NON-VIOLENCE DAY 30TH JANUARY 2013

PEACE DAY
 30th January 2013

Let´s remember two men who fought for PEACE in the world:

                      GANDHI          

Gandhi died on 30th January 1948.......65 years ago

What do you know about Mahatma Gandhi?

Look for information on the following web pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi

http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/gandhi.htm


Watch the following video and take notes about the most important facts

                                                              

 

What do you know about Martin Luther King?

 

Look for information on the following web pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_king_Jr.

 

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

 

Listen to the most important speech by Martin Luther King

 

 

 

What did he say?........

 

 

LET´S FIGHT FOR PEACE

 

 

Listen to the song IMAGINE by John Lennon

(we can hand the students the lyrics of the song with some missing words to practice listening)

 

 

Check...............

 

 

 

 

RECYCLING & MUSIC

CAN YOU FIND ANY RELATION BETWEEN RECYCLING AND MUSIC?

Let´s watch the following video and comment

Answer the following questions:
- What are the instruments made of?
- What do these kids feel when they play music with these instruments?
- Where do the boys and girls live?
- What do they usually do?
- What´s your opinion?

THE PRESENT PERFECT & THE PAST SIMPLE

HAVE YOU EVER.......?

DID YOU.......?

Let´s make students analyse the form of the present perfect by watching these videos and listening to some songs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students practice the present perfect through some games and exercises

 

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple

 

 

http://edition.tefl.net/ideas/grammar/fun-present-perfect-activities/

 

 

http://simpleesl.com/english-worksheets-activities-and-games-present-perfect/

 

 

Present perfect versus Past simple

 

 

 

 

 

SOME SONGS FOR XMAS

SOME SONGS TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS

When Christmas is getting nearer, we always think about some songs to be played in the classroom to celebrate this time of the year.

The students can be given the lyrics of the songs with some gaps to be filled in, and do practice of Listening

 

students will listen to the song twice to try to complete it

 

Then, they´ll listen to the song again with the lyrics to check

 

Another song:

 

 

with the lyrics to check:

 

 

Another song:

 

 

 

                                                            students check the lyrics

CHRISTMAS... NEARER AND NEARER!!!

CHRISTMAS IS COMING SOON!

 

 

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A PANTOMIME IS?

 

Panto 1

Panto 2

Panto 3

Panto 4

 

(students look for information on these webpages)

 

(students can watch these videos as an example of pantos)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

students can think and make up their own pantomimes.

Let´s encourage them to do them!!!

 

AN IMPORTANT DAY

11TH NOVEMBER
 
THE REMEMBRANCE DAY OR POPPY DAY

-Why is 11th November a date to remember?
-Why is the poppy a symbol on this date?
-Which countries conmemorate this date? - Why?
-What do people do to conmemorate this day?

Look for information on the following  webpages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/remembrance.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/events/remembranceday


Watch the following videos:

 

 

 

Listen to the following song and write down as many words you understand as possible

 

 

 

 

Check listening to the song again:

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS

   HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON YOUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY

 

Look for information about THE BEATLES, one of the most well-known English bands over the times

 

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

 

http://www.geocities.co.jp/broadway/2373/beatles_e.htm

 

 

Did you know that the first song by THE BEATLES was "LOVE ME DO"?

 

Listen to this song and write down on a sheet of paper as many words as you understand from it

 

 

 

 

Now listen to the song again with the lyrics to check:

 

 

 

 

Would you like to do some games or activities based on THE BEATLES?

 

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/reading/beatles.html

 

http://beatleslyrics.webs.com/

 

http://www.americanenglishbeatles.com/mainpage_scroll.

 

http://beatles.esllisteninghtml.org/

 

 

HAVE FUN!