English Monkey Paradise

Good afternoon! First of all, good job with the treasure hunt!. This one was a bit different but it almost was like playing an adventure video-game, right?. Let us review the solution: Group 1 : This one was easy: just click on all the times the word "a" had to be changed to "but" to open the door. Once you discovered the hidden text it said to tell the password "4235" to your partners and they will give you yours. Arrange the letter they give you and you have "PAC", your password! Match the pictures and texts to obtain the letter "O". Group 2 : Did you recognise the person this text was about? That's right, Billy Mitchell. Did you look in your booklets for a very important date?. Yes, 1999!. You need the password "4235" from group 1. In return you get a letter "A" for them. Fill in the gaps to obtain the letter "V". Group 3 : Why are some words written in red?. Wh...

Here is the song for this unit! After singing it a couple of times we will not forget how to use "but", right? I put the first half here. The second half is all yours. Will you remind to send it to me so I can put it here? Going to the arcades I can't do my favourite things alone but I than do them with my friends. When we are done with our homework we meet and do many things. I like fun, soccer and games. I like to read books and poems. I like films of adventure and mistery but I don't like the T.V. (Chorus) But above everything I like to spend time with my friends. We like to go to the arcades and we like to play video-games. See you next session!

Good afternoon! Surprise, not one, but two people came to visit today!. I enjoyed all the things they had to tell us... Did you know that making video games was very difficult until very recently? Did you expect that a person would work just in a very particular aspect of a game? I always thought everybody did a little of everything but... Anyway, our friends gave us some good ideas for the decalogue. Why don't we put them to use?

p>Good afternoon! First, something very important, do not forget that we will get a visit next session!. Our guest is a professional game designer! Remember Yoshiro Kimura? Well, exactly the same job!. Isn't that exciting? We have been writing some questions in class today but if you can come up with more at home it will be great! Second, I am sorry about the connection problems in the videocall. At least we got to ask a few questions. Did you write up the answers? We will need them for the final task! Here is the solution for today's fill in the gaps exercise: These are your options : like but arcade professional scores team Fill in the gaps: I don’t like team sports very much [Answer] but I like board games like chess. Sue is a [Answer] professional video-game player. Do you [Answer] like video-games?. Yes, I do. Billy Mitchell played Pac-Man in the [Answer] arcade . He got really good [Answer]...

Good afternoon! We did two interviews today, but there was a catch. We read one and listened to the other!. Here you have the the text, the questions and also the solution to the listening exercise! Sue is a professional video-game player . We interviewed her during a pause in a marathon last Sunday: - Interviewer : Sue, what is your favourite video-game?. - Sue : It is a game called “Planet discovery”. It is about finding trasure. I think it’s beautiful!. - Interviewer : Do you like competitive video-games?. - Sue : I don't like competitive video-games but I like competitive sports. - Interviewer : So you can play sports as well?. - Sue : Yes. I can play soccer, basketball, water polo and specially handball. - Interviewer : What else do you like to do?. - Sue : I like being with my family and my friends but I don’t like being indoors. When I have free time I like to be outdoors. I think it's healthy. - Interviewer : What can you say about your profession?. ...

Good afternoon! Today we reviewed how to say things we like and dislike and how to say things we can and can't do. The new thing is that we learned to connect it all with the word "but"! We are going to be using that a lot!.

Good afternoon! Did you think we would work on video games? No? That's the thing about English: it will always surprise you! This is the text we read today about the Pac-Man champion and the questions we did in class: Billy Mitchell was born in the U.S.A. The first video game he played was Donkey-Kong. He liked it so much he decided to become a professional video game player. Video-game sports didn’t exist in 1977. Billy worked in a kitchen and in the afternoon he played video games at the arcade. One afternoon a new game appeared. The name of the game was Pac-Man. Billy loved Pac-Man and played every afternoon. He tought it was very exciting!. One day he got a very high score. He wanted to become a professional. Billy participated in many Pac-Man competitions. In 1999 he got the best score. Nobody had done that before and he felt a lot of joy. Billy plays many video-games marathons but he also works in his kitchen and has a family. Answer the ...