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THE ALPHABET
The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet
a)Read this poem and put the verbs in the infinitive into the PAST SIMPLE form then click on the link underneath to check your answers:
A APPLE PIE
BY KATE GREENAWAY
AN OLD FASHIONED ALPHABET BOOK
answers
b)Now choose your favourite fruit/ flower, or an object you are very fond of and make up your own poem using some of these verbs or new ones in the past form.These will have to describe real or imaginary actions but beginning with the right letter so that the verbs in the lines are alphabetically arranged.
If ,in spite of listening to the song you still didn´t manage to get all the words , go all the way down up to the bottom of the blog page and you´ll find the whole lyric.
A APPLE PIE
BY KATE GREENAWAY
AN OLD FASHIONED ALPHABET BOOK
A _______(BE) an apple pie;
B ______(BITE) it; C ______(CUT) it; D ______(DEAL) it; E ______(EAT) it; F ______(FIGHT) for it; G ______(GET) it; H ______(HAVE)it; I _______(INSPECT) it; J _______(JUMP) for it; K ______(KEEP) it; L ______(LONG) for it; |
M ________(MOURN) for it;
N ________(NOD) at it; O ________(OPEN) it; P ________(PEEP) in it; Q ________(QUARTER) it; R ________(RUN) for it; S ________ (STEAL) it; T ________(TAKE) it; U ________(UPSET) it V ________(VIEW) it; W ________(WANT) it; X, Y, Z, all ____(HAVE) a large slice and _____(GO) off to bed |
b)Now choose your favourite fruit/ flower, or an object you are very fond of and make up your own poem using some of these verbs or new ones in the past form.These will have to describe real or imaginary actions but beginning with the right letter so that the verbs in the lines are alphabetically arranged.
Animal Alphabet Song - The Hollow Trees
Label the pictures with animal names and you´ll get the missing words of the lyric.Then listen to it and check your answers.
A is for ___ that’s plain to see
A7 D
B is for ____ and bumble ___
D G
C is for ___ and _____ and ____
D A7 A7 D
D is for ____ that barks bow wow
E is for _____ big and strong
F for the ____ in the pond
G for the _____ and ____ of course
H is for ____ and ____and ____
I is for ____ a lovely fowl
J for the _____ who likes to howl
K for the kicking ______
L is for ____ and ____ too
M is for _____ you will note
N for the nibbling nanny ____
O for the ____ who sleeps all day
P for the ______ proud and gay
Q is for ____ and R for _____
S for the _____ enough said of that
T for the tadpole ____ and ____
U for the ____ V for ____
W is for _____ and the _____
X is a cross and Y has a tail
Z for the ____ is can’t be wrong
And that is the end of our alphabet song.
ANIMAL PICTURES:
If ,in spite of listening to the song you still didn´t manage to get all the words , go all the way down up to the bottom of the blog page and you´ll find the whole lyric.
Echoes of The Gashlycrumb Tinies
Now watch the video and listen to that spookyyy people´s names alphabet!
All these people passed away in a tragic way and the poem says how, find the name for the person or persons :
a)who fell down.
b)who suffocated by eating something.
c)who was killed because of a vehicle or other means of transport.
d)whose death was caused by water or any other liquid substances.
e)who was burnt.
f)who was killed by someone.
g)who was attacked or killed by an animal.
h)who was poisoned.
i)who died of sadness or boredom.
j)who died of an illness.
k) who died of exhaustion and tiredness.
l)who was frozen.
m)who died of inebriation.
n)who perished of an explosion.
o)whose death was caused by an object.
Echoes of The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey
By the way, How do you say Criar malvas in English?Look up the answer in the word corner section.
Learning How to Read - The Color Purple
LISTENING:
the story of the English alphabet
Answer the following questions or complete the sentences:
1.The first writing samples date back to:
a) 3000 BC b) 2000 BC c) 2500 BC
2.Where did writing begin?
a) Iran b) Egypt c) Mesopotamia
3.What was the early writing system method called?
a) Proto-writing b) neolithic writing c) hieroglyphs
4.Why was clay used?
Because it was easy to 1______________ 2 ____________ 3____________ 4___________
5.Complete the following sentences with the appropiate words:
These objects were also used for __________ purposes.
The top right hand corner looks like a little ________ or ________ and that´s the sign they used it for recording how much______(cereal) they had.
6.What material did they use to write 2000 years later on?
7.Choose the right answer:
The new inscriptions used more/less signs than the old ones.
8.Complete the following expression with the same word: The earliest form of Chinese writing is the oracle ______(material) script.
They asked the spirit of the animal in the _______to reveal the future.
9.What kind of information did the Chinese get from the cracks?
10.The first writing examples of the Mayans were called:
a.flints b. cliffs c. gliphs
11.The cup was used for holding ________
12.The writing of the side of the cup shows who the ______________ of the cup is.
13.Where did Egyptians write hyerogliphs? On ______________with a brush and ink.
14Choose the right answer:
The Hyerogliphs were the origin of the Arabic/Latin/Hebrew alphabet
15.In which way is the Greek alphabet different from all the alphabets before it?
SONGS:
Curious performed by LSG
a)who fell down.
b)who suffocated by eating something.
c)who was killed because of a vehicle or other means of transport.
d)whose death was caused by water or any other liquid substances.
e)who was burnt.
f)who was killed by someone.
g)who was attacked or killed by an animal.
h)who was poisoned.
i)who died of sadness or boredom.
j)who died of an illness.
k) who died of exhaustion and tiredness.
l)who was frozen.
m)who died of inebriation.
n)who perished of an explosion.
o)whose death was caused by an object.
Echoes of The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey
ALPHABET
A is for Amy who fell down the stairs
B is for Basil assaulted by bears
C is for Clara who wasted away
D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh
E is for Ernest who choked on a peach
F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech
G is for George smothered under a rug
H is for Hector done in by a thug
I is for Ida who drowned in a lake
J is for James who took lye by mistake
K is for Kate who was struck by an axe
L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks
M is for Maud who was swept out to sea
N is for Neville who died of ennui
O is for Olive run through with an awl
P is for Prue trampled flat in a brawl
Q is for Quentin who sank in a mire
R is for Rhoda consumed by fire
S is for Susan who perished of fits
t is for Titus who flew into bits
u is for Una who slipped down a drain
v is for Victor squashed under a train
W is for Winnie embedded in ice
x is for Xerxes devoured by mice
Y is for Yorick whose head was knocked in
Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin
If you weren´t lucky, go down till the very end of this page and you´ll find the answers and the Spanish translation for the text.By the way, How do you say Criar malvas in English?Look up the answer in the word corner section.
THE ANTI-SLAVERY ALPHABET
The Anti-Slavery Alphabet was a poem-based pamphlet that was produced for an 1846 Anti-slavery Fair in Philadelphia
In the January 1847 Pennsylvania Freeman, the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society reported profitable sales at its December 1846 fair of “an Anti-Slavery alphabet, written and presented to the Fair by Hannah and Mary Townsend, of this city.” The slim volume targeted young readers, with the hope of inspiring a new generation of abolitionists.
A is an Abolitionist—
A man who wants to free
The wretched slave—and give to all
An equal liberty.
B is a Brother with a skin
Of somewhat darker hue,
But in our Heavenly Father's sight,
He is as dear as you.
C is the Cotton-field, to which
This injured brother's driven,
When, as the white-man's slave, he toils,
From early morn till even.
D is the Driver, cold and stern,
Who follows, whip in hand,
To punish those who dare to rest,
Or disobey command.
E is the Eagle, soaring high;
An emblem of the free;
But while we chain our brother man,
Our type he cannot be.
F is the heart-sick Fugitive,
The slave who runs away,
And travels through the dreary night,
But hides himself by day
G is the Gong, whose rolling sound,
Before the morning light,
Calls up the little sleeping slave,
To labor until night.
H is the Hound his master trained,
And called to scent the track
Of the unhappy Fugitive,
And bring him trembling back.
I is the Infant, from the arms
Of its fond mother torn,
And, at a public auction, sold
With horses, cows, and corn.
J is the Jail, upon whose floor
That wretched mother lay,
Until her cruel master came,
And carried her away.
K is the Kidnapper, who stole
That little child and mother—
Shrieking, it clung around her, but
He tore them from each other.
L is the Lash, that brutally
He swung around its head,
Threatening that "if it cried again,
He'd whip it till 'twas dead."
M is the Merchant of the north,
Who buys what slaves produce—
So they are stolen, whipped and worked,
For his, and for our use
N is the Negro, rambling free
In his far distant home,
Delighting 'neath the palm trees' shade
And cocoa-nut to roam.
O is the Orange tree, that bloomed
Beside his cabin door,
When white men stole him from his home
To see it never more.
P is the Parent, sorrowing,
And weeping all alone—The child he loved to lean upon,
His only son, is gone!
Q is the Quarter, where the slave
On coarsest food is fed,
And where, with toil and sorrow worn,
He seeks his wretched bed.
R is the "Rice-swamp, dank and lone,
"Where, weary, day by day,
He labors till the fever wastes
His strength and life away.
S is the Sugar, that the slave
Is toiling hard to make,
To put into your pie and tea,
Your candy, and your cake.
T is the rank Tobacco plant,
Raised by slave labor too:
A poisonous and nasty thing,
For gentlemen to chew.
U is for Upper Canada,
Where the poor slave has found
Rest after all his wanderings,
For it is British ground!
V is the Vessel, in whose dark,
Noisome, and stifling hold,
Hundreds of Africans are packed,
Brought o'er the seas, and sold.
W is the Whipping post,
To which the slave is bound,
While on his naked back, the lash
Makes many a bleeding wound.
X is for Xerxes, famed of yore;
A warrior stern was he
He fought with swords; let truth and love
Our only weapons be.
Y is for Youth—the time for all
Bravely to war with sin;
And think not it can ever be
Too early to begin.
Z is a Zealous man, sincere,
Faithful, and just, and true;
An earnest pleader for the slave—
Will you not be so too?
Learning How to Read - The Color Purple
LISTENING:
The story of how we got our alphabets
"From intricate and beautiful Egyptian hieroglyphs, to wedge-shaped cuneiform imprints from ancient Mesopotamia
- our ancestors developed many ways of recording their thoughts and information...
Dr James Clackson, senior lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge, explains about some of the people and places where writing was born."
(BBC)
- our ancestors developed many ways of recording their thoughts and information...
Dr James Clackson, senior lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge, explains about some of the people and places where writing was born."
(BBC)
From Egyptian hieroglyphs, to wedge-shaped cuneiform imprints from ancient Mesopotamia - our ancestors developed many ways of recording their thoughts and information. We might see them as primitive, but these early written languages were instrumental to shaping and forming the alphabets used across the world today. Dr James Clackson, senior lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge, explains about some of the people and places where writing was born.
the story of the English alphabet
Answer the following questions or complete the sentences:1.The first writing samples date back to:
a) 3000 BC b) 2000 BC c) 2500 BC
2.Where did writing begin?
a) Iran b) Egypt c) Mesopotamia
3.What was the early writing system method called?
a) Proto-writing b) neolithic writing c) hieroglyphs
4.Why was clay used?
Because it was easy to 1______________ 2 ____________ 3____________ 4___________
5.Complete the following sentences with the appropiate words:
These objects were also used for __________ purposes.
The top right hand corner looks like a little ________ or ________ and that´s the sign they used it for recording how much______(cereal) they had.
6.What material did they use to write 2000 years later on?
7.Choose the right answer:
The new inscriptions used more/less signs than the old ones.
8.Complete the following expression with the same word: The earliest form of Chinese writing is the oracle ______(material) script.
They asked the spirit of the animal in the _______to reveal the future.
9.What kind of information did the Chinese get from the cracks?
10.The first writing examples of the Mayans were called:
a.flints b. cliffs c. gliphs
11.The cup was used for holding ________
12.The writing of the side of the cup shows who the ______________ of the cup is.
13.Where did Egyptians write hyerogliphs? On ______________with a brush and ink.
14Choose the right answer:
The Hyerogliphs were the origin of the Arabic/Latin/Hebrew alphabet
15.In which way is the Greek alphabet different from all the alphabets before it?
SONGS:
Curious performed by LSG
[J. Gill]
Tumbling dice
Seven on 'em, baby
Yeah, come on, yeah, come on
LSG, LSG
[LL Cool J]
When I rise in the morning and face the sunlight
You bounce all my love and, Uh, it's air tight
Sometimes I'm curious on how you feel
When you're screaming out my name
Is it really for re-ality, originality
My Mentality
Explore every possibility
Let's get down
Shorty time will reveal
The only true test is pain
You know the deal
Love appears like bright lights in the night sky
Disappears in the blink of a teary eye, that's why I'm
'C' caught up in your love
'U' are incredible, your love is a drug
'R' you the one that can hold me down
'I' don't know, but
'O' I like the sound
'U' are amazing, there's no doubt, top it off with a
'S' cause you smooth me out
[K. Sweat]
So get ready
And let me love you
I got the answer
Right here beside me, girl
Love is a gamble
I wanna take with you
So let me win girl
I wanna know what's on your mind
1- I'm curious
About your lovin'
I'm curious
I wanna know what's on your mind, baby
I'm curious
About your lovin', girl
I'm curious
I wanna know what's on your mind, baby
[Busta Rhymes]
Hey yo, I'm so serious
Your whole package baby
Lookin' so rambunctious
Got me wide open to golf
I'm really anxious to get familiar
Get in your subconscious and discuss
The many different various
Issues that affiliate the best of both of us
Word the mother
And as we ride up on the Bus
Conversation is making the whole situation a plus
Just figure it out
Is we dealing wit us?
Or do we capture that feeling that
Makes you curious
About whether or not we minimize the fuss
Just to move on, you must trust in Bussa Bus
And from the bus, horse carriages carry us
Singin' Sarafina, a little ghetto fabulous
[J. Gill]
Lovely Lady
Here's my attention
I've gotta have you
Right here beside me
Love is a gamble
I wanna take with you
I wanna win girl
So let me know what's on your mind
[LSG]
I (oh)
I (oh)
I (oh)
I (oh)
[MC Lyte]
Curiosity killed the cat
Satisfaction brought it back
So how you likin' that
While you're digging on me
I'm digging on your moves
But I'm curious daddy
Can you show and prove
Cuz I wanna feel more than ever what you got
The smell of a cool water makes me hot
Run-dada, he knows the G-spot
And wear me or go dime and forget you're not
Ya see, the way that you be leaves me intrigued
And I do believe tonight you're feeling me
We can make music easily
And I'd readily give you the best of me, see
[LSG]
Whats on your mind baby
So get ready
For my love tonight
I'm gonna make you feel
I'm gonna make you feel alright
Repeat 1
[J. Gill]
L-S-G never hurt nobody (I'm curious)
I like the loving girl (I'm curious)
I wanna know what's on your mind (I'm curious)
L-S-G never hurt nobody (I'm curious)
I like the loving girl (I'm curious)
I wanna know what's on your mind (I'm curious)
Ad lib until fade
Tumbling dice
Seven on 'em, baby
Yeah, come on, yeah, come on
LSG, LSG
[LL Cool J]
When I rise in the morning and face the sunlight
You bounce all my love and, Uh, it's air tight
Sometimes I'm curious on how you feel
When you're screaming out my name
Is it really for re-ality, originality
My Mentality
Explore every possibility
Let's get down
Shorty time will reveal
The only true test is pain
You know the deal
Love appears like bright lights in the night sky
Disappears in the blink of a teary eye, that's why I'm
'C' caught up in your love
'U' are incredible, your love is a drug
'R' you the one that can hold me down
'I' don't know, but
'O' I like the sound
'U' are amazing, there's no doubt, top it off with a
'S' cause you smooth me out
[K. Sweat]
So get ready
And let me love you
I got the answer
Right here beside me, girl
Love is a gamble
I wanna take with you
So let me win girl
I wanna know what's on your mind
1- I'm curious
About your lovin'
I'm curious
I wanna know what's on your mind, baby
I'm curious
About your lovin', girl
I'm curious
I wanna know what's on your mind, baby
[Busta Rhymes]
Hey yo, I'm so serious
Your whole package baby
Lookin' so rambunctious
Got me wide open to golf
I'm really anxious to get familiar
Get in your subconscious and discuss
The many different various
Issues that affiliate the best of both of us
Word the mother
And as we ride up on the Bus
Conversation is making the whole situation a plus
Just figure it out
Is we dealing wit us?
Or do we capture that feeling that
Makes you curious
About whether or not we minimize the fuss
Just to move on, you must trust in Bussa Bus
And from the bus, horse carriages carry us
Singin' Sarafina, a little ghetto fabulous
[J. Gill]
Lovely Lady
Here's my attention
I've gotta have you
Right here beside me
Love is a gamble
I wanna take with you
I wanna win girl
So let me know what's on your mind
[LSG]
I (oh)
I (oh)
I (oh)
I (oh)
[MC Lyte]
Curiosity killed the cat
Satisfaction brought it back
So how you likin' that
While you're digging on me
I'm digging on your moves
But I'm curious daddy
Can you show and prove
Cuz I wanna feel more than ever what you got
The smell of a cool water makes me hot
Run-dada, he knows the G-spot
And wear me or go dime and forget you're not
Ya see, the way that you be leaves me intrigued
And I do believe tonight you're feeling me
We can make music easily
And I'd readily give you the best of me, see
[LSG]
Whats on your mind baby
So get ready
For my love tonight
I'm gonna make you feel
I'm gonna make you feel alright
Repeat 1
[J. Gill]
L-S-G never hurt nobody (I'm curious)
I like the loving girl (I'm curious)
I wanna know what's on your mind (I'm curious)
L-S-G never hurt nobody (I'm curious)
I like the loving girl (I'm curious)
I wanna know what's on your mind (I'm curious)
Ad lib until fade
