I can't completely claim the credit for this one, my daughter came up with the idea but I am shamelessly stealing it.... 🙂 It's a game that we've been playing in the car - one person thinks of a food... Continue Reading →
This is a vocabulary review / revision activity, that can be adapted for ability and time. I'm currently using it as a warmer, but you could extend it into a more meaningful activity easily enough. I split my class into... Continue Reading →
Last week, I shared four Christmas themed activities to use with your class, either as separate activities, or as a single lesson. This week, I'm doing that again! Here's five activities for you to use with your classes. As with... Continue Reading →
As Christmas is just around the corner, here are four of my favourite activities to do with a class. These are not age or ability specific, as I tend to use them with whichever groups I'm working with that year... Continue Reading →
This is a lesson template that works with any age, level or video clip - as long as the clip doesn't have any dialogue. Short animated videos or clips are best, and there are plenty out there. My personal favourites,... Continue Reading →
The last lesson of the school year is often a tricky one to manage. Often, neither you or the students are in a particularly useful frame of mind - the energy and creativity is dwindling and it can be difficult... Continue Reading →
This is an activity that I used as a warmer with my classes last week with great results! It works really well for vocabulary review, with lower levels, but also with extending and developing the range of vocabulary that exam... Continue Reading →
t's nt lwys tht sy t rd txts tht hv hd ll th vwls tkn t f thm. Whch f crs s wht mks t sch gd ctvty fr th lngg clssrm.* Taking the vowels out of words is not... Continue Reading →
Here's a little test for you to see how good you are at spotting collocations. The words in the grid below can be put into four collocation groups. Can you figure out (a) what the groups are? (b) which word(s)... Continue Reading →
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