Oral Reading Fluency

The Hobbit

Los finales de trimestre son ideales para poner películas y trabajar aspectos que normalmente no tienen cabida en clase o se tocan de refilón. Aquí tienes un repaso por la vida y la obra de Tolkien, así como un buen puñado de actividades para trabajar antes, durante y después de ver la película.

1. TOLKIEN'S BIOGRAPHY
2. WORKS
3. MAIN CHARACTERS
4. THE MAP
5. CROSSWORDS
6. WORKSHEETS
7. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE (ON THE AUTHOR OR HIS WORK)

• THE TOLKIEN SOCIETY
• 10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT TOLKIEN

Present Simple

1. USO: El presente simple, o presente habitual, es el tiempo verbal que usamos para hablar de la frecuencia con la que hacemos las cosas.
2. ACTIVIDADES: Pincha aquí si quieres practicar

Guns N' Roses - November Rain

Todos los noviembres pongo esta canción a mis alumnos, un clásico de los años 90. Me sorprende comprobar que muchos la conocen o han visto el vídeo. Lo que casi ninguno sabe es la historia que hay detrás y lo que significa.

LYRICS

When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same

'Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain

We've been through this such a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain

But lovers always come and lovers always go
An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today
Walking away

If we could take the time
to lay it on the line
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine
So if you want to love me
then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold November rain

Do you need some time...on your own
Do you need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time... on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need some time...on my own
Sometimes I need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time... on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone

And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain

Don't ya think that you need somebody
Don't ya think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks

Un inquietante vídeo que, sin lugar a dudas, no deja a nadie indiferente.

LYRICS

Hey! Hey! Hey!
I don't like walking around this old and empty house
So hold my hand, I'll walk with you, my dear
[Video version:] The stairs creak as you sleep, it's keeping me awake
[Live version:] The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake
It's the house telling you to close your eyes

And some days I can't even dress myself
It's killing me to see you this way

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Hey! Hey! Hey!

There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back
Well tell her that I miss our little talks
Soon it will be over and buried with our past
We used to play outside when we were young
And full of life and full of love.

[Video version:] Some days I don't know if I am wrong or right
[Live version:] Some days I feel like I'm wrong when I'm right
Your mind is playing tricks on you, my dear

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!

Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Hey!
Hey!

You're gone, gone, gone away
I watched you disappear
All that's left is the ghost of you.
Now we're torn, torn, torn apart,
There's nothing we can do
Just let me go we'll meet again soon
Now wait, wait, wait for me
Please hang around
I'll see you when I fall asleep

Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!

Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Dorotea Mele - Lovely On My Hand

Me engancharon desde el primer momento, la canción y el anuncio. Sencillez y plasticidad en estado puro.

LYRICS

Here’s come the time 
through the windows of my mind 
I catch the breeze again 

Tried to find my play 
Tried to leave the game but then again I 

Couldn’t stop to think of us 
I couldn’t move the things how I used to do 
Time lays up the darker sides 
behind the traps of those who win the truth 

My thoughts go far indeed 
I see some shadows on my place 
I’d to come back to my roots 
To let the flowers blow 
To let the flowers grow

Here’s come the time 
day by day we’re writing down 
the story of you and me 

Dreaming on my hand 
lovely on my hand 
to fall in love again 

Forever 
to sing my dreams of you 
together 

To fall in love with you 
Forever

Birdie - Wings

Esta canción no la has escuchado en un anuncio, sino en una serie. Fue la elegida para el lanzamiento de Velvet, de Antena 3

LYRICS

Sunlight comes creeping in
Illuminates our skin
We watch the day go by
Stories of all we did
It made me think of you
It made me think of you

Under a trillion stars
We danced on top of cars
Took pictures of the stage
So far from where we are
They made me think of you
They made me think of you

Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just wanna be by your side
If these wings could fly
Oh damn these walls
In the moment we're ten feet tall
And how you told me after it all
We'd remember tonight
For the rest of our lives

I'm in a foreign state
My thoughts they slip away
My words are leaving me
They caught an aeroplane
Because I thought of you
Just from the thought of you

Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just wanna be by your side
If these wings could fly
Oh damn these walls
In the moment we're ten feet tall
And how you told me after it all
We'd remember tonight
For the rest of our lives

If these wings could fly

Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just wanna be by your side
If these wings could fly
Oh damn these walls
In the moment we're ten feet tall
And how you told me after it all
We'd remember tonight
For the rest of our lives