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CLUEDO: SOMEONE HAS MURDERED THE MAJOR!  

This time I have prepared an adapted version of CLUEDO. The main objective is that students practise the present perfect as well as the vocabulary related to Unit 5, Places in town. But, in fact, they will be also practising many other contents that we have already studied, as you will see later. 


INSTRUCCIONES:
·       El juego se desarrolla en la ciudad de Londres. El objetivo es descubrir quién ha asesinado al alcalde, con qué arma y en qué lugar. En un sobre vuestro profesor va a introducir una carta de sospechoso, una de arma homicida y otra de escena del crimen, elegidas al azar. Las demás se repartirán entre los jugadores (o grupos de jugadores), con cuidado de que los demás no vean tus cartas.
·   En cada turno (los turnos irán en el sentido de las agujas del reloj), cada jugador o grupo debe escoger una carta de prueba, que le asignará una tarea y le enviará a una u otra casilla. Debemos adivinar cuáles son las cartas que se esconden en el sobre, y que corresponden al crimen que se ha cometido. Por cada turno, cada jugador puede expresar una sospecha, por ejemplo: “I think the major has been murdered by Elizabeth in the Amusement park with a brick”.
·       Los demás jugadores mirarán sus cartas y si alguno de ellos posee la carta correspondiente a la sospecha (Elizabeth, the amusement park or the brick), esto quiere decir que la sospecha es equivocada. El primer jugador a la derecha del que ha expresado la sospecha que tenga una de esas cartas se la enseñará, cuidando de que no la vean los demás jugadores. ¡Tened cuidado, porque los detectives más experimentados podrán formular sospechas falsas, utilizando cartas que se hallan en su poder para despistaros!
·       Así iréis acercándoos a la solución del enigma. Cada uno de vosotros tiene una hoja de detective, para apuntar vuestras averiguaciones. Cuando creamos saber la solución, tenemos que realizar una acusación, por ejemplo “I charge Elizabeth with the murder of the major, in the amusement park and with a brick”. Para realizar la acusación, debemos estar en la casilla correspondiente al lugar en el que creemos que tuvo lugar el asesinato, y además es posible expresar una sospecha y hacer una acusación en el mismo turno. ¡Mucho cuidado, pues el jugador que realice una acusación falsa queda eliminado del juego! Pero si la acusación es verdadera, ese jugador habrá ganado...


MATERIAL PARA EL ALUMNO: 



TABLERO:

CARTAS DE PRUEBA:





NOW IT'S TIME TO PLAY!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

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Nothing shows some Christmas love better than a stack of greeting cards!


I have shown my students samples of greetings cards as well as some typical phrases or saying that can be found on them in English. Then, they have created their own cards for friends or family members, or even for other students in the class. They have used a webpage called Postermywall (here you have the link to it: Postermywall) so they can share their virtual card in the medias or send them to their beloved ones. 

Here you have the example I created for them:





We really had a lot of fun!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

16 DECEMBER - DAY OF READING IN ANDALUSIA 

Hi everyone! 16 December we celebrate the Day of Reading in Andalusia. It is a beautiful day to celebrate the importance of reading and to remember the most significant authors of our culture. In the English class, we can also carry out different activities related to this event. 

This time, I decided to work with my students on a fragment of Washington's Irving Tales of the Alhambra. I gave them a worksheet to introduce the topic, and then the different scenes of the tale. After reading it together, students, in groups, interpreted the different scenes for the rest of the class. It was very funny.  Here I show you the activities:


TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA - WASHINGTON IRVING

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My name is Washington Irving. I was born in New York in 1783.
I am an American author, essayist, biographer, historian and diplomat. I am best known for my short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle and Tales of the Alhambra. I also wrote the biography of George Washington.
I travelled to Spain in 1826 and became attached at the US embassy in Madrid. While in Spain, I researched for my biography of Christopher Columbys and mi works on Granada and the Alhambra. Then, I wrote Tales of the Alhambra in 1832.
When I saw Granada for the first time, I described it as "the most picturesque and beautiful city, situated in one of the loveliest landscapes I have ever seen".
Immediately, I asked the governor permission to visit the Alhambra's Palace. A 35-years old guide called Mateo Xiemnes helped me. This experiene inspired me to write Tales of the Alhambra.
Now, we are just at the Square of the Cisterns (Plaza de los Aljibes). This is the exact place where my tale The Moor's Legacy begins. I will be silent now! Enjoy the tale!


P.S.: A reader lives a thousand lives before he/she dies... 
the person who never reads lives only one!


TABOO: a very funny and interesting game to play in the classroom


Today, after doing the scheduled activities for the class, we had some free time. Therefore, we have decided to play Taboo, a very funny game that helps students improve and work with their vocabulary. 

They have been divided into three groups and, in pairs, have been playing in turns. The goal is to get your teammate to guess the word you are describing, but there is a list of words you cannot say. If your teammate guess the right word within a minute, your team gets a point. Easy!

Here you have some of the cards I have used today. 


Have fun!







PRESENT PERFECT & PAST SIMPLE BOARD GAME

Hi everyone! As my students love board games to practice, I have created a new one related to Present perfect and Past simple.


Here you have it:














Time to play!

Present Perfect and Past Simple Exercises

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Hey guys! Here you have some exercises to practice Unit 5 grammar. 

Welcome back!



Choose between Present Perfect and Past Simple:

1. I ___________________ (never / go) to Vienna.

2. My great grandfather ___________________ (have) five sisters.

3. He ___________________ (live) in Manila for a year when he was a student.

4. Oh no! I ___________________ (lose) my wallet!

5. ___________________ (you / see) Julie today?

6. At the weekend, they __________________ (play) football, then they ___________________ (go) to a restaurant.

7. I ___________________ (read) six books this week.

8. Amy ___________________ (live) in Portugal when she was young.

9. She ___________________ (visit) her grandmother last month.

10. The Vandals ___________________ (invade) Rome in the year 455.

11. She ___________________ (live) in seven different countries, so she knows a lot about different cultures.

12. I ___________________ (go) to the cinema last night.

13. Ow! I ___________________ (cut) my finger!

14. ___________________ (you / see) The King’s Speech?

15. John ___________________ (never / understand) the present perfect.

16. She ___________________ (break) her leg the day before her exam.

17. We ___________________ (see) Oliver yesterday.

18. He ___________________ (be) here all morning.

19. They ___________________ (live) here for many years (and they still do).

20. King Henry the Eighth of England ___________________ (have) six wives.


WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE UNIT 5



Here you have the version of Who wants to be a Millionaire I created in order to help my students revise the vocabulary from Unit 5 (Places in Town).

 Click here to play: Who wants to be a Millionaire Unit 5.

This is the list of vocabulary I used:

UNIT 5:
Amusement park: parque de atracciones
Art gallery: galería de arte
Bowling alley: bolera
Church: iglesia
Department store: grandes almacenes
Library: biblioteca
Museum: museo
Nightclub: discoteca
Office: oficina
Playground: zona de juegos, parque
Post office: oficina de correos
Railway station: estación de tren
Shopping centre: centro comercial
Tennis court: pista de tenis
University: universidad


Enjoy the game!

PROJECT UNIT 5

CITY TOUR



In this project, students will create a Glogster about a city where English is spoken including relevant information for people who could visit that city in the future. 


PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS:

STEP 1: You will select a city. You need to include all these informations:
·     Brief description of the city (where is it, how many inhabitants it has, etc.)
·     Monuments and places to visit
·     Food to taste
·     Festivities
·     Traditions
·     Etc.

STEP 2: You have to do a research to learn something more about the city you have chosen. You will use the computer room to gather information related to the points mentioned before.

FINAL TASK: You can now create a Glogster. We are using this tool because I want you to use not only text, but also videos, images, pictures, etc. to describe the city you chose. Here is my London City Tour:

6 DECEMBER - DAY OF THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION

On December 6, we commemorate the day of our Constitution in Spain, so I though it was a good opportunity to explain my students something about the Constitution in Britain as well as in the United States. 


After introducing the topic in class, students used computers to look up information about this important document in both English-speaking countries. After doing that, they answered some questions in a quiz that I prepared with the web Plickers. Finally, we discussed in class the differences and similarities between Britain and the United States' Constitutions and ours. It was very interesting!

Here you can see some screenshots of the questions I prepared:

















3 DECEMBER: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 
THE PRESENT


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As you know, today the International Day of People with Disabilities is celebrated. In the English classroom we have decided to watch this beautiful short film: The Present. 
It is a very nice video that invites to reflection and highlights the importance of not judging each others for not being perfect, or simply being different. 

Our students loved it and I prepared some question for them in order to make them think and debate. It was a very interesting activity for a very special day.


Here you have the short film:






Hope you like it!

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