jueves, 26 de febrero de 2015

Two stories by Oscar Wilde





The Happy Prince and The  Selfish Giant are two well-known stories by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. They are part of a collection of stories for children, The Happy Prince and Other Tales, published in 1888.


You can find both tales on BIBLIOMANIA 



Listen to The Happy Prince being read here.




The  Selfish Giant

domingo, 22 de febrero de 2015

Writing an Opinion Essay


When writing an opinion essay, it is important to present your ideas and thoughts in an organized way.These two videos will help you.







Examples and extra practice
 
 An Opinion Essay

Opinion essays. Connectors.

Linkers and connectors

More connectors exercises

jueves, 19 de febrero de 2015

Happy New Year!



Chinese New year, China's most important holiday, is celebrated by one in six people in the world. This year they welcome the year of the goat . Or is it the year of the sheep?


The Chinese zodiac follows a twelve year cycle, each of the years being named after an animal. Find out which animal you are here

You can wish people a happy new year by saying “Xin Nian Kuai Le” in Mandarin or “San Nin Faai Lok” in Cantonese.
So to everyone in class and especially to Peyton Tan and María Du, “Xin Nian Kuai Le”






  Do you want to learn more about the Chinese New Year?

viernes, 13 de febrero de 2015