SOMETHIN' STUPID

Enjoy this beautiful song our teacher Iria Barcia has just posted and practise your listening and pronunciation skills:

ACTIVITY

ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS AT XMAS

Enjoy this Christmas video with a Polish protagonist. Unmissable, both hilarious and a tear jerker!

QUESTIONS

1.-Who is the main character in the video?

2.-Does the main character live alone?

3.-What is the main character learning?

4.-What does he do to learn?

5.-What happens on the bus?

6.-Where does he go at the end of the video?

7.-How does he travel?

8.-Where does he stay?

9.-Who does he meet at the end of the video?

10.-So, why is he learning?

CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN IN THE LIBRARY

Norba School Library was transformed into a haunted place by the decorations set up by our students. Have look if you dare!!!
Congratulations for the great work!!!

HALLOWEEN RECIPES

Today our 4th year students delighted us with some Halloween recipes. Awards were given to "Revolting", "Presentation" and "Originality". The winners were Miriam Murillo and Lucía Fondón (Revolting), Carmen Ambrona and Sancho Quesad (Originality), María Mateos, Julia Rivero, Rebeca Merino and Ana Vázquez (Presentation). Congratulations to the winners and to all the participants who did a great job!!! And congratulations to our teacher Ana Isabel Rodríguez for designing this task!!!

TRICK OR TREAT

What do you fancy doing? Follow the links:

• Investigating the origine and history of Halloween?

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/oct29.htm
http://www.halloween-website.com/history.htm
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/halloween/a/History-Of-Halloween.htm

• Drawing? Plenty of ideas just going to Google images.

https://www.google.es/search?q=halloween+drawings&hl=es&qscrl=1&rlz=1T4SVEC_esES410ES447&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=TUmJUOS0CIK7hAfF1YDgDw&ved=0CCIQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=504

• Looking for Halloween rhymes?

http://www.october-country.com/wychingwell/ww-rhymes.html

• Describing how people around the world celebrate it?

http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/halloweenglobal.php
http://www.novareinna.com/festive/world.html

• Searching for Halloween superstitions?

http://quizilla.teennick.com/stories/7977189/10-halloween-superstitions-you-probably-didnt-know-ii
http://www.bored.com/oldsuperstitions/halloween.html

TALKING ABOUT BOOKS AND FILMS

Tired of always using the same vocabulary when talking about books and films. Here you have useful expressions to improve your presentations and writings. Don't miss them!

IELTS Books and Films Vocabulary

WHAT ARE THEY WEARING? WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

Watch this video and learn how to describe what people are wearing (colour, pattern, material) and what they are doing.