15 fun Present Perfect activities | Teflnet Here are fifteen fun ways to elicit, present and practise the Present Perfect. 1. Do you know your room? Students try to spot what you have changed in the room since last week, while they were having a break or while their eyes were closed. They can then take turns challenging each other. 2. Can […] Here are fifteen fun ways to elicit, present and practise the Present Perfect. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
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Make Your Own Board Game | the podunk librarian For this event, patrons could personalize Clue or Monopoly, or use a blank template to make their own rules. For an example, I made a library version of Clue with our staff as suspects and used our library rooms (children's room, genealogy room, study room, etc). The weapons were a book, a book cart, the bookmobile, a stapler, a vacuum, and a scanner. There were 4 different options they could choose from. I had dice and game pieces to give away, both of which you can find plenty of (for cheap!) You can kind of see the penguin game piece I made in this picture: I had the boards printed out on regular paper, with a piece of cardboard measured out to back them. The Clue and Monopoly games had specific cards that needed to go with them, so I had blank templates printed out on cardstock, ready to be filled in. For the totally DIY templates, I had several blank cards that could be used with your game, if you so chose. I included that list with the DIY kit. I did those bigger, about 22" width.
Lesson Plan: Crime and Punishment Yay! It’s March! One of my fav seasons! This lesson plan about Crime and Punishment has been on my to-make list for a long time. This lesson plan is intended to fill a four-hour lesson or maybe a bit more. Day 1 Day One is a bit more boring than Day 2. Step 1: Lead-in. 1. Write Crime on the board and ask students in pairs to write down as many different crimes as they can think of. Ask for feedback and write them on the board. Example: they write kidnapping, and they also get kidnapper and to kidnap 2. Do you know anyone who has been burgled/ mugged/kidnapped/ stopped by the police while drunk-driving? Step 2: Introducing New Vocabulary. 1. Procedure: Divide the class into Team A and Team B. The idea is to facilitate learning, so after the game do the exercise again with the whole class, this time trying to focus only on the pictures and quickly saying the crime. Introduce the term “white-collar crimes” also called “corporate crime”. Want to go the extra mile? 2. 3. Step 3: Speaking. Day 2
Fun with Present Perfect! 5 Ways to Make Grammar Fun Let's face it, we're unlikely to catch our students sitting on the edges of their seats waiting for us to once again review that grammar point, relishing in its structure (and exceptions to the rule).No, we're more likely to get a 'we've done this before' or 'I want to move up now' response… March 22, 2017 In "engaging" 10 Activities - Using Pictures in Zoom! Teaching online these days? March 31, 2020 In "activities" 5 Fun & Festive ESL Activities So by now, you’ve untangled your lights, taken your baubles from storage, found Christmas decorations you’d forgotten you had and admired your Christmas tree from outside. December 9, 2014 In "Active ESL ideas"
Practicing through expressions PowToon How to understand the difference between the UK and Great Britain Man: So where are you from? Woman: Scotland. Are you Scottish too? Man: Well, no, I'm English actually, but, you know, it's all, like, the same thing, isn't it? Woman: Not exactly. Man: Go on! Woman: No, it is not! Man: Sorry, Britain I mean. Woman: Britain is not England! Man: Well, yeah, I know that. Man: Yeah, it is – the UK, the United Kingdom. Woman: The United Kingdom is Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Man: Oh, I see, but we're all, like, the same nation, aren't we? Woman: Not really. Man: Oh, I get it! Woman: Great Britain is a geographical term – it's a big island with Scotland, England and Wales on it. Man: All right, but we all have the same prime minister, don't we? Woman: Yes, and the same head of state. Man: The Queen! Woman: Exactly. Man: And the same government? Woman: Well, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own local parliaments. Man: Oh. Woman: It's complicated. Man: Yeah, I can see that.
TED Talk Lesson Plans Image credit: ted.com Follow me on twitter @RobbioDobbio This is a lesson plan for C1+ students on the topic of bad habits based around a TED talk by Judson Brewer and an article from Yahoo Health. You can find the TED talk, students’ handout, reading text and teacher’s notes below: TED Bad habits sts copy – Students handout TED bad habits teachers notes Common Bad Habits – Reading Text TED – Breaking Bad Habits – Teacher’s Notes Step 1: Expressions with habit What do you think these expressions mean? He’s been smoking since he was 15 years old and he just can’t kick the habit. When my grandad retired he didn’t stop getting up at 6am and putting a suit on. I could never go backpacking I’m too much of a creature of habit, I can’t stand changes to my routine. I’ve always written my essays at the last minute and I normally get good marks. Kick the habit = give up/quit a bad habit Old habits die hard = it’s difficult to stop a habit you’ve been doing for a long time Why break the habit of a lifetime?
Tools for Educators Practicing Speaking before and after Reading.