COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES

STUDY A LIST OF COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES HERE and HERE ( with sound)

LET'S DO SOME EXERCISES:

• Which nationality? - Multiple choice ( very easy)
• Write the nationality
• Match the pairs ( very easy)
• Countries and Languages - Listening Test 

ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

THE BRITISH ISLES:  GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND 

THE 2 STATES: THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND (4 countries united) and REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

• Do you know the difference between England, the UK (United Kingdom) and Britain? Watch a video to check what you know "What is the difference between England, The UK and Britain?"

• Do exercises:1) read and do exercises about The UK (LearnEnglishKids) 2) listen and complete about the UK (Liveworksheet) 

👀 Watch an old video about Britain, too:

📌REMEMBER

THE UNITED KINGDOM (THE UK) is situated in EUROPE 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THE USA) is located in NORTH AMERICA

👀 Watch 2 videos about the USA:

• Tour the states 

•  Top 10 United States Landmarks

📌REMEMBER

THE UNITED KINGDOM  is a monarchy. King Charles III is the British king. The Prime Minister is Liz Truss. 

 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  is a federal republic country. Joe Biden is the American president. 

REPORTED SPEECH

• You can download the exercises here, with correction ( Perfect-English-Grammar)
• Study and do more exercises here (My English Pages)
• Watch other useful VIDEOS video 1 ( engVid) and video 2 ( Perfect - English Grammar)
• Further practice: Exercise 1- Put in order ( easy); Exercise 2 - reported questions; Exercise 3 - reported questions ( match direct/indirect); Exercises with commands - 4 ( requests-affirmative) and 5 (requests-negative)

SHERLOCK HOLMES

• Learn about SHERLOCK HOLMES here ( Learn English Teens- British Council)
• Watch another video about him. Do some exercises.
• Do some activities about Sherlock Holmes here, too. ( gap-filling exercises)

•  Read a summary of story "The Hound of the Baskervilles here. You can watch the episode on YouTube.
  
• And a vocabulary game "Mysteries of Sherlock homes Museum"
• Visit the website Sherlockology about the BBC series. Watch the trailer of the films at IMDb or YouTube.

> Extra: Watch / Read a detective story ( Whodunnit) called " Murder in a country house". Then, write the end to the story.
> Read some more stories : "Five unusual cases" (difficult) or watch a funny video: "Test your awareness: Whodunnit?"

Volunteering

WATCH THE VIDEOS BELOW ABOUT VOLUNTEERING:







> Other videos are about " Making a world of difference" and 8 reasons to Volunteer ( for a future career). If you're interested in Scouting, here's a nice video. Or watch the video about "Henry and Sam in Kathmandu".
> Read / Listen about Volunteering and do some exercises: "Volunteering helps you live longer", "A charity show"
> Read a Fact File about "Helping others" ( easy)* and " Voluntourism" ( advanced)***

                 

A film comment / review

Write a film comment/ review 
( Year 8 Homework - see the EXAMPLES below)

Write about one film ( around 60/ 80 words) and refer:

• title of the film ( original title in English)
• type of film
• release date
• director
• stars
• summary of the plot
• opinions ( e.g. "I chose this film because I'm interested in.../ I think the film is amazing and the acting is quite good.../ I was impressed by the beautiful costumes... ")

🔎 Search information about films on the IMDb website, for example.

📌 Choose one film (adequate for school) from the films you like.

📝 Write your review. You can refer your favorite part ( scene or actor) or other aspects of the film, such as: the acting, the soundtrack (music), the special effects, the costumes, the photography, the screenplay (story), any awards.

👀 EXAMPLES: Use the model from your Student's Book or from here (Live worksheet).

Read the film reviews of "The Hunger Games", "Skyfall" or "The amazing Spider-man"

🎥You can watch some trailers: Gangs of New York, The Theory of Everything, Frozen or the following ones:

HEAKTH: Staying Fit and Healthy

Read this text about staying fit:
> In pursuit of happiness ( BritishCouncil)

Listen to:
> a man and wife talking about how to stay fit (eel-lab)
> Keren talking about her lifestyle ( ello org)

Learn about a serious eating disorder that affects a great number of teenagers: Anorexia.
Watch the video on YouTube: Katie's real story.


And watch about staying healthy: