Link to the blog English with a Twist

To keep on improving your English skills, it's worth visiting the following blog:
http://englishwithatwist.com/

Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.

Turning the English Classroom into a Museum. Video.

Grade 5 students describe the process of Turning the English Classroom into a Museum.
Hope you enjoy the video!
Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey

The English Classroom Museum Exhibition.

Like every year, Pre - School students visit the English classroom. Today Grade 5 students showed Pre - School 5 years old students the English classroom as well as their work of Art that consisted of Turning the English Classroom into a Museum by describing each picture, painter and technique used.
Enjoy the pictures!
Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.

Portfolio activity: Charles Dickens´Oliver Twist by Grade 6 students.

By reading and learning through the Classics of Literature, we have integrated Art, Literature and English Language. We´d like to share with you the following Portfolio activity, which summarizes the students work after reading the book and doing some comprehension activities.
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8wOdN8ipboAZy00aXo4Tnh0emM/edit?usp=sharing

Grade 5 students interviewing Kimberly Marie Cicciariello.

Last Friday Grade 5 students interviewed Kimberly Marie Cicciariello, since it was her last day with us. We´d like to thank her for everything and share the students´interview with you.
Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.
Grade 5 students interviewing Kimberly Marie Ciciariello:

1.  César: What do you like best of Vigo?

Kimberly: The beach! I like the beach…

2.  Laura B: What don´t you like of Galicia?

Kimberly: The rain!

3.  Jesús: What´s your favorite beach in Vigo?

Kimberly: I´ve only been to Samil, but I like Baiona too.

4.  Lara: Have you ever been to the Cies Islands?

Kimberly: Not, yet!

5.  Guillermo: What´s your favorite monument in Vigo?

Kimberly: I like an old church near Plaza de Sol in the Old Town.

6.  Andrea Durán: Have you visited Vigo´s Hills?

Kimberly: I ran up the stairs of the Castro.

7.  María López: What do you miss more of New York?

Kimberly: My large coffees! The best coffee we have! We have big silver carts that sell breakfast food, doughnuts and coffee. And the coffee is the best. That´s so good, not expresso, café Americano…

8.  Rubén: What´s your favorite Galician food?

Kimberly: I love Galician food! There´s a lot. My favorite is “empanada”.

9.  María Gil: Would you like to learn Galician Language in the future?

Kimberly: Possibly! I need to learn Spanish first, then Galician.

10.           Inés: How long have you lived in Galicia?

Kimberly: I have lived here since September, when I got here and also two years ago in Sada.

11.           Andrea Hermida:What have been your greatest experiences in Galicia?

Kimberly: Working here in Ría de Vigo with you guys!

12.           Ainoha: What do you usually do during the weekend?

Kimberly: Lot´s of things: travel, go for walks, try different Galician food in the centre, shop…

13.           Aaron: Do you like the Ría de Vigo children?

Kimberly: Yes!

14.           Xiana: Did you have fun with us at school?

Kimberly: Yes, I did have a lot of fun.

15.           María López: What do you prefer teaching children or adults?

Kimberly: I don´t know. There´s no difference. I like both. Both are rewarding.

16.           Bruno:Will you continue teaching in Galicia?

Kimberly: Yes, I´ll be at CIFP SOMESO in A Coruña.

17.           MARÍA LÓPEZ: What do you think about Galician people?

Kimberly: Very nice, loving people, very open and they have a very big heart.

18.           David: Have you met many people in Galicia?

Kimberly: Yes, I´ve met a lot.

19.           Gaizka: Do you have many friends in Galicia?

Kimberly: Yes, more in A Coruña than here… Spanish…

20.           Artai: What´s your favorite football team?

Kimberly: Barcelona.

21.           Fiz: What do you like doing at home?

Kimberly: I like paint and I like to cook and I like to run.

22.           Samuel: What´s you favorite shop / pet/ music…?

Kimberly: My favorite shops are Stradivarius and Mango. My favorite pet my dog and I have two cats. My favorite music… I like everything, but country music.

23.           Alex: Do you like Galician traditions?

Kimberly: Yes, you guys have a lot of "fiestas" and "siestas"… My favorite "fiestas" are the Summer Festivals with music and people dancing.

24.           Silvia: Do you like painting?

Kimberly: Yes, I do like painting.

Silvia: What´s your favorite style?

Kimberly: It depends! I like modern. I like non objective, like Mondrian and I like Realism.

25.           Daniel: Have you visited other communities apart from Galicia?

Kimberly: No, not this year, but I want next year.

26.           María López: Have you visited any Art Galleries in Galicia?

Kimberly: No, unfortunately!

27.           Mireia: Are you going to miss us?

Kimberly: Yes, of course, but I´m going to visit!

Ana: Thank you Kimberly for your Assitance!

William Shakespeare´s Midsummer Night´s Dream by Grade 5 students. Turning the English Classroom into a Museum.

Grade 5 students also collaborated into Turning the English Classroom into a Museum by drawing some scenes of Shakespeare´s play Midsummer Night Dream, after listening to an adaptation I made of the play in Modern English. We intend to show the play next school year. In the meantime, we´d like to share with you some pictures of the darwings they are doing  for the Museum Exhibition, also with Kimberlly assistance:
Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.

Stay tuned, since we will soon upload the final work!

Turning the English Classroom into a Museum. Presentation

Thanks to Kimberly Marie Cicciariello, we had the oportunity of learning new painting techniques as well as improving our learning of American painters.
We´d like to share with you her presentation, that involves our work and her great collaboration. It also summarizes the projects we were dealing with along this school year in relation to our Plurilingual Project " Society and Nature in Art through English Language and Literature", the Library Project "Reading in Art", the Project related to "The Classics in Literature" and "The European Portfolio of the Languages".
As you can see, we had integrated Art and English Language following a CLIL Approach. Besides, we had the collaboration of the English Language, Art and Assistant teachers, since we have one hour for coordination and we cooperate one another.
Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8wOdN8ipboAUmZTNWtZMS1MQXc/edit?usp=sharing