True Colors

This is a fantastic ad for Dove campaign all over the world.You can find it in Youtube in several languages.
The aim is to get a new generation free from present beauty stereotypes.

Step one: watch the video and read the captions on the images.
Step two: listen again and read the lyrics below.
Step three: think about you,what don't you like about your look? what do you like about you? what are you good at? what makes you laugh? what makes you happy?

Collect a list of positive adjectives to speak about one's look . Bring it and your answers to share in class.

Lyrics: TRUE COLORS (part sung here)

Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy,
can't remember
When I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there
And I'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
You are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

Gladiator

Hey, 2nd Polimodal !!!

We saw a scene of Gladiator and worked in class with it.

Now at weekend, it's time for fun.

Click on the title and have a good time with a BBC game. Dress your gladiator and send him to the battle. Good luck.

Tell me how you did it.

Apartheid

To my 1st polimodal students.We were talking about apartheid and as I explained, a friend of mine,Dennis Newson from Germany had told us that it's a difficult issue in South Africa.

Maybe I can copy and add his note here.

But Then I asked in Yahoo answers, and here are the results.

Your task:

Read the answers and choose one. Perhaps you can sumarize several of them and add your own comments.You can work by pairs.

Good luck.

Your teacher

Jennifer Lopez

Do you like Jennifer Lopez?

Sing along with her.

Movie trailers dictation

Hello, you're going to work with listening comprehension.

Click on the title. You'll find a lot of listening exercises, but this time you'll go untill the bottom of the page. There you'll find the movie trailers 

Listen carefully and write the full words .

You've got some help on your right.

The words have a few letters to mare it easier.

Listen to it several times until you complete all the gasps.

Print the final version and bring it to our class.

Good luck. I'm here to help you.

Reporting questions

Reporting questions is easy but I want you to be sure. To my 2nd Polimodal students

Giving directions

Hello to my students of 3rd secondary. Here's a game to practice directions. It's great.
Do it and challenge yourself.

Your teacher.

Copy five directions and bring them to our class

With a little help of my friends

This is for my students of 3rd secondary and 1st Polimodal. Just for fun. Listen to the song and complete the spaces.

This activity was prepared by a teacher from Brazil I just took it and added to my blog.

Enjoy it.

Mobile Madness

You love texting...As a matter of fact you can do it better than me.
You can use a lot of abbreviations in Spanish. Let's do it in English !!!
Click on the title and start playing .
Leave me a comment with two phrases you could discover.

Sustainable Dance Club

What an amazing video!!
Did you know that architecture can use the energy of our body?? Great!!!
Listen carefully. We're going to comment it in class

Simple present or present continuous???

What are they doing? Is the wind blowing hard? What are they wearing?
What do you think? What do they usually do? Do they travel by bus or by car?

Hi, are you having any troubles with tenses ? No, of course not . But if you need some extra practice and you're in 9th course...maybe a good idea to try this link

Good luck. It's very easy

Yahoo Answers

Hi, it's me again.

Have you ever tried Yahoo!answers?

Well, you must have a Yahoo account. When you enter there, you can see the green sign inviting you to ask or answer.
During the last few weeks, we discovered what Poincare's conjeture was about, if The Terminal was a true story, why Scotland Yard is called like that and so on.

The suggested activity is: You have to ask a question and get some answers. Print all that and bring it to class.
You should make a short explanation to your mates, telling about it.

Good luck, good fun

If your account is in Spanish : yahho.com.ar, don't worry, when you're in there with your name, change the browser to Yahoo.com and all the page is changed to English. Isn't it great????

Hi: 2nd poli EAS 2006 !!!
This time I want to share with you this fantastic space.
Read, listen and enjoy the song. Try to watch the video,it's a bit tough.
Watch the video while you're paying attention to the song.
Then , add a comment.
This is about war,from a page called http://www.informationclearinghouse.info .It's said that the news given here you won't find on CNN .

What's the most moving scene in the video? What do you think about it? About war?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11799.htm