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  Welcome to TASK 3!    Now that you know the basic info related to each boardgame it´s  high time you proved you can play them:    Read with insight and watch out for KEY WORDS. 1.CHESS A. You have to build a tower laying floors of three blocks . Then remove the blocks one at a time taking turns from the middle layers putting them on top . 2.UNO B. Choose red or blue disks . One player at a time places a disk in the grid to make four on a line . 3.PICTIONARY C .Choose a token. Then throw the dices and move your piece on the board. If you fall on a goose or a bridge you can move forward. If you fall on well or gallows you miss turn. If you fall on death you start again. The winner is the firs to get to square 63 . 4.LUDO D .Four red , yellow , blue and green pieces. All at home until one player gets number 5 and starts. The winner is the one that takes its...

  Hi again!   After naming the probably most famous 10 boardgames we´re moving on to see ....        ... WHO CREATED WHICH   In TASK 2 you´ll discover WHO invented these boardgames or, in some cases, their  CULTURE of  origin.     Same as before, connect in your grid the different boardgames (numbers) with the peoples´  NAMES or CULTURES. BOARDGAME NAME(S) / CULTURE and WHEN? 1. UNO A. MERLE ROBBINS in 1971 2 LUDO B. INDIA in 600CE (AD) 3 GOOSE GAME C. THEO and ORA COSTER in 1961 4 JENGA D. ITALIAN lottery game from the 16th century 5 CHESS E.ITALIAN boardgame from the 15th century 6 GUESS WHO F. HOWARD WEXLER and NED STRONGIN in the 1970s 7 BINGO G. EGYPT 1300BC 8 CONNECT 4 H. LESLIE SCOTT early 1970s 9 PICTIONA...

 Welcome to the English workshop SAVE THE OCEANS     Today we´re going to see basic facts about the oceans heir fauna, and how we can involve actively in  preserving them both.      Answer the different questions on your paper strip with the helps of the different links.      From time to time we´ll watch a video together.      READY, STEADY...GO!!!!      First let´s see if you can NAME and PLACE the different OCEANS on a WORLD MAP.      And now, let´s start with the quiz:      1. How much of our body is water?      2. How much of the Earth is water?      3.  How much of the Earth´s water do oceans contain?  Now CLOSE YOUR COMPUTER, let´s , share your answers and relax watching a video . After watching the video let´s see if you can place the different oceans adequately Let´s watch this video about one very  specific place  . ...

        Now that we´re talking about Margaret Keane ´s art and her biopic directed by Tim Burton , it´s would  be good to talk about different film genres and formats.          As for CINEMA GENRES there are as many as you can imaginge. Have a look at them in the following  link.         There are not as many  FORMATS , but the list is extensive as well          I hope this info suits you and helps you know more about the film industry.

 Now that you know of some of the Spanish restaurants in London it´s time to .... EAT.   Go back to the previous task , choose one of the restaurants and book a table for your whole family.    Mind that the date matches with the period you´re in London.     Copy this info in your notebook:       RESTAURANT NAME:         ADDRESS:              NUMBER OF PEOPLE:                   DATE:                        TIME:                       ENJOY YOUR MEAL!!!!

       When we Spanish people travel abroad what we mostly miss is real Spanish food.     In this task you will have to match ten Spanish restaurants with something that distinguishes them fron  each ohter.     Enjoy your food!       SPANISH RESTAURANTS IN LONDON 1.  BOQUERIA   2.   BARRAFINA   3.  BRINDISA   4.  CAMINO         5. SALTYARD   6.  TOZINO    7.  JOSÉ   8.  FINO   9. DONOSTIA   10. HISPANIA A.Here you can buy a Spanish Cookbook with their recipes. B.It´s named after a beautiful coastal town in the North of Spain and specializes In pintxos C.This restaurant is the first and only London´s   jamón bodega D.Here you can taste CACHOPO for £23. E.They even have a restaurant in Abu Dhabi F.Their symbol is an acorn. G.Here you can eat Paella de pescado y marisco for 15,90£ per person H.One of thei...

  Connect the names of the different monuments with their descriptions: 1.      The king Charles III commissioned architect Sabatini to construct a monumental gate through the city wall. It was started in 1774 and inaugurated four years later. There´s only one more example in Europe. 2.      It is the largest in the world. It´s been used for both shows and theatre. Vespasian ordered its construction which endured throughout 10 years. It´s represented in the Italian version of the 5 cents coin. 3.      It´s a temple dedicated to the maiden goddess Athena the matron deity of the city where you can see it. Some of its amazing sculptures were sold in 1816 to the British Museum where they still remain. 4.      In the beginning it was the headquarters of the City Hall and the Government. Now it´s the official residence of the Grand Duke. It´s the most famous of the 150 palaces and castles listed in...

 Do you know what board game tic-tac-toe is?    You´ve played it sometimes very surely.       It actually is one of the oldest and simplest board games in history.              Read the following information to discover the basic facts of its history.    THE ORIGIN OF TIC-TAC-TOE The origin of this game dates back to ancient Egypt. However the more recorded versión comes from ancient Rome where people played a game called TERNI LAPILLI  using three pebbles at a time.    Thousands of years later, Britain 1858, the first ever recorded mention of the game as we know it today came in a British tabloid. The game there was called KNOTS (0) and CROSSES (X)      About 30 years later, 1891, an American magazine referred to it as a children´s game known as TIC-TAC-TOE, TIT-TAT-TOE in England: where TIT is a slap, TAT is retribution an...