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Watch the video and then try the quiz to check your knowledge.

23rd April- World Book Day

1. Watch this book trailer video for a short animated film based on Lane Smith's It's a Book, an adorable picture book for children that celebrates traditional books. Watch as a book-loving ape and a tech-savvy donkey exchange words.

2. Listen to this piece of text about libraries and do the activities.


Watch this funny video ad that takes place in a library.



3. The book with 11 different endings. Watch the video and take notes. Then watch it again and check your notes with the script.

4. World Book Day in The UK and Ireland. Read about it here.

22nd April, Earth Day 2013

Amazing videos of Planet Earth

Take a moment to appreciate the beauty of our planet Earth for Earth Day 2013.  

Watch this video and learn some vocabulary.

Watch this video about global switch-off for Earth Hour.

An interactive activity.

Cloze tests

I've found these clozes in another teacher's blog. 

  Clozes final de curso

BBC one-minute news

Watch the video and complete the news stories. Check your answers in 'comments'.

-      A special interrogation team is waiting to _________ the teenager suspected of bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is under armed guard in _________   where his condition is described as _________  but _________ .  Police _________  him following a gunfight after he was found hiding in a _________  in a suburbian garden. Much of Boston _________  _________  _________  during the search after his older brother was killed _________ _________ _________ in a shoot-out with police.

-      A powerful _________  has hit the southwest Chinese province of Sichuan. _________  _________  have been trying to find survivors in collapsed buildings. More than _________  people have been killed and _________  have been injured.

-       Italy’s_________  _________ , Giorgio Napolitano, has been _________  to serve another _________  time.

CNN Student News

Watch the news and take notes. Then read the script and check your notes.