Vocabulary for 6th: School subjects and timetables

• http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/centros-tic/41009470/helvia/aula/archivos/repositorio/0/73/html/files/findout.swf

Vocabulary for 6th: The time + expressions of time

• http://www.angles365.com/classroom/fitxers/3r/numbers/time.swf
• http://www.angles365.com/classroom/c4daysweek.htm

Reading skills for 6th

• http://www.angles365.com/classroom/c5descriptions.htm

Grammar for 6th

• http://www.angles365.com/classroom/c6grammar.htm
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/verbtobe.html
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/verbtobenegative.html
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/verbquestion.html
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/pasttobe.html
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/GrammarCentral/pastnegative.html
• http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/FlashedESL/fe-negativetobe.html

 

 

♥♥♥ Happy V-Day! ♥♥♥

A lovely present from a cutiepie little kid, Alex !

Featured this week: How old are you?

How old are you? means “¿Cuántos años tienes?”,  ”Quants anys tens?”. For example:

JOHN: How old are you, Phil??

PHIL: I’m ten, but next month I’ll be eleven!

Featured this week: When’s your birthday?

When’s your birthday? means “¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?”,  ”Quan és el teu aniversari?”. For instance:

JOHN: When’s your birthday, Phil?

PHIL: November 27th.
 
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Header revamp and an artsy Sunday afternoon

I’ve been doing a bit of blog clean up this weekend. The sidebar widgets were sort of cluttering the right column and it wasn’t clear what the links were meant for. I’ve added a couple more places where you can find me or get to know me (i.e. Pinterest and Tumblr) and I’ve absolutely twitched the header (used Photoshop and Penultimate for iPad). I wanted a lighter, airier design and once the idea was clear I only needed 10 minutes to call it a day. I’m just loving it!

PS: Take time to visit the pebble drawing artwork by MagaMerlina to get inspired for a Sunday crafternoon or a pals’ gathering. I surely did!

Kimani Maruge + pupil = Becky Sharpe + Vanity Fair and The First Grader trailers + free ebook!

An odd title for a quick thought association.

Today I happen to mention William M. Thackeray to my 6th graders. We were correcting some comprehension  activities about the inspirational life story of Kimani Maruge when the meaning and usage of the noun ‘pupil’ somehow ended up in boarding schools, past centuries and social classes, rich and poor people and something too dangerously related to Manichaeism. All of a sudden I envisioned Becky Sharpe and her abrupt leaving Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Young Ladies, so I couldn’t resist mentioning one of my all-time favourite novels, Vanity Fair, to my students*.

I know a few of them might be interested (I saw how eagerly Martin wrote down everything I said, sorry about the S. instead of M. for ‘Makepeace’!), so I’m bringing here the official trailer of 2004 Vanity Fair as well as the Gutenberg Project free Vanity Fair ebook** and a trailer of The First Grader movie too. Enjoy!

*I didn’t mention Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen or Benito Pérez Galdós to them, (my other passions); enough is enough!

**In English, this book is not suitable for a 6th grade EFL student, but I just haven’t found a free Spanish version, sorry.

Learning English with Peppa Pig

This is one of the most celebrated episodes we’ve been watching in class

You can find more Peppa Pig videos here.