10 Team-Building Games That Promote Collaborative Critical Thinking One of education’s primary goals is to groom the next generation of little humans to succeed in the “real world.” Yes, there are mounds of curricula they must master in a wide breadth of subjects, but education does not begin and end with a textbook or test. Other skills must be honed, too, not the least of which is how to get along with their peers and work well with others. This is not something that can be cultivated through rote memorization or with strategically placed posters. Students must be engaged and cooperation must be practiced, and often. 10 Team-Building Games That Promote Collaborative Critical Thinking 1. This team-building game is flexible. You can recycle this activity throughout the year by adapting the challenge or materials to specific content areas. Skills: Communication; problem-solving 2. This activity can get messy and may be suitable for older children who can follow safety guidelines when working with raw eggs. Skills: Problem-solving, creative collaboration 3.
Time expressions with simple present tense The simple present tense is used to talk about things that happen regularly, repeatedly or all the time. As a result of this, we often use some adverbs of frequency with the simple present tense to state how often somebody does something. Adverbs commonly used with the simple present tense are: always, usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely and never. Note that the adverbs of frequency usually go before the verb. He often visits his grandparents. I often buy comics. We usually go to Singapore in April. I usually get up early. She always carries an umbrella. He never gets angry. I sometimes read foreign periodicals. They rarely watch TV. She frequently buys detective stories. It sometimes gets very hot here. Days of the Week and Times of the Day Days of the week are often used with ‘s’ when we talk about repeated actions. We don’t eat meat on Fridays. I play tennis on Saturdays. Do you mind working on Sundays? Times of the day We usually use at with clock times. The train arrives at 3.30.
Irregular plural nouns In English, there are hundreds of nouns that don’t follow the standard rules for pluralization. There are no easy ways to remember them, so they generally have to be memorized. Some of the rarer irregular plurals are often misused, leading to the creation of variant forms, which usually encounter resistance at first but eventually make it into the language. For example, the plural of formula has traditionally been formulae, but formulas is now far more common, and few would call it incorrect. Latinate plurals Some nouns have retained their plural forms from Latin and other languages: -o becoming -oes Most nouns ending in -o are pluralized by adding an -s, but some take -es instead—for example: Changing vowel sounds Some nouns change their central vowel sounds when pluralized—for example: -f becoming -ves Some nouns ending in -f are pluralized by dropping the -f and adding -ves: -is becoming -es Some nouns ending in -is are pluralized by dropping the -is and adding -es: -ix becoming -ices
ESL Podcast Blog Welcome to ESL Podcast Blog So Go Ahead and Sue Me, Taylor Swift I can’t say that I have never, never, never listened to a song by Taylor Swift, but I can say that I’m not exactly (I’m not really) a fan of her music. But if you’re not careful, Swift may just decide to sue you (take you to court and demand money from you for something you did wrong). What phrases are we talking about here? The reason behind Swift’s trademarking of these phrases is not just meglomania (the desire to dominate everyone around you, to have great power). You might be wondering about whether we here at ESL Podcast have trademarked anything. ~Jeff Image credit: “Swift performs in St. Podcasts This Week (March 2, 2015) Get the full benefits of ESL Podcast by getting the Learning Guide. Get the Learning Guide and support ESL Podcast today by becoming a Basic or Premium Member! ON MONDAY ESL Podcast 1082 – Traveling to a Remote Island ON FRIDAY ESL Podcast 1083 – Types of Pants This Cookie’s On A Roll* - Lucy
Subject and Object Questions - Lesson Plans for ESL Asking direct questions is usually one of the more difficult tasks for learners of English. This is principally due to the fact that English inverts its subject and auxiliary verb in the interrogative form. Once this standard structure is learned, students need to also master the subject question. The following lower-intermediate to intermediate lesson focuses on helping students learn to recognize and employ both types of direct questions. Subject and Object Questions Lesson Plan Aim: Asking direct subject questions, recognizing the difference between subject and object questions Activity: Jumbled questions followed by question pair work employing both subject and object questions with "who", "what" and "which" Level: Lower-intermediate to intermediate Outline: Activate student knowledge of asking questions by having students ask each other questions in class.If necessary, quickly go over standard question structure (? Asking Questions Put the following words in order to make a question.
ESL Lounge: Songs for English Teaching. Song Titles A to B Front Page Home esl-lounge.com Premium Site Guides Levels Test Prep Other Materials Reference Also On Site Song Lyrics A to B ABC - The Jackson FiveGreat chorus for kids classes! A Day In The Life - The Beatles Daily routine, the news. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay Across The Lines - Tracy Chapman Across The Universe - The Beatles Gerund form, poetic English. Aeroplane - Red Hot Chili Peppers Against All Odds - Phil Collins "A" You're Adorable - Perry Como Ain't Got No, I Got Life - Nina Simone Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers All My Loving - The Beatles Futures Always - Bon Jovi Always on my Mind - Elvis Presley Past Modals Always on the Run - Lenny Kravitz Worksheet sent in by Ktia Martins Pereira teaching in Brazil. Come and join esl-lounge Premium. High quality PDF lesson plans. Premium Home Page | Free Samples | Why Join | FAQ | Sign Up! ★ Summer Coupon Discount★$8 off Lifetime Membership. America - Simon and Garfunkel Past Simple Angel - Sarah McLachlan
The Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives This exercise will give you practice in effectively using the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. InstructionsComplete each sentence below with the appropriate comparative or superlative form of the adjective in italics. When you're done, compare your answers with those on page two. Her voice, which was always soft and melodious, was even _____ and sweeter than usual.All four boys were uncommonly lazy, but Jimbo was the _____ of them all.Of all the silly things people said toward the end of the twentieth century, perhaps the _____ came from the author who declared "the end of history." Below (in bold) are the answers to the Exercise in Using the Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives.
33 Tips To Throw A Spooky Halloween Party On The Super-Cheap If you want to be fancy, you can score a professionally-designed Evite template on Etsy...who knew? Ask your friends to pool their old costumes and/or appropriate accessories. Get together one night before Halloween, and have a costume swap. This is especially helpful if you're looking for kids costumes or attending multiple parties. Everyone walks away with a new-to-them outfit! A pumpkin carving station! No-bake caramel corn! Play the "Shot in the Dark" drinking game: First, choose a really campy horror flick. Bobbing for apples! Ghosts are a must, indoors and out. You can also make simple hanging ghosts by draping white fabric (think handkerchiefs, or cut up t-shirts/sheets) over tennis balls. Old cardboard boxes + paint become creepy tombstones. Old milk jugs also make great skeletons. Repurpose glass pickle, baby food, or spaghetti sauce jars as freakish science experiments. Crank up the creepiness by using chalk or masking tape to simulate the outline of a murdered body.
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Directions to a Restaurant: ESL Role-play Purpose and Audience: The purpose of these materials is to get the students to practice giving directions to a restaurant based on street names and other buildings in the vicinity: It's on Pine Street next to the post office. This is a fairly simple role-play intended for false beginners (or perhaps even beginners). In short, students will call up their classmates and ask if they want to go for a bite. The student who receives the phone call will suggest a restaurant and give directions on how to get there. Warmup or Preclass Activity: Go over the pair worksheet for directions. Class Set-up: The class is divided into two groups: callers and receivers. As a challenge, have the receivers face away from the callers (callers tap them on the back and say, "Bring!
Dave's ESL Cafe: Free English Grammar Lessons Adjective Clauses #1 Adjective Clauses #2 Adjective Clauses #3 Adjective Clauses #4 Adjective Clauses #5 Adjective Clauses #6 Adjective Clauses #7 Adjective Clauses #8 Adjective Clauses #9 Adjective Clauses #10 Adjective Clauses #11 Adjective Clauses #12 Adjective Clauses #13 Conditional Sentences #1 Conditional Sentences #2 Conditional Sentences #3 Conditional Sentences #4 Conditional Sentences #5 Conditional Sentences #6 Conditional Sentences #7 Conditional Sentences #8 Conditional Sentences #9 Confusing Words: Bring and Take Confusing Words: Come and Go Confusing Words: Get #1 Confusing Words: Get #2 Confusing Words: Get #3 Confusing Words: Get #4 Confusing Words: Get #5 Confusing Words: Get #6 Confusing Words: Get #7 Confusing Words: Get #8 Confusing Words: Get #9 Confusing Words: Get #10 Confusing Words: Get #11 Confusing Words: Get #12 Confusing Words: Get #13 Confusing Words: Hang Confusing Words: It's and Its Confusing Words: Lend and Borrow
Giving Opinions - ESL EFL Teaching Resources Really? ESL EFL Speaking Activity - Elementary - 35 Minutes In this enjoyable group activity, students play a guessing game where they give true or false opinions about famous people or things. Really.PDF Exclusive Controversial Statements ESL EFL Speaking Activity - Pre-intermediate - 40 Minutes In this challenging teaching activity, students give opinions and argue for or against a set of controversial statements. Controversial Statements.PDF Exclusive Four Corners ESL EFL Speaking Activity - Pre-intermediate - 25 Minutes In this fun class activity, students practice expressing and defending their opinions. Four Corners.PDF Free How to improve your English ESL EFL Speaking Activity - Pre-intermediate - 30 Minutes This engaging activity helps to teach students how to express opinions and ask others for their opinion. How to improve your English.PDF Exclusive Our Opinions ESL EFL Writing and Speaking Activity - Pre-intermediate - 40 Minutes Our Opinions.PDF Free I think that... Explain Yourself
Pumarosa.com Escuela Bilingue Interactiva Gratuita para estudiantes de habla hispana CAE Reading Test part 4. Free Practice for the First Certificate exam This page will let you practise for the Certificate in Advanced English exam (from Cambridge ESOL). This is the format of the 4th part of the reading section. This is a Multiple matching exercise. The questions focus on specific information, detail, opinion and attitude. AHoward Bloom, Author: Even though most people are convinced that peak oil has already passed, to me, peak oil is just a hypothesis. BMichael Lardelli, Lecturer in Genetics at The University of Adelaide Nothing exists on this planet without energy. CJeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell People are understandably worried about a future of growing energy shortages, rising prices and international conflict for supplies. DCraig Severance, blogger What will it take to end our oil addiction?