Describing people

Do this quick test?

Look at the picture in the link below for two minutes. Then on a piece of paper write down a physical description of one (or more) of the characters that you have seen.


Picture

How did that go? Did you include a lot of detail? If you want to practice some more, here are some exercises from agendaweb.org. On this webpage you will find lots of different exercises to do. Below are exercises that ask you to practise describing a person's personality or physical characteristics.


A2 exercises


B1- B2 exercises

European Day of Languages 26th September 2015

 2015  Words
Autumn Term has started and here we have the EDL day here again

This year we are looking at words. EDL 2015 activity


2014 Language quizzes for you to do

Do you know what the languages of Europe sound like? Click on the link below to find out.

LANGUAGES IN EUROPE

Here is a link to some interesting information and quizzes about languages

LANGUAGE FACTS AND FUN

Words don't come easy to me - activity

http://justenglish.me/2014/05/31/another-20-forgotten-words-that-should-be-brought-back/

Here is the video to a song.  Have you heard it before? It was popular when I was in high school. Listen to it and think about the lyrics. What does it say? Is it for a specific person?

Can you think what kind of person you imagine is signing the song? Which words do you think are appropriate and why:

outgoing, shy, dishonest

Can you think of any more?

What kind of words are we trying to find? Nouns , verbs, adjectives,

Think about the person in the song, how many more adjectives can you think of ?



The chorus to the songs repeats the following sentence:

" Words don't come easy to me?"

Do you agree or disagree?

Words equal vocabulary and they are the building blocks of our sentences. The way we use them is governed by grammar rules which cements them together.

So how can we get a nice tall strong wall (sentences /text) in  in good interesting English).

The post box was in the wall.

The  red post box was embeded into the stone wall.




Learning vocabulary is what we are talking about?  Click to go to next post.

Notebooks - tools for recording your learning

A notebook is an important tool in your learning process. Using it properly is something which you have to think about and ....you might have to learn how to do.


Notebook Guidelines to help you get your written material in order

2015 - 2016Another year of learning begins!

The above says it all. It's time to be back in class.

I hope that you have got all your books and  stationery (favourite pens and pencils) ready. Don't forget your enthusiasm ..... and we are all set for another year learning English.

I hope that you spoke some English during the holidays. I look forward to hearing all about it.

Autumn Term Roundup by 2nd ESO groups C and D

Here we have some thoughts and memories our first term 2nd ESO.

2nD

 The 9th November we celebrated an important event in Catalunya. People went to different the places and they voted. They formed many  queues. They can vote yes yes, yes no, no no.

  A conversation from the day:

-Hello

-Hi

-Where are you going?

-I am going to the Institut Montilivi.

-Why?

- Because I want to vote

-?

-I want to vote that I want the independence.

-Oh, I don´t want to because I am scared because I want to go to Spain without any problems.

Ok, it is very late. I have to go.

- Bye

- Bye, bye see you soon

Aina i Emma

This picture shows that this term the class are united as a group
We did not have many problems with our class. We have had  both good and bad moments.
We know each other better.
  We learned many things about coexisting and studying.
I managed to solve the problems as friends and class. 

Miriam and Maria

 This is the photo represents this term for Carla, Alejandra and Gemma.
This term was very stressful because we had a lot of  homework and we had to study hard. The examinations were difficult

 Gemma, Carla and Alejandra

This term was fantastic. Sometimes there were  difficult things.There were teachers that put a lot of homework. The made us do work with Power Point idividual speaking. We had a lot of  fun playing with friends at  football and basketball. 

Abdelkader and Ricard

 2nC

 

At the begining of the year we went for a walk to the " Font de Ferro" (spring of iron), it was a very big place to play. We were a little bored, so we went to explore the area, and we found an abandoned house. It was very scary and big.  The most frightening thing was the knives we found on the floor and the rope hanging at the window. We heard a strange noise and we ran out and went back, because it  was extremely scary,  from top to bottom. Some of the time we were bored, but we had a very great time!

Marta, Camila, Núria and Queralt

This is a very beautiful photo. There is an old tree with a lot of leaves of different colours. It's the typical autumm tree. The ground under the tree is completely full of colourful leaves and that is very nice. It is an autumm forest, and therea re a lot of high trees. 

Autumm is a special time in the year, for example: when you go out of the house, and you see the beautiful landscape, you feel very good and happy.

 The 9th November we celebrated an important event in Catalunya. People went to different the places and they voted. They formed many  queues. They can vote yes yes, yes no, no no.

  A conversation from the day:

-Hello

-Hi

-Where are you going?

-I am going to the Institut Montilivi.

-Why?

- Because I want to vote

-?

-I want to vote that I want the independence.

-Oh, I don´t want to because I am scared because I want to go to Spain without any problems.

Ok, it is very late. I have to go.

- Bye

- Bye, bye see you soon

Christmas is coming soon and we're really happy about it. The Three Kings, Tió and Santa Claus will give us a lot of presents, but the most important thing is to be with our families and have a great time together. Christmas is our favourite time of the year. Streets are full of stars, lights and hope for a better year. Children wait the Chrstimas Eve to open the presents. People forget their poorness and even though they haven't got a lot of presents, they are happy together. And that's what Christmas is. It's about happiness. 

We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Desi and Helena.