The Canterville Ghost

This ghost story is especially for people who don´t like traditional scary ghost stories!  It is a funny ghost story by the famous writer, Oscar Wilde. ENJOY!!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j7aKDkCd6-S130Kd5mm30tFUH8qsE7ZXVOBAe2g2NQM/edit

PS This is also a film with the voice of Hugh Laurie- Dr House!

Hallloween Reading

It´s that time of the year when the ghosts and spirits are out! And a good time to read a scary book.

My recommendations are:

EASIER BOOKS (PRE- INTERMEDIATE, but OK for Intermediate 1)

1. Japanese Ghost Stories, by Lafcadio Hearn
2. Mysteries of the Unexplained, by Kathy Burke
3. The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe
4. Tales of the Supernatural, by Frank Brennan

INTERMEDIATE 1

• The Unquiet Grave, short stories by MR James

INTERMEDIATE 2:

• The Invisible Man, by HG Wells 

Annie has copies of these books in the class library if you want to borrow them.

The Black Cat Part 3

And here is the final part of the Black Cat- I hope you have enjoyed the story!

http://youtu.be/bYyKrzta4rc

INTERMEDIATE 1A (MONDAY WEDNESDAY) READING CLUB START DATE

Hello all Intermediate 1 A students

Just to confirm here that we will start our Reading Club on Wednesday 31 OCTOBER (HALLOWEEN!!) as we have now organized the books. So please read the FIRST STORY (Shakespeare - read the first part of Romeo and Juliet only)and do your questions/activities that go with the story. You will discuss the story in class in your groups. ENJOY!!

READING CLUB: GOOD NEWS!!!!

GOOD NEWS ALL INTERMEDIATE 1 STUDENTS!

Idiomatika has just phoned to tell me the book we have been waiting for : 3 ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES has arrived! They have some copies now, and will get more next week, so please can you make sure you BUY THE BOOK AS SOON AS YOU CAN so we can start our reading club. Thank you!

The Canary News

Let´s get reading! Did you know there is a local ENGLISH NEWSPAPER called the Canary News? You can pick it up in the south, or in Las Palmas at Marks and Spencer´s shop...or check out their Facebook page- www.facebook.com/thecanarynews.

A great way to improve your reading and learn about the latest news here in Gran Canaria and in other places. A different perspective!

LANGUAGE EXCHANGE

Did you know that in ARUCAS there are informal language exchange conversation groups which meet regularly - the exchange is Spanish - English? There are also people who meet in Las Palmas. My students last year in Telde attended these groups and said they were very useful! They also organized their own groups in Telde...so why not think about joining one, or even organizing one in GUÍA? A great way to practice English and meet new people.

The contact details are: theresacoe@gmail.com and www.facebook.com/LEGintercambio

 

INTERMEDIATE 2 READING CLUB

Hello everyone

Just to let you know that we will start our READING CLUB this week - on WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, so please make sure you have read the first tws stories and done the exercises / activities. I hope you are enjoying the books!!

The Black Cat, part 2

I hope you enjoyed part 1 of our Halloween story, the Black Cat. Here is part 2. Part 3 will be published next week!

http://youtu.be/Gb74XNZ0Ebs

Reading Homework

Hello everyone!  I hope you now have your book or that you will have it very soon.

Here is the homework for next MONDAY or TUESDAY.

INTERMEDIATE 1:
SHERLOCK HOLMES: read the first story and do the questions at the back of the book.
THE DREAM: read the first story and do the questions which are after the story.
SHAKESPEARE: read the first part only of Romeo and Juliet, and do the questions at the end of the book.


INTERMEDIATE 2:
TASTE AND OTHER: read the first two stories and do the questions at the back of the book
WORLD FOLKTALES: read the first two stories and do the questions at the back of the book 
CRIME STORY COLLECTION: read the first two stories and do the questions  which are after the stories 

Reading Project - latest!

Hello everyone!

Well, we have decided who is going to read which book in each class, so now all you need to do is go to IDIOMATIKA in calle Senador Castillo Olivares, and buy / reserve your book.

Please do this as soon as you can, because we START THE PROJECT ON MONDAY 22 OCTOBER OR TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER!

So you need to have the book, and do the homework BEFORE THIS DATE.

Next Monday / Tuesday, I will tell you what you need to read for 22 / 23 OCTOBER.

ENJOY READING! 

Portrait of Palistani teenager shot by Taliban

Here is a very interesting portrait of  Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani blogger and child activist who was shot this week by the Taliban.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/magazine-19899540

Nessie, the Loch Ness monster!

Do you believe that Nessie exists? Read this very interesting article and then..decide!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/magazine-19815457

Intermediate 2: ABBA

Here´s the official ABBA site if you want to find out more about the group:

http://www.abbasite.com/?cc=global&selLanguage=en

great Story for HALLOWEEN- The Black Cat

Hi everyone

Did you realize that HALLOWEEN is on the horizon? Yes, it´s celebrated on the 31st of October in many English speaking countries, such as Scotland! Here you have part 1 of the famous story by Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat, read by a Scot. ENJOY.. but don´t listen alone, ha, ha!

Next week, I´ll post part two.

http://youtu.be/9N2zEW4msTg