VOTE HERE FOR THE MINI STORY CONTEST

Hi boys and girls, it is time to read the mini stories your mates have posted and decide which is your favourite.
Everybody can vote (even the participants) .
as you know the deadline for submitting your vote is 28th November (midnight).

We have 7 stories this year:
-The girlfriends collector
-The lone Knight
-Haunted House
-Angie's jokes
-Don't trust the little girl
-Only you can save humanity!
-The lost man
-The Dark Room

In order to vote leave a comment on this post, saying which story was your favourite.
Good luck to the participants and happy, spooky reading .

HALLOWEEN MICRO STORY CONTEST 2014

Hello old and new students.
The time has come for our traditional ministory contest. All of you regardless of your level can participate either writing or voting or both.

REGULATIONS

Your story will be submitted here as a comment (which means you will need a google account/nick and password). The story will have a TITLE and be 10 lines long max; it can be related to anything spooky, scary or Halloweeny
The deadline for posting stories is 22nd October (inclusive).
Once all the stories are entered I will provide another space/post for you all to vote the best story (from 23d Oct. to 28th Oct ).
Once we have a winner, the story will be read in class and he/she will receive a little prize. There will be some follow up activities as well.
Do not forget to post your story together with your nick/name and the group you belong to (Adv.1 or 2 and the letter)
Good luck everybody, I am looking forward to reading your creations..

NEW COURSES AT EOI ALCALA

Hi boys and girls..
the school is offering two monographic courses for next year...
check the links below..
the C1 course doesn't mean you get a European certificate but it could be good for those you who finished and want to keep their English going...


intermediate for travelling

http://eoi.alcala.alcala.educa.madrid.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=141&catid=15


Advanced for communication

http://eoi.alcala.alcala.educa.madrid.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=142&catid=15

interesting article on learning English.Written in Spanish

http://www.uncafelitoalasonce.com/8-tecnicas-realmente-efectivas-para-mejorar-tu-ingles/

ADVANCED 2 RELATIVE CLAUSES

hi guys, long time no see...
here are some links to review relative clauses and practise a bit.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/234.html

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-relative-clauses.php#.Uu9x-T1dUoE

http://www.rainschool.com/school-of-english/writing-training-levels-3-5/proficiency-writing/english-practice-exercises-relative-clauses-summary-p6-02w/

USEFUL YOUTUBE CLASSES

Hello everybody
check these classes on youtube, you will find them interesting.
I am pasting here the link to a blog that collects sites like these. Once you find your "favourite" teachers you can follow their classes on youtube..
It's a wonderful opportunity to listen, learn pronunciation and fluency, check on specific grammar items.
Enjoy

http://elblogdeffuentes.cl/blog/?p=1256


posting here one example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChZJ1Q3GSuI#t=421

Halloween

hi guys,
Halloween is over and so is our contest.
I would like to thank all of you again for taking part either writing or voting and for humouring your teacher and preparing and performing the stories in class in just half an hour or so :)
You were very creative and funny and I think we all had a good time.
Best moments of the performances:
The students from different groups playing the taxi drivers to Liia's story: all of them swearing (one of them in Spanish..)
The lights going off and the screams
"The disco" in Complicedelaley'story, various students dancing and simulating flirting.
The "hoodies" used by the boys to be either good (hoodie down) or evil (hoodie up)
The "dead woman" girls in Liia's story (fortunately all of them  had long hair and could use it in a scary way)
Some very good performances including changing one's voice and movements (I particulary remember Jessica's...and she was under the weather..can't imagine what she can do when she's healthy :)
The performance of the boys playing the old husband (both voice and attitude)...even though they stayed on the other side of the class door in the corridor and we couldnt see much :)
The Whatsapp story:  earlier advanced 2 level.....really funny!! The three students doing that story were really in for a comedy performance (and they were very lively and over-gesturing..which made our delight) and the other group actually cutting out paper mobile phones and smartphones....including water (blood) spilling (I think Miriam got most of the water on her..).BTW sorry if the image of the devil on the wall flat screen didn't appear in sync... The amazing sync effect as another group represented the Whatsapp story (they recorded the messages outside the classroom and played them during the performance so that they gave the illusion of being real time messages coming from the different corners of the class)
The Errant Hypnotist story, chosen by only one brave group. Though difficult to represent you sorted it out very well.
And I liked you guys from all groups using voice over narration and what devices you could think of, like using up all my lipstick (glad you did), making props (like Jose's cloak out of a garbage bag and staples), using my toy owl, cup, bell, umbrellas, the music background ( even though we had some overlapping of rain/storm, music and speaking sometimes..). and what have you..

Well guys...hope we will have the chance to do something like that again. Next year we'll repeat for sure..