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Money makes the world go round and it also makes a teacher's job easy and students very interested!
When you play a game, instead of keeping score with boring marks on the chalkboard, use play money! Download some HERE. Cut and crumple up and put in a big bag. Appoint one student the banker who walks around and allows winning groups/students to…
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Alphabet Organizing
In: All Ages & Levels| Elementary| High School| Middle School| Recipe
21 Sep 2009
This is a very simple way to brainstorm and practice vocabulary. Alphabet organizing!
Simply use this handy organizer and get the students to list all the vocab for a certain topic (at the beach, at the restaurant, animals, jobs etc...).
Afterwards, you can use this for assessment or simply play a game of scattegories. Students read out their answers, one at a…
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Everyone loves to brag, so this lesson recipe works every time with a variety of levels and ages. It also allows students to use their own "lexicon" and thus practice producing language rather than just "acquiring". It really helps fluency.
Write on the board: My ...... is .......er / more ..... than your.....!
So what! / Big deal ! / Who cares!
Ask students…
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- Tags: bragging, comparatives, grammar
The weather is a standard topic and beyond reviewing the vocabulary (which you can do with this powerpoint I made ) , you can really do it communicatively by getting students to do / practice weather reports!
After going through the vocabulary and asking students "What's the weather like in.....? or ...today? - Give them a map of their own country. Ask…
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Guided Writing
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4 Sep 2009
There are many ways to teach writing but one way that I really think provides enough structure for beginning and developing writers is guided writing.
Give students a text with words missing (usually nouns). In groups or pairs they can complete the text together, guessing the words to be filled in. Better yet, if the story has some context or theme.
If the students are…
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Simon Says!
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3 Sep 2009 This is a classic TPR game (Total Physical Response) and gets the students up and participating, as well as learning actively.
The teacher (or a student(s)) instructs other students to do certain actions.
Ex. Simon says, "Touch your nose"! or Simon says, "jump up and down".
If the caller doesn't say "Simon says" and only, "Touch your nose" and if a student does that…
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The Gumball Game (Prepositions of Motion)
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3 Sep 2009"I dropped my gumball, and it went . . . . ."
Required items:
1) Index cards, or pieces of paper
2) A large drawing surface (whiteboard, blackboard, a big piece of paper)
This is a fun activity to help students use the prepositions of motion they already know.
First, get a pile of index cards (preferably ones that you cannot see through). Divide the cards into two piles --- one pile will be prepositions…
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Foldables are a great way to make your lessons "active" and also more about fostering thinking skills.
They can be of all sorts. Just start with a piece (or pieces) of paper and get the students folding and labeling. Like HERE.
They can be as elaborate as Accordion Books or as simple as a 4 square graphic organizer. Go
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Where the Hell is Matt?
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24 Aug 2009These series of videos are amazingly effective for classroom instruction. They also give students a view of the world and are a great global issues primer. Matt "danced" his way around the world. Here are several ways to use these videos in the classroom ...
Download all the Matt videos or stream in high quality on EFL Classroom in our A/V player. See my best list of videos for…
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- Tags: geography, music, technology, video
Using a timer in class is really something that is invaluable and maybe even a MUST for a teacher.
Students need to know how long a task will take and a timer is a perfect way to let them know! Especially for writing exercises and tests.
Further, I've even seen teachers use it as a classroom management tool. Simply set the time for the…
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