This is Halloween!!!

We have many festivities in our country, and one of them is becoming more and more famous as years go by... Halloween! But what do you know about it?


Make a report, a powerpoint or a prezi presentation for your blog, including information you already know and information you discover now.

The report or presentation must include: 

1. Origins 
2. Main traditions in the United Kingdom and the USA
3. Halloween superstitions

Useful links:

• The history of Halloween
• Halloween traditions around the world 
• Halloween facts, traditions and superstitions (links)
• Bilingual dictionary  
• slideshare (to upload your Powerpoint)
• prezi (to make a prezi presentation. To watch an example click here)

Are you ready? Then... go!

My favourite photo

 

This photo was taken by me this summer. It shows the landscapes of a mountain near Sapa, in Vietnam.

I took the photo while me and my partner were doing a 12 kilometer trekking, because we wanted to see the astonishing landscapes and the rice paddies, that is, the typical “rice terraces” you can see on movies. We also visited a Black-H’mong village, an ethnic minority who live in the mountains.

Before getting there, we were walking on a very narrow road surrounded by bamboos for about half an hour. Then, we were climbing a mountain for another hour and a half. After that, we came to the place where I took the photo.

In the picture you can see very different details: on the lower left corner, and on the other side of the river, you can see rice paddies and trees. In the centre of the picture, there is a river.  And in the background, on the mountain, you can see a yellow building, which is the school of the village.

I chose this photo because I really love it. I like the intensity of the colours, and the contrast caused by the sky, the river and the green nature. It is also a great memory of my holidays and a experience I might not live again!

  
Now you have to chose a photo or picture you like to:

• Explain where you took it.
• Describe it a little bit.
• Tell why you chose that photo.

Describing a photo help!

Useful links:

• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/describing_pictures.htm
• http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-91082.php

Describing a photo from Laura Bitrián