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Level – Elementary and Up
Objective – Depending on the level: Vocab. Building (Demographic Country Terms)
Describing a Country
Basic question…
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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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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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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
2 2/3…
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Top 5 was the first game I developed and the positive feedback I got from it, really keep me motivated to make more games. Teachers loved its simplicity and students loved the competitive aspect. It also has a neat creative thinking skill aspect.
1. Hand out the worksheet for each student. Put them in groups of 3/4.Name one scorekeeper for each group.
2. Show…
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29 Jul 2009
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!
Get the pop up cars on EFL Classroom 2.0 , here. The old pop up cars website seems to have… 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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28 Jul 2009What's a teaching recipe? It's a step by step guide or general description of the ideas you use to keep your classes exciting and educational. It can be a lesson plan, a numbered list of steps, a game idea, or whatever you like! We invite you to share your teaching recipes, and browse the ones other teachers have shared.
