Brain Teasers
A girl called GL lives on the eleventh floor of a block of flats. Every morning when she goes to work she takes the lift down to the ground floor. When she comes home in the afternoon, she presses the button for the eighth floor and walks up the last three flights of stairs. How come?
Spraktrollet - Grammar
Search this site Grammar Links to sites with various grammar exercises. For links to specific areas of grammar, please see subpages to this page! Grammar. Printable worksheets, lots of them!
“As You Would Have Told It to Me (Sort Of) If We Had Known Each Other Before You Died”
Audio: Jonas Hassen Khemiri reads. I remember that it was fall. And that it was a weekend.
BATTLESHIP: IRREGULAR VERBS
Much to learn, you still have. – Joda. Despite the evidence that the number of irregular verbs is declining in the English language, there is no danger they will disappear, and the struggle will continue. There are many attempts to find a shortcut in learning irregular verbs, yet with all the options and “magic tricks” available, learning these verbs requires much memorization, drilling and practice.
What’s a smartphone made of? - Kim Preshoff
While recycling electronic waste, also known as recycling e-waste, is the right thing to do, it still has repercussions on the people who are working to provide the service. This article explains a bit about some of those issues: E-Waste Offers an Economic Opportunity as Well as Toxicity. Curious about what exactly is in your smartphone? The Secret Life of a Smart Phone from the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States is a great resource! Take a look to learn more.
Cruel 2 B Kind - how to play (booty variant)
Read the general game description here. Download your copy of the new Booty variant of the Benevolent Assassin's Guide here (PDF). The Rules Here, we explain the basic rules of the game, from start to finish. Your Benevolent Assassin's Guide will explain the finer points of how to interact with other players and with the game's mobile email system during live play. Teamwork The game begins with all assassins working as individual teams of one assassin, two assassins, three assassins, or more.
Educational Games
We have a variety of educational games including word, puzzle, math, geography, arcade, sports, and typing games. Some are educational games (i.e math, geography, etc.) and some are just for fun (i.e. arcade, sports). The games above provided by Ducksters are relatively simple games that are generally puzzle or educational games. They can be enjoyed by most students of all ages. We are always looking into adding new games, so check back often. Click on the first link to see a listing of all the games along with a description and screen shot.
How many verb tenses are there in English? - Anna Ananichuk
While the categories of tense and aspect are commonly thought of as verb properties, there are examples of nominal (meaning noun) tenses. In languages like Guarani, widely spoken in South Africa, or Tundra Nenets, used in Siberia, Russia, nouns have suffixes that give them past or future meaning. For example, ‘a broken vase’ is vase + past tense modifier, literally “what used to be a vase”, a ‘law student’ is lawyer + future tense suffix, and tea is nothing more than past tense leaves.
Study Skills - Life Skills Resources
Lesson: Study Skills In this lesson written by Rob Nicholas, students discuss tips to help them study effectively and consider how they can improve their study and approach to research through using reliable information. Download the lesson For Fun: Learning Styles Quiz What learning style are you? Find out by taking our quick quiz and see what revision techniques suit your style of learning best.
Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth
Ocean solutions: This article pulls together the full spectrum of solutions to ocean challenges, with a handy graphic. Jacquet et al. 2011. Scanning the Oceans for Solutions. Solutions.New models for sustainable, local seafood: Similar to community supported agriculture (CSAs) on land, community supported fisheries can deliver fresh seafood and ensure fishermen get a fair price – see, for example, Dock to Dish, which supports local fishermen and ensures traceability. There are also ways of farming seafood (aka aquaculture) sustainably – see, for example, Greenwave, which has innovated vertical farming of oyster, mussels, clams, and seaweeds. Community-based management: This video focused on industrial fishing, but small-scale fisheries are responsible for around half of the global catch, and are critical to food security, coastal economies, and cultures.
11 Best ESL Resources for Teachers
Expectation: If you’re a native English speaker, then teaching English abroad must be a cinch, right? Reality: Not necessarily! One of the worst misconceptions about teaching ESL is that if you can speak the language, then you can definitely teach it. Teaching English to foreigners is more than just pulling songs out of your back pocket or playing Pictionary. In fact, many countries take English language learning very seriously, so if you want to teach English abroad, you should too! No two ESL classrooms are alike so there’s hardly ever a one-size-fits-all lesson that will reach all your students.
ESL Grammar lesson plans, worksheets, Exercises, Teach Parts of Speech
ESL Lesson Plans & Resources for Kids Free ESL for resources for kids are one of our best offers. Never again worry about lesson plan for young learners because we have free worksheets, Video Slides, Powerpoint presentations , Interactive Quizzes, Games for Classrooms , Flashcards, Kids Grammar, Reading & Spelling Worksheets and More to take off the burden of kids lesson planning. Most links point to our ESL KIDS LAB - www.english-4kids.com, Click here >>> Worksheets for Kids include: Word Puzzles , Phonics and phonetics worksheets, coloring worksheets, video and music worksheets.ESL FOR KIDS We have video slide shows for Young learners in six different grades beginning from easy to difficult.
Bibliography (Classic Short Stories)
Bibliography This is a listing of the stories by author with mention of the books that the stories were taken from or mention of the person who so graciously supplied the story to Classic Short Stories. Bravo!! We have also added a word count for those who have a limited amount of time and would prefer to gauge the length of the story to the amount of time they have. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
50 Blended Learning Resources For Teachers [Updated For 2019]
100 Of The Best Blended Learning Resources For Teachers [Updated For 2019] by TeachThought Staff The following is a compilation of some of our favorite blending learning resources for teachers in 2018 and 2019. Blended Learning Resources: Examples, Ideas, Benefits, and Definitions 1.
