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PASS THE CHICKEN!
The prop is the most important element to this game : ) To begin, all students sit in a circle. Select one person to be IT. That person holds the rubber chicken. The teacher or a "caller" says to the person holding the chicken, "Name five animals. Pass the chicken!" As soon as the caller says, "Pass the chicken," the person holding…
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Is this yours? Possessives.
In: Beginner| Elementary| False Beginner| Kindergarten| Middle School| Recipe
8 Oct 2009
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iLearner.eu – Teaching English with Technology
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2 Sep 2009Our Online Learning Center (OLC) allows learners to complete interactive English quizzes and enables the teacher to review his/her students’ attempts and control the learning process.
- Over 260 (and growing) ready-to-use grammar and vocabulary exercises.
- Levels: Elementary – Intermediate.
- Covers all the grammar students need for international exams, such as the PET and FCE.
- Supplements any course, both in a public school or a private language school.
- Suitable for one-on-one and distant teaching.
- FREE.
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Describing People from Memory Information Gap
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27 Aug 2009Here's a way to practice vocabulary and sentences related to describing facial and body features, but it can be modified to include clothing and colour vocabulary, too.
First, practice the vocabulary and language: Stand at the front with a whiteboard and marker, and secretly draw a figure on the whiteboard to prompt the target language (e.g. "He is tall," "She is wearing a red blouse," "He has blue glasses," "He has…
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Following Instructions from a Special Guest on Video
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27 Aug 2009Here's an activity that's a fun way for students to practice listening to instructions and following them. All you need is a large TV in your classroom that can play videos, and a friend or family member from "back home" willing to help out.
Explain to students that you have a "special guest" who's going to help us a bit later, but we need to practice first. Use this practice time…
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Drawing and Vocabulary
In: Beginner| Elementary| False Beginner| Intermediate| Kindergarten| Recipe
16 Aug 2009
Kids love to draw! Use that interest to develop their English.
This lesson recipe is my "go to" lesson. An idea which you can use at the last minute for almost any children's class. Also a good lesson when unprepared or just plain tired/hungover! (it happens).
Give each student a blank A4 piece of paper. Draw a large rectangle on the board. Give the chalk…
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Introduce Yourself…
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11 Aug 2009
This is just one of many ways your students can communicately introduce themselves.
Give each student a slip of paper. Ask them to write their name and two things they like (or you can switch this to suit your class - like from? / Nationality? job? etc...).
Next, students stand up and introduce themselves to each other.
Hi, I'm ..... and I like ...... and…
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Real Recipes – Play Dough!
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4 Aug 2009
Arts and crafts are great for young learners. Get cooking and using these "real recipes" to create some clay and play dough for language learning.
Get the students to challenge each other by moulding something while the others guess what it is! Or, create combination things to practice compound words "dog chair" or a Bat plane" Enjoy these delicious "real recipes"!
Magic Clay
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Children, especially young boys, love cars!
Pop up cars are great for talking about colors and car vocabulary. Get the children coloring their cars and then cut them out, fold and show and tell to the whole class! They will love their cars!
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Heads Down, thumbs up!
In: Beginner| Elementary| False Beginner| Kindergarten| Recipe
28 Jul 2009This game is also known as 7 up.
Select 4-5 students and give them a flashcard/picture.
All other students put their heads down and one thumb up. The other students go around the classroom and gently squeeze one student's thumb. They return to the front of the class.
The student's whose thumbs were squeezed stand up and guess who did it by stating the vocabulary on the flashcard "Did a "bear" squeeze me?". …
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