Greta Thunberg (reading comprehension)

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish climate activist.

Why you should listen

In August 2018, Greta Thunberg started a school strike for the climate outside the Swedish Parliament that has since spread all over the world and now involves over 100,000 schoolchildren. The movement is now called Fridays For Future.

Thunberg has spoken at climate rallies in Stockholm, Helsinki, Brussels and London. In December she attended the United Nations COP24 in Katowice, Poland, where she addressed the Secretary-General and made a plenary speech that went viral and was shared many million times around the globe. In January 2019 she was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos where her speeches again made a worldwide impact.

Thunberg tries to live a low-carbon life. Therefore she is vegan, and she doesn't fly. She has been named as one of the worlds most influential teens by TIME magazine.

Answer the questions:

1- Where is Greta from?

2- Why is Greta Thunberg famous?

3- When did Greta start her school strike?

4- How is called the movement she started?

5- How many children are involved in this movement?

6- When did she speak in Davos?

7- What does or doesn't do Greta to live a low carbon life?

8- Is she an influential teen?

Read or listen stories in English

There's a web, called Storyweaver where you can read or listen to stories in English.

To start reading clic on the logo or here.

The second step is to choose the book. You have to clic on Read.

Then, you have to choose the level. I recommend you, at the moment, Level 1 and Level 2.

A lot of stories are shown, choose whatever, but pay attention, only if are in English, of course.

If you prefer listen to the story, you have to clic on Readalong (at the top of the page) and then choose the story.

From now on

Some days ago, we celebrated "La escuela en danza". At the end of this event, pupils from all the province dancing together the song "From Now On" (from the film The Greatest Showman). Here is the lyric video:

Lyrics: 

I saw the sun begin to dim
And felt that winter wind
Blow cold
A man learns who is there for him
When the glitter fades and the walls won't hold
'Cause from then, rubble
One remains
Can only be what's true
If all was lost
Is more I gain
'Cause it led me back
To you

From now on
These eyes will not be blinded by the lights
From now on
What's waited till tomorrow starts tonight
Tonight
Let this promise in me start
Like an anthem in my heart
From now on
From now on

I drank champagne with kings and queens
The politicians praised my name
But those are someone else's dreams
The pitfalls of the man I became
For years and years
I chased their cheers
The crazy speed of always needing more
But when I stop
And see you here
I remember who all this was for

And from now on
These eyes will not be blinded by the lights
From now on
What's waited till tomorrow starts tonight
It starts tonight
And let this promise in me start
Like an anthem in my heart
From now on
From now on
From now on

And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!

And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!

And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!

From now on!

And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!

And we will come back home

And we will come back home
Home, again!

And we will come back home
And we will come back home (yes!)
Home, again!

And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home, again!

From now on!

These eyes will not be blinded by the lights!

From now on!

What's waited till tomorrow starts tonight!
It starts tonight!
Let this promise in me start
Like an anthem in my heart
From now on!
From now on!
From now on!

And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home again!

And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home again!

And we will come back home
And we will come back home
Home again!

From now on
From now on
Home again! (Ooh ooh)

From now on
From now on
Home again!

By Justin Paul / Benj Pasek

Ten fat sausages...

This video is for Year 1: "Ten fat sausages":

Tiger Tales 1. Ed. Macmillan.

Lyrics:

Ten fat sausages cooking in a pan, 

Ten fat sausages cooking in a pan, 

One goes pop and another goes bang, 

Ten fat sausages cooking in a pan. 

Eight… 

Six… 

Four… 

Two fat sausages cooking in a pan, 

Two fat sausages cooking in a pan, 

One goes pop and another goes bang, 

No fat sausages cooking in a pan

What a wonderful world

Here is the What a wonderful world's lyrics:

What a Wonderful World (by Louis Armstrong)

I see trees of green, red roses too

I see them bloom for me and you

And I think to myself what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

And I think to myself what a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people going by

I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do

They're really saying I love you

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow

They'll learn much more than I'll never know

And I think to myself what a wonderful world

Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world

Music and lyrics by: George Weiss / Robert Thiele

Vocabulary: myself / bloom / bright / blessed / sacred / shaking

Now, you can practise with Lyricstraining (clic on the picture below):

Food (dinner time)

Here, you can practise the food:

Games (break time)

Here, you can practice the games:

Jobs

Here, you can practice about jobs. Enjoy it!

The baby wants a mother

Here you can watch and listen "The baby wants a mother".

Word as image

Here, you can watch a video very, very curious... But if you want to understand you have to know the meaning of all the words.

Clic on the picture to watch the video 

The original video from Youtube was cut because some words are not appropiated for children.