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HALLOWEEN

Halloween Vocabulary.

Halloween	Noche de Brujas
bat	murciélago
black cat	gato negro
candy	caramelos
cobweb	telaraña
costume	disfraz
devil	diablo
ghost	fantasma
haunted house	casa embrujada
magic	magia
monster	monstruo
mummy	momia
pumpkin	calabaza
skeleton	esqueleto
spell	hechizo
spider	araña
vampire	vampiro
witch	bruja
wizard	brujo, mago

 
Halloween Traditions

It's celebrated on October 31st. When the Celts lived in Ireland, Britain and France over 2,000 years ago, they had a pagan agricultural festival on this day. They believed that the dead came back, so they used to light large bonfires to ward off evil spirits. Irish, Scots and other immigrants brought this tradition to North America in the 19th century.

The word "Halloween" is a shortened form of "All Hallows' Eve", meaning the evening before "All Hallows' Day" or "All Saints' Day", which is November 1st.

In the past, poor people went around asking for food in exchange of a prayer for the dead. Nowadays, this tradition was changed. In Ireland and the United States, children dress up and go door-to-door collecting candy. This is called "trick or treat", meaning that if they don't receive candy they will make a trick or a spell.

The carved pumpkin has become the symbol of Halloween. It's called "Jack-o-lantern", from an Irish legend about a man called Jack. He was a lazy farmer, who tricked the devil and refused to free him unless he agreed to never let Jack go into hell. So, Jack started to wander the Earth looking for a resting place, carrying a carved turnip with a candle inside. 

The invasion of HALLOWEEN monsters

MY BEDROOM by María Márquez, 2º ESO B

MY BEDROOM by Noelia Gallardo 2º ESO B

CLICKEA PARA AGRANDAR

MY INTERESTS by Juan Antonio Velázquez, 1º ESO D

I´m not an active person, but I like football very much. I´m a Granada C.F. fan. I´ve got a 360 X-box. I´m mad about videogames, especially the wrestling games. I´ve got a mobile phone. I take beautiful photos with my camera. I´m very good at taking photos.

MY SUMMER by Lucía Rojas, 2º ESO D

Last summer was good. I went to the beach, in Salobreña. I was with my cousins Andrea and Santi, my uncle, my aunt and my grandparents. I also met new friends. On the 3^rd of June I celebrated my birthday with my friends Ana, Angela, Andrea, Alex, David and Noelia. We went out and we had a very good time together. Next day, I bought some clothes at H&M with my aunt and my mummy. I took care of my small cousin too. Next summer I want to repeat it. It was a great one!

Suggested Books for Reading

Suggested books for Reading in English

Level 1^st E.S.O.

o   Treasure Island. Robert Louis Stevenson.

    Illustrated readers. ANAYA

o   The Ghost Teacher. Julie Hart.

Burlington Books.

o   The Prince and the Pauper. Mark Twain.  

    Burlington Books.

o   Lost in the Jungle. Susan Newman.

Burlington Books.

Level 2^nd E.S.O.

o   Tales of the Alhambra. Washington Irving. 

    Burlington Books.

o   Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Jules Verne. 

    Express Publishing.

o   Ear-Rings from Frankfurt. Rey Wright. 

    Oxford Bookworms. Stage 2. Oxford.

Level 3^rd E.S.O.

o   Under the Moon. Rowena Akinyemi.

Oxford Bookworms. Oxford.

o   One-Way Ticket. Jennifer Bassett.

Oxford Bookworms. Oxford.

o   Vampire Tales. David Grant.

Burlington Books.

Level 4^th E.S.O.

o   The man in the Iron Mask. Alexandre Dumas.   

    Burlington Books.

o   New Yorkers. O. Henry.

Oxford Bookworms. Oxford.

Books are very important in order to achieve reading habits, vocabulary and grammatical structures. They are a fundamental instrument to attain the basic competences. The books are used to encourage the students an interest in reading. “Reading for pleasure”

Los libros son fundamentales en la adquisición de hábitos de lectura, de vocabulario y de estructuras gramaticales, así como instrumento imprescindible para la consecución de las competencias básicas.

En E.S.O. Los libros se trabajarán en clase y/o fuera de ella, fomentando la lectura con clases activas y dinámicas, cuyo fin primordial es  “leer por el gusto de leer”.

Last summer... by Tabea Sánchez, 1º ESO B

Last summer…

I went to Portugal with my parents and my sister. I was also in Marbella.

I got a rabbit. I named it Goldik. It´s white and black. It is very beautiful.

My friends are living in Madrid so I went to Madrid for a visit.

We have got a flat in Cabo Pino, Marbella, because my father loves the sea.

My favourite sport is tennis and I love dancing. I´ve danced since I was four years old.

My favourite subject is English because I love languages!!  

Last summer… by Alejandro Mata 1º ESO A

Last summer…

My name is Alejandro. Last summer, we went to the beach with my uncle, aunt and cousins. We stayed at a hotel. I love football, so I was playing football. In fact, I joined a football team… It was great!!

Last summer, by Begoña Juárez 1º ESO B

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson´s biography

Book Report

Writing about autumn

My school  Timetable

Mary

My favourite day is  ____________ We´ve got Music on that day. I´m very interested in music and I play the guitar. I´m quite good at it because I practise a lot at home. My Music teacher is great. He  plays the piano and the drums. 

Paul

My favourite day is _____________ because we do easy subjects – P.E. and Art – and we don’t go to school the next day! I don´t like school very much. I´m not very good at English, Maths or Science. All school subjects are difficult. I like lunchtime. I play football at lunchtime with my friends. 

Andrea

My favourite day is ____________. We´ve got Art in the morning, and I.T. in the afternoon. These are my favourite subjects. I like Art because the teacher is very funny, and I´m quite good at it, I like I.T. because it´s easy.

Peter

My favourite day is ____________. We´ve got History in the morning and P.E. all afternoon, and we don´t have Maths. I hate Maths because the Maths teacher is really boring. We sometimes play tennis in P.E. This is my favourite activity. The P.E. teacher is very popular. We all like him.

Reading comprehension.

Reading comprehension.

(Comprensión lectora).

We offer you here some texts on various interesting subjects. You can practise reading comprehension and at the same time you will certainly learn something new.

Te ofrecemos aquí algunos textos sobre varios temas interesantes, puedes practicar la comprensión lectora y al mismo tiempo seguro que aprendes algo nuevo.