Peace Day, celebrating 30th january

My alphabet...By next Thurs,29 jan

Remember that you will have to post your OWN PERSONAL ALPHABET with your pregferred words, adjectives which define you, images, and your intentions (New year Resolutions) for the New Year. It´s a dictionary activity which should be displayed in your blog. Try to be as creative as possible. Good luck

JANUARY ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1: What are your New Year’s Resolutions?:
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http://www.123newyear.com/resolutions.html

ACTIVITY 2: LANGUAGES
Happy New year is a universal wish which is expressed in many languages. Can you fill in the table with some of them?
Dutch

Finnish

French

Gaelic

German

Greek

Italian:

Polish:

Portuguese:

Russian:

Spanish: Feliz Año Nuevo

Welsh :

http://wilstar.com/holidays/
http://www.theholidayspot.com

ACTIVITY 3: SHOPPING IN ENGLAND.
What percentage of the money spent in England goes for shopping?
What is the main shopping street in many towns called, where you should head for if you want to go shopping.?
What are the shopping times?
What´s a bank holiday?
Find the names of five of the most famous and well-known department stores in England.
Give the names of three of the most popular London Markets.
London has over 40,000 shops and 26 major street markets to choose from. Complete the following information
Oxford Street (Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus) Oxford Street, London's busiest shopping street, is in the heart of the city's West End. It is the place for buying souvenirs, clothes, and so on.
------------------------ (Nearest Tube: --------------------- ) Overflowing with street markets, entertainment, trendy cafes, English pubs, and small boutiques. A must visit for all tourists to London.
------------------- Road--------------------Road is where book worms go. Mainstream bookshops, such as Foyles, Borders and Blackwells, line the street but perhaps the most unique feature about this road are its rare, second-hand and specialist shops. Foyles is famous for five floors containing thousands of titles.
------------------------ Road The best place for electronics shops and furniture stores.
----------------------- (Nearest Tube: -----------------------) Fashion / Designer boutiques
The cost of living varies from one part of the UK to another. Generally it is more expensive to live in London and the south-east of England, and cheaper up north Britain's currency is based on the pound sterling (£) which is divided into one hundred pence (100p). Could you find the price of these products in England (approximately):

Drinks (in a cafe or bar)
Beer - ------ per pint,
-----------per half pint
Wine - ------per glass
Coffee - -------------
Tea - ----------------
Soft drinks - -------
Bread (400g loaf)

Eggs (carton of 6)

Sugar (750g)

Petrol (gasoline)-------- per litre

Fish and chips

Theatre Ticket

Cinema Ticket


http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/shops.htm

ACTIVITY 4: What are the most typical and frequently bought products in January sales?
http://www.thefrugalshopper.com/articles/seasonal.shtml

Happy New Year

Wish you the very best for the New Year.
A MUSICAL PRESENT FOR EVERYONE:


Playing For Change: Song Around the World Stand By Me from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.