I hope you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

EASTER

Easter is the most important festival in the Christian church and you will in fact, see a lot of people at church who don't usually go!
Easter is named after the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn and spring, and falls on a Sunday between 22 March and 25 April, according to the calendar.
It is a time of fun and celebration, because not only is it the end of the winter but also the end of Lent.
Easter is the time of year when people get chocolate eggs, chocolate chicks, chocolate rabbits and many more chocolate things.
Many people believe in the Easter bunny that delivers the chocolate eggs and the other stuff. The bunny is never seen because it comes in the dead of night!
 The nicest part of Easter are the "Hot Cross Buns". These are traditionally eaten on Good Friday. They have a cross on them, which probably represents the cross of Christ and the Crucifixion.
"Simnel Cake" is also eaten at Easter.It is decorated with 11 balls of marzipan, which represent the disciples of Jesus, excluding Judas the traitor.

Fish and Meat
Meat used to be forbidden on Good Friday and so people eat fish instead.

A young spring lamb is traditional on Easter Sunday; the lamb symbolises the innocence of Christ. It is best eaten with roast potatoes, vegetables and gravy. Then you put this delicious "mint sauce" on the meat;-). Everybody - except the British - start screaming, "yuk!" - but don't, because it tastes delicious.

Preston, Lancashire, is in the north of England, and there you will find the best "Egg Rolling" competition in the country. This takes part on Easter Monday. Eggs are boiled and taken to the park. The eggs are then rolled down the steep grassy slopes (they really are steep in that area). The winner is the egg, which survives the most rolls.

SONG- "Lemon Tree" by Fool´s Garden

1. I´M ___________HERE IN A BORING ROOM
2. IT´S JUST ANOTHER RAINY SUNDAY ________________
3. I´M WASTING MY TIME, I GOT __________TO DO
4. I´M HANGING AROUND, I´M___________ FOR YOU
5. BUT NOTHING EVER HAPPENS, AND I WONDER
6. I´M DRIVING AROUND IN MY CAR
7. I´M DRIVING TOO FAST, I´M DRIVING TOO ____________
8. I´D LIKE TO CHANGE MY POINT OF VIEW
9. I FEEL SO LONELY, I´M ____________FOR YOU
10. BUT NOTHING EVER HAPPENS, AND I WONDER
11. I WONDER HOW, I WONDER WHY
12. YESTERDAY YOU TOLD ME ´BOUT THE BLUE BLUE ___________
13. AND ALL THAT I CAN SEE IS JUST A YELLOW LEMON TREE
14. I´M TURNING MY HEAD UP AND ___________
15. I´M TURNING, TURNING, TURNING, TURNING, TURNING AROUND
16. AND ALL THAT I CAN SEE IS JUST ANOTHER LEMON TREE
17. SING! DA, DA DA DEE DA,
18. I´M ___________HERE, I MISS THE POWER
19. I´D LIKE TO GO OUT TAKING A _____________
20. BUT THERE´S A HEAVY CLOUD INSIDE MY HEAD
21. I FEEL SO TIRED, PUT MYSELF INTO _____________
22. WHERE NOTHING EVER HAPPENS, AND I WONDER
23. ISOLATION, IS NOT __________ FOR ME
24. ISOLATION, I DON´T WANT TO SIT ON A LEMON TREE
25. I´M STEPPING AROUND IN A DESERT OF JOY
26. BABY ANYHOW I´LL GET ANOTHER ___________
27. AND EVERYTHING WILL HAPPEN, AND YOU´LL WONDER

EXÁMENES

Recordad que os los he dado el viernes, 11 de marzo y que los debéis entregar firmados el lunes, 13 de marzo.

UNIDAD 6- contenidos

Comprensión oral: listenings

Expresión oral: Ask and talk about daily routines, ask about times (Spb unit 7)

Comprensión escrita: article (Spb unit 7 pg 46)

Expresión escrita: An article about a celebrity

Gramática:  Present simple for routines, linkers: first, then,…, adverbs of frequency (unit 7)

Vocabulario: daily and leisure activities (Spb unit 7)

Fonética: English vowels /ɒ/ and /ɔ:/ and endings /s/ /z/ /iz/(Spb unit 7)

Reflexión sobre aprendizaje: search for interactive activities; general advice

Aspectos socioculturales: English-speaking countries in Asia, Australia and Oceania.

ANDALUSIA DAY

Descubre y juega con Andalucía

CONTROLES

Recuerda que entregué los controles el viernes, 18 de febrero y que debes devolverlo firmado el lunes, 21 de febrero.

St. Valentine´s Day

St Valentine´s story
Find this information on the internet:
1. When did St Valentine live?
2. Where did St Valentine live?
3. Who was the emperor at that time?
4. Did St. Valentine like him?
5. What does St. Valentine do? What is his job?
6. Why doesn’t Claudius like men to get married?
7. Why is St Valentine caught and put into prison?
8. What is the punishment that the Emperor orders for him?
9. Who visits him when he is in jail?
10. When does St Valentine write a note?
11. Who does he write the note to?
12. Why does he write it?
13. When does St Valentine die?
14.Why is St Valentine a symbol of Love?

UNIDAD 5- contenidos

Comprensión oral:  Listenings

Expresión oral: Ask and say where places are , ask and talk about places and facilities, make suggestions (Spb unit 6)

Comprensión escrita

Expresión escrita: A short text about your bedroom

Gramática: Prepositions of place, there is/are, indefinite pronoun one, want + infinitive (Spb unit 6)

Vocabulario: Places in town, leisure activities (spb unit 6)

Fonética: consonants /t/ /d/ y /θ/ /ð/ vowels /i:/ y /i/ (Spb units 2, 3)

Reflexión sobre el aprendizaje: search for interactive activities and  use of the dictionary.

Aspectos socioculturales:  Valentine´s day

READING COMPREHENSION

Primera sesión de lectura: viernes, 14 enero
Tenéis que traer el libro Gulliver´s Travels de Jonathan Swift  (Burlington Books). Recordad que os di la referencia el 14 de diciembre.

WRITING

GRAMMAR PRACTICE: subject pronouns

subject pronouns: substitution
subject pronouns 2

GRAMMAR PRACTICE: object pronouns

Object pronouns
Object pronouns 2

GRAMMAR PRACTICE: Present simple

present simple 1
Present simple 2
Present simple-match
Present simple: affirmative
Present simple: negative
Present simple: questions
Habits and routines
Present simple use