What would you say about Rosario?

Rosario is one of the most beatiful cities in Argentina.It has a population of over 3.000.000 people and is located in the centre of Argentina, in the province of Santa Fe.It was established in 1852.
It´s a plain and there´s a river.From the riverside you can see Rosario-Victoria bridge. The most important place to visit is the Flag Memorial but there are other places like the Independence Park or just go to Florida beach.
In this popular city there are many different sports to do. You can play rugby, football, hockey, volleyball, golf and many others.There are a lot of discos for young people and if you want to go shopping, there are two really important shopping centres in Rosario.

Lucila Bejer y Santiago De Marco.3ºaño Integral Fisherton
Teacher: Cecilia del Castillo

Digital vocabulary

This morning I gave a puzzle to my upper-intermediate students. I want to check their computer-literacy. Kentucky Crosswords is great for ready-made puzzles. I asked ss to look up the words they don't know as homework assignment. I wonder how many words they can define.

Avatars in the classroom

After recycling appearance and clothes with my elementary students, I provided different sites for them to design their avatars.
I enjoyed designing mine! Isn't she lovely?

Here the sites I found at http://mashable.com/tag/turnyournameintoaface/
turnyournameintoaface
portraitillustratormaker
simpsons avatar
block head iconizer
buildyourwildself
bitstrips.com
On Monday I will see their avatars. I hope!

Redefining aims for blogging

When I first started blogging, I thought students would love the idea of publishing their production.
I openly invited them to post, but they didn't. I insisted...,but they didn't. They've sent by mail their writing tasks and a few have commented when requested.
So, this year I'll humbly post about applications that can be easily integrated to the traditional EFL classroom.
Here the first examples:
I usually ask my students to design banners with their names for the first lessons. This year I told them to go to www.whatalovelyname.com. There they can find their name or type it to design a logo. Some students designed beautiful logos, printed them and brought them to school. Success!
I highly recommend Larry Ferlazzo's blog for simple ideas.

Films we would recommend

We´ve been working with films. We´ve watched "Animal Farm", commented on "Love actually", and others. Click on comments to leave your film review. Remember to include background, plot, your opinion and recommendation. Waiting to read!

Welcome Aino!

Yesterday we were told that a girl from Finland is coming in August, her name is Aino and she has sent and e-mail asking for information about the school, the uniform, the class,and the timetables. She has sent a photo and she is eager to come.

New Year resolutions 2008

I have decided to share this blog with one of my classes this year. I ´m going to invite my students in 4º at Integral Fisherton to contribute by posting their own productions, reflections, ideas, opinions... Let´s see what comes out of this experience