THANKSGIVING

Thursday, 27th November 2008: It's THANKSGIVING DAY!

This is a good link for you to know more about this popular celebration.

Friday, 28th November 2008: It's BLACK FRIDAY. If you want to know more about it, click on this link.

PETER PIPER

KELSEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Do you want to know about Grammar Schools? Then, watch this video and....



crack up laughing! :-)

NB. I just love Little Britain

QUEEN ETHELBURGAR'S SCHOOL

LEAD-IN

1. How many types of schools in England do you know?

For further information go to this website.

Now watch this video:



QUESTIONS

Listening for gist:

1. What levels are taught at Queen Ethelburgar’s School?

Listening for specific information. Answer the following questions:
1. What’s the school’s slogan?
2. Where is the hall?
3. Who lived once in the Hall?
4. What can you find within the hall?
5. What’s the major aim of Chapter House?
6. What are the activities carried out in the swimming pool?
7. How is Maths taught?

FOLLOW-UP
If you want to know more about this school, watch this video and check the school’s webpage

WORD-FORMATION & ADJECTIVES ED/ING

These links might help you with WORD-FORMATION. So let's get down to work!

LINK 1

LINK 2

LINK 3

LINK 4

Hope you find it useful.

SCHOOL DAY TOUR

Here's a link where you can find out more about a typical school day in the UK. In this webpage you will find a worksheet for you to answer the questions (they are very easy). But still I found this link quite interesting.

PRONUNCIATION

Hi there,

Here's a good link for you to brush up on your pronunciation. It covers from vowels and consonants to stress and intonation.
Well it's also great for you to revise tons of other things.

Hope you like it :-)