Saint Patrick's day

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY

Irish people claim that on St Patrick's day, or Paddy's day, as they like to call their patron, everybody is Irish. That day, everybody wears green and if not, kids in Ireland have the right to pinch you. So, be careful!!
Do the following activities to learn more about this wonderful festivity celebrated all around the world by Irish people.
At the end of the unit, post a photo in your blog. It must be a selfy wearing green! describe your cothing.

Comic relief day

COMIC RELIEF DAY

Comic relief day or Red nose day is celebrated in GB every two years. People raise money for charity and they have fun as well. But maybe One direction can explain you better what this festivity is about. Her you have them.

Here you have a group of activities related to the festivity. Follow the instructions and use the listenings and videos underneath to complete the task

Once you finish find in YouTube other actions taken by famous British people to raise money in Comic relief.

Easter

EASTER

Easter is a religious festivity celebrated all around the world by Christians.

Here you have some activities that will help you to understand better this festivity whether you are a Christian or not.

Enjoy!!

Once you finish with them, go to your blog and make a post. Write a little paragraph telling the world what you are going to do this Easter holiday with your family. You can add a photo of your vacations once you come back.

Happiness day

Happiness day

Happiness day is an internationa festivity created by the UN in 2012. Happiness is a real important part in our lives, right. Or so this song claims

But this is not the first song you have heard about happiness, right?

This ones is very famous. Search on the internet the following info:

1. Who wrote this version? What year?
2. Who wrote the original song? When?
3. What type of song is it?

In order to learn more about happiness day, complete the activities you have underneath. You also have the videos and recording you will need to get the task done.

Once you finish, go to your blog and write a short paragraph, about 3 lines, telling the worl what makes you happy. Put pictures to illustrate it.

April fools day

April fools day

A day to play practical jokes and pranks!!!! To laught at others and at oneself. But be careful. Just allowed till noon. Do you want to discober why? Do the following activities!!!!!!!!!!!

Once you finish them, make a post in your blog and explain the following things

1. When is believed this Festivity started and why?
2. What happens if you pank someone after noon in England?
3. What do TV and Radio stations do on that day?
4. Which is your favourite prank from the ones you have discovered in the unit?

Enhance your post with a video of the prank you have chosen!

Here you have the document, listening and necessary videos to complete the task.

Saint George day

Saint George day

Saint George is the Patron Saint of several countries in the world apart from Catalonia. England and Turkey are two of them. Today, we are going to learn a bit more about his legend and we are going to create an activity which will include the whole school and their cells.

Ready for a bit of action? So let's fight the dragon and save the Princess!!!!!

Here underneath, you will find a group of activities to complete. Read the document and make the activities in group. You also have the video you need to complete the task.

Once you finish, make a post in your blog with a photo of the final product of this unit. Add 3 things you have learnt during the activity.

Mother's day

MOTHER'S DAY

Have you ever seen this video from Youtube?

Did you guess what type of job were they interviewing for?

Do you think being a mum is such a mess?

Today we are going to discuss about mother's day

Make a list of the things that make your mum the best mum ever!!!! Only four or five and share it with your partner. Do you have many in common?

Here underneath you have a document with activities related to Mother's day. In order to do them, you will have to watch a video, read some texts and listen to a recording. All the necessary sources are underneath.

Once you finish, make a new post in your blog entilted Mother's day. I want you to give thanks to your mum for things she does or she has done for you, just like in the video posted underneath.

READY, STEADY, GO!!!!!!!!!

Star Wars

Star Wars day

Star Wars is a famous Sci-Fi movie series with lots of followers and fans around the world. People love it so much that they have their own Festivity!!!! People from around the world follow it

even me!!!!!!!

Let's learn more about this Festivity. Follow the instructions in the document underneath.

In order to complete the activities you will have to watch a video and do a listening. You have everything listed underneath.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE? ONCE YOU FINISH THE ACTIVITES, GO TO YOUR BLOG AND EXPAIN IT. LINK THE TITLE OF THE MOVE TO THE OFICIAL WEBPAGE AND PUT PHOTOS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS!!!!

" May the force be with you"

Earth day

Earth Day

Earth day is celebrated around the world!!! People become aware of our environmental problems around and try to do something more to help our planet. 

Here you have a group of activities with listenings and readings to do. We are going to watch the videos and comment them in class following the intructions given in the documents.

And here you have the video to do the first activity

And the listenings

ELLO VIDEO ENVIRONMENT

Independence Day

Independence day

Independence day is a really important day for American people.

1. When is it celebrated? 
2. What do people do to celebrate it?
3. What colors are typical from the festivity? 

Watch the following video and find the answers with your partner if you don't already know them.

The following pdf is full with activities related to Independence Day. Follow the instructions and do the exercises. 

In order to complete the activities the following listenings will be needed

Now that we have finish it all:

1. Go to your blog
2. Complete the following text with info taken from the lesson and copy it in a new entrance entitled INDEPENDENCE DAY

Independence day is celebated on the __________________ in the United ________ of America. People don't go to ___________ and children don't have ______ that day.  They go out to celebrate, watch the ____________ and display three colors: _______, _______ and blue; the ones from the flag. They eat hot ____ and cheese ________. They watch the fireworks at _________.
REMEMBER TO ADD PHOTOS TO YOUR BLOG TO ENHANCE YOUR POSTS

Before Starting with the blog

Before starting with the blog, I would like you to notice three weblogs that might rise your interest on this tool.

Rebecca’s pocket

The first one is created by Rebecca Blood. She explains us different types of blogs that can be created and how they help us in our personal life regular basis.

Blog.cat 

The second one is Blog.cat, where you can open an account and make your own blogs freely. It has to be written in Catalan, though. Your blog will become part of a community and it will be viewed and shared by thousands of Catalan users around the globe. Why not give it a try?

El fil de les clàssiques 

This is more or less the same type of blog you find here. A class tool of communication for the teacher and students. See how cool a blog can be, and discover the opportunities it can give us as a class and community.