A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED!!

A friend is someone who knows everything about you and.....still likes you. Do you agree?

Listen to these words related to friendship and learn some new words, then try to do the suggested exercises. http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-friendship.htm

Who are Jason´s neighbours? Listen and drag the pictures to the right floor. Then write a summary of what Jason says about them.
http://www.elllo.org/nine/neighbors.htm

VOICETHREAD.
- What do friends mean to you?
- What makes a friend a best friend?
- Is it easy for you to make friends?
- Do you stay in touch with all of the friends you’ve made
- Is there a difference in friendship between your male friends and female friends?
- Are friends sometimes more important than family?
-- Do you agree with the expression “a friend in need is a friend in deed”?
- How similar are you to your friends?
- At which stages of life is it easier to make friends?
- Are your childhood friends those you have strongest bonds with?
- How often do you fall out with your friends?
- Which characteristics do you like in a friend? Which ones don´t you like? 
 Do your recording about this topic. Use the above questions to help you



Friends. Do you like the series? Here you have one of the most famous examples of friendship on TV. 6 friends sharing their problems, some of them living together, etc.
Watch the following chapter and try to answer the following questions. The chapter is callled "The one where Ross moves in".
1. Which characters interact in this episode?
2. What´s the relation between them? How would you describe them? you can use some of the adjectives seen about personality and appearance.
3. What kind of conflicts do they have and how do the solve them? In which sense do they help each other?
4. Are they real friends? Do you like their sense of friendship?
http://tvflicks.info/friends-season-5-episode-7-the-one-where-ross-moves-in/

Public education is under threat, we have been subject to tremendous cuts.
Education is a right. It is not a business that you can change whenever you want!
Hard times for public education in Madrid. The regional governement is doing lots of budget cuts giving priority to private education and schools connected to the catholic church.
As a result public school teachers are feeling really bad about it because they see that all their effort, enthusiasm and commitment is being looked down on. With the new regulations there are fewer teachers, more students per class and less attention to those students with special educative needs.
Despite all that we have to be strong against all these attaccks and try not to feel too demoralized because there´s always somebody who defends us and public education, which is a balloon full of energy for those who believe in equal opportunities for everyone and in an education free of segregation.
Listen to this speech given by Matt Damon in a Save Our Schools MArch DC in summer.
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