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These are the materials and resources we’ve used in our class about travel and holidays:

Term time holidays: listen to this clip from BBC radio Ulster and answer these questions:

BBC news- Term-time holiday- What are the rules?

EXTRA READING:

• Ways to save money on your holiday flights
• Brexit and low-cost flights
• Canada- a walking tour of Quebec city
• Any travel books by Bill Bryson

EXTRA LISTENING:

The Accidental Tourist:

Little Britain Abroad- Majorca:

Come Fly With Me- Life Jackets:

More travel and holiday videos: http://watchinenglish.blogspot.com.es/search/label/travel

London school closes road for rush-hour drop-offs

Read this article and watch the video about a school in London that has decided to close the road leading to school during rush hour to protect children from traffic and pollution.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-38894174

You can also listen to this reference to it in a news bulletin:

(Or download here)

• Does something similar happen in your school as well?
• Do you feel effective measures should be taken?
• How would it affect families and children?

Watch UK TV online

Gone are the days when you could watch BBC iPlayer online from outside the UK, and for free too (see how here). Watching UK TV on demand is getting harder and harder, ever since the new TV licence was introduced. However, you can still watch BBC and other UK channels live online, through these servers:

• http://www.watchallchannels.com/
• http://tvcatchup.com/
• https://www.filmon.com/tv/bbc-one
• http://www.stream2watch.cc/live-television/united-kingdom (some pop-ups)
• http://www.time4tv.me/2015/11/bbc-one.php (lots of pop-ups and ads)

Along with that, you may check UK TV listings and times here, to know what and when to watch.

 

Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

If you remember, some days before the holidays we read some fragments from Revolting Rhymes, by Roald Dahl. They are “alternative” versions of well-known fairy tales, written as rhyming poems.

The BBC has shown a cartoon version of the book this Christmas. You may find the clips with the fragments that we read below :

• When little Snow White’s mother died (…)
• The King wrote to each magazine and said “I’m looking for a Queen”
• As soon as Wolf began to feel that he would like a decent meal

Source: http://bit.ly/2ilGXiw

M5U4- Sport

This week’s topic is sport. You may download the handout here.

Listening: You may watch this news item about teenage girls in a rugby team. Then, go to this website, and answer the questions about the video.

Writing: Ex. 8 p. 48.

These are the notes I took during the session:

What is Diwali?

This week we’ve been celebrating Diwali at school. Would you like to know a bit more about it? Watch this video in which British Indian teenage girls explain what Diwali is about.

Tudor sugar paste toothpaste

Watch the video and answer the questions as you watch:

Click on this link if you can’t watch the video, or there is any problem.