Halloween 2014

HALLOWEEN PROJECT

3rd ESO

We have updated the Halloween Project for 3rd ESO. 
You can find all the Planning and Instructions in this link

Halloween project 3rd ESO 

Happy Halloween!!

Useful links 

http://www.halloween-website.com/history.htm

http://www.jackolanterns.net/historyofhalloween.htm

http://www.kico4u.de/english/topicotw/halloween.htm

http://www.isabelperez.com/pdf/HalloweenVocab.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

(en castellano)

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween#Truco_o_trato

Clip art (dibuixos)

 http://classroomclipart.com/clipart/Clipart/Halloween.htm

http://www.wpclipart.com/holiday/halloween/index.html

Romeo & Juliet: Analyzing Staging in Act 2 - Beginning of Balcony Scene

St Valentine 2014 (4 ESO)
One of the most famous lovers of all time are Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare wrote about them centuries ago, but their love story is eternal.
The many different adaptations that has been made of this play prove it.
In the video below, you can watch some of them. All of them show the beginning of the Balcony Scene (Act 2 Scene 2), also perhaps the most famous one from the play.

I hope you LOVE it!

Can you do these activities?

Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2 Balcony Scene )

Juliet.

O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore (a) art thou Romeo?

Deny thy ________¹ and refuse thy name;

Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,

And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

Romeo.

[Aside.] Shall I _______² more, or shall I speak

at this?

Juliet.

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy

Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. (b)

What's Montague? It is nor _______³, nor _______⁴,

Nor _______⁵, nor _______⁶, nor any other part

Belonging to a man. O, be some other name.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose

By any other name would smell as sweet;

So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,

Retain that dear perfection which he owes (c)

Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, (d)

And for that name, which is no part of thee,

Take all myself.

Romeo.

I take thee at thy word.

Call me but love, and I'll be new baptis'd;

Henceforth I never will be Romeo.

Juliet.

What man art thou that, thus bescreened in night,

So stumblest on my councel? (e)

Romeo.

By a name

I know not how to tell thee who I am:

My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself,

Because it is an enemy to thee.

Had I it _______⁷, I would tear the _______⁸.

why (a)

But only your name is my enemy; you would be yourself even if you had some other name. (b)

owns (c)

discard your name (of Montague). (d)

Discover my secret. (e)

A.- Complete the text with these cues.

1. a member of the family. 7. read and …

2. See, smell, taste, feel and …. 8. Sentences are a group of … (sing.)

3-6 Parts of the body

B.- The words in bold were used in Shakespeare time, but not today. Can you translate them to modern English?

C.- This is one of the most famous lines of all times. Change the underline words to make other meaningful lines.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose

By any other name would smell as sweet;

D.- Write 5 sentences comparing the 5 scenes you have seen. You can use some of these adjectives:

modern / old-fashioned // beautiful / handsome / ugly // young / old // static / dynamic // believable / unbelievable / good / bad // natural / artificial...

Examples: Scene 1 is more old-fashioned than the rest.

The best actor is Romeo in Scene 1.

E.- Write 4 sentences with the Connectors of Contrast that we have studied (but / although / however / on the one hand / on the other hand) to give your opinion.

Examples: I liked scene 1 although it is very old-fashioned.

I don't like Juliet in scene 2, however she is beautiful.

You can watch the video again in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py5YPJGCtpg

You can read the text from the whole scene here http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/balconyscene/romeoandjulietbalconyscene.html

It's HALLOWEEN AGAIN!!! (2013-14)

In this link you can find some activities to revise Halloween vocabulary, prepositions an have some fun!

The activities are for 1st and 2nd ESO, but everybody can learn something.


A book for Halloween


Spooky night!

Happy Easter Holidays!

St Valentine's Day 2013

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Famous Couples Project 2^nd ESO

http://www.wpclipart.com/holiday/valentines/cupid/cupid.jpg

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St Valentine's Day is coming! Love is in the air!

Let's learn a little bit more about love and lovers! And then let everyone know about them.

We will look for information about famous couples and then we'll write short biographies of them.

TASK

You have to create a poster with short biographies of the love couples that you choose.

The biographies must be illustrated with photographs or pictures related to the couples.

• The teacher will form couples among the students in the class.
• Do the activities the teacher will give you to learn how to write a short love biographies.
• Choose the couple you're going to work with.
• Write a short biography about the couple you have chosen.
• Edit the poster together with the class.

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PROCESS

1.- Get together with your partner.

2.- Do the activities the teacher will give you to write a short love biography.

3.- Choose the couple. You have some useful links at the bottom of the page.

4.- Look for information and images about your chosen couple.

5.- Write their short biography. It should include at least the following informacion

• 1st Paragraph: Personal information:
  • Who were they?
  • Where were they from?
  • When did they live?
• 2nd Paragraph: Love biography:
  • How did they meet?
  • Why is their love famous?
  • Did they marry?
  • Did they have children?...
  • Did they die? When? Where?....

• Edit the poster together with your class.

Famous couples

http://www.geni.com/projects/Famous-Couples-in-History/2785

http://amolife.com/reviews/top-20-most-famous-love-stories-in-history-and-literature.html

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-couples-in-history.html

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-couples-list.html

Pictures: http://www.biography.com/people/groups/celebrity-couples/photos

ASSESSMENT

The teacher will asses:

• Class work (20%)
• Punctuality in doing the activities and handing out the texts. (10%)
• The text
  • Content: Written strategies, grammar and vocabulary. 20%
  • Presentation 10%

• You edition of biographies (text and images) (20%)
• Class mark on the poster (20%)

This is the text that you can use as a model and the activity that will help you do your own.
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Shat Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal

Shat Jahan was born in 1592 in Pakistan. He was the emperor of Persia. Mumtaz Mahal was born in1593 in Agra, India, and she was the emperor's third wife and his favourite.

They married in 1612 and had a very loving and happy marriage. They travel together all over the Empire. She had fourteen children. She died in 1631 in Agra. The Emperor was very sad. He built a beautiful mausoleum and garden to bury her, the Taj Mahal. Shat Jahan died in 1666 in Agra, India

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Fill in the chart with the information from the text

Name	Name
When and where was he born?	When and where was she born?
Who was he?	Who was she?

Did they marry?
Did they have children?
Why is their love famous?
When and where did he die?	When and where did she die?

Christmas Treasure Hunt

 Click on the picture and start your Christmas  Adventure!