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Story Dice - a creative storytelling tool from Dave Birss As you can see above, you get five story dice (or nine dice, if you prefer), each with a random image on it. Your job is quite simply to turn these prompts into a story. I recommend you try to work with the order they appear on the screen but if you’re finding it tough, you can do some swapsies. 5 creative Google Jamboard TEFL activities! - Level Up your Teaching Every now and then there’s an ICT tool that catches my attention. Unfortunately, the more years I spend teaching, the less frequently I like a tool a lot. Maybe it’s true when they say that you can’t teach an ‘old’ dog new tricks. Or maybe because, with more experience, there is a greater need for actually useful tools with real pedagogical value. In any case, Google Jamboard caught my attention and here is a list of my 5 most favourite activities I’ve been using with my students!

Warmers (with a Business English flavour) Update. Thanks for visiting my blog! I was very happy to learn that this post was shortlisted for Teaching English – British Council blog award. If you decide to vote for it, let them know by ‘liking’ the post on their Facebook page: Last Friday we met together with a group of colleagues at EPAM Systems to share some of the ice-breakers, warmers and games that we use. Sounds from around the Home Quiz How many of these sounds from around the home do you recognise? The answers are at the bottom of the page. There is also a Slideshow version of this quiz. See How to Play for ideas on how to run the quiz and resources for making your own guess the sound quiz. Sound 1 – vacuum cleanerSound 2 – ice in a glassSound 3 – frying eggsSound 4 – spreading butter on toastSound 5 – a microwave ovenSound 6 – unlocking a doorSound 7 – a toilet flushingSound 8 – a stirring a drinkSound 9 – a hair dryerSound 10 – drawing the curtainsSound 11 – sharpening a knifeSound 12 – chopping vegetablesSound 13 – opening a tinSound 14 – sweepingSound 15 – a sewing machine

English by Juanico Scavenger Hunt Ideas: 13 Free Ideas You Need To Try Finding fun scavenger hunt ideas is something I have never worried about before this last crazy year of 2020… In 2020 when we went home for remote teaching, I needed to add some fun to my lessons so that my students liked being in front of a screen learning English. I did it then, I’m trying to do it now.

Breakout room 4-6 by Sonja Górniak on Genially LEt's go on holiday! You have to fly to five corners of the world for five missions and answer many questions to find out the right combination of numbers, which will open the safe. But be careful, each wrong answer means you must start the mission again.Good luck! North America Where do you want to go today? South America 200 Icebreaker questions - The only list you'll need. Share on StumbleUpon0 shares on StumbleUpon Here is our list of icebreaker questions that are perfect for getting a conversation going. Have a look through and choose the icebreaker questions that you think will work best for the person or people you are talking to. Click here for this page en español.

50 Writing Prompts for All Grade Levels The collection of prompts below asks young writers to think through real or imagined events, their emotions, and a few wacky scenarios. Try out the ones you think will resonate most with your students. As with all prompts, inform students that their answers should be rated G and that disclosing dangerous or illegal things they’re involved in will obligate you to file a report with the administration or school counselors. Finally, give students the option of writing “PERSONAL” above some entries that they don’t want anyone to read. We all need to let scraggly emotions run free in our prose sometimes. If your class uses daybooks (an approach recommended in Thinking Out Loud: The Student Daybook as a Tool to Foster Learning), wait for composition notebooks to go on sale at Target, the Dollar Store, or Walmart for $0.50 a piece.