👨‍🍳 The Chef's Locked Pantry

Welcome, Apprentice Chef! The kitchen is locked.
Solve 3 food challenges to start cooking dinner!

🍅 🍞 🧀 🥩

Stage 1: The Rainbow Code

Find the "Intruder" (the word that doesn't belong) in each group.
The first letters spell the secret code!

1. Apple, Strawberry, Beef, Cherry

2. Chicken, Fish, Egg, Steak

3. Broccoli, Lettuce, Emmental, Spinach

4. Bread, Rice, Fish, Pasta

Stage 2: Mystery Ingredients

The pantry is dark! Identify these 3 items to turn on the lights.

"I am round. When you cut me, you cry."

Stage 2: Mystery Ingredients

"I am white. You drink me or put me in cereal."

Stage 2: Mystery Ingredients

"I am a grain. I am small and white. Very popular in Asia."

Stage 3: The Dinner Plate

Excellent! Now, tell the Chef your recipe.
Write one fruit and one vegetable you like.

🏆 MISSION COMPLETE!

You unlocked the pantry and served a delicious meal.

 

🏛️ The Museum Heist: Security Check

Help the security team! Choose This, That, These, or Those.

Context: You are holding a key in your hand.

1. ...ThisThat is the key for the main door.

Context: You point to a camera far away on the ceiling.

2. Can you see ...thatthis camera? It is broken.

Context: You have many papers on your desk right now.

3. ...TheseThose documents are very important.

Context: Pointing to a group of people at the far entrance.

4. Who are ...thosethese people over there?

Context: Touching the computer screen in front of you.

5. ...ThisThat screen is not working today.

Context: Referring to a painting on the far wall.

6. We should move ...thatthis painting to the vault.

Context: Holding two broken pens.

7. ...TheseThose pens don't work. Can I have a pencil?

Context: Pointing to laser beams at the end of the hall.

8. Don't touch ...thosethese lasers! They are dangerous.

Context: A simple question about the phone in your hand.

9. Is ...thisThat your phone? It's ringing.

Context: Looking at distant boxes in the dark.

10. What is in ...thosethese boxes in the corner?

Multimedia session - Children 9

Dear student,

In this entry you will find a series of activities to practise your English during this 1 hour multimedia session. Follow the instructions carefully .)

1. Kitty's school day--> 

Click on the link, do the activities PREPARATION, VIDEO and GAME:

2. Simple past verb games:

3. Following directions:

Vocabulary game 

Kahoot Challenge! 

3. Talking about the past: 

Past simple - lesson and game

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-practice/past-simple-questions

Multimedia session - Teens 15 (Language In Use)

Dear student,

In this entry you will find a series of activities to practise your English during this 1 hour multimedia session.  Each link will open in a new tab. You can go back to this blog page to move on and do all the activities. 

1. Read the following text (you can find it on p.358 of your textbook too). 

                 Once you've finished reading, click on the image below 

and respond the questions :)

2. After the previous exercise, 

you know what the next topic is about, right?

Let's study PRESENT REAL CONDITIONAL, also known as Zero Conditional. Go over the links below and find out about the rules and some additional exercises. 

Present Real Conditional 1

Present Real conditional - Exercise 1

Present Real conditional - Exercise 2

Present Real conditional - Exercise 3

3. REVIEW TOPICS:

If you've already finished working on the previous activities, you can now have a look at this review section from the topics that have been previously studied during this course.

Reading 1

Reading 2

Listening 1

Listening 2

Relative Clauses 1

Relative Clauses 2

Relative Clauses 3

Reported Speech 1

Reported Speech 2

Reported Speech 3

Multimedia session - Lesson 4.3 (Course 8 Adults)

Today we'll have a series of activities aimed at having a closure for unit 4, based on the importance of sharing thoughts, opinions, and creating sustainable projects that help out our communities.

1. ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY; Choose one of the sites, explore the information and check on the different issues or problems that are presented:

· SCP Now http://scpnow.org/

· 9 Great Urban Ideas from Latin American Cities: https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/urban-catalog

· Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative https://unfccc.int/climate-action/momentum-for-change/lighthouse-activities/emerging-and-sustainable-cities-initiative



2. Identify one of those issues in Medellin, Find pictures on the web or use some you have and briefly describe the problematic. Make a slide that explains what the problem and send it to your teacher to her e-mail: lblanco1@eafit.edu.co

Prepare to present it during the next hour.

3. Choose people that thought about a similar problematic. Design a sustainable project or proposal that can easily be implemented as an alternative or solution to that issue.

4. Share that project with, at least, 5 people outside of the class. Use a hashtag, make an Instagram account, a digital poster or a short video, You should provide evidence of it.

Multimedia session - Aug 16th (Teens 7)

Hi everyone!

Today's class is all about art!

Let's start by defining what ART is all about 😁😁😁



Painting is one of the most well-known art expressions, to learn some about the most famous art pieces, let's play a memory game here. Click on the painting icon!

- Now, let's listen to short passage about a person telling his impressions on art, so click on the icon:

Once you've listened to the passage, click on the arrow to answer some questions related to it. Don't forget to follow the instructions:

Ready to move on? AWESOME :) 

The last task has to do with creating based on one of the most famous expressions of art: click on the link and let's make our own gallery!

Teens 5 - Multimedia session

Hi there :)

Today, we're going to take have a practice session in order to prepare for our MID TERM exam (next Tuesday, Nov 7th).

Follow the steps IN ORDER and finish the proposed activities. If you have some doubts, just Google it (or ask your teacher)!

          1.  Open conditional - Exercise 1 (click on the blue arrow) 

2. Ready? Don't need to practice? Let's see! Click on the pink arrow and solve the OPEN CONDITIONAL quiz :) 

           3. Listening to future predictions - Future cities (click on the green arrow)

4. POP QUIZ!!!!  Click on the yellow arrow and respond the questions. Make sure you save your answers.

Teens 3 - Multimedia session:

Welcome!

The main objective of this class is talking about comparisons, and learning some vocabulary about animals.

1. Read the following text about a particular species that was used for solving a problem in Australia. Then, click the link and do the reading activity!

READING ACTIVITY :) (Click on the words, use room code BLANCO2615)

2. Watch the following video about SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES 

3. Click on the link and do a quick exercise about superlatives. When you finish, take a screenshot of your score and show it to your teacher (don't forget about that!) :) 

SUPERLATIVE EXERCISE (click on the link)

4. Do you know which are the most dangerous animals in the world? Google some information, find a picture and make a post here--> MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS. Choose the one you like the most, and write a couple of facts to explain why it's dangerous.

5. Ready to finish? Now get in the link to play a game about COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE adjectives here (click on the link) ZOO ANIMALS!

Multimedia session (05-09-17)

Hi there!


First of all, make sure you have your class book and a notebook ready for the activities.


All the products of this session will be graded and aim at having extra practice of class topics and a reinforcement of the different contents we've studied so far.

1. Take a look at the following video about count and uncount nouns. Once you're done watching it, complete the questionnaire on the link below:








QUESTIONNAIRE (click there on the link).


2. What's in your fridge?


Go to the link MY FRIDGE and talk about the food that can be found in your refrigerator at home. Listen to your teacher's comment, click on REPLY and record your own comment mentioning the food you have at home. Don't forget to save it!


3. Countable and uncountable nouns rally! CLICK HERE--> Rally :) :) :) 


4. CHECK THIS PADLET! (click here)

An effective multimedia session.

Making the most of a 45 minute session in the multimedia lab becomes the main goal, and it can be a perfect opportunity for reviewing, introducing or practicing language contents.

Taking into account the previous presentation, I invite you to answer this quick questionnaire that aims at reviewing the concepts or new elements, as well as gathering your impressions.

CLICK on the picture! ↠ 

Teens 4 - Multimedia session :)

About today's session

Multimedia session today has some activities to complete!

SESSION OBJECTIVES =
* Review : about holidays and festivals
* Talking about past actions.
* Telling what we did last holidays!


Follow the following links (in order) 🙋

1. Vocabulary about holidays and festivals! (Look for level 2, unit 8, Holidays and festivals) VOCABULARY!

2. Read the text on you student's book about the San Francisco Earthquake (p. 36). Click to see the sentences and choose TRUE or FALSE :) - ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE.

3. Watch the following ↝video,  and look for the past forms of the verbs on page 37 - exercise 4. Write them on your notebook (or on your book, if you have to! :)

4. Go to your Student's book (p. 37 - exercise 5. Using the verbs in the previous exercise, complete the sentences of the "Who was the first?" quiz :)

5. Talk about your activities last weekend / vacation! Look for a picture and mention some activities you did last weekend. Post your comment and picture here   PADLET, about last holidays!

YOU'RE DONE WITH THE TASKS!!! 😃😃😃

Once you have completed all the tasks, you'll be able to have a cool practice with music HERE--> LYRICS TRAINING 🔛

Multimedia session - Children 1

MOUSE PRACTICE :) 

1. Let's review the vocabulary about toys :)

2. Let's color!!!

3 Now, let's listen and have a memory game about colors :) 

CLICK ON THE PENCIL!

4. What about numbers 1 to 5? 

Click here on the fish, the chicken, the star to play!

             

5. Now that you're finished...SOME GAMES HERE!

TIME TO PLAY :)

RAK (11th grade)

Random acts of kindness change the world...

Which one did you like best? Have you ever done a real act of kindness? Tell about it!

Children 1 - Multimedia session

MOUSE PRACTICE :) 

1. Let's count and practice our mouse movement here-->

CLICK ON THE BEE!

2. Now, let's listen and have a memory game about school supplies--> 

CLICK ON THE PENCIL!

3. What about numbers 1 to 5? --> 

Click here on the teddy, the fish, or the chicken to play!

   

4. Let's color!!!

Listening activity! - Teens 4

Hi there!

After watching the video, click here--> LISTENING ONLINE QUIZ

Write your name, answer the questions, and send your responses!

Don't forget to click on 'Submit'.

Adolescents 12 - Nov 23rd

😀 Hi guys! 😁

To finish this unit's work, you'll find two activities to be done.

The first one is a short pop quiz you can answer here---> 

It's important you answer the questions using the time alotted. This quiz won't be available once the class is over! 😃

The second activity is a short text you'll write, based on the draft you did last class. Read the instructions and guidelines here--> 

You'll have time for this task until Nov 29th at night! ⏰

Multimedia session - Course 6 (Children) Nov 19th, 2016

Hi everyone! 😁

Welcome to our multimedia session for this term 😃  During this hour we're going to review and practice some of the contents we have seen in class ⭐ , and we will do a couple of activities to reinforce our skills! ♛

Follow the steps ➡ ask your teacher for help if necessary, and have fun!

1. Watch the following video about the present simple. Take notes if necessary, pay attention to all the elements and rules.

2. Look and read Sandy's daily schedule.

Now click here → Sandy's daily routine to answer some questions about her activities. Remember to answer all of them. Don't forget to write your name! 😊

3. Look at the following presentation about means of transport 🚙  Check the words! 🚦

Means of transportation from fengchuishaster

4. It's vocabulary quiz time! 🚌  Click on the red car and answer the questions ⇾ 

5. Watch the following video about clothes and vocabulary.

Watch it til the end and then click here → Teddy dresser and play a game about clothes 🙋

6. Let's make our e-corkboard! Click here → Clothes board!. Find an image in the internet of a person wearing different kinds of clothes. Find the link of the image and and post it on the corkboard. Then describe the person's look with "She has / he has ...". Look at your teacher's example and make yours! 😎

😄 You're done! 😄

You have finished all the activities, 

now you can have some fun and learn 

in these two links! 😄↴

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Superstitions?

Superstition is the belief in supernatural causality—that one event causes another without any natural process linking the two events—such as astrology and certain aspects linked to religion, like omens, witchcraft, and prophecies, that contradict natural science.

I bet you have something 'silly' or 'unexplainable' you believe in! 

Read about 13 (common) superstitions--> click here :)

There are always superstitions connected to culture or local beliefs, do a quick research on an unusual or uncommon belief from any place in the world. Write about it (90 words at least), and post a comment below. Due date: August 23rd. 

Single-sex education?

- Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools.

They were more popular decades ago, there are still some schools and institutions that believe it's better for children to share with same-sex peers.

Pros and cons? Read this!: Single-sex education: Pros and Cons.

 What do you think?

Check the "Your choice section", choose the kind of education you're in favor of:

a. single-sex schools

b. mixed education

c. single-sex classes in a mixed school

d. two single-sex schools that work together.

Write a short comment as a reply to this post. Use the appropriate expressions and examples to support your arguments. 

Listening skills need to be mastered with P R A C T I C E.

Listening and speaking is crucial for communication. Being able to listen to our interlocutor, responding, etc. Not only for our class, but for real life!

It's usually one of the struggles of language learners, but not everyone is aware of the fact that 'Practice makes perfect', and in our particular non-bilingual setting it makes it necessary to create and promote opportunities for practicing and reinforcing our ability to attain and understand the language at a normal speed, to get the most of the messages, and to be able to respond in a real-life communicative situation.

Need more reasons?... check this out! (click on THIS)

Here there are some links to practice!

Randall's Listening Lab

FCE - Listening practice 

PET - Practice tests (Listening)

TOEFL Listening practice 

IELTS Essentials - Listening practice