Christmas tree all decorated with colored buttons, 
by Javier Tapia, 3º ESO B

Good bye to Nelson Mandela

He spent in jail 27 years trying to defend the black people rightsFor all these years, he had and read the following poem, Invictus by the English poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). You can read here the translation into Spanish

1st & 2nd ESO: CHRISTMAS WITH ELVIS PRESLEY

Elvis Presley is one of the most important singers in History. 

He died young. He was 42 years old. Elvis sold a lot of records and made many films. He had a lot of fans.

One Christmas he decided to do this song for his fans.
Listen to the song and complete the lyrics.
Send your score to your teacher with the Teacher Code: English for fun

3rd & 4th ESO: NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS... AGAIN!!!

THE NEW YEAR HAS COME AND PEOPLE USUALLY PROMISE TO DO NEW DIFFERENT THINGS IN 2014. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL IN ENGLISH "NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS".

Have a look at this funny video. 

Here 8 different people have made their New Year's resolutions. But...

ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS (clicking HERE):

1) Tell us AT LEAST 3 New Year's resolutions.

2) What happens to all of them? Do they get their goals?

3) For example, what happens to the boy who tries to learn Chinese?

4) Tell us AT LEAST 2 of your New Years Resolutions. What would you like to do or to change in 2014?

3rd & 4th ESO: HAVE YOU GOT USELESS STUFF?

Have a look around you. How many useless things can you find at home? 

Television is usually boring us with adverts about things which seem to be fantastic, but they are really useless. 

When we recycle, we hope our litter goes to turn into useful objects, but as you can see in the following video it doesn't always happen. 

Have a watch at the following video and do the quiz. Send your results to your teacher with the TEACHER CODE: English for fun

1st & 2nd ESO: LET'S GET COOKING!!!

Do you usually enter the kitchen? Do you like cooking? Do you help your parents? Do you think cooking is difficult? 

Please ANSWER here these three questions and ENTER this website
- Look for your favorite receipe and tell us.
- Tell us your favorite family receipe.

3rd & 4th ESO: CBBC NEWSROUND, News for teens

In our time, it is very important to be informed.

Young people don't usually like news, they prefer tv series and films,  but there's a website from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) called CBBC NEWSROUND. There you can find news in the way you like, and the news you are interested in. News maybe international news or about sports, entertainment and the natural world.

Activities: Answer these two questions CLICKING HERE 
(don't forget to write your name or names and your class)

1st & 2nd ESO: WHAT TIME DO YOU...?

In october, everything changes:
In the summer you got up very late, ...now you get up at 7'00 in the morning. 

In the summer you went to bed very late at night, ...now you go to bed before 10'00.

Sleeping well is good to get good results at school. Students who sleep 8 hours a day have better results.

Is your daily routine similar to the boy in the video? 
Watch this video and do the comprehension exercise. 

3rd & 4th ESO: OOPS, HOLIDAYS ARE OVER!!!

Yes, holidays are over and it's time to work again. But before forgetting holidays we recommend you  a destiny for your next holidays. What about New York City?

Have a watch to this short report about the Top Ten Attractions in "The Big Apple", the nickname for NYC, and answer to the questions. 

Don't forget to send your answers to your teacher with the Teacher Code: English for fun

1st & 2nd ESO: ALL TOGETHER NOW!!! - The Beatles

In 1968, The Beatles published an album and film titled The Yellow Submarine. It's a very funny album and the film is made with cartoons of the four musicians. 

This song, "All together now" will help us to remember some vocabulary and practise pronunciation. SO TRY AND SING IT!!!

But also, we'd like you to surf the web and find  the answers these questions. To send your answers to your teacher  CLICK HERE. Don't forget to write your name or names and your classroom.

1) Find... the title of two more songs from this album Yellow Submarine

2) Find... the title of two more albums by The Beatles.

Oh, by the way, have fun with this other video where you can see the "fab four". 

3) Oh, do you know who were "The Fab Four"?

RECITING SHAKESPEARE (SONNET 18). POETRY RECITING FESTIVAL

On may 31st, Our school celebrated the II Poetry Reciting Festival. Last year we dared to read aloud Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe. This year we did it more difficult with William Shakespear. First, Mª José, Carmen and Sharon recited his teacher's translation into Spanish and finally Celia, Naiara and Micaela recited the poem in real Shakespearean English from the 17th century.

Here you are, Sonnet 18 (Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day) by William Shakespeare.

4th ESO: The Best ONE DIRECTION interview ever!!!

The last activity of this school year is a present for those who like the musical sensation of this year in 3rd and 4th  years of ESO. As we know that ONE DIRECTION has helped us to teach you English, here you are a funny interview with Zayn, Harry, Niall, Liam and Louie.

Don't forget to send your results to your teacher with the teacher code: ENGLISH FOR FUN .

We'd also like you to WRITE A brief COMMENT, saying goodbye to us, especially if you are a 4th ESO student, and giving some ideas for the next year if you are a student of 2nd and 3rd year of ESO. Did you find interesting this blog? Why?

Here you are ONE DIRECTION!!!

2nd ESO: FINAL EXAMS AND BYE, BYE.

It's June at last! The last month of the school year, but this is also our last opportunity to get good results. Have you got many exams these days? Summer is very near and doing our best is worthwhile to enjoy holidays. This summer, we can enjoy with the Eurobasket 2013 in Slovenia.

PLEASE, TELL US...

2nd ESO: A PROBLEM WITH A SOUP

BEWARE WITH THIS WAITER IN A RESTAURANT

4th ESO: QUEEN: "FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS"

A ROCK CLASSICAL FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS

APRIL 23rd: WORLD BOOK DAY

ANSWERS AND SCORES

MARCH: ST. PATRICK'S MONTH - 6 VIDEOS OF IRISH MUSIC

TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCE FROM THE MUSICAL "RIVERDANCE"

THE SONG "THE IRISH ROVER" BY TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR IRISH BANDS - THE POGUES AND THE DUBLINERS


DOLORES KEAN AND HER BROTHER DOLORES KEANE SING HERE ABOUT THE IRISH PEOPLE WHO HAD TO EMIGRATE TO THE USA. THE SONG IS CALLED "ISLE HOPE, ISLE OF TEARS". 
FINALLY, THE MOST POPULAR IRISH BAND OF THE HISTORY U2 AND THEIR SONG "A BEAUTIFUL DAY"


THE WATERBOYS IN CONCERT IN 1985 WITH THEIR HIT "THE WHOLE OF THE MOON"


THE CRANBERRIES AND THEIR FAMOUS HIT "ZOMBIES"

2º ESO: SPANISH TELEVISION

Do you like the Spanish television?
These are the opinions of your schoolmates from 4th year of ESO about some television programmes. Guess the titles of these programmes.

4th ESO: THE BIG BANG THEORY AND THE 2nd CONDITIONAL

See how the characters of The Big Bang Theory do their own conditionals.

After doing the test don't forget to send it to your teacher. (Rememer, your teacher code is English for fun)

If you want more information about this tv sitcom browse in its website

2nd ESO: WE ARE FAMILY!!!

Describing your family is usually easy. But, what happens when you have to describe other people's family? Watch this video and answer the test. Probably you will need to draw a family tree. Don't forget to send the results to your teacher with the TEACHER CODE: English for Fun

4th ESO: NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

THE NEW YEAR HAS COME AND PEOPLE USUALLY PROMISE TO DO NEW DIFFERENT THINGS IN 2013. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL IN ENGLISH "NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS". 

Here's a list of the most common New Year's resolutions - and, more importantly, some ideas for getting started on them (and actually keeping them past January 1st).

1. GET HEALTHY. Getting healthy doesn't just mean losing weight. It can also mean playing more sports, eat healthy food, or just resolving to stand up and walk a little more often. Make one small change at a time - like riding your bike to school instead of taking the bus, or ordering a salad instead of a burger - and you'll have an easier time keeping this resolution.

2. GET HAPPIER. This is a little more of an abstract resolution that can mean different things to different people. See if you can find ways to boost your self-esteem, or just spend more time doing things that you love instead of things that make you feel bad about yourself.

3. BE A BETTER PERSON. Being a good person is so good that it can be addictive. Dedicate your time or money to those people  in need, or just by doing acts of kindness into your daily routine. 

4. FIND LOVE. You can be perfectly happy by being single, but be honest: wouldn't it feel great to find a great boyfriend or girlfriend? There's no magic potion that'll bring love into your life.

5. SHOW MORE LOVE TO YOUR FAMILY. Like it or not, your family is made up of the most important people in your life. This year, take a couple of deep breaths and resolve to be a little nicer to them.

6. BE A BETTER FRIEND. The more love you give to your friends, the more love they'll give back to you. So, basically, if you do this New Year's resolution you've got nothing to lose. Find a couple of ways to help a friend out this month. Not only will you be making someone feel good, you'll also feel good yourself.

7. GET BETTER IN SCHOOL. You don't need to suddenly turn yourself into a 10 points student - but if you increase your school marks by just a little bit this year, you'll feel better about yourself, you'll make your parents proud, and you'll have a bright future. So it's a good idea all around.

8. LEARN SOMETHING NEW. There's nothing more exciting than learning new things. How about putting some of that holiday money towards learning a new hobby? It'll be way more fun than maths, and you might just learn a skill that you'll love for the rest of your life.

9. BE A ROLE MODEL. Being a good role model is easier than it sounds. All you have to do is make smart decisions - and then make sure that other people are listening in on it. You can do it, right?

   10. MAKE SOME MONEY. Hey!, you can always find time to work on your spirit, but in the meantime, there's nothing wrong with wanting to fill your wallet a little bit. Step one is getting a job, or just finding a better one.

You can find some more ideas in the original article website: http://teenadvice.about.com/od/stayinghappy/tp/top_new_year_resolutions.htm

NOW, WRITE A  COMMENT IN ENGLISH, PLEASE:

1.-  Think about the following words and answer these questions in English

a) boost - What can you boost? For example, ...

b) single - Are you single?

c) proud - I'm proud of ...

d) smart - Is a donkey smart? 

e) meantime - How do you translate "meantime" into Spanish?

2.- Which of these 10 New Year's Resolutions do you need for 2013?

3.- Have you got any specific New Year Resolution which is not listed here?

4.- According to the article, can you do anything to find your love?

5.- According to the article, who's the most important people in your life?