7 Great Activities for the First Day of School New Year Resolutions Involve students in the creation of a set of classroom new year resolutions to guide you through the coming months. Work together to brainstorm resolutions, and write them on a sheet of chart paper. If necessary, reword them in a positive manner (such as "walk" rather than "don't run"). Guess Who Students become detectives in this get-acquainted game, in which they uncover the real identity of a fellow classmate. Switch! Here's a great indoor or outdoor game to get students actively learning about each other! Welcome Bags Use these party favors to send positive messages to students on the first day of school. The Penny Jar Here's a getting-to-know-you activity that really makes "cents"! Hats Off to a New Year! Greet students at the door with party hats and a quick craft activity that will get everyone warmed up and ready for learning. Create a Time Capsule Help your students set personal goals by creating individual time capsules for the year!
Linkers and connectors - English Subject Area Contrast . In spite of / Despite Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase. . . . . . Reason and cause . . Purpose . . Consequence . . . Addition . . . For example / For instance Introduces an example referring to previously stated ideas. . . but / yet: followed by a noun phrase or a sentence. ‘The book is short but / yet interesting’ . in spite of / despite: It is placed at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence. ‘He arrived on time despite / in spite of getting up late’ although / though/ even though / in spite of the fact that: followed by a complete sentence. ‘Although / though / even though / in spite of the fact that the pupils had not studied, they all passed their exams’. . however, nevertheless, even so, on the one hand, on the other hand, on the contrary: ‘He was quite ill however/ nevertheless/ even so, he went to school’ . while, whereas ‘This film is very interesting, while/whereas that one is quite boring’ Reason and cause . because, as since, seeing that: Succession .
Radio Rôliste | Le podcast du jeu de rôles If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud, and we’ll be honest with you, we struggled with parts of it. Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. You’ve been reading “The Chaos” by Gerard Nolst Trenité, written nearly 100 years ago in 1922, designed to demonstrate the irregularity of English spelling and pronunciation.
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EFL Search I remember my beginning days as an English teacher now 20+ years on. Dusty, cold, dirty rag, bucket and chalkboard in a cavernous top floor classroom in E. Europe. Cambridge books we had to "get through". I could only survive due to 2 things: English pub night Friday evenings and adding songs to the monotonous routine of teaching (and of course, lovely students - Vera, Petr, Karl, Zuzanna - remember them all). Yes, songs just brought us all together in the classroom. I've been off that bandwagon for awhile but with this post, would like to climb back on. To begin, find here my presentation on Using Song In The EFL Classroom. Get and download the "50 ways to use music and song in the English language classroom". Secondly, here are a few links to great resources right here on this community - free to all. - Song lyrics sheets -- all the videos with lyric sheets. - Karaoke in the classroom. Video examples + Kids Karaoke Videos - Song lyric ebook and songs! - Best blog posts about songs. 1.
e-Books from Bill Zimmerman Words I Wish Someone Had Saidto Me As a Kid I wrote this book of encouraging words to help young people as they make their way in the world. Every girl and boy needs to hear such words. I know I did. You see, I lost my father when I was very young and missed hearing the words that a child needs to hear from his or her dad. Growing up, I tried hard to imagine the things he would have said to guide me if he were around. Writing the letter helped me that day and I continued to write more letters in the voice of a father talking to a child. If you’re a young person reading this book, think of each page as a personal letter of caring words from me to you, like the ones an older friend or relative might say to you. CLICK ON COVER TO READ Words I Wish Someone Had Said to Me As a Kid.
www.textivate.com MED Magazine by Jonathan Marks • Popular wisdom • Some facts and figures • Phrasal verbs in academic writing • Phrasal verbs in fiction • A word of warning • To recapitulate, or sum up • Further reading • Acknowledgement • Next in the series Widespread popular wisdom about phrasal verbs among learners and teachers is that they are: ... and perhaps even: Although there is some basis for at least the first four of these beliefs, the reality is more complicated. top Some facts and figures According to one source, the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, 'phrasal verbs' (verb + adverb, e.g. The proportions are similar to those for lexical verbs in general, except that the figure for academic writing is disproportionately low. However, individual phrasal verbs can have distributions that go against the grain of this generalisation. According to the same source, 'prepositional verbs' (verb + preposition, e.g. Phrasal verbs in academic writing Phrasal verbs in fiction A word of warning Further reading