Introduce yourself to the class

Full Name:______________________________________  Date: ____/____/__________

Reading:    Read the text above. Answer the questions below.   

1.    What is his name? ________________________________________________________

2.    Where is he from? ________________________________________________________

3.    How old is he? ___________________________________________________________

4.    What is his marital status? __________________________________________________

5.    When did he come to the UK? _______________________________________________

6.    Where does he live? _______________________________________________________

7.    What does he like doing in his free time? _______________________________________

8.    What things he doesn’t like doing? ____________________________________________

Writing: Complete this form with your personal details. Use BLOCK CAPITAL LETTERS

1.	Name
2.	Surname
3.	Age
4.	DOB
5.	Marital Status
6.	Address
7.	Post Code
8.	City
9.	County
10.	Country
11.	Telephone Nº

Vocabulary: Write the months of the year     

1.    J__ __ __ __ __ y

2.    F__ __ __ __ __ __y

3.    M __ __ __ __

4.    A__ __ __ __

5.    M__ y

6.    J__ __ __

7.    J__ __ y

8.    A__ __ __ __ __

9.    S__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

10.  O__ __ __ __ __ __

11.  N__ __ __ __ __ __ __

12. D__ __ __ __ __ __ __

HALLOWEEN

Halloween is a spooky holiday celebrated on October 31^st.  People in North America and some people in Europe celebrate Halloween.  There are even Halloween parties in Korea!  So, where did Halloween come from? 

It all started about 2,000 years ago in Britain.  First it was a Pagan harvest festival called Sowan.  They believed that ghosts and spirits came out this time of year.  They wanted to hide from the evil spirits so they dressed in costumes of dead people and ghosts. 

Later, this holiday mixed with the Christian holiday called All Saints Day.  People would go to houses and ask for a Soul Cake, a kind of bread.  Many years later Halloween was born.

Now people celebrate Halloween in many ways.  Children wear costumes and go to houses and ask for candy.  This is called Trick-or-treating.  Adults often go to costume parties.  Many people also decorate their houses.  A common decoration is a jack-o-lantern.  It is a carved pumpkin that looks like a scary face.  People also go to haunted houses with friends and family.  These haunted houses are like very scary theme parks.  Watching horror movies is another fun Halloween tradition. 

Common Halloween costumes are:  ghosts, vampires, zombies, scary masks, monsters, animals, witches, mummies, werewolves, and dead people.  What do you want to be for Halloween?

Halloween Quiz

1.  What day is Halloween?  

2.  Who celebrates Halloween?

3.  When did the Pagan’s start to celebrate Sowan? 

4.  What holiday mixed with Sowan?

5.  What is Soul Cake?

6.  What is trick-or-treating?

7.  What is a jack-o-lantern?

8.  What are three things people do on Halloween? 

9.  What are three common Halloween costumes?

present and past

Name:_________________________________

Fill in the blanks with   am, is, are , was or were

Today, I 1. ___________ at home. It 2. ___________Saturday morning and it  3. ____________ very cold.  Last month, my family and I 4. ______________on holiday in Canada. The weather 5. ____________ fantastic!  It 6. _____________ really hot and sunny. We 7. ____________ happy then.

The last vacation 8. _______________ great,  but now I 8. ___________  happy to be back.   It 9. ___________ nice to be  with all my friends. _

Twenty years ago, there 1. _____________ no cars on the street where I lived. There 2. _____________ only one bakery in the whole town. There 3.____________ no Internet at that time, so we sent letters to communicate with friends and family who lived far away.  I didn't like to go to school because, the bus stop 4._______________ far away from my house.

Now, the street in front of my house 5. ________________always very busy. There 6. ____________________ many cars and buses. There 7.___________________ also many shops and there  8.____________ big a department store right next to my house!

Yesterday , there 1.____________ a police blockade on the road because there 2.______________ a robbery. I 3.______________ very scared  and my parents 4._______________ worried because it happened in front of my house. This morning, I heard that the robber got caught and I 5.__________ glad that finally our place 6.___________ safe!

It 1. ____________ Monday today, and the weather  2.______________ sunny and warm. We 3.___________ in the garden chatting and eating ice cream.

The last few days it 4._____________ cold and rainy. We 5.__________ inside watching TV.  

On Christmas last year, my family and I 1._______________ in the mountains. There 2.___________ not many people because the weather 3.____________ bad. However, it 4.____________ still a lot of fun because there 5._______________ a lot of interesting things to do.

This year, we 6.________________ at home. It 7.______________ cold outside but warm inside. We, children 8.___________ in the bedroom playing board games. Mother  9.___________ in the kitchen preparing dinner.

She 10._______________ in the supermarket this morning. She spent a lot of time shopping because there 11._____________ so many things on sale.  It 12.___________ really hard to decide what to buy and what not.

At the moment, Father 13.______________ in the living room. He 14._______ busy decorating the Christmas tree. He 15.____________ at the market this morning buying Christmas tree decorations. The whole town 16._____________ very busy this morning, but now it 17.__________ empty.  Everybody 18. _______________ at home celebrating Christmas.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE!

singular

I am

you are

he, she, it is

plural

we are

you are

they are

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb TO BE

1. My parents-----------very nice.                      

  2. The students ----------at school.        

3. It---------------very hot today.         

4. My father --------------a spy !!!       

  5. --------------you all right ?                  

      6. What time --------------------it ?           

  7. This exercise -----------very hard.     

8. My friends--------------so stupid !        

9. The sky-------------full of clouds.               

           10. It --------------often rainy in England !                                     

     11. Dave-----------------short and fat.             

  12. Shrek------------------green.                    

13. Paris -------------the capital of France.                                       

        14. They -------------from Turkey.      

   15. My brother----------11 years old.          

  16. Belgium -------------a small country. 

17. This house---------------very big !    

  18. --------------they American ?               

      19. My cats -------------really funny.        

      20. New York ----------also known as the Big Apple.                                       21. Your house ------------very nice.        

22. Hollywood ------------a part of Los Angeles.                                  

       23. My car ------------n’t really fast.    

    24. It ------------important to work.        

  25. Some pupils -------------very noisy.    

26. Mexico-----------in the south of the Usa.                                                          

  27. Our planet -----------called Earth.

 28.There----------cars in the street.

29. It -------------so important to work !                    

       30. Playing video games -----------many boys ‘ passion.                                               

    31. Your dress ------------so nice !         

    32. Sam -----------quite grumpy today.     

          33. They ------------Irish, from Dublin. 

 34. All my copybooks ------------in my brand new schoolbag.                                        35. What-------------the date today !        

    36. My Dad -----------an engineer and my Mum ------------a  chef in a restaurant.                       

   37. Running ------------very good for health , but it --------------tiring !          

     38. London ------------n’t in France but it --------------in England.                                39. Sydney --------not the capital of Australia, it ----------------Canberra.       

  40. These flowers -----------beautiful.    

  41. -------------she from Sweden ?             

     42. Rex and  Star ----------------my dogs.              

        43. They-------------my clever dogs.                    

      44. ----------there a bank near here ?   

  45. ---------that your hoverboard?                       

     46. Where --------------my keys ?                   

   47. We-------------very busy these days.     

48. Australia -------------the smallest continent on Earth.                                        49. My laptop --------on my desk.           

     50. Days ---------------getting longer in Spring.                                              

    51. Where---------------your homework ?             

   52. Many people ----------- homeless after the last hurricanes in the islands.

AT HOME

BATHROOM               OVEN                        COUCH                  REFRIGERATOR  

BED                              STOVE                       TABLE                  WASHING MACHINE

DOOR                                       SHOWER                   BATHTUB            LIVINGROOM

WINDOW                     HOUSE                       SINK                     BEDROOM                 

KITCHEN                   CABINET                   TOILET                 CHAIR           

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

She's got a (1)  ……………that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her (2)…………………..
She takes me away to that special place
And if I stare too long
I'd probably break down and (3)…………………..

Whoa, oh, oh, sweet child o' mine
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, sweet love of mine


She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of (4)………………………
I hate to look into those (5)………………………
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
When as a (6)…………………….. I'd hide
And pray for the thunder and the rain
To quietly pass me by


Whoa, oh, oh, sweet child o' mine
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, sweet love of mine


Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o' mine

Activities:

1-      Listen and complete.

2-      Write 5 words or ideas related to your childhood.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Spring is coming

1. Read the text and choose True (T) or False (F) statements:

   Hi! My name is Helen and I’d like to tell you about my favourite season. It is spring, of course. Three spring months are very different. March is often cool and windy. April is the shortest of the three months and it is rainy sometimes. May is the warmest of all the three months and the most beautiful. The days are longer now and the nights are shorter.

   Look through the window. What do you see? The sky is blue. The sun shines brightly and everything is bright and colourful. Snow melts and the birds return from the south countries. The first grass appears. We can see the spring flowers everywhere: tender snowdrops, yellow daffodils, tulips of different colours. The first green leaves appear from the buds. They are tiny at first and they glitter in the sun.  All the spring colours are very bright.

  Spring is also the favourite season for gardeners. They prepare the land for planting the seeds of vegetables and flowers. They water the trees, the bushes and the plants.

  Spring is also the season when we all celebrate the

greatest holiday – Easter. 

True or False: 1. Spring is Helen’s favourite season.

2. Spring months are February, March and April.

3. It is usually cold in spring.

4. There are no flowers in spring.

5. The gardeners have a lot of work to do in spring.

3. Quiz:

1. What spring months have thirty – one days?

2. What is the shortest spring month?

3. What is the third spring month?

4. What spring month is the warmest?

5. What spring month is the coldest?

6. Can you name spring flowers?

7. What is the first spring flower?

8. What do children build for birds?

Chilean Independence Day

On September 18, the entire country pretty much shuts down for a week or so come mid-September. Independence Day is on the 18^th and the 19^th is also a legal holiday in honor of the military.

The first signs of National Pride Frenzy begin to appear in early September when all the flag-colored red-white-and-blue decorations go up. Store workers begin to wear their September uniforms and dress up as huasos and huasas. School children practice their traditional dances and shop windows fill up with traditional little flowered huasita dresses for the girls and little black suits and chupaya hats for the boys. Most people hang the flag from their home. Flag display was mandatory during the military years and therefore fell out of favor for many years.

The weekend before the 18^th kicks off the fonda season, during which the parks fill up with stands offering games, pony rides, music, dance, and plenty of traditional foods: empanadas, skewered meats (anticuchos), and choripanes (chorizo sausage sandwiches) and drinks, particularly chicha (a very sweet partially fermented grape juice which is almost-wine).

Overall production slows visibly the following Monday and declines steadily as the week wears on and the anticipation of the festivities gear up.

Fiestas Patrias is a celebration of family, friends, food, and tradition as much as it is about national pride. It is also a celebration of spring, and the newly blue skies fill with kites, the backyard grills fire up, and the patio furniture gets dusted off.

          Reading activities

           Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What was the text about?

______________________________________________________________________

2. Which was the main idea of the author?

_______________________________________________

      Write true or false (T/F)

_____ Fiestas Patrias is a celebration that takes place in autumn

_____ Chicha is a very sweet drink

_____ The first signs of National Pride Frenzy begin to appear in later September

_____ Just a few people hang the flag from their home.

_____ 19^th is a legal holiday in honor of the military.

    Choose the correct answer

1. What kind of text is it?

a)      An article                               b) a biography                        c) a short story

2. The text tells us about…

a)      Chilean national dance           b) Chilean history       c) Chilean independence day.

3. When does this celebration happen?

a)       October                                 b)  September                         c) July

4. Where do people go the weekend before the 18^th?

a)       A Fonda                                b) A friend`s house                c) A  Park

5. Which kind of food do people eat?

      a)   Barbecue                               b) Pizza                                  c) Fish.