<3 So long, Robin Gibb <3

My personal tribute to The Bee Gees, biggest among peers: rest in peace, Robin, and thank you for so many wonderful songs. Your music remains an unforgettable part of my youth and will be in my heart forever.

Love,

M.

Listening comprehension – Pink from Head to Toes

Think of all the __________ you’ve ever heard about,

like rhinoceroses, __________, __________  and minks.

There are lots of __________ animals in all this __________,

but have you ever seen a __________ that is __________? Think!

A panther that is __________ pink!?

Well, here he is: the Pink Panther. The Pink Panther.

__________ loves a panther that’s pink.

He __________ is a groovy __________.

And he’s a __________, a scholar, he’s an __________.

He’s in the __________, the Pink __________, a rinky-dink panther. And he’s as plain as your __________.

That he’s the __________ and __________ truly original

panther pink from __________ to __________!

Yeah, he’s the one and only __________ original panther Pink Panther from head to toes!

Well now you’ve met the Pink Panther, the rinky-dink panther.

__________  he a panther __________ so pink?

You’ve seen that he’s a __________ cat,

And what a gentleman, a scholar, what an acrobat!

He’s in the pink, the Pink Panther, a __________  panther. And he’s as __________ as your nose.

That he’s the one and only truly __________

panther pink from head to toes!

Yeah, he’s the one and only truly original __________ Pink Panther from head to toes!

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Listening comprehension – Pearls, by Sade

There is a ______________ in Somalia
Scraping for ______________ on the roadside
There’s a force ______________ than ______________
Keeps her ______________ alive

This is how she’s ______________
She’s dying to ______________
Don’t know what she’s made of
I would like to be that ______________

She cries to the ______________  above
There is a ______________  in my ______________

She ______________ a ______________ she didn’t choose
And it ______________ like brand-new ______________

Hurts like ______________  shoes

There is a ______________ in ______________
The ______________ gives her no ______________
The same ______________ we lay ______________
Burns her to the ______________

Long as ______________ shadows
It’s gonna take her to get home
Each ______________ carefully wrapped up
______________ for her ______________  girl

Hallelujah. Hallelujah

She cries to the heaven above
There is a stone in my heart
She lives in a world she didn’t choose
And it hurts like brand-new shoes
Hurts like brand-new shoes

 

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I guess I’ll have ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ ;-)

Another of my students favs: the deliciously stubborn Sam-I-Am and his odd but yummy menu suggestions

Dr. Seuss rules!

♥ A tribute to the old Lorax ♥

The new The Lorax movie has just brought to my memory the old Lorax cartoon movie.

Here it is for your watching pleasure

Happy weekend!

Part 1

 
Part 2

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.