Welcome

Hello everyone! Welcome to your blog! This will be a place for all of you to see the steps you have to follow in order to create your own book. I hope you enjoy!

Free Page

Free Page

We're coming to the end...

On this page you can decide the topic you want to write about. For example,

1) You can write the lyrics of your favourite song
In order to do that you can visit these websites:

A-Z- Lyrics Universe
MetroLyrics

2) You can write a summary of your favourite film / TV programme, series...

3) Any other option that you choose

Evaluation

THE END!

Now that you've finished your book, it's time to see and evaluate the results.

Give your opinion and tell me if you think it's been useful, dynamic...

Then, show it to your parents and write their comments.

Finally, I will write some notes about the presentation, writing, originality, etc. and I will provide a final mark.

I hope you have enjoyed the activity and learnt a lot!

Cover

This is the first page people are going to see so it has to be attractive.

As an example I've written: "All About Me. No one in the world is exactly like me!"

You can write your name, include pictures...

Identity Card

Let's start the book by introducing yourself.

Write as many details as possible so that we can know more things about you. Answer the following questions:

• What's your name?
• What's your surname?
• Where are you from?
• When is your birthday? Check this link to see how to write the date.
• How old are you?
• Have you ever lived in another country?
• What countries have you visited?
• Do you have any pets?
• Who do you live with?
• Have you ever met a famous person?
• What languages do you speak? 
• What's the name of your school?

You can include details such as:

- Academic Year
- Name of your teacher
- Any important detail you want to tell us...

You can add your ALL ABOUT ME POEM with the following information:

Line 1: Firt name

Line 2: Four descriptive traits

Line 3: Sibling/ sister/ brother of...

Line 4: Lover of

Line 5: Who fears...

Line 6: Who needs...

Line 7: Who gives...

Line 8: Who would like to see...

Line 9: Resident of:

Line 10: Last name

Here you have an example:

Carmen
Generous, shy, hard-working, responsible
Sister of Laura
Lover of books
Fears insects
Needs being active
Gives help where needed
Would like to see beautiful lanscapes
Resident of Madrid
Bermejo

My Family

Let's discover your family!


Introduce your own family. You can draw a family tree including pictures of your family members or just write their names in the corresponding place.

Before you start writing, let's check the vocabulary:

Family Members

Complete these activities:

Family - matching
Family - writing

Then, answer these questions:

- Do you have any brothers or sisters?
- What's your mother's name?
- What's your father's name?
- Do you like your family?
- Do you live with any of your grandparents?
- How many (first) cousins do you have?
- How many aunts and uncles do you have?
- Who is your favourite uncle?
- Who is your favourite aunt?


You can follow this example. If you want you can draw your family tree:

My country

Where are you from?


Write about your country and draw its flag. Don't forget to include the following information:

- Population
- Geography
- Currency
- Climate
- Government
- Languages spoken
- Typical food
- Places to visit

You can use this dictionary:

WordReference

You can use these webs to look for specific information:

Wikipedia
Fact Monster

My school, My timetable

Tell us something about your school. You can give us information about:

• What's the name of your High School?
• Where is it?
• How do you get to school?
• How long does it take you to get to school? 
• Do you wear a uniform?
• What's your favourite subject?

Then, write your timetable in English.

Before you write it, review this vocabulary:

Subjects Vocabulary

Practise the words with these activities:
Subjects- choose
Subjects - match
Subjects - complete

My house

Write a brief description of your house and make a list with some of the furniture or objects you can find in some of these rooms.

Before you start, review the vocabulary learnt in class using these websites:

Rooms of the house

Objects in a house

Complete the following exercises:
House - choose
House - building words

You need to answer these questions:

1. Do you live in a flat?
2. Describe you house.
3. How many rooms are there in your house?
4. What is your favorite room in your house? Why?
5. What do you like about your home?
6. Are there any parks near your home? 

My hobbies

Tell us about your likes and dislikes.

Check the vocabulary before writing:

Sports 1
Hobbies

Complete these activities:
Hobbies - choose
Hobbies and sports - game

Write a list of your hobbies and draw some pictures about them.

You can answer these questions, for example:

• What do you do in your free time? 
• How much time do you usually spend on your hobbies?
• Who do you spend your free time with?
• Do you play football? 
• Do you play tennis?
• Do you like watching films?
• Do you prefer listening to music?

My favourites

Complete the following sentences with information about you. Then, compare your answers with your classmates to see your differences and similarities.

• What's your favourite season?
• What's your favourite month?
• What's your favourite day of the week?
• What's your favourite subject?
• What's your favourite book?
• What's your favourite food?
• What's your favourite film? 
• What's your favourite animal?
• What's your favourite colour?
• What's your favourite number?
• What's your favourite TV programme?
• What's your favourite musical group?
• What's your favourite song?
• What's your favourite place?
• What's your favourite sport?
• What's your favourite actor?
• What's your favourite actress?

You can use the dictionary:
Wordreference

What kind of person am I?

How can you define yourself?

First, choose the adjectives that refer to you:

POSITIVE                                             NEGATIVE
Kind                                                        Unkind
Unselfish                                                 Selfish
Hard-working                                          Lazy
Generous                                                 Mean
Confident                                                Shy
Responsible                                             Irresponsible
Healthy                                                    Unhealthy 

Then, try to complete the following statements:

1. I feel special when I ....
2. I feel responsible when I ....
3. I feel lonely when I ....
4. I feel proud when I ....
5. I feel angry when I ....
6. I feel worried when I ....
7. I feel extremely happy when I ....
8. I feel extremely sad when I ....

 If you need any help with some adjectives you can use this dictionary:

Wordreference

My Friends

Introduce your friends to the class. 

• Who is your best friend?
• Describe your best friend.
• What do you usually do together?
• How many friends do you have?

Follow the model and write about the activities you enjoy doing together. You can include pictures.

My Holidays!!

Talk about your holidays. You can include the following information:

Your last holiday:
 - Where did you go?
 - What did you do there?
 - Who did you go with?

Your next summer holiday: 
 - What do you usually do in summer?
 - What are your plans for next summer?

Holidays:
 - Have you ever been abroad?
 - Are you afraid of going abroad alone?
 - Do you prefer to travel by train, bus, plane or ship?
 - Have you ever been on an airplane? How many times?

You can add pictures of you on your holidays or photos of the places you are going to visit.
To find pictures of places you can use this website:

Google Images

In the Future

What would you like to be in the future?

I'd always wanted to be an English teacher and here I am, so what are your dreams?

You can check this website that offers a list of jobs with the corresponding Spanish translation:

List of Jobs

Free Page

We're coming to the end...

On this page you can decide the topic you want to write about. For example,

1) You can write the lyrics of your favourite song
In order to do that you can visit these websites:

A-Z- Lyrics Universe
MetroLyrics

2) You can write a summary of your favourite film / TV programme, series...

3) Any other option that you choose

Evaluation

THE END!

Now that you've finished your book, it's time to see and evaluate the results.

Give your opinion and tell me if you think it's been useful, dynamic...

Then, show it to your parents and write their comments.

Finally, I will write some notes about the presentation, writing, originality, etc. and I will provide a final mark.

I hope you have enjoyed the activity and learnt a lot!