HALLOWEEN IDIOMS
“Halloween is in the air, the moon is full, beware beware!” Halloween is most definitely in the air. I got quite a lot of positive feedback on my recent Music Idioms Gallery Walk so I decided to explore a bit further…
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5-MINUTE WARM-UP ACTIVITY: GUESS THE SENTENCE
“Think, think, think.” – Winnie the Pooh Winnie the Pooh turns 95 years young this October, so I thought it would be a good idea to play one of ONE-SENTENCE GAMES to celebrate Winnie the Pooh’s anniversary. Here’s a 5-minute…
QUESTION CHART
– Let’s try this ‘Hottest EdTech Tool According to xxx’! – How’s it different from our worksheet? – It has this really cool animation with a moo sound. – No. This is the first post in a series on My…
IRREGULAR VERBS: ‘TERRY’ CHALLENGING
There are two categories of ELT bloggers: a) those who give clear and straightforward headlines for their blog posts (e.g. Think You Know Irregular Verbs? Think Again); b) those who try to come up with some attention-grabbing headlines (e.g. Why…
TIME IS MONEY: COLLOCATIONS
So, does money equal time? Here’s one of my most favourite language brain teasers ever (see my TOP 10 of TOP 100 language brain teasers that work in the classroom and get students to think about the subtleties and nuances…
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Christmas and New Year-Related Games It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go…♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ It’s that time of the year again, the time to do festive spirit activities and wish you very Happy Holidays. Last…
ONE-SENTENCE GAMES
More doesn’t always mean better. Smarter is better. One sentence may be as useful for teaching purposes as a wall of text with lots of words. My today’s post is a collection of one-sentence games (see Word Games if you’d like to try…
HOCUS POCUS
Halloween-Related Activities When you are a teacher and you’ve seen it all, it takes more than a few dancing skeletons and a couple of ghosts to send shivers down your spine. ‘Shadows from the lamplight stole across her desk at…
TRUTH OR DARE
Truth, dare, double dare, love, kiss, promise…You may have played and enjoyed this game as a teen. I stumbled upon this version of Truth or Dare shared by from Yulia in her Discover English Teaching group the other day, and I…
SNAIL RACE: REVISION
And the least wonderful time of ‘lucky’ t-shirts, no bath, ‘magic’ pens and vows of silence is just around the corner. I’ve also decided to add some charm into revision classes. Here’s a game you can play with your learners to…
