Santa Claus is coming to town!

Lyrics video: https://youtu.be/HWv72L4wgCc

Mariah Carey version: https://youtu.be/XaVtSHrP888

Choose the game and the song you like

http://markaki-students.blogspot.gr/2013/12/christmas-activities-for-all-age-groups.html

Read a mother's letter to Santa

https://ecpestudents.wikispaces.com/Christmas+Time%21

The Journey

Now watch this video: https://youtu.be/0N8axp9nHNU

and answer the following questions.

(Ideas from http://film-english.com/)

Reading: Christmas customs in the UK

This is Sparta: Fierce warriors of the ancient world - Craig Zimmer

The Spartans were very good fighters because even the women excercised. They had many wars with other countries because they wanted to take their land and become stronger than they were. Spartans' childern were training because they wanted to become very good fighters. I like this video about Ancient Greece and you should really watch it.

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/this-is-sparta-fierce-warriors-of-the-ancient-world-craig-zimmer#watch

How much of human history is on the bottom of the ocean

Sunken relics,ghostly shipwrecks and lots of cities are on the bottom of all the seas around the world.Some from the biggest and interesting things were lost years ago. These things are from every country and they say how was life in the ancient past was.If they were in our museums,people would go to museums and enjoy these fantastic things which people made many years ago.I recommend watching this interesting video and the other videos from this site.The link is below.

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-much-of-human-history-is-on-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-peter-campbell

What happens to our bodies after we die?

Since the dawn of humanity an estimated 100.8  billion people have lived and died. After our  heart stops working our body relaxes completely and after  two to six hours  later our body changes temperature.If you are interested to see what happens to our bodies after we die and what other traditional religions do to the death bodies, then check out the following link.

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-to-our-bodies-after-we-die-farnaz-khatibi-jafari

Pumpkin Facts

A pumpkin can be used for many different things. Pumpkins come from America. Americans used to write poems about pumpkins. Russian believe that eating pumpkin seeds can help to get rid of parasitic worms. They were also used to make a lot of beer in the 17th century. There are lots of different species of pumpkins: orange, white, red, green and even blue pumpkins. They can be used for many different things. I definately recommend watching this video. It's very interesting.

http://ed.ted.com/featured/9TWf1kJe#watch

Online activities: Easy and fun!

Linking phrases:

http://www.flo-joe.com/fce/students/writing/linking/index.htm

 

Read an article and do a quiz:

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice

The French Revolution

1) Watch this video: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-caused-the-french-revolution-tom-mullaney

2) Answer this question in a comment below:
What lessons can we apply from the French Revolution to present-day efforts to make society more equitable?

You can use this free online dictionary to help you: http://www.dictionary.com

Past Simple and Past Continuous: A scary story!

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/0_lrUe7sAAc

You can find more funny videos about basic grammar on this YouTube channel.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

My best scene is when Dorian Gray stabbed Basil Hallward so far in the book. Because I didn't expect this move from him. He was underhanded and I believe in the future he will repent it.

Scary story

  I was listening to music in my castle bedroom when I heard a loud noise. From the beginning I didn't want to we stay there for the night. I knew my parents were in the living room and they were watching television.
  I took my mobile phone and turned on the flashlight to go to see what was happening. When I was climbing the stairs, suddenly I started to hear strange noises. The wind was howling, the gates were creaking and mice were squeaking. I screamed, I was terrified but I wanted to see what it was.
  Suddenly I saw someone with a sheet like a ghost. He started to hunt me. I ran to my castle bedroom as fast I could. I saw my brother inside the sheet to haunt me. He had downloaded scary and strange noises on his mobile to terrify me.

The book

When Jenny arrived at the grandfather's house, she PROPOSED to her grandfather to visit the museum.Her grandfather answered that a journalist would sleep for one night.When they went to the museum, she remembered a conversation with Helen and Guy. She said that she wanted  to go to the cafe to eat a sandwich. When she arrived to the cafe she saw Helen and a man with short brown hair and a beard. They talked about the shipwreck and the uranium. After the museum they arrived at home. Jenny cooked dinner and her grandfather went to sleep. It was evening when Jenny HEARD a sound from the kitchen's door. It was the journalist who his name is Guy. Her grandfather HEARD the conversation. He went to the kitchen and he spoke with Guy ABOUT the shark rock and the shipwreck. Guy said the he would LEAVE home at 11 o'clock