Sesame Street

Five minutes with Sesame Street
After more than 4000 episodes the iconic TV show is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8345690.stm

Sesame Street competition
Answer the questions about this video and enter the competition. E-mail your answers by Sunday, November 15.

Cookie Monster
- What's his favourite cookie?
- What does he do to keep in shape? (2 things)
Elmo
- He's very _______________.
Big Bird
- How tall is he?
- Can he fly?
- What can he do?
- What makes him happy?
Grover
- How does he describe himself? (8 adjectives)
Oscar the Grouch
- Where does his grumpiness come from?
- Where did he get his love of trash?

Michelle Obama in the first episode of the 40th anniversary series of Sesame Street

Mrs Obama appears in a segment encouraging children to grow their own food and eat healthily.

Earlier this year, Mrs Obama - who has introduced a vegetable patch at the White House - launched a campaign to help tackle America's obesity problem.

LISTENING PRACTICE 1

As the saying goes "Practice makes perfect", so let's get down to work.

Go to 6 Minute English and choose one of the programmes from 2009. Listen to it and hand in the following information:

• Title
• Brief summary
• What you've learnt

IMPORTANT: As you can read above, this listening practice is to be handed in in class. Also, for the last point, I'd like you to tell me what you've learnt in terms of language rather than content.

Articles

Different kinds of articles

The or Zero Article?

Now take the quizzes on this webpage:
Grammar Challenge

And, finally, let's use the grammar. Tell us which things you love and hate and why. If you can't think of what to say, have a look here for some ideas.

(from BBC Learning English)

Compulsory Education in Spain

The Spanish Minister for Education suggested that education should be compulsory up to the age of 18. What do you think about this proposal? Leave your comment.

This is Halloween

Did you like the song? I think it's great. Well, here it is for you to sing again and feel as if you were a star.

Universities in the UK

Learn more about universities in the UK.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/britain/070813_uk_universities.shtml

Download the activities you will find on the same webpage, listen to the item of news and answer the questions on pages 4 and 5. Then, you can also do the other activities.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/britain/nab_uk_universities_070813.pdf

Two languages at home

Lupe's family speak Spanish and English. She explains how her family deals with this.

http://www.elllo.org/english/0751/Q775-Lupe-Nieces.html

Do the quiz. Look at the Task Adjuster and choose how you want to do the task.