Alan Walker - Faded

Alan Walker - Alone

Subtitles 

Twenty one pilots - Ride

Lyrics 

Christmas Carols

Rudolph the reindeer

Silent Night

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Jingle Bells

Last Christmas - Wham

All I want for Chrstmas is you - Mariah Carey

Let it snow - Dean Martin

Merry Christmas!!

Jonas Blue - Perfect Strangers ft. JP Cooper

Lyrics in Spanish                         Lesson Plan

Karaoke version

The Greatest - Sia

Fantastic song. I love it! Don't give up!

Lesson Plan

Karaoke version

Drum Cover  

3 Diciembre. Día internacional de la discapacidad

Aquí podrás encontrar materiales para tratar el tema de la discapacidad.

Vocabulary to use in English.


Mannequin challenge.

X Ambassadors - Renegades

  X Ambassadors (also stylised XA) is an American alternative rock band from Ithaca, New York. 

The group consists of four band members: Sam Harris (lead vocals, guitar, saxophone), Casey Harris (keyboard), Noah Feldshuh (guitar) and Adam Levin (drums). Sam Harris and Casey Harris are brothers, and have been friends with Feldshuh since kindergarten in Ithaca. Sam met Levin while attending the New School in New York City in 2006. 

A renegade is someone who breaks rules and does unexpected things. Why did the band choose disabled people to be the “renegades” in the video? Casey, the band’s keyboard player, is disabled. He is blind. Sam says, “The video is personal. Casey’s disability has a big effect on our band. It forces us to help one another and be a real team. He’s my brother, so we still fight all the time. But he is a huge inspiration to me.”

Video with lyrics

My lesson plan.

Lesson plan 1  

Justin Timberlake - Can't stop this feeling

Video with lyrics

Bilingual video

Cover by Boyce.

Lesson Plan

Positive thinking

    

List of vocabulary:   B

    When faced with a big challenge where potential failure seems to lurk at every corner, you’ve probably heard the advice, “Be more confident!” But where does confidence come from, and how can you get more of it? Here are three easy tips to boost your confidence.

Ted ed link

Have a look at these comments about the video.

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Read the article.(part 1)

Read the article.(part 2)

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How positive thinking works. Read the article.

Tips to overcome Negative Thinking.

Don't let me down - Chainsmokers

Official video

Lesson plan


Video with lyrics (eng-spanish)

Don’t Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers ft. Daya (Boyce Avenue acoustic cover) on Spotify & iTunes

Great cover!

Let me love you - Justin Bieber

Official video

Lesson plan


Video with subtitles

Lyrics

Karaoke

a heartbreak away- Un sufrimiento          a hell of a ride- un infierno de                                                                                                  paseo

Piano cover

TIC Tools

Answer garden   Brainstorming, mind maps.

Mentimeter 

Cold water - Justin Bieber

Major Lazer - Cold Water (feat. Justin Bieber & MØ) (Official Dance Video)

Lesson Plan

Video with lyrics

Karaoke version. Sing Along!

25 Noviembre. Día contra la violencia de Género.

8 secrets for success

Why are people successful? Is it because they are smart? or because they are lucky? Analist Richard St. John summarizes years of interviews into a three-minute presentation about the real secrets of success.


Eight secrets for success                                link ppt

Halloween 2016

Speaking topics for B1-B2 students

English Listening Resources               Speaking Test Rubric   2

Día de las bibliotecas escolares.24 Octubre.

24 Octubre. Día de las Naciones Unidas

Breve vídeo sobre el origen y las funciones de las Naciones Unidas.

Link a Pow Toon 

Link a slideshare

Inspiring Idea

But how can you make others feel? 

Link

The Olympic games - Usain Bolt

Lesson Plan about Usain Bolt and the Olympic Games

1. Write “the Olympic Games” on the board. In pairs try to come up with as many different Olympics sports as you can in 3 minutes.

Olympic sports

Watch this video for pronounciation:

Vocabulary games:   0   1   2    3    4   5   

Favourite sports:   1   

2. Ask your  partner about an athlete from your country who won a medal or did well at the Olympics in Rio.

Spanish medals in Rio 2016.     ---Video              

3. In small groups discuss the following questions: 

   • What characteristics does an athlete need to become an Olympian?    

   • What does an athlete have to do to become an Olympian?    

   • What do you think the life of an Olympian is like?

4. If I say “Usain Bolt” what comes to your mind?: 

• What do you know about him?       

• How many medals did he win in Rio?       

• How many Olympic medals has he won in total?       

• What do you know about his character?       

• What do you know about his childhood?       

• What do you know about his life?

5. You are going to watch a short film titled The Boy Who Learned to Fly, based on the life of Usain Bolt. As you watch the film you should check if any of the facts about his life you discussed are shown in the film, and try to remember as much of the story as they can. Show the film:

6. In pairs you have to retell the story of Usain Bolt’s life to each other. Get the whole class to reconstruct the story in as much detail as possible.

7. You are going to watch the film again; this time you should concentrate on the internal struggle which Usain experienced, and the advice his mother gave him. Show the film again. 

8. Usain experienced internal struggle when he found it difficult to cope with the expectations of his fellow Jamaicans and The Boy Who Learned to Fly feared failure. His mother’s advice was “all worries do is weigh you down”, and “you always go faster when you keep ot light”. Her advice helped him to overcome his fears and the pressure of performance to ultimately become the fastest man in the world. Discuss Usain’s mother’s advice.

weigh [sb] down vtr phrasal sep	figurative (be a burden)	agobiar a alguien loc verb
	All this debt weighs me down, and I can't enjoy myself anymore.
	Todas estas deudas me agobian y me impiden disfrutar de la vida.
		ahogar a alguien, asfixiar a alguienloc verb
	Todas estas deudas me ahogan y me impiden disfrutar de la vida.

Information taken principally from film-english. Improved and rearranged by Alejandro Porras.

Mindfulness

Día internacional de las mujeres rurales

Link para más información.

The European day of Languages

Disney's Frozen - "Let It Go" Multi-Language Full Sequence

BBC materials

Games

Jain - Come

    This is an amazing song from French singer Jain (her real name is Jeanne Louise Galice). She is from Toulouse but she has also lived in various countries of Africa. His music is influenced by African music styles. This song was published in 2015 and reached a great success in France and Poland. Recently, a well known department stores in Spain have taken the song to his advertising campaign in autumn 2016.

Jain-Come multimedia

Sing along with this karaoke version...

Lesson plan

BLACK BURN= could it be that she feels like she has a burn on her heart? That burn would be black because it is caused by a black boy who lives in Africa, as she later says. But that's only a guess.

HANGING OUT= Just going round for fun or to kill the time in bore.

COME= /kʌm/, but she pronounces it /kɒmə/, probably because she is trying to immitate some African accent.

COVER YOUR NIGHTMARES= A nightmare is a bad dream, and if I cover them for you, I am making them disappear or at least making you feel better. Or at least that's what I suppose she means (very enygmatic these lyrics)

IMPETUOUS= Intense, using violent forces.

JAIL= (BrE spelling: gaol) Prison.

SOUL= Spirit.

BLAZING= Shining strongly; burning violently.

John Legend - All of me

Once in a while, a song pierces your heart...

This song describes loving someone and giving all of yourself for all of them. It is delicately written, and shows the true passion and characteristics of true love.

Link to multimedia

Sing along in this karaoke version...

Lesson Plan

SMART MOUTH= If someone has a smart mouth, he usually makes wisecracks and remarks that aim for cleverness and wit but that strike others as cocky or annoying.

DRAWING ME IN= Draw somebody in means captivate, interest.

KICKING ME OUT= Force him to leave or move out.

GOT MY HEAD SPINNING= Got my head rotating.

NO KIDDING= I'm not joking; it's not a joke.

I CAN'T PIN YOU DOWN= I can't force you to make a decision.

WHAT'S GOING ON= What's happening?

MAGICAL MYSTERY RIDE= Magical mystery trip. Maybe an allusion to the classic Beatles album 'magical mystery tour'.

DIZZY= Giddy. This refers to a man is dizzied by his newfound happiness, shell shocked by the great feelings and unsure of whether or not one deserves this happiness. Either way he’ll be ok.

UNDERWATER= Submerged in water. He’s referring to the relationship, it’s pretty though but he’s holding on.

OUTTA= (informal) Out of.

LOVE YOUR CURVES= Love the girl's figure.

EDGES= Limits.

ALL YOUR PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS= He loves everything about her. When someone has strong feelings for you they may tell you that you're "perfectly imperfect" basically saying that they accept your flaws, they like you enough that they see past your insecurities, a way of saying that you're perfect to them.

GIVE YOUR ALL TO ME, I'LL GIVE MY ALL TO YOU= They give each other all of themselves because in the end, it’s all they know to be true because they have undying, true and sincere love for each other.

BEATING YOU DOWN= Demoralize.

MY DOWNFALL= My destruction, my ruin.

MY MUSE= My inspiration.

WORST= Superlative of bad.

RINGING IN MY HEAD= To linger in one's consciousness.

CARDS ON THE TABLE= To be honest about your feelings and intentions; 
to tell someone honestly what you think or what you plan to do.

pin [sb] down on [sth] vtr phrasal sep	figurative, informal (force to a decision, statement)	comprometer a alguien para, comprometer a alguien en loc verb
		forzar a alguien a concretar algo loc verb

Semana del Espacio 4-10 Octubre

Enlace a Glogster

Muro del mes de Octubre

Stressed Out - Twenty one pilots

"Stressed Out" is a song written and recorded by American alternative hip hop band Twenty One Pilots for their fourth studio album, Blurryface (2015).

It's all about nostalgia. The lyrics talk about the harsh end of adolescence and the transition to adulthood and how they miss the good and simple things of the past, when life was much easier. Also about the disappointment to find adulthood is not as brilliant as they had been told and expected it would be.

Video with lyrics (multimedia)

Bilingual Video

My lesson plan

Genius

Kygo ft. Parson James - Stole the show (Lyrics video)

Genius

Major Lazer & DJ Snake - Lean On (feat. MØ) (Official Lyric

Genius

TIC TOOLS

This is a presentation of some tools that may be interesting to enhance your teaching practice. 

Kevin Richardson - The Ice man

Kevin Richardson (born 8 October 1974), known as "The Lion Whisperer",^[1]is a South African animal behaviourist who has worked extensively with native animals of Africa.(...)

(...) Richardson has worked with big cats and relies on intuition rather than static rules. He has slept next to, fed, and lived with lions. Along with lions, he has worked with cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas. He prefers lions to any other big cat.^[10] His relationship with the animals, however, has not been an instant one. He has known all of the lions he works with since they were cubs.^[5] He still continues his bond with Tau and Napoleon, the lion brothers who were his introduction to big cats.^[4]

Megan Trainor - No

Ain't your mamma - Jennifer Lopez

Volcanoes

 

What is a volcano?

Formation, Impact...

Volcano Vocabulary

Volcano Videos:

    - National Geopgraphic

Docummentaries

Volcanoes for Kids

Curious people who want to know about science...