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Watch - Upptäck. Meet Claire. Ugly history: The 1937 Haitian Massacre - Edward Paulino. Speaking - Rock Thomas. The Secret to Self-Motivation. My Growth Mindset Lessons Usually Go Well, But What I Did Today Was The Best Yet (Student Hand-Outs Included) I’ve done a variety of different types of lessons over the years about a growth mindset, and you can see most of them at The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset” – along with a ton of other related resources.

My Growth Mindset Lessons Usually Go Well, But What I Did Today Was The Best Yet (Student Hand-Outs Included)

The one I did today, though, was probably the best one yet. Our school emphasizes Social Emotional Learning, and a growth mindset is our focus for September. A number of us are responsible for giving formal SEL lessons to our classes, while other teachers are provided with professional development about how to support it in their classes. Today, I did the lesson with my English Language Learner United States History class. Circle games. They are mostly used with young learners, but teenagers will play them and so will the right kind of adult class: one that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Circle games

Zinc - This Indian woman has given up her entire life to... Screw motivation, what you need is discipline. – WISDOMINATION. If you want to get anything done, there are two basic ways to get yourself to do it.

Screw motivation, what you need is discipline. – WISDOMINATION

The first, more popular and devastatingly wrong option is to try to motivate yourself. The second, somewhat unpopular and entirely correct choice is to cultivate discipline. This is one of these situations where adopting a different perspective immediately results in superior outcomes. Few uses of the term “paradigm shift” are actually legitimate, but this one is.

It’s a lightbulb moment. What’s the difference? Motivation, broadly speaking, operates on the erroneous assumption that a particular mental or emotional state is necessary to complete a task. That’s completely the wrong way around. Best Motivational Video For Students - Don't Count The Cost. How to focus... - Den nakna coachen. #EnglishEffect. Roleplays & drama games for ESL teachers: eslflow webguide. Drama Sites and Ideas for EFL, ESL Classrooms. Drama in the ESL Classroom is a resource site for EFL, ESL teachers who are interested in using drama in their teaching.

Drama Sites and Ideas for EFL, ESL Classrooms

The site contains explanations on drama techniques and links to other sites. Classroom Lesson Plans a great sites full of links to very useful lesson plans. 11 svenskar som skolkade för mycket från engelska-lektionerna. The Daily Show: Extended Interview: Malala Yousafzai. What A Wonderful World With David Attenborough. Talks to watch when you don't know what to do with your life. Tea Consent (Clean) Julia Roberts Just Made One Of The Most Powerful Videos Ever. Games, Activities for ESL Classroom Teaching. Actions, Colors, Numbers Practice Vocabulary Related to Action Verbs, Colors, Numbers, with this ESL War Game.

Games, Activities for ESL Classroom Teaching

Animals, Colors, Clothes, Numbers Review Animals, Colors, Numbers and more with this ESL Vocabulary Dino Game Actions, Present Progressive Game Practice Action Verbs with the Present Progressive with this ESL Fun Game. Bathroom Vocabulary Game Practice Bathroom vocabulary with this ESL Fun Game. Bedroom Vocabulary Game Practice Bedroom vocabulary with this ESL Fun Game. Free English Level Test. Origami Fortune Teller Craft. Carol Dweck - A Study on Praise and Mindsets. Games Zone - online English language games (learn English through games) Classroom Games for Intermediate & Advanced English Learning, Teaching.

A, an, & Articles, Singular/Plural Practice A an the spin using this ESL fun Game.

Classroom Games for Intermediate & Advanced English Learning, Teaching

Adjectives vs. Adverbs with -ly Practice Adjectives adverbs ly using this ESL fun Game. Adjectives & Adverbs Fun Game Practice Adjectives adverbs using this ESL fun Game. The 17 funniest expressions in Swedish (and how to use them) If You Love Bananas Stop What You’re Doing And Read These 10 Shocking Facts. She Was Called The World's Ugliest Woman, Now She's An Inspiration.

By Kase Wickman 3/17/2015 Imagine you’re 17 years old.

She Was Called The World's Ugliest Woman, Now She's An Inspiration

You’re surfing the web, procrastinating. You’re just passing the time on YouTube, watching inane videos and knowingly letting yourself rappel down into the rabbit hole of the internet. It’s nothing out of the ordinary, thousands of people are doing the exact same thing you are right at this exact second. Smelly Facts About Farting That Are Actually Super Fascinating. Marvellous (TV Movie 2014) » Celebrate Grammar Day with this fun quiz! De ser skelett hångla på en skärm. Men sekunder senare… Budskapet är lika viktigt som det är fantastiskt.

Alla kartor du någonsin sett har varit lögn. Herregud! Afrika är ju verkligen helt enormt. Which 'Big Bang Theory' Character Are You? 16 Funny Swedish Insults. 28Jun 2013 Swedes have a colorful way of insulting one another.

16 Funny Swedish Insults

And most of our insults hail from the pre-industrialization time, when most of the population were farmers or worked outside. This means, Swedes love insults relating to dumb geese, stupid donkeys, and gossiping sheep. And in a time when cities were distant, and the countryside was full of peasants, you cannot go far from the forest. Ten common mistakes made by English learners - learn English,mistakes,english. Ten ways talking in English baffles Swedes. Everyone Believes These 16 "Facts" But Unfortunately They're Complete Lies. 1.

Everyone Believes These 16 "Facts" But Unfortunately They're Complete Lies

Chameleons change their color to blend into their surroundings. The five strangest habits of the Swedes. The Local's Oliver Gee has just left Sweden after four years, and reflects on what he found to be the five oddest habits of Swedish people.

The five strangest habits of the Swedes

Swedes are an interesting bunch. Getting The Least Motivated Students More Motivated By Working With The Most Motivated. 5 Games to Make Online Assessments Fun ExitTicket Student Response System. 5 Games to Make Online Assessments Fun Back when I was still using clickers for my Do Nows, students would race to be the first one to buzz in their answers. While I was uncomfortable seeing them rush the assessment, I loved seeing the joy factor. 3 surefire ways to motivate your language learners to do homework. Getting learners to do homework has long been a challenge for teachers. Homework has a negative connotation for learners and with good reason; they view it as an unwanted extension of the classroom that intrudes into their leisure time. I’ve argued on the blog before that assigning too much homework or giving meaningless tasks is detrimental.