Food and drink game

Let's try it? It's a very nice game about food and drink...

www.f-r-e-e-games.com/operaciones/descarga.php

Cooking with students!

We prepared a delicious fruit salad with my students from INTER 2.

Check the pics:







We had a lot of fun!!! And also healthy food!!!

=)

Hey people,

Read something about HEALTHY EATING

Healthy eating is not about strict nutrition philosophies, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, and keeping yourself as healthy as possible– all of which can be achieved by learning some nutrition basics and using them in a way that works for you.

Healthy eating begins with learning how to “eat smart”—it’s not just what you eat, but how you eat. Your food choices can reduce your risk of illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, as well as defend against depression. Additionally, learning the habits of healthy eating can improve your health by boosting your energy, sharpening your memory and stabilizing your mood. Expand your range of healthy food choices and learn how to plan ahead to create and maintain a satisfying, healthy diet.






Healthy eating tip 1: Set yourself up for success

Healthy eating tip 2: Moderation is key

Healthy eating tip 3: It's not just what you eat, it's how you eat

Healthy eating tip 4: Fill up on colorful fruits and vegetables

Water—a vital part of a healthy diet

Healthy eating tip 5: Eat more healthy carbs and whole grains

Healthy eating tip 6: Enjoy healthy fats & avoid unhealthy fats

Healthy eating tip 7: Put protein in perspective

Healthy eating tip 8: Add calcium & vitamin D for strong bones

Healthy eating tip 9: Limit sugar, salt, and refined grains

Healthy eating tip 10: Plan quick and easy meals ahead

Moderse la lengua

Es éste el nombre de una interesante sección del Centro Virtual Cervantes en la internet.
En ella se recogen los errores de la prensa.

Vale la pena visitarla en http://cvc.cervantes.es/actcult/morderse_lengua/numeritos.htm

Help at home...

Hey… The students from Kids 6 learned how they can help at home… They did a schedule with the days of the week and some activities they can do at home: pick up the room, clean the floor, set the table, do the dishes, clear the table, help cooking and make the bed. They took this schedule and they’ll try to help their parents with theses chores.

A quoi ça sert, l’amour ?



A quoi ça sert, l’amour ?
On raconte toujours
Des histoires insensées
A quoi ça sert d’aimer ?

L’amour ne s’explique pas !
C’est une chose comme ça !
Qui vient on ne sait d’où
Et vous prend tout à coup.

Moi, j’ai entendu dire
Que l’amour fait souffrir,
Que l’amour fait pleurer,
A quoi ça sert d’aimer ?

L’amour, ça sert à quoi ?
A nous donner d’la joie
Avec des larmes aux yeux…
C’est triste et merveilleux !

Pourtant on dit souvent
Que l’amour est décevant
Qu’il y a un sur deux
Qui n’est jamais heureux…

Même quand on l’a perdu
L’amour qu’on a connu
Vous laisse un gout du miel -
L’amour c’est éternel !

Tout ça c’est très joli,
Mais quand tout est fini
Il ne vous reste rien
Qu’un immense chagrin…

Tout ce qui maintenant
Te semble déchirant
Demain, sera pour toi
Un souvenir de joie !

En somme, si j’ai compris,
Sans amour dans la vie,
Sans ses joies, ses chagrins,
On a vécu pour rien ?

Mais oui! Regarde-moi !
A chaque fois j’y crois !
Et j’y croirait toujours…
Ça sert à ça l’amour !

Mais toi, tu es le dernier !
Mais toi’ tu es le premier !
Avant toi y avait rien
Avec toi je suis bien !

C’est toi que je voulais !
C’est toi qu’il me fallait !
Toi que j’aimerais toujours…
Ça sert à ça l’amour !

INTER 2 - FOOD

I was talking about FOOD with my Inter 2 students, then I mentioned french fries and also hamburger and it reminded me of a video, a very funny video, in which a French man is trying hard to say a sentence about HAMBURGER.

Check this out:



Pronunciation, isn't it important? lol

=)

Hey,

A video about FOOD!

Recipe - Delicious sandwich

Since my Inter2 is studying a delicious topic -FOOD!- I thought it might be interesting to share an easy and tasty recipe of sandwich with you guys. Enjoy it!



Chicken, Bacon, and Blue-Cheese Sandwiches

A truly satisfying flavor trio. Prep and Cook Time: 30 minutes. Notes: In summer, this sandwich is great with thick slices of fresh tomato instead of the roasted red peppers.

Total: 30 minutes
Yield: Makes 4 sandwiches

Ingredients
4 slices thick-cut bacon
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons Worcestershire
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 small garlic clove, minced
8 slices crusty white bread, lightly toasted
1/4 cup roquefort or other soft blue cheese, at room temperature
4 leaves romaine lettuce (thick stem ends removed)
8 to 10 oz. meat from 1 whole rotisserie chicken, sliced
8 jarred roasted red peppers
1/2 avocado, cut into 12 thin slices

Preparation
1. In a medium frying pan over medium-low heat, cook bacon, turning often, until just crisp, 12 to 15 minutes. Drain on paper towels and set aside.

2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, stir together mayonnaise, Worcestershire, mustard, and garlic. Spread this mixture on 4 toast pieces. On each of the remaining 4 toasts, spread about 1 tbsp. blue cheese.

3. Layer each blue cheese–topped toast with a piece of lettuce, 1/4 of the chicken slices, 2 red peppers, 3 slices avocado, and a slice of bacon. Top each with a mayonnaise-spread toast. Cut sandwiches in half and skewer each half with a toothpick to help hold it together.

Check the nutritional information and more great recipes here!

reading comics

Hi there! Don't you love Monica's gang???

Reading comic strips and comic books is a nice way of practicing your reading and also have a lot of fun!

As you guys already know, we have a library at school full of books for your enjoyment. Now we also have Monica's gang comic books in English and Spanish!!!!!!! Isn't it awesome?! Those who love Monica since the childhood can laugh a lot and have some memories back, those who are not as old as I am, can meet the gang and become a member!

Check the comic books out and have fun with the funniest gang ever!!!!

Here's one question:
Most of us know the characters' names in Portuguese.
Except for Monica that remains the same, what are the characters' names in English and Spanish????

Accidente en Los Andes, 1972

Las informaciones que ustedes van a leer a continuación fueron obtenidas en el sitio www.viven.com.uy

El Accidente de los Andes
El accidente de los AndesEl viernes 13 de Octubre de 1972 un avión uruguayo, que llevaba 45 pasajeros a Chile, de los cuales muchos eran estudiantes y jugadores de un equipo de rugby, se estrelló en la Cordillera de los Andes.

Doce murieron a causa de la caída, los sobrevivientes a esta tuvieron que soportar entre otras cosas a la temible Cordillera, treinta grados bajo cero durante las noches y al hambre.

Trataron de resistir con las escasas reservas alimenticias que poseían, esperando ser rescatados, pero su esperanza cayó al enterarse por una radio, que se había abandonado la búsqueda.
Finalmente hartos de las bajísimas temperaturas, los amenazadores aludes, angustiados por la continua muerte de sus compañeros y la lenta espera del rescate, dos muchachos deciden cruzar las inmensas montañas para así llegar a Chile.

De esta manera es como el 22 de diciembre de 1972, después de haber estado durante 72 días aislados de todo, el mundo se entera que dieciséis vencieron a la muerte en la Cordillera de los Andes.

TEEN 4 - crazy story!

My students from TEEN 4 wrote a story using the word I gave them.

Check it out (the words in bold are the ones they had to use...):

"One day I talked to my mother on the telephone about the elephant that killed the dog, because he sat on it. Oh no, the dog was under the elephant. After that, I went to the hairdresser and told this to my friend I met there. My friend plays volleyball. Last January, he was in a competition in Mexico and he went there by car. He has a yellow car. When he arrived there it was raining and he used his umbrella. It was very cold there and we took many pictures. He decided to go to the zoo and saw a monkey and the monkey was a pickpocket and stole his walkman. He decided to kill the monkey and ran very quickly from the security guard, who saw what he was doing. The man stopped him and asked "What's happening?" and he said "Nothing!". So, the man smiled and offered my friend an orange. My friend said "No, thank you, I bought oranges yesterday when I went to the supermarket..."

Definitely crazy, isn't it?

Hey guys ... The students from Kids 6 performed an activity to practice the vocabulary learned in the classroom – food and drink – in their own supermarket. They had to buy and pay for the products. Besides English they had to practice math using the prices…

Their own supermarket...



Their own money...

It was really funny!!!

1. Hi students! Here we are back to school! I want to remember you about some things really important to our success in the teaching-learning process.
2. 1. don't forget your homework, it's very important to study at home.
3. 2. answer your teacher's e-mails, this is an opportunity to read and write in English.
4. 3. talk in English during your classes.
5. 4. don't forget your compositions!
6. 5. be assiduous, but if you miss a class come to "plantão" on friday, it's free!
7. 6. read the blog.
8. 7. remember we are always here to help!

Kisses

Ideas worth spreading

Jeff Skoll was the first president of eBay; he used his dot-com fortune to found the film house Participant Productions, making movies to inspire social change, including Syriana; Good Night, and Good Luck; Murderball; An Inconvenient Truth...

Why you should listen to him:
Jeff Skoll was eBay's employee number 2 and president number 1. He left with a comfortable fortune and a desire to spend his money helping others.

The Skoll Foundation, established in 1999, invests in, connects and celebrates social entrepreneurs -- offering grants to people who build businesses, schools and services for communities in need. Every year, it presents the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford, and runs Social Edge, a networking site for social entrepreneurs.

His production company, Participant Productions, is what Skoll calls a "pro-social media company," making features and documentaries that address social and political issues and drive real change. His film North Country, for example, is credited with influencing the signing of the 2005 Violence Against Women Act. Participant's blockbuster doc, An Inconvenient Truth, is required viewing in classrooms around the world, and has unquestionably changed the debate around climate change. Other Participant films include The Kite Runner, The Visitor, Food Inc., The Cove, and the recent Earth Day release, Oceans.


Bet on good people doing good things.

Torn

FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ENJOYED THE SONG.

HERE'S A FUNNY VERSION OF IT.

¿Te acuerdas el nombre de las partes de la casa?

Mira la imagen abajo y nombra las partes de la casa:




Y Mira también al video:

My classrom

by Izabela - Teens 1

In my classroom there are ten chairs and a white board.
There are four doors and a window.
There is a CD player and a television but there aren't any computers.

I wanna be a billionaire and...

Students form Inter 6 tell you what they would do if they were billionaires.

I wanna be a billionaire and I'll buy all the things that I want, a mansion, a school, 'cause I have to study to organize my money. I'll travel to several countries and learn different languages.
Eduardo

I wanna be a billionaire and travel around the world, stay in places that I have seen only in pictures before, and I wanna be in places that I can make people happy. I wanna use my money to buy the best things for my family and friends, so after I'll be a happy billionaire. I want to meet new people.
Manuel Neto

I wanna be a billionaire and travel to all countries of the world, buy ten cars and create an NGO for animals that don't have a home.
Ana Clara

I wanna be a billionaire and travel all over the world, donate to all kinds of NGOs and buy everything I want, because I'll be able to afford it.
Vanessa

Some proverbs...

Hey... Here there are some proverbs... Take a look and enjoy it!!!

1) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush: It's better to keep what you have than to risk losing it by searching for something better.

2) All that glitters is not gold: What look good on the outside may not be so in reality.

3) All is fair in love and war: Things that are done in love or war can often be excused.

4) An idle mind is the devil’s workshop: One who has nothing to do will be tempted to do many mischievous acts.

5) Better alone than in ill company: Be careful in the choice of the people you associate with.

6) Better late than never: It's better to do something, even if it's late, than not do it at all.

7) Easier said than done: What is suggested sounds easy but it is more difficult to actually do it.

8) Haste makes waste: If something is done too quickly, it may be done carelessly and need to be redone.

8) A penny saved is a penny gained: By being thrifty one will be able to save up.

9) Birds of a feather flock together: People of the same sort of character or belief always go together.

10) Every cloud has a silver lining: If you say that every cloud has a silver lining, you mean that every sad or unpleasant situation has a positive side to it. If you talk about silver lining you are talking about something positive that comes out of a sad or unpleasant situation.

11) Every dog has its day: Everyone will get a period of success or satisfaction during his lifetime.

12) No smoke without fire: There could be some truth in the rumour.

13) Out of sight, out of mind: We tend to forget people or things that we do not see.

14) To err is human, to forgive divine: Time is valuable and should not be wasted.

15) Give someone an inch and they will take a
mile (or yard): Give someone a little and they will want more - some people are never satisfied.

Writing it down...

After an activity about incorrect words, my students from INTER 4 were supposed to correct the words and then write a story using them. They did it in a group and each one created a sentence...and turned out to be something like this:

"Yesterday I got up very early. I went to the supermarket to buy yogurt for breakfast. But it was raining and I couldn't leave the supermarket. Then I decided to buy onions, because I was hungry. It's strange to eat onions in the breakfast but I couldn't wait because I was very hungry. After I ate the onions, I had a terrible headache. I don't know why. Then I called my mother and asked for help, I said "Mom, I have a terrible headache, what should I do?" and she said "Drink some water and you'll feel better, baby!"

PS: The words in bold are the ones they had to use in the text.

By the way, what about the YOGURT? Wow, crazy story...but then one of my students explained: "When I felt better, I finally had my yogurt..."

lol

=)

Do you have any questions about our story?

Words for things you didn't know have names

#1: Philtrum
Definition: the vertical groove on the median line of the upper lip



Example Sentence:
His chiseled features even included a well-defined philtrum.

Origin:
In Greek, the primary meaning of philtrum is "love potion" – which suggests that seductive powers were attributed to this facial feature.

#2: Ferrule
Definition: the protective point or knob on the far end of an umbrella.



Example Sentence:
He used his umbrella as a cane, and with every step planted its ferrule in the ground.

Origin:
Ferrule comes from the Latin viriola, meaning "small bracelet." This makes more sense when you consider that ferrule is also the term for the metal band at the end of a table leg (or similar object) that strengthens it or prevents it from splitting.

#3: Aglet
Definition: the tag covering the ends of a lace or point – e.g., the reinforcement at the end of a shoelace.



Example Sentence:
A missing aglet can make lacing one's shoes a challenge.

Origin:
Aglet indirectly comes from the Latin acus, "needle" – as does the word acute.

#4: Punt
Definition: an indentation at the bottom of a molded glass bottle



Example Sentence:
Pouring the champagne, she held the bottle with her thumb in its punt.

Note:
Although it remains a matter of debate, explanations for the function of the punt include strengthening the bottle and also reducing its holding capacity.
The alternative name for the punt is kick.

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Very interesting, huh? I saw it at the Meriam-Webster site, and if you want to read the complete article, click here.

The next internet SENSATION

We all know that nowadays anyone can become an instant celebrity. The most recent star is Antoine Dodson.

He appeared in the news, talking about an attack suffered by his sister and what came next? FAME.




There's even a remix: