OUR LOGO!!!

Our classmate Laura Penedo has designed a new logotype for EUROPEAN SECTIONS IN ENGLISH in IES SAN ISIDRO.

 She is such an artist! THANK YOU, LAURA!

CHARLIE BIT MY FINGER... AREN'T THEY SO CUTE?

Charlie Bit My Finger is an Internet video famous for formerly being the most viewed YouTube video of all time with over 259 million hits as of December 2010. The clip features two English brothers, aged three and one. In the video, the younger brother, Charlie, bites the finger of his older brother, Harry. The boys' father uploaded the video online in May 2007.

Now, watch and have fun! Aren't they so cute?

They became so famous that they did some interviews on TV. Here is the first TV interview the boy did.

CORONA SAVE THE BEACH HOTEL: The First Hotel That’s Made of Trash

The first hotel in the world made of trash, designed by German artist H. A. Schult, author of ‘Trash men’, and sponsored by the Mexican beer brand, today opened its doors in the emblematic Plaza de Callao, in this city. In the framework of the International Tourism Fair of Madrid (FITUR), the hotel ‘Corona Save the Beach’ was inaugurated this Thursday to Sunday, every night 10 people were accommodated in five double rooms ‘to live an extraordinary experience’ .

  

Information taken from internet

"Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything." - Walt Whitman

SETTING UP A CHARITY: 

The students of 4ºEuropean Sections have st up a charaity. They thought of a live problem, then they created a charity to work on such a problem, they looked for possible solutions, later they made a leaflet to convice people to help them and finally they present it to their classmates.

WE ARE THEIR EYES!: a non-governmental organization that hepls blind people.

Laura, Rebeca & Sofía 

HELP HAITI!: a non-governmental organization that helps people in Haiti.

 Sonia & Daniel  

WWFA (World Wild Fund): an non-governmental organization that cares of animals becoming extinct.

     Gemma & Cristina

The presentations have been very good but now you should watch the videos again and evaluate yourselves.  For that you can make a list of the mistakes you have made (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation).

I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

This is my Christmas present for all of you!!

COLDPLAY Christmas Lights

Listen to the song and read the lyrics, how are these words pronounced?

Christmas night  another fight    
Tears we cried a flood
Got all kinds of poison in
Poison in my blood
I took my feet
To Oxford Street
Trying to right a wrong
Just walk away
Those windows say
But I can't believe she's gone
When you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all

Now write your own poem with the words in bold.

WERE YOU WAITING FOR THESE VIDEOS? HERE THEY ARE!!

ROLE PLAYS (SECOND PART)

SITUATION 2:

STUDENT A:

You are a shop assistant in Brown Thomas in Dublin. You like your job and you are getting tired of those posh people who buy in this department store. A client wants to buy a horrible coat and you must tell nice things to him/ her as their good taste, their beauty…. You try to be patient but sometimes you can´t.

You must use the following words: pen, train, belt, flower.

STUDENT B:

You are a rich man/ lady who always buys very expensive stuff in Brown Thomas in Dublin. You like the shop assistants to tell you nice things about your good taste or you beauty but in fact your taste is horrible. You want to buy a leopard coat that doesn’t fit you.

You must use the following words: tennis, winter, eye, washing-machine

SITUATION 3:

STUDENT A:

You & your friends are having a great party at home. Your neighbours are old people and almost deaf! But suddenly, your neighbour knocks on your door saying he is going to phone the police.

You must use the following words: carpet, table, car, morning.

STUDENT B:

You are an old man /lady who is watching TV at home at night. Your neighbours are students of the University of  Newcastle who usually throw parties at home and you are fed up so you decide to knock on their door and complain about it.

You must use the following words: telephone, glasses, sky, underwear.

SITUATION 4:

STUDENT A:

You and your friend are at the supermarket, you want to buy some alcoholic drinks to booze-up. You realize you have no money and suddenly you see that your friend has put the bottle under his/her coat. S/he wants to steal it!! You disapprove your friend’s idea. Tell her/him about it!

You must use the following words: night, parents, money, schooL

STUDENT B:

You and your friend are at the supermarket, you want to buy some alcoholic drinks to booze-up. You realized you have no money and decide to steal one bootle. Try to convice your friend that it is a good idea.

You must use the following words: money, notebook, teacher, policeman.

PROBLEMS WITH MODAL VERBS??

I'm sure you won't have any problems after watching this video.

Now, it's time to revise modal verbs for Tuesday's exam:

0	I ________ speak English very fluently.	Ability (negative modal)
1	We ________ pay for you.	Intention
2	He doesn't sing very well now, but he ________ sing beautifully when he was a child.	Past ability
3	You _______ eat those mush­rooms; they _______ be poison­ous.	Advice (negative modal) Possibility
4	It _______ rain, but I doubt it.	Possibility
5	I ________ write English well, but I have trouble speaking.... You _______find yourself an English boyfriend...that way you'll improve quick enough!	Ability Advice
6	_______ help you, madam?	Po­l­ite request
7	You ________ forget to pay the rent tomorrow. The owner is very strict about paying on time.	Obligation (negative modal)
8	___________ we go to eat some ice cream?	Intention
9	Jenny's ring is enormous! It ________ cost a fortune.	Possibility
10	_______ I borrow your car this week­end? No because I _______ need it if I go shop­ping.	Per­mission Possibility
11	That job is only open to university graduates. You __________ have at least a bachelor's degree to apply.	Obligation

                                                                                                             Adapted from internet

MORE EXERCISES:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/modal_quiz.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal1.htm