Have you watched the TED talk where Linsey Pollak turns a carrot into a clarinet using an electric drill and plays his ‘carrinet’? Apart from giving a completely new meaning to the concept of playing with food, he gives a…
Looking for fun activities to explore the art of poetry and use it to support language learning? Try these simple and fun activities. Is your favourite activity missing from this list? * * * If you are thinking about using…
– Why are you not using puppets in class? – We have no puppets. They say that if you fold an A4 sheet of paper 103 times, its thickness will roughly be the size of the Universe. I don’t know…
The other day I came across this post by Pete from ELT-Planning describing the Frayer model (a 4-square graphic organizer) as a vocabulary development tool and offering an interesting expansion to this model, which definitely makes it more worthwhile for learners.…
We had a merry granny Christmas last year. We ate chocolate, played wicked games, but there was one thing missing – gift exchange. This year Granny is back with a new add-on – a White Elephant Gift Exchange or Dirty Santa. Eat…
Poetry in the Classroom Now, when we are all getting into the festive mood, probably makes an ideal time to discuss some holiday hotspots (or ‘cold’spots). This activity is built around an extremely ‘cold’spot – Ice Hotel – to spark…
Sustainability and Living an Eco-Friendly Life: Lesson Plan ‘Not everything is a hero’s journey.’ This is an activity from one of my lessons designed around the ideas of sustainability and living an eco-friendly life. It’s used to revise and consolidate…
Homework Matters For nearly two decades, James Randi Educational Foundation has been offering a one-million-dollar prize to anyone who could show, ‘under proper observing conditions’, evidence of any supernatural or paranormal power. Unfortunately for teachers, the only super power which…
Fluency Matters: How to Help Learners Keep the Conversation Going They say that every chef has his or her own way of making the broth. Similarly, every teacher has his or her own way of leading learners through the journey…
Guessing Game: The Voice in the Classroom The other day I came across some wonderful suggestions for the use of game shows in the classroom given in 30 ACTIVITIES INSPIRED BY GAME SHOWS by Pete from ELT-PLANNING. Game shows and TV…
