HEAD OVER HEELS

Have you ever heard about the expression HEAD OVER HEELS?

 

St Valentine´s Day is getting nearer

Let´s celebrate this date doing different activities

 

The students look for the meaning of Head Over Heels in the following webpages:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/head-over-heels.html

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=head%20over%heels

 

AREN´T YOU HEAD OVER HEELS EVERYDAY?

 

Let´s watch the short film "Head Over Heels"

but before watching it, we must tell the students to focus their attention on the following:

 

-the relationship between the two characters

-feelings shown in the film

-the moral of the film

-the different objects which appear in the house

 

 

(This short film has been nominated for the 2013 Oscar Awards)

 

After watching the film: - we can make students speak about it

                 -they can write about it

(based on the points above)

 

Listen to the song Head Over Heels by Abba

(students can be handed the lyrics of the song with some missing words to practice listening)

 

 

Let´s check

 

another song:

Head Over Heels by Jon Bon Jovi

"HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE"

 

 

ENJOY LIFE

We shouldn´t forget that we only live once, we must enjoy life.....
What should we do to enjoy our life?

Watch the following video

 

 

 

HAPPY WEEK.....AND ENJOY YOURSELVES!!!!

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!!!