Happy holidays!

Happy holidays to all! See you in January.

A quote from Matilda

Mrs Wormwood once said: "A girl should think about making herself attractive, so she can get a good husband later on. Looks is more important than books, Miss Honey."

Do you agree? What would you answer her if you were Miss Honey?

English competition

to all that have done so well at the English competition! You are all going to take part at the state level competition in January 2009. Roald Dahl once wrote: ''My idea of a perfect school is one that has no children in it at all. One of these days I''ll start up a school like that. I think it will be very useful.'' Can you imagine such a school? What do you think about that? Share your opinion with us.

Advent .....?

Ad... what? Anybody knows anything about it? I'm expecting your ideas and answers.... If you click here each day till Christmas you will test your knowledge about how Christmas is celebrated around the world. Have fun!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a festivial celebrated in November.

But when exactly is celebrated and where?

What is it about? (Maybe the picture will help you remember.)

What are some of the traditional dishes that people eat for that occasion?

You will find answers to the above questions if you watch this video or click here and look at the Thanksgiving menu.

Roald Dahl's Matilda

I hope most of you have already read the book. As the date of the the English competition is fast approaching (28th of November), I have a question for all of you who are going to take part at the competition:

What part of the book do you like best and why?

Explain in a few sentences.

And here are some links that might be useful or interesting:

Roald Dahl Quentin Blake

How about blogging?

Hello, everybody!

I've created this blog to practise English in a different way. You are going to find some assignements, short questions to answer, some additional material to practise your English and much more. I hope we'll all have fun learning English :)

And here's the first question I would like you to answer:

What do you think about blogging? Do you have a favourite blog that you follow or is this your first blogging experience?