Everyday English Expressions 2

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Haloween.. is almost here... Spooky Fun

The scariest night of the year. All around the world, people celebrate spookiness.

Click here to try CBBC Newsroom's Hallowe'en quiz

 

On 31 October there are loads of Halloween traditions. If you go to a party, expect stuff like:

• Scary fancy dress
• Making pumpkin lanterns
• Trick or treating
• Bobbing for apples
• Telling ghost stories

But not everyone agrees with Halloween. Some religious people believe that making a game out of evil spirits and witches is wrong.

• The British Council site has a spooky language game.. with Halloween words....want to try it? 
• A haunted house has lots of scary things in it - ghosts, skeletons and lots more! Can you find objects in the haunted house? Click on level 1 or level 2
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• And A Halloween story: The Magic Spell.
• Billy and Tom are pretending to be wizards. They are making a magic potion. Watch, read and listen to the story. Will the magic spell work?
• Have you finished the story? Print an activity to do (164KB) 
• Here you can read about Halloween from Around the World
• The New York Times has a spooky slide show about Halloween with great photos!
• How to videos about Halloween at Videojug
• Halloween postcards

Now, it's your turn.. these are great resources for you to write your own Halloween post. What are you waiting for? Go ahead and don't forget to let me know and your classmates you posted about Halloween.

Keep on shining Love and Peace..even on Halloween night... giggles!
Doris3m 

The Art of Writing, A film by Yu Ji.

This is a story told in a different way. What's different? Can you tell us?



Now, that you had watched it. Would you write about it? What happens in it? Let's talk about it?

Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m

Coldplay - The Scientist

Beautiful song for everybody... come on sing it with me...!

Blog Action Day ... How did we do?

Thank you for participating in Blog Action Day 2009!

Total Bloggers from Venezuela: 76.
Total bloggers from URBE: 14

These are their blogs... Visit them and learn a little bit more about these important issue: Climate Change. Thaye shared powerpoint presentations, videos and songs.

Patricia Vilchez http://mibookenglish.blogspot.com
Alexis Gonzales http://alexisgonzalezfer.blogspot.com/
 http://t-w-a-o.blogspot.com/
Norma Garcia http://garcianorma12.blogspot.com/
Daniel Medina http://www.danielmedina25.blogspot.com/
Amarilis Martinez http://amarilismartinez.blogspot.com/
aurelina fernandez http://aurelina18.blogspot.com/
Dianheidys Bastidas http://dianheidys.blogspot.com/
Carlos Carrizo http://www.carloscarrizo.blogspot.com/
Iraida Abreu http://iraidaabreu.blogspot.com/
Jose Prado http://joseprado711.blogspot.com/
Maria Ollarves http://ollarvesmaria.blogspot.com/
Ernesto Melendez http://ermelendez17.blogspot.com/
Gabriela Fuenmayor http://gabrielafuenmayor.blogspot.com/

Keep on thinking green... everybody!

Beds Are Burning - TckTckTck Campaign (time4climatejustice)

Taken from Wikipedia...

On October 2 2009, 60 musicians and celebrities from around the world released a free reworked version to highlight climate change issues ahead of the United Nation's talks in Copenhagen. Singers included Lily Allen, Simon Le Bon from the '80s group Duran Duran and Bob Geldof. The former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and French actress Marion Cotillard also added their voices to the cover version. The song is part of Global Humanitarian Forum tck tck tck time for climate justice campaign and is a part of the greater "TckTckTck" project^[3], which aims to draw attention to the urgency of the global warming crisis, by signing a "musical petition" with each download.

It's for the Earth is for our land........! Let's sing it out loud! keep on shining Love and Peace!

HOME (English with subtitles)

Blog Action Day is here! This is an excellent documentary... beautiful to watch and will help us understand what's going on with climate change. What I liked the most is that it tells us what's happening but at the same time, it offers solutions and give us hope... Let's unite small actions to make a difference.

Are you ready?    I am ready! This is another great page to visit and find out about the United Nations Climate Change Conference in COPENHAGEN next December 7th. 18th

Happy Blog Action Day, Bloggers of the world!

* if you get the notice that you can't see it ... just click on the video and watch it in You Tube.

Blog Action Day! URBE says we are here!

Bloggers from URBE... This is an invitation to participate in the Blog Action Day! This year the theme is Climate Change. On October 15th, bloggers from the world will post about this important issue. Let's our blog say what we think about it...



All you need to do is put up a post relating to the topic of climate change on October 15th and link to www.blogactionday.org somewhere in your post. Go to Blog Actio Day site and register your blog. Hope to see you all there...



Climate Change... is happening...Watch the video and leave your comment!


Interesting and powerful ways to get involved in Climate Change  movement:

• Register for the 350.org International Day of Climate Action October 24: www.350.org 
• Learn and act with The Nature Conservancy's Planet Change site: change.nature.org 
• Watch and help promote Current TV's green-themed video journalism at:  current.com/green
• Put yourself on the Vote Earth map and upload your photos, pictures and weblinks to show the world future you want to see: www.earthhour.org/home 
• Join the Greenpeace cool IT challenge campaign to turn IT industry leaders into climate advocates and solution providers:  www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/climate-change/cool-it-challenge

Venezuela Yought Orchestra continues to amaze the world

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Our Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela participated at the Proms 2007. But, what was this Proms 2007? ... Well, according to Wikipedia:

The Proms (also more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC) is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London, United Kingdom.

This was the program that wonderful night:

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 10 in E minor (45 mins)

Interval

Bernstein

West Side Story - Symphonic Dances (22 mins)

Moncayo

Huapango (8 mins)

Márquez

Danzón No. 2 (9.5 mins)

Ginastera

Estancia - Suite (12 mins)

Simón Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel conductor

Let's listen to Dudamel talk about the orchestra:




Reading the reviews of the show, I found the following comment:

The most talked about Prom of the season, however, came from the incandescent young conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela (Prom 48), whose unreserved joy and exuberance possibly distilled the essence of the Proms. These young musicians demonstrated just how accessible and enjoyable classical music can be, and it was impossible for anyone, from absolute amateur to academic, to resist being swept up in the tumult of exhilaration, and will remain my most enduring of Proms memories.

This is where the show in the video took place. For more information on this great event, visit the following links:

• Proms 2007
• Here you can find two excellent articles that tell about the orchestra, Dudamel and Jose Antonio Abreu, the Father of the orchestra: Land of hope and glory and Orchestral manoeuvres. Also, you can visit Dudamel's site

Now, What do you think about our Orchestra?

I Got a feeling- Black Eyed Peas

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

This is a lecture to explai a little or two importat things in Life... Hope you enjoy it ....

Del singing I'm Yours by Jason Mraz (acapella)

This is another version of Jason Mraz's song.. enjoy!!!