Final Exam

I want to explain the exam, so that you can be prepared. The exam will be very short, and very easy; it will have questions about the various topics this year (school, government, food, etc.). It will be an oral exam; you don’t need your notebook, but you can write things in it to help you. Also, you can bring the worksheets that I passed out. Don't forget to study! Good luck!

¡Ya están aquí las cartas de Tacoma!

Después de mucho tiempo de espera han llegado las cartas de Tacoma. Esta actividad organizada por William consistía en hacer un intercambio de cartas con compañeros de Tacoma (Washington, EE.UU.) De este modo los alumnos podían poner en práctica su inglés y darse cuenta de que son capaces de comunicar y transmitir con esa lengua.Además, los alumnos de 6º recibieron las cartas en español, puesto que allí, los alumnos estaban en su primer año de español como segunda lengua.

Además de conocer a gente nueva, de otro país y cultura, algunos de los alumnos recibieron alguna que otra sorpresilla.

Esperamos que hayáis disfrutado de la experiencia, que os animéis a seguir con este carta y ¿quien sabe si algún día podéis conoceros personalmente?

Rhyming

For those who are up to the translation challenge, I put these prefaces, which aren’t important to the lesson (or to much of anything), but which may or may not occasionally have some interesting tidbit of information. More rarely, they may be funny. This preface will be neither, and to those who have already expended considerable effort translating it, I apologize.

When two words rhyme, it means that they sound the same. For example, the word run and the word fun have the same pronunciation, except for the r and f. Other examples of words that rhyme are name and game, or bake and cake. You can find other rhyming words in this online rhyming dictionary; just write the word you want to rhyme, and click on “Rhyme”.

For the lesson on Wednesday (or Thursday, for those of you in 5th), you need to do a little preparation. For the class, look for three pairs of words that rhyme. For the classes that have not received eggs, if you bring more than three pairs, I will give your class eggs. But! You have to know the meanings of the rhyming words; I will not accept unemployed and sternocleidomastoid.

Tacoma!

Hmm; suddenly I feel in the spotlight. Anyway, my apologies for what will be a short first post, as I figure out what to do with a class blog. That said, and without further ado…
Tacoma is a great city (in my opinion, at least); it’s next to the water, and it’s beautiful at night. The people are friendly, and there are many things to see and do. Here are some of them:

The Taste of Tacoma
The Taste of Tacoma is an annual event in the summer where people can taste many different types of food from restaurants and food companies in Tacoma (very similar to Alimensur in Jaén). There are also concerts and other entertainment; it’s very fun.

The Tacoma Youth Symphony Association (TYSA)
The TYSA is a music association for students in Tacoma. Schools are different in Tacoma (as you know), and we haven’t got conservatories like Spain; most schools have orchestras, but they’re usually very small. The TYSA has many orchestras, for children from elementary school to high school. I played in the TYSA for many years, and enjoyed it very much.

The Museum of Glass
You probably think the Museum of Glass is for windows or glasses, but it’s not for that kind of glass. A famous artist named Dale Chihuly came from Tacoma, and makes things out of coloured glass, so we like glass art a lot. In the museum, there are a lot of beautiful sculptures, and they’ve got a furnace, and you can watch people make things out of glass (it can be very hot!). On the third Thursday of every month, the museum (and all the museums in Tacoma) are free.
We’re also famous for our bridge:

Welcome!!!

Hola a todos. Después de las esperadas vacaciones de Semana Santa comenzamos el que será el último trimestre del curso 2009 / 2010. Espero que este descanso os haya servido para coger fuerzas de cara a este duro empujón que nos queda.

El motivo de este post es informaros y al mismo tiempo dar la bienvenida a William y a Larisa al blog. Desde aquí tendreis acceso mutuo los unos con los otros. De hecho, William irá dejando todas las semanas los "Topics" (temas) de sus clases. Espero que disfruteis y podais aprovechar todo lo que nos irán contando y enseñando estos maestros.

Pues lo dicho, Welcome!!!