EXCUSES FOR BEING LATE AT SCHOOL

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MIND YOUR MANNERS

One of the most important social issues we face nowadays is a general lack of respect and compassion for those people around us.
Good manners and consideration are the basis for a peaceful society since all humans have a right to feel positive about themselves and the others.
Manners need to be taught, and having good manners makes you feel comfortable with yourself and helps you resolve conflicts in a healthy way. When you are POLITE, KIND and HONEST you develop character and you make friends more easily.
So, next time remember the three “magic words”: SORRY, PLEASE and THANKS.

THE BULLY

THE BULLY

M8s don't bully other M8s

Don't be a bystander! Tell a teacher, tell your parents, or a friend,.. Don't let the bullies get away with it. Make your own poster and share it with your friends. Visit the ANTI- BULLYING webpage at http://www.bullying.co.uk/index.php/make-a-poster.html



Here there is an extract taken fron this webpage. Take a few minutes to read and consider it.
I AM - Poem for Anti-Bullying Week
"We recently came across a poem in our archive that was donated to Bullying UK by Laura about seven years ago.

You may remember it from an anti-bullying film with lots of celebrities like Sharon Osborne and Rio Ferdinand narrating the words. Before it was used to promote Anti-Bullying Week this wonderful and moving poem was right here on bullying.co.uk.

Over the years Laura's amazing words have become part of campaigns around the world.
So here is Laura's original poem. It is called simply I AM "

"I am the person you bullied in school
I am the one who didn't know how to be cool
I am the person you alienated
I am the person you ridiculed and hated

I am the person who sat on their own
I am the person who walked home alone
I am the person you scared every day
I am the person who had nothing to say

I am the person with hurt in their eyes
I am the person you never saw cry
I am the person living alone with their fears
I am the person destroyed by their peers

I am the person who drowned in your scorn
I am the person who wished they hadn't been born
I am the person whose name you don't know
I am the person who just can't let go

I am the person destroyed for 'fun'
I am the person, but not the only one
I am the person who had feelings too
...and I am a person, JUST LIKE YOU!!! "

LITTER IS DISGUSTING. SO ARE THOSE RESPONSIBLE!

This a picture of a litter bin which I found in the streets of Dublin last summer. The moment I saw it, I knew I would start a campaign against the dirt and filth we sometimes find in the classroom.

Any ideas?

Can you suggest any phrases that we could print and then use on the walls of the classrooms and in the corridors?

We could use these phrases to convince other students to be careful and look after the classroom.

Here is one:

"The school is my home. I will never litter"

Let's fight the dirtiness. let's have a responsible attitude towards the environment!
By taking action today, we can all be comfortable in our classrooms tomorrow.

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING

An irresistible comedy about the value of effort and bettering oneself, for DBH students. The most appropriate English and all the most interesting contents are waiting for you. The show must go on!

When? 25/2/2010 What time? 9:45, 11:30
Where? I.E.S. JUAN A. ZUNZUNEGUI (Portugalete )

Doctor José Zaldua, 20

Read the story of Impossible is nothing:

Susan, Marion and Brian are three high school friends. One day they are asked to do a group project for their psychology class.

Marion decides to invite Steve, a very strange student, to do the project with them, but Susan and Brian do not agree with her. When Steve arrives he almost does not speak and, when he does, he disagrees with all their ideas. Susan gets very angry and tries her hypnosis classes on him. She succeeds and Steve is completely hypnotised. Marion does not believe this is possible and asks Steve to steal Amy Winehouse’s wig.

The following day he appears with the wig and the news of the robbery appears in the newspaper. Now, all of them realise that Steve is really hypnotised and they do not know what to do with the wig. While they are talking about this, Susan accidentally wakes up Steve who, although scared, decides to help them to give the wig back. They make a plan and go to Amy Winehouse’s house.

After several funny events they achieve their goal and Amy recovers her wig.

DICKENS' STORIES

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870)

Charles Dicken's father was a clerk at the Naval Pay Office and because of this, the family had to move from place to place: Plymouth, London, Chatham. It was a large family and despite hard work, his father couldn't earn enough money. In 1823 he was arrested for debt and Charles had to start working in a factory, labelling bottles for six shillings a week. The economy eventually improved and Charles could go back to school. After leaving school, Charles started to work in a solicitor's office. He learned shorthand and started as a reporter working for the Morning Chronicle in courts of law and the House of Commons.

In 1836 his first success was published, The Pickwick Papers. This was followed by more novels: Oliver Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39) and Barnaby Rudge (1841). He travelled to America later that year and aroused the hostility of the American press by supporting the abolition movement. In 1858 he divorced from his wife Catherine, who had borne him ten children.

During the 1840s his social criticism became more radical and his comedy more savage: Novels like David Copperfield (1849-50), A Tale of Two Cities (1959), Great Expectations (1860-61) only increased his fame and respect. His last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood was never completed and was later published posthumously.

A Christmas Carol.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, a time-honoured classic, follows Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation from a selfish and bitter man to a generous benefactor after he is visited by a series of ghosts.

Scrooge, having gone to sleep, is first visited in his sleep by the Ghost of Christmas Past, a phantom who enkindles in him regret of his former lack of compassion. The Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge Christmas as it would unfold the next day, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge through a series of scenes involving an unsympathetic creditor who turns out to be Scrooge himself.

A changed man, Scrooge shares his newfound Christmas spirit, much to the wonder of others, and in the years that follow he honours Christmas with all his heart.

A Tale of Two Cities.
Mr. Jarvis Lorry, an agent for the Franco-British banking house of Tellson & Co., brings young Lucie Manette from London to Paris to find her father. He was imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years, but is now being kept above the wine shop of Mme. and M. Defarge until he can be taken safely back to England.
Back in England, Lucie becomes engaged to Charles Darnay, the nephew of a murdered French aristocrat much hated by the revolutionaries in France. Lucie and Charles are married and have a child. During the revolution, Charles returns to Paris to save an old family servant imprisoned by the revolutionaries. Charles, however, is seized and brought to trial. Denounced by Defarge, he is condemned for the crimes of his family against the people.
A close friend of the family, Sydney Carton, who strongly resembles Charles and secretly loves Lucie, now acts to save Charles. Through deceit, he gains entrance to the prison and has Charles carried away, while he remains behind, in his place. The Defarges also try to denounce Lucie and Dr. Manette, but they manage to escape. Lucie and Charles return to England, but Sydney Carton dies at the guillotine, choosing to sacrifice his life to secure the safety of his friends.

STEPS TO CREATE AN INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION

USING POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM.

1. Develop your general idea concentrating on how you will divide the contents into topics and how the navigation scheme will work.
2. Find the tools that you will need: images and photos, web site addresses, documents, audio and video clips.
3. Make the first slide with the title of the presentation.
4. Prepare another slide with the main contents.
5. REMEMBER: when your presentation contains links to external files, e.g. a Word document, an Excel spreadsheet or a video, you should should save these files into the same folder as your presentation so that Power Point can find the files when you want to play them.

Do they know it's Christmas?

"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 to raise money for relief of 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The original version was produced by Midge Ure and released by Band Aid on 29 November 1984.

In late 1984, a BBC report was aired highlighting the famine that had hit the people of Ethiopia. Irish singer Bob Geldof saw the report and wanted to raise money. He called Midge Ure from Ultravox and together they quickly co-wrote the song, "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

Geldof kept a November appointment with BBC Radio 1 DJ Richard Skinner to appear on his show, but instead of discussing his new album (the original reason for his booking), he used his airtime to publicise the idea for the charity single, so by the time the musicians were recruited there was intense media interest in the subject.

Geldof put together a group called Band Aid, consisting of leading Irish and British musicians who were among the most popular of the era. The 1984 original became the biggest selling single in UK singles chart history, selling a million copies in the first week alone. It stayed at Number 1 for five weeks, becoming Christmas number one, and sold more than 3.5 million copies domestically. It remained the highest selling single in UK chart history until 1997, when Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" was released in tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, which sold almost 5 million copies in Britain.

Are you familiar with these musicians?

THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA

Click on the image to meet the families of instruments.

THE MUSIC CORNER (I)

Do you remember Piggy's music lessons. Simply select the game you wish to play, and enjoy yourselves! Also watch the fun videos, or play with the interactive recorder fingering chart. Have a nice time!

This is my avatar.

Today it is January 1st. Remember your New Year's Resolutions,
and don't forget to SMILE.

MOONLIGHT SONATA, BEETHOVEN

Sit back and enjoy the beautiful Moonlight Sonata.

Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven

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THEMES TO GET STUDENTS TALKING (I)

For a language teacher, there are few things more exciting than a classroom discussion that really works, especially when everyone makes a positive contribution to the debate.
Every fortnight or so, I will give you a topic to discuss, and I expect you to give your opinion on it.
Let's get started.
Today's topic is "An eye for an eye".

Vengeance is a constant theme in literature, cinema, ... but, does it happen in real life too?

Think about Confucious's saying "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves" and please leave a commentary below.

THE IRONIES OF ENGLISH

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT:

• "Diphthong" contains only pure vowel sounds, no diphthongs.
• "Monosyllabic" has five syllables, not one.
• "Abbreviation" is such a long word.
• People who have a lisp (1) can't say "lisp".

(1) LISP: speech impediment affecting the pronunciation of /s/.

SILLY NAMES

Some English names can sound comical. The following website http://www.thebabywebsite.com/ has compiled a list of "the most unfortunate names in Britain". All the names given are authentic. This website mentions the following names - can you work out why these names are comical?

1. Will Power
2. Paige Turner
3. Justin Case
4. Terrry Bull
5. Ray Gunn
6. Jo King
7. Helen Back
8. Anna Sasin
9. Carrie Oakey
10. Barry Cade

SOLUTIONS

The names sound like : 1. willpower (1) , 2. page turner (2) , 3. just in case, 4. terrible, 5. ray gun , 6. joking, 7. hell and back (3) , 8. an assassin, 9. karaoke, and 10. barricade.

1. WILLPOWER: determination
2. PAGE TURNER: very interesting book or magazine.
3. TO GO TO HELL AND BACK: suffer a lot and survive.

MY NAME MEANS WHAT?!

Some foreign names can also sound comical to native English-speakers, because they may suggest something completely different to them. For example, Frenchman Marcel Bich, who produced the ballpoint pen, changed the name of his company to Bic because he knew that English-speakers tended to pronounce his surname /bɪtʃ/, a homophone of bitch (1) .

More examples are:

• Gelo (diminutive of Ángel) sounds like "hello"
• Juan, depending of the pronunciation, can sound like "one"
• Maite sounds similar to mighty (2)
• Mari sounds like the English verb "marry".
• Marta sounds much like "martyr" in English.
• Messi (the surname of the Barcelona FC player) is a homophone of "messy " which means "chaotic".
• Patxi sounds like "patchy" which means "fragmentary" or "sporadic" or "erratic".
• Pepa (diminutive for Josefina) is a homophone of "pepper".
• Rosi (familiar form of Rosa) sound like rosy (3) .
• Txiki sounds exactly like "cheeky" (4) .

1. BITCH: female dog / unpleasant woman
2. MIGHTY: powerful
3. ROSY: pink, healthy
4. CHEEKY: insolent, impertinent

THERE IS NO PLACE FOR BULLIES AT SCHOOL.

SAY NO TO BULLYING

Bullying is sadly a big problem today. The Daily Mirror newspaper and a charity web called Kidscape try to encourage children to talk openly about how bullies can change the atmosphere of the school.

To find out more about The Daily Mirror campaign against bullying, go to http://www.kidscape.org.uk/ and http://www.childline.org.uk/