Sunday, 19 November 2017
Sunday, 12 November 2017
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
5th GRADE: PRESENTATION: THIS IS ME
Give a presentation about YOU. Talk about your life and anything you think it is important for you.
We will talk about the presentation slowly at school.
Deadline:
27th November - 4th December
6th GRADE: PRESENTATIONS - 1st TERM
Give a presentation about your favorite type of book and a book you have read.
Deadline: 27th November - 4th December
We will talk about it next session at school.
MAKING A PRESENTATION: LANGUAGE AND PHRASES
MAKING PRESENTATIONS:
LANGUAGE AND PHRASES
This is a list of phrases to help you make a good presentation in English.
Good
presenters always use language (sometimes single words, sometimes
phrases) which shows where they are in their presentation.
Welcoming
- Good morning, good afternoon…
- Thank you all very much for coming today.
Introducing yourself
- My name is…
- Let me introduce myself; my name is…
Introducing your presentation
- I am going to talk about….
- In today’s presentation I’d like to talk about…
Starting the presentation
- To begin with … .
- To start with …
- First / firstly…
Beginning a new section of the presentation
- Now let’s move on to … .
- Second / Secondly...
- Third / Thirdly…
Concluding and summarising the presentation
- Finally…
- In conclusion…
- Thank you for your attention.
- Hope you liked my presentation.
- I’d like to thank you (all) for your attention and interest.
Inviting questions
- Do you have any questions?
- If anyone has any questions, I’ll be pleased to answer them.
MAKING PRESENTATIONS:
LANGUAGE AND PHRASES
This is a list of phrases to help you make a good presentation in English.
Good presenters always use language (sometimes single words, sometimes phrases) which shows where they are in their presentation.
Welcoming
- Good morning, good afternoon…
- Thank you all very much for coming today.
Introducing yourself
- My name is…
- Let me introduce myself; my name is…
Introducing your presentation
- I am going to talk about….
- In today’s presentation I’d like to talk about…
Starting the presentation
- To begin with … .
- To start with …
- First / firstly…
Beginning a new section of the presentation
- Now let’s move on to … .
- Second / Secondly...
- Third / Thirdly…
Concluding and summarising the presentation
- Finally…
- In conclusion…
- Thank you for your attention.
- Hope you liked my presentation.
- I’d like to thank you (all) for your attention and interest.
Inviting questions
- Do you have any questions?
- If anyone has any questions, I’ll be pleased to answer them.
Saturday, 4 November 2017
Thursday, 26 October 2017
WICKED: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WITCHES OF OZ
Wicked: The Untold Story of the
Witches of Oz is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen
Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life
and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, an alternative telling of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 story, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The musical is told from the perspective of the
witches of the Land of Oz; its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy's
arrival in Oz from Kansas, and it includes several references to the 1939
film and Baum's novel. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch
of the West) and Galinda (whose
name later changes to Glinda the Good Witch), who struggle through opposing personalities and
viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government and, ultimately, Elphaba's
public fall from grace.
Plot
Wicked is a prequel
to The Wizard of OZ and goes through the life of Elphaba who is a nice girl
until the disapproval of society turns her Wicked. In this show, Galinda is
shown to be the unfortunate "hero" who is stuck with this green
"thing." This is the story of how Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of
the West, and it involves love, loss, hatred, envy and an unwillingness to
accept anything that is different
Wicked tells the
story of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with
Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. Their friendship struggles through their
opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, their
reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public
fall from grace. The plot is set mostly before Dorothy's arrival from Kansas,
and includes several references to well-known scenes and dialogue in the 1939
film The Wizard of Oz as a backstory.
The Songs
Defying Gravity:
One Short Day:
Popular:
Sunday, 22 October 2017
THE ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN
Halloween is not exactly a typical holiday. Other holidays, like Christmas celebrate an event. Halloween celebrates a lot of things, including the lives of people who aren't with us anymore.
The history of Halloween is not entirely a clear one. Here's how it started:
Many hundreds of years ago, a people called the Celts lived in Europe and on the British Isles. The Celts believed that the souls of the dead visited Earth on the last day of October. They had a festival in honor of these souls of the dead, and they called it Samhain.
In time, the Roman Empire conquered the Celts and took over some of their beliefs as well. This included Samhain. The Romans combined it with their own festivals. And since the Roman Empire spread across a great part of the known world, the idea that the souls of the dead visited Earth on the last day of October spread far and wide.
Many ideas from the Roman days still survive in the United States and in other Western countries. Halloween is one of them.
But how did we get the name Halloween?
In the 8th Century, the Catholic Church declared November 1 to be All Saints' Day. The church calendar had a number of days honoring saints already. November 1 was picked to be the day to honor all saints who didn't already have a day named in their honor.
And the mass that the Catholic Church celebrated on November 1 was called Allhallowmas. This meant "mass of all the hallowed [saintly people.]" It was commonly called "All Hallows' Day."
And somewhere along the line, the night before became known as Allhallowe'en, which was short for "evening before All Hallows' Day." It was then shortened to what we now call it, Halloween.
One last question: Why do people dress up as ghosts, goblins, vampires, and other scary creatures?
People who started all this Halloween business many years ago believed that if they appeared scary, they would scare away the spirits of the dead who were roaming the earth on All Hallows' Eve. These people also carried food to the edge of town and left it there, hoping the spirits would eat that food and not come raid the village.
Check this video out:
Thursday, 19 October 2017
5th / 6th GRADE: HALLOWEEN IS COMING SOON! - WICKED
Hi guys!!
Halloween is coming soon! Do you like magic and witches?
This school year, we are going to focus on "Wicked, the untold story of the Witches of Oz". We will learn about witches, spells and the origins of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Check this video out and be ready for next week's activities! Hope you like them!
Monday, 16 October 2017
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
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