Boxing Day

When is Boxing Day?

In Britain, Boxing Day is usually celebrated on the following day after Christmas Day, that's 26th December. However, strictly speaking, Boxing Day is the first weekday after Christmas. 

Boxing Day is a public holiday.  When Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday the following Monday is the public holiday. 

Why is 26 December called Boxing Day?

Traditionally, 26 December was the day to open the Christmas Box to share the contents with the poor. The Christmas box was a wooden or clay container where people placed gifts.

If you want to find out more about Boxing Day, click here.

Source: Project Britain

A very special gift to my students

I have put a special touch in every task designed. When I look at those smiling faces, immediately I find every effort made rewarding and worthwhile, which renews my commitment for future times to come.

May the Spirit of Christmas make your wishes come true so that you may live in
Freedom,
Peace,
Love and
Respect.

Núria

Prepositions of time

Web addresses signs

Nelson Mandela

A great example to follow

Irregular plurals

Silent letters

Mr - Mrs - Miss - Ms

Plurals

Happy Halloween!

[SHADOW]
Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

[SIAMESE SHADOW]
Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween

[PUMPKIN PATCH CHORUS]
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night

[GHOSTS]
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween

[CREATURE UNDER THE BED]
I am the one hiding under your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red

[MAN UNDER THE STAIRS]
I am the one hiding under yours stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair

[CORPSE CHORUS]
This is Halloween, this is Halloween

[VAMPIRES]
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song

[MAYOR]
In this town, don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise

[CORPSE CHORUS]
Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can
Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...

[HARLEQUIN DEMON, WEREWOLF & MELTING MAN]
Scream! This is Halloween
Red 'n' black, slimy green

[WEREWOLF]
Aren't you scared?

[WITCHES]
Well, that's just fine
Say it once, say it twice
Take a chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the dead of night

[HANGING TREE]
Everybody scream, everbody scream

[HANGED MEN]
In our town of Halloween!

[CLOWN]
I am the clown with the tear-away face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace

[SECOND GHOUL]
I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"
I am the wind blowing through your hair

[OOGIE BOOGIE SHADOW]
I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright

[CORPSE CHORUS]
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Halloween! Halloween! 

[CHILD CORPSE TRIO]
Tender lumplings everywhere
Life's no fun without a good scare

[PARENT CORPSES]
That's our job, but we're not mean
In our town of Halloween

[CORPSE CHORUS]
In this town

[MAYOR]
Don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise 

[CORPSE CHORUS]
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
And scream like a banshee
Make you jump out of your skin
This is Halloween, everyone scream
Wont' ya please make way for a very special guy

Our man jack is King of the Pumpkin patch
Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now!

[EVERYONE]
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

[CORPSE CHILD TRIO]
In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song

[EVERYONE]
La la la la-la la [Repeat]

[Thanks to Sarah Adam for corrections]

From The Nightmare Before Christmas

Teaching the alphabet to digital natives

Halloween is coming!

EOI ELDA                                                                                                       AULARIO VILLENA

Halloween is coming!

Do you like the pumpkin lanterns lit during Halloween? If you like them, you can pick up your knife and choose to take part in the pumpkin carving contest and make your Halloween different! Transform your pumpkin into a spooky Halloween Jack 'O Lantern and give them to your teacher no later than next Monday 28^th or Tuesday 29^th October

 

Trust your inspiration and create fantastic pumpkins to win a creepy prize!

Let’s prepare to celebrate Halloween together!

Good luck. We’re all looking forward to seeing your pumpkins!

Contestants: Basic Level 1 & 2

 

World Teachers' Day

“¡Un llamamiento a la docencia!” es el lema del Día Mundial de los Docentes 2013 (5 de octubre), que la UNESCO celebra conjuntamente con sus asociados, la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT), el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF) y la Internacional de la Educación (IE).

Source UNESCO.org

Welcome on board!

Hello everybody!

Enjoy the adventure of learning English and have fun.
Welcome to your basic level blog!

Happy summer holidays

Enjoy your summer!

A, an, the or no article?

Have a look at UNIT 11 C: articles and do the exercises on your CD-Rom (i-Tutor)

A, an or the? Click here.

A, an, the or no article? Click here.

Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4

Watch this video:

Be going to for plans and predictions

Have a look at UNIT 10 B-C: be going to plans and predictions and do the exercises on your CD-Rom (i-Tutor)

Going to: grammar lesson 1. Click here.

Verb tenses: future with 'going to'. Click here.

Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4

Watch this video.

Quantifiers

Have a look at UNIT 9B: quantifiers and do the exercises on your CD-Rom (i-Tutor).

Quantifiers: grammar lesson 1. Click here.

Quantifiers: grammar lesson 2. Click here.

Countable and uncountable nouns

As I promised, here you are some grammar contents that we couldn't work in class and also you can do some exercises to practise.

Have a look at UNIT 9A: countable and uncountable nouns and do the exercises on your CD-Rom (i-Tutor).

Watch this video

Countable and uncountable nouns grammar. Click here. 

Exercise 1 

Past simple (textbook review)

Hi everybody,

As you know, we didn't finish the textbook so I recommend you to do the exercises of UNIT 8 (pages 60-65) to review the past. Use the CD-Rom (i-Tutor).

CONVOCATORIA REVISIÓN EXAMEN FINAL

CONVOCATORIA REVISIÓN DE EXAMEN

CONVOCATÒRIA REVISIÓ D’EXÀMEN

Idioma/Idioma: INGLÉS / ANGLÉS

Curso/ Curs: NB1

DIA/ DÍA: 12/6/2013

HORARIO/ HORARI: 19:30 – 20:30

ALUMNOS/ALUMNES DE MARIANO OCHOA

AULA/AULA 0.0

ALUMNOS/ALUMNES DE TATIANA RICO

AULA/AULA SALA PROFESORES

ALUMNOS/ALUMNES DE
 NURIA COMPANY

AULA/AULA 1.1

Hi from the EOI blog

This is an interesting blog to review all the contents we have studied this year. Click here .

Language Links

 Language Links combines grammar, vocabulary and phrases to give the range of language you need to communicate effectively in English. To talk about clothes, for example, you not only need vocabulary (trousers, skirt), but also grammar (I'm wearing, she's wearing) and phrases such as get dressed. Special links between units direct you to related language areas, allowing you to choose your own learning path through the book and progress at your own pace.

I hope you find it useful to review what you have learnt during this school year.