty years in the amphitheatre.
The characters of the story are Rip Van Winkle (a kind man), the strange man (he is short, square and old). Judith Gardiner is Rip Van Winkle's daughter.
The language of the book is easy but there is a lot of new vocabulary. I like the book because it is of mystery. My favourite character is Rip for his story. The character I don't like is Rip's wife because she is always angry.
By Maite Eseverri Zarzuelo
This book has got two stories. The name of the first story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of the story is mystery, humour and magic novel. The story happens in 1765. This story is about a man that sleeps for twenty years.
Rip Van Winkle is a simple kind man. The strange man is short, squeare and old. He has a long white beard. Judith Gardiner is Rip Van Winkle's daughter.
The language is easy but there is a lot of new vocabulary. I like the book because it is very interesting. Rip Van Winkle is my favourite character because he is a good man. I don't like the strange man because he is very serious.
By Aitor Márquez Aguilar
This book has got two stories. The name of the first story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of the book is mystery and magic. The story takes place in the Catskill Mountains. The story happens in 1765. It is the story of a man that disappears for twenty years.
The characters are Rip Van Winkle, the strange man and Judith Gardiner. The relationship of the characters is: Judith Gardiner is Rip Van Winkle's daughter.
The language of the book isn't difficult. I like the book because it is of mystery and magic. I like Rip Van Winkle. I don't like the strange man because he doesn't talk.
By José Luis Rebollo Pallares
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The Directions Rap
Listen to this rap titled The Directions Rap and write comments answering the following questions:
a. How many speakers are there? What kind of a problem has one of them?
b. How many different places in town can you hear? Write them.
c. These are four sentences from the rap, but the words are not well arranged. Can you order them?
1. me ? can Please you help
2. the is museum Where please?
3. find pool can't I the swimming
4. the Where zoo ? is
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Let's review verb tenses!
Monday, May 5, 2008
How healthy is your diet?
Monday, April 28, 2008
What is H2O?
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Rip Van Winkle
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Book Day
In our school we have celebrated it by inventing, reading and acting out some poems and compositions on spring time in the three languages we can speak: Spanish, English and French.
You did a really good job! I hope you had a good time . . . and I wish you will never stop reading!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Cheerful Season
Sunday, April 20, 2008
A Madrigal for Music Class
Now is the month of maying
When merry lads are playing
Each with his bonny lass
Upon the greeny grass
The spring, clad all in galdness
Doth laugh at winter's sadness
And to the bagpipe's sound
The nymphs tread out their ground
Fie then! Why sit we musing
Youth's sweer delight refusing?
Say, dainty nymphs, and speak,
Shall we play barley-break?
Here you can listen to the song and see beautiful English landscapes. Enjoy the madrigal!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Giving directions and walking around town
In this website you'll find a list with useful expressions for giving directions and managing yourself around town.
If you click here you can listen to dialogues asking for directions.
Here you can listen to another dialogue as you read it.
Now you are ready to listen to some sentences (click here) and look at a map and say if these sentences are true or false . . . if you need it, you can read the tapescript!
And in this website you can play hangman.
Have fun . . . and learn many things!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Beech Tree
Spring Rain
March Wind
Lost!
I Meant to Do my Work Today
And the wind went sighing over the land,
Little Seeds
My Spring Garden
Some seeds I’m going to sow.
Here is my rake to rake the ground,
Here is my handy hoe.
Here is the big, round yellow sun;
The sun warms everything.
Here are the rain clouds in the sky;
The birds will start to sing.
Little plants will wake up soon,
And lift their sleepy heads;
Little plants will grow and grow
In their little, warm earth beds.
Trees
They are first when day's begun
And when a moon floats on the sky
By Harry Behn
Spring has Sprung
Kite Days
Materials for Spring Poems (April 23)
Ana: verano
Anabel: sombrero, gotas de agua
Aitor: hojas (grandes y pequeñas), mar estrellado, lilas
Alba: mariposa, rastrillo, flores
Alberto: refugio, vaca
Ana: calabazas
Andrés: otoño
Carmen: gallina, ramas, tréboles, cielo estrellado
Cayetano: árbol, chubasquero, jardín, paraguas, cometa
Celia: guisantes, mariposa, pollito, flores, pintor
Dani: verduras
Jennifer: cielo
Jesús: azada
José Antonio: nubes, plantas
José Carlos: pájaro gris
José Luis Rebollo: arena, guantes
Lorena: peces
Lucas: sol
Manolo: invierno (blanco)
Miguel Ángel Conde: río, tomates
Miguel Ángel Lobo: cuerda, pájaro marrón
Paula: arco iris, mariposa, zanahorias
Sara: brisa, judías, viento
Sergio: césped, tormenta
Vicente: amanecer, semillas, sombrero, tréboles
Reports on the reader
The story is about a boy that wants to be a gentleman because he loves a lady called Estella. But he is poor and one day one person gives money to him.
The characters of the book are Pip, a poor and kind boy, Estella, Biddy, Miss Havisham, Joe, Bentley Drummle, Mr. Jaggers, Wemmick, Abel Magwitch and Herbert.
The vocabulary of the book was very easy for me but the story was a little boring.
My favourite character was Estella because she is a fine lady, but I like the other characters too.
By Ana Gutiérrez Osuna
The characters in the story are Joe, Biddy, Pip, Estella, Miss Havisham, Mr. Drummle, etc. The relationships between the main characters are: friends, fathers, mothers, enemies and boyfriends.
I find the language of the book medium. I like the story because it is an interesting book. The character I liked is Joe, because he helps Pip though he behaves badly with Joe. The character I didn’t like is Estella, because she is very capricious and conceited and she has no heart.
By Cayetano Gil Valdellós
I like the story because it is interesting. I like Estella because she is a good person. I don’t like Abel Magwitch because he is a prisoner.
By Jennifer Murillo Montalbán
In the story there are ten characters. Pip hasn’t got mother or father. Estella is very beautiful, she hasn’t father or mother, so she lives with Miss Havisham. Biddy lives in the same village as Pip. Joe is a blacksmith, his wife is Pip’s sister, so he looks after Pip. Miss Havisham is an old lady, she hates men. Bentley Drummle is rich and handsome. Mr. Jaggers is a lawyer, he works for rich people. Wemmick helps Mr. Jaggers. Abel Magwitch is a prisoner. Herbert is Pip’s friend.
I don’t like this book because it is very boring. Pip is my favourite character because he is humble. Drummle isn’t my favourite character because he is a rascal.
By Jesús Martínez Mestre
Great Expectations is about the poor boy called Pip. He hasn’t mother or father. He lives with his sister and her husband called Joe. His sister is bad-tempered. Estella is very beautiful. She has no father or mother, so she lives with Miss Havisham. She is an old lady and she hates men! Joe is the blacksmith. His wife is Pip’s sister, so he looks after Pip. Bentley Drummle is rich and handsome. Mr. Jaggers is a lawyer, he works for rich people. Wemmick helps Mr. Jaggers. Herbert is a student, he is Pip’s friend. Abel Magwitch is a prisoner.
The book is interesting and I have learned vocabulary. My favourite character is Pip because he likes friendship. I don’t like Miss Havisham because she is a bad person.
By Lorena López Gómez
The characters are Pip (he hasn’t got father or mother, so she lives with her sister), Estella (she lives with Miss Havisham), Biddy (she lives in the same village as Pip), Miss Havisham (she hates men), Joe (Pip’s sister’s husband), Bentley Drummle (he is handsome and rich), Mr. Jaggers (he is a lawyer), Mr. Wemmick (he helps Mr. Jaggers), Abel Magwitch (he is a prisoner) and Herbert (he is Pip’s friend).
The book is very good because there are words explained at the end of the pages and you don’t know what the characters are going to do. I like Pip because he is a good person. I don’t like Miss Havisham because she is selfish.
By Lucas Giráldez Torres
The book has one story and ten chapters. It is a novel. It takes place in the marshes. The story happens in the 19th century. The story is about Pip, a poor young boy. He receives amazing news. Someone has given him a large amount of money and wants to make him a gentleman. He has no mother or father and he lives near the marshes.
The characters of the story are: Pip, Estella, Biddy, Joe, Miss Havisham, Bentley Drummle, Mr Jaggers, Wemmick, Abel Magwitch and Herbert. I like Joe. The main character is Pip.
The language of the book is normal. I like the book, it is entertaining. I like Joe because he is a good person. I don't like Miss Havisham because she says nonsense.
By Jaime casado Sánchez
Pip is a boy. He has no mother or father. He lives with his sister and her husband, Joe. One day he knows Miss Havisham and Estella. Pip loves Estella, but she doesn't love him: she hasn't a heart. Someone gives him a lot of money and he learns to be a gentleman. He wants to marry Estella but she doesn't love him and pip leaves London.
Miss Havisham dies and he finds that his benefactor is the prisoner that he helped, Abel Magwitch. But Magwitch dies in London and Pip goes back to the country. Pip begins to think about Estella but she is married and Pip leaves England. After eleven years he sees Estella again in the garden of the house of Miss Havisham. Her hisband is dead and they begin to be friends.
By Miguel Ángel Conde Úbeda
In the book Great Expectations there is only one story about a poor young boy who lives with his sister. His name is Pip. It is a dramatic story and it takes place in England in the 19th century. There are ten characters in the story: Pip, Estella, Biddy, Miss Havisham, Joe, Bentley, Mr Jaggers, Wemmick, Abel Magwitch and Herbert. The relationships of the characters are fathers, mothers, boyfriends, friends and enemies.
The language of the book is very easy. I don't like the book because it is a novel and I don't like novels. My favourite character is Pip because he is very brave and the charactre I don't like is Pip's sister because she is always angry.
By Celia Rodríguez Ruiz
Monday, April 14, 2008
Spring
for every body because the sun
is big and all the days are sunny.
Spring
all becomes green.
You hear the birds
and it wakes up the bears.
Be careful with the lakes
there are many snakes.
By Miguel Ángel Conde Úbeda
I am Fernando Alonso
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Let's Sing a Gay Little Spring Song!
Let's sing a gay little spring song
This is the season to sing
So I'd like to suggest
That we all do our best
And warble a song about spring
Spring, spring, spring
Let's get together and sing.
Let's sing a gay little spring song
Just like the bird on the wing
Things always seen right
When you're chipper and bright
So let's get together and sing
Sing, sing, sing
Let's sing a song about spring.
Let's twitter and tweet
Like the birdies in May
Get into the mood
And be merry today
Forget all your troubles and warble away
Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do
Oh!
Let's sing a gay little spring song
Music's a wonderful thing
Come on and rejoice
At the top of your voice
Oh, let's sing a song about spring
Spring, spring, spring
Let's get together and sing.
Let's sing a gay little spring song
This is the season to sing.
Tell Spring
Monday, April 7, 2008
Posters on Important Women
These are the posters you have done as a result of the work on the WebQuest Important Women in the World. I think the posters are great, and your presentations of them was marvellous.