Del Valle learns English

Studying for exams

2011-10-19T23:22:00.000-03:00

Here you are many funny activities to practice before your tests.
Click on your level and start to practice.

Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
Level 8

The weather 2

2011-09-29T14:27:00.000-03:00

Another activity to practice The Weather vocabulary. Jason Renshaw and his six-year-old son Jamie, are talking about a set of weather and seasons pics.

It's just perfect, enjoy it !!

Oh! I forgot your task. Take notes about words you can catch, as usual, don't worry about what you don't understand.

The weather

2011-09-27T22:23:00.001-03:00

Let's practice weather vocabulary playing with this maze.
It's easy, click HERE , then click in GO to start.
You have to listen and mark the correct option to get to a house through the maze. Good luck !!

My Memories of 9/11

2011-09-10T00:06:00.001-03:00

Click on the title and listen to the posdcast recorded by Sarah about her memories.

Take notes and answer:
How did she get the news?
What did Sarah think at first?
Where did she go?
How did she feel?
Who did she think about?

Vocabulary games

2011-09-09T20:28:00.000-03:00

This page has lots of games to practice vocabulary . It's very easy to use , especially for beginners.

You can choose the level and the topic.

Christine: My name is...

2011-09-09T19:42:00.000-03:00

Click on the title or here and answer these questions . You can do it here (in comments) or using your workbook.

How old is she?
Has she got any sister?
How many brothers has she got?
What's his father's job?
Has she got any pets?
What are her hobbies?
What colour hair has she got?

About you

2011-09-09T18:45:00.001-03:00

Click on the title or here to practice questions about you. It's a very easy drag and drop activity. Click on the start button and have fun

The King's speech

2011-07-10T22:33:00.002-03:00

We've enjoyed The film in our classes, now you have to do the activities suggested by dailyElessons.com.

Click on the title and when you're on the page, scroll down to find the activities and start with them. As usual send them to you teacher by e-mail or Facebook messages.

Good luck

Past continuous or simple past

2011-07-06T23:00:00.000-03:00

A funny game to practice past tenses: Simple or continuous . Click on the title and enjoy !!

Repeat after me

2011-06-14T22:19:00.000-03:00

Click on the title or here , you will go to a site called REPEAT AFTER US.

Go to index/contents/ genre/ children stories/ fable Aesop

1- Choose one of them.

2- Listen and read.

3- Practice.

4- then in comments write your name and the title.

5- Print a copy and bring it to class to read it aloud.

Matching game

2011-06-10T22:26:00.000-03:00

Hi, let's play. Click on the title to go to the game, then listen to the instructions .

You have to match the words according to the gasps. Then, in comments add your own sentence.

What's an Autumn feeling?

2011-05-26T20:21:00.000-03:00

What's an Autumn feeling ?... at AnswerGarden.ch.

Yesterday

2011-05-20T17:44:00.001-03:00

Hi people in 3rd Polimodal !! How are you? Missing me???.

Here is a good activity to share. Let's click on the title or here and you'll open a listening game from www.elllo.com.

1. Listen with or without transcription

2. Watch and listen the audio slide show.

3.Read the audio notes about 4 expresions that are keys in the text.

4. Do the exercises on your right: vocabulary focus, comprehension questions and questions for you.

Enjoy and if you need any help , just contact.

Challenges 1 Module 5 and 6

2011-05-13T18:24:00.000-03:00

Hi !!! A rainy day to stay warm at home doing homework !!! . Click on the title and go to Challenges 1 webpage. Do exercises from module 5 and 6 and send them to me.

Hugs

Your teacher

I have it on the tip of the tongue

2011-04-02T12:32:00.000-03:00

Sometimes you can't find the right word to say something.
Phraseup is a site that helps you in that case.
You only have to write the sentence and put a * in the place of the word you don't know. The programme will provide a lot of alternative solutions and you can choose the best for you.

EQUALS

2011-03-08T14:25:00.001-03:00

Today is the centenary of International Women's Day . In honor of that day,EQUALS, was directed by Sam Taylor .
Daniel Craig, AKA James Bond, appears in drag while Judi Dench does a voice over highlighting the many inequities faced by women. “We’re equals, aren’t we, double 0 seven?” she asks. “Yet it is 2011 and a man is still likely to earn more money than a women, even for the same job.” But, she continued, “It’s not just about money and power. …one in four are victims of domestic violence.”

When you play the video, if you need it. Click on CC and get the audio transcripted.
Then make a list of problems women have to face and the question asked to James Bond.
Why do you think Daniel Craig dressed like a woman?

Then enter to the official site of International Women's Day .Choose two countries on your right and point two events to celebrate the day.
Click on 2011 theme and tell us what it is about.
Click on Your say , scroll down and on your right there is four huge buttons , choose :Where women want to work. Choose one company and write a short report about it, explaining why it is chosen by women or why they want women working there.

HELP!!!

2011-03-08T12:25:00.001-03:00

1- Download the worksheet from Busyteacher.org . It's on your right. Just one page to fill in the gasps .
2- Watch the video and try to complete.
3-Answer these questions and add two of your answers to the comments.

a) When do you need any help?
b) Why do you feel insecure?
c)What do you appreciate about your friends?
d)How do you feel if you feel down?
e)What about giving help ?

4- Finally as usual...sing as if you were alone...

To the cinema

2011-03-08T11:58:00.000-03:00

Hi !!! If you click on the title, you can see a scene from a film and complete a listening exercise.

By the way...why don't you look some information about the film and tell in a few words what it is about??

Send it by e-mail to : susana_canelo@yahoo.com.ar or add in comments at the bottom of the page

Playing with headlines

2011-03-08T11:21:00.000-03:00

Suppose you're a reporter. After clicking on the title, you have to select one or more kinds of newspapers, then you're given a set of clues to discover the words to complete the headline. Once you've finished you can go ahead with another headline or enter to the article.

Print the article you are interested in , bring to our class and make a short comment about it. What it is about, if you knew about it or not, etc.

Play with words

2011-03-08T10:55:00.000-03:00

How much vocabulary do you know???? HUMMMM...
Click on the title and challenge yourself. Start from the easy level. Complete the sentence and listen to it.
If you need some help, read the definition.
Be careful , your time doesn't lats for ever.

Enjoy.!!!

We love films

2011-02-28T22:40:00.000-03:00

Watch the trailer and then complete the exercise here
If you click on the title you'll open a Greek blog with a lot of activities based on trailers. Enjoy it

You're a firework

2011-02-25T16:32:00.001-03:00

Welcome back !!!
School starts again and we love it. Yes, don't cry for the end of our holidays , School is such a good adventure...And you are a firework !!
Enjoy Katy Perry's song , click on the title and complete the exercise. It's a listening one.
Then, watch the video again , choose two stories and try to guess what had happened before and what is going to happen later. Try to connect the scene with the lyrics.
What don't you dare to do ? Would you be a firework?.

Give the answers in comments or bring the to hand out in class.

As usual, practice and have fun

Tales of London

2011-02-23T22:30:00.000-03:00

We're going to read this great e-book about the 20th century in London. great stories and funny activities.
Just Great !!!

Make a film

2011-02-23T22:08:00.000-03:00

If you can type, you can make movies ...

www.xtranormal.com/movie-maker/ allow us to make funny films. You choose the set ,the actors and the sound.
Then you type what you want your actors to say, changing cameras and movements of the actors. Everything is really easy.

Electricity

2011-02-20T17:06:00.000-03:00

We're going to work in pairs. Read the pieces of information about electricity. Then play the games and finally complete the quiz. Have fun and learn.

You can click on the title or...HERE

Soul Sister

2011-02-17T14:32:00.000-03:00

Do you like Glee? I love it.

Well we're going to enjoy a song from Glee. Our friends from Daily English Workout give us a fantastic activity, here.

I want a little more :
1- Create your own sentences using those idioms.
2- Choose two expressions from the song and change them a bit to say what you really want.
3- Let's sing together !!!

Tower of Babble

2011-02-10T22:06:00.000-03:00

Click on the title and play the game. You can choose the tower, but I chose one for you. Let's play with opposites .

The Mummies

2011-01-19T15:02:00.000-03:00

<p>Mummification process </p>
We're exploring Egypt and sharing with our Social Studies class !!!

Listen and write

2011-01-18T15:24:00.000-03:00

Click on the title and you'll get a screen with this image. Then click on ENTER.

In TOPICS, choose Biography. You'll get this screen. Then enter to the videos and answer the question that is on your right. E-mail the answer to your teacher.

Good luck

Idioms and expressions

2011-01-18T14:36:00.000-03:00

This is a great Canadian page. You can find idioms and expressions, see them in context, listen to them and find the equivalent one in Spanish or French.
Your task : choose your 5 favourites, change the context to use them, make a poster and bring it to share in class. To avoid repetition, enter to comments, write your name and the expressions you chose.
Click here : 1000 images on the tip of my tongue.

The Face- Vocabulary

2011-01-17T02:00:00.000-03:00

Click on the title and you will go to an exercise created by Mrs. Haquet.
1- Learn the vocabulary. You'll see the images , read the words and listen to them.
2- You have to match the words and the images. It's a drag and drop exercise.
3- Match the images with the sounds. You have to drag the images to your left, towards the sound player.
4- Finally the crossword. You click on the free space and the image you have to guess appears.

Enjoy

Lyrics training

2010-11-05T20:22:00.000-03:00

A funny way to practice listening comprehension. Click here or on the title.

Then, choose the level of the game.

After that, start the video and enjoy !!!

There are more videos with games, so look for your favourite song and practice

Put on your clothes before it rains

2010-09-15T21:28:00.000-03:00

How fast can you get the clothes from the line? Click on the title and play, then leave me a comment to tell me how well you did it.
Enjoy !!!

Speak

2010-05-02T21:40:00.005-03:00

Sometimes you feel you don't know how you should say it, how to pronounce it properly...I wish I had such a tool when I was a student !!

Then start listening and RECORD your own voice. The program will give you points and it will remember and register your advances ...

Just Great !!!

Send me your scores or leave them in comments.

English File 1 - File 1 A B

2010-04-08T20:16:00.003-03:00

It's for my students in 2nd Secondary who love this duck.

Enjoy and tell me.

Oscars awards at school

2010-03-07T21:05:00.003-03:00

Yesterday night , in Los Angeles the Oscars Award party was held... Today our awards ceremony in Del Valle !!!

Here are the winners !!!

This video by Lucas Calegary and Ezequiel Estelrich was the winner in Best Edition category. They made us laugh a lot !!!

The category "best images" was won by Beautiful Boy. A lovely video acted by Camila's little brother. This video was made by Astrid Compagnoni, Isabel Hayes and Camila Laspale

Imagine by Pedro Palisa won the Best song category

This is the best video : You've got a friend, by Macarena Pierini, Santiago Isjaqui and Carolina Andorno

Del Valle Film Festival 2009

2009-12-10T21:49:00.005-03:00

Today our Del Valle Film Festival 09 was held at EAS school.

Now is your turn to vote.

Click here to take the survey

If you want to enjoy the videos again, go to YouTube and look for: delvallefilmfestival.

Some videos couldn't be uploaded because of copyright laws.

Congratulations to all the students who worked hard to be part of the project. 2nd and 3rd Polimodal solved all the technical problems we had. Thanks.

You rock !!! Enjoy and happy holidays

Read the words

2009-11-23T19:56:00.003-03:00

Click on the title and you will go to a page where you can write a text, or copy and paste, choose a robot to read, click read and you can listen to it !!!

You can save it in your PC or send it by e-mail as an MP3 file. Just great !!!

Wooden Horse

2009-11-23T19:09:00.001-03:00

A great story to read and listen to !!! The famous Trojan Horse is retold by Starfall.

Enjoy and practice

Going to the cinema

2009-11-21T18:59:00.003-03:00

Listen to these two young guys making arrangements to go to the cinema and practice the dialogue to act it out in class.

First date

2009-11-21T18:43:00.002-03:00

A listening comprehension exercise and a great topic to talk about.

Did your Dad react that way ??

What about brothers looking after sisters ??

When you date, remember: the girl you're going out with, is somebody's daughter or sister

Click on the title to enter

Wolves

2009-11-21T18:33:00.002-03:00

Another short story. Click on the title to start

If you click on a word, you can listen to the sound of a very young child reading it.

My shadow

2009-11-21T18:25:00.002-03:00

Hello !!!

This is for my younger students. A short poem about your shadow. Listen to it and try to learn it. It's easy and funny.

Click on the title, then on the ear that appears in each page.

Enjoy

The fun theory

2009-10-13T20:45:00.003-03:00

Volkswagen has started a campaign under the idea of FUN. They say people can change to better behavior if it's funny.

Watch the video and tell us what people don't usually do, what they're trying to do now

Have you got any other idea?

Visit The Fun Theory page, here and explore more videos. If you dare, take part in the contest and win 2,500 euros. I know you're creative enough.

Another robot to chat

2009-10-11T00:33:00.003-03:00

Click here to start chatting with LaurenBot.

Add in comments the interesting things she says.

People in Polimodal you have to use reported speech here

The Universal Record Database

2009-10-08T22:22:00.005-03:00

Explore this site and choose a record.

You can choose it because you like it, because you think it's interesting, original, or funny.

Bring it to our classroom to share it.

Get extra points by publishing your own record.

What can you do better?

2009-10-08T22:07:00.004-03:00

Listen to the song and tell me.

What can she do better than him?

What can he do better than her?

What can't they do?? Are they in love ?

What do YOU think? What can girls do better than boys and what can boys do better than girls?

If you want to sing it a long, click here and have fun

Breaking the news

2009-10-07T19:29:00.005-03:00

You've got a sound routine for your Spanish classes. Your teacher asked you to bring some news and comment them everyweek. It takes a few minutes and you have to read something in context everyday. We 're going to do the same in our English classes.

Your have to visit this page with local news in English, try to read IN ENGLISH, don't cheat, please. Bring the news to the classroom and share with your mates. Three lines, once a week...it isn't soooo much.

You can clik on the title to enter the newspaper: momento24.com

Playing with words

2009-10-03T13:51:00.003-03:00

Let's play with words. It's a Yahoo game, so if you have a Yahoo ID, you can enter and get your score registered !!!
Click here or in the title and start playing. You can "Twist" letters to get new words, drag them to the box on the top and get points.

Enjoy

Talking calculator

2009-10-02T20:01:00.006-03:00

Have fun, practice Math and English altogether !!!! Click here or on the title

Challenge a mate, a friend , a brother.

Use it instead of a common calculator.

Tell me how it worked

Funny David after Dentist

2009-09-04T21:02:00.002-03:00

Watch the video and answer the questions I added in comments.

Write anything you can undertand.

Then look for information about anesthesia. Write about its effects and results.

The video is really funny, enjoy it !!!

A short story

2009-08-25T21:45:00.004-03:00

Click on the title , read and listen to the story, then take the quiz.

After that click here to get a page like this:

Here you can record your own voice reading the story !!!

Enjoy

A biography - a life

2009-08-22T01:29:00.002-03:00

We're working with a biographies. Read and listen Anne Frank's biography and complete the exercises.

Man in the mirror

2009-07-13T20:09:00.006-03:00

"If You Wanna Make The World

A Better Place

Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change "

As our Alejandro Lerner says : "para cambiar el mundo, empieza por tí "

Michael Jackson said the same in 1988, in his song : Man in the mirror.

Listen to Sarah, a beautiful teacher from New Zealand, explaining the song's meaning and then write a short report about it (60 words). What things you think must be changed, what we can do from our place, what things we complain about, what things are improving and what are getting worse.

Use clauses and linkers of contrast : although, however, in spite of/despite + gerund.(-ing).

You can use the Writing skills 5 : discursive compositions, on page 69 in your student's book.

Leave your writing in comments.

Listen to the song and watch the video.

Sarah goes on with another topics to complete her class. So, give more examples using "PRETEND".

Read the joke and enjoy her class.

Thanks Sarah !!!

Past continuous and simple past

2009-07-12T18:58:00.004-03:00

A lot of exercises to practice both tenses. It's for my students in 3rd secondary and 1st polimodal

Story

Lady Diana's accident

Why my wife shouted

I was driving my car

What were you doing when...?

I will use similar texts to our next test.

Good luck

Animals

2009-07-12T18:12:00.005-03:00

To 3rd secondary. You have to click on the title.

Then choose a habitat.

You can register or choose MAYBE LATER (on your right)

Drag the animals into the scene , when you finish you get a card. If you click on it , you get complete information about that animal. You have to print it , make a small poster and bring it to class to explain it to your mates.

To avoid repetitions, make a comment giving your name -habitat and animal.

Good luck

Treasure hunt

2009-07-12T16:17:00.004-03:00

3rd secondary and 1st Polimodal...a new and funny way to practice verbs.

Click on the title as usual. Let me tell you about my experience. When I tried to write the sentences changing the tense, it was always wrong...My fault: I forgot the full stop !!!! (the point).

The Cell

2009-07-10T19:33:00.002-03:00

To 2nd secondary EAS. You can study Biology and learn English !!!

That is killing two birds with one shot .

1-Click on the title and play the game.

You can name the parts on three different cells and then check it. It's a DRAG and DROP game, you choose one name on your right and then drag it to the right place on the picture.

2- Click HERE to find out what a cell is . And look for three parts of the cell and explain what they are.

3- Print one of the cells with the right names.

Add the definition of a cell

Write a glossary of about 12 words

Draw and explain the three parts of the cell you chose.

Very simple. Plain English. Bring your project to our next class on August.

The sound of silence

2009-07-09T23:38:00.004-03:00

Let's work with a song, we deserve a break!!!

Would you like?

2009-07-09T18:07:00.003-03:00

Hi.!!! This is a great tool to practice a dialogue.

Click on the title or on the picture and then do the exercises from left to right.

Listen carefully.

In CONVERSATION STUDY there are four icons:

Click only on WORDS and SIMILAR

Copy the list of words and look for the meaning in the dictionary

In "Similar", copy the two versions.

Don't be afraid, your teacher doesn't know the other language either...

You can print it to bring it to our next class

Pizza is my favourite food

2009-07-09T15:55:00.004-03:00

This is for 2nd secondary A EAS

Click on the title or on the image.

Listen to a Canadian man speaking about his favourite dish , click on the `picture on your right to get the new words.

Then scroll down and do the comprehension exercise. And practice the dialogue at the end.

It's just great !!!

Tell me how you did it. You can prepare an acting out for our next class. Have fun

Snapshot Starter Unit 7

2009-07-09T12:26:00.004-03:00

Hi !!! This activity is to practice your wordlist from Snapshot Starter Unit 7.

Click on the title and have fun. If you make many mistakes your duck will die !!!

Tell me how you did.

The time

2009-07-09T10:54:00.006-03:00

It's for my students of 1st secondary and 2nd secondary B , from the EAS .

Click on the title or on the picture and play the Time game. By the way...do you know this famous Dali's painting? . Look for it and tell me

Most of you know the Time, it's an excellent way to practice it.

Here is a song about time. Very funny !!!

Listen and learn. The translation is in the comment, as you're working on your own.

Finally, take this test and send me the results.

Good luck and Enjoy !!!

Any questions ?? write a comment, you can use Spanish.

"You're great" campaign

2009-06-29T20:55:00.006-03:00

We saw this great video in class. We started thinking about the power of our words. Why don't we give a compliment instead of waiting for one??

In several situations we are aware of the possitive qualities of people around us, but we don't usually say it.

Making compliments is going to be our aim !!!

1- Enter this page to know why it is so important

2- You've got a mate drawing to make him/her a compliment

3- Read the instructions and choose the words and phrases you need .

Decide what you like about the mate you're going to compliment. Check the list for ideas.

4-Prepare a draft to check

5- Enter to this Voicethread , register and leave your COMPLIMENT !!!

Dictation

2009-06-27T19:31:00.006-03:00

Click on the title

Choose your English dictation . You'll hear it read four times :

first, the whole passage is read at normal speed for you to listen for gist;
second, each phrase is read slowly twice, with punctuation, as you write;
then the whole passage is read again for you to check your work;
finally, the written text is shown - count your mistakes.

In comments , leave your name and the title of the dictation you practiced and get extra points !!!

2nd Poli WIKI

2009-06-26T10:14:00.003-03:00

This is the wiki made by my students in 2nd Polimodal EAS.

They're uploading interesting stuff , they find in the web connected with our English classes. This is a more challenging way of learning !!!!
Dont' you think??

Click on the title, to see it

Leave comments of any ideas encouraging them ,'cause they're working hard.

Hangman : The family

2009-06-23T23:03:00.005-03:00

For my students of 1st secondary.

Click on the title.

Practice Family vocabulary and have fun. If you like it, you can play with more vocabulary.

Leave me a comment

1st Polimodal Wiki

2009-06-22T22:03:00.006-03:00

If you click on the title or on the image, you'll be in our wiki. You're going to take the adventure to learn in a collaborative environment.

You can have fun and get an intensive practice. I think this experience will be great for another subjects or activities of your interests.

Internet is much more than Facebook.

Lol, your teacher

What nationality are you ?

2009-04-28T20:58:00.006-03:00

Argentinian people love football as much as dulce de leche...What do you think?

To my students from 2nd secondary A EAS. Write a comment about the things we do and make us different from people living in another countries.

Tell us what an Argentinian does...

You've worked a lot in class so you can enjoy a game at home. Let's play. If you click on the title you can take a test to "know" what nationality you are .

It's just a game. Don't take it seriously but print or copy your result to share in class.

A hug.

Your teacher, Susana

People's appearance

2009-04-24T19:19:00.004-03:00

"Don't judge a book by its cover", somebody said. Click on the title or on the picture to see Susan singing.This is the most seen video in the whole history of YouTube.

Listen carefully her introduction before singing. Watch people's faces while she's speaking.

What was she asked? What did the judges say at the end?

Leave a comment with your opinion about what you saw or heard, something you want to share.

You can also read the comments on YouTube. There are a lot of different opinions, awful expressions and wonderful ones. If you take some from there use inverted commas , because it isn't YOUR opinion, and name the author or source.

See you in class.

Susana

Thomas visits Del Valle

2009-04-16T20:20:00.006-03:00

Thomas Stacey (sent by British Council and Dirección de Capacitación de la Provincia de BA)visited our classrooms. He was at Escuela de Educación Media Nº3 and at EAS (Escuela Agrotécnica Salesiana) in Del Valle. All of us enjoyed listening to a native speaker of English. He made us feel comfortable. My students could use "their" English to communicate with him !!!. One of them even showed him how a flogger dances and some of them showed him the school around. He was always very polite, encouraging students to speak, making his best to understand and he kept a charming smile all the time. Tom used plain English and exchanged funny expressions . He taught : "y'alright " and learnt : " juega un montón"...

Thanks Thomas !!!!!

Now to my students, you have to leave a comment here: maybe the question he answered to you or your mates, something interesting you heard, anything you want to share with other students from another classrooms.

This blog is for you to communicate, remember that.

Click on the title or on the picture to see more photos.

Earth hour

2009-03-26T22:00:00.004-03:00

Just remember to turn the lights off.

We made a lot of activities in class. Enjoy the video.

If you click on the title you can explore a fantastic page full of games.

Back to school on Monday you have to tell me what you did to save the planet. If you want to leave a comment, do it.

Rhymes

2009-03-17T21:14:00.003-03:00

To my students in 1st and 2nd secondary. You have to choose a rhyme and learn it by heart. If you like, write the first words of the rhyme you chose , so our class show is original.

And the winner is...

2009-01-02T00:04:00.005-02:00

The best video is : On my shoulders by Lea Malfiatre from France.

The second one was : Dear Mr President by Nazareno Montes.

But the results show us a clear winner. Lea did it FANTASTIC !!! She didn't only make our festival international, she gave us the BEST VIDEO !!!

To read the results of votes, click on the title.

If you want to download the videos or watch them more easily, go to :
http://www.youtube.com/delvallefilmfestival

Enjoy them.

Have a great 2009.
See you.
Susana

Your pet goes international

2008-10-28T21:02:00.005-02:00

Dear Kids. Welcome to our International project. We're working with Fernanda Rodrigues, from Portugal.

She invited you , 7th Course EAS 2008 to write about your pets and share it with her students.

All of you are going to show your pets and write about them.

Welcome kids from Portugal!!! I hope this can be the start of a great friendship.

Click on the title to get into Fernanda's blog.

A hug

Susana

Del Valle Film Festival

2008-10-19T20:45:00.007-02:00

Welcome to our Del Valle film festival.

Most of you have worked with songs in class. We´ve done listening comprehension exercises and we've recycled expressions from many songs.

The most successful activity? Picture our song !!! Our classrooms look great with all that art you've got. You made pictures to each line of a song, so the wall "sings".

You're great artists and you can manage many computer tools like Power Point oor Movie Maker .

So click on the title and go to the wiki so you can take part on the Festival.

Enjoy, have fun and learn English.

Everybody visiting the blog is invited. You don't need to be my pupil.

Deadline for registration: November 30 th

Deadline for uploading videos: December 1st

Susana

Del Valle gets the power

2008-10-13T10:00:00.007-03:00

Have fun , and tell me what they're saying !!!

Click on the title as usual and write anything you can understand. Listen carefully, think twice and feel happy with each word you "catch". Don't worry about what don't.

And last but not least, have a good laugh.
Susana

If you do it, I'll be amazed

2008-10-11T22:10:00.006-03:00

Two birds with one stone. My 1st Polimodal course, you've got to click on the image or on the title to go to an easy exercise. I know it's a piece of cake for you.

Another exercise,here

Then, in COMMENTS...write two sentences of your own. Be creative, you can use romance, science, philosophy , advices, medicine, etc.

Shrek

2008-09-04T20:36:00.001-03:00

Chat with a robot

2008-08-11T12:07:00.010-03:00

Here is another funny activity.
Have you ever chatted with a robot?

Well, let's try. If you click on the image, you'll go to a programme where a smart lady answers you with audio and written words !!!
To my students from 1º and 2º secundaria. You have to ask her : her name, nationality,where she is from, job, favourite colour, age, where she lives. Then add it to comments with your name.
To my students from 9th : Ask her if she voted for Obama, any experience with "have you ever" ? And answer any questions she asked you. Write a report and add it to comments.
Good luck and get extra points for you second term's marks.

2nd Polimodal:

You're also invited to have fun. Ask the lady what you want and report questions and answers. Write your report in the comments' window. You can work by pairs if you want to.

A hug.
Susana

NOTE : this tool is broken by the moment. Profesor Howard Chen from Taiwan and his team are working to fix it. Thanks

Another alternative is:

No sound, but funny

Sorry. I'm not going to delete this post, just because I want to keep the experiences.

Our planet

2008-07-07T21:57:00.009-03:00

To 1st Polimodal.
We're starting to work with environmental problems. You brought this subject to our classroom. We shared the video: A beautiful lie. Great comments and a really good beginning for our topic.

These are the first pages we're going to explore. The activities are included in the webslides. Good luck

Text to Speech

2008-06-28T19:18:00.004-03:00

You want to improve your pronunciation.

Why don't you try this?

It's a text-to-speech programme on line.

You can choose the voice.

You just copy and paste the text you want to listen.

Then, click on : SAY IT ,on the right top .

Be careful, it can't read % (per cent) as an example,but most of words are OK.

I want to listen to you more fluent and confident.

Good luck.

Susana

Free Poverty

2008-06-18T21:21:00.003-03:00

How much do you know about Geography??? I won't tell your teacher but I'd like you to play and comment about it.

Give me your name and give me your score. I did it quite well, don't you think so?

You can donate water like that game about rice. I don't know if it's true or not. I hope they are really helping , by the way you're practicing Geography

Earth Lab

2008-05-19T20:25:00.005-03:00

Dear 3rd Poli EAS.

Consume less, live more, reduce your impact. That's the idea of Earth Lab

You're invited to explore it.

Enter the site.

Calculate your impact and then try to reduce your score.

Go to : CHANGE A HABIT. You have to choose three pledges from different topics (from Home to lifestyle), and find out the reason .

Come back to the blog and Paste your score and your 3 pledges. Sign and send.

Susana

Dreamers

2008-05-17T18:56:00.004-03:00

Our students from 2nd Polimodal are making their own blog. They're working with second conditional with questions such as:

What would you do if you were a president?

What would you do if you could travel in time?

Read the question on your right and try to answer. You're all invited to visit their blog by clicking on the title or on the photo , and leave your comments there.

A hug

Susana

The alphabet

2008-04-28T22:13:00.007-03:00

Dear 1st Secondary,

welcome to our blog.

Let's start playing.

Click on the letter bubble that matches the letter Larry Lobster tells you to find.

Make a list with the words you understand. Don't worry, do what you can.

A hug.

Your teacher

Susana

Blogging to know about other cultures

2008-04-24T22:07:00.004-03:00

2nd Polimodal, you're going to have your own blog !!!

The first part of our activity is to explore and make comments on blogs written by people like you. Intermediate English students wanting to produce their own texts.

If you click on the title, you'll find the blog of Ronaldo's students in Brazil. Let's start sharing.

Good luck and good job.

Subservient Chicken

2008-04-14T20:58:00.005-03:00

To my students of 2nd secondary B EAS and 2nd secondary Media 3 . Practice commands and have fun

Click on the image and give commands to the chicken. It will perform them for you !!!
As an example: Kneel, dance, turn the lights off, leave the room. Try another ideas and tell us.

Have a great laugh , enjoy learning English !!! A hug.
Susana

Decoration

2008-04-12T21:58:00.005-03:00

To 9th A EAS.
It's a game.
1.Enter and play .Use the key : PRINT SCREEN that copies what you see on your screen and paste it on a Word document. Describe it using the new words .Then send it to me to show the result.
If you prefer, you can leave it as a comment.

2. Optional. Design your own room and describe it. Use the same technique and send it to me.
You're going to have fun and get extra points.

3. I discovered another thing. If you play the game till the end, I receive your score in my e-mail !!! Fantastic. Agustina Bartolomé did it in 5.2 minutes. A good record. How long did you take?

A hug.
Your teacher

Talking Photo

2008-02-09T16:42:00.001-02:00

What's Agustín saying?? Tell me. If you enter to Talking Photo, you can upload any photo you have in your PC and make it say a lot of different and funny things.
You can make her or him happy, sad or angry by changing faces expresions. The program does it in fact !!!
Enjoy it and share with all of us.

Write down what Agustin said.

Use reported speech to tell me

How did you celebrate New Year's day?

2008-01-07T15:19:00.002-02:00

Here you can see how English people celebrated. What did you do ?
It's again an activity designed by Renée Maufroid . Thanks Renée and Happy New Year for you !!!

Poetry

2007-12-12T17:22:00.002-03:00

Your teacher hasn't taken much poetry to the classroom, but songs are poems, you know.
Talking with Pablo Garcia, another teacher,the idea came to me. In fact he showed me a poem by Benjamin Zephaniah. I looked for him in Google and found a treasure!!!

Enjoy this example and go for more poems by him on the title.

Who's Who

I used to think nurses Were women,
I used to think policeWere men,
I used to think poetsWere boring,
Until I became one of them.

Watch the use of capital letters.

On this site, you can also find hundred of poems by many fantastic authors. Just have fun.

MirArte

2007-12-07T11:39:00.001-03:00

Dear kids:

On holidays at last !!!! I wanted to share with you some beautiful things to see.

I made this blog with an art show we held in Del Valle's school. It's a public one.

We worked hard in Culturas y Estéticas Contemporaneas preparing this exhibition or art and visual perception.

It's in Spanish, of course. Enjoy it. It's a party for your eyes. And if you are bored you can play games or make models.

You can leave comments here or there

Do you think you can't do it?

2007-11-26T21:14:00.001-03:00

Sometimes you think there's a cloud over your head. Your exams are too difficult. Your life is full of problems.

Well ,think twice. Watch this fantastic video and tell us what you think

Topics for discussion

2007-11-07T23:16:00.001-03:00

It's for those of you that are preparing tests and are looking for topics.

Very interesting, with activities and suggestions.

Use it and tell me.

Play with words and feed the world

2007-10-31T14:09:00.001-03:00

You can practice your vocabulary and play.

Sometimes you want to say something and you can't find the words. There are several ways to feed your brain with new words. Why don't you try this site?

More words you've got right, more rice they donate.

Great idea.!!!!

You don't need registration, just PRACTICE. It's a multiple choice exercise.

Pronunciation

2007-10-24T21:41:00.001-03:00

When I asked some of you to leave a comment by recording on Voicethread...you were terrified.

The idea is to get confidence in oral production.

Write a short text, copy it and paste it here:

http://public.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

and check how to say it.

Believe it or not, this software speaks your text

Mom's speech

2007-10-24T20:35:00.002-03:00

A mom (Anita Renfroe) has condensed everything a mom might say to her kids in 24 hours into less than 3 minutes - to the tune of the William Tell Overture

It's got subtitles (I don't know what the other language is). It's really funny.
You have to choose one thing your Mum says and add it as a comment.
What don't you mind? What gets on your nerves?
By the way, the full transcription is on the first comment.
Have fun
Your teacher

Don't forget Tobas

2007-10-20T10:57:00.002-03:00

As you know 9th course have got a project to help Tobas.
They need all our help.

You can bring some food or clothes. They have NOTHING so you can add plates or forks and knives or spoons , glasses and everything we use in our houses.

Don't forget. Bring your collaboration to school. Remember how lucky you are and share part of your "fortune".
Thanks.

300

2007-10-11T19:22:00.002-03:00

To 1st Polimodal.
We saw 300. What a film!!!
You had to identify the situation in each quote.
(Done in class)
Then choose the best phrase to share with your mates (mini-posters for the classroom).
Remember the blackboard with arrows blotting out the sun.

Finally,as you've got a looooong weekend, make a click on the picture. This way you're going to enter a page : http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ where you can find different comments about the film.
You have to find a positive and a negative one.

Your options are: you can leave it here as a comment. You can hand it to me in class or you can record a message here in the voicethread.

http://voicethread.com/share/11029/

I'm fascinated. You can add your favourite image and record a comment, you can draw and write. Maybe you need to register but it isn't a problem for you digital-natives!!!