Christmas videos and vocabulary

• New Year’s Resolutions for English Language Learners: https://youtu.be/XZUb69IocuA 
• Funny scene of Friends: https://youtu.be/UV7fZd7gjJ8 
• Phrases expressing resolutions: https://youtu.be/SVJRq2ezhFQ 

• Christmas Karaoke https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF22689E438E0C08A

• Crazy Christmas traditions around the world https://youtu.be/wFXkazFvFI8

• The Gingerbread Man story https://youtu.be/pckuS--UlV4

• A Christmas Carol - short version https://youtu.be/HqMfGq3okZY

• Mr Bean’s Christmas https://youtu.be/HKUY_gOxLas

• Nightmare Before Christmas- when Jack discovers Christmastown https://youtu.be/yXo-mqmiGew

Richard Branson on luck and success

Richard Branson on luck and success

KING KONG

                                               KING KONG

Ann Darrow had no work and no money.In Ney York City in 1933,a lot of people were hungry.Ann was hungry,too.She was an actor and she had to find a new job quickly.Carl Denham had work,but his bosses weren't happy with him.They gave him money and he made movies.But when they didn't like a movie,they stopped the money.Carl think a story in a secret island.There lived King Kng.Carl said to the actors to go to the ship,while the ship was waiting.Preston said that Maureen wasn't coming and Carl said that they should find another beautiful woman and the ship sailed in three hours.A fruit seller in the street in front of Carl turned his head away from his suit for a minute and a beautiful woman quickly took some.Carl said to the young woman that they would do a movie.They went in a restaurant and they ate something.They spoke a little bite for their life and Carl said to Ann about the new film.Then Ann said yes and they went at the boat and they sailed.In the ship Jack lived in a room that they used chroloform because they had animals and they didn't want to kill them.They arrive a little bite bad because they crashed at the wall of the Skull Island.They climbed up at the crowls and they saw very old ruins at the top of the mountain.They went in a old village and some people they had red eyes and they wore olf clothes.The actors fought but a old woman took Ann and all the others left.At the black night they gave Ann at the King Kong.The King Kong fallen in love with her and he saved at all the time.One night Jack met Ann with King Kong and he took her.They ran because King Kong woke up and he saw them.He ran but didn't catch them.One year later Kng Kong arrived in New York City and he was angry and he wanted to find Ann.He found another girl and they were together.The other day King Kong killed her and he killed another three hundred women.But three days later he found Ann and he took her and he climbed in the highest building in the world.He climbed...he climbed when he went to the top of it.Aeroplanes surrounded King Kong in the Earth,in the West,in the South,in the North.He placed Ann and one minute before aeroplanes shot him and he died.Ann was crying and she was sad all her life after that.

A INTERNEW ABOUT ME

                                            A INTERVIEW ABOUT ME

1)A shot of me:i am talking to the camera.
HI!!!I am Manolis and i am thirteen years old.I come from Heraklion,the south of Greece.All the people think i am quite shy,but in fact i am a confident person.For example,i am good at making friends and saying funny things.
2)My family and my town.
I live in a big and modern house.We are not near of the town,but i have got my grannies,my parents and i have a lot of friends in the school.
3)A shot of our house and me:
In my house we have a lawn and we play basketball with my friends.My favourite hobby is basketball and my favourite thing to do in my free time is to draw cars.
4)Another shot of me: i am talking to the camera.
Choose me because l am a very interesting person,but i live in a quiet town.Sometimes all the people have this fantastic life!!!     

MY TOWN

                                          MY TOWN

      I live in a modern house.Our festivals are too many but i can't say all of them.I will say the parade that is a party where all the people go and they dance
     All of the people play football and basketball.If they lose,they will be angry.
     The music of Crete is too popular,like pentozali.
     The schools are many and all the children must be over six years.All schools are in the city.oi

A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE!!!!!

                       A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE 

       Hi!!!I am Manolis and these are my predictions about the future!!!First of all,we will have robots to clean our house and to cook our favourite food.Secontly,our transport will change.We will drive''flying cars''which will go for small and huge length of distance.Thirdly,we will not have shops or restaurants,but we will shop in ''e-shops''.Fourthly,we will have animals like dogs that are robots.In the end,i will say that we will use technology all the time.

A SCARY STORY

                                                A SCARY STORY

      In 2008 a man who was called Tom came from Egypt and he lived in a small and old ruin in Japan.He was hungry.
     Two weeks before some people found him in the ruin and they shot him.Then he ran and he went to the top of the ruin.He jumbed and he ran.One time he arrived in a big forest which had very tall trees.He continued and two minutes later some zombies hunted Tom,but Tom was not afraid and he took his gun from his ruin and he shot them but they did not have bodies and they wanted to kill them.One minute later the sun went out and the ghosts left.
     Four years later in the celebration of Halloween Tom celebrated and he wore a scary mask.He went to his friends house and they celebrated all together.

Halloween videos

Funny:

Friends - Halloween Party, Part 1

Friends - Halloween Party, Part 2

History of the celebration:

Halloween History - Animated for Kids

HALLOWEEN STORY

It was a spooky rainy night. Mary was watching a movie and was eating pop corn when suddenly she listened a loud noise at the door. She stand up to see what had happened. She opened the door slowly and screamed so hard . A girl with a white dress and blood all over her was standing in front of her door.Marry was terrified. The girl got into the house and started running and screaming ,Mary was watching her without doing anything. She was shocked. After  a little time  the girl stopped screaming and was standing across Mary. The two girls were watching each other in to  their eyes. Mary got out of the house quickly and starting running around the neighbourhood , the girl was following her angrily.  The rain was getting harder and the girl would not stop following her. They had arrived outside of a house when Mary stopped running and the girl did too. The two girls were standing across each other again.The girl looked at Mary and put out the wig.

- Ahh ..oh my god Liz ,you scared me. What are you doing? I thought I was going to die.
- Haha ,I got you so good Mary. Now  we are okay with that prank you did to me last year.
-Ouff
-I am so sorry I had to do it .
-Haha okay that is a real Halloween. Now lets go see a movie
-Ah yes!

 

Halloween Pumpkin Craft

Sections of the pumpkin are cut out to make holes, often depicting a face, which may be either cheerful, scary, or comical. Many and different tools can be used to carve out the gourd, from simple knives and spoons to specialized instruments, typically sold in holiday sections of North American grocery stores. Printed stencils can be used as a guide for spooky designs. After carving, a light source, such as a candle, is placed inside the gourd, and the top is put back into place. The light is normally inserted to illuminate the design from the inside and add an extra spookiness.

TRICK-OR-TREAT

Trick-or-treat is a Halloween custom for children in the United Kingdom. Children incostumes go from house-to-house, asking for treats with the phrase "Trick or treat". The "treat" is usually some form of candy, although, money is used instead. The "trick" is a usually idle threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given. Some homeowners signal that they are willing to hand out treats by putting up Halloween decorations outside their doors, others simply leave treats available on their porches for the children to take freely.

Halloween competition: Write a ghost story!

A vulture on a cross

It is a vulture on a cross. I took this ptoto on 6th of August on Giouhtas mountain. I had gone hiking all the way up to the church ''Afentis Hristos''.

My photo

This is my picture.I took it a few days ago at Koules castle.I love the colours and it is just really beautiful and peaceful.

Photo by Melina

Melina, E class: This is a photo with no filters too. I took this photo one day when I had a lesson in the pool. It shows a part of the pool, a few buildings and the beautiful sunset. I took that photo because I really liked the colours of the sunset.

New entry by Paul

Paul, E class: This photo shows an old castle that used to be for knights...but now it's a park where you can go and relax. There are three other buildings which are not included in this picture. I choose this photo because it's beautiful and peaceful.

This is my photo for the competition

   This is the most exciting photo that I have taken from my aunt's  GO PRO and this place is Loutro near Chania, Crete. I really like this place and what I want to show you is that there are a lot of places in Greece that can make you relax only by watching their photos. But visiting them is much better because you are inspired from all those amazing colours . It is always good to visit new places and to make  NEW friends- if you agree with me don't forget it .

MY FAVOURITE PHOTO

                                               

                                                                                  This is my best photo!!!I took it one year ago on my holidays in Athens with my school. It was exciting because then we went to a hotel and we saw the sunset. It was the best holiday in my life!!!   
                                                                                                
                 

Photography competition

This is my photo for the photography competition.
This photo shows a small homeless dog. I met him at the beach one day and he was very hungry. So , the next day I went to the beach again and fed him. Since then we became very good friends and I can't wait until next summer to meet him again. With this photo I want to show you how you can help other people and animals and have a good time with them too !

Blogging missions for D and E class

1) Write about the best photo you have ever taken. Add the “photography competition 2017” label so that the judges can easily find your entry. The winner with the most beautiful photograph and description will win an amazing prize from Public bookstores. For example, read Evita’s post.

2) Visit My English Lab and set up your account. Make sure you join the following courses:

E class course ID 

BKM6-G6FA-MHTT-76ME

D class course ID 

RQ3L-EWSH-6Z8H-NF4M

My favourite photograph!

This is my favourite photograph! I was with my family in the institution called Stavros Niarchos in Athens. I saw these amazing colours in the sky and I can't take this wonderful landscape off my mind! It's a photograph without filters!! I believe that you love it,too!!!

Sports-love it or hate it?

I always enjoy to do activities and sports. This is a way in which you can realise your energy. I have tried enough activities and sports which I liked very much like dancing,swimming, scuba diving and volleyball.
Also,I have tried sports which I didn't like, like basketball.This is a sport for tall people! I am not as tall. This sport isn't to my liking.
I have watched a lot of sports on TV, like synchronised swimming, tennis, kickboxing e.t.c. but my favourite is synchronised swimming. I would to try this sport because,I love dancing and swimming. This is a sport which combines dancing and swimming.
I would like in the future to continue dancing, because it is my favourite activity!

What I did last weekend

I had a great time last weekend! I visited my grandmother and my grandfather. I saw my cousins, too! After that, I went to the beach with my parents and my sister! I swam a lot in the sea with my sister.

MY WEEKEND

 

Last weekend I went mountain biking with my mountain bike trainer and my other teammates at a trail next to Pangritio stadium . It was epic . But in the end I was exhausted.I also want to go freeride or downhill. Both sports are amazing.

Practise the song for our end-of-year show!

Firework by Katy Perry: https://youtu.be/6BtI43kqkOI

Innovation Is GREAT!!!!!!!!

The snake-arm robot is a high tech robot which is made by the high tech science facility OC robotics.The snake is used to go where people cant go or it is dangerous for them to go.It’s being used in the aerospace, medicine, security and nuclear industries.Also NASA is planning to use it for the maintenance of satellites in space.

The ghost is the latest addition Rolls-Royse company and its the most powerful car they have ever built.The ghost has the most powerful engine that has ever been created by the company.The speciality of this car is the handcraftsmanship. It's how long each car takes to assemble. It's how much detail goes into every single part of the car and it's also just the feel that the car gives you as a customer.Moreover the price of the car is a quarter of a million pounds.

BY Stelios Paterakis and George Georgantelis.

Countryside

Britain has many interesting places to visit in the countryside. Britain 's landscape is incredibly varied, from the sweeping coastlines to the rolling hills and majestic mountains and, with a mild climate and plenty of rain, it really is a green and pleasant land that we can explore.One of them is the lake District is Lake Windermere the largest natural lake in England.
 And another place to visit is on  one of the tallest mountains in Britain, ofScotland called Cairngorm National Park.The views across Cairngorm National Park are stunning and you can see why this is Britain’s largest nature reserve.
  The final destination is the famous landmarks of Loch Ness were some people said that there is a monster.It’s 37km long and 239m deep at the deepest point!


Andreas, Argyro

CREATIVITY IN GREAT BRITAIN

The creations in Great Britain are very developed. A very popular museum with creations London Film Museum.You can find many charachters of famous science-fiction like robots , iconic monsters and machines which are used to the cinema and so many things. Jonathan Sands created this museum himself. He thinks that Britain leads the world when it comes to film-making for two reasons. Firstly,because of the special facilities and secondly because of the most creative talents. We believe that creativity in Great Britain is different from Greece.


 

Evagelia and Marianthi

Knowledge..the most important thing!

The search of knowledge is important in Greate Britain! Four of the world's top ten university can be found there. One of the most famous universities is Oxford's University.It has been a famous place for learning for many years and a lot of popular people have been educated there.But why learning is so important in Great Britain? People love searching of knowledge, investigating the truth to make their lives better .




 A world-known science museum can be found in London.It is home for almost 230.000 pieces. It is dedicated to learning.: Knowledge is the foundation for human development!Everywhere you look you can see the impact of science so there is nothing more important than knowledge!

                                                                                              Marianna , Marina

SHOPPING IN GREAT BRITAIN

In Great Britain there is an enormous variety of shops.Some are small, some are bigger and others are olympic sized. Some shops which are called department stores include all kinds of shops . A person can find anything in those shops.Some years ago in the Harrods they even sold a lion.Also there are some smaller shops that are selling unique products that can be found only in these shops. Also you can find market stalls that are small specialist shops.So Great Britain is a place that you can find anything you want and which has all the kinds of shops that you can imagine.

 

 

 

Video series about Great Britain

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/britain-great

In groups, visit the webpage above, choose a section (e.g. food or culture) and watch the videos.

Then, each group should write a blog post about the things they learnt from the videos. You can also add picture or your own comments about life in Great Britain.

The best presentation wins an eatable prize! Good luck!

Have teens got enough free time?

"Teenagers don't have lots of free time, and they waste it"

I agree with this statement because teens don't have lots of free time and this little free time they have,  they waste it playing online games or watching television.

Teenagers and their free time.

'' Teenagers do not have a lot of free time, and they waste it.'' What do you think of this statement.

I agree with this statement that teenagers do not have a lot of free time because they may have a lot of homework  but when they have, they waste it on computers and television instead of doing something more creative.

Frozen: Sing along!

https://youtu.be/L0MK7qz13bU

Scanning!

Scan the text as quickly as possible and write down:

three tour start times; two prices; two ages and one phone number.

Worksheet Part 1

The murder

• Ronald Adair was murdered in London in the spring.
• Dr.Watson knew that Sherlock Holmes loved to investigate this type of mystery. 

The victim

• Ronald Adair lived with his mother and his sister in London.
• One of Ronald's hobbies was playing cards.
• Ronald's friends were aristocrats and very rich.

 The time of the death

• Ronald came home from the club at 10 o'clock.
• When his mother came home she wanted to say goodnight to Ronald.
• When there was no reply, and because the door was locked on the inside, Ronald's mother asked to open the door by force.
• He was murdered between 22:00 and 23:20 on March 30th 1894.

The clues

1. Adair k was shot in the head. 
2. The crime weapon j was not next to the body.
3. The money was arranged in piles. It locked as if Adair b had been counting his winnings and losses at cards.
4. The money g had not been stolen.
5. On the sheet of paper Adair h had written names and numbers.
6. Mrs Adair could not come into the room because it c had been locked from the inside.
7. The flowers i lay undisturbed. So, no-one f had jumped from the window.
8. Watson was sure no-one d had climbed up the wall because there m were no traces and no drainpipe.
9. The murderer a did not shoot from the window because nobody e had heard a shot.
10. Nothing l was stolen in the room.

Carnivals around the world!

Information about the Notting Hill Carnival and Mardi Gras in New Orleans can be found on: www.esolcourses.com/topics/carnivals.html

The winners of the video competition!

Thoughts about Nature

In my opinion , living in the nature is very nice because the air is cleaner and healthier and the environment is peaceful and relaxing . So, i would totally recommend to anyone a day out to picnic, to camp or anything.There is nothing better than staying under the shades of a tree forgeting about the routine and just relax. However, it is better to do it with family or friends.

SKYDIVING!!!!!!!!

Skydiving is a very adventurous and dangerous sport where you have to do something phychologically demanding which is to jump out of an airplane while it is flying and land safely on the ground with your parachute.This sport appeals to people who are a bit crazy and love adrenaline.

New reading competition for D Class!

http://markaki-reading.wikispaces.com/Sherlock+Holmes+and+the+Empty+House

Download the story, check out the new words and start reading!

Computer room time: Jobs

1) Read this text https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice/skills-21st-century-workplace and do the two activities under it. What is your score?

2) Now watch this video of "Friends" https://youtu.be/cslyPxzMLWg After that, leave a comment under this post saying what the most important things are when you want to succeed in your job.

You can use http://www.dictionary.com/