Happy Christmas

Hello, everybody. It's Christmas time. We spent a term working and studying (?) and now it's time to rest and enjoy ourselves with our family and friends. I wish you a merry christmas, a happy new year and all the best for you and the people you love.

I hope to see you in January with new energy to face the second term. Have a nice a time and don't be naughty.

Best wishes

Blas

Have you ever seen the rain?

This is a very nice song for 4º ESO. It´s by one of the greatest groups ever. The are The Creedence Clearwater Revival. It's to remind you of the expression "Have you ever...? " we are studying in class. I hope you like it.

Impossible is Nothing

Last Thursday we went to Granada to see a play in English. The name of the play was Impossible is Nothing and it was a funny comedy. People enoyed it and had a very good time. At the same time they learnt some English.
Now it's time for you to work on it. You should make a comment on the play. Give it a try.

Slumdog Millionaire

Comment on the film

WELCOME BACK

Hello, boys and girls. Here we are again after this long summer. I hope you had a very goood time and I also hope you have rested enough to work very hard this year and learn a lot of things. I expect we will do many interesting and useful things in class. I would like to welcome all of you and offer myself to everything you may need. So hello again and hands at work.
Your teacher, Blas.

The Year of Darwin

This year we are celebrating the Year of Darwin. Our school is actively participating in many different sections and from all the departments. The English Department also wanted to take part in this celebration. We participated in the 14th Anniversary of Parque de las Ciencias, as we mentioned in a previous entry in this blog. Now we want to collaborate with this extract from Darwin's Autobiography together with its correspondent audio. We think it can give a slight approach to his life.
Introduction to Darwin's Autobiography (text)
Introduction to Darwin's Autobiography (audio)

Everybody needs somebody

Here you have a nice song from Blues Brothers. It's a good song from a very nice film, too. On top of that, it's true: Everybody needs somebody. Sometimes we think we can do many things on our own, but you do more and better things if you do them with somebody else. I hope you enjoy the song.

Evr

Darwin from the English Department

Last 9th May the IES Fernando de los Ríos took part in the 14th anniversary of Parque de las Ciencias in an open-door journals. We were selected to represent Granada and we presented a stand with all the proposals of the school and everything done up to now. Every Department collaborated in one way or another. From our Department, the students made a poster with the map of Great Britain and the different cities which were somehow important for Darwin. It was accompanied with a brief comment on each city and the reason of its importance for the scientist.
Moreover, another poster was made with the animals that Darwin discovered in his journeys and they were labelled both in English and in French.
Another activity which is going to be done from this Department is the reading in English of a letter from Darwin to his sister, Susan Darwin within the activity Reading Darwin.

MAMMA MIA

Hi, this is for people from 3º ESO. We have just seen the film Mamma Mia. I hope you liked it and you learnt something from it. Now it's time to write a short comment on it. People from Currículo Ordinario should try to do it in English. People from Grupo Flexible can do it in Spanish. Please have a try (intentadlo)

Las hermanas Bolena

Hello, boys and girls. We have just seen the film. I hope you enjoyed it as muchas I did. Now it's time to make a comment on it. That's why I'm giving you this entry so can express yourselves. Please, make a short summary and make a comment on the film. I'm looking forward to your work. Thank you so much. Bye.

Interesting videos

I can't remember if I put an entry of this page in the blog. If not, here it is. You may remember it's an interesting page with a lot videos you can see in real English, first just listening, then with the transcript and then with the translation, so you can decide on the type of video, difficulty and way of practising. I hope you like it, use it and enjoy it.

Penpals

It's been a long time since I've been thinking about connecting you with people from other countries to practise your English and make new friends. Here is a link from which you can get in touch with students from abroad. Try it if you can and see if it is worthy. If not, just leave. Be careful who you talk to.

Penpals

Songs and videos in English

Here you have lots of videos to see and enjoy. You can watch them at the same time as you have the words, both in English and Spanish. It's a very good opportunity for you to learn a lot of English and have a good time. You can choose the beginning letter of your favourite artist and choose the song among a long list. It's easy and funny.

As an example I give a song by Take That (Back for Good).

If I were a rich man

Here is a nice song to practise the second conditional. Besides, it is something everybody has sometimes think of. I hope you like it. It is from an old film called "The fiddler on the roof".

New interesting links

Recently I have showed you a couple of interesting links to practise your English. Obviously, we can't do all the activities in class. That's why I'm giving the links so you can practise on your own whenever you can and you want. I hope you enjoy them and you learn a lot of English with them.

Speak with Alice or with Joseph.

Broadway Station

Last Friday 23 of January we went to Granada to see a play in English. Its name was Broadway Station and in my opinion it was very funny and nice. I talked to some students and they told me that they liked it very much. I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did.I think it would be a good idea if you gave your personal opinion about it. So you should write an entry in this blog commenting on the play. Do it as soon as possibble. It will be part of the final mark. Ah, I must say you behaved very well before, during and after the play.