Wednesday 30 November 2011

WORLD AIDS DAY







December, 1st. World Aids Day. You too can do something to stop AIDS.
Follow this link and take a lesson about this important day. Then jump to the official website and get some ideas for action. Little actions can change a life. Perhaps your own life

Google Doddle


Today November 30th, Google looks very nice and literary.
Why do you think this is?

Sunday 27 November 2011

SHAHI: A VISUAL DICTIONARY



Try this new and great tool when you're learning vocabulary:
http://blachan.com/shahi/
When you type a word in the searchbox, it connects to the image bank of GOOGLE, YAHOO AND FLICKR and it gives you a definition plus a collection of images related to that word.
Simply amazing.

Saturday 26 November 2011

A HELPFUL VERB


A wacky story of how the verb DO became an auxiliary verb.
It can help you if you're revising for your grammar test.
(Thanks Jahan for creating the wonderful art, animation and voice off! And thanks Agustín for recording it. We miss you!)

Thursday 24 November 2011

WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?



View Thanksgiving (United States) and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.




TODAY IS THANKSGIVING DAY.
WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR? WRITE DOWN YOUR GRATITUDE SENTENCES IN A POST BELOW!
THANK YOU!!!

Friday 11 November 2011

TOGETHER WE CAN DO GREAT THINGS! 11/11/11


My 2BAT students joined the Massive Symphony today at 11.11 a.m
It was a pity that some mobiles couldn't connect, but thanks to David's wifi connection we could enjoy Beethoven's symphony and be a part of a global performance.
Together we can do great things.

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER



Suzanne and Jeff have different opinions: he thinks that appearance tells you a lot about a person, while she thinks it doesn’t. What’s your opinion? Watch the video, think about the topic and then share your opinion with your classmates in a new comment.

Tuesday 8 November 2011

GET HELP WITH YOUR COMPOSITIONS!


A great site that can help you with your writing mistakes!
Phras.in
Just type the two alternative sentences, and the web will give you which one is more recurrent (so more correct) in websites. Attention: it's a computer, not a person, so this is not 100% reliable.

MASSIVE SYMPHONY 11/11/11 AT 11.11 AM


Hundreds of thousands of people
from all over the planet
Anywhere
At the very same time
Change is here
Together
http://www.massivesymphony.org/