INTERNATIONAL FOOD CONTEST

This week in our English class, the students of 1st ESO have participated in an INTERNATIONAL FOOD CONTEST. 

They had to choose a foreign country.

They had to prepare a powerpoint or poster with the basic information of the country. 

They also prepared and cooked a typical recipe of the country. 

We had few days to do some research on the topic in small groups, pairs or individually.

Then the students had to create their recipe.

They cooked it at home.

Finally, they presented the work done with their own stand at the FAIR.

We had some visitors that marked each performance according to these categories:

1. Oral explanation
2. Visual support
3. Presentation of the dish

Which one would you think was the winner?

Here you have some of the countries chosen:

CUBA:

 SWEDEN:

 INDIA:

 

ENGLAND:

MEXICO I:

 MEXICO II:

MOROCCO:

THAILAND:

CHINA:

And NORWAY:

Visitors here have to leave their opinions and points for the teams:

My Favourite SPORT

Today in our ENGLISH CLASS (Ampliación de inglés) we had to describe our favourite sport, record ourselves and then send the videos to our epals.

BOARD GAME by Lars Wagoner

Board games are great, most of us grew up playing them with friends and family,
having fun and enjoying the competitiveness. For these reasons, the English teachers
here at IES Antigua Sexi decided to celebrate a board game day.

To do this language learning activity, each class had to organize how
many games they had and how many students were needed to play.
Students  brought a wide variety of games, ranging from Cluedo to Spyfall.
Once all the groups and games were agreed on, the students were allowed
some time to learn the rules before game day, which was set about a week later. 

Due to the length of most games, only an hour to play properly isn’t enough.
The solution the class agreed on was to spend the recess after class playing as well.

Once game day arrived, everyone eagerly awaited English class.
At the beginning of the period, we set up tables and chairs and all
the students began the fun… in English of course. During the course
of the class, the teacher would walk around and join in on the activities
and help some of the students. In one corner of the room a group of
students were guessing who was the murderer and in another corner a
different group was working together to solve the puzzle. 

All of the students were completely immersed in the activity and had a blast!
It’s a good thing everyone decided to play during recess too, no one wanted the fun to end.

To sum up, the students at Antigua Sexi got to enjoy a few board games
and test their English skills with friends and classmates, we all had an amazing time!

Some of the games implemented were:

IKONIKUS

MYSTERIUM

CLUEDO

CODENAMES

THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND

THE GLOOM

THE WEREWOLVES

INVICTUS

Recently in English class, the students of Antigua Sexi watched and developed projects about a very important film about racial conflict: Invictus

First off, we started watching the film a few weeks ago, and, due to its length, we took a couple classes to finish it. Since it was for English, the students watched the film in English and were enthralled throughout.

In second place, we had to pan out projects about the film. After the teacher read out the topics, the class split itself into groups, each one choosing their favorite theme. The students were given several days to get together and complete the project.

Now, after having watched the film and worked on their projects, the students were anxious to present their work and receive their marks. Each presentation lasted from 15 to 30 minutes, during this time, the students explained (in English) their part of the presentation with a very good level of fluency.

It took a few classes to finish presenting all of the projects, but once everyone had presented, they were all happy to have seen such a great film in its original language!

Check this presentation here. 

Check this presentation out here. 

Check this presentation here. 

(text by Lars Wagoner, photos 1st Bachillerato A)