Online exercises

Useful page with Grammar & vocabulary exercises:

http://www.focus.olsztyn.pl/gramatyka-cwiczenia.html

 

Sad but true ;(

ART & PHILOSOPHY:

https://www.facebook.com/didyouknowpage1/

Euro 2016 - coming soon!

The 2016 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 or simply Euro 2016, will be the 15th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organized by UEFA. It is scheduled to be held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. 
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016

 Groups and schedule:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/european-championship/euro-2016/schedule/group-stage

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/ 

Our Polish team! We're keeping fingers crossed for them ;)

 

ART - some interesting links

American artist John Bramblitt started to lose his sight when he was just eight years old, and he became completely blind due to epilepsy when he was in his thirties. Today, he can’t see shadows or forms, but still has light perception. And so his only escape from depression became drawing. John has developed his own style: he blends the colors of oil paints to specific shades by his sense of touch, and uses textures to navigate the canvas... 
http://brightside.me/creativity-art/this-amazing-blind-artist-paints-fantastical-images-using-only-his-sense-of-touch-139855/

 Ghidaq al-Nizar is an Indonesian artist who makes a thoroughly unconventional kind of art. He creates incredible pictures with coffee, or makes unusual drawings with the dregs of his last cup. 

http://brightside.me/creativity-art/this-is-what-happens-when-an-artist-takes-a-cup-of-coffee-in-his-hands-139155/ 

 20 stunning pieces of street art that make the city come alive :
http://brightside.me/creativity-art/20-stunning-pieces-of-street-art-that-make-the-city-come-alive-135855

http://brightside.me/article/20-powerful-pieces-of-street-art-thatll-make-your-heart-beat-faster-89205/ 

 This famous painting has a hidden meaning no one ever understood until now...
http://brightside.me/creativity-art/this-famous-painting-has-a-hidden-meaning-no-one-ever-understood-until-now-118555/ 

Learn English with the British Council

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/

Questions About World Youth Day

Top questions and answers about World Youth Day 2016 : 
 

CINCO DE MAYO - 5 May

CINCO DE MAYO is a celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza. In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is sometimes mistaken to be Mexico's Independence Day—the most important national holiday in Mexico—which is celebrated on September 16.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo

http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Holidays/Cinco/

http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/cinco-de-mayo/videos/cinco-de-mayo# 

 

MAY DAY

The first day of the month of May is known as May Day. It is the time of year when warmer weather begins and flowers and trees start to blossom. It is said to be a time of love and romance. It is when people celebrate the coming of summer with lots of different customs that are expressions of joy and hope after a long winter...
Read more:  http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/mayday.htm

 http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/May-Day-Celebrations/ 

 

Remembering the Chernobyl disaster

Thirty years ago — on April 26, 1986 — an explosion at a nuclear power plant about 14 kilometers from the town of Chernobyl, Ukraine, killed 28 of the site’s workers and produced fallout that harmed thousands who lived nearby... https://share.america.gov/remembering-chernobyl-disaster/

The 400th anniversary of W. Shakespeare's death - 23 April

William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest ever English writers. Some of Shakespeare’s better known plays include ‘Romeo & Juliet’, ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Much Ado About Nothing’.
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 before moving to London to become an actor at age 21. Shakespeare wrote different genres of plays throughout his career, starting out mainly with comedies and histories before moving on to tragedies as he grew older.
In 1599, along with some fellow actors, Shakespeare built a theatre on the South Bank of the River Thames which he named ‘The Globe’. It was here that many of his plays were performed. Today, visitors to London can still watch Shakespeare plays at the restored Globe Theatre.
William Shakespeare was a very well-known character in Tudor England. It is thought that Elizabeth I was a fan of his plays.

 http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/william-shakespeare

Fun fact: William Shakespeare was the only member of his family that could read or write! ;)
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
William Shakespeare

 Do you like listening to and reading stories? 
 
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/literature-uk/shakespeare-romeo-and-juliet

More quotes of W.Shakespeare :
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_shakespeare.html 

St.George's day - 23 April

St. George is believed to have been born in Cappadocia (now Eastern Turkey) in the year A.D. 270. He was a Christian. At the age of seventeen he joined the Roman army and soon became renowned for his bravery. He served under a pagan Emperor but never forgot his Christian faith.
When the pagan Emperor Diocletian started persecuting Christians, St. George pleaded with the Emperor to spare their lives. However, St. George's pleas fell on deaf ears and it is thought that the Emperor Diocletian tried to make St. George deny his faith in Christ, by torturing him. St George showed incredible courage and faith and was finally beheaded near Lydda in Palestine on 23 April, 303.
In 1222, the Council of Oxford declared April 23 to be St George’s Day and he replaced St Edmund the Martyr as England’s patron saint in the 14th century. In 1415, April 23 was made a national feast day.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stgeorge2.html 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/saints/george_1.shtml 

Quiz : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1945854.stm

 http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=280

                       The Tomb of St George, Lod, Israel
 http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/St-George-Patron-Saint-of-England/

EARTH DAY- 22 April

 'Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children'.
Kenyan proverb

Founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues, Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. The brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson and inspired by the antiwar protests of the late 1960s, Earth Day was originally aimed at creating a mass environmental movement. It began as a “national teach-in on the environment” and was held on April 22 to maximize the number of students that could be reached on university campuses. By raising public awareness of air and water pollution, Nelson hoped to bring environmental causes into the national spotlight. Read more : 
 http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/earth-day

Z okazji Dnia Ziemi kilka wyrażeń ze słowem 'Earth' ;)

Angielski online / e-Metropolitan English

What on earth? - Used to emphasize shock, anger, etc. / Co do licha?
Why on earth? - 'Why' with emphasis

down to earth – practical / twardo stąpający po ziemi
Where on earth? - No gdzie? - z naciskiem
cost the earth – to cost a fortune / kosztować fortunę
Earth to someone (Earth to John) – Hello, are you listening?
Back to earth – to return to a more usual condition / wrócić na ziemię

Queen's 90th Birthday - 21 April.

Happy Birthday Your Majesty!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/16/queens-90th-birthday-when-is-it-and-how-will-it-be-celebrated/ 

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/news/a15233/queens-strangest-powers-and-privileges/

 

The Queen with her five great-grandchildren and her two youngest grandchildren that was taken in the Green Drawing Room, part of the Castle's semi-State apartments. The children are, from bottom left:

Mia Tindall (holding The Queen's handbag), the two year old daughter of Zara and Mike Tindall;
James, Viscount Severn (aged 8) and Lady Louise (12), the children of The Earl and Countess of Wessex and the youngest of The Queen's eight grandchildren;
Savannah (5) and Isla Phillips (3), daughters of The Queen's eldest grandson Peter Phillips
and his wife Autumn;
Prince George (2) and, in The Queen's arms and in the tradition of Royal portraiture, the youngest great-grandchild, Princess Charlotte (11months), children of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

  
The Queen walking in the private grounds of Windsor Castle.

The Queen is seen on steps at the rear of the East Terrace and East Garden with fourof her dogs: clockwise from top left Willow (corgi), Vulcan (dorgie), Candy (dorgie) and Holly
(corgi).

The Queen with her daughter The Princess Royal,
taken in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle.

 https://www.facebook.com/TheBritishMonarchy/?fref=photo

 

  ROYAL IDIOMS WITH QUIZLET :

https://quizlet.com/134264140/flashcards

Primary History - Famous People- Queen Elizabeth II  :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/elizabeth_ii/?famous_monarchs
 
Queen Elizabeth II birthday quiz :)
( http://englishbyann.blogspot.com/2016/04/queens-birthday-with-qr-codes.html )
 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8RJjbkg-weUYmVIOWhCeEVzUGM/view 

Hamlet and Macbeth - short stories and games

Whose ghost does Hamlet see in the castle one day? What does it tell him? Watch and find out! Hamlet is one of our 'Shakespeare Lives' videos, which tell the stories of some of William Shakespeare's most famous plays.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/hamlet 

 What do the three ugly witches tell Macbeth about his future? Watch and find out! Macbeth is one of our 'Shakespeare Lives' videos, which tell the stories of some of William Shakespeare's most famous plays.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/macbeth 

ENGLISH for emails

Especially for students from classes 2a & 2b ;) 
Do you want to write better emails in English for your work? These lessons will help you express yourself and create a professional image in the competitive world of business.
Look here: 

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-emails?utm_source=LEfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=emailenglish 

And a  task for everyone :