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Teach English with Word Games Need to fill a 20-minute gap with an engaging activity that helps students learn and review English vocabulary? Try one of these high interest word games. These word games help students learn and review vocabulary based on a fun puzzle format. As a puzzle, there is an objective and challenge. Teachers can be most productive by resisting the urge to give the answers away to quickly. Most of my students seem to enjoy the challenge of muddling through the brain game, with the occasional hint from the teacher.

Food Vocabulary Writing and Speaking Prompts- Tell about your favourite food. What is it? Tone and Mood in Poetry: OCD by Neil Hilborn Let’s be honest about poetry…students find it boring… groans can be heard near and far when I introduce the unit.. “Uggggggghhhhhh – poetry!? FY FAN! WHY BRIANNE?! How could you dooooo this to uuuuuuuussss…” Intermediate Archives Intermediate Archives - Dreamreader Other Featured Articles The Hand of God July 05, 2019 World Refugee Day Xiuhtezcatl — Earth Guardians Earth Guardians Youth Director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Earth Guardians Youth Director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, (his first name pronounced ‘Shoe-Tez-Caht’) is a 16-year-old indigenous climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful voice on the front lines of a global youth-led environmental movement. At the early age of six Xiuhtezcatl began speaking around the world, from the Rio+20 United Nations Summit in Rio de Janeiro, to addressing the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York city. He has worked locally to get pesticides out of parks, coal ash contained, and moratoriums on fracking in his state and is currently a lead plaintiff in a youth-led lawsuit against the federal government for their failure to protect the atmosphere for future generations. Xiuhtezcatl has traveled across the nation and to many parts of the world educating his generation about the state of the planet they are inheriting.

J-J-J-JENGA With a Twist It is that friggen time again…back to school! Or if you are me… After my quick cry in the bathroom and panic attack about what the hell I am going to do with the little muffins this year- I pulled myself back together and got shiznit in order. In a Heartbeat This lesson plan is designed around a short film titled In a Heartbeat and the theme of love. Students learn and practice expressions using the word “heart”, watch a short film trailer, predict and write a story, watch and discuss a short film, and watch and discuss a video in which elderly people give their reactions to the short film. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Countable and uncountable nouns In this post, I try to explain what countable and uncountable nouns are. When I speak with native speakers of English they often tell me that the concept of countability in English is absolutely natural. “You simply know which noun is countable and which is not.”

English Fishbowl/Socratic Seminar Discussion – The Canswedian English Teacher Ahhh… the fishbowl assignment. I saw an English teacher do this with her class once a long time ago, and was immediately hooked. Why is this is my absolute, most favourite assignment to give students? It covers an insane amount of knowledge requirements – understanding, showing understanding, using strategies for listening and reading, choosing text and spoken language from different media and using it in their own production… the list goes onAuthentic speech – It makes students think on their feet and interact with each otherEvidence – students have to prove their point with evidence and sourcesNews – the students read the news, and use facts to back up their argumentsCritical thinking skills – students move away from just memorizing facts (rote learning), and move towards using higher level thinking How does this work? Watch the video below for a good example of how the fishbowl (or in this case – socratic seminar) should look.

Compound Words Foldable Here is a simple foldable, that students can make, to demonstrate compound words. You can also use this same foldable to show contractions. All you need is A4 paper, scissors, and pencils. Like this: Like Loading...