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Browse Content by SOL Browse Content by SOL K1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th Kindergarten SOLs exemples_progressions I am going to participate in a speed meeting to know my English classmates better. I will focus on personality, relationship, wishes and regrets. I am an inventor and I am going to take part in the “Best Invention of the Year” TV contest ! Classroom Alarm Clock Classroom Alarm Clock At seminars I've been sharing with secondary teachers the idea of using a short song as a cue to indicate that it's time for students to pack up. (The Mission Impossible theme song that comes on the CD with the book, Eight Great Ideas, is forty-nine seconds long and works really well for this.) How to Explain Despite Vs. Although So many ways to say the same thing…so confusing for students! English, like all other languages, has many different ways to express one thing. For example, we can say “too,” “as well,” and “also,” and the meaning is virtually indistinguishable. The same is true for these commonly confused words: despite, in spite of, despite the fact that, in spite of the fact that, although, though, and even though. These expressions are all used for the same case: to describe a situation where something is unexpected.

TECHY TEACHER – WHAT THE TECH? » Book Trailers See A Book Come to Life! See A Book Come to Life! Day 1 – Discussion Practicing parts of speech using Mad Libs! I remembered my English teacher from 7th grade who used Mad Libs- and it was fun! I thought using Mad Libs can also be a fun learning activity in ESL/EFL classrooms.First, in case you are unfamiliar with Mad Libs- it is basically a very short story (length of one paragraph or even less) with a lot of blanks. Each blank is labeled with a part of speech such as “plural noun” or “-ing ending verb.” So, the point is to come up with random word for each blank with appropriate part of speech- but person filling in the blank do not know how the story will go!

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