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Where do you live? Is that your dream home? What´s your dream home like? Is it in a town or a small village? Is it big or small? Listen to these three people talking about their homes and lives. Eucharia´s new home in Japan Ruth´s life in a small village Mark´s dream home And now listen to these six people talking about their views and experiences: CITY LIFE VS. COUNTRY LIFE 

Where do you live? Is it a village or a city? Where would you like to live? Click on this link and check your answers.

A big home or a small home? what do you prefer? Experts and common people prefer buying a small home. Check your answers by clicking in the following LINK

Did you know  Leonardo Da Vinci  used mirror-glass writing for his works not to be copied. He did it because there was not copyright laws at that time whatsoever. Here you can practice it and write your name in this style by clicking here . Then copy your name in the space for PART IV on your activities and this is                       THE END OF    Leonardo Da Vinci´s  webqiest

Now you´ll discover the museums and places around the world where you can appreciate some of Leonardo Da Vinci´s artworks . Connect the different works with the different museums in the grid on your papers. 1 THE LAST SUPPER                                 A The Louvre, Paris        2 LADY WITH AN ERMINE                      B The Louve, Paris 3 THE MONALISA                                     C The National Gallery, London 4 LA BELLE FERRONIÈRRE            ...

Welcome to PART 2. Here you´re going to revisit some of the most interesting works by Leonardo Da Vinci. Connect the different works with the years they were produced in the grid on your papers. 1 THELAST SUPPER                                        A 1503-1519        2 LADYWITH AN ERMINE                            B 1483-1486 3 THEMONA LISA                                          C 1487 4 LABELLE FERRONIÈRRE    ...

Welcome to Leonardo Da Vinci´s wequest for the “Semana Cultural” 2020 This is PART I You have to REORDER and CONNECT different facts in Leonardo´s life in the grid on your papers. This timeline will help you do it. OFF YOU GO!!!!! 1   1472                      A Leonardo is hired in Milan by Ludovico il Moro .   He studies architecture,    engineering, drawing and painting. 2 1490                       B In Florence he begins as an apprentice in the painter Verocchio ´s workshop 3 1482                       C He dies in Cloux ,. Not even mentioning some of his paintings 4 1495-1498           D He starts as an independent artist 5   1452    ...

There are some traditions and legends connected to St. Valentine. Read the following text to know about some of them: Charles, Duke of Orleans, was one of the first people to send a ‘valentine’. In 1415 he sent  several rhyming love letters or ‘valentines’ to his wife in France from the Tower of London, where was in jail. White roses are for true love. Red roses are for passion. Yellow roses are for friendship. Black roses mean farewell. People used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire. Some say that birds choose their mate on February 14th. Doves and pigeons stay together for life and for this reason, they are symbols of fidelity.

Here you are some videos for you to know a bit more about Leonardo Da Vinci ART WITH MATI AND DADA LEONARDO´S MINI BIO WORLD AHOY 1X21 LEONARDO DA VINCI And the funniest of them all:     HORRIBLE HISTORIES: WHY IS MONA LISA MAD AT LEONARDO?

Who was St. George? Did you know St. George is the patron saint of England, Aragon and Catalonia? Whatch these videos for more information: St. George and the dragon The legend of St. George George and the dragon (online games)

Once we´ve worked the history of St. George in class you´re going to read the following letter. Hi, there. This is Tom. Next May 23rd will be Saint George. Do you know who he was?. St. George was the son of a poor family in the fourth century in the current Syria. Same as his father he was a soldier and fought for the Roman Emperor Augusto. This emperor executed Jews, George refused to do it so he was imprisoned and executed on March 23rd, 303 in Israel. Once George travelled to Egypt and found a poor knight. The knighttold him that there was a big wolf in the area and people had to take him sheep as a sacrifice. The only sheep alive was the king of Spain´s daughter. George went to rescue the emperor´s sheep. He attacked the wolf in his cave. The wolf broke George´s axe. George attacked again and hurt the wolf under his eye with his shield. The wolf bled out and died. From the wolf´s blood blossomed a white daisy. George gave it to the princess and asked h...

Read the text and enjoy it. St. George was born in Cappadocia – currently Turkey – and became a soldier after his father. He fought for the Roman Emperor Dioclecian. St. George is famous for killing a dragon. He travelled to Lybia where he found a poor hermit. The hermit told him that there was a dragon in that land and that villagers took him a young girl everyday as a sacrifice. The poor hermit also told himk that the only girl alive was the king of Egypt´s daughter. The king had promised that the knight who killed the dragon would marry the princess. St. George rested in the hermit´s hut that night. The following morning he set off towards the  dragon´s cave. Armoured with his spear, sword and shield St. George called for the dragon. When the dragon saw St. George he roared fiercely and swished his fifty-feet long tail. St. George was not scared at all so he struck the dragon with his spear. The dragon´s scales were extremely hard so the ...

Grammar is not so difficult as long as you use attractive materials and resources. Click on the different links according to your level to practise grammar on a different way. Invest a few minutes everyday and soon you´ll improve .... FOR SURE!!!   TRUE BEGINNER LEVEL 1       FALSE BEGINNER LEVEL 2            HIGH BEGINNER LEVEL 3                HIGH INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 4                       INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 5           

Do you like scary stories? Reading them is traditional for Halloween? Here you are some of the scariest you can find. Maybe some of them are .... TRUE!!! HAVE A SPOOKY HALLOWEEN

Read these texts on the origins of Halloween. You´ll answer to some questions about them in class. They´re not spooky really!!!  Aren´t they? THE ORIGINS OF THE NAME The festival of Hallowe'en has its roots in Celtic and Roman traditions. Over 2,000 years ago the Celts in Britain, Ireland and parts of France celebrated Samhain to mark the beginning of winter. When the Romans invaded, they merged this with Feralia, their celebration of the passing of the dead. As Christianity spread, the Church tried to replace these pagan feasts with official Church holy days. One of these was November 1. It was called All Saints Day, or "All Hallows", and October 31 was known as "All Hallows' Eve", and then Hallowe'en. The Celts believed that spirits walked the Earth that night every year so they disguised not to be recognised. TRADITIONS In the past there was a tradition called "souling". Poor people went around houses asking for food. In exch...

What do you know of Halloween? Read the following text:      In America and Britain, there are special celebrations on the night of the 31st October.       It´s the night  before All Saint´s Day and it is called Hallowe´en. The name comes from “All Hallows” (an old name for All Saint´s Day) and “evening”. It is traditionally a night of magic, when all the ghosts and witches and warlocks (male witches) come out, so now people dress up in scary costumes and have parties.   Hallowe´en is a big occasion in America. Kids play “Trick or Treat”. They dress up as ghosts and  witches and knock at people´s doors and say “Trick or Treat”. The people in the house must give  them a “treat” (a sweet or small present”. If they don´t, the kids play a trick on them! During Hallowe ´en people make lamps out of pumpkins

Watch these videos on Halloween. Learn and enjoy yourself. You´ll find these vocabulary games great fun too!!!! HALLOWEEN HISTORY THIS IS BRITAIN FIVE LITTLE PUMPKINS HALLOWEEN SONG (PETER WEATHERALL)  DR. BINOCS. THE ORIGIN OF HALLOWEEN  DR. BINOCS. THE STORY OF STINGY JACK THE KINGDOM OF WITCHES DANCING SKELETONS THE SKELETON DANCE THIS IS HALLOWEEN LITTLE EINSTEINS HALLOWEEN VOCABULARY GAMES

What do you do in your free time? Do you like sports?, or watching TV? Do you do something unusual? This is a simple script you can use to talk about what you do in your free time: What do I like doing in my free time? On weekdays I go to school so I don´t have much time. I like                          but I don´t like                           .     I love                            but I hate                                  because                         . With my friends I                    ...

What do you like doing in your free time?, why do you like doing it /these activities? Where do you do it?. who with? What things do you hate? Watch this video and practise.

What would you do if you had more free time? Would you travel?, relax?, meet new people?, practise sports? Listen to what these six people usually do in the evening Now listen to what these people would do if they had more free time

 What basic information can we ask for?  What words do we use to ask simple questions? These are some of the questions you made in class:    1. What´s your name?, how old are you?   2. Where are you from?, where do you live?   3. How long have you been living here / there?   4.  What do you do?, where do you work?   5. How long have you been working there?   6. Is that your dream job?, why?, why not? 7. what´s you dream job?, why? ((Answer question three with:  because I like  verb + -ing / I want to +verb))  8. What job would you never do?, why?  9. Do you have any hobbies?, how often do you practise / do it?  10 What would you do if you had more free time?, why?

What do you like doing in your free time? How often do you do it? Having free time is very important.  This is a survey to ask for and give information about free time and hobbies. Hello / Good morning Can I ask you some questions, please? How old are you? What do you love doing in your free time? , how often do you do it? What do you hate doing in your free time? , how often do you do it? Can you tell me two more things you don´t like? Now tell me two more things you like. Do you like _________? , how often do you ______? What would you like to do if you had more free time?      I´d like to .....

What do you do in your free time? Do you go to the cinema?, or practise some sports? These are some options. Enjoy them!!!! HOBBIES AND SPORTS FREE TIME ACTIVITIES  FREE TIME ACTIVITIES II HOBBIES (MEMORY GAME) OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES (MATCHING GAME) PLAY, GO OR DO? CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Read the following letter. Change the words and expressions in italics .  Hi, my name is Craig and I live in Oxford I´m going to tell you how do I spend my free time. I like practising sports . I love football so I practice it three times a week . I also like rugby but I don´t like swimming or basketball . I love reading and doing school projects but I hate studying or writing essays . My father loves taking photos but I hate it so I hardly ever do it. Mum likes going shopping a lot but I hate it. I also like travelling and going to the cinema. If I had more time I´d like to travel to different countries and meet people there. What do you do in your free time? Hope to hear from you soon. All the best.   Craig

What do you like doing in your free time? What do other people in different countries do? Watch this video and reorder these items. How do British people spend their free time? a. They go to the cinema b. They love going out for fast food, c. They enjoy themselves going to museums. d. They also like going to the pub to play quizzes and talk. e. They love visitting historic buildings. f. They go to discos and night clubs. g. They like eating out in restaurants. h. They love going to the library. i.  They have fun watching sports as football, horse racing, cricket and rugby. j. They go to amusement parks. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

What do you do every morning? Does your morning routine differ on weekends from weekdays? Listen to different people talking about their routines. First listen to GARETH Now listen to MIKE Now you´re going to listen to six different people talking about their MORNING ROUTINE

Do you listen to the radio? When you´re looking for a job it can give you ideas and pieces of info about where to do it. Did you know that thanks to ads we can listen to radio programmes? In this task you´re going to listen to different radio ads. You´ll have to write the number next to the different descriptions and the product or company advertised for. Don´t worry you can also watch the videos!!! Click on the following numbers to watch the respective video commercials.  1            2              3             4                  5       6              7               8                9  ...

Who was Valentine? Why is he considered the patron saint of lovers? How did he die? Watch this video for more info Now read the following text: During his life bishop Valentine was known as the protector of lovers. The Roman Emperor Claudius the Cruel banned marriage to recruit more men for his army. In secrecy Valentine married the men and women who came to him. As he was also known as a healer he was summoned to Rome to heal a child from the ruling class. His fame grew and led many to convert to Christianity. One night he was abducted and beheaded on the road from Terin to Rome – Via Flaminia – in 269 A.D. Before that, at the age of 80, he was imprisoned in Rome. From prison he sent a letter to his attorney signed “Your Valentine”. The letter was delivered by a dove. Pope Gelasius declares February 14th to be St. Valentine´s Day in 496 Charles, Duke of Orleans, was one of the first people to send a ‘valentine’. In 1415 he sent several rhyming love lett...

What´s your DREAM JOB? Will that job be needed in the future? Which jobs share the highest perspectives of employment? Match the following jobs with their descriptions. JOB DESCRIPTION 1, Solar Energy Technicians A. Together with solar energy the use of this renewable source of energy reduces the use of fossil fuel sources like oil, coal and natural gas. It regenerates on its own and its use is never-ending. 2. Wind Energy Technicians B. Technological and medical breakthroughs that enable the senior population to increase these people will continue to be in high demand. 3. Nurse Practitioner C. Not only helpful in postoperative but also in rehabilitational processes these profesionals are required for people to recover adequately. 4. Software Developer D. Tracking, selecting and measuring the amount of data will require highly-skilled professionals capable of using and developing sof...