Food Topic for ESL Kids food topic Learn and practise English vocabulary connected with the theme Food: bread, buns, butter, cake, cheese, chips, egg, hamburger, ice cream, sausages. The Food Unit contains materials to introduce, practise and revise new vocabulary. You can work through the topic-unit in any order feeting your needs, but we recommend this way: 1. learn Study the picture dictionary first. 4. print out Have more fun with our printable materials. Free games and Flash games KabeyokeRun between moving walls to save the girl. BOXINGA simple punching-based boxing game.Controlled with the keyboard. DICEWARSDice-based strategy game. How quickly can you conquer your foes? COCKROACH DREAMCan you swat away 100 roaches before the sleeping man goes crazy? THE HAUNTED RUINSAn awesomely Eighties-style RPG. Synopsis QuestRelive key moments from retro role playing games in this parody of the genre! FairuneFind the four fairies and defeat the Dark Lord. SKATING HEAVENDodge incoming skaters by mouse clicking to the left or right of your skater. DismantlementCan you dismantle the radio with just a virtual screwdriver? ALPHABET DROPPush two alphabet blocks on the same line or column to knock them out. TENNIS GAMEMove using the arrow keys and swing the racket with the spacebar. Chat NoirCan you keep the kitty from running off the game field? School WarsBecome a schoolyard gangster in this realtime strategy game! ROTATE-A-RACERacing game. SprinterA 100 meter sprint simulation.
24 Best Poems to Teach in Middle and High School It can be hard to know which poems will spur your middle and high schoolers into deep, meaningful discussion and which will leave them, ahem, yawning. So we asked experienced teachers to share their favorites—the punch-in-the-gut poems that always get a reaction, even from teens. Here's what they had to say. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. What are your favorite poems to teach? Mastermind type game on-line: Code Breaker With pictures English Teachers: If you would like to use this Question Words wall chart in your classroom, then you can purchase a copy here: Question Words Wall Chart and Flash Cards. The most common question words in English are the following: WHO is only used when referring to people. (= I want to know the person) Who is the best football player in the world? Who are your best friends? WHERE is used when referring to a place or location. (= I want to know the place) Where is the library? WHEN is used to refer to a time or an occasion. (= I want to know the time) When do the shops open? WHY is used to obtain an explanation or a reason. (= I want to know the reason) Why do we need a nanny? Normally the response begins with "Because..." WHAT is used to refer to specific information. (= I want to know the thing) What is your name? WHICH is used when a choice needs to be made. (= I want to know the thing between alternatives) Which dish did you order – the pizza or the pasta? How do you cook lasagna?
The Future of Education Isn’t Free. It’s Open. Listening to the political debates about education in the United States, you might get the mistaken impression that nothing is changing other than costs going up and performance going down. Things are better than you may realize, especially in one area: instructional resources. We are on the threshold of sweeping change that will make it easier for teachers to teach and students to learn faster and more effectively. Advances in learning science are powering a new generation of technologies that, when used by dedicated teachers, improve student performance and extend learning beyond the confines of the classroom. Digital adaptive learning coupled with an explosion of relatively low-cost learning applications has the potential to dramatically lift the performance of all of our students. The bad news, the thing that frustrates so many students, parents and teachers, is that many of these technologies simply do not work well together. The need to support technology standards
How in questions -ENGAMES The word “HOW” is one of the most productive words in English. It helps us create meaningful questions and sentences. The word “HOW” combines with many other words to create these questions. In this post I try to introduce the basic phrases “How much”, “How many”, “How often”, “How well”, “How long”, “How far” and “How old”. How in questions – mindmap Here the students can practise the basic usage of the word HOW in questions. The way you can create questions with how. In the first game your task is to complete the questions with the correct word. Teacher Invaders In the second game you should choose the correct answer and shoot only the BAD ducks. Shooting game I hope that by now you know all the basic usages of the word HOW.
10 Favorite Educational YouTube Channels YouTube is a powerful resource for teaching and learning – if you know where to look. This list of must-watch educational YouTube channels are perfect for finding video clips to share with students in class or in a flipped learning environment. As opposed to an individual video, channels are created by individuals and organizations and are full of related content. You’ll also find resources for educators to help boost content knowledge and introduce teaching strategies. TED-Ed What I love most about TED-Ed videos are how they address questions from our everyday lives. Topics include “Does grammar matter?” Smithsonian Education With videos for teachers and students this channel has lots to choose from. Crash Course This YouTube channel includes videos that provide an introduction to different topics. Discovery Channel I recently featured some fantastic virtual reality videos from Discovery but their YouTube channel is equally awesome. A couple more to check out: Author: Monica
Question Words - What, where, Who, why, when, which, how, Grammar Activity Practice Question Words - What, where, Who, why, when, which, how, in this Grammar Activity, using this ESL Grammar Interactive Monkey Fun Game for elementary and pre-intermediate. ESL Learners and Teachers can use it to review English vocabulary and grammar or simply practice these words. This Sentence Monkey activity is great for this type of grammar practice. There are images and in some cases audio in these types of games. Drag and drop the words into the correct spaces to complete the sentence. After that, click SUBMIT. Games are great for motivating students to learn. More Games
3 ways to involve students in your ed-tech PD If you’re not including your students in teachers’ PD, you’re missing a key opportunity Whenever I’m invited to a school or district to talk with teachers about using technology, I’ll ask the principal or superintendent if I can meet with a group of students to prepare first. Often, my request is met with a puzzled reply: “You realize that we want you to come talk to our teachers, right? Showing teachers how to use the technology itself—what buttons to push, what features to use—isn’t the real challenge in ed-tech professional development. Involving your students in ed-tech PD can be very powerful. Have teachers observe others as they teach with technology One of the techniques I like to use is to have teachers watch as I teach a class. Sometimes, what I don’t do is just as important as what I do. The interaction between teachers and students can be very rich, giving observers a better understanding of the issues they’re likely to face in their own classrooms.
309 – Sound More Natural! | Happy English Podcast Learn English Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: iTunes | I drove to Boston last weekend. Photo Credit: Stephen R. Pellerine Photography on Facebook & Instagram For today’s English lesson, let’s have a look at how to sound more natural when you talk about activities. Here are the example sentences. Tommy: Hey Jack How was your weekend? If you know anyone who has trouble with this English language point, why not help them out! Get My Books in Paperback and eBook Format