My Christmas' holidays

My Christmas holidays

This year I had wonderful Christmas holidays. I really hope you all had a great time too! Here you have mine.

On Christmas' Eve I had dinner at my godmother's house in Sóller, she served delicious appetizers and roast beef with vegetables and potato pie. Then, we gave each other our secret Santa presents.

We spent Christmas Day at home. My parents, parents-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law and nephews came for lunch. We had many starters too and as a first course we ate the typical Majorcan Christmas soup, stuffed soup with minced meat. As a second course we had squids stuffed with seafood.

On Boxing Day we went to a nice restaurant to have lunch with all our family, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. Then, we went to Palma citycentre to enjoy Christmas lights and to visit the town hall nativity scene.

This year we were lucky and went on a trip. My husband, children and I went to south of Bavaria (Germany) and Tyrol (Austria) for six days. We had a great time there! There was much snow, we played a lot, we made a snowman and my older child had great fun playing with a sledge. We also had great food and took wonderful pictures.

We spent New Year's Eve there but with so much playing at 10 pm we were already sleeping! It was the first time we didn't wait for the twelve strikes of midnight.

On New Year's Day we crossed the border Germany-Austria. We drove through really nice villages with typical Bavarian houses, drove by a marvelous lake and had lunch in a village surrounded by huge mountains.
We arrived from our trip on January 5th, just on time to go to the Three Wise Men parade, it was a great night as we received Gaspar and his pages at home.

Then, on the Epiphany Day we went to our relatives' houses to take presents for my children.

So, here you have my Christmas holidays. And now, what about you? Tell us how fun they were!

IMPORTANT: remember that some of the blue words from above will be in your next exam!

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Describe a pet

Hi class,

Practise how to write a description about a pet with THIS DOCUMENT.

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1st ESO: Describing your town

Before describing your village look at THIS SHEET and get an idea of how to do it.

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Describing a trip

In this unit you have to write about a trip. Click on THIS LINK (A trip to the lake)  to practise writing these type of essays.

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Saint George Day

Saint George's Day is not only a festivity in Catalonia and Balearic Islands, it is also the Patron of England.

So, this month we are going to work on it and you will need the following documents  to compose a writing about this and other festivities. (There are three different levels).

Saint George 1

Saint George 2

Saint George 3

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Let's go camping

Write about a weekend you have spent in a camping. Look at these examples to practise this type of essay.

Average level students click HERE.

Advanced students click HERE.

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Describing My ideal home

Soon you will have to write about your ideal home. HERE you have a document to help you with this type of essays.

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1A Writing class

Avui continuarem repassant el Present Continu breument i llavors seguirem practicant l'expressió escrita redactant un altre e-mail.

1. Completa aquestes frases en Present Continu en el teu quadern.

Recorda! --> is/are/am + Verb (-ing)

a) She...............................(watch) a film.
b) Peter...........................(sleep) on the sofa.
c) We ...............................(buy) a new book.
d) They............................(read) a magazine.
e) Anne............................(change) clothes.
f) I....................................(run) very fast.

2. Aquí tens el email de l'altre dia. Avui el que has de fer es traduïr-ho al quadern.

Hello,

My name's Sharon. I live in Bangor (Wales, UK). I live here with my parents, my brother and my sister.
It's half past eleven and it is sunny and cold today. What is the weather like there?
At the moment I'm sitting in my bedroom and I'm listening to music. My favourite singer is Shakira. Do you like her?
My favourite sport is swimming. I go swimming on Mondays and Wednesdays.
My mum is calling me. I'm going to the supermarket.
Goodbye from Wales!

Sharon

3. Ara has d'escriure un email amb la següent informació. Pots utilitzar l'email de l'altre dia perquè et serveixi de guia.

Name: Anne
Place: Liverpool (United Kingdom)
People: mother, aunt, uncle and my two cousins
Hour: a quarter to one
Weather: cloudy and warm
Room: living-room
Listening: Lady Gaga
Singer: Beyoncé
Sport: basketball
Days: Tuesday and Thursday
Calling: cousin
Going: swimming-pool
Goodbye: Liverpool


4. COPY this map of UK (United Kingdom).

Fixa't on està Liverpool, escriu el seu nom al lloc corresponent sobre el mapa.

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1A Reading & Writing

Aquí esteim una vegada més. Avui el que farem serà corregir un exercici del darrer dia i fer una lectura (Reading).

1. Treis la feina de l'altra dia i tots junts corregirem aquestes frases. Pensau que s'havien de fer en Present Continuous:

a) I.................................(answer) the questions.
b) You............................(wear) boots.
c) She.....................................(chat) with friends.
d) He......................................(build) a house.
e) They...................................(cook) lunch.
f) You......................................(watch) TV.
g) She ....................................(write) an e-mail.
h) My dog ..........................(drink) milk.

2. READ this e-mail of a new friend.

Hello,

My name's Sharon. I live in Bangor (Wales, UK). I live here with my parents, my brother and my sister.
It's half past eleven and it is sunny and cold today. What is the weather like there?
At the moment I'm sitting in my bedroom and I'm listening to music. My favourite singer is Shakira. Do you like her?
My favourite sport is swimming. I go swimming on Mondays and Wednesdays.
My mum is calling me. I'm going to the supermarket.
Goodbye from Wales!

Sharon

Photo of Bangor, Wales (UK)

3. Correct the sentences:

a) Sharon lives with her grandparents.
b) It's raining in Bangor.
c) Sharon is sitting in a park.
d) She is listening to the birds.
e) She goes skating on Mondays and Thursdays.
f) Her father is calling her.
g) She is going to school.

4. WRITE an e-mail to a new friend. Tens l'e-mail de na Sharon per utilitzar com a guia. Vull aquesta feina a UN FULL DEL QUADERN!

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1A Splitting class: Tuesday 24th of Nov

Hello!

Llegiu atentament les feines que heu de fer avui:

1. Llegeix el següent text amb molta atenció perquè tu hauràs d'escriure el mateix sobre TU.
My name is Jane, I am thirteen years old and I live in Marratxinet. My best friend is Peter Smith, he is twelve years old. He lives in Santa Eugènia.

I get up at seven o'clock on Fridays. I have breakfast and I go to school at eight o'clock. I go home at five o'clock. Peter gets up at half past six on Fridays. He has breakfast and he goes to school at half past seven by bus.

I have dinner at eight o'clock and I watch TV or play computer games. I go to bed at half past twelve. Peter has dinner at nine o'clock and he watches TV or plays computer games. He goes to bed at twelve o'clock.

* Agafa el open office i escriu la redacció sobre tu. Fixa't amb els verbs en Present Simple!!!!!
En acabar m'has d'avisar per corregir-ho. Llavors, ho copiaras al teu quadern.


2. La gent que no va acabar de fer les activitats del darrer dia (Days of the week, Months of the Year, The Time...) que ho faci ara AQUÍ.

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2nd A, B, C Splitting class: Writing

Molt important! Llegeix TOT el que he escrit abans de demanar el que has de fer!

Today you are going to write a COMPOSITION about your favourite band.


You have to...:

1. go to google images and look for a photo of your favourite band (not pop star)

2. copy and paste the photo in an open office document

3. write the composition (you have an example of a letter at the Student's book page 23. Read the text and do the same with your favourite band) - USE YOUR BOOK AS A GUIDE!!!!

4. VERY IMPORTANT - Elements of the letter:

a) 100 -120 words
b) use paragraphs
c) use Present Continuous
d) write about each member (instrument, clothes, hobby)

5. Save the composition in your personal file.


ATTENTION 2B & C !!!!!!

Here you have the contents for the exam:

-Vocabulary (instruments & musicians, Joe's world and clothes, dialogue and text "My favourite band")

-Present continuous (affirmative, negative and interrogative)

-one Present simple question (Unit 1)

-Can / can't

-Dialogue

-Listening

-Reading

-Writing

(and next splitting class: oral exam)

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!

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Writing class

Bearing in mind (tenint en compte) your difficulties to write a composition in this class we are going to practise how to improve your writing.

1. Read this composition. Laura is talking about her favourite film.




My favourite film
By Laura

My favourite film is The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King. I think this is the best film of the year. It’s a fantasy film about by J.R.R. Tolkein. I saw it at the cinema with my friends because they like fantasy films too.

The most important characters are Frodo and Sam. They go to Mount Doom because they want to destroy the One Ring. There are a lot of battles in the film. Peter Jackson directs the film. He made it in New Zealand.

I like Lord of the Rings because it is really exciting. It’s longer than most films, but the actors are great. The most fantastic think about this film is the special effects. It also won a lot of Oscars.


2. Translate the text in your notebook.

You have a dictionary HERE.


3. Read again and PAY ATTENTION TO THE STRUCTRE AND VOCABULARY!

My favourite film is The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King. I think this is the best film of the year. It’s a fantasy film about by J.R.R. Tolkein. I saw it at the cinema with my friends because they like fantasy films too.

The most important characters are Frodo and Sam. They go to Mount Doom because they want to destroy the One Ring. There are a lot of battles in the film. Peter Jackson directs the film. He made it in New Zealand.

I like Lord of the Rings because it is really exciting. It’s longer than most films, but the actors are great. The most fantastic think about this film is the special effects. It also won a lot of Oscars.

4. You have to write YOUR composition about your favourite film.

a) Choose your favourite film.

b) Copy the composition from number 3 in your notebook BUT changing the information in bold.

If you don´t know the director or actors of your favourite film you can go to google.com

c) If you do not finish do it for homework and give it to Xisca.

5.In case you have finished the compositions complete the following exercises to practise the Past Simple affirmative.

a) Review how to form the Past HERE.

b)Practise regular verbs in this LINK.

c) Learn irregular verbs by clicking HERE. If you don´t know the verbs there is a list of irregular verbs at the end of your book.

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