People who made a difference

Using information on this post we will write a collaborative book of biographies of English-speaking people that made a difference in our world.

You can visit he following websites:

People who made a difference
Famous British people

Activity 1: Complete the information in the different sections included in the worksheet below before writing your biography:

Activity 2: Now using the information you have researched write a biography in your Google Drive document (200-250 words), and share the file with your teacher (iesaebilingual@gmail.com). Use the tool of the spell-checker.

Activity 3: Create a note like the one created by your English teacher explaining the reason why the famous person you wrote about made a difference in the world. Include an image or a video and a quote. You can also include the link to a website with more information about your character.

Oral presentation: Next Monday in class you will present orally all your notes.

Persuading the class to make a donation to a NGO

Search the Internet to find information about a charity or NGO (non-governmental organization). Try to persuade the class to make a donation. Which national or international organization would you choose? Insert a note in a padlet digital board explaining the reasons why we should donate our money. Include their main mission or aim and an image or video that identifies your organization. Use the following structures for advising and persuading in English:

Advising and Persuading:

Why don’t you ….
I think you should ….
My advice would be to ….
I’m sure you ought to ….
Don’t you think it would be better to ….
You ought to …
You should ….
If I were you, I’d ….
You’d better ….

To insert your note, just click twice on the digital board below where you will find the examples of two students in our class last year.

Internet resources: Here is a website with all the links to the most important NGs worldwide.

Oral presentation: Next Monday in class you will have to present the information about your NGO. You cannot read the information on the digital board. You can show the image, video or website you will include in your note.

Halloween is here!

Halloween is here! Let’s celebrate this day practising some scary activities.

Activity 1: Pay attention to the story of a little girl who falls asleep and never wakes up. Where is the girl? Listen carefully to the background sound.

Activity 2: Now some history about Halloween.

Activity 3: Finally, learn more about this celebration and practise the vocabulary.

Activity 4: Here is a video of the song “This is Halloween”, which appears in the film “Nightmare before Christmas”.

Activity 5: Finally, learn this wii choreography of the song “This is Halloween”. Enjoy it!

Send a comment! Give us some advice to celebrate Halloween night, as for example: Beware of strangers! Enjoy your night without disturbing others!

Short Stories

On this post we will learn about the main elements in a short story. We will also read three stories.

Activity 1: Pay attention to the explanation and read the stories.

Reported Speech

In this post you will learn how to use the reported speech of statements, questions, orders and suggestions.

Activity 1: First, take a look at this video about reported statements. Write the sentences that appear in reported speech.

Activity 2: Now, take a look at reported questions. Write down the questions in reported speech.

Activity 3: Finally, click on this video about the verbs used in reported speech. Write down the verbs mentioned and write an example with each of them.

Activity 4: Now in pairs play this game.

Activity 5: Finally, learn about the verbs used with reported speech.

Homework: At home click on this presentation, study the grammar and complete the activities in your notebook. Dont forget to check your answers.

To study: Here is a document with the main verbs used in reported speech.

Make a comment! Don’t forget to post a comment on this activity. Your opinion is important!

If you want to learn English grammar with more videos, visit the British Council website:

Passive voice

On this post you will practise the passive voice and phrasal verbs in English.

Activity 1: Revise the passive voice and complete the activities on-line.

Activity 2: Now learn the main phrasal verbs. Make a list with the different phrasal verbs and include an example.

Carpe Diem – Seize the day!

In this last unit we will learn about the them of carpe diem, which writers such as William Shakespeare shows in his sonnets.

Activity 1: Listen to this presentation about the life and times of William Shakespeare and answer the questions.

Answer this questions:

When was Shakespeare born and when did he died?
Who did he marry to?
What types of plays did he write?
What is a sonnet?
Can you write five of his best known plays?

Activity 3: Read this sonnet. Where can we see the carpe diem theme?

Activity 4: The theme of the carpe diem has been relevant in songs, advertisements, films and videos on the Internet. Watch this scene from the film Dead Poets’ Society:

Activity 5: Now pay attention to this other video on the Internet. What is the message that you can get?

Activity 6: The theme of the carpe diem is also present in cartoons such as Phineas And Ferb. Listen to this song!

Activity 7: Finally, listen to thesong “Life is Short” by Butterfly Boucher.

Project: Now write your own carpe diem poem or song and share it via a comment to this post. We will include the best ones in our Interesteen magazine this year. Take a look at our previous projects!

If …

In this post we will learn and review all types of conditional sentences.

Activity 1: First, study this interactive explanation about the first and the second conditional sentences.

Activity 2: Now complete this quiz on-line.

Activity 3: Now complete this activity on-line about the first conditionals.

Activity 4: It is time to complete this activity about the second conditionals.

Activity 5: Complete this activity about the third conditionals.

Activity 6: Finally, complete this activity with the three types of conditional sentences.

Activity 7: To end up with, read the poem “If” by Kipling.

You can also listen to this poem watching this video.

Click here for a Spanish translation of this poem.

Writing factual texts: articles, reports and reviews

With this post you will learn about different types of text.

Activity 1: Complete this activity on-line.

Activity 2: Now learn about these different types of texts with more details.

Answer these questions:

What is the difference between factual texts and and creative or literary texts?
What types of texts above are factual writings?
Which ones are creative texts?

Activity 3: Now learn how to write effective magazine articles. Copy and pasta all the phrases you can use to write a magazine article in a document.

Activity 4: Visit this website to learn how to write a good book or film reviews.

Here is a worksheet with vocabulary you can use to write a film review: Some vocabulary for talking about and reviewing movies

Writing film reviews

In this post you will learn how to write a good film review.

Activity 1: First read this review of the film Titanic and complete the blanks.

Titanic review

Activity 2: Now complete these activities on-line to learn some vocabulary, verbal tenses used in a film review and its structure.

Activity 3: Visit this website to learn how to write a book or film reviews.