Tuesday, 30 April 2013

REAL LIFE SUPERHEROES


Here you have the videos we watched in class. Watch them again to do the activities. Which story did you like most?

1. Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.




2. Iqbal Masih's Story.





3. The Diary of Ann Frank Trailer.




4. Teresa Perales: Women's 100 m Freestyle, Final. London 2012 (Paralympic Games).






If you want to know more about real life superheros, check this website: 

www.myhero.com





Sunday, 21 April 2013

YOUR ADVERTS


Here are your adverts, at last! 

Some posters...

By Alejandro Centeno.


By Dalia Iglesias.

By Gabriela Gómez.

By Víctor Serrano.


By José Antonio Senovilla.

By Vanesa Rucio.


By Noelia Escribano.


By Laura Yagüe.

By Adrián Vallejo.

By Jorge Labajo.


By Mario Hernández.


By Nikola Nikolov.


By Adrián Fernández and Rodrigo Martínez.


By Inés Vallejo and Andrea Lobo.


... a couple of power point presentations...


By María Arévalo and Elena Marino.


By Javier Rueda and Jorge Tejedor.



... and finally, some videos. 


By Marina Gómez and Eva Pérez.



By Sergio Carreras.



By Carlos González, Juan Martín and Diego Puebla.


By Pedro de Lucas.




Wednesday, 27 March 2013

ACTIVITIES WITH ADVERTS



Here you have some commercials to do different activities taken from http://eflclassroom.com/. Hope you enjoy them!

COMMERCIAL 1: Honda Car Parts



  • Activity: Identify all the car parts you can.



COMMERCIAL 2: The Force Be With You





  • Activity: Watch the video and then put the following sentences in order:


The boy used “the force” on the car.


He tried to make the doll come to life


The mother and father smiled.


His mother gave him a sandwich.


The boy tried to start the treadmill.


The car started on its own. The force worked!


The boy’s father arrived home.


The boy walked down the hallway.


The boy went to the laundry room.


The boy was in the livingroom with the dog.

    

COMMERCIAL 3: Learn languages (I)




  • Activity: Can you explain the pun used in the advert to create humour? 

COMMERCIAL 4: Learn languages (II)




  • Activity: Name the reasons why learning English is important.

COMMERCIAL 5: Cast Away Commercial




  • Activity: Let's practice some conditional sentences and answer this question "What would you take to a desert island?". Start your sentences saying I would take...

COMMERCIAL 6: If I Had a Million Dollars



  • Activity: More conditionals! Here is a useful song to practice conditional sentences (type II)

TITLE: If I Had a Million Dollars
ARTIST: Barenaked Ladies
 
If I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a _______________ - I would buy you a __________________.
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
I'd buy you furniture for your house - maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a K-Car - a nice Reliant automobile
And if I had a million dollars I'd buy your __________________.
 
If I had a million dollars
I'd build a tree fort in our yard
If I had a million dollars
You could help, it wouldn't be that hard
If I had a million dollars 
Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there ________________________.

You know, we could just go up there and hang out. Like open the fridge and stuff. There would already be foods laid out for us, like little pre-wrapped sausages and things, mmm. They have pre-wrapped sausages but they don't have pre-wrapped bacon. Well, can you blame 'em? Uh, yeah!

If I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a ____________ coat - but not a real fur coat, that's cruel
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you an exotic ____________- yep, like a llama or an emu
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you John Merrick's remains - ooh, all them crazy elephant bones
And if I had a million dollars I'd buy your love
 
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to walk to the _________________
If I had a million dollars
We'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner. Of course we would, we'd just eat more. And buy really expensive ketchups with it. That's right, all the fanciest Dijon ketchups! Mmm. Mmm-hmm.
 
If I had a million dollars - If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a _____________ dress - but not a real green dress, that's cruel
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you some ________________- a Picasso or a Garfunkel
If I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a monkey - haven't you always wanted a monkey
If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love
 
If I had a million dollars, if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, I'd be ___________________.


COMMERCIAL 7: Olympic Relay 



  • Activity: This commercial shows Canada, as the guy makes his way across the wide country. Pause the video and say which activity he is doing. Use the Present Continuous.

COMMERCIAL 8: I Would Run to You
 


  

  • Activity: Let's sing!


"I Would Run to You" Lyrics:

Woman: You're so far away.
Man: You're so far away.
W: Ain't got too much pride.
M: Want you back by my side.
W: Well baby I want that too.
M: And baby I would run, run to you.

W: I would run to you.
M: I would run to you.

W: The first time you talked to me.
M: I knew we were meant to be.
W: And when we finally embraced.
M: Baby, I can't keep this pace.
W: I love you. There I said it.
M: I think I'm gonna need a medic.
W: You filled the hall with flower petals.
M: Why does my mouth taste like metal?
W: Baby I might die without you.
M: Baby, I might die.

W: I would run to you.
M: I'm not as strong as you.
W: I would run to you.
M: I (unintelligible heavy breathing) to you.

W: Love is a speeding comet.
M: I'm in a pool of my own vomit.
W: Love is a perfect vision.
M: This was such a bad decision.
W: Love makes everything serene.
M: Give me all of your morphine.

M: (Spoken)
Baby, I know we said we'd run across the country to be together, but I thought we were being symbolic. Why can't we fly, and meet somewhere in the middle? Like Kansas City? It's the Paris of the Plains...
W: Baby I love you so much that I would run to you.
M: You would run to me? You would run to me!
W: Baby I love you so much that I would run to you.

Together: I (you) would run to you (me).


Thursday, 21 March 2013

THE TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: NIKE


Here are the two videos we watched and compared in class. Which conclusions can be drawn?


VIDEO 1: Nike's commercial




VIDEO 2: The truth about Nike






And talking about working in harsh conditions, in 2008, Radiohead partnered with MTV EXIT to produce a music video for the track "All I Need" to raise awareness of human trafficking and exploitation. Here it is.





Tuesday, 19 March 2013

ADVERT ANALYSIS



This is the advert you have to analyse. You can download the picture so that you can see the details better. Remember: you must hand in the analysis on or before Tuesday 26th March.





Sunday, 17 March 2013

LOGOS



A logo (or logotype) is a design symbolizing an organization or company. It is used for their letterhead, advertising material and signs as an emblem by which the organization can easily be recognized.

There are many logos that you can identify very quickly, but did you know that some of the most famous logos were created with hidden messages in them? Here you have some examples that Marisa brought for her class about Logos.





Amazing, isn't it? As you can see, designing a logo is more complicated than it seems. Here follows a very interesting video about the creation of the logo for the 2016 Olympic Games, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).







Saturday, 16 March 2013

AN EFFECTIVE ADVERT (SUMMARY)



What makes an effective advertisement?


Persuading and convincing someone to buy something is not as easy as it sounds. Apart from the images, to produce an effective advert you have to choose the language carefully.

In the following presentation you have a summary of the different persuasive techniques we have seen in class.