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THE GAME OF YOUR LIFE What did your parents call you when you were little? North or South? What did you want to be when you were little? Which do you prefer, talking to people or messaging them? What's the most recent lie you've told? Something you've never done and never want to do. What bores you? What's your favourite character? Have you ever been skinny dipping? Why did your parents give you your name? How long would you like to live? What color is the sky when it's at its most beautiful? What's the best decision you've ever made? What was the name of you best friend at school? What's your quirk? What's the best thing anyone has ever told you? Which song makes you happy every time you listen to it? The joke you always tell. Do you believe in God? What annoys you about the other sex? Your flat is on fire and you only have time to save three things. What's the meaning of life? Are you happier behind or in front of the camera? What's your strangest talent? Do you think your life used to be better?
Race and the three phases of the American Revolution Introduction The social construct of “race” is a good point of entry into American history, as it enables teachers to cover different time periods. The idea is to get students interested: they usually respond well to discussions about race and they have heard of Black Lives Matter and the Civil Rights Movement. In my class, we start with present time and we work our way back to the American Revolution and the Civil War. The concept of race presents a difficulty with regard to its translation: many students believe that they understand the concept of race – which they don’t – because what they understand is the French translation of “race”. We can look at the entire spectrum of American history through the prism of race. The American Revolution brought about some real revolutionary ideals. 1. The beginning of the struggle for racial equality is visible in the Constitution, especially with the Three-Fifths compromise and the slave trade compromise. 1.1 The Three-Fifths compromise 2. 2.1.
How diversified are the accents in France? Games for Learning English, Vocabulary, Grammar Games, Activities, ESL 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. What is Google Jamboard, you ask. (that happened once and it wasn’t pleasant) Word to definition It’s one of my favourite ways to get the students to figure out challenging vocabulary after they’ve read a text or listened to a conversation! Here’s the link to the JamBoardDownload the backgrounds (I’ve put them all together in one file) Ranking This is a great activity to get your students practising function language such as agreeing, disagreeing, introducing opinion etc. Here’s the link to the JamBoardDownload the backgrounds Naming objects For instance a picture of a house like the one below. Brainstorming activities Link to the Jamboard
The Best Shakespeare Videos for the Classroom Here are a few of our favorite Shakespeare videos for the classroom. You can also check out our playlist of favorite Shakespeare videos here (and be sure to subscribe to WeAreTeachers YouTube channel while you’re at it.) Remember to check out these videos yourself before you show them to your students because only you know what will work for the children in your classroom. What’s So Special About Shakespeare? Michael Rosen explains in less than eight minutes why Shakespeare rocks. The Story of William Shakespeare for Kids An illustrated look at Shakespeare’s life, his times, and his works in under ten minutes. CBeebies: Who is William Shakespeare? In just five minutes, viewers get to “meet” Shakespeare and learn a few fun facts about his life and why he became a writer and playwright. The Secret to Teaching Shakespeare The advice that author James Shapiro gives to teachers in this short video is invaluable. Shakespeare for Kids Horrible Histories: Shakespeare Goes to School
Understand what you read English for Kids, Games, Videos, Worksheets, Songs, Apps, For ESL Kids Lessons 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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161.
Comedy in classroom-bring laughter into lessons During a recent class session, my students stared at me with blank expressions, glassy eyes, pasty and pale skin, and jowls drooping. I think I even saw a string of saliva hanging from the corner of one student’s mouth. I was reviewing plot structure. It was perfect except for the fact that I was boring them to death. So I blurted out, “No wonder you like The Walking Dead, you look like zombies.” Suddenly, the students sporadically kicked and jumped and held their stomachs while laughing. We spent the rest of the class learning plot structure while laughing about episodes of The Walking Dead. Inside a classroom, the air thickens with time and words and problems and thoughts, lots of thoughts. Humor in a virtual classroom enhances students’ interest and participation, according to a study conducted by Ohio State University professors of psychology, Mark Shatz and Frank LoSchiavo. The difficulty always lies in the delivery and the willingness of the teacher to seriously bomb. 1. 2. 3. 4.
happy To be happy is to experience happiness: a feeling of contentment or joy. Happy may also refer to: Film and television Happy (1933 film), a British filmHappy (2006 film), a Telugu film directed by A. Music Bands Happy (band), Japanese band formed in 2012 Albums Songs "Happy" (Alexandra Stan song), 2014 for Unlocked"Happy" (Marina and the Diamonds song), 2014"Happy" (Pharrell Williams song), 2013"Happy" (Bump of Chicken song), 2010"Happy" (Leona Lewis song), 2009"Happy" (Koharu Kusumi song), 2007"Happy" (Liz McClarnon song), 2007"Happy" (Ayiesha Woods song), 2006"Happy?" In print Places in the United States Happy, Arkansas, an unincorporated communityHappy, Perry County, Kentucky, an unincorporated communityHappy, Texas, a townHappy Township, Graham County, KansasHappy Isles, Yosemite National Park, California People In business Other uses
Six things I tried out this year which truly enhanced my teaching Here are six things that I have tried out this year which significantly enhanced my teaching and two which, whilst being much less successful, provided me with valuable insight in my students’ cognition and affect. 1. Six things that worked 1.1Teaching more verbs The textbooks and the wordlists that one finds in published instructional materials and on language learning websites traditionally tend to mainly focus on nouns, occasionally throwing the odd adjective here and there. Verbs are usually grossly underrepresented in the published vocab lists. Without verbs the communicative power that we provide our students with is seriously limited. Moreover, by widening the range of verbs we also provide a larger number of cognitive ‘hooks’ for the target nouns, contextual cues that will facilitate future recall. Another benefit of teaching more verbs is that the more our students use them the more they are likely to deploy adverbs – a highly under-taught word class. 2.Things that worked less well