PLATO WEB TV - "IDIOMS AT HOME"

Students were asked to film themselves at home, presenting an IDIOM they learnt and using HOME objects and supplies at the same time. 

IDIOMS & PHOTO project

Project Description: Students take a photo of themselves or choose a photo from their albums and then they combine it with one of their favourite idioms:


A) I'M OVER THE MOON! (I'm very happy)

                       
                                                                                                                  

B) BREAK A LEG!

C) I LOVE CYPRUS! I NO LONGER FEEL LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER!

A) Zeta Ioannou C Class
B) Georgia Charilaou B Class   
C) Susha from Russia, 2011 summer programme 
D) Students from Italy, 2011 summer programme                




D) CYPRUS NIGHTLIFE IS AMAZING!  LET'S PAINT THE TOWN RED!       

                                                       

IDIOMS and CYPRIOT PRODUCTS

Halloumi is our traditional cheese here in Cyprus, just like fetta in Greece and brie in France. It's more delicious when you cook it on the grill but you can also eat it cold. It's salty and bouncy. Now that I started talking about halloumi cheese, one of my favourite idioms comes to my mind. It's very simple and very common. SAY CHEESE! People say it when they want to take a photo in order to have a smile on their faces.

Daria Georgiou E Class

I love potatoes! We cultivate them a lot here in Cyprus, especially in a place called Kokkinochoria.  I like fried potatoes and I enjoy sitting in front of the TV and eating them with ketchup and mayonnaise. That makes my mum really angry and she often tells me: "Stop watching TV all the time! You will become a couch potato!"

Evelthon Pelentrides E Class

"FRUIT IDIOMS" in Limassol Old Market

Last week, we visited Limassol Old Market with our teacher and we had the chance to see traditional Cypriot products. The stalls were full of fruit and vegetables and they were very colourful. Our teacher divided us into groups and told us to choose a FRUIT IDIOM from the ones we learnt in class and use a real fruit or vegetable in our presentation. I chose the idiom "the apple of my eye" and my classmate Anna and I created the following dialogue:

Me (holding a red apple): Do you like apples, Anna?
Anna: Yes! Let's not forget, an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
Me: Do we grow apple trees in Cyprus?
Anna: Yes, of course! We also make delicious apple pies!
Me: I remember my grandma used to make delicious cakes with apples. I loved her so much! She was the apple of my eye!

George and Nicos created a very nice dialogue too! Our teacher asked Anna and me to write it down:

George (holding a banana): Yellow is my favourite colour!
Nicos: Why?
George: I'm an AEL fan! AEL is the best team in Limassol!
Nicos: When did you last watch a match?
George: A few weeks ago! We scored a goal and all AEL fans went bananas!


the apple of my eye: my favourite / a person I really love
to go bananas: to go crazy because of extreme joy

Georgia Nicolaidou & Anna Perikleous - D Class

"IDIOMS" Competition

It doesn't often rain in Cyprus in Spring but now:

Every time I win a prize I:

JUNIOR STUDENTS GETTING INSPIRED! "IDIOMS" COMPETITION, Spring 2011.