VOCABULARY REVIEW

Here you are a game with vocabulary related to fruits, colours, shapes and body. Just click on the link and choose a category. I hope you like it, because it is really funny! Thanks Ángeles for your contribution. Thanks for all your support. Your teacher and friend, Mr. Alonso!!! Regards http://www.vedoque.com/juegos/vocabulary.swf

CAPITAL CITIES IN EUROPE (ITALY)

VIDEO AND READING COMPREHENSION TEXT ABOUT ITALY

Italy is a country located south-central Europe and shares borders with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.  Rome, the capital of Italy, was for numerous centuries the centre of Western Civilisation as capital of the Roman Empire.  Modern Italy is a democratic republic.  Interesting fact, Italy became the birthplace of the Renaissance, an intellectual movement that moulded European thought between the 13^th and 16^th centuries. 

Italy's most popular tourist attractions are the Coliseum and the Pompeii ruins.  Italy is widely known for being the birthplace of opera and for having produced scientists and artists such as Galileo Galilei and Leonardo DaVinci.  Italy is the second most successful football team in the world after Brazil with four FIFA World Cup wins.

Are these statements true or false?

Italy is in north-central Europe

Italy is south of France.

Rome is the capital.

Italy is a Democratic Republic.

It is the birthplace of Renaissance.

Italy has won five FIFA cups

ENGLISH IS FUN!!!!!

Your teacher, Mr. Alonso

Welcome to London!!!

Hello again dear friends!

Here you are a video about the capital of England: LONDON.

London is the capital of England and of the United Kingdom. It was founded by the Romans in 43 A.D. Its name derives from Londinium.

Today it represents a very important centre for culture, business and tourism. There you can find many shops, banks, insurance companies and some of the best theatres and museums in the world.

It is a cosmopolitan city, many people from different nationalities live and work there. London has got a population of 6.5 million inhabitants and is the biggest city in Britain and in Europe.

I hope you like it, because it is very interesting. Maybe, in a future, you travel to London and you can visit: The Tower Bridge, St. Paul Cathedral,

Trafalgar Square

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Your teacher and friend, Mr. Alonso

Goodbye Autumn, Hello Spring!

Hello again dear friends!

Here you are the letters for the project “Welcome to my world” (4th level). I hope you like it, because it is very interesting when we write or talk about the weather, activities and food. Spring is coming soon!!!

Your teacher and friend, Mr. Alonso

Describing "The Gingerbread Man"

My students have written about the main character of the tale “The Gingerbread Man”. They write about his colour, preferences, what he can or he can’t do, his favourite food… What about you? Can you describe your ideal “Gingerbread Man”?