RUGBY: WALES WON THE 6 NATIONS!!!!

The exciting 6 nations rugby championship is over. Wales needed to beat England for 8 points and they won 30-3 in an incredible game. As a homage to Wales, a land which I love, I show you this link with the history of the Welsh anthem: "Land of my fathers" and the rugby players singing it.
Congratulations WALES !!!!

http://www.rugbytime.com/noticia.php?id=28158

And these are some photos of that beautiful land full of poetry...

ST PATRICK'S DAY

St. Patrick's Day is the Saint Patron of Ireland. It's on March 17th. The shamrock is the symbol of Ireland.
Watch this and enjoy the day.
(Happy birthday Laura)

POST-INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

WELL, WE CAN DENY WE ALL WORK HARD, AT HOME, AT OUR WORK PLACES, SOCIALIZING...After a long day working to and fro. I had a lovely dinner with friends and we danced and drank Segovian whisky at "HEROE". Cindy Lauper sang this song, which is ideal for women's day: "When the working day is done, girls just wanna have fun"and I promised to dedicate it to LOLA la ORIENTADORA, my beloved friend with the most beutiful curly hair I have ever seen.

LOLAAAA, for you. Thanks for being on the whatsapp every day... and more... : )

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN

EMILY DICKINSON would probably be happy if she lived now.
Today, let's have her words in our mind:
"This is my letter to the world,
That never wrote to me..."
Emily Dickinson, American poet. Massachusetts (1830-1886)

GOTHIC FICTION 5

Activity for my ACCESO students.
Do you know what the "Pea-souper" was. It took place in London in 1952. Smog filled the city. You can see lovely photos of that and a clear information of the event on this fantactic web page about London:

http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/a-proper-pea-souper-the-terrible-london-smog-of-1952/comment-page-1/#comment-427179

GOTHIC FICTION 4

"FOG EVERYWHERE"
This is the beginning of the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens.
Activity for my ACCESO students. We will read the text in class and work the vocabulary and contents as a presentation of Descriptive Texts. Is it a gothic description?
https://www.box.com/s/3zhkw6mz44zfq34tmdop

GOTHIC FICTION 3

VIDEO ABOUT DICKENS'S LIFE: A CARTOON

ACTIVITY FOR MY ACCESO STUDENTS
Key words and expressions:
- Siblings
- On his means
- The family finances worsened
- Factory
- Debtors prison
- A solicitor clerk
- A journalistic career
- To taste success
- His first piece of fiction was published...
- Kept a pet raven
- His fame (became) more widespread
- His writing doubt in the extremes of the sentimental andd the grotesque
- Visiting the unusual which inspired his writing
- Public readings
- The train crashed
- The incident left Charles very shaken
- Charles suffered and stroke and died

Watch this video and answer to the questions bellow:

1. What year was Dickens born?
2. When did his family move to London?
3. Which day of the week did Dickens use to visit his father in prison?
4. Did he marry?
5. Write the name of two places he traveled to?
6. What did he buy when he was famous and had a lot of money?
7. What happened to his marriage?
8. How old was he when he died?

This is a wonderful listening activity and you will also learn about one of the most important English writers.
Good luck.
ANA