FOOD. Recipes.

Are you interested in cooking recipes. Here you will find some useful resources:
http://www.michellehenry.fr/food1b.htm#recipes

CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES

 Ingredients

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package dark chocolate cake mix
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package low calorie chocolate cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
•  
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions

1.     Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.

2.     In a medium bowl, stir together the dark and light chocolate cake mix. Add the eggs and oil, mix until well blended. Roll dough into 2 inch balls, and place them onto the prepared cookie sheet. Flatten the balls slightly with the back of a spoon.

3.     Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until firm. Let cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

4.     To make the filling, beat the cream cheese and confectioner' sugar together until smooth. Spread between two cooled cookies.

VOCABULARY
ounce: onza (medida inglesa de peso)
1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams
cookies: galletas
package: paquete
package dark chocolate mix:  un paquete de chocolate negro
low calorie: bajo en calorías
vegetable oil: aceite vegetal
confectioners' sugar: azúcar glass
preheat oven: precalentar el horno
degrees: grados
lightly grease cookie sheets: engrasar las galletas ligeramente
stir: remover
mix: mezclar
blended: combinado/mezclado
roll dough: pasar el rodillo por la masa
flatten:aplastar
slightly: ligeramente
spoon: cuchara
bake: poner al horno
firm: firme
cool: enfriar
wire racks: recipientes de metal
filling: relleno
beat: batir
smooth: sin grumos
spread: extender

CULTURE. British Authors.

H.G.Wells (1866-1946)

He was an English author best known for his science fiction novels such as The Time Machine, War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man. His later novels became increasingly political and so his earlier novels are more widely read.

Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

She was an English crime fiction writer. She is remembered for writing 66 mystery novels, particularly those featuring the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She is often referred to as as the Queen of Crime and has been called the best selling writer of books of all time. Her stage play, The Mousetrap, holds the record for the longest run ever in London.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

He was an English novelist generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. Dickens' works are characterised by attacks on social evils, injustice and hypocrisy. His books first appeared in serialised form in newspapers and other publications. Some of his most famous books are David Copperfield, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist.

During his lifetime Dickens' works enjoyed unprecedented popularity and fame, but it was in the twentieth century that his literary genius was fully recognized by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to enjoy an enduring popularity among the general reading public.

William Shakespeare (1564- 1616)

Although he is widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language, very little is known about Shakespeare. He invented over 1700 common words and many of the most used expressions in the English language. He was born and buried in Stratford-upon-Avon.He married Anne Hathaway and they had two girls and a boy, but the boy died. His body of works is considered the greatest in history of English literature.

Some of his most important plays are:

Othello, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice (some are comedies, others are tragedies) He wrote 37 plays.

He also wrote 154 sonnets.

SONG. Bruno Mars.

You will listen a Bruno Mars' song. The title is Count on Me. You will have to order the lyrics as you listen to. Then, you will have to complete the missing words. You will practise Future simple  (WILL).
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7707

SONG: Lady Gaga.

This is a video about an interview to Lady Gaga. Then you will find some reading texts,fill-in exercises, listening comprehension and so on.
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7936#a

LADY GAGA's song: The Edge of Glory.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ppoKFVWqUg

ESO 2. MODALS: can, could, must, should.

1- CAN. Remember the uses of CAN we have studied in class: abilities, asking for permission, making a request. You will practise CAN to express abilities:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7223

2- COULD: These are exercises  about CAN and COULD:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7710

3- MUST: The text is about school rules (CAN, MUST, MUSTN'T)
There are things you can do at school and there are things you must do but there are also things that you mustn't do !!!!
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3341

4- SHOULD: to give advice.
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1734

ESO 3.Future Tenses: be going to, will.

These activities are useful for you to understand the differences between GOING TO and WILL:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3135

More exercises about the contrast between GOING TO and WILL:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs18.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs20.htm

Practise the use of WILL and WON´T for future predictions in the context of global warming effects:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7078

Writing e-mails.

Can you write an e-mail? Read this e-mail.Do the exercises. Then, correct them. Finally, write your own e-mail to a friend following the model example:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5394

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5390

First Conditional. ESO 3.

Practise some interactive exercises about the first type of conditional sentences.
http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/preintermediate/first%20conditional.htm

This is an activity to practise the first conditional in the context of environmental issues. I hope you find it useful!:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3226