King
Arthur and Merlin went to a lake.. In the lake there was an arm in a
beautiful scabbard. Arthur asked to the lady of the lake that iye
scabbard. Excalibur was the greatest sword in the world, and the
scabbard it was magic.When you wore it, you never bled.
Maria
Sharapova full name is Maria Yuryevna Sharapova. She was born on 19th
April 1987 in Nyagan, Russia. She's 1 metre 88 centimetres tall.
She's slim and she's got long blonde hair and green eyes.
Maria
first played football when she was four years old, and she became
professional in 2001.
I
was having some trouble in Camelot. The nobleman didn’t obey me,
and the Saxons attacked me.
One
day, I was riding in the fores and I found a fountain. In the
fountain I fought with sir Pellinore, and he won. When he was about
to kill me Merlin appeared and stoped sir Pellinore.
The
bike is a popular transport, because it is use there and the cities
for short or medium distances because it is cheaper than the car. I
go to school by bike with Enric and Mateu.
I
travel by car, motorhome, plane, train...
I
think that in this country there isn't a problem with the public
transport.
Edinburgh is a city
smaller than Barcelona. It is in South-East of Scotland. It is the
“Atenes of the north”, it is very beautiful. It is wet, but It
isn't very cold.
You can visit museums
like Art Gallery, British Museum..., the St. Princess street garden,
the Edinburgh castle, the Britannia...
I went to Edinburgh this
summer, but I want to go again because I stayed only for one day, and
I didn't watch all. I wanted to.
Robert; What's the matter, Lise?
Lise: I thunk we're lost. I can't find the zoo on the map.
Robert: Oh, great! What are we going to do?
LIse: Why don't we find a bus?
Robert: I'm not sure about that.
Lise: Well, let's ask someone.
Robert: That's a good idea! Excue me!
Grung: Hi, Angela. Did you have a good weekend?
Angela: It was OK. I bought a new book. I read it all the weekend.
Grung: You read a book all the weekend?
Angela: Yeah. What about you? What did you do?
Grung: We went to the match.
Angela:That's cool. Was it good?
Grung: Yeah. Why don't you come with us next time?
Angela: OK. Why not?
This sleeping bag is ideal for pizza fans. The bag, which was designed bi American artist, Brook Abboug, comes with five toppings that can be detached and use as cushions. There's broccoli, olives, mushrooms, pepperoni and sausage. It's perfect for a delicious night's sleep.
Would you like to eat from a toilet? Well, you can: in a restaurant in BEijing, China. THe chairs are toilets and the food is served in mini toilet bowls and bidets. Yuck! It's a pipular and cheap restaurant. But would you go?
Would you waant a giant Converse shoe? This one was made by designers in Holland. It is 5.5 metres long, 2.1 metres wide and 2.9 high. That's a record! If you want to wear it, you'll need a big feet... the shoe is a European size 878.
100 years after the Titanic tragedy, the world's most famous ship still fascinates us. This April, discover the legend is the new 3D version of James Cameron's film Titanic.
London is a city in the
south of England. People first lived in London in Roman times. Its
name was Londinium in Roman times and only 45000 people lived there.
The population is about 7,5 millions now.
There are places in
London with names of important people or things in history: Trafalgar
square commemorates Battle of Trafalgar and Victoria Street
commemorates Queen Victoria.
The people of London are
called Londoners or “Cockneys”. Famous Londoners include Charles
Chaplin and Arthur Connan Doyle. Charles Chaplin was a very important
actor. Arthur Connan Doyle was the writer of Sherlock Holmes.
My
name is Àlex. I am twelve years old and I am a student at Escola
Casa Nostra in Banyoles.
I've
got short brown hair and I've got green eyes.
I
like swimming and music. My favourite writer is Laura Gallego Garcia.
My other interests are reading and playing the piano. My favourites
books are “Les Memories D'Idhun” and “Mañana Cuando La Guerra
Empiece”.
My
day
I
usually get up at quarter past eight. I always drink a Cola Cao for
breakfast. At twenty five to nine I take my bike and I go to school
with Enric and Mateu. The school starts at nine o'clock except
Fridays that starts at half past eight, I do a lot of lessons. At
eleven o'clock I have a
break. At half past one I go home. I have lunch and I play the pino.
I go to school in the afternoon. The lessons start at three o'clock.
The school finishes at five o'clock. I go home and I eat a snack. I
do my hommework and I read. Later I go to my extralessons. I study
if there is a test and I read a lot. I have dinner at nine o'clock. I
go to sleep at eleven o'clock.
My
week
Every
day I go go to school and I go to swim. On Mondays and Wednesdays I
go to my music classes. On Fridays I go to English classes and piano
classes.
My
weekend
I
often go to Barcelona or Estartit (if is hot). If I go to Barcelona I
go to the zoo or Cosmocaixa or I go to my cousin's house...
If
I go to Estartit I drink “horxata” in the town or I go to the
beach...
At
the weekend I am sometimes in Banyoles. I like reading, watching
TV...
My powerpoint
My video
Self-Evaluation of my oral presentation
1. Presentation
I use a Power point, I don't use some pictures, posters...
I spend 2,28 minutes.
2. Body language
I look at the audience and I move a little bit because I was nervious.
I don't read 3. Structure I organize my ideas in order. 4. Content The information is correct and detailed, with examples 5. Language
The grammar is correct and varied, but I am wrong in the last sentence.
The vocabulary is rich, I don't repeat words. 6. Phonetics
I think that I pronounce all the words properly (Catalan accent), except "thanks for your attencion", becouse I proununce "thanks for your attecon".
My final mark is: 8
What have you do well? I look at the audience, I move a little bit...
What do you need to improve? I need to improve the pronunciation, and I need to have more vocabulary, because I always use the same.
1 Interaction : "Appearences" and "Interests" of Oxford Online Zone:
-Listening.
-Grammar (activities).
2 Pat's Podcasts "Graffiti" of Oxford Online Zone:
-Listening
-Exercise of "True or False"
-Exercise of complet sentences.
These dogs look like they need an ice cream! In Britain, ice crem vans are a traditional part of the summer. You can find them at the seaside or in parks. But this is the first ice cream van for dogs. There are ham and chicken ice cream instead of chocolate, and they are all served with dog biscuits!
These brides are not late for their wedding. They are in a race to climb a wedding cake tht is 4.6 metres hihg. The winner gets $25000 (20000€). The race was organised by Bridezilla, a reality TV series about horrible brides.
On 11 February there is a birthday party in Louisville, USA, for the famous American inventor Thomas Edison. He was born in 1847 and had more than 1000 inventions! His most famous invention was the light bulb. Thanks you Thomas!
I Australia, Christmas is in summer, so many Australians spend Christmas Day on the beach. They have a barbecue or a picnic for Christmas dinner, then they sunbathe, go swimming and, if they're lucky, thy may even see Fater Christmas!
Many teenagers would love to have an electric guitar, but in Britain another instrument is very popular at the moment: the ukelele. It's a four-stringed mini guitar from Hawaii and is cheap to buy and easy to play, It's the perfect instrument to impress your friends!
George McFeel: Hey , Tina, do you want to go to Edimburg after school?
Tina Fildeen: No. Sorry, George, I can't. I've got a history exam tomorrow.
George McFeel: Oh, right. That's a pitty.
Tina Fildeen: Yes, I know.
George McFeel: What about Sunday then? Are you busy?
Tina Fildeen: No. Why? What are you doing?
George McFeel: Some of us are meeting at the park if you want to come.
Tina Fildeen: Sounds good. I must go now. Text me later, OK
George McFeel: Ok. Bye, Tina.
I'm
very happy that you're coming to stay with us next week. Here's some
information about my timetable and my school.
School
starts at 9.00 and there's five to seven lessons every day. The
lessons are one hour. All the lessons are compulsory except ICT,
competència comunicativa and English project. We've got a break at
11.00. We finish at 1.30 and people go to the canteen, but I go
home because food is better. The school starts at 3.00 in the afternoon.
Lessons finish at 5.00. People usually do sport, music or particular
classes after school. I go swimming and I do music and English
classes.
Levi Strauss invented the world's favourite trousers... jeans! Born in Germany on 26 February 1829, he went to California during the Gold Rush. He saw that miners needed strong trousers, so he made some from canvas. Great!
Vocabulary:
Gold Rush: Febre de l'or
Canvas: llenç
Robertina O'Maera. Hey, What's that music?
Patrick Ma'Ora: I'm in a tradicional Irish music bamd. We'vee got band practise now.
Robertina O'Maera: Really? How often do you practise?
Maxaina Patrik'Oa: we practise every Saturday, and in March we participate in St. Patrick festival.
Robertina O'Maera: A festival? Cool! What do you do in it?
Maxaina Patrick'Oa: Well, we sing, danceand wear traditional costumes. It's fun.
Robertina O'Maera: I love dancing. What about you Patrick? Do you like festivals'
Patrick Ma'Ora: I don't mind watching them, but I hate dancing.
Tina: Jake, do you know any Irish?
Jake: Yes, I do. Why?
Tina: I don't understand this. How do tou say "hello" in Irish?
Jake: I think it's "dia duit".
Tina: Sorry, can you say that again?
Jake: Yes, it's "dia duit".
Tina: How do you spell that?
Jake: D-I-A D-U-I-T.
Tina: OK, thanks.
Man: Hello. Can I help you?
Robertina O'Maera: Yes, I want to visit Dublin. How far is it from here?
Man: Dublin's about thirteenth hours from here by plane.
Robertina O'Maera: Ok, How much is a return ticket?
Man: A return ticket is 23 dollards.
Robertina O'Maera: And is there a ship to Dublin?
Man: Yes, there are ships from the harbour. They're cheaper than the plane. The timetable are here.
robertina O'Maera: Great. Thanks very much.
Àlex: Hi, Elsa. How are things?
Elsa: Not bad. How are you, Àlex? This is Xènia. She's my friend. She's from Canada.
Àlex: Hello, Xènia. Good to meet you
Xènia: And you, Hey that are cool shoes. Are you into reading?
Àlex: Yes, I love it. What part of Canada are you from?
Xènia: I'm from Montreal.
Àlex: That's cool. See you later then.
Xènia: Yeah. See you later
This is the world's smaller aquarium. It is 30 mm long,has 10 ml of water in it contains miniature plants, stones and real fish. It was made in Russia.
Polar
bears live in the artic, Canada, Russia, Greenland and Norway. They
live and hunt in the ice and they usually eat seals. Adult polar
bears are 750 kilos, and they can swim more than 150 kilometres.
Females have two cubs every four or five years.
The
polar bears are dying because in the sea there's oil and humans hunt
polar bears in some areas. They also die because the Artic is smaller
because the climate is changing.
Every year there's a
big celebration in Catalonia. It's called St. George. The celebration is on the
twenty-third of April. Saint George is the patron Saint in Catalonia.
People buy and
give books and they also buy and give roses to their loved ones. I buy some
books.
I like St. George
because I love books and I also like it because it's a national party.
In my class there are 27 students (Including students in the classroom
A) from six different countries. There are people from Catalonia, Honduras,
Morocco, Gambia, Romania and Vietnam.
At school we have Catalan, Spanish and English three times a week. We
haven't more languages classes.
People in the class speak Catalan, Sarahule, Spanish, Arabic , Italian and Romanian.
My English is OK. My grammar is quite good. I want to improve my
listening and speaking. I think that it is a good idea to memorize key words and watch
TV in English.
Banyoles is a town in the north-east of
Catalonia. It's the capital of "Pla de l'Estany. It's got a population of about 17000 and there is some tourism and rowing.
I like Banyoles because it's a nice place. For
tourism there is the lake, I love the lake. And there is the old town centre.
Banyoles is about 20 kilometres from Girona
and about 120 kilometres from Barcelona. There are some buses from Girona and
Barcelona.
Aniol Garcia is my little brother. He's from Banyoles, Catalonia.
He has got a sister -Marina- and a brother -Àlex, me-.
He has got a bird. He likes playing football and running, but he hates computers,books... He prefers playing on the park
He has got a teddy bear called “Nene”. He is noisy. His favourite food are Lacasitos, but he hates tomatoes, lettuce...
