Christmas videos!

• New Year’s Resolutions for English Language Learners: https://youtu.be/XZUb69IocuA 
• Funny scene of Friends: https://youtu.be/UV7fZd7gjJ8 
• Phrases expressing resolutions: https://youtu.be/SVJRq2ezhFQ 

• Christmas Karaoke https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF22689E438E0C08A

• Crazy Christmas traditions around the world https://youtu.be/wFXkazFvFI8

• The Gingerbread Man story https://youtu.be/pckuS--UlV4

• A Christmas Carol - short version https://youtu.be/HqMfGq3okZY

• Mr Bean’s Christmas https://youtu.be/HKUY_gOxLas

• Nightmare Before Christmas- when Jack discovers Christmastown https://youtu.be/yXo-mqmiGew

A Christmas Carol: Activities and notes

Exercises on A Christmas Carol

Match.

                                                  He loves Christmas.

1.Scrooge                                     He has one coal.                               

2.Bob Cratchit                              He does not love Christmas

3.nephew                                     He has a family life.

                                                 He wants to have a big career.

Match.

1.Scrooge                   E,C               A.He loves Christmas. 

2.Bob Cratchit             B               B.He has one coal.

3.nephew                     A,D             C.He does not love Christmas.

                                                   D.He has a family life.     

                                                   E.He wants to have a big carrer.

More activities on the Christmas Carol

True OR False


Scrooge is a miser........
Scrooge is a very happy person..........
Scrooge is solemn.........



♦-----♠ Match the names with the correct phrase.

*Ebenezer Scrooge
*Charles Dickens
*Scrooge says his nephew
*Bob Cratchit

☺is a miser                           ☻is Scrooge's clerk
☺is a fool                             ☻ ☻☺wrote this book

A Christmas Carol: The main characters (photocopy)

Exercise for Charles' Dickens story

1. What was the first name of Scrooge?
2. Who was Tiny Tim's father?
3. When did the story take place?





ANSWERS:
1. Ebenezer
2. Bob Cratchit
3. 1843

Baby Cry 2

When Sigons saw the letter they were very scared. They hoped that it was a joke. The other day they called the police. The policemEN said that they WOULD find the killer as soon as they can. The mum of the dead girl started crying because she understOOd that she haD lost her child. It was Friday the 13th and someone gave a ring at Sigons’ home. The man saID to them: ''Hey you, don't hang up the phone! It's me, your cousin Paul.” The man fainted and her wife closed the phone and called the ambulance. They came as soon as they could. They said that he was strong, but maybe he coyld die. After one week the man phoned again, but knowone awnserd. Then he decided to go at Sigons' home. He get inside quietly and he took a knife and killed them.  After six years, when he died police found that he was......           

                                                                       What do you think?

Write me your comments or post what do you think that the man was!

                                         

Activities from Charles Dickens story ''A Christmas Carol''

Activities from Charles Dickens story; A Christmas Carol

 Exercise 1: Write the names of the characters.

1. He hates Christmas and he has lot of money.                     

2.He was horrible and nasty, until he died.                    

3.He's Scrooge's clerk, he's very poor and he has a large family.                

4.He's always in chains because he's damned for eternity.                   

Exercise 2: Circle the correct answer

1. Charles Dickens is a writer/director.

2. The first ghost took Scrooge to the past/future.

3.  The 2nd spirit is the ghost of Christmas present/Christmas past.

4. The 3rd spirit is kind and sweet/scary and he never talks.

Exercise 3: Write a description of the first ghost.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

                                GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

Reading Competition: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Story activities made by our students: 

Example 1 http://bitsandpieces-english.blogspot.com/2012/12/exercise-for-christmas-carol.html

Example 2 http://friends-eng.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas%20Carol%20activities


1) Watch this video to get a general idea of the story. 

2) Students can now read about the main characters of the story.

❄ Scrooge is a horrible, nasty and mean man. He loves money more than his life. He always counts his money but he never gives any to the poor people, even for Christmas.

❄ Fred - Scrooge's nephew is a very kind man. He loves Christmas. And he always invites Scrooge to his Christmas but his grumpy uncle never accepts the invitation.

❄ Bob Cratchit - Scrooge’s clerk is a very poor man with a large family. He generally works hard and he does his best to be a good clerk. But he sometimes gets into trouble because Scrooge is very strict.

❄ Tiny Tim - Bob Cratchit's young son is handicapped from birth. He always walks with a crutch. Tiny Tim is always cheerful. He never sits or plays alone because everybody loves him. His father Bob always looks after him after work.

❄ Marley’s ghost is always in chains because Marley is damned for eternity. Marley was horrible and nasty when he was alive. Now he is punished so he is very miserable.

❄ The 1st spirit is the ghost of Christmas past. He takes Scrooge back to his childhood. He always carries a light.

❄ The 2nd spirit is the ghost of Christmas present. He takes Scrooge to Cratchit’s house and to his nephew’s house where everyone is celebrating Christmas. This spirit is often sarcastic and ironical.

❄ The 3rd spirit is the ghost of the future. He takes Scrooge to his own tomb. He never talks or answers a question, he is so scary!

3) Some pictures illustrating the story can be found here.

llustrations :

http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/carol/gallery.html 

http://charlesdickenspage.com/illustrations-carol.html 

http://www.printspast.com/christmas-carol-prints-rackham.htm 

4) Students can now read the whole story on their handout and simultaneously listen to it by clicking here.

Baby cry 1

 It was midnight, when I heard a baby crying out of the door. I didn't know who was. At first I thought that it was a joke, but the baby was crying for long. Then the cry stoped. After a minute I saw someone moving in our garden, running to the house next to us. I was so scared, me and my brother looked out of the window again and we saw someone taking a girl out of the house. We called the police. When they arrived it was to late. The man had just put the girl in his car. After one week a dead body found out of the house next of us. It was the girl's body, the man killed her and he leaved a message on her body. It says; '' Dear Sigons, I killed your daughter, now it's your turn. Love your cousin.''

 

A Ghostly arm

Hello fantastic bloggers!

 Today, I'm here to tell you a GHOST STORY!

                              A GHOSTLY ARM

In April 1907 a letter appeared in theCity Press concerning the old section of the London Wall that now cowers beneath the gleaming white modernity of the Museum of London.A reader told how, on one Sunday night, he had been passing this relic when he noticed a hand and arm “stretched out from the railings to bar my passage.”He was so alarmed by this that he jumped into the road and, for a moment, turned his back to the railings. On summoning up the courage to look round, he saw a man in dark clothes, walking back to the wall. When he reached it he “seemed to walk right into it.”The bemused witness recalled how he had heard no sound of footsteps, and told how he had returned the next morning to examine the spot but could find nothing that threw any light on the mystery of what, or who, it was that he had encountered.

Funny Halloween videos

Funny:

Friends - Halloween Party, Part 1

Friends - Halloween Party, Part 2

History of the celebration:

Halloween History - Animated for Kids

A description of a friend

                                     My best friend

 My best friend's name is Vivian. We HAVE BEEN best friends FOR 6 years now. When we were in the first class in primary school, we met each other. She is 1,62 metters tall, she has brown hair and brown eyes. She's an athlete and her favourite sport is BASKETBALL! I don't like basketball very much, but she loves it. Her favourite colour is blue, her favourite types of music are pop and rock, her favourite animals are dogs and cats and her favourite hobby is riding her bike, dancing and playing basketball of course. She has a very cute dog which is called Lady. I love Vivian and she will be my best friend FOREVER!!!!

Earthquake in Heraklion: Jim’s writing

  In my country we don’t have volcanos, but we do have earthquakes. I live in Heraklion on the island of Crete Greece. This place is very beautiful.

  In 2015 a big earthquake happened, which destroyed lots of houses. My family was very scared, because their houses disappeared! Other people were scared too. But not everyone was so lucky. Sadly, a lot of people died and the earthquake caused great destruction. 
   After the earthquake all the people built new houses and Heraklion started being the same again after a lot of time and effort.

Samara: My story

                               Samara the 3 challenges

One day Jessie woke up and ate her breakfast. She knew that today was her school Halloween's Festival. She had a great idea! She dressed up like Samara! Samara is an evil ghost and if someone makes fun of her she will kill him in 3 challenges. Jessie thought that it was a joke, but it wasn't. After the Halloween's Festival, next morning she woke up at eleven o'clock. That was strange for Jessie, because even the weekends she used to woke up at eight o'clock, but it was a different day for her. When she ate her breakfast she went to the bathroom to clean her teeth. She opened her mouth and spiders came out of it! That was unusual, the first challenge for Samara's revenge has been started.  She used to tell all her secrets to her mum and her best friend, but now she didn't tell anything. She didn't feel OK. She had a terrible headache. Then she coughed and she felt something in her mouth! She pulled out some hair!! It was disgusting. That was the second challenge. After she had a feeling that she doesn't feel her arms. She ran to the kitchen she knew that she would die. Samara could control Jessie's body. She took a knife and put it isnide Jessie's body.  After that terrible day Jessie died and Samara took revenge on her. Can you see her? She's behind you!!!

  

Halloween competition: Write a ghost story!

The answer about the Queen's routine

The sight I would like to visit is the"Big Ben"in London! (Why?)

I don't do the same things life as the Queen, but the most interesting thing which she does is go for a walk with her dogs!

(Be careful when you write on the blog, Minas!)

Minas,"the fantastic person"!

Hello,

My name is Minas and I am11 years old.

My favourite colour is red and I am a very sporty person.

My favourite Sport is Basketball!

My hobbies

Hello again fantastic bloggers!

Today I am here to tell you about my hobbies. I have lot of hobbies, so I am going to begin. 

My first hobby is singing. I 've started singing when I was 6 years old, I'm not singing like a professional, but I'm trying to be a profes sional one day.My favourite Band are the ''Imagine Dragons''. And my favourite song is ''All of me'' from John Legend. 

My other hobby is running. I started running when I was 7 years old, I'm not going to be a professional. I run because I want to be fit and it's my favourite sport. 

My last hobbies are two: dancing and playing the guitar. I started dancing when I was 10. I don't want to be a dancer, but I want to know how to dance like a dancer. I started playing the guitar when I was 10. When I was 10 I had a classic guitar, but now I have an electric guitar. I like the electric guitar more than the classic guitar. 

I love singing, dancing, running and playing the guitar, because they are parts of my life. 

Hello from fantastic Melpo

 Hello!!

❤My name is Melpo, I'm 11 years old and my favourite colour is blue. I have five cats and I love singing.❤

☺I'm from Heraklion and my favourite hobbies are dancing and singing.☺

Videos for the new bloggers: London, the Queen and the Present Simple!

Answer these two questions in a comment:

1) Which sight do you want to visit in London and why?
2) Do you do the same things in your everyday life as the Queen? What is the most interesting thing that the Queen does?

my first post

I am Thalia. I am 13 years old  I love music. My favourite band is Markous and Martinous .   And I am from Heraklion .And my favourite colour is pink  .And I like shopping every time .

Hello from fantastic Sevi!

Hello, my name is Sevi and I am 11 years old. I live in Heraklion and I like animals and flowers.

Hello from Orestis

Hello my name is Orestis and I like to play basketball with my friends.

my first post

 I am Evridiki .I am 12 years old. I like dancing. I love the black colour.

!!!!!HELLO FROM KONSTANTINOS!!!!!

Hello my name is Konstantinos.
I am 13 years old.
I like playing football.
And  I am very very happy!!!!!!! 

Hello from Jim

Hello I am very interested in this new hobby called blogging.

I am from  Herakleion and  I am 12 years old.

Hello from Maria!

Hello I am very happy and very enthusiastic about our new blog! I am from Heraklion and i like playing volleyball.I am 13 years old.

Review: Plan

 

 

Practise the song for our end-of-year show!

Firework by Katy Perry: https://youtu.be/6BtI43kqkOI

 

A description of my favourite detective

 Hey. I am reporter Melina and I am gonig to tell you about my favourite detective. His name is James Bond. He is 57 years old but he looks very young. He is tall and thin man with brown hair and green eyes. His job is to find the robbers. He has participated in many movies. He is a very good spy. 

He was the protagonist in action films and horror films. His hobbies are playing the piano, and telling stories. He has already played in 23 movies and all of them are in the cinema. James Bond has already died 23 times. As a good journalist I asked him some questions.

MELINA:
Hi! How long have you wanted to became a detective?
MR BOND:
I have wanted this since I was 14 years old.
MELINA:
And before what did you want to be when you grew up?
MR BOND:
I would like to be a fireman
MELINA:
Wow! That is good. Is it easy to catch the robbers?
MR BOND:
No, I do not think so, but it is entertaining
MELINA:
And one last question:What do you want to tell all your fans?
MR BOND:
I want to say a very big thank you because without them I would not be where I am now.
MELINA:
Great! And I am an admirer of you
MR BOND:
Oh! Thank you. Bye!
MELINA:
Bue! See you!

New video series!

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch/starting-out

Frozen: Sing along!

https://youtu.be/L0MK7qz13bU

Reading skills: Scanning

Scan the text as quickly as possible and write down:

three tour start times; two prices; two ages and one phone number.

Flyers Vocabulary

Picture book:
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/245852-yle-flyers-word-list-picture-book.pdf

Word list:
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/149681-yle-flyers-word-list.pdf

Flyers Speaking

Sample video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTW5EM6WEGo

Examiner's comments: http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/150842-cambridge-english-flyers-speaking-commentary.pdf

Surprise links!

Did you know there in a Carnival in London in August? Watch the video and do the quiz!

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/lifeintheuk/london/notting-hill-carnival-video-quiz.html

 

Flyers activities! Do you know the answer?

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/parents-and-children/activities-for-children/a2-level/

Prepositions

British vs American English

A report

The proposal

 

The council is planning to build a new hotel in my neighbourhood in the next months . Our neighbourhood is a quiet area with a lot of traditional shops next to the beach .

Reasons to build a hotel

First of all, building a hotel is a nice idea to promote the development of a piece of land. It is going to bring more tourists , so the shops will have more profit . There are going to be a lot of new jobs and most people of the city will have work

 

Reasons not to build a hotel

Because most of the visitors will have their own car, the traffic will be heavier . Consequently, the pollution will get worse . The life of the traditional people will change , because of the foreign influences.

My opinion

(Best heading: Recommendations and Suggestions)

My opinion about the development of this area is positive because I think the advantages are more than the disadvantages.

(Meeting of the residents? Petition?)

My favourite movie

My favourite movie is ''Harry Potter''.I like this movie because it combines adventure and many emotions like joy, love, sadness, fear and excitement.

The film is about the life of a magician whose parents died from an evil wizard. After that, he is forced to stay with his uncle and aunt who were not magicians and hated it.  At the age of 11 Harry learns that he is a magician and goes to stay at Hogwarts school, there they are waiting for him and he is severely tested.

After a few years the evil wizard Voldemort is reborn and the life of the magicians but more of Harry  are threatened.The next few years are a torment for magicians.Voldemort spreads and no one can stop him. Until Harry discovers Voldemort's secret and with his friend Ron and Ermioni try to destroy him.The final battle is at Hogwarts with lots of excitement for all viewers.

I like a lot this movie and I suggest seeing it.   

Computer room time!

1) Read the text and do the activities:

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice/films-and-entertainment

2) Watch Episode 2, Extra English

https://youtu.be/9622rc8Ts3k

Μy favourite hobby

 Μy favourite hobby is synchronized swimming.Ι love it because it combines teamwork with individuality. Ι also enjoy dancing in water with my teammates. 

This sport requires hard work, good concentration and endurance discipline.

My favourite Guinness Record

I am writing to tell you about my favourite Guinness Record. Miss Xie Qiuping is from China and she has the longest hair in the world. Her hair was 19m when measured on 8 May 2005. 

She has be growing her hair since 1973 since the age of 13. "It isn't trouble at all. I'm used to it" said Miss Xie Qiuping.

I believe this hair is big trouble, but it's her choice!!!