BEING A TEACHER....

BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

by Bruce Lee

miércoles, 25 de diciembre de 2019

Merry Christmas to you all!!!

 

There are many topics concerning Christmas that every year come to our minds when the year is about to end.

 

First, how are we going to decorate our house? or do we still decorate our houses when we get older? Do we use a fake or real Christmas tree?



Listening exercise to do: Fake or real: what's the best tree to have at Christmas? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 


 

Do we still believe in Santa Claus and its tradition? Do we prefere the Three Wise Men? When do we usually get our Christmas gifts? Do we buy presents for everybody or just the children? (Have a look at the LINGOHACK section below)


News Review:Meet a real-life secret Santa (BBC Learning English)


What about TV or films? Do we still like watching films related with Christmas such as A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens? What other things do we usually watch at Christmas?


A Christmas Carol - Part 1: Marley's ghost   


Why is Christmas a time of happiness? Is it so happy for everybody?

 

The English We Speak: The more the merrier (BBC Learning English)


And apart from all this, what about family gatherings? Do we still meet all the relatives? Where do we meet? At our grandparents' house? Who does all the cooking?


LINGOHACK  >>>

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  4. For me Christmas is the time with the most special days of the year. These days are to be with the family. On Christmas Eve, during the night Santa Claus comes to our homes to make all the children happy. And we can help all those who have nothing.
    Merry Xmas!!

    Francisco Toledo López 1ºESO A

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  6. Christmas is the most important time of the year.

    Days before Christmas we decorated the house with garlands, balloons and lights,then my brothers and I decorated the Christmas tree.

    This year we spent Christmas Eve at my grandmother's house with my aunt Silvia, who came with my cousins. The food was delicious. There were prawns, mussels, meat, sausages and chocolate and cake nougat.

    In the morning, Santa Claus brought my brother a bike and my sister and myself shoes. Then we went to the beach to walk and teach my brother to go by bike.My sister and I took a ball and we played, but I shot and the ball went into the water and I had to get in because of the ball because my brother was crying. The water was very cold and all the people passing by stared at me. Then we went to the house and had lunch.

    In the afternoon we went to my aunt's house to be with my other cousins ​​and we were celebrating till late.

    In my opinion, Christmas Eve is the best of the whole year because you are with all your family celebrating.

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  7. Christmas are in December until the beginning of January so the change of year occurs.


    Christmas for many people are the best part of year but I don´t like it. Christmas is a time for stay with the family, I spent Christmas at my house and my farmhouse with my cousins and uncles. They make dinner these days for all the family, the dinners in my house are the 24th of December and December 31st for finish the year. The food was delicious, they make prawns, meat, pecking like ham, cheese, toast and much more. The same days of the dinners I went out to parties to celebrate christmas and new year.

    The house was decorate for Christmas with garlands, ligths and a christmas tree with balls and a star.

    I don´t like the Christmas because are dates to be with the family and there is a lack of people that we wish were so I remember them and I get sad but I try to be as happy as posible for them.


    In my opinión, Christmas Eve it would be the best part of the year if there is no missing family member at the table.


    Mari Trini Ortiz 1ºA Bach

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  8. This year in Christmas day I am going to visit my aunt with my relatives and and we are going to give presents to each other because this year we didn´t have dinner on Christmas Evewith her. Other years we used to have meal with her on Christmas Eve and after dinner we gave presentsto each other, but this year we have dinner with my grandma.
    After giving each other presents I´m going to go to Velez with my parents and we are going to see Velez castle and we will go to some viewpoint which we can see all the town from . How beautiful it was!
    In my house we usually put the presents below the Christmas tree and in Christmas day we pick them and we open all the presents, I usually only get presents for Santa Claus and I don´t get for the Three Wise Men, because the school starts the next day.
    In my opinion Christmas is the best time in the year and we need to enjoy these Christmas days , and we have to give presents to all your dear people, and to spend time with them.
    Francisco González López 4ºA

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  9. Christmas is a time of the year that begins in December, of all the holidays that I like the most is Christmas since I am more with my family. On the 24th I go with my family in Jaén and before dinner we go for a walk in Jaén and then we have dinner and then we open Santa's gifts. On the 31st I go with my family from here in Granada, that day is the one I like the most since the year is over and another one begins. January 6 is when you come the three wise men for me and my brothers is the best day since they bring us more gifts than Santa Claus, and that day we go in the afternoon with my cousins ​​and friends to see the floats.
    What I like most about Christmas is the movies they put on television, since I was a child I watch those movies.

    In my opinion I think Christmas is the best time.

    Maria González Lozano 4A

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  10. For me, Christmas is a very special day because my whole family gathers to celebrate. But I also like that my parents give me many things. What I most want is to help people so they can celebrate "Christmas." And also give many things to others.
    Hopefully when I am of age I can do those things that I said.
    "Merry Christmas "

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  11. For me: Christmas is the most special days in the year, because, you are with your family and you have holidays. Presents too. On the 24th at the night, Santa Claus comes to your home, and the next morning, there are some presents under the Christmas tree.
    Rocio Avellanedas Nocete 1°A

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  12. For me: Christmas is the most special days in the year, because, you are with your family and you have holidays. Presents too. On the 24th at the night, Santa Claus comes to your home, and the next morning, there are some presents under the Christmas tree.
    Rocio Avellanedas Nocete 1°A

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  13. I Like christmas, because is special da y. I like presents and food, also the holiday.

    Jose Antonio Sabio Prados 1°A ESO

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  15. Christmas is the most special time of the year! It´s the time when all the family gets together and enjoys itself.

    At Christmas, we make lots of preparations. To begin with, a few days before Christmas, my mum and I set up a big beautiful Christmas tree full of lights. When Christmas arrives, there are lots of presents underneath the tree. On Christmas Eve, we all go to our granma´s house and have dinner there, and also to receive Santa Claus. My mum usually helps my Grandmother preparing the food and setting the table, so that the house looks cool!

    What´s more, when everybody has arrrived, we wish each other ´´Merry Christmas!``, and we all celebrate it singing carols, drinking, eating and even dancing, which is pretty fun!

    Finally, when it´s nearly midnight, someone dressed as Santa Claus enters the house singing:´´Ho,Ho,Ho!``, sits in the middle of the living room and gives us presents. All the kids of our family get very excited because they are looking forward to this moment and it´s great looking at them jumping of happiness!

    To end up, I enjoy Christmas a lot because I love seeing the whole family together and getting so many presents! Christmas is a very special celebration for me!

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  16. I love this photo,
    I am in my house. There are lights above me and a Christmas tree next to me. It’s Christmas time! My father is taking the photo and my mother isn’t in the living room because she is cooking in the kitchen. There are presents under the tree and sweets on the table. I always take chocolate on Christmas.
    We love Christmas!

    Antonio Puentedura Prados de 1º ESO A

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  17. Christmas takes place in December and it is the time the year ends and we have the coming year. For this reason a lot of people think about their lives during the whole year and their acts with their families.

    Christmas is time to stay in family, for example I sped my Christmas Eve at my grandmother's house with my cousins and uncles, we have dinner together and then we spend time talking about our lives and the rest of things that we think that are important. My grandmother's house is not decorated but mine is, my house is decorated with a fake Christmas tree with lots of light and balls with a big star on the top. Moreover, I have two very cool decorations wih light.

    At home we usually prefer the Three Wise men, on Santa Claus my brother and I have a little present and on 6th January we have big presents, I think it's more traditional and better, We go to see the parade every year and then we open the presents.
    Another aspect about Christmas is Christmas films, there are two types of people, those who love them and those who hate them. I love Christmas films. I think they are beautiful and show you different values.

    In my opinion Christmas is fantastic and a time of the year when we should enjoy the little things like spending time in family or simply being on the sofa watching a film with the lights of the christmas three on and drinking a hot chocolate.

    Maria Prados Espinosa 1ºbach

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  18. Christmas is one of best celebrations in the year. It's the time when you meet your family and you give them lots of presents, love and affect. Christmas is one of my favorite time in the year and every Christmas I have very good times with relatives and friends, and so do them!

    Every year, I count the days until Christmas arrive! The best of this holidays is that you meet all you relatives that you don't meet during the year, you can visit and meet your friends, you can make presents to all of them, and the most important thing, you don't have to go to school, but you have to study a lot anyway.

    And the best things that happens in Christmas comes when it's nearly finished. This moment is when the Three Wise Men arrive to Spanish people's home. They live you all the presents you've wanted during the whole year and that's one of the best moments that happens in Christmas. But remember, they only give presents to good people.

    In England, Santa Claus is the person who comes with his great sledge carried by a lot of reindeers through the sky. Then he gets into your house by the chimney and he leaves you a great present, but only if you've been a good person during the whole year. If you've been a bad boy, Santa will live you big sack of coal! So remember be a good boy.

    I really hope that I could celebrate it this year, because with all this mess with COVID, I don't know if my family and I could go to a rural house and have a great time all together. I hope that at the end of the year everything it's ok and I could have a great time with my friends and my family.

    In fact, Christmas is one of my favorite holidays and I hope this year I'll celebrate it nicely and all toguether.

    Álvaro Martín Moliz 4º ESO A

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  19. I really like Chirtsmas! There are holodays and we can visit our family. One thing I really enjoy is the wise men. I prefer the wise men to Santa Claus.


    Merry Chirstmas to you all!

    Antonio Puentedura Prados 2º ESO A.

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  21. Since I was little I have adored Christmas. I have always loved having a few weeks of holidays, opening presents, the excitement for the Three Wise Men and Santa Claus, and especially, being able to spend those special days with my family.

    Before, we used to put some lights on the terrace, and the Christmas tree in the living room, but a few years ago the lights broke down and we no longer put them on. I think I will decorate my house when I get older because I really like the Christmas spirit.
    In Spain, we have the tradition of using a fake tree and decorating it with balls, ribbons, lights and a star at the top. On the one hand, it isn´t the best for recycling because they are normally made of plastic, but on the other hand, it´s a good option because you use them for many years and you save money because you don´t have to buy a new tree every Christmas.

    In my family, the tradition is to receive Christmas presents on 6th January , but on December 24th ´s night, Christmas Eve, we also receive a small one. We usually buy presents for the whole family, but my little cousins are the ones who have the most.
    I really like cinema. I love watching films in my free time, and although I like Christmas, I don't really like watching Christmas films. However, I've seen some like "Love Actually" or "Let it snow". I prefer listening to Christmas songs.

    For me, Christmas is a time of happiness because I really like spending time with my family. I think that is not a beautiful time for everyone because there are many people who have to spend Christmas without their loved ones.
    I imagine that this year will be different, but the tradition in my family is to have dinner at my auntie's house, and we make the food together. It's a pity that we can't celebrate it in the same way this year, because Christmas, especially New Year´s Eve, is one of my favourite days of the year.

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  22. Since I was little, our tradition has been Christmas with my family. We spent Good Night and New Year's Eve with my maternal family, and on Christmas and Three Kings with my paternal family. It is a very special time since we were always the whole family and we did not have a very good time. And above all because there are many gifts, we get the biggest gifts in Santa Claus, leaving a small detail for Reyes.

    It is true that lately it is not like before, after family losses we feel incomplete and perhaps with a little less desire, but we always have the best possible time. They are days of illusion where everything is prepared with great enthusiasm.

    The best thing about this time is that there is no institute, you can be with your friends until late since you do not have to get up early, spend more time with the family, although this last Christmas with the COVID has been something strange, since we have not been able to eat all together, if we spend time with everyone out of fear of infection, and above all out of respect for the elderly who are at higher risk.

    I hope this pandemic ends to celebrate these days with the whole family again and return to normality.

    Nuria Díaz Ruiz

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  23. Christmas is a very special and funny holidays, in wich you do many things, like for example ,spending time with your family ,meeting with your friends .

    Here at Chritmas people put Christmas trees with lights and balls in it ,also we decorate the house with Santa Clous dolls ,lights …
    On the 24 th of December I go with my family to my uncle´s house at night and all my family have dinner there, then my cousins , my brother my sister and I watch TV , we play games…
    On 25 th of December there in Spain, comes Santa Clous , he is a man of medium height , he is fat , he wears glasses and a Christmas suit , you put cookies and some milk in a glass next to the tree, and he gives you some presents .
    Also on 31st of December I have dinner with my family in my house and then we eat some grapes .
    On the 6th of January the three wizard kings come, and you put the cookies and the glass of milk next to the tree , and they give you some presents .And it is too excited when you wake up ,and you know there are some presents next to the tree.

    And the other days of the holidays yo play with you presents , you go with your family to other places…

    I am Carlos 3 ESO A

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  24. The best moment in the year is Christmas, in my opinion. Christmas is a moment in the year when family gets together to celebrate it, Christmas is a time to share, and to give and receive, but more to give. I have had many crazy Christmas with incredible gifts, days of laughter, lots of laughter with my cousins, grandparents, uncles... We have celebrated Christmas in my house since 4 years as I can remember.

    Always, when my cousins arived to my house, we sing all type of songs, we dance, and we try to cook something (but always I get always scold when something had passed). New Years Eve is different, because we eat at my grandmother’s house and me and my cousins can’t do anything.

    Francisco Toledo López 3ºA

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  25. the best time of the year is Christmas because Santa Claus comes to my house and gives me presents and I also like it because there are vacations and no school, also to spend time with the family and have dinner together.
    sergio 1 b

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  26. I think Christmas is a very good holiday that you can have diner with your family, you can get presents, the new year celebration and a lot of things.

    On the 24th of December, I go to my granmother's house and I have got dinner there with my cousins and uncles. You can put a tree and you can decorate it that you want.
    On the 25th of December, Santa Clous come to your house and he give you presents.
    On the 6th of January, the three wizard kings come to your house and they eat the food that you put below the three (like in 25th of December) and they give you presents.

    I am Leo 1-ESO B

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