Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Bye-bye Dolores O'Riordan

Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of the Cranberries, dies aged 46

Death of Irish singer, whose band sold more than 40m records, is being treated as ‘unexplained’

via The Guardian

Sunday, 7 January 2018

Welcome 2018!

New Year's Resolutions
Many people start the New Year by making resolutions. But how long do they last?
- The Flatmates (BBC World Service)
- Worksheet
- Speaking: Have you made any resolutions?


The Wise Men or Three Kings
Can you match kings and gifts?
a) Caspar b) Melchior c) Balthasar
1) Gold 2) Myrrh 3) Frankincense

- Wikipedia
- The Gift of the Magy by O. Henry 
- Speaking:  What did you get/give for Christmas?



Monday, 20 November 2017

Thanksgiving 2017 (23 NOVEMBER)

 Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well. (From Wikipedia)




- Send E-cards
- You are the Historian, investigating the first Thanksgiving (audio needed)
Story and quiz
Vocabulary
Vocabulary (youtube)
DLTK 's activities (coloring pages, crafts, games, poems, recipes, printables)
Black Friday (article and listening)
ESL KidStuff's games and activities
Webquest
Quiz
Kaboose's games
More games
Crossword
Wordsearch

Review: Future and conditionals

Games Conditionals Billionaire Conditionals  Conditionals rally Conditionals jeopardy  (1, 2, 3) Future Tenses Future jeopardy First Cond...