Manners Maketh Man: Lesson Plan This lesson plan (suitable for intermediate to upper-intermediate levels) is designed around a brilliant short film about Facebook manners. Students discuss new vocabulary and evolving uses of words related to Facebook and social media, give…
“I like words. I like fat buttery words, such as ooze, turpitude, glutinous, toady. I like solemn, angular, creaky words, such as straitlaced, cantankerous, pecunious, valedictory. I like spurious, black-is-white words, such as mortician, liquidate, tonsorial, demi-monde. I like suave…
Guess the Meaning of the Word: Borrowed Words/Loanwords in English Have students guess the meaning of a particular word (that has a certain degree of the ‘wow factor’). TICKETY-BOO? Listen to the song and try to guess the meaning of…
A series of recent experiments carried out by psychologists reveal that it takes a tenth of a second to form an impression of a stranger that does not significantly change afterwards. What does it mean for teachers? It means that,…
“Nothing worth having comes easily. The enjoyment kicks in when you really start to get it, when you finally meet William Shakespeare on his own turf and his language begins to open new doors in your consciousness”. Joseph Smigelski This…
Tense? Moody? Irregular? You must be a verb. Chillax and eat chocolate! Here are a few extension activities to my Sloth’s Guide to Chillaxing and Tense Review. Ask your students to use the verb ‘to chocolate’ (to eat chocolate and…
Eat Chocolate and Play Wicked Games Ho ho ho, we’ve already seen and tried many Christmas activities for those who love a) decorating Christmas trees, b) redecorating Christmas trees; c) doing Christmas quizzes; d) making sweet Christmas dishes or just…
“Oscar Wilde quite rightly said, ‘All art is useless’. And that may sound as if that means it’s something not worth supporting. But if you actually think about it, the things that matter in life are useless. Love is useless.…
7 PRINCIPLES – ONE TEXT – MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES – ONE FINALE Here’s my attempt to connect the things we are learning from neuroscience with particular learning objectives, and design a set of more “brain-compatible” activities to be used in the…
This lesson plan addresses rather sensitive issues connected with people’s insecurities about their looks. “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”. ― Plato. Topic introduction: The topic addresses rather sensitive issues connected with insecurities people might have about their looks. Play…
