Meal for Thanksgiving at Almina High School

How the English Language was Developed

What did you do yesterday?

Watch this video and listen to what the people say about what they did yesterday



USEFUL VOCABULARY
What did you do yesterday?
Remained in the house (stay in the house)
Put some things together to keep the house in order
Worked out (do exercise in the gym)
That was about it (that was everything)
I taught yesterday

The Past Simple

Watch this video and change the verbs into the Past Simple.

Recursos para Básico1

Aquí teneis diferentes maneras de presentarse con varios acentos en inglés, espero que sea útil :)



Useful Vocabulary:
Pleased to meet you
Good to meet you two
What's your name?
What's your name, sir?
Good to see you guys
Hi there!
How are you doing? Very well
Hello, How do you do?

Today's Quote

'Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open'.
Sr. James Dewar, Scientist

50 Free Resources that will Improve your Writing Skills

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/28/50-free-resources-that-will-improve-your-writing-skills/

Grammar Exercises

Dear students here are some links to grammar exercises for those of you that need extra practise, hope it's useful!!


http://englishonline.sites.uol.com.br/english/intermediate.htm

http://www.rong-chang.com/quiz.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/gramma1/Intermediate_Level_English_Grammar_for_ESL_Learners.htm

Pictures from the meal at Almina's High School

Newspapers around the world

Here are some useful sites about Press from English speaking countries

http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/

http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

Hope they are useful!

Welcome!

Dear students, as I understand that some of you are not able to come to class daily, because of exams, work and so on..I've decided to create this blog for you all! In here, you will find as well as resources, lessons, videos, music..Also, I invite you to create topics to discuss, thus, you can interact with other students in the class as well as learn some more from others. So feel free to comment, discuss and participate in this blog.
See you!

Angela