School Day of Non-violence and Peace

Today is January, 30th - School Day of Non-Violence and Peace

but, do you know why it takes place on this date?

WRITING TASKS (Choose one): 

1) Do you know any Peace Prize Laureates?

Go to this website, choose one and write his/ her biography

2) Choose one of these cartoons

Describe it, say why you've chosen it, what it tells you, ...

3) Are you good at poetry?

Can you write your "acrostic poem"?:

4ºESO's 1st results

Songs about Peace:

Do you know these ones? and any others?

What synonyms of "Peace" can you think of?
Write them down and create your "Word Cloud"
with one of these Generators

Here's a one for you:

Do you understand all the words?

Apart from Ghandi,
other great women and men
have contributed to Peace and a better world.
Learn about some of them:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malala Yousafzai
Nelson Mandela (video task)

READING:
Diwali, Festival of Lights
The history of the Peace Corps

Can you tell about any ongoing conflicts round the world?
Learn about some of them here
Learn Peace

Are you an expert on Peace? Try this Quizzes: 1, 2

Advanced activities on war on Clicknlearn
(2º Bac > Issues > War - at the bottom):

Are you ready for the Peace Corps Challenge?:

At the doctor's

Medicine Vocabulary in pictures:
Illnesses
Illnesses and symptoms 
Symptoms, problems and Forms of medicine
Injuries
1st. Aid 

At the doctor's office:

 

More Conversational phrases

Watch: 1, 2, 3, 4:

Vocabulary Practice: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8:

 Ready to talk? - At the Doctor's Roleplays
Is your G.P. as weird as this one?:

Want (someone) TO do something

How to use WANT and similar verbs

Revise

Practise

Sing:

2nd. Term Video Activity:

- Individual, pair or group Speaking
- Up to 12 Homework activities

- 1'30" per student (minimum)

- Hand in by March, 13th

- Topics:

1) Shop Conversation

2) At the doctor's

3) Carnival in Galicia

4) Description of a Place

5) The Future: Life in 2030

American vs British English

Test your US and UK Spelling
Watch and, more importantly, listen: 1, 2 (cultural differences too), 3,

More about the topic on the "British vs American Lge." Label

Test your knowledge: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

Household chores

What do you do at home? Do you help?
Which of these household chores do you do?
and... how often?
Revise and practise in these previous entries: 1, 2
Some new activities: 1, 2, 3
or try these 2 old ones:
What's the cat doing?
All about Chores

Future Tenses

Here is a chart summarizing the use of the "Basic" Future Tenses

Future Perfect and Continuous (or Progressive) Form and Use:

 Watch:
Future Continuous Tense Conversation
 Future Perfect Tense Playlist
Previous Practice: "Future Tenses" Label, especially this entry

Some new exercises: 1, 2, 3, 4, or try these tests

Talk about the Future...

By the way, do you know the song "Seasons" by Future Islands?
What tenses are there in the lyrics?

Two Present Tenses

Compare their FORM:

Their USE:

TIME EXPRESSIONS:

 One more Power Point

Watch:

Revise: 1, 2, 3

Practise and Play: 1, 2, 3

More activities here

I'm looking for the...:
Finally, watch this video in the Present Continuous
and learn House-related words:
 

Passive Voice - Beginners

 Despite the spelling error (receiver), 

I think this is a good video to see the difference

 between the Active and Passive voice:

How do you say these in the Passive? Flashcards

Exercises: 1, 2

What are things made of?

Revise and learn materials: 1, 2

Guess:

Transforming from Active to Passive voice

Transform: Simple Present, Simple Past, Different Tenses

Practise with the online games in this entry or try this board game:

(thanks to ISL Collective for it)

New Year's Resolutions

Happy New Year!
Lesson Plan on New Year's Eve / Resolutions

How did you celebrate its arrival?

What do people do in Great Britain? The USA?...
What do you do?

Read: 1, 2

 Listen

Do you know what New Year's Resolutions are?

Read

Listen

Watch: 1, 2:

Ready to make your own New Year's Resolutions?
Talk about them in small groups,then share with the class
Use these pics to help you:

(Thanks to The English Student for this activity)

Resolutions from Busy Teacher.org : 1, 2, 3
 
More Speaking about New Year's Day/ Eve/ Resolutions: 1, 2, 3

 Other people's Resolutions:
Some people write their resolutions in a diary,
in their notebook or on a piece of paper.
Write some resolutions for the following people:
- You mother
- Your best friend
- Your boyfriend/ girlfriend
- Your teacher / language assistant
Can you think of funny or serious resolutions for the following people?:

- President Obama

- A famous pop star you like

- The Queen of England

- The richest person on the planet

Lots of previous years' resources on the "New Year's Day" Label