Writing SMS

This is how we express ourselves in text messages when we talk to our friends. Try and use them from now on, more than one will be just puzzled!

Here's what these abbreviations stand for:

• RU OK? - Are you OK?
• Y NY? - Yes and you?
• OK CU2DAY? - OK. See you today?
• NO 2MORO WER? - No. Tomorrow. Where?
• @J'S. CUL8TR - At John's. See you later.
• LUV B - Love Bob.
• F2T? - Free to talk?
• N. WER RU? - No. Where are you?
• @ WK. NU? - At work. And you?
• @ HM. CU L8TR? - At home. See you later?
• Y. WEN? - Yes. When?
• @7. TA4N. CU - At 7 o'clock. That's all for now. See you.
• OK. B4N. - OK. Bye for now. 

These emoticons are a way of adding emotion to your emails! This shorthand can express emotions in your text and also save on typing time!

Other phrases - for email or phone:

• LOL - laughed out loud
• BTW - by the way
• IMO - in my opinion
• IMHO - in my humble opinion
• TTFN - ta ta for now [bye for now]

Pumpkin pie recipe

Halloween pumpkin cake recipe

After our food tasting - which was very nice indeed - I'd like to share the recipe I prepared for you, so you can give it a try at home, and surprise your family and friends. I think that what really makes a difference is the spice mix. I used ALLSPICE, a blend of different spice that you can easily find in Great Britain, but not so easily here. To make your own mixture, wikipedia is very helpful. Click the names for the ingredients of MIXED SPICE, aka ALLSPICE. It may seem a bit confusing at first, but just read on.

Well, THANKS so much to those of you who devoted your time to cooking for class or brought sweets and chocolates (yummy!), I really appreciate it and enjoyed tasting your cakes!! I'd love it if you could share your recipes with us. I encourage you to write a comment with the link, or you could send it to me and I'll link the document.

Here goes mine:

Halloween pumpkin cake recipe

The History of Halloween

Halloween in its origin goes back as far as the 5th Century in Ireland. Some of the customs we know today come from different cultures such as Celtic, Catholic and Roman.

What do you know about...?

- Trick or Treating
- Bobbing for Apples
- Jack O'lantern

Find out more in the following presentation. It is just a series of slides and pictures with music on the background. For those who are keen on history and facts. 

And what about the Real History as told from the point of view of historians and researchers? Here is a video from National Geographic that sums up how this festival has evolved throughout the years.

Create your own GLOSSARY

ember       to carve      veil between life & death    

  Samhain      afterlife      trash

Halloween is here!

Well, Halloween is here one more year and we are going to celebrate it! 

Let's have a food tasting of the traditional cakes that can be enjoyed on All Hallows' Eve! I'll bring a lovely pumpkin cake with glacing, what would you like to bake? Don't be shy and show us what a great cook you are!

Click here for recipies

We'll talk about the origins of this festival in class, and learn about how it is celebrated around the world. 

We will also sign along this popular 80's song: 

GHOSTBUSTERS