An Inspector Calls by J.B Priestley

Let´s talk:

GROUP 1

What can we predict about the play’s setting?

What evidence can you find for the historical period in which the play is set?

What can we assume about the play’s characters?

What clues are there about the events in the play?

GROUP 2

What lighting effects were used in this production?

How does the music make you feel?

What can you predict about the play’s themes?

GROUP 3

What difficulties might the characters face?

What, if anything, would put you off watching a production of An Inspector

Calls based on this trailer?

Are there any characters or events that make you feel uneasy?

GROUP 4

What do you like the look of based on your viewing of this trailer?

What, if anything, would make you want to watch a production of An Inspector

Calls, based on this trailer?

What do the reviews suggest about this particular production?

GROUP 5

How else could you inspire theatre-goers to see this production?

What questions do you have about the play from viewing just this trailer?

How would this trailer be different if the lighting and music were changed?

Have you got any ideas about what you would use instead?

GROUP 6

How does the director combine different elements to have an effect on you?

What key words are spoken by the actors? What could you guess about their

significance?

What stands out most for you from watching these trailers?

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The Commonwealth

QUIZ: THE COMMONWEALTH 

 1. How many countries form the Commonwealth? _______________________________________________________________
2. How often do they meet? _______________________________________________________________
 3. Which countries have the largest economy? _______________________________________________________________
4. In which year was the London Declaration established? _______________________________________________________________

 5. Which are the latest countries that have joined to the Commonwealth? _______________________________________________________________
6. Who is the Secretary-General? _______________________________________________________________
 7. What was the main economic objective of the Commonwealth? _______________________________________________________________
 8. What was established in the Singapore Declaration? In what year? _______________________________________________________________
9. Which similar sports are played in many Commonwealth Nations? _______________________________________________________________
10. In which law is based the Commonwealth law? _______________________________________________________________

The Media

All of us are influenced by media. What do these images tell you about the way we use it?

 Which  Apps from this screenshot can you recognise? What do you use them for?

Look at the picture below. Are you part of this 25 per cent? What are the possible reasons for this?

LISTENING AND VOCABULARY ACTIVITY

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7091

Canada

Would you like to know some interesting facts about this amazing country? Watch the video and try the questions to check your understanding.

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/countries/canada/canada-esl-listening.html

MY NEW ENGLISH ASSISTANT, LYDIA

My new English assistant is called Lydia. She is 22 years old. She was born in Fairfield, Pennsylvania, in a very rural area. Her house, which used to be a "bed & breakfast", is surrounded by mountains, forest, farms, fields...
She comes from a really big family: she has two brothers, four sisters, one niece and one nephew. She also has a dog called Luna, which is a BorderCollie and Australian Shephard Mix.
Lydia is good at languages, and she speaks English, a bit of Spanish and she used to speak Slovak.





She went to Hood College in Maryland and studied "Global Studies". She chose that degree because she wanted to become more aware of problems we have nowadays such as politics, refugees´ crisis, migration...
There were just 1,400 students at her college. University in the USA is different from here. For example, when students go to University there, they usually stay and live in the campus during all the degree, while in Spain it is more common to live at home and then go to University as if it was at school.





Her favourite hobbies are going hiking and watching movies, especially about adventures. She also likes reading, watching sports, playing badminton, going out with friends and listening to music. She likes rock and roll and electronic music. However, she hates country music and rap. The book and film she likes the most is "Pride and Prejudice"


  


She also loves travelling. She has visited: Poland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, South Corea and Spain. She travelled to Sevilla two years ago to study.
  


She is willing to work with us, and she expects us to improve our language. I think I´m going to learn a lot with her this year, and I´m really looking forward to start!

By Elena Delicado 3º D

O U R  A S S I S T A N T

L Y D I A

Our English assistant is called Lydia. She was born in 1994, so she's 22 years old. She was born in a little village called Fairfield, in Pennsylvania. She lives in a large house which was a small hotel earlier. She lives with her parents, 6 siblings: 2 brothers, and 4 sisters and with her dog called Luna, who is really energetic and loves to play, Luna is a Border Collie Australian Mix.

                

Lydia studied in Hood College in Maryland (Global Studies). In college she joined some clubs. Thanks to college, she has been able to travel and study in countries such as: Spain, South Korea, Italy, Holland, Slovakia, Checz Republic. She loves hiking, watching movies; her favourite one is "Pride&Prejudice"; watching sports like: Football, soocer, ice hockey, basketball, which she likes to play (basket) Lydia would like to live New Zeland.

                                 

I think she seems really nice and funny, she has similar facial features to Adele and Meghan Trainor, which is really cool. I hope to improve my English with her and have a fun great year.

Victoria Topyla 3D

OUR ASSISTANT LYDIA 2016/2017

   OUR ASSISTANT LYDIA 

Our new assistant is called Lydia. She lives in Fairfield, Pennsylvania in the USA. She was born in a small rural town; so little that it does not appear on maps.She lives in a house used before as a bed-breakfast house. 

Maryland is near her town. Maryland has lots of monuments and cannons because there was a Civil War in the 19th century. It has amazing green landscapes.

She has 5 siblings: 2 brothers and 4 sisters. She has also one niece and one nephew. She has a Border Collie Australian Shepard Mix dog called Luna

.She went to the Hood College in Maryland and studied Global Studies. Shespent 4 years at the University living there in the Campus. She really enjoyed it.

.She entered a University group called ´Student Goverment´ where she was vicepresident. She did and organised things for the class

.This school year, she will help us to improve our English. She doesn´t like us to speak Spanish in class.

She enjoys a lot movies. Her favourite movie is ´Pride & Prejudice´ She loves watching sports such as Soccer, American football...

She is not a Trump supporter.

I hope we´ll have a nice year :)

By Álvaro Pinto Orbis from 3ºD 2016/2017

MY ENGLISH ASSISTANT

My English assistant is called Lydia. She's 22 years old. She comes from a big family. She has 4

 sisters and 2 brothers. Her parents are called Bill and Cindy. She has a pet too. It is a Border 

Collie-Australian Shephar Mix dog called Luna. She would like to have cats because she loves them

 but she can't because she is allergic. As she comes from a big family, she has a big house in

 Farfield, Pennsylvania, where she was born, near a very well-known town called Gettysburg but

 right now only her parents and her brother, Will, are living there so they are thinking about

 moving to another place. 

Lydia studied at Hood College. She has studied Global studies and Spanish. She went to Slovakia

 when she was 16 years old to live and study there for one year. What helped her to go to Slovakia

 was Rotary, an exchange programme. She likes to hike, watch movies, read, hang out with friends

 and she loves playing with her dog. Another thing she loves is travelling. She has visited Poland, 

Hungary, Check Republic, Italy, South Corea and many others. She has been in Spain before too 

and she wanted to visit Canada, apart from other countries. She said she wanted to be more aware

 about the world, politics, world events and history and that's why she is always travelling.

In my opinion, Lydia is a very nice girl,  it looks like she is a good person. Other than that ,I think

 she's a cool girl who can bring much help to our class and she also seems very friendly and kind. I 

like the fact she likes travelling because like that she can tell us about her experiences in other

 countries. I love her accent too because it's lovely and it's also easy to understand and I think we 

will learn a lot with her this year.

                                  

BY SHEILA BECHIRO LÓPEZ 3E

ABOUT MY NEW ASSISTANT LYDIA

Lydia is going to be our new English assistant. She is from Fairfield, Pennsylvania and she has a really nice American accent. She´s  22 years old and this is the second time she has come to Spain.

She comes from a big family as she has 4 sisters and 2 brothers. She has also a dog called Luna. But space is not a problem for her as she lives in an old bed and breakfast house, with at least 12 rooms!
She studied global studies in the Hood College and she wasn´t in a sorority.
                                                        






 Her hobbies are reading, hanging out with friends and she really likes to hike. Lydia decided to study global studies as she wanted to be more aware of the world. She has travelled to many countries like Poland, Hungary, Italy, Spain (Seville), South Korea, Czech Republic and when she was 16 she got an scholarship for studying
1 year in Slovakia.

In conclusion, in my opinion Lydia is a very good teacher and assistant. I would like to know more about her as she is from another country and has different traditions.


 BY ELENA TOMÁS MADRID 3ºE

Sports videos and on-line activities

The World´s Greatest Superfan

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/sport/football/fans/brazilian-superfan-lesson-activities.html

Street Soccer

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/sport/football/pre-intermediate/football-on-the-streets.html

Marathons

How much do you know about the history of the marathon?

Do you know anybody who has ever run it?

What is the distance you run?

Would you like to run a marathon?

Learn some more about its history and test your knowledge. (Click below)

http://www.esolcourses.com/vocabulary/english-word-definitions-and-stories/marathon.html

Human Brain

When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What's going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians' brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout.

Dances

Watch the video clips and decide which dance do you like the best and why.

Which one would you like to learn ? Explain the reasons

     " Riverdance "and  traditional Irish Jigs  

                                                                   Break Dance

Waltz

Rock and Roll

Are you a good dancer? 

Where do you dance?

What kind of dancing do you like to do? Fast dancing? Slow dancing? Group dancing? Belly dancing? Tap dancing? Dancing with a partner? 

What kind or style of dancing is popular now?

Where do you dance? Where can you go dancing?

When do you dance? 

Is dancing difficult? Why? Why not?

Is it hard to dance because people are shy to dance? 

What kind of dancing do you like to watch? Ballet? Go-go dancing? Exotic dancing? Belly dancing?

Where do you like to watch dancing?  Theatres? On movies and in films?

Do you like to watch musicals? 

Who are some famous dancers?

What kind of music is good for dancing?

Ice Hotel

Let´s talk about these pictures:

What have they all got in common?

Describe picture 1. What is it? Do you know what is this natural phenomenon called?

Would you choose a place like this to visit? why? Why not?

Click  on the link below,  watch the video and go through the questions in the quiz.

How many questions did you get right?

Video: Ice Hotel

Winter Sports

What are the people in the picture doing?
Have you ever heard of this sport before?
Where do you think this competition is held?
How long do you think it lasts?
Would you like to take part?

Discussion and listening activities :
http://www.esl-lab.com/health/snowshoemarathon-video.htm