It's Cloudy!
This is a craft designed for very young learners. They can colour the sky, and then cut out the clouds and glue them onto the sky. The worksheet may also be used to practise colours if pupils are asked...
View ArticleSt Patrick's Day Quiz
The topic of the powerpoint presentation is St Patrick's Day. It is based on the powerpoint presentation that I found on BusyTeacher and on the materials found in some coursebooks. It begins with a St...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: One Life by James Morrison
Hi guys, this worksheet was great in helping my students practise the Past Simple. It also helped them reflect on the importance of making the best of their youth, pondering on choices they make now...
View ArticleSimple Present: Speaking Activity
Speaking activity full of simple present - 1. fill in the missing question word, 2. guess your partner's answers, 3. ask your partner (use question word + do + you +......?), 4. check your guesses, 5....
View ArticleInteresting Cultural Facts (Echo Questions)
This ppt helps to present the echo questions and practice the intonation with help of interesting facts of different cultures. Students look at pictures and read some interesting facts about different...
View ArticleStative Verbs in Continuous Form with Changing Their Meaning
This ppt shows the difference in meanings of some stative verbs in continuous and simple forms. Students look at pictures and based on them try to make up their own sentences, using stative verbs in...
View ArticleIcebreakers
I've already used all these activities to teach English either as a second language or as a foreign language and it works great! They are mainly activities to get to know each other. Especially if the...
View Article“Huh? What Did You Say?” Teaching Students to Ask for Clarification
One day I was preparing my students to go out and survey university students on campus. We were reviewing tips for speaking with native speakers. Me: “What do you say if someone says something you...
View ArticleMaking One on One Teaching Work: 10 Need to Know Tips
Teaching ESL one on one can be challenging. Traditional lesson plans often won’t work with a two person classroom, and the dynamic between you and your student is completely different from that of a...
View ArticleHow to Help the ESL Student who May Have a L.D. (Learning Disability) or ADD...
I’ve had a young man in my integrated skills ESL class for a couple of semesters now - I’ll call him “Juan” - a class made up of mostly Latino/Latina migrant farm workers and their families in rural...
View ArticleThe Kitchen Game Cards
The Kitchen game cards were designed like Taboo game cards. There are 49 cards about food, drinks and kitchen stuff. These game cards are another part of The Kitchen project. The Kitchen is a theatre...
View ArticleWhy You Should Use Music in the ESL Classroom (and What Your Students Will...
Almost everyone likes music. Though different people have different musical preferences, almost everyone likes one sort or another, and very few people find no melodies that appeal to them. And if that...
View Article5 Things You Should Never Do When Managing Your ESL Classroom
Classroom management skills require teachers to remember a lot of details and specific techniques. It's also important to remember those attitudes and behaviors that have no place in your management...
View ArticleSo Sorry to Keep Bothering You: Dealing with the Very Insecure Student
Recently there have been more teacher concerns with students who have a surfeit of self-esteem rather than a lack of it. Teacher staff rooms are rife with tales of the demands and inflated view of...
View ArticleLondon Beside the River Thames
London sights beside the River Thames.This worksheet is a crossword puzzle including the sights of London (London Eye, Madame Tussauds, Tower of London). The students have to fill in the solution of...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: One Woman (UN Song for the International Women's Day)
Choose-the-correct-option activity with the lyrics of One Woman, the song released by the UN to commemorate the International Women's Day 2013. It provides practise of basic aspects, basically the...
View ArticleREVISION: Present, Past Simple & Continuous, Adjectives, Questions, Word Order.
It's a simple revision of present and past - simple and continuous, some adjectives, questions and word order. Of great use before starting with the course book. It can also be used as a sort of...
View ArticleEnglish Language Quiz
This quiz can be used at the English lesson as a warming-up exercise. The main aim is to check how much children are aware of the information about the English language. It is advisable to divide a...
View ArticlePresent Simple Tense Explanation
A detailed description of structuralisation and application of the present simple tense for expressing the present time. It contains simple examples accompanied by detailed descriptions; the document...
View ArticleConnectors: Intermediate Worksheet
This is a worksheet for revising connectors.Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to rewrite the sentences given starting them as suggested.The answer key is included.
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