English Corner: 2012

11 Dec 2012

A letter to Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus,

I know that this year, due to the crisis, you must be overloaded with requests.
I wish that this Christmas there was no hunger and throughout the world there was peace. I wish that all children had a house, a family, a lap and lots of love.
Christmas should be experienced during all year. We should be loving, sharing, giving and smiling every day!
I want to ask you to put in all chimneys happiness and good health. Bring us the recipe for how to end poverty and hunger because as you know there are many children in the world who die for lack of food.
Install peace in the world, no more wars, that's enough of destruction and deaths. Make the sun shine for everyone without exception!

Merry Christmas to you too! A kiss
Eva (7th grade student)

26 Nov 2012

HI EVERYONE!

CHRISTMAS IS COMING AND, ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE EASY TO GET THE PRESENT WE WOULD LIKE THIS YEAR, WE STILL CAN DREAM AND...

MAKE A WISH!

HERE IS OUR CHRISTMAS WISH TREE.

Let’s “decorate” it with all our wishes. Let’s hope some of them come true!!!

This tree will be decorated with all your wishes, which will appear below it.

For that, write down your wish (individually or in group), ask your english teacher to have a look at it (if necessary) and then ask her to give it to the teachers responsible for the " English Corner".

Here are some of our students' wishes.

I would like to receive clothes, a mobile phone and have a year full of love, friendship and peace. But what matters to me are not the gifts but having a happy Christmas with all my family.
Filipa, 7th grade

My Christmas wishes are to go to London with my best friend and attend a concert of our favourite band. I would like to have a Iphone too.
Cláudia, 7th grade

This Christmas I woulf like to be with the people I love, receive presents, spend time with my family, enjoy myself and eat until I have enough. Christmas means reunion and peace.
Ana Catarina, 7th grade

I wish peace, love and the end of this crisis. César, 10th grade

I wish everyone love, health and peace! I want this crisis to end so that we could be happier. Pedro

For Christmas I wish peace, love and happiness for everyone. I wish the economic crisis would go away. I wish that the world would become a better place and that bad people would turn good. I wish much love from my family and friends. Ana

I wish all people a happy year with much peace and love. Miguel

Next Christmas I wish all families to be together. I wish much happiness and love for everyone. No more tears, just smiles. Andreia

I wish love and peace. I wish everyone happy days. I want health for me and my family. Ana

I want this Christmas to be special. I would like to receive a camera and have my family around me. I wish the war would finish. Ângela and Cristiana

I wish I would receive a box with the elements of the band “One Direction”. I wish every family in the world to be happy. Besides, I wish much hope and faith for everyone. Ana and Juliana

If I had the power to make a wish come true, I would make the world a better place. Be happy in everything you do. Inês and Sarah

I expect to receive many presents and more intelligence. Filipe

Above all I want love, tenderness, friendship and health. Merry Christmas and a happy new year for all! Diana

Above all I want to be happy. Cláudia

Make someone happy so that the world becomes a better place. Marisa

For Christmas I expect to receive a lot of presents. I want everyone in the world to have a very happy Christmas. André

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I hope you get many presents. Ana Catarina

I hope to get many presents. I want to be happy. Cristiana and Ângela

I wish happiness, peace and love to everyone. Cristiana

I hope everyone would have food this Christmas. Diana

I want more peace and less poverty. Bruno

For Christmas our wishes are:
We need and want joy, love, peace and happiness for the World; We want to be with our family,decorate our tree, follow our traditions; We want to dress up like Santa Claus and surprise kids with a lot of presents. ANA ARAÚJO E ANA RITA, 11G

We wish everyone to love the others as we do; tomorrow let's love more than yesterday, as we know that today we've loved less than the day that has gone away.
ALEXANDRA SILVA, DIANA OLIVEIRA AND NUNO PELITEIRO, 11F

At Christmas I wish people to live in peace and with all their basic needs. André Alves, 11F

I wish a big, fat bank account and..a slim body. (Please, don't mix these two!)
SARA CARVALHO, SARA SILVA, SARA CARDOSO, 11F

This Christmas we wish everyone to spend that special day with the people they love. Don't mind the gifts, but, first of all, enjoy the big, love "gestures"

FRANCISCA SILVA E RAFAELA, 11F

If Santa Claus exists, I would just ask for a little bit of peace in this world and wish all the school community a happy Christmas.
NUNO ALVES, 11F
I wish people would stop war in the world.
CRISTIANA FIGUEIREDO E ANA AZEVEDO, 11F

We wish you a Merry Christmas with a little bit of mistery.
We want to see everyone with a smile,
so see you later crocodile :)

ALIGATOR AND CROCODILE, 11F

XMAS!
This Christmas we all wish that someone would make us happy, that would make us dream forever and ever and make us "fly" with love in our heart.

NUNO MARQUES, RICARDO ASCENSÃO E JOÃO CARLOS, 11F

We wish you to have a great future, full of great things.

SARAMAGO, NAMORA AND WOLF, 11F

I wanted to be Santa Claus

And have a car with reindeers

To land on rooftops,

Next to people’s aerials.

With my bag

I would go down long chimneys

Loaded with toys and clothes,

tiptoeing.

In each house

I would change

a dream for a gift.

Which job could be prettier

than make people happy.

Ana Miguel, 7th grade

22 Nov 2012

Thanksgiving

"Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. Because of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the weekend that falls closest to the day it is celebrated." Source: wikipedia

Now watch this video and do the following quiz.

8 Nov 2012

Many of our students have difficulties with elementary grammar topics; consequently we have decided to dedicate some of our time to topics, such as: personal pronouns, possessives, present simple, present continous and articles.

On the internet we can find all kind of exercises so that you can practise these topics. Below you can find some examples.

Personal pronouns

Possessives

Daily routine(pictures and sentences)

Daily routine(pictures and sound)

Presentsimple explanations

Presentcontinuous

Presentsimple (cartoon)

Simple orpresent continuous
Articles

Definite and indefinite articles - a quiz

5 Nov 2012

Comparatives and Superlatives

Hi! Sometimes you still present difficulties in using comparatives and superlatives.
Use the following link to help you understand this subject better and do some exercises to check your knowledge.

http://www.eflnet.com/tutorials/adjcompsup.php

25 Oct 2012

Hello!

Is your English getting better and better? We hope so …

Here in our school we have all sorts of students. We have students who are very good at English but we also have students who have some/many difficulties.

Let us concentrate now on the topic “Personal identification”.

This is a very important topic for the students who are starting their 7^th grade, for the students who are in the first year of a professional course or for any student who has difficulties

Here you can find a table with a list of QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS which can be very useful when we are studying the topic "personal identification".

5 Jun 2012

School Activities - 6th June

Hello everybody!

Tomorrow at school:

- Attent the show " Songwriters" and see the original songs your school fellows have created!!!
(9.50 a.m.);

- Participate in the Flash Mob at 10.30 a.m. ( Flash Mob party rock anthem - LMFAO );

- Taste the traditional English scones;

- Visit room A1.16 and see the photos of the interesting activities done this school year, among other things.......

29 May 2012

Relative clauses

Explanations:
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/relative-clauses.html
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses

Exercises:
http://www.englischhilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/relative_pronouns.htm http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6084
http://www.englishexercises.org/exercise.asp?id=7732

21 May 2012

A GAP YEAR - 10 reasons to take it

Would you take a Gap Year? Where? When? How? With whom?...What benefits would it offer you?

Use the link below to help you with your assignment. Then show it to your English teacher.

http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/about/gapyear.php

15 May 2012

Work

The world of work has changed a lot over the last two decades. Work has become more competitive, more skillful, more demanding and more cooperative, among other aspects. Technology usually facilitates work, but it can also create much stress on people because they are connected all the time. New forms of works, such as telework and self-employment have emerged. In conclusion, the world of work is in constant change and evolution. But are young people prepared for the new world of work?

Check some more information about the world of work.

8 May 2012

TEENS' LIFE

Hi Folks,
If you want to improve your knowledge on teens' problems and related vocabulary (even if you want to know some questions for debate) explore the following links:

http://www.pamf.org/teen/life/

http://teens.webmd.com/anxiety-and-teens

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/09cell.html?pagewanted=all

http://iteslj.org/questions/generation.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMuqQ0T7SSQ

http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/wellbeing/body_image.html

Reported speech

Reported speech rules

http://www.inglesvip.com/grammar/reported-speech.html
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/reportedspeech.htm
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/reportedspeech/menu.php

Exercises

Statements

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/statements.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/statements2.htm

Reported commands
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/commands.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/commands_negations.htm

Reported questions
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/questions.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/questions2.htm

Miscellaneous /mixed exercises
http://inglesnanet.com/grammar/reportedspeech.htm
http://inglesnanet.com/grammar/repspeech.htm
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercises.html

24 Apr 2012

I WISH... / IF ONLY

Use the sites below to learn more about WISH and IF ONLY and check your knowledge.

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-5529.php

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-if-only.php

10 Apr 2012

CAMILO SCHOOL TRIP TO LONDON

Many students from the 11th form went to London by the end of March with some teachers to visit the most important places there. Besides visiting Madame Tussaud's, the Museum of Natural History, the British Museum, The Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, etc, they also had the opportunity of strolling around London, travelling by bus, underground, cruise ( to Tower Bridge) and enjoying the most spectacular views from the London Eye.The chance of getting in touch with the language, the culture and habits of the Londoners was indeed cool and rewarding. The musical " We Will Rock You" was a "hit"in the visit.