miércoles, 10 de diciembre de 2014

WIN AN iPad PLAYING!

Embassy ExpoComic Trace Effects Competition
Would you like to win an iPad?
Or a free class on designing robots, drawing comics or making movies?
Even better, they win these prizes by playing a video game!

This video game, called Trace Effects, was designed by the U.S. State Department to teach students how to learn English (for more information on Trace Effects, see attachment).  So feel free to let them play it in the classroom!
Here‘s how students can participate in this prize contest:

Duration of Contest: December 8-12, 2014
Winners AnnouncedDecember 12, 2014 at 3 p.m. on U.S. Embassy Madrid Facebook page https://es-es.facebook.com/madrid.usembassy
Age Groups: 10-1213-1516-18
Instructions to Play:
  1. Students visit Trace Effects video game athttp://americanenglish.state.gov/trace-effects
  2. If you are a new user, click “Create an Account”
  3. You will enter an email address, username and password to create an account
  4. After sign in, click on “Chapter 1.” Watch the introduction video to understand the game
  5. Begin playing the game following instructions prompted by the main character
  6. When you think you have reached your highest score, take a screen shot of the entire screen including your username and the total score, which can be found in the upper right hand corner
  7. Email the screen shot to your teacher

The English bilingual coordinator for each school will be in charge of keeping track of students’ scores and reporting back to Maggie Brioso (BriosoM@state.gov) at the U.S. Embassy. The students with the highest score in each age group by Dec. 12 will win a prize from above.

martes, 2 de diciembre de 2014

MINI CHRISTMAS TREE

This is another idea for Christmas. It is a mini Christmas tree, done with a plastic bottle, colour cardboards, rapping paper, scissers, glue and some Christmas decorations. For those who found the Stars difficult this is a VERY EASY Christmas Craft.

LETS DO IT!


martes, 18 de marzo de 2014

HARMONIC, MONOCHROMATIC AND COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS


This an example of our next project: 


MATERIALS: 

- PAPER, COLOUR PENCILS OR TEMPERAS AND IMAGINATION

ACTIVITY: 

We are going to divide a paper in equal parts (vertical or horizontal position) and show our knowledge on what harmonic, monochromatic and complementary colours are. 

REMEMBER:


Color from Rachel Staves







martes, 11 de febrero de 2014

VALENTINE'S DAY

Let's celebrate Saint Valentine's Day with a SPEED DATING GAME: “FIND YOUR GEOMETRIC PARTNER"



You are one of the shapes we have learned, and you will find another shape like you by asking a few questions. You will have 3 minutes with each partner, so... do not waste time!

QUESTIONS

1. How many sides have you got?

2. How many pairs of equal sides have you got?

3. How many right angles?

4. If you have 4 sides: how many pairs of parallel sides?

5. If you have 3 sides: have you got an acute, obtuse or a right angle?

RULES

1. Speak English ALL THE TIME.

2. ONLY ask questions related to the figures.

3. You have to guess which shape our partner is. IT IS A

GUESSING GAME. Keep your shape a SECRET until the end of

the game. Do not ask questions like: are you a square? Or say

things like: I think you are a square. “

I HAVE TALKED TO: I THINK HE/SHE IS THIS SHAPE:

1. ……………………………………….. - ………………………………………..

2. ……………………………………….. - ………………………………………..

3. ……………………………………….. - ………………………………………..

4. ……………………………………….. - ………………………………………..

5. ……………………………………….. - ………………………………………..

6. ……………………………………….. - ………………………………………..

7. ……………………………………….. - ………………………………………..