FROM YOUR TV TO YOUR CLASSROOM (IV)

Guess who's the winner this week?
Yes! Enrique Lorca once again!!!  (Well done, Enrique! Certainly you deserve it because your motivation is so big and you always give the right answers very quickly).
A boy from 4ºB and a girl from 4ºA were quicker than Enrique but they failed to recognize the spot and the song. The product advertised is Volkswagen Think Blue Symphony, and the song is "Wouldn't it be nice?", a classic originally created, recorded and made a hit by 'The Beach Boys' which is covered here by Tiziano Lamberti.

We have a bit more complicated lyrics this time, so all the students who click on 'Comentarios' and provide their own translation into Spanish can get one point. (Sumarán un punto en la clasificación de este juego todos aquellos alumnos que entren aquí para aportar su propia traducción de esta canción, aunque la mejor traducción según mi opinión obtendrá 2 puntos).

Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?

Then we wouldn't have to wait so long.

And wouldn't it be nice to live together

In the kind of world where we belong?

You know its going to make it that much better

When we can say goodnight and stay together.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up

In the morning when the day is new,

And after having spent the day together

Hold each other close, the whole night through?

Happy times together we've been spending.

I wish that every kiss was neverending.

Wouldn't it be nice? 

INFORMATION FOR THE STUDENTS: 
This is how you can get points in this game:
* If you enter and leave a message (commenting on the song or on the spot, trying to guess the answers, giving your translation of the lyrics...) you get 1 point, just for participating, even if you're wrong.
* If you give the right answers but you're not the quickest to do it, you get 2 points.
* The winner of the week gets 3 points.
The CLASSIFICATION so far is the following:
1st) Enrique Lorca (3ºC)... 9 points
2nd) Pablo Tomás Dorado (4ºB)... 3 points
3rd) Ceferino Sánchez (4ºB)... 2 points
4th) Sofía Fernandez and María López (4ºA)... 1 point.


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And here is the clue for this week:
Friday 28th... TO WANT A LOVE THAT CAN'T BE TRUE...
Can you find out the product being advertised and the title of the song?

FROM YOUR TV TO YOUR CLASSROOM (III)

Enrique Lorca Regueiro (3ºC) is the winner again!! Congratulations!
He answered very quickly (as the week before): the spot SAMSUNG GALAXY II, and the song IT MUST BE LOVE, one of the classics by the group "Madness".
Pablo Tomás Dorado (4ºB) also gave the right answers, but a few hours later than Enrique.

You can follow the first verse of the song as you watch the commercial:
AS SOON AS I WAKE UP
EVERY NIGHT, EVERYDAY,
I KNOW THAT IT'S YOU I NEED
TO TAKE THE BLUES AWAY.
...IT MUST BE LOVE, LOVE, LOVE...

And now here is the clue for this week:
Friday 21st  October    ...IN THE MORNING WHEN THE DAY IS NEW.
Can you recognize this line in one of the TV commercials with English songs?
Can you give me the title of the song?

FROM YOUR TV TO YOUR CLASSROOM (II)

ENRIQUE LORCA (3ºC) is the first winner. He gave the correct answers very quickly: La Caixa, and the song "From me to you".
The fragment of the lyrics that we can hear is:
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT,
IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO,
JUST CALL ON ME
AND I'LL SEND IT ALONG
WITH LOVE, FROM ME TO YOU.

 The song was originally recorded by The Beatles, but the version in the spot is sung by Virginia Labuat.

And now, here is the clue for this week.
Friday 14th October: ...I KNOW THAT IT'S YOU I NEED...
In which TV commercial can you hear that sentence? What is the title of the song?

Halloween Quiz for 1º& 2ºESO students

1.What is the origin of Halloween?
2.When is it celebrated?
3.What was Samhain?
4.Why do American people celebrate Halloween?
5.What is the meaning of The word "Halloween"?
6.What did the celts do in Ancient times?
7.What is a Jack o´lantern?
8.What is the children´s traditional question at the door?
9.What do people give to children?
10.What are children wearing on Halloween´s Day?

GIVING PERSONAL INFORMATION (An optional exercise for students in 4ºA-B)

(See text on page 14, Student's book MSC 4, for reference)

Imagine you want to post something on a message board on the Web. Write your text, and follow these points:
a) First paragraph
- Invent  a character: name, age, city/country.
- Introduce yourself; say something about your family and pets, hobbies and interests...
b) Second paragraph
- Choose one of the teen topics (page 8) and explain why you are interested in it.

//When you finish, don't forget to sign at the end with your real name and class group//

FROM YOUR TV TO YOUR CLASSROOM

 Lots of TV commercials (anuncios publicitarios) use songs in English to advertise the products. I'm going to choose one every Friday in October, I'm going to give you a part of the lyrics as a clue, and... that's the challenge for you: CAN YOU FIND OUT THE TITLE OF THE SONG ? (The first student to guess will get a 'positivo' from the English teacher).
So you see, any time is a good moment for listening practice: pay attention when you watch television.
In November we might work with these songs in class.
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La actividad que se presenta en este blog para el mes de Octubre 2011 tiene que ver con los anuncios de la tele. Cada viernes por la tarde se van a dar pistas sobre un anuncio diferente ( una parte de la letra que se canta en el anuncio, para que el alumno tenga que reconocerla), y el primer alumno del instituto que entre en el blog y escriba correctamente el nombre del producto anunciado, y sobre todo, el t'itulo de la canci'on en Ingl'es, consigue un positivo de clase. Pueden participar los alumnos de cualquier clase de los niveles 1º, 2º, 3º y 4º de ESO. Recordad que en vuestra entrada teneis que indicar: a) producto que se anuncia - b) T'ITULO DE LA CANCI'ON - c) Nombre completo, y clase.
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Como motivo de actualidad, a causa del fallecimiento de Steve Jobs, el creador de tantos artilugios Apple, insertamos uno de los anuncios y canciones m'as bonitos, en mi opini'on, de la temporada pasada, para que sirva como ejemplo, y a continuaci'on, aqu'i va la pista para el primer fin de semana de Octubre:

                   Friday 7th October:  ...IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO...

When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you...