Teen Magazines

Teen magazines are magazines aimed at teenage readers. They usually consist of gossip, news, fashion tips and interviews and may include posters, stickers, small samples of cosmetics or other products and inserts.

In many countries, teen magazines are aimed almost exclusively at teenage girls. Teenage boys, like adult men, usually buy magazines related to specific activities that they are interested in, such as motor vehicles, sports, or music.

We have been talking about teen magazines in our english class. Here are some covers of those magazines. If you want, you can CLICK on them and read the online version of each magazine.

You can also leave your opinion on teen magazines in the comments area.

Types of movies

Marlene (8ºG) has made this nice presentation about types of films:

Scary movie 4 - the trailer

Here it is! The trailer of the movie made from many other movies!
Can you identify those movies?
Leave your suggestions in the comments area.
bye!!

At the Movies

Do some research and complete the information about these movie characters:



1.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Name:

Age:

Colour of his hair:

Colour of his eyes:



2. Madagascar


Name:

Address:

Colour of its hair:

Colour of its eyes:

number of legs:



3. Shrek 2


Name:

Husband's name:

Father's name:

Place of birth:

Colour of her hair:

Colour of her skin:


4. Shrek

Name:

Wife's name:

Address:

Colour of his eyes:

Father-in-law's name:

Mother-in-law's name:



5. Chicken Little


Name:

Number of fingers:

colour of his glasses:

Wears:






6. Ice Age

Name:

Colour of its hair:

Eyes:






7. Madagascar

Name:

Address:

Eyes:

Hair:




8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Name:

Job:

Wears:

Hair:

passive voice

Great links on passive voice!

Passive voice (with present simple)

passive voice (with present simple)

Passive voice (with past simple)

Passive voice (with past simple)

Fashion

Research done by Paula Cerqueira, 8ºG

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Hi, people! I wish you all a happy Valentine's Day!!!! Enjoy these two ROMANTIC video clips!!!! Eh Eh Eh ! byyyyyeeee

IF-CLAUSES

Better later than never!

Here are some links you can access to do some exercises on if-clauses!

Don't forget to study for your English test... and good work!!

E-kisses

• If-clauses type 1
• if-clauses type 2
• if-clauses type 1 and 2

You can find more exercises at http://www.ego4u.com/

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

A great new link to study these two verb tenses!!

Good work!!

Click HERE

Present Perfect Simple

We have been studying the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE in our class. Now it's your turn to put yourself to the test!

Try to do these exercises. When you finish you will be prepared to do any exercise about this verb tense!

Click HERE and ...Good Work

Orthorexia... do you know what it is?

Raquel Soares has made some research and found out that:

Orthorexia

“The disease is characterized by an exaggerated concern about the type of food consumed. The orthorexics believe that only natural food (many vegetables, cereals, canned meat) are good for the body. Although the benefits of this type of food have already been proved, orthorexics end up harming themselves by taking food to a extreme rigidity.
The problem begins when the concern about food starts to take much of the day of these individuals. The orthorexics do not measure efforts to buy their food: they travel long distances and pay much higher than the real value of common food. Besides, these people refuse to eat in their friends’ houses and relatives for not knowing what will be served.
When failing to comply with their objectives they are taken by great feelings of guilt and then become even more radical, which shows the character of their unhealthy behaviour.”

Raquel Soares, nº24, 8ºG

another good work!

Marlene Santos (8ºG, nº21) wants to share this drawing with us!
Good work, Marlene!

Anorexia and bulimia - a video

We have been talking about anorexia and bulimia in class and some of you have already made some research on the topic. Now here is a video about these eating disorders. Watch it and learn more about these illnesses

adjectives

Hi people!

If you want to test your knowledge about the degree of adjectives, here is a site where you can do a quiz!
Enjoy and don't forget to study for the english test!

click here

Englishman in New York, the videoclip

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving - Fact Sheet

Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday in the United States commemorating the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621, after a winter of great starvation and privation. In that year Gov. William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving, and the feast was shared by all the colonists and the neighboring Native Americans. Although similar observances were held locally, they were sporadic and at no set time. After the American Revolution the first national Thanksgiving Day, proclaimed by George Washington, was Nov. 26, 1789. Abraham Lincoln, urged by Sarah J. Hale, revived the custom in 1863, appointing as the date the last Thursday of November. In 1939, 1940, and 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November. When a contradiction arose between Roosevelt's proclamation and some of those of state governors, Congress passed a joint resolution in 1941 decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November. The day is observed by church services and family reunions; the customary turkey dinner is a reminder of the four wild turkeys served at the Pilgrims' first thanksgiving feast.

Eating disorders

Obesity
What is obesity?

Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans, is increased to a point where it is associated with certain health conditions or increased mortality. It’s measured using the BMI (Body Mass Index).

What is BMI?

BMI, or body mass index, is a simple and widely used method for estimating body fat. It is calculated by dividing the subject’s weight by the square of his height
BMI=kg/m2
Where kg is the subject’s weight in kilograms and mis the subject’s height in metres.
The current definitions commonly in use establish the following values:

- A BMI less than 18.5 is underweight
- A BMIL of 18.5—24.9 is normal weight
- ABMI of 25.0—29.9 is overweight
- ABMI of 30.0—39.9 is obese
- A BMI of 40.0 or higher is severely (or morbidly) obese
- A BMI of 35.0 or higher in the presence of at least one other significant co morbidity
is also classified by some bodies as morbid obesity.

What are the effects on health?

Health consequences result of increased fat mass or increased number of fat cells. Increased fat mass:
. Osteoarthritis;
. Obstructive sleep apnea;
. Social stigma.

Increased number of fat cells:
. Diabetes;
. Cancer;
. Cardiovascular disease.

Research done by: Paula Cerqueira, 8ºG

Rainforests

HOW CAN WE SAVE RAINFORESTS


Rainforests are disappearing very quickly. The good news is that there are a lot of people who want to save rainforests. The bad news is saving rainforests is not going to be easy. It will take the efforts of many people working together in order to ensure rainforests and their wildlife will survive for your children to appreciate and enjoy.

Some steps for saving rainforests and, on a broader scale, ecosystems around the world, is to focus on “TREES”:



• Teach others about the importance of the environment and how they can help save rainforests;
• Restore damaged ecosystems by planting trees on land where forests have been cut down;
• Encourage people to live in a way that doesn’t hurt the environment;
• Establish parks to protect rainforests and wildlife;
• Support companies that operate in ways that minimize damage to the environment.

Text written by Ana Paulina Barbosa, nº2, 8ºG

healthy eating

Halloween webquest

Hi there again!

In class we are going to go on an adventure through halloween traditions.

Click on the link below and enjoy yourself:

Halloween webquest