Things you might not know about Halloween

On this page of the History Channel you can find information about this typical Anglo-American festivity, which has spread acroos the world.
Explore the page and don't miss the sections "Interactive" and "Pictures".
It's Halloween!

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Present simple and present continuous (game)

Try these two games in order to improve your reading skills. Grammar is also an important part of the activity, of course.

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Personal pronouns (subject and object)

What is the matter, boys and girls? Problems with your pronouns?
Try this exercise

Então o que se passa com os pronomes? Cometem erros de principiante nas composições por causa deles. Vamos lá treinar. "É para ontem", como se costuma dizer.

Energy produced from waste

Isn't it fantastic?

Improving your reading skills

 This is a very interesting site for people who want to pratice their English.

The first thing you must do is to register on the site to get access to further reading. You can use your facebook account.

 Next, you will be asked to take a short test which will place you in a given level.

 Start reading and answering questions about the texts. Click here.

Alternative Fuel

Neil Young is a famous musician who is "on the road" promoting ethanol, a type of fuel that can replace gasoline and other fossil fuels. Neil thinks this action is very important to draw the attention of people to environmental problems, such as pollution and global warming. Watch the video here.

If you think you don't know Neil's music, I'm sure you will recognize this song.

 

Action: the process of doing something, especially when dealing with a problem or difficulty

 The hunter on the video has two options: to shoot the bear or perform another action. Listen carefully and follow the instructions. Write the words correctly.

Modern-day slavery

 "According to official estimates there are 21 million people trapped in some form of slavery. From people enslaved by debt to migrants trapped by labour and child brides, we explore the reality of slavery for many people in the modern world" http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/gallery/2013/apr/03/faces-modern-day-slavery-in-pictures?CMP=

  Os alunos do 9º ano lembram-se de termos lido um texto visto um filme e debatido este tema recentemente. Carrega no link acima e observa as fotografias, lendo as legendas que acompanham cada uma.
  When is it going to stop? Can it be stopped? Who can put an end to it?

Webquest - Climate Change

Start here to learn about Climate Change. Some of the links are dead. New ones will be posted in order to accomplish all tasks. Sorry.
We are back with new links to the tasks that replace the missing ones.
Click here to watch video number 1 on task 3. It's about scientists in Antarctica.
Video number 2, also about their work, is here.
 Task number 5 is no longer possible  to accomplish (as it has been designed) because the video about the Summit is gone. We will replace the source by this . More information here (What can we do?) and here (What is Europe doing?).
I hope this is an interesting challenge to you.

Para praticar a compreensão escrita.

 Olá meninos e meninas.
A pedido de alguém que está muito empenhada em melhorar a sua nota (que bom que é ouvir isto), deixo aqui indicação de um site que tem dezenas de textos para lermos e interpretarmos. A partir do Grade 4 conseguem encontrar bons desafios. Nesta página há a descrição de quantas palavras tem o texto, quantas perguntas há para responder e quantas hipóteses de escolha há.
 Mais abaixo, há contos (short stories) com muito interesse.
 Leiam, pratiquem e depois vejam quais as respostas certas (estão lá as soluções e as explicações para aquela escolha)
 Carrega aqui.