Giving directions - places in town
An easy to follow handout for students to practice Asking For Directions, Giving Directions, and Places vocabulary.EXERCISES INCLUDED: a) Asking about facilities: Is there a post-office near here? Are there any banks in the town?....b) Asking for directions: Where´s the ….? How can I get to ….? Can you tell me the way to …?
Need a concentration boost? Just look at this picture for 40 seconds
Don't grab a coffee for that concentration boost, just look out of the window. Researchers say that simply looking at nature from your desk for 40 seconds can boost your brainpower. They found even people looking at a picture of screen of a meadowlike green roof saw an effect.
Mrs. Orman's Classroom: Back-to-School Activities to Inspire Creativity
This summer seems to have flown by and I find myself debating different activities for back-to-school. No matter which ones I choose, I do love to inspire creativity in my students from the first day. It's important for them to see that I value and encourage creative thought. So here's a list of some great back-to-school activities you can share with your students. 1. I just uploaded a new freebie today, which is based on an old favorite: Create a Caricature {South Park Style}.
English Conversation – Travel
Travel This is the preparation material for an English conversation lesson about travel and vacations. There is an audio discussion about backpacking with some questions to consider, as well as some common idioms we use when talking about holidays and travel. There are also some conversation questions relating to this subject.
City living 'makes it harder to concentrate'
Cities really do disrupt people's ability to concentrate, suggests research. Researchers from Goldsmiths, University of London have studied a remote tribe in Africa - where some people have remained in the countryside while others have moved to urban areas. It found the urbanised group found it much harder to focus their attention.
Holidays Travel
Holiday Habits ESL/EFL Speaking Activity - Elementary - 30 Minutes In this enjoyable teaching activity, students conduct a survey about holiday habits to review holiday vocabulary and adverbs of frequency. Students begin by creating questions from statements about holiday habits. All of the statements contain an adverb of frequency. Students then go round the class asking and answering the questions on their worksheet.
City vocabulary places around the city English lesson
City vocabulary English lesson During this English lesson you will learn the vocabulary for places around the city. Also learn how to ask basic questions about where certain places are around the city. The city Places around the city Basic questions about the city
Verbes irréguliers anglais : liste complète - Profdanglais.com
Nouveau ! Accéder à la version mobile de cette page sur verbes-irreguliers-anglais.EU The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes. A Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Version anglaise de ce site : English-irregular-verbs.com de cette page : English irregular verbs
Is it better to live in a city or not?
You have already made a list of points both for and against living in a city: Now you are going to use these points to write a short essay. A well-made paragraph usually starts with a topic sentence.
How To Create Sustainable, Pulsating Cities of the Future
SHENZHEN — Today’s cities are not sustainable, no matter how we look at them. To understand these complex, human-made, constantly evolving systems and to make them more sustainable, we need knowledge and the will to change. Rather than adding to the long list of challenges facing the development of cities in the coming decades, here is an optimistic outlook that might actually become true if we can turn challenges into opportunities. This matters: cities have surpassed all other forms of settlement and, since 2008, have become home to the majority of humanity. Pulsating systems between city and countryside The cities of the future will be pulsating.
Take Three! 55 Digital Tools and Apps for Formative Assessment Success
There is no shortage of strategies, techniques, and tools available to teachers who use formative assessment in their classrooms. It’s been over a year since we published our blog on digital tools and apps for formative assessment success and some of them we listed are no longer around. The good news is that there are new tools and apps that are available today that can help facilitate evidence of student learning. Here is an updated version of our list of digital tools and apps for formative assessment success. Share your tools, ideas, and thoughts with us so we can continue to keep this list growing and current. These 55 tools and apps for formative assessment success give teachers (and students) many options and opportunities for classroom success.
Oxford Road Green Corridor
Oxford Road is a major transport route into Manchester. New urban tree planting and green roof installation will help transform the Oxford Road Corridor of Manchester City Centre into a ‘green corridor’. This project is part of a city-wide desire to re-develop a culture of walking, cycling and socialising outdoors in the city. The new street trees form ‘natural signposting’ to this important public transport gateway to the city centre. Certain trees also serve an important role as part of a ‘low carbon laboratory’ concept.
Storyboard language
Basic definitions of terms[edit] Aerial shot: A shot taken from a plane, helicopter or a person on top of a building. Not necessarily a moving shot. Backlighting: The main source of light is behind the subject, silhouetting it, and directed toward the camera. Bridging shot: A shot used to cover a jump in time or place or other discontinuity. Examples are the falling calendar pages, railroad wheels, newspaper headlines, and seasonal changes.
Pages - News
A greener future is on the way for St Peter’s Square as work started to plant more than 20 semi-mature trees as part of the Metrolink stop transformation. Half a dozen trees are being installed in the square this week – between the new Metrolink line and Manchester Town Hall – with more to follow in coming months. The new St Peter’s Square Metrolink stop being delivered by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is an integral part of Manchester City Council’s flagship redevelopment of the square into a major new civic space. The 22 additional trees for the square will be part of a more welcoming public space.
