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The Journey

The Journey
This EFL lesson is designed around a short film commissioned by John Lewis as their Christmas TV commercial. Students practice vocabulary related to journeys and Christmas, prepositions, song lyrics, speaking and writing. I would ask all teachers who use Film English to consider buying my book Film in Action as the royalties which I receive from sales help to keep the website completely free. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Advanced (C1) Learner type:Teens and adults Time: 60 minutes Activity: Watching short film, completing the lyrics of a song, speaking and writing Topic: Journeys and Christmas Language: Narrative tenses, prepositions and vocabulary related to Christmas Materials: Short film and song lyrics Downloadable materials: the journey lesson instructions the power of love lyrics Support Film English Film English remains ad-free and takes many hours a month to research and write, and hundreds of dollars to sustain. Step 1 Have you ever built a snowman? Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Related:  Themes

Christmas Speak English with a deck of cards - Kittys engelskoppgaver Nedenfor kan du laste ned snakkespillet "Speak English with a deck of cards" i en julevariant. Nyhet: Christmas quiz som hører til dette spillet, slik at man kan jobbe med spørsmålene på forhånd finner du her :) Spillet er opprinnelig laget for 4. trinn, men passer garantert for andre trinn også. Dere trenger: Kopier av spillebrettene. Slik spiller dere: 2 og 2 sammen er best, men det KAN være flere som spiller sammen.Spillerne trekker et kort fra kortstokken etter tur.Motspiller leser opp spørsmålet/kommandoen i den aktuelle ruten på engelsk.Den som har sin tur må svare på spørsmålet med FULL SETNING/UTFØRE KOMMANDOEN. Hjelpemidler: Ordbok? Poenggivning: Vi spiller mest for moro og for å få snakket mye engelsk, men elevene gir hverandre poeng for svar med fulle setninger og god utførelse av oppdrag. Et svar bestående av kun svaret UTEN hel setning gir 1 poeng.Et svar med HEL setning gir 2 poeng.Et fantastisk godt svar med hel setning og ekstra detaljer kan gi 3 poeng.

The Heroes Unit: Subunit 1 – Qualities of a Hero and the Heroic Journey – The... This is a mammoth of a blog post, so I am going to split it up into three parts for your viewing pleasure.This unit is on Heroes with three subunits – fictional heroes, modern day heroes and personal heroes. You can go through it in about 2 -3 months. Do me a favour. I was quite shocked when not very many students could identify a hero in their life or even someone to look up to. And that’s how I begin this unit. I push the little muffins by questioning the hell out of them -what’s the difference between an idol and a hero? “Well – an idol is someone you think is really cool.” Yes, but so is a hero. “An idol is someone famous.” But now you are generalizing – what about Malala? “An idol is like a role model, and a hero is like somebody who has helped you in your life.” But couldn’t a hero help you indirectly? Keep questioning them – make them think. There are many other questions you can go through to make them think. Lesson Plan 8A – What is a Hero?

My Favourite Animal This EFL lesson is based on a beautiful animated short film My Favourite Animal by Lara Lee , and another short promotional film for the World Wildlife Fund The World is Where we Live. The lesson practises animal vocabulary, listening and speaking. It works particularly well with younger learners, but is also suitable for older learners. Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) to Intermediate (B1) Learner type: All ages Time: 60 minutes Activity: Listening and speaking Topic: Animals and nature Language: Animal vocabulary Materials: 2 short films Downloadable materials: My Favourite Animal lesson plan instructions the world where we live slides The School for Training is a small specialist teacher training institute in Barcelona, providing innovative courses of the highest quality for teachers from around the world. Find out more about the courses and how to enrol here. Step 1 As a warmer to introduce the theme of animals, tell your students they are going to do an animal A-Z. Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 1.

Home - Mind BELT Hannibal sound designer on how to scare people with music on 99 Percent Invisible. Photo by Sheila Sund/Flickr Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great Los Angeles Red Car conspiracy. Here at The Eye, we cross-post new episodes and host excerpts from the 99% Invisible blog, which offers complementary visuals for each episode. This week's edition—about scary music in films and TV—can be played below. People who make horror movies know: If you want to scare someone, use scary music. There are two fundamental ways to make music scary. The second way horror movie music makes you feel uneasy is to go the other direction: low grumbling sounds. Mix these two and you’re on your way to creating a classic scary soundtrack. Composer Brian Reitzell’s score for Hannibal lives half in music, half in sound design. To produce a revving sound, Reitzell slid his fingers up and down the neck of a bass. Photo by Feliciano Guimaraes/Flickr Courtesy of NBC

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CIVIL WAR - Giving Voice to the Invisible Partipants: Introduction by Margarert Garcia, Hosler Middle School Modified by Cherie Lange, CV Middle School Students will research the "other" groups involved in the Civil War. These people were rarely mentioned or recognized in text books due to their lack of political, social or economic power in this turbulent time in U.S. history Introduction Your publishing firm has just started a new magazine. If at any time during your travels you need help or have questions, remember to contact your editor in chief, in other words, your teacher . The Civil War had a huge impact on the United States as we know it today. There were other people involved in the Civil War of different genders and ethnicity - These people fought on both sides - Union and Confederate.

The Job This EFL lesson is based on an award-winning comedy short film called The Job directed by Jonathan Browning , and the themes of jobs and employment. Students predict the content of a short film, watch a short film and speaking about jobs. I would ask all teachers who use Film English to consider buying my book Film in Action as the royalties which I receive from sales help to keep the website completely free. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Advanced (C1) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 60 minutes Activity: Predicting the content of a short film, watching a short film, and speaking about jobs Topic: Jobs and employment Language: Vocabulary related to jobs and employment Materials: Short film, infographic and discussion questions Downloadable materials: the job lesson instructions top jobs infographic jobs discussion questions Step 1 Write Top Jobs on the board and then ask your students what they consider the best jobs to be. Step 2 Show them the infographic of the top jobs in the USA.

The Four Things Students Need to Create Good Book Trailers Creating book trailer videos is a great alternative to a traditional written book report assignment. In a book trailer video students highlight their favorite elements of a story and try to entice viewers to read the book themselves. Much like a movie trailer that tries to get viewers to watch the full movie, a book trailer should give viewers just enough to be interested in the full story without giving away the conclusion to the story. If you have heard of book trailers and wanted to try having your create book trailers, here are the four things they'll need to get started after reading a book. A script/ outline: Before I let students start to assemble a video, I make them write a script or outline for the video. Images: Your students will want to use pictures in their videos to represent key elements and characters in the books they have read. It's not always possible for students to use images they own. Many of the aforementioned video editing tools offer sound effects too.

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