You are the Reason

I would like to finish the school year posting a song and a video. I have chosen "The Reason" by Hoobastank because parts of the lyrics show my feelings for you. You are the reason why I made this blog and most important of all, you are one of the reasons why I like teaching and I enjoy my job.

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.

Greased Lightning

Celia has found a video with the lyrics for the choreography that Vicente, Manolo, Andrés, Alberto and Jesús are preparing. I'm sure it will help you, boys.

We Go Together from Grease

Here you are a video with the lyrics for the song and dance Ana, Alba, Lorena, José Antonio and Jesús are preparing. I hope you find it useful.

Summer Nights from Grease

The choreography that Cayetano, Paula María, Sergio, Sara, Celia, Anabel, Carmen and Mª Cruz are preparing for Music class is Summer Nights from the movie titled Grease. Here you can see a video with the lyrics and another video which is in fact a karaoke for you to sing. I hope it will help you!

Nobody's Perfect from Hannah Montana

Here you are a video with lyrics of the song Aitor, Lucas, Maite and Jennifer have chosen for their choreography for music class. As you know, they'll sing and dance. I hope this will help them with their pronunciation. I'm sure they'll do a good job!

What is H2O?

Here is Anabel's request: a video of a song titled "No Ordinary Girl" with the lyrics included. I think it belongs to a TV series ("H2O, Just Add Water"). I have never seen it, so I have no idea what it is about. Can you tell me? Please, send comments if you have ever seen it.

A Madrigal for Music Class

Here you are the lyrics of an English madrigal by Thomas Morley titled Now is the Month of Maying. It dates from the end of the 16th century. In your next Music classes you will work with it. Remember! We are celebrating spring time!

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!

Let's Sing a Gay Little Spring Song!

Since we are preparing our spring poems to celebrate Book Day on April 23, here you are the lyrics and video of a spring song taken from Disney's Bambi. I hope you like it!

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.

Chispi is a marvellous football player!

My rabbit, Chispi, is white and small. His birthday is on 15th January. His favourite food is lettuce but he doesn't like apples. My bunny has got two long ears and two blue eyes. Chispi is very lovely and he likes playing football with a green and black ball.

By Maite Eseverri Zarzuelo

Happy Easter!

Dear students, I hope you enjoyed your holidays a lot. I would like to send you my best wishes for Easter. Here you can see a video of how children look for Easter eggs and another one showing you the Easter Roll game at the White House.

A song with questions

Here is one of Ana's requests. I would like you to listen to it as you follow the lyrics. Can you answer these questions?

Does the boy love the girl?
What are the girl's feelings?
Does she want to be his girlfriend? Why?
Is there any change in the boy's life?
Is she happy when she grows up?
What is the message of the song?

You're beautiful!

I see from the survey that you like videos and songs. Here you have many things together: a video of a song with the lyrics in English and their Spanish translation. I hope you like it.

Let me know your favourite songs and singers to include them in this blog. Of course the songs must be in English!

The Haunted House

"The children are taking Bob the dog for a walk, but suddenly there is a storm, and Bob gets scared. He runs off and goes into a big, old house. Can the children find Bob?"

Would you like to know the end of the story? Click here and press "start". You can listen to the story and read it if you want. I hope you like it!

Preposition Rock

Have a look at this video and listen to the song. How many prepositions can you hear? Which prepositions are they? What do they indicate?

I Only Want to Be with You

Do you remember the song we played in class on St. Valentine's day? Now you can listen to it again as you follow the lyrics. Let's sing along!