The eTwinning project "Flat Stanley around Europe" got the national Quality Label and the European Quality Label as well. So this morning our deputy head master came to class III A and congratulated the students: they really did a wonderful job!
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Hero
This morning in class II G we listened to the song "Hero" and we had a fun activity while listening.
The activity:
1. students work in pairs
2. each pair has some words from the song
3. while they listen they pick up the words they hear
4. the one with more words is the winner
After the game we listened to the song again and the students had the handout so that they could sing it too.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Preparing the traditional Christmas celebration at school
As every year we will celebrate Christmas at school singing and playing some songs.
here are the songs we are going to sing in English.
Listen to them and try to sing along.
Jingle bells
White Christmas
We are the world
here are the songs we are going to sing in English.
Listen to them and try to sing along.
Jingle bells
White Christmas
We are the world
Monday, November 10, 2014
To Autumn: a poem, a video and a ... competition!
Here is the all the poem "To Autumn" we started to read this morning. This poem was written by John Keats in 1819.
Watch and listen to the poem in the video while reading the text below and enjoy it.
TO AUTUMN.
1.
SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.
2.
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap’d furrow sound asleep,
Drows’d with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap’d furrow sound asleep,
Drows’d with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.
3.
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
Now you have listened to the poem why don't you try to write one on your own?
- Think about the characteristics of Autumn
- Think about the activities you do in this period of the year
- Think about your feelings when you look out of the window
- Think about nature in this season
- Think ...
And then try to write a very short poem (3-4 lines) and send it to me here or on edmodo.
Verb to be exercises
First year students here you find some useful exercises for you!
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=10836
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8298
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2408
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=10836
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8298
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2408
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Creating a quiz using quizity
To the students of class III A, here a quiz I created with quizity.
What you have to do is to crete several questions, add 3 tags, and a photo as a logo. Than publish and share it on edmodo.
Here are the groups:
1. Roberto, Michele, Tommaso
2. Caterina, Francesco, Cristian (it is the quiz I created)
3. Serena, Arianna, Marta C.
4. Marika, Angelica, Giulia
5. Sara, Virginia, Aurora
6. Gabriele, Marco, Simone F., Matilde
Next Thursday I will give you the questions back so that you can create your quiz.
The quiz is now loading from Quizity.com, the website to create a quiz, please wait...
What you have to do is to crete several questions, add 3 tags, and a photo as a logo. Than publish and share it on edmodo.
Here are the groups:
1. Roberto, Michele, Tommaso
2. Caterina, Francesco, Cristian (it is the quiz I created)
3. Serena, Arianna, Marta C.
4. Marika, Angelica, Giulia
5. Sara, Virginia, Aurora
6. Gabriele, Marco, Simone F., Matilde
Next Thursday I will give you the questions back so that you can create your quiz.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Quality Labels 2013-2014
Dear students here are the Quality Labels we got for our eTwinning projects.
To get a QL means to have done a great job, for this reason I want to thank you and to say "I'm really proud of you all" for all the efforts you made and also for all the fun we had together!
Learning English, being aware of the fact that we are part of a bigger world, knowing more about other cultures means to make efforts but also to enjoy each other company, share ideas and competences to grow up and become global citizens!
Here are the Quality Labels we have been awarded:
Project of class II A (now III A)
Project of class III G and II G (now III G)
Project of class III A (now attending High school)
A special "thank you" must be said to all my Italian and European colleagues, to the parents and to all the other people who collaborated with us
To get a QL means to have done a great job, for this reason I want to thank you and to say "I'm really proud of you all" for all the efforts you made and also for all the fun we had together!
Learning English, being aware of the fact that we are part of a bigger world, knowing more about other cultures means to make efforts but also to enjoy each other company, share ideas and competences to grow up and become global citizens!
Project of class II A (now III A)
Project of class III G and II G (now III G)
Project of class III A (now attending High school)
A special "thank you" must be said to all my Italian and European colleagues, to the parents and to all the other people who collaborated with us
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