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X-mas Gift exchange

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12 Dec 2009 Download PDF
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First, come to class with some pictures you've cut out of a newspaper or magazine. Nice gift ideas. Tell the students it's Christmas and walk around the class giving items. Stop at a student, handing them the picture and say, "Merry Christmas! Students if advanced must reply with more than "you're welcome" and should use one of the ways to say "Thank you'…

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Is this yours? Possessives.

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8 Oct 2009 Download PDF
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This is a standard lesson / activity for practicing possessives. 1. Put on the board my ..... - mine. your ..... - yours. his ..... - his. her ..... - hers. its ...... - its. our ... - ours your ... - yours their ..... theirs. 2. Prior to the class while students are waiting, go around an scoop up some student's items (put them in a basket / bag). 3. Take out some items…

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Sentence Stretching

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25 Sep 2009 Download PDF
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This is an excellent writing exercise, getting students to increase the length of their sentences and beginning to use clauses.

Write a simple sentence on the board. Students copy it.

Ex. The dog ran. 

Ask the students questions and the students after each question must rewrite the sentence, answering the question.

Ex. Where? The dog ran .............

      What color of dog? The ........ dog ran to his…

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Guided Writing

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4 Sep 2009 Download PDF
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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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iLearner.eu – Teaching English with Technology

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2 Sep 2009 Download PDF
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Our 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.
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Describing People from Memory Information Gap

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27 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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Here'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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Who Am I ?

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19 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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This is a nice way to get students to know each other.

 

Make a quick organizer for writing. Have the students fold an A4 "hamburger" like, 4 times. They will have 8 lines for writing when they unfold it.

They must write 8 sentences about themselves, all beginning with "I am....".  Teacher monitors. 

Next, go around the class with students reading their poem in total or…

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Mr. X – Story book writing

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19 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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Writing storybooks is a great way to reinforce grammar and vocabulary. It also gives students confidence and pride in "producing" something visible and tangible to measure their English language learning experience.

There are several steps to making a storybook and I'll use my own Mr. X's incredible Day/Yesterday as an example. Get the ppt/video here for use with students.

1.  Tell the story…

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Drawing and Vocabulary

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16 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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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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Talking about your family

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12 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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This generates a lot of talk and students are always very interested in each other's lives. Write down on the board some of your own (the teacher) family names. Underneath write; A. Who is .......................? B. ........ is ...........'s ................ A. .................................? Students ask the teacher about the family members on the board. The teacher replies, using "B" and writing more information on the board. The student then…

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