A wall of books

23 April is World Book and Copyright Day. A'literary' wall has been created on Pinterest by Mª Jesús García San Martín, an English teacher, to celebrate this day.

You are invited to take part in this activity.Visit the site and write your own comments and likes. The activity consists of including your favourite book and write why you like it. You could pin any book or title, a favourite from childhood, a current book or something you’ve read and enjoyed.Click here to go to the site It is a wonderful idea and I want to congratulate Mª Jesús for such a splendid activity to encourage reading.

Record your voice

Go to the site

Our next task consists of recording your voice by using Soundcloud and then embed it on your glogster. The content of this recording will be your daily routines for 1º ESO and for 2º Bachillerato it will deal with the explanation of your routines to explain our costumes to the European students who we are working with in our Comenius project called "Believing in Humanity". You can add pictures, videos and comments to your glog as well as this recording that is going to be done on Thursday.

Fancy a game?

You can play and learn at the same time. It's really fantastic; I recommend it.Click here if you want to start right now.

Our writings

Open publication - Free publishing - More bilingual

Credits to OUP.Illustrated by Adam Stoker.

Our dialogue in a video

Do you recognize it? It is the dialogue you have practised this morning.

Dialogue 1
by: torressouth

In the mood for Dickens?

Click here to learn more about Charles Dickens

If you are in the mood for this wonderful writer click HERE and you will find a selection of activities perfect for self-study to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth (Portsmouth, February 7, 1812. Games, crosswords, useful information and plenty of other resources mean you can have fun while exploring the life and works of a true great of English literature.

Mº Jesús, a wonderful collegue, has designed several activities to celebrate this day. Here we are the link to them. Thank you, Mº Jesus for such an interesting work.

Write a text from a glog and then create your own

Click and see it on Glogster

This is an example of a glog. Your first task is a writing based on it, then you have to create your own glog uploading your images, your texts and audios. I will help you on Tuesday during our computers class. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Click here if you want to see it on Glogster.

A new eTwinning project: Enlivening our libraries

We have started a new project on eTwinning, its name "Enlivening our libraries". It is the continuation of our Comenius project that we have carried out over two years, "Reading for travelling through the paths of life", which was intended to encourage reading and make our library a place of meeting with activities which motivate our students to read. Our Department has special interest in participating in this project because it involves using English as a vehicle for communication among the different countries and because we are convinced of the importance of reading to develop not only the language but the knowledge of the different cultures involved. We hope that you, our students, will be interested in this project and participate in the activities that we will be proposing.

Happy Christmas

John Lennon - Happy Christmas por Zerenodo

Human Rights & Spanish Constitution

The English and French Department of IES Mediterráneo have celebrated the Human Rights Day by designing posters with the articles of the Declaration of the Human Rights making a relation with these articles and the Spanish Constitution. The 2º Bachillerato students created several comics developing these articles to diffuse them among the other students at school. They also made a gymkhana with this topic that will be carried out on 21st December at our school.

See you in March, Carmen, Martin & David

We say goodbaye to our masters until March. It has been a pleasure to work with them. They have helped us in our daily activities and have given their impressions of it. It has been very useful to hear their suggestions and enjoy their presence. See you in March.

This video's worth watching

It is not only absolutely interesting but also funny. Watch it, you'll have a great time... and you will learn!

    

10 Heart Idioms

10 Heart Idioms explained to English as a Second Language.

English idioms or idiomatic expressions come in plenty in the English language. 

It is said that there are about 25,000 idioms in English. Many of these idioms, unfortunately, sound and look strange to most students of English as a Second Language.

Theatre in English

On 10th November we will attend a play in English at the Centro Cultural Ramon Alonso Luzy . All ESO is invited to participate, we hope your attendance.
You know that the play will be easy and fun and worth doing that immersion in English, 
You will learn while enjoying! 
Do not forget to bring the permission form filled by your parents on Wednesday to class!

Here you are the text we are going to prepare before the play.

Create your own voki

You only have to click on my voki and you will be sent to the page where you can create your own voki. Just follow the instructions, and it'll be done. Once you have created your viki you have to write the text you want him/her to say (your name and something else); you can also record your own voice with your description, to do so you only hve to click on the microphone and start recording. Then embed the code on your blog so that everybody can see it. Remember what I explained last Tuesday.

Sólo tenéis que pinchar sobre mi voki y eso os llevará a la página de Voki donde podéis crear vuestro propio voki. Sólo seguid las instrucciones y se hará. Una vez hayáis creado vuestro voki tenéis que escribir lo que queréis que diga (vuestro nombre y algo más); también podéis grabar vuestra propia voz, para ello sólo tenéis que pinchar sobre el micrófono y empezar a grabar. Incrustad después el código en vuestro blog para que todo el mundo pueda verlo. Recordad lo que os expliqué el pasado martes.

Here you are the video I have created to help you.
Aquí tenéis el video que he hecho para ayudaros.

voki por carmentorres

Design a poster for road safety in Europe

Poster Contest
     

The European Commission needs your creativity to spread a message about responsible driving among young people.

The winning poster will be translated into all 23 official EU languages, it ​​will be distributed in 27 European countries, and used in a campaign in Brussels, and possibly in similar campaigns in other Member States.

The winner will receive a prize of 2000 € and will be invited to the ceremony on November 24, 2011, in Brussels.

The contestants in the second and third place will receive a prize of 1000 € each, which will be notified by mail.  
If you are interested click here and Good luck!