Christmas is coming!

As it is already a tradition in my English classes, there is no Christmas without adverts,
 so let’s watch five of the cutest ads 2019 in Great Britain. Of course,
 my favourite and one of the most expected  is John Lewis’ ad.
What do you think? 

ADVERT 1: ASDA
Warmer:
What do you most like about Christmas?
What do you do for others at Christmas?

While watching
Watch the video until 0:22: what is she going to use her grandad’s walking stick for?Watch the video until 0:55: what are they going to do with the magic?

After watching:
Which Christmas superpower would you like to have?If you could do anything for anyone at Christmas, what would it be?

Click here if you want to know more about this advert

ADVERT 2: WALKERS

Warmer:

Do you know Maria Carey? Do you know any of her songs?

She is going to advertise a product. What product will it be?

While watching:
Watch until 0:42. Who is going to get the bag of crisps? Why do you think so? How will they get it? Watch to find out.

After watching:In the video, Maria Carey says:  I love Christmas, It’s a magical time, 

A time for GIVING
A time for CARING
A time for SHARING

-- Add as many lines starting with ‘A time for…’ as you can.

--  Is there anything you would not be prepared to share with anyone else? Why?

ADVERT 3: JOHN LEWIS

My favourite every year!!

The short-film was made in Hungary during the summer - in 30 degree heat - so all the winter scenes had to be created by large amounts of biodegradable fake snow and CGI.

Ten-year-old Scot Ruby had to practise her reactions with another actor as the lovable dragon was computer generated, but the schoolgirl worked perfectly to capture each emotion.

Click here for the Making of, if you liked it-

ADVERT 4:  ARGOS

While watching:Order the following scenes:

1. Fireworks go off and the crowd go wild for the two drummers
2. The television turns itself on to show a music video
3. The dad and the daughter have a drum duel
4. He sees a child’s drum kit
5. The oven transforms into lights
6. There is a man sitting at a table looking through a catalogue
7. The cupboards transform into speakers
8. The kitchen opens to reveal a crowd
9. The table opens up to reveal the drum kit
10. The fridge opens to make a smoke machine
11. She slides down the bannister
12. A little girl walks down the stairs an sees a drumkit for herself
13. A teddy bear goes crowd surfing

(Correct order: 6, 4, 9, 5, 2, 7, 10, 12, 11, 3, 8, 13, 1)

ADVERT 5: ALDI

Warmer:What do you normally eat on Christmas Day?
Class vote: Do you like Brussels sprouts?

While watching:

Identify as many Xmas dishes mentioned in the video as you can.

Ok, I hope you liked them , and if you feel like watching more here´s the link to 

ALL JOHN LEWIS´ ADS

4º ESO Extra Practice Worksheet

Extra Practice Unit 2 Answer Keys

Extra Practice 1

1  1.  battle               3.  son                5.  head

    2.  country             4.  family            6.  people

2  1.  g    2.  f     3.  d    4.  a     5.  b    6.  c    7.  e

3  1.  fate                  4.  advisor           6.  downfall

    2.  outbreak           5.  loyalty           7.  throne

    3.  treason

4  1.  when                3.  where            5.  which

    2.  whose              4.  who

5  1.  e, who / that             4.  a, whose

    2.  c, which / that           5.  b, where

    3.  d, when / that

6  1.  anyone                    5.  something

    2.  somewhere               6.  no one

    3.  someone                  7.  anyone

    4.  anything                  8.  no one

  Extra Practice 2

1  1.  low-budget film        4.  special effects

    2.  soundtrack               5.  minor character

    3.  spoiler                     6.  ratings

2  1.  b     2.  a      3.  b        4.  b        5.  a

3  1.  twist                        4.  scene

    2.  plot                         5.  cast

    3.  leading role

4  1.  These are photos of Leonor, whose father is King Felipe VI of Spain.

     2.  I read the book Diana: the Last Word, which is about Princess Diana’s last five years.

     3.  Queen Victoria, who ruled the UK for over 60 years, died in 1901.

     4.  Balmoral Castle, where the Queen and her family stay during the summer holiday, is in Scotland. 

5  1.  We saw the Crown Jewels, which are kept in the Tower of London.

     2.  We visited Westminster Abbey, where Prince William and Kate Middleton were married.

     3.  Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon, whose parents were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

     4.  Queen Elizabeth II was 86 years old in 2012, when she had her Diamond Jubilee.

     5.  Do you know anything about Louis Philippe I, who was the last king of France?

6  Possible answers

     1.  when it’s very cold

     2.  where I can sit and relax

     3.  which is on 1st July

     4.  whose name is Ms Carter

Click here to PLAY THE KAHOOT with Units 1 and 2 Revision.

Black Friday: Breathe, take a break – the planet can’t handle it anymore

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are expected to generate billions of dollars in sales for clothing and other products this year. But this shopping bonanza also generates greater volumes of waste than ever. That is bad news for the environment.

Fast Fashion – Environmental Impacts illustration by Greenpeace

Black Friday: Origins

Wondering how Black Friday got its name? You're probably not the only one. 

Each year the famous sales weekend, which follows Thanksgiving Day and begins tomorrow - November 29 - this year, sees a significant amount of shoppers head to high street stores and online brands in attempt to find the best deals. 

Ahead of Black Friday 2019, several retailers including Amazon, Currys PC World, John Lewis and Argos have already launched a range of early offers.

Yet, many people are unaware of the phenomenon's history.  Here is the story behind Black Friday. 

The early origins and history

The term "Black Friday" was actually first associated with financial crisis, not sales shopping.

Two Wall Street financiers Jim Fisk and Jay Gould, together bought a significant amount of US gold in the hope of  being able to sell it for huge profits.

On Friday, September 24 1869, in what became referred to as "Black Friday", the US gold market crashed and Fisk and Gould's actions left Wall Street barons bankrupt. 

Black Friday tales

When shops in the US recorded their accounting details by hand, they noted profits in black and losses in red.

It is thought that many shops were "in the red" throughout most of the year but they later "went into the black" the day after Thanksgiving, when shoppers bought a significant amount of discounted merchandise. 

Who coined the name Black Friday?

Police officers in Philadelphia were first to link Black Friday to the post-Thanksgiving period in the 1950s. Large crowds of tourists and shoppers came to the city the day after Thanksgiving for the Army-Navy football game, creating chaos, traffic jams and shoplifting opportunities. 

Police officers in the city weren't able to take the day off work and instead had to work long shifts to control the carnage, thus using the term "Black Friday" to refer to it.

Today, Black Friday is the USA's biggest shopping event of the year, when many shops cut their prices on a range of products, in order to boost profits and officially kick off the festive season.  

Although some retailers such as Ikea and Marks and Spencer chose not to join the shopping craze, many retailers have successfully boosted their profits by participating.

Article taken from The Telegraph.

Now, there are two other  important dates around Thanksgiving, Cybermonday and Givingtuesday. What do you know about them?

Mr Bean´s Daily Routine -- 1º ESO

If you had an extra day in the week ... what could you do?

SPEAKING: 2nd Type Conditionals

Film English Lesson Plan

• In pairs, ask five questions about your partner’s daily life:  age, job, studies, journey to school, routine and evening pastimes, for example.

•  Say to each other what you do on a normal day. 
•  Look at this question:

"If you had an extra day in the week, what could you do?"

• Write down five things you think your partner would do if he/she had an extra day in the week.
• When you have finished writing your sentences,  read them to your partner, for example:

“If you had an extra day, I think you’d spend more time with your grandparents.”

• Your partner should say whether the sentence is right or not.

Now, you  are going to watch a short film called Everyday in which a young couple imagine they had an extra day. 

•  Watch the film and note down as many of the activities the young couple would do.

Fridays with Songs 4º ESO

Maroon 5: Memories

Exercise 1: Listen to this beautiful song and complete the lyrics

Chorus

Here's to the ones that we _____

______ to the wish you were here, but you're not

'Cause the drinks bring back all the _____________

Of everything we've been __________

Toast to the ones here _______

Toast to the ones that we lost on the __________

'Cause the drinks bring back all the __________

And the memories bring back, ___________ bring back you

There's a time that I __________

When I did not know no pain

When I __________ in forever

And everything would stay the same

Now my heart feel like ____________

When _________ say your name

'Cause I can't reach out to call you

But I know I will one day, yeah

____________ hurts sometimes

Everybody hurts someday, ay-ay

But ___________ gon' be alright

Go and raise a glass and say, ay

BACK TO CHORUS

Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo

___________ bring back, memories bring back you

There's a time that I remember

When I ________ felt so lost

When I felt all of the hatred

Was too powerful to stop (oh, yeah)

Now my __________ feel like an ember

And it's lighting up the dark

I'll carry these torches for ya

That you know I'll never drop, yeah

Everybody hurts ____________

Everybody hurts someday, ay-ay

But ___________ gon' be alright

Go and raise a glass and say, ay

BACK TO CHORUS 

Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo

Memories bring back, memories bring back you

Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo (ooh, yeah)

Memories bring back, memories bring back you

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Memories bring back, memories bring back you

Exercise 2: Find as many Relative Clauses as you can.(4 in the first stanza, 3 in the second)

Let´s sing the song now!