Comedy Club is coming....

Hello!!

Are you ready to laugh? Next Monday it's April Fool's Day, 1st of April, and we have to celebrate it on a large scale!

"April Fools' Day, sometimes called All Fools' Day, is one of the most fun days of the year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons, while others believe it stems from the adoption of a new calendar".

• Here you can find a list of vocabulary about it: April Fool's Vocabulary

Anyway, the core of this day is to have fun and laugh with your friends and family. That's why in class we're going to do a "Comedy Club": Each of you have to memorize at least two jokes and then, on Monday you will have to perform your show in front of the class.

• In this webpage you can find some ideas: Joke

• But if you don't feel like participating read first this article about the benefits of laughing and then think again about your decision: 10 things you never knew about laughter

• Check these fun pranks: 6 perfect pranks for april fools day

Using a laughmeter we will decide who is the jokes' Champion. Are you ready?? 

Mondays will never be blue again after this!

Word Games

I love word games! I think they are very funny.What about you, do you like them? In class we have seen some examples:

  

      

                                               

This is a funny and clever way to play with English, don't you think? We also have the possibility of playing with only one word and its meaning, check this out: 

I love them all! It would be amazing if we can create our own ones, it's easier than you think. The other day one girl of the class gave me this example:  "Cupcake" >  "Teapotcake". 

If at the end of the week we have enough, we will work on designs for your word games in class!! I can't wait to hear them all :D 

The structure for the comment has to be: 

Hello! I'm Miriam. My wordgame is: Cupcake - Teapotcake. The real word is cupcake and I made the word game using the part "cup" because by itself has a different meaning. Best.

Bye!

English-Speaking Countries

Hello!

These days we have been talking about all these countries and cultures that we can find behind English language.
English is one of the top 10 spoken languages around the world:

Here you can find all the references we have used in the class to learn about the countries. In this web page you can explore the world and keep learning! 

National Geographic for Kids

In class, we have seen just a few but check this, the UK government classifies the following overseas countries as majority native English speaking:

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia
• The Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Canada
• Dominica
• Grenada
• Guyana
• Ireland
• Jamaica
• New Zealand
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• United Kingdom
• United States of America

Do you think this will make learning English worthwhile? 

Here I share with you the world maps with the information you did from the different countries we studied: 

As I told you in class, I think this is a very interesting topic, so in case you want to share with the class a longer presentation about one of these countries, feel free to do it! (5min presentation).