Booktubes

Booktube is a small community in Youtube that has exploded during these past few years. It is a place in which passionate readers, called Booktubers, upload videos in which they film themselves discussing their favorite books, among other bookish activities. 

Booktube is a place where people share and talk about what they have been reading recently, as well as connect with other avid readers.

Juniors 6 and 7 this year are making audio booktubes to get other classes excited about the stories they have to read. 

Find the links in the comments below to see if they work for you too ;) We've only just started. Feel free to join our project!

Mystery Skype session

Mystery Skype is the global guessing game that gets kids learning about geography, culture, and the similarities and differences of how children live all over the world.

Juniors 7A were the first class EVER in the history of our School to participate in a Mystery Skype session. 

It was a lot of fun and we highly recommend it. Here are some comments from our students and the "mystery" students. Read and get on board!

Asimov's predictions about the future

Watch this video:



And read the following article. 

Writing contest 2nd edition

Submit a clean version of your piece

anonymously in the comments below! 

Please, give it a title.

J6 & J7 June 2016 - Review for the test.

Check out these links for some grammar pratice.

Fairy Tales

FAIRY TALES are a type of short story that typically features fantasy characters, such as dwarves, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, mermaids, trolls, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.  

Watch the trailer of the movie Into the Woods and in the comments below...

1- Write all the references to fairy tales you could identify. Do a little webquest to find the names in English. You may start here.

2- What other elements typically found in fairy tales could you spot? Don't forget to mention the woods!

Writing Contest

Submit the clean version of your piece anonymously in the comments below! Please, give it a title.

To read all the stories, click here.

What Teenagers Love and Hate!

After having read what some teenagers from England love and hate, and getting to know what the blogger, Luke Korn, hates about being a teenager, now it is your turn to express yourselves.

What do you love and hate about being a teenager?

                                     

Reported Speech, an interview.

The Leg of the Lamb by Jóvenes7 Prof Adriana Caruso

Should children's programmes educate or entertain?

Hi there! We've been discussing whether children's programmes should educate or entertain. We 've also written an essay on this issue! Please read it and post your comments :-) Can't wait to see if you agree with us!

J7C

Should children’s TV educate or entertain?

Have you ever thought about  new children’s programmes? It is a fact that children spend a lot of time in front of the TV. Some people think we should take advantage of this and provide education while they are having fun. So, we are going to analyze and develop, in the paragraphs below, the points we have mentioned.

Nowadays, children spend a lot of time in front of TV, so it is a good idea to use that time to teach them things and to encourage them to be curious and creative. Like everybody knows, children imitate what others do, so, if TV is violent, they will learn that. Even sometimes some characters express their own opinions, and those could be rude. Because of that, we should be very careful of what we show on TV. It should make children act on their own, be more independent and critical, and make them think for themselves.
 

Also, TV should entertain, because, sometimes, children use it to have fun or kill time, and if TV programmes only educate, they would be a bit boring for them. At the same time, it is a cheap way for everyone to be entertained without spending a lot of money. 

To sum up, we think that television can educate while entertaining. When we were children, we used to watch different kinds of programmes we found amusing and educative at the same time, so we think it could work nowadays. This proves that there exists a balance between fun and learning, although it is not always easy to achieve.