Halloween

What do you know about Halloween?

  Halloween, one of the world's oldest holidays, is still celebrated today in several countries around the globe. The autumn rite is commemorated in the United Kingdom, although with a surprising and distinctive British twist. In Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, All Souls' Day, the third day of the three-day Hallowmas observance, is the most important part of the celebration for many people. In Ireland and Canada, Halloween, which was once a frightening and superstitious time of year, is celebrated much as it is in the United States, with trick-or-treating, costume parties, and fun for all ages.

   The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (pronounced sow-in), which means "end of summer", the Celtic New year.

Sweet Shoes

NO, you can't eat these shoes!
Chris Campbell, an American fashion designer, made them. They are decorated with syntetic cookies, ice-cream sundaes and chocolate cakes. Clients can customize their shoes, but they are expensive!! These shoes cost 250 dollars!

my ideal home

Here we are in my favourite house. I's a modern flat near the lake of the country. I big and I've lived in here for all of my life. It's  got two bedrooms, a living room, two studying rooms, 3 bathrooms, a garden and a garage.

Now, my mum is relaxing on the sofa, my dad is cooking, my dog is relaxing too and I and my sister are studying in the stuyding room. My favourite room is my bedroom. I sleep with my sister but I dont mind. It's very big and we have our space.  There is a very big wardrobe. I have a lot of clothes on it !!!

an internet profile

Hi, I'm Nina and I'm from Banyoles in Catalonia. I'm cheerful and kind. I've got brown hair and brown eyes. I'm very tall.
I'm really  into swimming, playing the violin, readig, I like chatting on the internet and meeting friends. I don't like playing basketball and and football.

I spend a lot of time swimming, playing violin and reading but sometimes I chat on the internet or I meet friens. I spend my money on swimming costumes and on school material.

I really want to meet boys and girls from 11 to 16 years old. I don't mind this nationality but I want to learn about Australian life and I want to learn English so I want to meet Northmerican people.

A description about your friend.

My friends names' are Ona and Berta. Berta is 13 years old and Ona too. They like diferent things so fierst I'm gonna tell you about Berta. Berta likes horsebal and horses and she spends her time and her money and her time and her money on it. She doesn't mind reading and she loves meeting friends and chatting on the internet. Ona likes swimming and HIP HOP. She doesn't ilke reading and she wants a mobile phone as soon as possible. They speak Catalan, Spanish, English and a little French. They are very friendly and nice.

Australia

14 OCTOBER SATURDAY

I'm going to go to an expedition to Australia. We're going to stay on a campsite with our tents. I must take my camera because there are a lots of interesting animals and amazing landscape.

17 OCTOBER TUESDAY

Here I'm on the beach. There are lots of crocodiles so we must pay attention. My friend an I we're going snorkelling so I'm very nervous. In the sea, there are a lot of strange animals an I'm going to take photos.

A delicious dress

You might love chocolate, but would you like to wear chocolate clothes? This model is wearing a dress painted with 50 kg of chocolate. It took two weeks to make for a chocolate show in London last year. But wearing is not easy: you have to keep cool or the dress melts!

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs's name is Steven Paul Jobs. He was born in San Francisco, California on 24th of February in 1995 and he died on 5th of October in 2011. He had 56 years.

He was an American inventor, who was the co-founder of Apple Inc. He created the personal computer revolution.

This is how people called him: the Father of the Digital Revolution, a Master of Innovation...

An email about my school

Hello Ona,

I'm very happy who you go to visit me. Now I will explain you some information about my school and my extra activities.

School starts at nine o'clock and finish at half past one. School starts again at three o'clock until five o'clock. Every day we have 6 lessons. The lessons are 60 minutes. English, Spanish, Catalan, Maths, Science, Geography, History, ICT and PE are compulsory lessons and Ket ( Key English Test ) and Competence comunicative are optional lessons.

I have lunch at school, in the canteen. We musn't shop foot. After school I practise swim and I have music lessons.

Bye for now.

Nina

London

London is a city in the south of England. Poeple firs lived in London in Roman times. Is name was Londinium and only 45,000 people lived there. Now, the population is about 7'5 milion people.

There are places in London with the names of important people in history like trafalgar square (Battle of Trafalgar) Victoria square (queen Victoria)

The people of London are called Londoners or Cockneys. Famous londoners include Charlie Chaplin or Arthur Conan Doyle.

England loves Saint George

You've heard of Saint Patrick, but do you know Saint George?  George is the patron saint of England: legend says that he killed a dragon in the third century. On the day of George's death, there's a festival in Trafalgar Square in London. There's food, drink, music and flags.... but no dragons!!!

Eye beauty

Would you go to school with decorations glued to your eyelashes? These eye accessories are the work of Natalie Russo, a 20-year-old designer from Seattle, USA. Natalie uses beads, wire and feathers to make her fun creations. She says that they are so light that you forget you are wearing them. Are you tempted? Eye am!

Chinese new year, London

Chinese New Year is on 31 January, but London will celebrate it in February with a big parade, a lion dance and Chinese food. Each year, more than 300,000 people go to the West End of London to wish each other "Kug Hei Fat Choi" or ( Happy New Year). It's the largest Chinese New Year event outside Asia!!!

The chameleons

The chameleons

The animal in this photo is a chameleon. Chameleons are reptiles and hunt insects to feed. 

Chameleons live in warm countries because they need sunlight to survive. Chameleons change colour when they are in danger. They hunt insects as flies, butterflies, lobsters... They have a small neck and small legs. They live in the trees specially in the Amazonian forest. 

They aren't in danger but they begin to be because there is more population in the forests where they live. 

The Polar Bears

The animal in this photo is a polar bear. The polar bears are mammalians. They hunt seals and fish.

Polar bears live in the Artic, Canada, Russia, Greendland and Norway because there are a cold countries. They live and hunt on the ice. Adult polar bears are 750 kilos. They can swim more than 150 kilometres and females have two cubs every four or five years. 

Polar bears are in danger. The Artic ice is smaller because the climate is changing and there are a lot of pollution, especially oil. Sow humans hunt bears in some areas.

About Banyoles

Banyoles is a town located in the north east of Catalonia. My town, is smaller than Girona. It's got a population of about 18.000 people and there is a very nice lake. During the summer, there are a lot of tourists who visit it. 

I like Banyoles because it is a very nice, quiet, beautiful and clean town. There are restaurants and beautiful places to visit. In my town, my favourite places are the lake, the swim sports centre and the Major square. 
Banyoles is 23,4 kilometres from Girona. It's about 25 minutes on the car.

An email about me

Hi my name's Nina.

I'm eleven years old and I'm student in a Casa Nostra school. I live in Banyoles.

I'm really into sports, music and books. My favourite sport is swimming. My favourite book is WONDER and my favourites' films are Percy Jackson and the monsters' sea and all of the days for my live.

I have got a pet. It's call Brus and It is an schnauzer. What's your favourite sport? Have you got a pet?

See you later, Nina.

MY DAY

My day: 
I get up at half past seven. Then I go to have breakfast with my sister. After breakfast I go to dress myself and brush my teeth. At half past eight I go to school by bike. School starts at nine o'clock and finish at half past one. School starts again at three o'clock until five. When I'm back home I walk my dog. After I study and I do my homework. Every day I go to the swimming pool. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday I go to learn violin in a music centre. I go to bed at ten o'clock and I usually read a book.Thank you for your attention.


My week: 
Everyday except Saturday and Sunday I go to swim at CNB. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday I study music and I play the violin at EMMB. From Monday to Thursday I go to bed at half past nine. On Friday I usually go to bed later, because I eat pizza on the sofa and I watching a film. 

My weekend: 
During the weekend I study at home and I do my homework. Some Saturdays I have a swimming competition. After the competition wen I'm at home I watch a show on the TV which is called Veterinaris. Sometimes, on Saturdays I go to the cinema with my family. On Sunday I usually walk my dog with my family and on evening i usually read a book. 













My Observation: 

Did you use visual support? powerpoint, video.. No very much

Did you show/talk about the photos in the ppoint to the 

audience? Yes I did it

BODY LANGUAGE 

AND EYE CONTACT

Did you look at your audience most of the time?  Yes I did it

Did you read from your notes? No I didn't

Did you do any gestures/movement to hold the attention of your 

audience? No very much. 

STRUCTURE
Did you organize your ideas in order of importance? Yes I did it

Did you use discourse markers to make your ideas more clear? 

(First, then, secondly, on the one hand, on the other hand, finally..)

Which ones?  I did then, after...

CONTENT
 Did you introduce interesting information to your audience? Sometimes 

Was your information more superficial or more detailed and 

original? I don't know. 

LANGUAGE
Did you check your grammar?(verbs, word order...) Yes I check it

Did you use rich/new vocabulary looking up the dictionary? yes I did it

(synonyms/new words/expressions..) Which ones? until, ...

Did you use sentence linkers?(and, but, moreover, also, although..)  Yes, sometimes

Did you use fillers? (well,you know, for example, one second, repeating a 

word...) No very much.

PRONOUNCIATION & 

INTONATION

Did you know how to pronounce all your words? No I didn't

Did you check the pronounciation with a dictionary, a classmate or the 

teacher? Yes I did it

Did you change your tone of voice or use a monotone all the time?  No, only sometimes

Did you speed in a fluid continuum or with breaks and interruptions? Yes.

SELF-EVALUATION You are your teacher! What mark did you get?  8

Hello my name is Nina and now I will explain you a day in my life:

My day my week and my weekend from ninagrabuleda