Ceilidh

Ceilidh. Coming soon

Our friend David Vivanco is coming back to the IES ADO to share with us his songs and popular Scottish folk dances.



What is a Ceilidh?

Nuestro encuentro con estudiantes daneses

El 18 de enero nos vinieron a visitar Ole y sus alumnos desde Kolding (Dinamarca). Nosotros, los alumnos de Ampliación oral de inglés, les teníamos preparado un roscón de bienvenida, un paseo virtual por Madrid y un recorrido real por el Madrid de las Letras. Y un Powerpoint, elaborado por Lidia, Celia, Jorge, Dakota, Nereida y Paola.


"We were very excited on that day but everything turned out as expected. We welcomed boys and girls coming from Denmark looking forward to teaching them some presentations  we had been working on for a few weeks. . The presentations explained things more typical of Madrid, as the music, food, sites ... And  important figures of Spanish literature. About the food, we wanted to offer a small bite of something so typical of Spain, such as 'Roscón de Reyes'. So we prepared it with love, and apparently They liked it!.

Rebeca a student of our school performed a special flamenco dance.

After speaking  with them in small groups and getting to know something more about our cultures, we did a little tour around the city, stopping at sites of interest and explaining all the details, which also had been prepared earlier. Returning to the subject of food, to end the morning with teachers, both Spanish, as the Danish professor, went together to eat a 'Calamari Sandwich'  in the Plaza Mayor, something really typical. 

It was a very exciting experience and we had great fun and we hope they had a good stay in Madrid.
Written by Tania


"I enjoyed very much because I like to speak with native people fronm other countries. Apart from that, this group of Danish were very kind and friendly"
Ismail M.


"The week before we were very nervous. We laughed a lot with the teacher´s name: OLE.  Danish people are amazing!"
Luis & Fran


"It was a great experience. We hope to go there (Denmark) in the future."
Abraham





Kolding. Dinamarca.


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Emma's first lesson

I went to the 1E class and the children asked me many questions. They were very interested in how my life in Scotland was different to their lives in Spain.

What's your name?
My name is Emma

What are you doing in Spain?
I'm here to teach English.

Is it your first time in Spain?
I've been here on holiday

Do you like the Spanish food?
Yes, I do.

How old are you?
I am twenty years old.

Do you speak Spanish?
A little.

Can you describe your country, Scotland?
It's very cold and very rainy.

What's your job?
I am a teacher

What are your hobbies?
I like going to the cinema, meeting friends and going to bars.

What are your ambitions?
I would like to be a Spanish teacher.

Do you like sports?
I used to play football.

Are you married?
No, I am not

Emma Docherty

Love is complicated

This was our yearly play for 2nd and 3rd grade of ESO. Closing-up, the actors. On the stage you can see our always ready to help audience.

The story is about passionate and uncorresponded love bounds among a circle of friends. Clarky is one of the most popular boys at the school who is deeply in love with amanda, not very good looking and masculine, who is also in love with Paul, a very shy boy with nerd looks who is at the same time in love with Sandy. Sandy is Amanda's sister, a sexy good looking cheerleader who is in love with Clarky.

Characters:
Sandy: Pretty spoilt girl and leader of the cheerleaders.
Clarky: Presumptuous and arroganat boy, passionate about dance.
Amanda: Sandy's sister, but not as beautiful as she.
Paul: Shy childish boy. Close friend to Amanda.

Shakespeare

As we had told you, we had a play in our school for the 1st grade. The actors couldn't come on time; so some of our students had to help the director and the caretaker to perform Romeo and Juliet. Even Dardo, the Language teacher, had to act. He played the role of a very loving king in Macbeth.

We enjoyed a Céilidh this morning

What is a Céilidh?
In modern usage, a céilidh is a traditional Gaelic social gathering, which usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing. It originated in Ireland and Scotland, but is now common throughout the Irish and Scottish diaspora. Before discos and nightclubs, there were céilidhs in most town and village halls on Friday or Saturday nights; they are still common today.

The term is derived from the Old Irish céle (singular) meaning "companion". It later became céilidhe and céilidh. However, in Scottish Gaelic reformed spelling it is now spelt as cèilidh (plural cèilidhean) and in Irish reformed spelling as céilí (plural céilithe).

Here you can see the web of David Vivanco, the Presenter who introduced all the dances and music.

Robin Hood

Javier S. ESO1

Footsteps

Main Characters

John:
John is a security guard and he works in a big school, he works nights and security guard uniform he watches the long corridors on video monitors and he sits in a small office.

Mary:
Mary is a teacher of class 2ºB. Mary likes reading books. Mary lends John books and John lends her books. Mary is beautiful. She has got brown hair and green eyes.

John is a security guard in a big school. He sometimes hears footsteps sounding tap-tap on the floor of corridors. Sometimes sounds are different and sounding twang-twang an listen for echoes. John talks to the headmaster for footsteps. The favorite part of John’s day is when he finishes in the morning it’s then when it sees Mary. She is the teacher of the class 2B. Mary likes reading books. Mary lends John books.

The next day Mary wasn’t at school. John went to work in the evening, but there was a man in his office.

John went to Mary’s house but it was difficult to see into the house. By accident he pushed the window and it opened a little John into Mary´s house. John saw an address book. John read the address book and looked at Mary´s mother's address. He decided to walk there but nobody opened the door. Then, the door of house opened and somebody looked him was Mary. Mary opened the door and John went in. Mary and John talked. They decided to go to the school and investigate. John, Mary and the students went into the classroom. John, Mary and Ana walked to a door on the other side of the school but there was Tony, the new security guard. Tony was stronger than John. He tied john´s hands together and locked him in a small room. Mary ran to the entrance. The headmaster and Tony locked Mary and John in the small room. The headmaster was the security guard´s father.

The headmaster and Tony took Mary and John to a house. In the living room John and Mary saw the real headmaster. He was an impostor.

In the school the teacher saw the two bags, she called the police. Tony and his father walked out the door and stopped when they saw the police, the police discovered that Tony was the bank robber of 100.000 pounds.

John and Mary went back to work at the school. John is very happy and he wrote a book titled “Footsteps”.

By Dailin C. Q. 2B

2nd grade's projects

Animals. Lydia R. 2ºA


Easter Egg. Cristian Z. 2ºB




The house.

Shakespeare in the classroom

On June 1st we've got more theatre in English. This time it is for the 2nd grade.

The play is based on a script by Alfredo Medina, translated by Lynette Carveth.

You can download some activities from this link.

Ceilidh

Ceilidh Dance - MyVideo

Next May 21st.

We saw two plays today

Third and fourth grade had theatre today.



In the first play, Captain Cow has cow super-powers.



In the second, Desert Dan is looking for his enemy Calhoun. They end up in a shoot out.



Fortunately our student wasn't injured. But Calhoun was.

Teatro en inglés

El próximo 18 de marzo tendremos dos obras teatro en inglés. La actividad está preparada para los alumnos de 3º y 4º de ESO.

S.O.S. lleva años creando obras dinamicas y divertidas para acercar el ingles a alumnos de toda Espana. Cada obra tiene como protagonista un personaje distinto que hace participar a todos a medida que se desarrolla la historia. Abajo estan las descripciones de dos de nuestros shows.

Cowboys and Cowards

Desert Dan cree que la justicia y la honradez son las cosas mas importantes del mundo, eso y un vaso de leche bien fría. Ahora se ha enterado de un complot que podría destruir la grandeza del Antiguo Oeste y pretende frenarlo cueste lo que cueste. Pero cuando se le muere el caballo y se queda sin agua en medio del desierto parece que se le ha acabado la suerte. Pero no todo esta perdido, ¡ni siquiera la Liga!

I Need a Hero!

Llega un nuevo superhéroe al mundo, ¡Captain Cow! Puede que sea menos poderoso, glamoroso y convencional que otros, pero tiene cuernos y esta dispuesto usarlos. Así que, si necesitas un héroe, ya no tienes que buscar más. Y si lo que quieres es un vaso de leche, también te puede ayudar con eso.

Theatre in English. March 18th

Cowboys and Cowards

Desert Dan is a noble man who defends the innocent in the Wild West. Ever since he lost his wife Clementine to a band of desperados he has fought to defend justice and the American way. And now there is a man who is putting the American way in danger. His name is Calhoon and Desert Dan is determined to stop him. But he can’t stop him alone, so he gets help from his companion, Ricardo “The Nasty”. They ride
their horses through the desert until Desert Dan loses his horse and Ricardo must continue alone to confront Calhoon. But Calhoon uses a dirty trick to fool Ricardo and kills him. But in the end, justice triumphs and evil is destroyed, yahoo!

Vocabulary: definitely, ma’am, mister, sir, just, up, down, around, under, over, cactus, wind, ago, tornado, pistol, hat, sympathy, chest, condominiums, moustache,
Adjectives: alone, innocent, honest, smelly, simple, modern, fast, brilliant, broken, dead, mature, difficult, easy, dirty, nasty, poor, dangerous, hot, tired,
Verbs: to ride, to look, to defend, to appear, to go like this, to face, to prefer, to blow, to work, to find,
Expressions: “Okay MacKay”, “poor thing”, “Wild West”, “one thing”, “see you at noon”, “howdy”, yeah (yes), “over there”, “does he stop?”, “oh no!”

Advanced vocabulary: noble, loyal, evil, mean, “take a card”, “what about…”, to pay our respects, to build, to promise, sun burn, canteen, “make a decision”, justice, prefer, to kill, to shoot, suddenly

I Need a Hero!

Jeff Johnson, the handsome CNN journalist, is reporting on a terrible event in New York: the lunatic Fireboy is threatening to destroy the world with his atomic ray if he doesn’t get 1 billion dollars. The only person who can stop him is our hero, who suffered a physical transformation after a terrible accident he suffered in his kitchen. The problem is our hero has virtually no superpowers so he must search high and low for a real superhero to help him save the world. Who will that superhero be? What powers will he/she have? And how will he/she and Captain Cow stop fireboy? Let’s watch on our television the action that happens in New York City at the Empire State Building.

Key vocabulary: something, like this, then, strange, terrible, the end, the news, fire, to destroy, world, atomic, handsome, normal, toxic, hero, television, volunteer, super powers, strong, real, beautiful, rope, applause, crazy, secret weapon, building
Verbs: to shoot, to decide, to fall, to help, to smile, to repeat, to stop, to fly, turn on/off, to transform,
Advanced Vocabulary: terrifying, to realize, ordinary, to change, live (en vivo), sex-symbol, half, strength, to climb, hold on, to slip, equipment, lunatic, to describe, TV, good luck, device,

Proyectos del departamento de inglés para este trimestre

El "ceilidh" como en años precedentes también volverá debido al gran éxito obtenido.



Este trimestre haremos como en años anteriores cuentacuentos con marionetas.

El intercambio epistolar de 3ºA

Rosa Zorrilla Pantaleón está promoviendo un intercambio epistolar entre sus alumnos de 3ºA y un instituto de secundaria en Alemania durante este año. Ellos están muy entusiasmados. Otros años hiceron el carteo con Irlanda.