Really Learn English Vocabulary and Easy English Grammar. Read stories, do ex... TV SHOW LESSONS These intermediate English lessons are based on the TV show ‘Father Ted’. Lessons include grammar explanations, exercises, vocabulary tasks and discussion questions. They are ideal for self-study and classroom use. And god created womanCigarettes, alcohol and rollerbladingA Christmassy Ted Purchase pdf files for exercises for TV shows (including MORE Father Ted) here… And god created woman Series 1 Episode 5. Comprehension: 1) Which author does Father ted like? 2) Why does Miss Clarke want to stay at Father Ted’s house? 3) What does Father Ted suggest Miss Clarke do when she arrives? 4) Why was Dougal hiding? 5) How do they put Father Jack’s wheelchair into ‘automatic’? 6) Why doesn’t Mrs Doyle like Miss Clarke’s book? 7) Why has Miss Clarke had a rough year? 8) Which book do Father Ted and Miss Clarke discuss? 9) What must Father Ted do at 7 o clock? 10) Why mustn’t Jim ring the doctor? 11) Why are Dougal and the nuns already at Miss Clarke’s house? 12) What has Miss Clarke decided to do? Vocabulary
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English Worksheets How to use TV series, trailers and films in language class How many ways are there to use moving images in the classroom? English language teacher Svetlana Urisman, who won last month's TeachingEnglish blog award, shares her advice. Comment below this post if you have further tips. Why TV series are sometimes better than films One of my favourite things to watch are series - they are shorter, they let you come back to the characters again and again and predict what will happen to them next. As for the grammar, I've always liked films and series as a great source of that - 'real', spoken grammar. Mycroft Holmes: My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher and yet he elects to be a detective. Or tag questions, such as this example from Mad Men (season 2, episode 1) Driver to Betty: 'It would be, wouldn't it? How do you make business English interesting? Some films are great for business English, an area where you wouldn't think of watching films as a first choice. How to get your classroom to choose: Trailers Subtitles: on or off?
Help your students become better web searchers with this new Google site For today’s students, internet literacy—knowing how to find and understand information on the web—is as essential as traditional literacy, and now web-search giant Google Inc. has launched a new site to help teach this critical skill. Google’s Search Education site contains lesson plans designed to develop students’ web-search skills, activities to put their skills to the test, and video tutorials from Google search experts. For example, “A Google a Day” challenges pose new search tasks for students to undertake each day; one history challenge says: “Two future U.S. presidents signed me. Two didn’t because they were abroad. “Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners,” Google says.
How to learn English for free: 50 websites for free English lessons – Espress... Videos & YouTube channels: EngVid.com – More than 1000 videos from various teachers. Sort by level or topicTED talks – Good for more advanced learners; use the captions or transcripts.Rachel’s English – Great videos on pronunciation, slang, & moreJenniferESL – More than 10 years of English-teaching videosGo Natural English – Fun and energetic American English teacherEnglish Anyone – Conversations, advanced listening, beginners’ course & moremmmEnglish – Australian English teacherEnglish with Lucy – British English teacherSpeak English with Vanessa – Natural expressions, pronunciation, phrasal verbsFluency MC – Teaches English through rhythm and rapPapa Teach Me – British English pronunciation, prepositions, vocabularyEnglishClass101 – 400+ videos on many different topicsWorldwide Speak – Special focus on improving writing, essays, grammar, sentence structure Podcasts & listening: Websites & blogs: Exercises & tests: Facebook pages: Forums & communities: Get a FREE English phrases e-book!
Building a lesson around a sitcom Depending on your style of teaching you might like activities that are more - or less - controlled. Informal discussions, structured language analysis, role-plays, review writing .... If it works for you and your students, it's valid. Choosing a sitcomThere are thousands of British sitcoms. Unless you know where to start the task could turn out to be tedious and time consuming. For teachers who are familiar with British TV the best place to start is probably with a sitcom that you know. Choosing a sceneOnce you have selected a sitcom the next step is to choose an appropriate scene. Extracting useful language What makes language useful? Useful web resources Some of the most popular sitcoms have the scripts for some or all of the episodes available on the Internet. www.youtube.com is the best place to find videos of British sitcoms. Divide the class into pairs of As and Bs. Homework / task ideas Give students a list of British sitcoms (from one of the links above).
Office Online Services - Hosted in the Cloud - Microsoft Office 365 ProductsTemplatesSupport My accountSign in Collaborate with Office Online Save documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online, in OneDrive. See all Office options Looking for your work or school sign in? See all Office options Looking for your work or school sign in? Change language AccessibilityPrivacy and CookiesLegalTrademarks© 2014 Microsoft The Amazing Race: English Edition – The Canswedian English Teacher I teach a class where the students don’t receive a grade… It is for students who don’t take Spanish, French or German and have extra English/Swedish instead. At times I am left banging my head against the wall – or grumbling a few choice words – because the class lacks the structure and drive I so crave in my regular English classes. My co-teacher and I work fantastic together, and have tried to do what we can with them. However, I am constantly asking myself – how am I supposed to encourage the students and make them realize that they should give a hooey about these oh-so-important-lessons?! This summer, I had a little thought bubble float up one day. Materials First things first. Amazing Race party ideas Here is a video of my back wall – all the materials were from those websites above. How it works: I will do this ONCE A WEEK with my groups. Route InfoRoute InfoDetourRoad BlockRoute Info (final clue – bringing you to a pit stop) I differentiate the questions slightly for each grade.
Lesson Plans Based on TV Shows TWM offers the following "movie worksheets" which serve as the core for TV show lesson planning. The basic idea is to get students to analyze something in which they are interested and to express their conclusions in writing. This will make homework more palatable and lead students to give it their best effort. The worksheets created by TWM are generic; useful for almost any program of the type indicated. Also check out TWM's Extra Assignments for a Food Program. The 2010 Common Core State Standards require that teachers in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects join in the effort to assist students in learning how to read, write, and listen. To use the worksheets, first review them to make sure that they are appropriate for the class and the assignment; adjust as necessary. An exhaustive discussion of the potential uses of television programming is beyond the scope of this article. Using TV Program Worksheets for Homework Assignments in ELA Lesson Plans
A close look at the Windows 8 SkyDrive app As the dust is now pretty much settled from Microsoft’s significant announcement and release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview last week it’s about time we took a close look at some of the apps that come with the preview. as followers of mine on Twitter will know I am keen SkyDrive user and advocate and so it makes sense that I take a close look at that app. I have only been able to try out the SkyDrive app on a PC with a mouse and keyboard and both and app and OS are both only preview and not feature complete. When first opening the app users are presented with a lovely Metro display of all the folders and files found in a user’s root location. Scrolling to the left (with finger, keyboard or mouse) will present more files if they can’t all be shown on one screen, this works just like the Windows 8 Start Screen and most of the Windows 8 Preview apps. Clicking on a photo then displays a single photo to the user. When saving a file the default Windows 8 Metro file explorer is used.
Caves Question time! Why have the girl and her companion entered the caves? Who do you think the girl is? Who is her companion? Can you see anything strange in the background? What do you think might be about to happen in the cave? Where is all the lava coming from? Perfect picture! What creature do you think the red eyes in the darkness belong to? Story starter! They had entered the caves earlier that day. The girl and her young companion bravely headed out across the stepping-stones, trying to ignore the peril below. Sentence challenge! Can you write a compound sentence, where a colon separates two independent clauses? The first independent clause describes something and the second gives extra detail. E.g. Sick sentences! These sentences are ‘sick’ and need help to get better. The cave was dark.