Horror Movies (Final Group Project)

Hi there Fellas!

As you may know, this is the end of the course and I certainly think you have done a really good job. You have really improved your English skills and we have had a great time on our way. Lastly, I would want you to use all the information covered to work in groups of 4. Your aim as a group would be to create a slideshow for the class about the best horror films you have ever watched! Try to be as creative as possible and remember to include pictures, excerpts from those movies and even OST songs so that you can get the best grade possible. You can send me your slideshows to my email and we will be doing the oral presentations next week, all right? Thank you so much for your patience and effort, guys, you are awesome!

See you in another life!

Jack

I want to know all your fears!

Hello creatures!

It's Pennywise the Clown, your new friend in Whitechapel! I've been talking to Charles and he told me that you're really improving your English skills! I'm glad to hear that because you will need those in Whitechapel. Today, I want you to share all your fears with me. For this reason, I've created an online board on wallwisher.com so that we all can talk about:

 "The scariest thing that ever happened to you"

I've already commented, so now it's your turn to do so. For this activity it would be useful to practice Present Perfect Tense and the use of Ever. The following link (taken from www.menuaingles.blogspot.com.es) will provide you with a great explanation about it and exercises to practice:

Present Perfect Tense

C'mon! Don't be shy! I am looking forward to know what really scares you!

Good-bye!

Pennywise

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Hi everybody!

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See you!

Jack

Let's read! (Extension Activity)

Hi everyone!

I have noticed that some of you are really into mystery and horror literature. For those interested, I will provide the following links to two of the most important novels of the genre: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Bram Stoker's Dracula. The task for this extension activity would be to write a short essay (300-350 words) talking about the author, characters and plot.  Although they are quite cheap (2,50 euros each, pdf version), some of you might not want to spend that much, that's why this activity is not compulsory. Please send your essays to my email (charles.punk@gmail.com) so that I can tell you personally what I think of it.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Dracula

See you!

Charles

Let's make up a story!

Hello everyone!

Is everything going ok? Do you feel like your English is really improving? I really think so! By now, you all have become really good detectives and mystery experts. For this reason, this week we are going to be writers. The purpose of the following task is to write a mystery tale in a collaborative way, thanks to Google Docs. In the following link you will find the beginning of the story:

"The Murders in Salisbury Street".

 You will have to continue the story, 3-4 lines maximum, in alphabetical order (you all have the list of students of this class) and include your initials in red capital letters as I just did (SRB) so that I can recognize your work. Try to be as creative as possible and don't forget to use appropriate connectors and past tense verbs. Here is a useful link (taken from www.beatricepublicschools.com) so that you can revise some of them:

Story Connectors 

Should you have any doubt, just let me know.

Bye!

Charles

What if...?

Good evening my dear friends!

It's been a couple of days since I last saw you. How have you been? I've been a bit busy killing, I mean helping old ladies. Do you think you are improving your English? I certainly do! Today I'd like to work on Conditional Sentences, and the use of the Second Conditional to express hypothesis. I know you remember that a Conditional Sentence is formed by a condition (past simple form of the verb) and a result ( would + infinitive form of the verb), as in the following example:

If I were a rich man, I would buy an expensive car.

- Important!: remember to use were instead of was for every form of the verb to be in the past simple tense.

There's a great explanation of the second conditional in the following website* in case you want to go deeper:

Second Conditional

*  www.englishgrammarsecrets.com

Whitechapel Alley is a neighborhood full of secrets, mysteries and sudden surprises so you must know what to do if something terrible happened. As you may guess, I want you to create results to the following conditions using the Second Conditional. 

1) If I met Jack The Ripper in the middle of the night I...

2) If I knew who the murderer is...

3) If I won the lottery I...

4) If I went to the USA I...

5) If Jack told me that he is the serial-killer I...

Please fill your sentences honestly and comment this post with your name on it. Should you have any doubt, don't hesitate to contact me!

Bye-bye!

Jack

Let's play some music!

Hi there!

First of all, thank you so much for helping me with the questions of the last post. It's been so helpful and the police are really close to the murderer. For this reason, I've decided to bring you a song to celebrate! The song is called Jack The Ripper (so appropriate, I know) by the famous singer Morrissey (former singer from The Smiths, awesome band). I understand the vast majority of the song but not everything of it. Can you help with the missing parts?  It would be great! Please send me an email with the missing words (charles.punk@gmail.com)

P.D: I would like to know the music and bands that you all like, so please tell me and compare your different tastes and references with your partners, all right?

See you!

Charles

Jack The Ripper - Morrissey

Oh, you look so _____________ slack and wideIll-housed and ill-advisedYour _____ is as mean as your life has been
Crash into my ______, I want youYou don't agreeBut you don't refuse, I know _____
And I know a ______Where no one is likely to ______Oh, you don't care if it's _____And you don't care if you're _____
And oh, you look so _____But ______ you presumed too muchToo much, too _____And if it's the last thing I ever do, I'm gonna get you
Crash into my arms, I want youYou don't agreeBut you don't _____, I know you
Crash into my arms, I want youYou don't agreeBut you don't _____, I know you

Woman murdered!

Hello everyone!

As you might have heard, there has been a murder in Whitechapel Alley. The police have made some questions to one of our neighbors and they got really close to the killer. The problem is that Jack the Ripper has erased all the questions of the interrogation. Could you please help me re-writing the questions? It would be so kind of you!

You don't have to worry because I am going to help you remember how to create a question in English and, of course, all the WH- Adverbs.

Object Question

WH + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Complements?

Ex: When did you go to London?

Subject Question

Who/What + Verb(he/she/it form) + Complements?

Ex: Who killed that woman?

WH- Words

What (to ask about things, objects, ideas)
Where (places)
When (time, dates)
What time (time)
How (manner)
How much/How many (quantities)
Who (people)
How often (frequency)

That's all you're going to need so far. Here is the

Incomplete Interrogation:

 1) Policeman:

Witness: I was in the alley the day of the murder

2) Policeman:

Witness: I don't know how the murderer looked like because I didn't see his face

3) Policeman:

Witness: I think it was 11:00 pm

4) Policeman:

Witness: I was with my wife, buying some groceries.

5) Policeman:

Witness: You can find me at my flat on 13, Plymouth Street.

Do you think you can help me? Don't forget to comment this post with your answers and questions.

Charles

Let's play a game!

Hello my beloved friends!

You are doing great in the alley, you are becoming real Whitechapel neighbors! I was wondering if you'd like to play a game with me, it is quite easy. Try to identify all the words related to horror in this word cloud. Try to recognize at least 5 five words, otherwise you'd better watch your back! Hahahaha!

Jack

Do you want to know a secret?

Hello my dear friends!

I've just noticed that I haven't introduced myself properly yet, my apologies. I am sure you want to know who I really am so why don't you read this little article about me and ask me, in English of course, whatever comes to your mind or whatever you want to know about me? Besides, here is the challenge: underline all verbs and identify verbal tenses. Don't be shy, I won't kill you, will I? Hahahahaha!

Jack

"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the media. The letter is widely believed to have been a hoax, and may have been written by a journalist in a deliberate attempt to heighten interest in the story. Other nicknames used for the killer at the time were "The Whitechapel Murderer" and "Leather Apron".

Attacks ascribed to the Ripper typically involved female prostitutes from the slums whose throats were cut prior to abdominal mutilations. The removal of internal organs from at least three of the victims led to proposals that their killer possessed anatomical or surgical knowledge. Rumours that the murders were connected intensified in September and October 1888, and letters from a writer or writers purporting to be the murderer were received by media outlets and Scotland Yard. The "From Hell" letter, received by George Lusk of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, included half of a preserved human kidney, supposedly from one of the victims. Mainly because of the extraordinarily brutal character of the murders, and because of media treatment of the events, the public came increasingly to believe in a single serial killer known as "Jack the Ripper".

Extensive newspaper coverage bestowed widespread and enduring international notoriety on the Ripper. An investigation into a series of brutalkillings in Whitechapel up to 1891 was unable to connect all the killings conclusively to the murders of 1888, but the legend of Jack the Ripper solidified. As the murders were never solved, the legends surrounding them became a combination of genuine historical research, folklore, andpseudohistory. The term "ripperology" was coined to describe the study and analysis of the Ripper cases. There are now over one hundredtheories about the Ripper's identity, and the murders have inspired multiple works of fiction.

Discover London!

Hello you all!

As you may know, Whitechapel is one of the several districts of London. Take a look at the Voicethread presentation on the following link and let's see how much you know about the City of London: celebrities, landmarks, etc. See you when you're back in the alley!


Jack