Weekly Links 1º ESO #65

A song with English and Spanish subtitles to revise the present simple tense, and practise reading and listening: "Boulevard of broken Dreams" by Green Day.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #90

A song by Coldplay, Paradise, to revise the simple past tense ...and enjoy a good song with lyrics on screen to practise listening and reading.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #57

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Now that we have introduced ourselves, let's remember The Rules of the Classroom with this song while we practise our listening, reading, and pronunciation.

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Happy Easter Holiday / Feliz Semana Santa

EASTER BUNNY

Easter Bunny,

Looking kind of funny

With your basket of eggs.

Children singing,

'What's the bunny bringing

For me on Easter Day?"

Mom is cooking

While we're out there looking

For the eggs hidden away.

After church we

Gathered 'round with family

On this Easter Day.

Two thousand years ago

Jesus died for our sins.

Remember his resurrection,

And the joy it brings.

Flowers blooming,

Springtime's looming,

Everything is coming alive.

Easter colors,

Yellow, blue and others,

Tell us Spring has arrived.

Children are playing,

And everybody's saying

"So good to see you today!"

We're all together,

The merrier the better,

On this Easter holiday.

Two thousand years ago

Jesus died for our sins.

Remember his resurrection

And the joy it brings.

Flowers are blooming

and Springtime's looming

Oh what a wonderful day.

We're all together,

The more of us the better,

On this Easter holiday,

A lovely Easter holiday,

I like my Easter holiday.

Have a great holiday .

Weekly Links 2º ESO —76

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In one of our classes with Ryan we talked about "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. Here is the song with subtitles in English and Spanish.
I think this is one of the most beautiful songs you can listen to and at minute 6:52 you can enjoy one of the best guitar riff in the history of music. This happened back in 1973 (42 years ago!)

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Weekly Links 4º ESO —77

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An entertaining way of practising the Passive Voice with scenes from TV shows.

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Weekly Links 4º ESO —76

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In spite of some misspellings in the lyrics, you can enjoy reviewing the conditional tenses in some songs.

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Exams Week! / ¡Semana de exámenes!

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As we are in Exams Week, here's a simple and funny song to cheer up: Taking Tests Song

Como estamos en la semana de exámenes, aquí va una canción simplota pero divertida para animaros: Haciendo exámenes.

Try and have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 4º ESO —59

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 At this link, in this blog, you have plenty of short videos on modal verbs.
And one more song with modals, an old one but I think it's worth listening to this first version: Always on My Mind by Elvis Presley (1972)

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Weekly Links 1º ESO —26

Blinklearning
• Irregular verbs 1- 20
Unit 2:
• Grammar_Modal verbs: can, must, should
• Exercise11_Modal Verbs

A song with lyrics, The Show Must Go On by Queen.
Una canción con la letra, El espectáculo tiene que seguir de Queen.

Enjoy.

Weekly Links 2º ESO —26

Blinklearning
• Irregular verbs 1- 20
Unit 2:
• Grammar_Comparison
• Exercise10_Comparison 3

With this song, My Love by Petula Clark, you can revise the comparison of adjectives.

My Love 

My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine
Softer than a sigh.
My love is deeper than the deepest ocean
Wider than the sky.
My love is brighter than the brightest star
That shines every night above
And there is nothing in this world
That can ever change my love

Something happended to my heart the day that I met you
Something that I never felt before
You are always on my mind no matter what I do
And everyday it seems that I want you more.

My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine
Softer than a sigh.
My love is deeper than the deepest ocean
Wider than the sky.
My love is brighter than the brightest star
That shines every night above
And there is nothing in this world
That can ever change my love
Once I thought that love was meant for anyone else but me
Once I thought you'd never come my way
Now it only goes to show how wrong we all can be
For now I have to tell you everyday

My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine
Softer than a sigh
My love is deeper than the deepest ocean
Wider than the sky
My love is brighter than the brightest star
That shines every night above
And there is nothing in this world
That can ever change my love
My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine
Softer than a sigh
My love is deeper than the deepest ocean
Wider than the sky
My love is brighter than the brightest star
That shines every night above
And there is nothing in this world
That can ever change my love.

Enjoy.

Long Weekend

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There is a long weekend ahead. Exams are over and report cards have been given. So, we can have a little break. Enjoy it with the song we have been listening to this week: "So this is Christmas, War is over." A beautiful song of John Lennon performed by The Corrs.

Tenemos un largo fin de semana por delante. Hemos acabado los exámenes y entregado las notas. Así que podemos tomar un respiro. Disfrutadlo con la canción que hemos estado escuchando esta semana: "Entonces esto es la Navidad, la guerra ha terminado". Una preciosa canción de John Lennon cantada por The Corrs

Enjoy.
Pasadlo bien.

Weekly Links 4º ESO —13

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Let's review Relative Clauses:

Restrictive / Essencial / Defining relative clauses

Non-restrictive /Non-Defining relative clauses

If you want to see what I have to tell you about relative clauses, you can go to my explanations on Bon's tips

And to review Conditional Clauses, 'If I needed someone' from the Beatles live in Japan, July 1966.

If I needed someone to love
Si necesitara a alguien para amar
You're the one that I'd be thinking of
Eres en quién pensaría
If I needed someone
Si necesitara a alguien.

If I had some more time to spend
Si tuviera más tiempo
Then I guess I'd be with you my friend
entonces creo que estaría contigo
If I needed someone
si necesitara a alguien
Had you come some other day
si hubieras venido otro día
Then it might not have been like this
Entonces pudiera ser que no hubiera sido así
But you see now I'm too much in love
Pero sabes ahora estoy demasiado enamorado

Carve your number on my wall
Graba tu nombre en mi pared
And maybe you will get a call from me
Y quizá recibas una llamada mía
If I needed someone
Si necesitara a alguien.
Ah, ah, ah, ah

If I had some more time to spend
Then I guess I'd be with you my friend
If I needed someone
Had you come some other day
Then it might not have been like this
But you see now I'm too much in love

Carve your number on my wall
And maybe you will get a call from me
If I needed someone
Ah, ah

As you can see they sweated their lyrics.
Como podéis comprobar, se "curraban" la letra.

Enjoy

Back to school

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Back from holidays. Let's cheer up with something out-of date: both for the time -1967 - and for the concept: a song of appreciation for the work of a teacher. The song of the film 'To Sir with Love' sung by Lulu.

De vuelta a clase. Animémonos con algo anticuado: tanto por su época -1967- como por su concepto: una canción de reconocimiento a la labor de un profesor. De la película 'Rebelión en las aulas': 'Al profesor, con cariño' cantado por Lulu.

TO SIR, WITH LOVE

Al profesor, con cariño

Those schoolgirl days

Esos días de colegiala

Of telling tales, and biting nails, are gone.

de contar cuentos y de morderse las uñas, se han ido.

But in my mind,

Pero en mi mente,

I know they will still live on and on.

sé que todavía viven y siguen ahí.

But how do you thank someone

Mas, ¿cómo agradecer a alguien

Who has taken you from crayons to perfume?

que nos ha llevado de los lápices a los perfumes?

It isn't easy, but I'll try.

No es fácil, pero lo intentaré.

If you wanted the sky,

Si usted quisiera el cielo,

I would write across the sky in letters

yo escribiría letras a través del mismo

That would soar a thousand feet high:

que se vieran a mil pies de altura:

'To Sir, With Love.'

'Para el profesor, con cariño.'

The time has come for closing books

El momento de cerrar los libros ha llegado

and long last looks must end.

y las largas miradas de despedida tienen que acabar.

And as I leave,

Y mientras me voy,

I know that I am leaving my best friend.

sé que dejo a mi mejor amigo.

A friend who taught me right from wrong,

Un amigo que me enseñó a distinguir entre el bien y el mal,

And weak from strong,

entre lo débil y lo fuerte,

That's a lot to learn,

lo cual es mucho aprender.

What, what can I give you in return?

¿Qué, qué puedo darle a cambio?

If you wanted the moon I would try to make a start,

Si quisiera la luna yo haría por alcanzársela,

But I would rather you let me give my heart:

pero preferiría más bien darle mi corazón:

'To Sir, With Love.'

'Al profesor, con cariño.'

As you can see, very much in the spirit of the 60s. Enjoy.
Como veis muy en el espíritu de los años 60. Pasadlo bien. 

By the way if you check the right sidebar  you'll find a new category: My students'Stuff. Worth having a look.

Por cierto, si miráis la barra lateral derecha veréis un nuevo apartado:Cosas de mis estudiantes. Merece la pena echarle un vistazo.