6th Graders

SCHOOL YEAR 2014-2015

Our expectations

This is what we'd like to do in the English class this school year:

TRIVIAL

WE'D LIKE TO:

• teach English in P5 or to younger students
• learn songs in English
• translate a piece of book from English to Catalan / Catalan to English
• act out a theatre play (for the rest of the school?) and film it
• do a “gimcana” all around the school
• speak about Venice in English
• watch videos of handicrafts in English and carry them out
• play games in English
• do workshops in English (art & Craft)
• draw comics in English
• invent and film a film
• speak about snails to P4
• interview each other in the class
• play maths games in English
• film ourselves role-playing
• hide objects in the school and after that look for them
• read in English to our classmates
• sing to our friends in English
• play games in the playgroung in English
• go to Sagrada Família once o month
• bring and cook recipes in English (Master Chef)

ESCACS

WE'D LIKE TO:

• watch youtube videos and discuss what they're about
• interview people in the street
• create another world: invent characters, landscapes, lifestyles, traditions...
• listen to music in English and work with the lyrics
• watch films in English with English subtitles and work on the scenes
• interview our family about their lives
• carry out an e-twinning project

18th September

 Welcome back to a new school year! 

Let's start with a tale narrated by the actor Christopher Walken.

What tale is it? Can you explain it with your own words?

Can you think of a different ending?

 

INTERVIEWS AT SAGRADA FAMÍLIA

Once more, our 6th graders have had the chance to use their English in a real situation: interviewing tourists at Sagrada Família.

We wanted to find out their nationality, if they like Barcelona and what they most and least like about our city.

In class, we’d worked on how to introduce ourselves, how to be polite, what to say if we didn’t understand them…

We talked to people from all over the world: Canada, USA, New Zealand, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Italy, Greece, Argentina, Korea...

It was a challenging but fascinating experience.

We could prove ourselves that, YES, WE CAN speak and understand English.

Well done boys and girls!

WORKSHOPS WITH PARENTS: with Julie Nash

Last Friday 25th April, we had a very special English class with Julie Nash. She's from England and she carried out a workshop based on questions words.

We did loads of games and speaking activities to practise questions. It was a great opportunity to check our speaking and listening skills.

Thanks Julie, for your cooperation and time!

SAVE WATER, SAVE LIFE

 

We're not in the future. We're at the start point.
SAVE WATER, SAVE LIFE:

- Fix leaks

- Wash full loads

 - Have short showers.

 - Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth.

 - Wash food in a half full sink, not under running water

BEYOND by Chris Tara

Put the lines in the correct order

BEYOND – Chris Tara

This is not your home, not your world,

not the place where you should be
though you didn't want to believe.
And you understand, deep in your heart,

wondering if this is all,
Now you feel so lost in the crowd

if there's something beyond.

beyond night and day, beyond heaven and hell.

beyond these people, beyond this noise,
Just let it be,

Beyond you and me.
just take my hand and come with me,
come with me…


they don't understand you at all,
And run, and fly away, don't look back,

they left you alone in the dark
where nobody could see your light.
Do you dare to come with me
to the place where we belong?

Do you dare to cross the door?

beyond night and day, beyond heaven and hell.

beyond these people, beyond this noise,
Just let it be,

Beyond you and me.
just take my hand and come with me,
come with me…
beyond lies and truths, beyond life and death.

Beyond this smoke, beyond this planet,

 


QUESTIONS FOR OUR E-TWINNING PARTNERS PART I

TRIVIAL -questions for SLOVAKIA
 Location
- Where is your school? In the mountains, valleys, coast?
- Where do you have lunch? At home or in the school?


 Subjects
- How do you go to school?
- How many subjects do you do? What are they?
-  What subjects do you like?
- What are your favourite subjects?
- Do you like Maths?
- How many pupils / students are there in your class?
- How big is your playground? Ours is cement, and yours?


Timetable / Schedule
- What time do you have lunch?
- What time do you start school? We start at 9 o'clock, and you?
- What time do you finish school?
- What time do you have dinner



ESCACS - questions for TURKEY

Location
- Where is your school? Is it in the city, countryside, mountains, or the coast?
- How is the weather in your town/city/village?
- Are there important monuments in your town/city/village?
- How do you go to school?

Subjects
- What subjects do you do at school?
I / We have English, Maths & Maths games, Spanish, Catalan, Music, IT, P.E., Art, Theatre, Science (through projects). And you?
- How many subjects do you have? I/We have ten different subjects
- Who is your English teacher? What is your English teacher's name?

Timetable / Schedule
- What time do you start school?
- What time do you have lunch?
- What time do you finish school?
- What time do you have dinner?
- What time do you go to bed?
- What time do you get up?


OUR E-TWINNING PROJECT


Where is Brehy?

Where is Denizli?

 
Is it a city, town, island? 
How big is it?
What's the population?
What's the landscape like?
What's the weather like?


ROSS'S FAVOURITE SONG

Last week Ross asked us to find out a bit more about his favourite song called "Cattle and Cane" by the Australian group The Go Betweens.

Most of you did your homework very well! Congratulations!

Now Ross suggests us the following activity:

Read the lyrics again and match the words in bold and underlined from 1 to 7 with their corresponding photo below from A to G.

Ross’s favourite song Cattle and Cane by The Go Betweens

I recall a schoolboy coming home

through fields of cane              ->   1…………………

to a house of tin and timber  ->    2…………………

and in the sky

a rain of falling cinders          ->    3…………………

from time to time

the waste memory-wastes

I recall a boy in bigger pants   ->   4 …………………

like everyone

just waiting for a chance

his father's watch                      ->    5 …………………

he left it in the showers

from time to time

the waste memory-wastes

I recall a bigger brighter world

a world of books

and silent times in thought

and then the railroad                ->     6………………….

the railroad takes him home

through fields of cattle             ->     7………………….

through fields of cane

from time to time

the waste memory-wastes

the waste memory-wastes

further, longer, higher, older

"Cattle and Cane" is a song by the Australian band from Brisbane The Go-Betweens, released as a single in the United Kingdom in 1983.

Vocalist and bass guitarist, Grant McLennan, wrote the lyrics for his mother as a description of his return home to a North Queensland farm when he was a boy. In May 2001 "Cattle and Cane" was selected as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.

Ross says: It is one of my favourite songs because I grew up in the same area of Queensland as the songwriter, and it reminds me of when I was a boy like he was.

The lyrics of the song talk about a man on a train returning home through fields of cattle and cane. His memory forgets most things but he remembers lots of little stories like the falling cinders of burning sugar cane fields, reading books, of a boy living in a house made of tin and wood and wearing big trousers. Childhood memories.

Now match the photos with the numbers of the song:

A 

B

     

C  

  

D

    

E   

 

F   

G

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS

Today, 4th October 2013, our 6th graders have met Ross for the first time.

First as a whole group and later on in small groups of 8-9 pupils, we've asked him all the questions we'd been working on last week.

Have a look at some of the  questions made by our 6th garders.

INTERVIEWING ROSS

Ross starts coming to Fructuós Gelabert School on 2nd October and he'll be with us for the first time on 5th October.

We want to know more about him and about his home town (Australia), that's why the first thing we're going to do is to interview him.

This is what we're going to ask him:

TRIVIAL

Personal information

What city of Australia did you live in?

Are you single?

Have you got any children?

Have you got experience in teaching English?

How old are you?

What do you like doing?

What sports do you like?

What did you do in Australia?

What's your favourite food?

What's your favourite song?

What's your favourite animal?

Australia

Which place do you like the most in Australia?

What time difference is there between Barcelona and Australia?

How long does it take to fly from Barcelona to Sydney?

What's the capital of Australia?

What traditions are there in Australia?

What's the currency in Australia?

Where do most people live in in Australia, in houses or flats?

What's the typical food in Australia?

What's the weather like in Australia?

What's the most dangerous animal?

What's worth visiting in Australia?

ESCACS

Personal Information

Do you like surfing?

Do you like Barcelona?

Which do you prefer: Barcelona or Australia?

Have you got family in any other part of the world?

What do you think about the independence of Catalonia?

What's your favourite colour?

How old are you?

What's your favourite TV programme?

Did you like your life in Australia?

What's your favourite animal?

Have you got any brothers or sisters?

What's your favourite song?

What's your favourite car brand?

What's your favourite food?

Have you got a girlfriend or boyfriend?

Australia

What part of Australia did you live in?

What do you most like about Australia?

Have you ever touched a kangaroo?

What time difference is there between Barcelona and Australia?

Can you see animals in the street?

Have you ever seen wombats?

Have you ever seen a shark?

Have you ever seen a koala?

What's the typical food in Australia?

What are people like in Australia?

 

 


EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS COURSE

After thinking about the importance of learning English and about what  we expect of the English classes this course, this is what we came up with:

TRIVIAL COMMENTS

IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH	TOPICS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN	ACTIVITIES
- To travel ** - To communicate with other people when you travel*** - To communicate with people from other countries* - You can go to many places if you speak English - To understand what people say in other countries and to make yourself understand - To help tourists who speak English - To understand video-games* - To communicate if we get friends with an English person. - To communicate if we go to an English speaking country - It's spoken in many countries of the world** - to have more possibilities to work in the future - To go and live abroad - It's an international language. - It's one of the most spoken languages in the world - It's NOT important because it's not spoken. - It's very important for life - It's a world-wide spoken language* - It can help you	Quantum physics -- Physics** - Astronomy* - Volcanoes* - Forests - Capital cities of the world - Optical illusions - Other countries - Music, songs*** - The past - Comics - The culture of English-speaking countries - Books - Tongue Twisters - IT	- Drawing - Films ******(in original version) - Music, songs - Play with cards in English and Catalan - Interviews - Sing the songs we learn - Games - Board games - Theatre plays in English - Conversation activities - Activities with computers - Videos

 

ESCACS COMMENTS

IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH	TOPICS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN	ACTIVITIES
- It's international**** (lingua franca) - To communicate with other people when you travel * - It's a world-wide spoken language (one of the most important of the world)***** - To work** - To go to London or England - To go to USA - Life is difficult without English	- Video-games - IT - Music, sounds, songs*** - The human body - Natural disasters - Science - Plants - Global / General* - The Universe - Language - Cinema - Animals - Verbal tenses*	- Songs/Music**** - Theatre***** (invent one play altogether) - Games - Interviews*** - Dictations - Conversations - Books - Videos - Corners

So, that's something to start with. Everything won't definitely fit in our tight timetable, but we'll try to develop the most popular topics and activities amongst all the 6th graders.
There we go then!

SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND

Hello 6th graders!

This year I'd like you to Shine bright like a diamond in our English classes as Rihanna says in her song "Diamonds".

So, why not getting inspired and listening to different versions of the song? Which one do you prefer?

Do you feel like filling in the gaps? Come on then! Listen, read and complete!

Complete with: sea, beautiful, diamond, happy, universe, life, star, sky, tonight

DIAMONDS by Rihanna

Shine bright like a _________________
Shine bright like a _________________

Find light in the beautiful _________________
I choose to be _________________
You and I, you and I
We’re like diamonds in the _________________
You’re a shooting _________________ I see
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, I’m alive
We’re like diamonds in the _________________

I knew that we’d become one right away
Oh, right away
At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays
I saw the _________________ (inside your eyes)

Chorus:
So shine bright, _________________ you and I
We’re _________________ like diamonds in the _________________
Eye to eye, so alive
We’re _________________ like diamonds in the _________________

Shine bright like a _________________ (x2)
Shining bright like a _________________
We’re _________________ like diamonds in the _________________ (x2)

Palms rise to the _________________
As we moonshine and molly
Feel the warmth, we’ll never die
We’re like diamonds in the _________________

You’re a shooting _________________ I see
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, I’m alive
We’re like diamonds in the _________________

At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays
I saw the _________________ (inside your eyes)
Chorus

Shine bright like a _________________ (x3)
So shine bright, _________________ you and I
We’re _________________ like diamonds in the _________________
Eye to eye, so alive
We’re _________________ like diamonds in the _________________
Shine bright like a _________________ (x7)