Summer dreams

 

 

Summer is here and our expectations are so high as we have so many things to do ahead, so many experiences to live, so many people to meet. Then we will have such good memories when autumn comes of all we did, of all we lived and of all the people we met. Who knows? We may meet our future partner or our best friend, Who knows?

 

 

DAY THREE

SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

 

Match these questions to these answers and think about the question/answer that makes reference to the physical description of a person, his/her personality or his/her health state:

    Questions                 >>>>                                 Answers                           >>>>               Goal

 

How are you?                            I'm a nice person, but sometimes a bit moody                APPEARANCE

What do you look like?              Fine, thanks! And you?                                                  PERSONALITY

What are you like?                    I'm not very slim and I've got brown eyes.                     HEALTH

• Now have a look at the post Victory belongs to the most tenacious and the comments made and then try to write a comment describing Rafa Nadal physically. Here are some notes that can help you.  
• Write another comment (it could be in the same post) about your personality. Here are some notes that can help you.
  
• Some exercises to describe appearance and personality (Agenda Web)
  

 

And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today: I can dream about you by Dan Hartman. You can have a look at the lyrics in this version with lyrics.

 

 

 

Here are some activities for you to do: 

• 

  The English We Speak: Jump through hoops  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: Is it wrong to eat plants?  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: How to use the word 'PRETTY'  (BBC Learning English)

• Learn how to speak naturally:  How to talk about things you like  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Vintage tennis:  Nadal II 

Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer - 2006 Final / Roland Garros Classic Match (Eurosport summary) & Rafael Nadal vs Paul-Henri Mathieu - 3nd round | Roland-Garros 2006

Vintage tennis: Documentary about duels between Connors vs McEnroe  (in French with Spanish subtitles) another documentary 

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Learn English with Ratatouille - Remy Meets Linguini  

Endless summers

Summers are so long that we need to find numerous activities and tasks to do not to get bored, most of which are going to be related to leisure, but I'm afraid there are some other things that we still have to do: eat, sleep, breathe... and English to be ready for the future!

SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

• Exercises on the verb TO BE:  1   2   3
  
• Exercises on the verb TO HAVE:  1  2  3  (Agenda Web)
  
• Match the questions to the answers:
  

 Questions               >>>>>>          Answers

a. WHAT is the weather like?                                  1. I don't understand this exercise.

b, WHAT time is it? / WHAT is the time?                      2. My birthday is on 12th March.

c. WHO is Mary's brother?                                            3. Because it is Friday.

d. WHAT is this?                                                            4.  It is half past nine

e, HOW OLD are you?                                                    5. We are on page 14.

f. HOW MANY flowers are there?                                 6. There are ten flowers.

g. HOW MUCH water is there in the glass?                     7. It is mine.

h. HOW do you spell 'athletics'?                                    8. It is in London.

i. HOW are you?                                                              9. It is Mark.

j. WHAT page are we on?                                             10. a-t-h-l-e-t-i-c-s

k. Can you help me, please?                                          11. Of course, what's the problem?

l. WHEN is your birthday?                                           12.  I'm twelve years old.

m. WHERE is the River Thames?                                     13. I'm fine, thanks. And you?

n. WHY are you happy?                                                     14. It is sunny and warm.

o. WHOSE book is this?                                                 15. This is a cat.

                                                                            16. There is a little water in the glass.

 

And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO

 

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today: Endless summer by Oceana. You can have a look at the lyrics in this version with lyrics.

 

Oceana - Endless Summer- Moments Euro 2012 

 

Here are some activities for you to do: 

• 

  The English We Speak: It happens to the best of us  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: Sonic seasoning  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: How to use 'POTENTIAL'  (BBC Learning English)

• Learn how to speak naturally:  How to gossip about people  (BBC Learning English)

Vintage tennis:  Nadal I 

Rafael Nadal vs Mariano Puerta - 2005 Final / Roland Garros Classic Match (Semifinal against Federer)

 

 

Charles the first on grass court: Álcaraz defeats De Minaur in Queen's 2023 Final!!!

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Learn English with  Ratatouille   

 

Congratulations to our Spain women's basketball national team for their silver medal in the European championship!!

  

When you've got a trouble in mind...

 

 When you've got a trouble in mind you may feel blue. (What does 'blue' mean here?) Musically speaking, what are 'the blues'? 

  

Then, perhaps, here's a possible solution: Are naps good for your brain?  i(News Review, BBC Learning English 

Another good idea would be to dance to this music: DISCO MUSIC 70s VIDEO MIX 1 DJ JIMY   

 

Here are some activities for you to do: 

• 

  The English We Speak: Famous last words  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: Can climate change cause more disease?  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: 4 meanings of POSITION  (BBC Learning English)

• Learn how to speak naturally:  How to gossip about people  (BBC Learning English)

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today: Trouble in Mind by Lightnin Hopkins. You can have a look at the lyrics in this version by Johny Cash.

 

SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

• Exercise 4: Subject and object pronouns (Oxford University Press)
• Exercise 3: Possessive adjectives (Oxford University Press)
• Question words (Englisch Hilfen)

 

And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO

 

Mohamed Amin Briouel El Fachati  (1º ESO B) and his comic about Around the World in 80 Days.

 

 

Project on Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Andrea Valdés Padial (4º ESO A) 

Vintage tennis:  

"You can't be serious!" by John McEnroe

 

And the grass season in tennis has just begun with Álcaraz (incredible shot with the 3-1 in the first set) and Bautista at their best!!!

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

English Short Stories For Kids English Cartoon With English Subtitle 7

 

 

He is said to be bad to the bone

 

  Our English teacher is said to be "bad to the bone", but is he really so nasty?  At least that was what Mr Prados said the first time he saw his English teacher four years ago... and he ran away as fast as he could. "There is nobody as bad as him in town and at school, so beware of him!", that's what everybody at school, students and other teachers say.

 

 

   

Joking aside, I do hope you enjoy listening to the song that gave me the idea to do this post: Bad to the bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers (Pay attention to the lyrics, which are really good fun).

 

Terminator 2 . Bad to the Bone....

 

 

And as I am bad to the bone, here are some activities for you to do and make you suffer: 

• News Review: Blood test for 50 cancers  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: The art of subtitling  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: How to use 'COMMON'  (BBC Learning English)

• Learn how to speak naturally:  How to respond to compliments  (BBC Learning English)

What makes a great teacher? (The Guardian)

Tennis - Roland Garros 2023: Novak Djokovic, the G.O.A.T. in tennis  

Djokovic & Ruud Battle For The Men's Singles Trophy! | Roland-Garros Highlights | Eurosport

  

Novak Djokovic ALL 23 GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS   

 

Anyway, our journey together has come to an end, but this is not over for you and I wish all the best for the future, students in 4º ESO level. And the party is just about to start...

 

 

Some activities for my students in 1º ESO:

Write a comment about a naughty person you know. It can be a teacher, a relative, a friend, 

a neighbour.... Use the compararative of equality, of superiority and the superlatives.

 

Example: Student X is the worst student in our class. He is not as good as Student B. 

He studies harder than Student B, but Student B writes longer comments than Student X.

 His house is more comfortable than mine, but my car is faster than his.

WE ARE MILLENIALS!!!

 

 

Yes, would you believe it? We are MILLENIALS!!!         

Nobody could have believed that when our digital trek set off 12 years ago, when this blog was born on 11^th March, 2011. Our students have worked along with me writing almost 25,000 comments!!!  and we are getting closer to 1 million visits!!! 

 

 

 

 

In this heart of darkness, which our world of education has become, we are going through with the only light of Our great master  Dr Neil McLaren in the distance, a summit we will never reach, but with our belief that Victory belongs to the most tenacious here we are still fighting!!!      

 

 

So now it is the turn of our students and followers (and even haters) to rate the usefulness of this virtual diary, where we have dealt with so many semantic fields. Many things have happened: study trips to the British-Irish Isles, highs and lows, a pandemic, wars, victories, defeats, moments of absolute joy, moments of deep sadness, catastrophes, victories and defeats... Nevertheless, all the posts had a point in common:  the relevance they all may have had in our teaching-learning process of the English language.

 

Along with my site, this digital tool was so relevant during the pandemic. I feel really proud of our tenacity and resilience to keep this DIGITAL DREAM alive and I do hope that it was the seed for your own blogs and sites!!! But remember you have to water the seed and then the plant so as to be succesful, always being as flexible as water so as to overcome all difficulties you come across and to adapt to the most diverse situations.

 

 

Generation Comparison (1901-2024)

 

 

As well, with the word 'millenial' we make reference to those people who were born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s, that is, a member of the Generation Y. Actually, I, the author of this blog, am a babyboomer, who is someone born between the late 1940s and the 1960s, the years after the Second World War, when there was a high increase in the birthrate, whilst most of my students and readers of this blog belong to the Gen Z. ( Gen Z to take over )

 

With regard to 'baby boomers' (actually, I'm one of them myself) not long ago I read this: "America's healthcare costs are expected to soar as baby boomers become senior citizens". Here are a couple of newspaper articles to read about the issue: 

 

Aging baby boomers raise the risk of a long-term-care crisis in the U.S. (CNBC)

Baby boomers 'should work for longer to stay healthy' (The Guardian)

 

Fast Facts About Baby Boomers | History

 

 

 

Homework for my students  (Your comments will be sort of pieces of advice for future students with Albert):

• 1º ESO.- Using MODAL VERBS write a comment telling people what to do if they are in 1º ESO with Albert and want to pass English.

Example: You must do your homework everyday and you should write genuine comments.

• 4º ESO.- Write a comment using the REPORTED SPEECH saying what Albert told you at the beginning of the school year and now that the school year is coming to an end what has happened using the 3 types of CONDITIONAL SENTENCES.

Example: Albert told us to study everyday and we didn't. If we had studied every day, we would have had better marks in English.

 

 

Some other activities for you to do: 

• News Review: Can diet improve memory?  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: Is ecotourism good or bad?  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: How to use 'POTENTIAL'  (BBC Learning English)

• The English We Speak:  Level up  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

🏆 Kings of Europa League! Sevilla's post-match scenes & trophy lift | UEL 22/23 Moments

 

 

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today: Father & Son by Yusuf / Cat Stevens. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!! And this is a playlist you may like: Great Baby Boomer Songs.

 

 

And this is one of the most beautiful presents I have ever received from one of my students:

Thanks, Amin!

And if you are a new student with Albert, here's a form to fill in with all your personal data:

Fill in the form, please. Send me a photograph to my e-mail if you don't like the one taken in class.  

My e-mail:  albertomeditutor@gmail.com

Thank you very much.

Albert.